How did you get the chance to join FC Barcelona, probably the best team outside the NBA?
RVDH: I was playing with the Dutch Junior National Team in a tournament in France and they saw me play. Barcelona invited me to a camp, I did well there and they signed me to a contract four years ago. What do you think the Raptors saw in you? RVDH: I can’t say. I really can’t. I’m not going to say that I am the boss (laughs). Maybe it was because I run the floor well for my size, because I’m well-coordinated. And I’m very tall. That counts, too. Your name hadn’t surfaced as a potential draftee, but you did not pull your name out of the draft. Did you get a promise from the Raptors that they would select you? RVDH: No, they didn’t tell me anything. I didn’t care much about it, in fact. Well, I care about it a little bit. Sometimes I thought about it. But the Raptors didn’t tell me anything [about the possibility of being drafted]. My agent told me there was a chance for me, so I decided not to pull my name out of the draft. So when did you learn you have been selected? RVDH: I was in H
