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NBA Draft prospect Mario Hezonja of Croatia blends perimeter shooting with athleticism

If you'd been inside the Palau Blaugrana in Barçelona on Feb. 1, you might've mistaken Mario Hezonja for some of the NBA's best sharpshooters.

That day, Hezonja resembled another ultra-talented swingman, the Golden State Warriors' Klay Thompson. Hezonja made all eight of his three-point tries to boost FC Barçelona to a blowout victory over a rival team in Spain's Liga ACB, the world's second-best professional basketball league.

That onslaught illustrated why Hezonja, a 20-year-old from Croatia, will be a certain lottery pick in Thursday's 2015 NBA Draft and could be selected as early as fifth overall by the Orlando Magic.