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    Last year's New Zealand NBL Most Valuable Player Lachlan Olbrich has been taken in the NBA Draft as the 55th overall pick by the Chicago Bulls

    Last year's New Zealand NBL Most Valuable Player Lachlan Olbrich has been taken in the NBA Draft as the 55th overall pick by the Chicago Bulls


    Olbrich won the local NBL title with the Canterbury Rams and the Australian NBL title with the Illawarra Hawks.

    Now the Aussie big man will feature in the top league in the world.

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