Freiburg basketball player Yanic Konan Niederhäuser will be the fourth Swiss player ever to play in the NBA
(sda) Freiburg's Yanic Konan Niederhäuser has made the leap to the NBA. The 22-year-old center is selected last in the first round by the Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA Draft.
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Optimistic observers had expected Niederhäuser to be drafted in Brooklyn on Wednesday at the end of the first round or on Thursday at the beginning of the second round. Now, as hoped, the 2.15 m tall Swiss player from Penn State University has already had certainty after the first day of the major junior selection: He will be the fourth Swiss player to play in the NBA.
Niederhäuser follows in the footsteps of Thabo Sefolosha, Clint Capela, and Kyshawn George. Sefolosha from Vaud was traded from Philadelphia in 2006 at the 13th overall pick and then immediately traded to Chicago. Capela from Geneva made it to Houston in 2014 at the 25th overall pick, and George from Valais made it to Washington in 2024 at the 24th overall pick.
As expected, the American Cooper Flagg of the Dallas Mavericks was chosen as number 1 in the 2025 draft.
More to follow.
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