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2012 NBA Draft Results

Yesterday marked the day of the 2012 NBA Draft and many things happened the way they were supposed to. Anthony Davis went first overall, David Stern was booed whenever he appeared and every pick after #1 was a crapshoot. Charlotte was the first to put speculation to rest by taking Michael Kidd-Gilchrist with the second pick over Bradley Beal, Thomas Robinson and other other hopefuls.

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Yesterday marked the day of the 2012 NBA Draft and many things happened the way they were supposed to. Anthony Davis went first overall, David Stern was booed whenever he appeared and every pick after #1 was a crapshoot. Charlotte was the first to put speculation to rest by taking Michael Kidd-Gilchrist with the second pick over Bradley Beal, Thomas Robinson and other other hopefuls.

Surprises were plentiful and present throughout the draft as well. Some highlights include Andre Drummond falling all the way to Detroit at #9, the Toronto Raptors reaching for Terrence Ross at #8, Dion Waiters taken by Cleveland at #4 and Perry Jones falling all the way to the Oklahoma City Thunder at pick #28.

In general, teams tended to draft based on need rather than on talent. I would have to say that the Thunder more than likely may have taken the ‘steal’ of the draft in Perry Jones. Without a doubt, this draft will be one where stars will pop up throughout the first round, and fans will be banging their heads realizing what could have been. As fans, all we can do is watch and speculate.

Who do you think had the best draft? Let me know in the comments.

Here are the complete first and second round results:

Team
Player
H
W
P
School
C
1
 New Orleans
6-10
222
PF
Kentucky
Fr.
2
 Charlotte
6-7
233
SF
Kentucky
Fr.
3
 Washington
6-4
202
SG
Florida
Fr.
4
 Cleveland
6-4
215
SG
Syracuse
So.
5
 Sacramento
6-9
244
PF
Kansas
Jr.
6
 Portland
6-3
189
PG
Weber St.
Jr.
7
 Golden St.
6-8
228
SF
North Carolina
So.
8
 Toronto
6-7
197
SG/SF
Washington
So.
9
 Detroit
6-11
279
PF/C
UConn
Fr.
10
 New Orleans
6-5
203
SG
Duke
Fr.
11
 Portland
7-1
250
C
Illinois
So.
12
 Houston
6-5
179
SG
UConn
So.
13
 Phoenix
6-4
197
PG
North Carolina
So.
14
 Milwaukee
6-10
216
PF
North Carolina
Jr.
15
 Philadelphia
6-8
207
SF
St. Johns
Fr.
16
 Houston
6-8
261
SF
Iowa St.
So.
17
 Cleveland
7-0
247
PF/C
North Carolina
Sr.
18
 Houston
6-9
252
SF/PF
Kentucky
So.
19
 Orlando
6-10
234
PF
St. Bonaventure
Sr.
20
 Denver
6-7
204
SG
France
Intl.
21
 Boston
6-9
268
PF
Ohio State
So.
22
 Boston
7-0
255
C
Syracuse
So.
23
 Atlanta
6-4
212
SG
Vanderbilt
Jr.
24
 Cleveland
6-5
188
SG
Oregon St.
Jr.
25
 Memphis
6-6
203
PG/SG
Washington
Fr.
26
 Indiana
7-0
252
PF/C
Duke
Sr.
27
 Philadelphia
6-11
233
PF
Mississippi St.
Jr.
28
 Oklahoma Cty
6-11
234
SF/PF
Baylor
So.
29
 Chicago
6-2
189
PG
Kentucky
Fr.
30
 Golden St.
6-11
264
C
Vanderbilt
Sr.
#
Team
Player
H
W
P
School
C
31
 Charlotte
6-7
213
SF
Vanderbilt
Sr.
32
 Washington
6-7
201
PG/SG
Czech Republic
Intl.
33
 Dallas
6-10
230
PF
Florida St.
Sr.
34
 Dallas
6-6
241
SF/PF
Marquette
Sr.
35
 Golden St.
6-7
236
SF/PF
Michigan St.
Sr.
36
 Indiana
6-5
224
SF
UC Santa Barb…
Sr.
37
 Toronto
6-8
224
PF
Baylor
Sr.
38
 Denver
6-10
219
SF
Baylor
Fr.
39
 Detroit
6-8
216
SG/SF
Texas A&M
Jr.
40
 Portland
6-6
174
SG/SF
Memphis
So.
41
 Brooklyn
6-3
180
PG/SG
Kansas
Sr.
42
 Milwaukee
6-4
199
SG
Kentucky
So.
43
 Atlanta
6-8
237
PF
Virginia
Sr.
44
 Detroit
6-6
192
SG
Missouri
Sr.
45
 Miami
7-0
260
C
LSU
Jr.
46
 New Orleans
6-7
238
SF
Kentucky
Sr.
47
 Utah
6-6
195
SG
Tennessee Tech
Sr.
48
 New York
6-9
230
SF
Greece
Intl.
49
 Orlando
6-10
241
PF
Norfolk St.
Sr.
50
 Denver
7-1
211
PF/C
Turkey
Intl.
51
 Boston
6-7
215
SF
Syracuse
Sr.
52
 Golden St.
7-1
230
C
Bosnia & Herz…
Intl.
53
 LA Clippers
6-10
230
PF
Turkey
Intl.
54
 Philadelphia
6-9
217
SF
Rep. of Georgia
Intl.
55
 Dallas
6-3
212
SG
Marquette
Sr.
56
 Toronto
6-10
225
SF
Croatia
Intl.
57
 Brooklyn
6-10
236
PF
Turkey
Intl.
58
 Minnesota
6-8
218
SF
Purdue
Sr.
59
 San Antonio
6-3
188
PG/SG
Missouri
Sr.
60
 LA Lakers
6-11
260
C
Gonzaga
Sr.