Clippers rookie ties Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's NBA record without even playing a game
He's got company.
Los Angeles Clippers rookie Yanic Konan-Niederhauser has tied SGA atop an NBA leaderboard without even playing a game.
Both players have 18 characters on the backs of their jerseys, counting the hyphen and the 17 letters in their elongated last names.
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The Clippers picked Konan-Niederhauser with the No. 30 overall pick in last month's NBA Draft to end the first round.
He was born in Switzerland and played pro ball in Germany.
YKN's college career began at Northern Illinois before finishing up at Penn State.
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He's a 7-footer who averaged 12.9 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game while shooting 61 percent from the field with the Nittany Lions.
Now, he can learn from Ivica Zubac and Brook Lopez with the Clippers.
Their five-letter last names don't even add up close to Konan-Niederhauser, so he'll have to figure out how to carry that many letters on his back by himself.
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