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| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
School/ (Country) |
Notes |
| 1 |
Cleveland |
Kyrie Irving |
PG |
Duke |
Great player to build around |
| 2 |
Minnesota |
Derrick Williams |
PF |
Arizona |
Big man - will help a lot with front court scoring |
| 3 |
Utah |
Enes Kanter |
C |
(Turkey) |
Jazz get the big steal of th night |
| 4 |
Cleveland |
Tristan Thompson |
PF |
Texas |
Motor, motor, motor - lots of hussle here |
| 5 |
Toronto |
Jonas Valanciunas |
C |
(Lithuania) |
Raptors were shocked Cleveland didn't take him |
| 6 |
Washington |
Jan Vesely |
SF |
(Czech Republic) |
Not a bad building block for Wiz, but more needed |
| 7 |
Sacramento - T |
Bismack Biyombo |
PF |
(Spain) |
Nobody knew much about him before draft - time will tell |
| 8 |
Detroit |
Brandon Knight |
PG |
Kentucky |
Great defender much needed in Detroit |
| 9 |
Charlotte |
Kemba Walker |
SG |
UConn |
Battler - just about single-handedly carried UConn to Big East title this year. |
| 10 |
Milwaukee - T |
Jimmer Fredette |
SG |
BYU |
Shooter McGavin would love this guy |
| 11 |
Golden State |
Klay Thompson |
SG |
Washington State |
Mychal's son - good basketball genes run in this family |
| 12 |
Utah |
Alec Burks |
G |
Colorado |
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| 13 |
Phoenix |
Markieff Morris |
PF |
Kansas |
Battler inside - improved outside shooting every year - could be the big surprise of the draft |
| 14 |
Houston |
Marcus Morris |
PF |
Kansas |
Turnaround jumper in the post is strong |
| 15 |
Indiana |
Kawhi Leonard |
SF |
San Diego State |
That's some serious wingspan 87" |
| 16 |
Philadelphia |
Nikola Vucevic |
C |
Southern Cal |
Big dude - mad skills |
| 17 |
New York |
Iman Shumpert |
PG |
Georgia Tech |
Surprising pick - not sure about this one |
| 18 |
Washington |
Chris Singleton |
SF |
Florida State |
Great defense - but don't the Wizards need scoring? |
| 19 |
Charlotte - T |
Tobias Harris |
PF |
Tennessee |
Could be a sleeper, but we'll see |
| 20 |
Minnesota |
Donatas Motiejunas |
PF |
(Lithuania) |
??? |
| 21 |
Portland |
Nolan Smith |
SG |
Duke |
2nd Dukey taken this round great at attacking basket |
| 22 |
Denver |
Kenneth Faried |
PF |
Morehead State |
Big rebounder - great defensive effort on the floor |
| 23 |
Houston |
Nikola Mirotic |
SF |
(Serbia) |
Another forward? Really? |
| 24 |
OK City |
Reggie Jackson |
PG |
Boston College |
Quick, explosive, slashing scorer |
| 25 |
Boston |
Marshon Brooks |
SG |
Providence |
6'5" - fast, shooter, ridiculous |
| 26 |
Dallas |
Jordan Hamilton |
SF |
Texas |
great shooter and rebounder - stamina needs work |
| 27 |
New Jersey |
JuJuan Johnson |
PF |
Purdue |
Needs to be a bit bigger, but can he grow more? |
| 28 |
Chicago |
Norris Cole |
PG |
Cleveland State |
Good in transition and defense, great instincts |
| 29 |
San Antonio |
Cory Joseph |
PG |
Texas |
Not a great shooter or finisher - kind of a surprise at this point in the draft |
| 30 |
Chicago |
Jimmy Butler |
SF |
Marquette |
Feel good story for the draft |
