Clippers' First-Round Pick Makes Bold Kawhi Leonard, James Harden Statement

I was nervous up there," Niederhauser said. "I'm like: 'I really want to be there. I really want to walk up there' ... I really got nervous."

Niederhauser went to the LA Clippers with the final pick of the first round after a productive final season with Penn State — the center averaged 12.9 points and 6.3 rebounds on 61.1 percent shooting from the field — and now joins James Harden and Kawhi Leonard in California.

Safe to say, he's looking forward to that pairing.

"What excites me the most is all the stuff I can learn from them," Konan Niederhauser said. "Both players are skilled offensively and also defensively. All the stuff I can learn from all the veterans there, that's what I'm looking forward to most."

But until he lands in LA? He's living in the moment.

"I just let the night go on," Konan Niederhauser said, "and now I'm a Clipper."

Konan Niederhauser played for Penn State last season after transferring from Northern Illinois and led the Big Ten in blocked shots at 2.3 per game. He'll now fight for a reserve role behind breakout star Ivica Zubac.