The German national Basketball player Isaiah Hartenstein comes closer to his dream of the NBA a big step. In the Draft the Houston Rockets select the 19-Year-old in the second round.
For five hours, Isaiah Hartenstein had to wait, then his Name came up finally. The Draft of the North American Basketball professional League NBA in the Brooklyn, New York, the Houston Rockets chose the 2,12-Meter man in the second round as a total of 43. Players of talent to draw from. As an opponent of Dirk Nowitzki and co. Hartenstein will not accrue but for the time being. The German national player who was last with Zalgiris Kaunas master in Lithuania, to spend the Summer League with the Texans another year in Europe. “I am pleased to come to a Team that is already successful,” said Hartenstein.
It was shortly before midnight, announced as NBA Commissioner Adam Silver that Hartenstein joined the Team of Superstar James Harden. “Whatever the Team needs from me, I’m going to do. I am very versatile and agile for my size,” said the son of former Basketball player Florian Hartenstein. The Rockets have achieved in the past season, the NBA quarter-finals. There, the team lost to the San Antonio Spurs in six Games 2:4.
“I’m very happy for Isaiah Hartenstein and congratulate him that he has been selected in the NBA Draft,” said Ingo Weiss, President of the German Basketball Federation. “For him personally, I hope that his new club, Houston Rockets is the right address, in order to promote him more optimally. The rising number of German players in the NBA is certainly an indication of the in the past years significantly improved young players in the German Basketball on all levels.” Dirk Nowitzki, Dennis Schröder, and Paul Zipser are currently the only three German players in the North American professional League.
The first Pick in the Draft went this Time to the Philadelphia 76ers. The NBA Champion of the years 1955, 1967 and 1983, secured the rights to the building player Markelle Fultz. The 19-year-old American last played at the University of Washington in Seattle.
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