Tony Snell

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Tony Rena Snell Jr. (born November 10, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Cholet Basket of the LNB Élite. He played college basketball for the New Mexico Lobos. Snell was drafted with the 20th overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls. He is also the first NBA player to be state publicly that he had been diagnosed with autism. Born in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, Snell was raised primarily by his mother, Sherika Brown, who worked multiple jobs as a single parent. Snell moved to Phoenix, Arizona, before his senior year to finish high school at Westwind Preparatory Academy. He was the starting shooting guard for the New Mexico Lobos in his sophomore and junior seasons, helping lead the Lobos to back-to-back Mountain West Conference (MWC) regular-season and conference tournament championships as well as NCAA tournament bids.

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