Connor Toole is, by day, a writer for the website Elite Daily. By night however, the 6’10” wordsmith likes to gallivant about as the alleged newest member of the Utah Jazz. With the NBA Draft happening mere minutes from his apartment, the chance was too good for Toole to pass up.

Toole summarized his experiment best himself, saying “I’m almost 7 feet tall, I have an ill-fitting suit and a beard I don’t trim enough, so I figured I’d fit right in with the players nervously awaiting their fates. To test this theory, I braved the 15-minute walk from my apartment to the arena to see if I could convince people I was part of this class of untapped potential.”

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The saddest part is that he’s still probably a better pick than Kristaps Porizingis, the Knicks fourth pick overall. Head over to usports.org to check out our full coverage of the 2015 NBA Draft.

Ross Perkel

Article by Ross Perkel

Wisconsin by birth, New Yorker by choice. Avid fan of Murakami, drill music and gourmet mac and cheeses.

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