He's already proven himself capable of rising to the occasion on the game's biggest stage, too.
But he has a shot at the roster.
While a couple of teams nailed their lottery pick in the draft, a handful of other teams - like the Suns, T'Wolves and Kings - made monumental whiffs that they're still trying to recover from today.
The top European and youngest player in the draft, Bender played for a high-quality program Maccabi Tel Aviv.
He would continue the length trend in Milwaukee, while providing the potential to shoot from deep.
Before the stoppage, he was averaging 10.