After a lengthy wait, RJ Hampton has been selected in the NBA draft. The 19-year-old guard who spent the 2019-20 Australian NBL season with the New Zealand Breakers, is set to join the Denver Nuggets after being selected 24th overall in the first round of the 2020 draft. That pick was again swapped on draft night with the Nuggets, seeing Hampton taken by the Colorado franchise. Had the Covid-19 pandemic not affected the NBA calendar, Hampton would have been celebrating such an occasion in June instead of November. He's already been through that rookie hurdle, so he's going to be more well-suited to join the NBA game."

Source: New Zealand Herald November 19, 2020 04:53 UTC