In all, 14 players from nine different ACC schools were selected. The Sixers acquired the No. 1 pick in a deal with Boston for the third pick, plus an additional first-rounder in either 2018 or 2019.
The Celtics then took Duke's Jayson Tatum at No. 3 after moving down two spots in the trade with Philadelphia, drawing cheers from a large contingent of their fans at Barclays Center wearing green. Portland sent the 15th and 20th picks to Sacramento for the right to draft Zach Collins.
Top draft prospects gather for a group photo before the NBA basketball draft, Thursday, June 22, 2017, in NY.
The record run on freshmen being selected has ended at seven. Louisville guard Donovan Mitchell went No. 13 to the Denver Nuggets but was promptly traded to the Utah Jazz.
Fultz and Ball led a record-setting run of one-and-dones in the National Basketball Association draft, which received a jolt early in the first round when the Chicago Bulls traded Butler to the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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The 10 draftees from the ACC in the first round surpasses the previous high of eight in 1995. "They've been coming through my phone with the ESPN app", Kentucky guard Malik Monk (Bentonville, Lepanto) said.
The Detroit Pistons drafted Duke guard Luke Kennard with the 12th overall pick.
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"I figured out I had a chance to make it there (the NBA) probably in my 11th grade", said Fultz, who played for the University of Washington Huskies last season. "I've been doing my work here and I'm just waiting for tomorrow night and whatever happens, happens".
It stems from a very Philadelphia attitude-to prove you wrong. The player most often mentioned in trade chatter is Chicago guard Jimmy Butler, who is the subject of trade talks for a second straight year. He went second overall in the 1953 draft to the Milwaukee Hawks. Derrick White has been a point guard that has seen a late push upward as the draft approaches.
Golden State went 23-43 in 2011-12, the first year Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson played together.
Tatum averaged 16.8 points and 7.3 rebounds per game in his lone season with the Blue Devils.
Former Kansas center Joel Embiid was drafted fourth overall in 2014.
"A lot of things are lining up, with hopefully good reason, again to be able to have the opportunity be able to select No. 1 and control our destiny", Colangelo said".
Tatum spent one year playing for the Duke Blue Devils and was regarded as one of the top players in his recruiting class. Tatum finished his freshman season averaging nearly 17 points a games and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference's all-freshman team. "But it was just scheduling issues and it was a little delayed for me to get out there". After debating the NBA a year ago, his calculation to return to UNC paid off as he won a national championship and still landed in the first round.
"As we move forward, the fire that he is going to jump right into is something that's going to motivate him", Jones said. "I wasn't ready a year ago".
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