‘I think we acquired quite a few things’: Pacers followed asset-rich script to create options for free agency
New York TimesGoga Bitadze, the top international center in the draft, insists he wasn’t sure when he would be selected in the NBA Draft on Thursday. “When we saw that we had the opportunity to possibly see him fall to us, everybody’s just going crazy back there,” coach Nate McMillan said. I think that’s one of the things that impressed us the most.” Bitadze, who wore a dark suit and a bowtie with the Georgia flag, turned pro at age 16, just like Croatian Bojan Bogdanovic. “He can shoot from outside,” said José Galilea, one of two international scouts employed by the Pacers, on Bitadze. For his size, I think he runs the court really well.” Pacers international scout Aleksandar Pajovic, based in Serbia, saw first-round pick Goga Bitadze play 25x and explains what they are getting… pic.twitter.com/5kCfpuXLgn — Scott Agness June 21, 2019 Even bigger than Bitadze’s 6-foot-11, 245-pound frame, the Pacers accomplished what they set out to do.
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