The wing passed to Virtus Bologna was chosen by Cleveland on the 2nd lap: “In Trento I met the right people at the right time. Checkh can arrive among the pros, it would be incredible for our family”
With the choice of Cleveland in the second round (58) Saliou Niang, 21 years old, wing of 1.99, becomes the 12th Italian selected for the NBA draft. The former Trento player who in the next championship will wear the Virtus Bologna shirt, he wanted to fully experience an incredible experience, alongside his agent Andrea Grossi, presenting himself at the Barclays Center to wait for the call of the Deputy Commissioner and then get on stage for the ritual photo with Mark Tatum. “It was an incredible emotion – underlines the blue – a moment that I had been waiting for for a long time, it is certainly a dream that is realized and something that I will never forget”.