BELGRADE, SERBIA - JUNE 29: Filip Petrusev of Serbia (Photo by Srdjan Stevanovic/Getty Images)
As the NBA has become more global, selecting international players in the draft has become less of a developmental lottery ticket and more of a way to build a championship team. With Pascal Siakam, Marc Gasol, and Serge Ibaka all have prime roles on the Toronto Raptors’ first title team, Masai Ujiri and this organization know all about the talent on display outside of North America.
Europe has been a particularly fertile proving ground for NBA talent over the last few decades, and while there are prospects like Alperen Sengun and Usman Garuba that will go in the first round, there are some studs that the Raptors could select with one of their two second-round picks in this class.