2012 NBA Draft Results

Posting the 2012 NBA Draft results finally. I apologize for doing so very late as I just got access to a laptop the soonest I was done moving my things from my old apartment to my even older (parent’s) house.

As expected, the Hornets pick "The Unibrow" Anthony Davis of Kentucky, a deserving first overall selection, after leading John Cailpari's University of Kentucky Wildcats to the National Championship and winning all major college player of the year awards as well (NCAA Tournament MOP, Wooden, Naismith, AP, etc.).

Things got interesting as the Bobcats picked his teammate Michael Kidd-Gilchrist next as the Bobcats initially wanted to move down the draft for more picks (targetting either Thomas Robinson of Kansas or Harrison Barnes of UNC for the Cavaliers number four pick and more).

Bradley Beal of Florida wound up at three and as John Wall's backcourt running mate at Washington, while Dion Waiters was Cleveland's surprise stretch pick at four (even with T-Rob and Barnes still available).

A very emotional Robinson rounded up the first five picks as he joins DeMarcus Cousins to form an imposing frontline at Sacramento. He cries and hugs sister Jayla Paris before going up the stage to shake David Stern's hand.

Damian Lillard of small conference school Weber State was handed the keys to run the Portand offense when he was picked sixth and Barnes was finally taken by the Warriors at seven. Terrence Ross of Washington was another stretch pick by Toronto at eight and uber-talented but high risk big man Andre Drummond of Connecticut was taken by Detroit at number nine.

NOLA struck gold again after getting the very talented and confident Austin Rivers of Duke at number 10, who is also Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers' son. They also got Davis' college teammate Darius Miller at the 46th pick in the second round to form a very young and promising nucleus that Hornets coach Monty Williams can work with.

Below are the complete NBA Draft 2012 results after the first 10 picks:


Event: 2012 NBA Draft

Date and Time: June 28, 2012; 7:30 pm Eastern Standard Time

Venue: Prudential Center, New Jersey, USA

Pick #	Player Taken	NBA Team	College/ Country
1	Anthony Davis	New Orleans	Kentucky
2	Michael Kidd-Gilchrist	Charlotte	Kentucky
3	Bradley Beal	Washington	Florida
4	Dion Waiters	Cleveland	Syracuse
5	Thomas Robinson	Sacramento	Kansas
6	Damian Lillard	Portland (from Brooklyn)	Weber State
7	Harrison Barnes	Golden State	North Carolina
8	Terrence Ross	Toronto	Washington
9	Andre Drummond	Detroit	Connecticut
10	Austin Rivers	New Orleans  (from LAC)	Duke
11	Meyers Leonard	Portland	Illinois
12	Jeremy Lamb	Houston (from Milwaukee)	Connecticut
13	Kendall Marshall	Phoenix	North Carolina
14	John Henson	Milwaukee (from Houston)	North Carolina
15	Maurice Harkless	Philadelphia	St. John's
16	Royce White	Houston (from NYK)	Iowa State
17	Tyller Zeller	Dallas	North Carolina
18	Terrence Jones	Houston (from Minnesota)	Kentucky
19	Andrew Nicholson	Orlando	St. Bonaventure
20	Evan Fournier	Denver	France
21	Jared Sullinger	Boston	Ohio State
22	Fab Melo	Boston (from OKC)	Syracuse
23	John Jenkins	Atlanta	Vanderbilt
24	Jared Cunningham	Cleveland (From LAL)	Oregon State
25	Tony Wroten Jr.	Memphis	Washington
26	Miles Plumlee	Indiana	Duke
27	Arnett Moulrie	Miami	Mississippi State
28	Perry Jones III	Oklahoma City	Baylor
29	Marquis Teague	Chicago	Kentucky
30	Festus Ezeli	Golden State (From SAS)	Vanderbilt
31	Jeffrey Taylor	Charlotte	Vanderbilt
32	Tomas Satoransky	Washington	Czech Republic
33	Bernard James	Cleveland	Florida State/ Air Force
34	Jae Crowder	Cleveland	Marquette
35	Draymond Green	Golden State	Michigan State
36	Orlando Johnson	Sacramento	UC Santa Barbara
37	Quincy Acy	Toronto	Baylor
38	Quicy Miller	Denver	Baylor
39	Khris Middleton	Detroit	Texas A&M
40	Will Barton	Portland	Memphis
41	Tyshawn Taylor	Portland	Kansas
42	Doron Lamb	Milwaukee	Kentucky
43	Mike Scott	Atlanta	Virginia
44	Kim English	Detroit	Missouri
45	Justin Hamilton	Philadelphia	LSU
46	Darius Miller	New Orleans	Kentucky
47	Kevin Murphy	Utah	Tennessee Tech
48	Kostas Papanikolaou	New York	Greece
49	Kyle O'Quinn	Orlando	Norfolk State
50	Izzet Turkyilmaz	Denver	Turkey
51	Kris Joseph	Boston	Syracuse
52	Ognjen Kuzmic	Golden State	Bosnia & Herzegovina
53	Furkan Adelmir	LA Clippers	Turkey
54	Tornike Shengelia	Philadelphia	Republic of Georgia
55	Darius Johnson-Odom	Dallas	Marquette
56	Tomislav Zubcic	Toronto	Croatia
57	Ilkan Karaman	Brooklyn	Turkey
58	Robbie Hummel	Minnesota	Purdue
59	Marcus Denmon	San Antonio	Missouri
60	Robert Sacre	LA Lakers	Gonzaga
2012 NBA Draft Notes
Pick #	Player	Team	Remarks
6	Damian Lillard	Portland (from Brooklyn)	* from Gerald Wallace Trade
10	Austin Rivers	New Orleans  (from LAC)	* CP3 Trade, pick from Utah
12	Jeremy Lamb	Houston (from Milwaukee)	* swapped picks part of Dalembert Trade
14	John Henson	Milwaukee (from Houston)	* swapped picks part of Dalembert Trade
16	Royce White	Houston (from NYK)	* completes 2010 "Tracy McGrady Trade"
17	Tyller Zeller	Dallas	* rights acquired by Cleveland for picks 24, 33 & 34
18	Terrence Jones	Houston (from Minnesota)	* Chase Budinger trade
22	Fab Melo	Boston (from OKC)	* pick from Clippers, part of Jeff Green-Perkins trade
24	Jared Cunningham	Cleveland (From LAL)	* part of Tyler Zeller trade
27	Arnett Moulrie	Miami	* traded to PHI for future 1st rd pick and 2nd rd pick Justin Hamilton
30	Festus Ezeli	Golden State (From SAS)	* completes R.Jefferson- S.Jackson trade
33	Bernard James	Cleveland	* part of Tyler Zeller trade
34	Jae Crowder	Cleveland	* part of Tyler Zeller trade
36	Orlando Johnson	Sacramento	* acquired by Pacers for cash
41	Tyshawn Taylor	Portland	* traded to Nets
45	Justin Hamilton	Philadelphia	* traded to Miami for Arnett Moultrie
54	Tornike Shengelia	Philadelphia	* traded to Nets
55	Darius Johnson-Odom	Dallas	* acquired by Lakers for cash
* Notable undrafted players include PG Scott Machado of Iona College who led the NCAA in assists (9.9 per game) and undersized PF Drew Gordon of New Mexico.