Brothers Alex and Olivier Sarr have taken two very different routes to the same goal: playing professional basketball.
Olivier, a 6-foot-11, 240-pound big man from Niort, France, took a more traditional route, playing at the college level before earning a two-way contract in the NBA. Meanwhile, his younger brother Alex has forged his own path.
The path to the NBA is very different now than it was just a few years ago. With emerging opportunities such as the G League Ignite, Australian NBL, and Overtime Elite, elite basketball players have more avenues than ever to develop for the professional game.