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Luka Doncic, Slovenia's Wonder Boy, is the wild card in NBA draft

He has marveled many with his array of basketball skills while becoming a legend in Europe, leaving an abundance of NBA personnel folks intrigued about drafting the wondrous Luka Doncic.

Yet the question NBA people wrestle with is how Doncic's talents will translate from the competition he faced as a force with Real Madrid to the NBA, with its more athletic and talented players.

The Slovenian playmaker nicknamed "Wonder Boy" did not withdraw his name from the NBA draft early entry list as the deadline arrived Monday,

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