AboveLegit Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 The Minnesota Timberwolves seemed to have a pretty good showing in the 2011 NBA Draft. They drafted second-best player in the draft Derrick Williams with the second pick, traded down a few times for cash and the ability to get good value with UCLA guard Malcolm Lee and then acquired a player Targuy Ngombo in the waning moments of the second round. Except Targuy Ngombo is actually Tanguy Alban Harrys Ngombo, a soon-to-be 27-year-old forward who apparently duped everyone on his way to hearing his name called by Adam Silver on Thursday night. Ngombo was first brought to the mainstream's attention by Jonathan Givony of Draft Express earlier in the week when he mentioned there was a good chance that the Congolese native could get drafted out of Qatar (stay with me now). Timberwolves scout Pete Philo apparently discovered Ngombo and convinced Kahn he was worthy of a draft pick while assuming the small forward was only 21 as it says on his NBA.com page. New revelations have shown that Ngombo is actually 26, a fact easily confirmed by looking at Qatar's roster on the FIBA website in anticipation of the 2012 Olympics in London. This makes Ngombo ineligible to be drafted according to both Givony and ESPN's John Hollinger.http://minnesota.sbnation.com/minnesota-timberwolves/2011/6/24/2242346/tanguy-ngombo-age-timberwolves-draft-pick http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXNqEURmKtA&feature=player_embedded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner Real Deal Posted June 24, 2011 Owner Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 LOL, didn't they make fun of that during the draft? It was right after he was picked, IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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