With a final year of eligibility remaining, Moritz Wagner surprised many by declaring for the NBA draft. Wagner took a chance on himself, and coming off the amazing season that he had it appears that chance is paying off.
As evidenced by the most recent ESPN mock draft, the experts have Wagner flying up draft boards all the way to the 29th pick of the first round, which would send him to the up and coming Brooklyn Nets. Why might he be a first round choice, though?
The way the NBA has been transformed from a world where the big and strong “traditional” bigs of yesteryear shaped in the mold of Shaquille O’Neal aren’t as prevalent.