Choosing flashy Croatian forward Mario Hezonja fifth overall in last month’s NBA Draft was a risk. But if the opening days of Summer League are any indication, it’s a risk the Orlando Magic were completely justified in taking.
Hezonja is already building his campaign for Rookie of the Year in early July. In the Magic’s Summer League game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday, Super Mario rose up for a massive tomahawk jam that sent shockwaves all the way to Zagreb.
Here is another angle of the stuff:
Not bad. pic.twitter.com/xNCf2MGV56
— Zachary Bennett (@ZacharyBD) July 6, 2015
And did I mention the staredown at the end?