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Live updates | Keyontae Johnson hears name in Round 2 of NBA draft

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NEW YORK (AP) — Keyontae Johnson fought for his chance. Oklahoma City is giving him one. Johnson was taken in the second round of Thursday’s NBA draft, going to the Thunder with the 50th overall pick. That was one of the last of the draft; the final one was Chris Livingston, going to Milwaukee. Johnson starred at Kansas State this past season, but that’s just a tiny part of his story. During a game for Florida — his former school — against Florida State on Dec. 12, 2020, he collapsed and was rushed to a hospital, where he spent three days in a medically induced coma. He sat out the rest of that season and all of the next.

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