Post by SurferGirl on May 25, 2018 0:20:28 GMT -8
Welcome to the 2018 NBA Draft.
For the first time in their 51-year history, the Phoenix Suns will select first, as they were awarded the top pick in the NBA Draft Lottery. The Suns have selected second overall twice, in 1969 and 1987. The Sacramento Kings will select second overall, followed by the Atlanta Hawks and Memphis Grizzlies. Aside from the Draft Lottery, the draft order is established in reverse order of the overall regular season standings.
The Portland Trail Blazers, featured on this site, have the 24th pick in the first round. Their second round selection was traded to the Denver Nuggets in the deal which brought center Jusuf Nurkic to Portland in February 2017.
The Blazers have had the 24th selection three with the most notable selection at that position coming in 1985 when they picked Terry Porter, a 6'3" guard out of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Porter went on two become one of the team's more notable historical players, starting at point guard for a decade for the team, including in 1990 and 1992 when the Blazers reached the NBA Finals. Porter is now the head coach of the University of Portland Pilots men's basketball team and an ambassador for the Blazers.
Also selected by the Blazers with the 24th pick was Lithuania center Arvydas Sabonis in 1986. The 7'3" Sabonis played for his native team over a span of nine years before joining the Blazers in 1995 though 2001, and returning for a season in 2002 (He played internationally during the 2001-02 season). He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on August 12, 2011 for his entire body of work over the course of his career..
His number 30 (along with Bob Gross) is retired and features a banner hanging in the rafters at Moda Center at the Rose Garden. Also at selection number 24, the Blazers took forward Keith Herron in in 1978, but Herron never suited up for the Blazers.
The Philadelphia 76ers have the most selections with six, while the Miami Head and Toronto Raptors do not have any selections in this year's draft. That, of course, does not count any trades which may be conducted up to, and during, the draft.
The draft was Thursday, June 21 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
The Phoenix suns selected C Deandre Ayton with the first overall pick.
The following is the full 2018 NBA draft order and results:
First Round
1. Phoenix Suns
Deadnre Ayton, 7'0" C, U. of Arizona
2. Sacramento Kings
Marvin Bagley III, 6'11" PF, Duke
3. Atlanta Hawks (traded to Mavericks)
Luka Doncic, 6'8" SG, Slovenia
4. Memphis Grizzlies
Jaren Jackson Jr., 6'11" PF, Michigan St.
5. Dallas Mavericks (traded to Hawks)
Trae Young, 6'2" PG, U. of Oklahoma
6. Orlando Magic
Mohamed Bamba, 6'11" C, U. of Texas
7. Chicago Bulls
Wendell Carter, Jr., 6'10" C, Duke
8. Cleveland Cavaliers ()
Collin Sexton, 6'2" PG, U. of Alabama
9. New York Knicks
Kevin Knox, 6'9" SF, U. of Kentucky
10. Philadelphia 76ers (traded to Suns)
Mikal Bridges, 6'7" SF, Villanova
11. Charlotte Hornets (traded to Clippers)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, 6'6" SG, U. of Kentucky
12. Los Angeles Clippers (traded to Hornets)
Miles Bridges, 6'6" SF, Michigan St.
13. Los Angeles Clippers
Jerome Robinson, 6'5" PG, Boston College
14. Denver Nuggets
Michael Porter, Jr., 6'11" SF, U. of Missouri
15. Washington Wizards
Troy Brown, 6'7" SG, U. of Oregon
16. Phoenix Suns (traded to 76ers)
Zhaire Smith, 6'5" SF, Texas Tech
17. Milwaukee Bucks
Donte DiVencenzo, 6'5" PG, Villanova
18. San Antonio Spurs
Lonnie Walker, 6'4" SG, U. of Miami
19. Atlanta Hawks
Kevin Heurter, 6'6" SG, U. of Maryland
20. Minnesota Timberwolves
Josh Okogie, 6'5" SG, Georgia Tech
21. Utah Jazz
Grayson Allen, 6'5" SG, Duke
22. Chicago Bulls
Chandler Huthicson, 6'7" SG, Boise St.
23. Indiana Pacers
Aaron Holiday, 6'1" PG, UCLA
24. Portland Trail Blazers
Anfernee Simons, 6'4" SG, IMG Academy
25. Los Angeles Lakers
Moritz Wagner, 7'0" PF, U. of Michigan
26. Philadelphia 76ers
Landry Shamet, 6'5" PG, Wichita St.
27. Boston Celtics
Robert Williams III, 6'10" C, Texas A&M
28. Golden State Warriors
Jacob Evans, 6'6" SF, U. of Cincinnati
29. Brooklyn Nets
Dzanan Musa, 6'9" SF, Bosnia & Herzegovina
30. Atlanta Hawks
Omari Spellman, 6'9" PF, Villanova
The Portland Trail Blazers selected SG/PG Anfernee Simons with the 24th overall pick.
Second Round
31. Phoenix Suns
Elie Okobo, 6'3" PG, France
32. Memphis Grizzlies
Jevon Carter, 6'2" PG, U. of West Virginia
33. Atlanta Hawks
Jalen Brunson, 6'2" PG, Villanova
34. Dallas Mavericks (traded to Hornets)
Devonte Graham, 6'2" PG, U. of Kansas
35. Orlando Magic
Melvin Frazier, 6'6" SF, Tulane
36. New York Knicks
Mitchell Robinson, 6'11" C, Western Kentucky
37. Sacramento Kings (traded to Trail Blazers)
Gary Trent, Jr., 6'6" SF, Duke
38. Philadelphia 76ers (traded to Pistons)
Khyri Thomas, 6'4" SG, Creighton
39. Philadelphia 76ers
Isaac Bonga, 6'10" SF, Germany
40. Brooklyn Nets
Rodions Kurucs, 6'9" SF, Latvia
41. Orlando Magic (traded to Nuggets)
Jarred Vanderbilt, 6'8" PF, U. of Kentucky
42. Detroit Pistons
Bruce Brown, 6'5" SG, U. of Miami
43. Denver Nuggets (traded to Magic)
Justin Jackson, 6'7" SF, U. of Maryland
44. Washington Wizards
Issuf Sanon, 6'4" PG, Ukraine
45. Brooklyn Nets
Hamidou Diallo, 6'6" SG, U. Kentucky
46. Houston Rockets
De'Anthony Melton, 6'3" PG, USC
47. Los Angeles Lakers
Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, 6'8" SG, U. of Kansas
48. Minnesota Timberwolves
Keita Bates-Diop, 6'7" SF, Ohio St.
49. San Antonio Spurs
Chimezie Metu, 6'10" C, USC
50. Indiana Pacers
Alize Johnson, 6'8" SF, Missouri St.
51. New Orleans Pelicans
Tony Carr, 6'5" PG, Penn St.
52. Utah Jazz
Vince Edwards, 6'7" SF, Purdue
53. Oklahoma City Thunder
Devon Hall, 6'6" PG, U. of Virginia
54. Dallas Mavericks
Shake Milton, 6'6 PG. Southern Methodist
55. Charlotte Hornets
Arnoldus Kulboka, 6'9 SF, Lithuania
56. Philadelphia 76ers
Ray Spalding, 6'10" PF, Louisville
57. Oklahoma City Thunder
Kevin Harvey, 6'8" SF, UT Arlington
58. Denver Nuggets
Thomas Welch, 7'0" C, UCLA
59. Phoenix Suns
George King, 6'6" SF, U. of Colorado
60. Philadelphia 76ers
Kostas Antetokounmpo, 6'11" SF, Dayton
SG Gary Trent Jr. was drafted 37th overall by the Kings, but was traded to the Trail Blazers.
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