His name is not yet talking about many people, but that will change. During the night from Wednesday to Thursday, the Friborg Yanic Konan Niederhäuser (22) will participate in the NBA Draft. After Thabo Sefolosha, Clint Capela and Kyshawn George, he could become the fourth Swiss, and the first Swiss-German, to evolve in the NBA.
Originally from Frasses or rather Fräschels, a small village of some 300 inhabitants north of Chiters, Niederhäuser was trained in Union Neuchâtel, then in Friborg Olympic, before joining Germany, then the United States. In 2024, he joined the University of Penn State and the prestigious NCAA Big Ten Conference, where he shone with 13 points, 6 rebounds and 3 counters on average per game.
“It was a very good seasonexplained the Friborg at the microphone of RTS. I was able to develop, become stronger, faster. I gained confidence in the offensive phase. I started to attack more. As I became more athletic, it helped me to defend better.“
Sevag Keucheyan, his agent since 2019, is full of praise. “”It is a huge talent, a physical, athletic and technical talentanalyzes the Genevan. It measures 2m16 today. It is very rare of its kind profiles that can move, run, jump so fast and that are so agile. And that is why he interests a lot of NBA franchises. He is someone very charismatic, very kind and very loyal. He is really loved wherever he’s going.“
The talented Friborg pivot dreams of being selected from the first 30. It will be set overnight from Wednesday to Thursday.
RTSsport
Interview by Odessa Blanc
