Oleksiy Pecherov. Vladimir Veremeenko. Tomas Satoransky. Jan Vesely.
Ernie Grunfeld’s European drafting track record is pretty, pretty, pretty terrible, but that’s never deterred him from dipping his toes in the international waters.
Set to pick 19th and 49th at Thursday’s NBA Draft, the Washington Wizards are certainly out of the running for the likes of Kristaps Porzingis or Mario Hezonja, who will likely go in the top 10.
Meanwhile, several top international players, including French shooting guard Timothe Luwawu, Cypriot forward Alexandar Vezenkov, Brazilian point guard George Lucas de Paula and Bosnian Nedim Buza have pulled their names out of consideration for the 2015 draft.