Hollinger himself had a front-row seat to the Raptors fireworks on draft evening in 2014. He was conscious of Toronto’s curiosity in Caboclo, although his personal scouting division didn’t share the Raptors’ enthusiasm. “I do keep in mind once we had been doing our background on him that we known as a pair individuals down there and we principally stated, ‘Are there these moments or flashes in observe the place you’re similar to, oh my god?’” Hollinger stated, probing for the form of goosebumps second {that a} 17-year-old Kobe conjured again in 1996. “We requested a pair individuals this query. They’re like, no, not likely, man.” The Grizzlies had the twenty second choose within the draft, simply two spots behind Toronto. The Raptors provided the Grizzlies their thirty seventh choose to maneuver up. “We had been like, properly, in the event that they have already got 20 they usually’re making an attempt to get [22], they need to really need this Bruno man.” Caboclo, in a way, was the NBA draft’s final thriller man. -via The Ringer / June 30, 2024
