Norm Powell is not your normal rookie second-round NBA draft pick, and he’s certainly not your normal Toronto Raptor rookie second-round pick.
He’s older and wiser than many of his contemporaries, and exponentially better than the historical Raptors group that boasts DeeAndre Hulett, Tyson Wheeler, Evin Bacic, Remon van de Hare and even the somewhat recognizable Jimmy King.
To be fair, if the draft overall is a crapshoot, the second round is a rigged game of Three Card Monte on a Manhattan street corner. It’s almost impossible to win, and the Raptors are not the only NBA franchise to blow a second-round pick or six over the years.