In nine months, after intensive hoops studies at the SEED Academy, a basketball development school in suburban Dakar, Senegal, Sylla signed with Spanish giant Real Madrid. He inked with Oostende over the summer so he could register more minutes against senior-level competition. Now, four years after picking up a basketball and playing for the first time, Sylla has his eyes on the NBA Draft. “My life goes fast,” Sylla says. “It is simple: If I like something, I do it. If I want to be good at something, I do it.”