Official 2012 NBA Draft Thread

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Official Draft Day Thread

You can discuss the picks, trades and all that good stuff here.

1st Round
1. New Orleans - Anthony Davis (PF - Kentucky)
2. Charlotte - Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (SG/SF - Kentucky)
3. Washington - Bradley Beal (SG - Florida)
4. Cleveland - Dion Waiters (SG - Syracuse)
5. Sacramento - Thomas Robinson (PF - Kansas)
6. Portland - Damian Lillard (PG - Weber State)
7. Golden State - Harrison Barnes (SF - North Carolina)
8. Toronto Raptors - Terrence Ross (SG/SF - Washington)
9. Detroit - Andre Drummond (C - Georgetown)
10. New Orleans - Austin Rivers (SG - Duke)
11. Portland - Meyers Leonard (C - Illinois)
12. Houston - Jeremy Lamb (SG - Connecticut)
13. Phoenix - Kendall Marshall (North Carolina)
14. Milwaukee - John Henson (PF - North Carolina)
15. Philadelphia - Moe Harkless (SF - St. John's)
16. Houston - Royce White (F - Iowa State)
17. Cleveland - Tyler Zeller (C - North Carolina)
18. Houston - Terrence Jones (F - Kentucky)
19. Orlando - Andrew Nicholson (PF - St. Bonaventure)
20. Denver - Evan Fornier (SG - France)
21. Boston - Jared Sullinger (PF - Ohio State)
22. Boston - Fab Melo (C - Syracuse)
23. Atlanta - John Jenkins (SG - Vanderbilt)
24. Dallas - Jared Cunningham (SG - Oregon State)
25. Memphis - Tony Wroten Jr. (G - Washington)
26. Indiana - Miles Plumlee (C - Duke)
27. Philadelphia - Arnett Moultrie (F/C - Mississippi State)
28. Oklahoma City - Perry Jones III (F - Baylor)
29. Chicago - Marquis Teague (PG - Kentucky)
30. Golden State - Festus Ezeli (C - Vanderbilt)

2nd Round
31. Charlotte - Jeff Taylor (SF - Vanderbilt)
32. Washington - Tomas Sotaransky (G - Czech Republic)
33. Dallas - Bernard James (C - Florida State)
34. Dallas - Jae Crowder (F - Marquette)
35. Golden State - Draymond Green (PF - Michigan State)
36. Indiana - Orlando Johnson (SG - UC Santa Barbara)
37. Toronto - Quincy Acy (PF - Baylor)
38. Denver - Quincy Miller (SF - Baylor)
39. Detroit - Khris Middleton (SF - Texas A&M)
40. Portland - (Will Barton G/F - Memphis)
41. Brooklyn - Tyshawn Taylor (PG - Kansas)
42. Milwaukee - Doron Lamb (SG - Kentucky)
43. Atlanta - Mike Scott (PF - Virginia)
44. Detroit - Kim English (SG - Missouri)
45. Miami - Justin Hamilton (C - LSU)
46. New Orleans - Darius Miller (SF - Kentucky)
47. Utah - Kevin Murphy (SG - Tennessee Tech)
48. New York - Kostas Papanikolaou (SF - Greece)
49. Orlando - Kyle O'Quinn (F/C - Norfolk State)
50. Utah - Izzet Turkyilmaz (C - Turkey)
51. Boston - Kris Joseph (SF - Syracuse)
52. Golden State - Ognjen Kuzmic (C - Bosnia & Herzegovina)
53. Clippers - Furkan Aldemir (F/C - Turkey)
54. Brooklyn - Tornike Shengelia (F - Greece)
55. Lakers - Darius Johnson-Odom (SG - Marquette)
56. Toronto - Tomislav Zubcic (C - Croatia)
57. Brooklyn - Illken Karaman (C - Turkey)
58. Minnestoa - Robbie Hummel (SF - Purdue)
59. San Antonio - Marcus Denmon (SG - Missouri)
60. Lakers - Robert Sacre (C - Gonzaga)

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The Clippers select Furkan Aldemir, a PF out of Turkey. He does not have an NBA-out option until 2014.

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Draft Day Trades

1.) Dallas trades rights to 17th pick (Tyler Zeller) and Kelenna Azubuike to Cleveland for the 24th (Jared Cunningham), 33rd (Bernard James) and 34th picks (Jae Crowder).

2.) Miami trades rights to 27th pick (Arnett Moultrie) to Philadelphia for the 45th pick (Justin Hamilton) and a future 1st.

3.) Sacramento sends rights to 36th pick (Orlando Johnson) to Indiana for cash considerations.

4.) Portland trades the rights to the 41st pick (Tyshawn Taylor) to Brooklyn for cash considerations.

5.) Dallas trades the rights to the 55th pick (Darius Johnson-Odom) to the Lakers for cash considerations.

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And with the 53rd pick, the Clippers select?

But the most likely scenario has the Clippers staying at 53 and picking the best player available. The Clippers have the advantage of being able to watch multiple prospects expected to go much higher than 53 because of their location. Many of the top agents are based in Los Angeles, meaning the Clippers have gone to private workouts for Perry Jones, Arnett Moultrie, Terrence Ross, Jeff Taylor, Terrence Jones, Fab Melo, Tony Wroten.

A late second-round pick isn't all that exciting. It's downright strange for a team used to lottery picks this time of year. But the club's top priority now is ensuring that this becomes the new normal.

The Clippers remain confident they will be able to sign Griffin to a five-year maximum extension in July. Sources with knowledge of the talks say they have gone smoothly so far and neither side anticipates any problems getting the extension done and agreed upon by July 1. Don't expect much fanfare from Griffin though. He'll likely just walk into the Clippers' practice the facility the next day the way Kevin Durant did in Oklahoma City a few years ago.

Ramona Shelburne, ESPN Los Angeles

CLIPPERS SEARCH FOR VALUE IN SECOND ROUND

Still, Sacks said one of the downsides to picking late is that you are dealing with a larger "swath" of players. While the best 10-15 picks in a draft might be relatively easy to predict (nine first rounders could come from Kentucky and North Carolina combined), identifying who will be available and how they project in the second round is far more difficult.

Del Negro, Sacks, Roeser and other team personnel attended the Chicago Pre-Draft Camp earlier this month, where they observed and interviewed approximately 20 players who could be available at no. 53.

According to Sacks, the Clippers are focusing on both American college players and international prospects. There is precedent for teams picking late in the second round to nab a player from overseas and retain their rights while not immediately bringing them to the NBA.

Sacks said that finding an All-Star like Manu Ginobili (No. 57 to the Spurs in 1999) is more unlikely today with teams possessing a heightened awareness of international talent.

That's not to say it's impossible. The Lakers chose 2012 All-Star Marc Gasol (Spain) at no. 48 in 2007 and up-and-comers Slovenian guard Goran Dragic and Turkish center Omer Asik were available beyond the 35th pick a year later.

Thursday's draft is stocked with American college players, who could slip into the latter half of the second round. Prognosticators have tabbed UC Santa Barbara forward Orlando Johnson, Marquette forward Jae Crowder, Missouri guard Kim English, and Ohio State guard William Buford as potential picks for the Clippers. But the team remains mum on what direction they'll ultimately go when they're on the clock.

Eric Patten, Clippers.com

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Think the boston 21/22 would be a good trade for NO 10 ?

Potentially draft best available @ 21, then trade 22 for role player + future 1st rounder?

Thoughts? Maybe i would fail as a GM, but that sounds like a pretty good deal imo =X

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Adrian Wojnarowski: Spurs are shopping forward DeJuan Blair, league sources tell Y! Spurs have Euro picks they could bring over next season, need roster space. Twitter

Maybe we can get him for a future 2nd rounder...

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There is a rumor that 11 teams have shown interest in Eric Bledsoe. No word on what type of deals have been offered.

Think the boston 21/22 would be a good trade for NO 10 ?

Potentially draft best available @ 21, then trade 22 for role player + future 1st rounder?

Thoughts? Maybe i would fail as a GM, but that sounds like a pretty good deal imo =X

That would really depend on how much the Hornets value the number 10.

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Might as well just fill in Anthony Davis at #1, right? Lol.

There will obviously be deals during the night as teams find out exactly where players fall, should be fun.

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Cavaliers are said to be involved in trade talks involving one of their second-rounders. Sources say Clippers, Knicks and Nets may be among those inquiring.

Sam Amico

Mo Williams is open to idea of going to Utah in Odom-to-Clippers deal, source says, but is exploring all options.

Ken Berger

Might as well just fill in Anthony Davis at #1, right? Lol.

LOL yeah

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So many interesting prospects in this year's draft. I'm really excited for all the potential player movement and trades we'll see. All this late Beal hype from teams like the Spurs/Thunder got me wondering about this kid.

I don't think Clippers will draft anyone significant w/o a trade up.

[azncorruptedo17]

Think the boston 21/22 would be a good trade for NO 10 ?

Potentially draft best available @ 21, then trade 22 for role player + future 1st rounder?

Thoughts? Maybe i would fail as a GM, but that sounds like a pretty good deal imo =X

That would really depend on how much the Hornets value the number 10.

bit of a stretch.. but...

jeff green [given he's healthy] or Bass* + 21 & 22 for 10th pick + future 1st rounder / Aminu* / Belinelli* . [they actually have a crap load of guard/forwards combos lol]?

then trade 21/22 to another team for quality role player + future first rounder

draft best available or make another role player + future first rounder.

NO is actually pretty good team, given they had a lackluster injured squad. but now that they have a franchise player + EJ, it's going to be a pretty good team i think.


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I personally have never cared much for Green. I think he is a role player but not really a building block.

Giving up a future first for a team like New Orleans is risky imo. They're going young and are looking to build a nucleus. You can figure that Gordon and Davis will be the key components of that nucleus. Henry, Ayon, Aminu & Vasquez are wildcards. I initially believed that they could fight for a playoff spot next season. After trading away Okafor and Ariza, and potentially Kaman and Landry walking in free-agency, they're probably going to take a step back. It may be in their best interests to see what the youngsters can do for them while continuing to acquire young prospects a la OKC.

Any kind of roster improvement that they make will come from draft picks and trades imo. I'd probably take my lumps one more year and determining what players they feel that they can move forward with before adding quality (more expensive) vets.

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Draft board from the Clippers Draft HQ

[azncorruptedo17]

i wonder if AD/Zeller would work? =X imagine?

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i wonder if AD/Zeller would work? =X imagine?

That has been rumored since they will be in need of some bigs. Rivers' name has also been associated with them. I don't really like that combo for them in the backcourt with Gordon, but we'll see.

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i wonder if AD/Zeller would work? =X imagine?

That has been rumored since they will be in need of some bigs. Rivers' name has also been associated with them. I don't really like that combo for them in the backcourt with Gordon, but we'll see.

the really good thing is that AD can actually shoot the perimeter, zeller is a good post player, both really good defenders.

def twin towers. if AD can get better at screening, their pick and pop/roll with ad/ej would be deadly especially with zeller being that big body that can rebound. belli/aminu if they worked on their 3s would be damn good. lol.

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the really good thing is that AD can actually shoot the perimeter, zeller is a good post player, both really good defenders.

def twin towers. if AD can get better at screening, their pick and pop/roll with ad/ej would be deadly especially with zeller being that big body that can rebound. belli/aminu if they worked on their 3s would be damn good. lol.

I agree. There's also talk of them possibly taking Leonard.

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I'm happy that Washington was able to get their guy. MKG going number 2 was a little surprising. I like him as a player and was salivating at the thought of the Clippers drafting him when we had Minny's pick and were expecting it to go hire.

Cavs take Dion Waiters at 4. Not a smokescreen at all.

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Kings will likely take Robinson here. Him and Cousins....ooooh that's going to be tough.

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Blazers take Lillard at 6, GSW takes Barnes at 8 and Ross is reportedly headed to Toronto at 8.

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this always happens.