The 2017 NBA draft was the Year of the Freshman: Ten of the first 11 picks spent a single season in college basketball and the other – Frank Ntilikina – was a teenage French pro.
Gonzaga center Przemek Karnowski says he defined the other extreme: Age 24 and a fifth-year senior who redshirted his first season in Spokane, Wash. So, while he was disappointed not to be one of 60 players drafted, he wasn’t particularly surprised.
If he has to take the hard way to the NBA, he’s fine.
“I’m here, I want to give it my best shot,” said Karnowski, on the Charlotte Hornets’ summer roster.