Yanic Konan Niederhäuser will become the fourth Swiss to tread the NBA prosecution. The Friborg Center was even selected from the 1st round of the Draft 2025, in 30th and last position, by the Los Angeles Clippers.
The most optimistic observers imagined that he was going to be chosen at the very beginning of the 2nd round, scheduled for Thursday evening at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, or perhaps even from the 1st round. They were not mistaken, Niederhäuser being one of the most under-cut players selected in this 1st round.
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser (2m15, 115 kg), which proved to be NCAA last season in the Penn State jersey (12.9 points, 6.9 rebounds and 2.3 counters on average), therefore joined the now retired Thabo Sefolosha, Clint Capela and Kyshawn George in the history of Swiss basketball.
The Vaudois rear was chosen in 13th position during the 2006 draft by Philadelphia, who immediately sent him to Chicago through an exchange. The Geneva interior was drafted in 25th position by Houston in 2014, while the Valais winger of Washington was the 24th choice of the Draft 2024.
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