CROMWELL, Conn. – With the fifth pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, the Cleveland Cavaliers select … Louis Oosthuizen, guard, Vanderbilt.
Oosthuizen, the 2010 Open champion, became the talk of ESPN’s draft telecast on two separate occasions Thursday night.
It started when analyst Jay Bilas compared Darius Garland – the actual fifth pick out of Vanderbilt – to Oosthuizen, linking the smoothness of Garland’s shooting form to Oosthuizen’s golf swing.
Oosthuizen came up a second time when the Cavaliers selected Belmont’s Dylan Windler, who apparently spends a lot of time at Top Golf.
“I watched a little bit [of the draft],” Oosthuizen said, “but obviously not that part.