NBA: After Noa Essengue, Joan Beringer and Nolan Traoré, three other Frenchmen selected in the draft for a record total
After Noa Essengue, Joan Beringer and Nolan Traoré, three other French players were selected in the second round of the draft, bringing the number of French players taken this year to six.
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And three more, a record. After Noa Essengue (12th), Joan Beringer (17th), and Nolan Traoré (19th) were drafted in the first round, Maxime Raynaud, Noa Penda, and Mohamed Diawara were selected on the night of Thursday to Friday, June 27, during the second round of the draft, the event where NBA teams strengthen their rosters with new young players.
This is a record since six French players have never been selected in the same year. The previous record was set in 2016, when five were drafted, and was equaled last year, with Zaccharie Risacher and Alexandre Sarr, respectively, selected first and second .
Selected by the Boston Celtics in the 32nd position, Noah Penda, who played for Le Mans, was immediately sent to Orlando in exchange for two other draft picks. Maxime Raynaud (Stanford) was taken in the 42nd position by Sacramento and Mohamed Diawara (Cholet) in the 51st position by the New York Knicks. These young players will mostly have to prove themselves during the " Summer League ," the NBA's summer competition, to hope to secure a permanent spot on their new team.
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