Former Arizona Wildcats large man Christian Kolok's younger NBA profession is threatened by a blood clotting drawback, The Athletic's Shams Charania reviews.
Koloko, 23, was launched on Wednesday after the Toronto Raptors traded Pascal Siakam to the Indiana Pacers. Charania introduced that groups have been inquisitive about signing Kolok, however he was referred to the league's Health-To-Play Panel, which must clear him to play once more.
Raptors president Masai Ujiri mentioned Thursday that Koloka's well being “is within the fingers of the NBA.”
Koloko has not performed this season because of what the Raptors referred to as a “respiratory concern.”
Koloko was the Pac-12 Defensive Participant of the Yr, the Pac-12 Most Improved Participant of the Yr and was first crew All Pac-12 throughout his junior 12 months in 2021-22. He has performed in 91 video games for the Wildcats over three seasons and is fifth in program historical past with 162 blocked pictures.
Toronto chosen him within the second spherical of the 2022 NBA draft with the thirty third total decide.
Koloko performed in 58 video games with 19 begins as a rookie for the Raptors final season and averaged 3.1 factors and a couple of.9 rebounds with a block per recreation.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
