Saliou Niang Drafted at No. 58

Saliou Niang Drafted at No. 58

it’s the Cleveland Cavaliers that are on the clock with the 58th pick the second to last of the evening let’s send it back to the podium with the 58th pick in the 2025 NBA draft the Cleveland Cavaliers select Salu Niang from Dara Sagal in Italy’s Trento Club salu Niang the penultimate pick in tonight’s draft i loved Salu who is Seneagaliz Italian i loved what he said in his statement declaring for this draft he said that he wanted to take a moment to look back on the kid who fell in love with basketball and he’s still fueled by that very same passion today he won the 2025 Italian National Cup and was the 2024-25 Italian LEGA a most improved player jonathan you’ve noted that he has really had this impressive trajectory malikica Saloonis from Sagal but he’s been exploding the past few years in Italy he’s 6’9 he plays on and off the ball he’s probably one of the best defenders in this draft you can put him on point guards you can put him on power forwards he’s got a great motor think of a Sagal version of Ron Holland he did a little bit of everything for Trento i’m told that the Cavs are going to stash him next year with Euro League team Verus Bolognia great place for Saloon Niang to develop and we’ll see if he can develop the outside shooting to become an NBA player jonathan thank you and now he’s with our Monica Mcnut su congratulations we understand that you are someone who is mindful to reflect on the journey what are you saying to your younger self now that you’ve been drafted into the NBA yeah just thank you for believing myself you know uh do my job uh keep working and yeah so happy this is a dream come true for me so yeah now I just I just keep going keep pushing to try to get in the league congratulations Alia thank you Monica thank you I

Saliou Niang was selected with the 58th overall pick in the NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers! Here is his scouting report and interview with ESPN after being selected.