2011 NBA draft
The 2011 NBA Draft was conducted on June 23, 2011 at the Prudential Center of Newark , New Jersey . In two rounds, the 30 NBA teams were able to secure the rights to a total of 60 young players. However, since the league had imposed a " lockout " on July 1, 2011 and the 2011/12 season began late, the players could not immediately switch to the NBA. Some therefore signed contracts in other leagues.
The final draft order for positions 1 to 14 was determined by the draft lottery on May 17, 2011 . The 14 teams that had not qualified for the play-off round in the 2010/11 season took part in this weighted lottery and were placed in the reverse order of the regular season table. The draw was won by the Cleveland Cavaliers , who had acquired this pick from the Los Angeles Clippers , followed by the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Utah Jazz , whose pick came from the New Jersey Nets .
All players who wanted to register for the draft had to be born before the end of the calendar year 1992, regardless of their school leaving certificate. If they weren't an "international player," there had to be at least a year between their high school graduation and the start of the 2011-12 NBA season.
First in the draft, Kyrie Irving of Duke University was selected , ahead of Derrick Williams and Enes Kanter . The draft also set a record: six out of seven of the first players to be drafted were born outside the US , three of them in Europe .
Round 1
| = All-Star |
round 2
Players not included
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Pablo Aguilar , Real Madrid
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Doğuş Balbay , University of Texas at Austin
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Robin Benzing , ratiopharm Ulm
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Dwight Buycks , Marquette University
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Malcolm Delaney , Virginia Tech University
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Diante Garrett , Iowa State University
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Ben Hansbrough , University of Notre Dame
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Matt Howard , Butler University
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David Lighty , Ohio State University
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Giorgi Schermadini , KK Union Olimpija
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Philipp Schwethelm , FC Bayern Munich
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Julyan Stone , University of Texas at El Paso
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Greg Smith , California State University, Fresno
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Malcolm Thomas , San Diego State University
Web links
References and comments
- ↑ Cleveland Cavaliers win Draft lottery ( Memento of the original from May 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The Picks by a barter were each (trade) acquired.
- ↑ According to Article X, Paragraph 1c of the 2005 NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement ( memento of the original from January 23, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 79 kB) defined as someone who had permanent residence outside the US for three years prior to the draft and was neither enrolled in an American college nor had he graduated from high school in the US
- ↑ Cavs peck Irving - trade Mavs
- ↑ In brackets are the original owner of the picks if it before the draft by a barter (trade) was passed.
- ↑ One day after the draft, rumors emerged that Ngombo had presented a forged passport. Ta n guy Ngombo, as his real name was, was born in 1984. That would have meant that he would not have been allowed to participate in the draft, with the result that the pick would have expired and Ngombo would have become a regular free agent . However, on June 27, 2011, the player swap between the Dallas Mavericks and the Portland Trail Blazers was confirmed by the league, implying that Ngombo's entry into the draft remained.
