INDIANAPOLIS — When Tommy Lloyd first laid his eyes on Tobe Awaka, he knew he had seen something different. An unheralded 18-year-old at Tennessee, Awaka went toe-to-toe with Arizona’s frontcourt just nine games into his college career. He left a lasting impression. “I never had heard of him,” Lloyd said of playing against Awaka in 2022. “Here’s this guy, maybe a little bit undersized, he’s playing with guys like Oumar Ballo and Azuolas Tubelis,…
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