2012 NBA Draft
The 2012 NBA Draft was conducted on June 28, 2012 at the Prudential Center in Newark , New Jersey . In two draft rounds, the 30 NBA teams were able to secure the rights to 60 young players from the NCAA college league and abroad.
In the draft lottery on May 30, 2012, the final selection order was determined. The 14 teams that did not qualify for the playoffs of the 2011/12 season took part in this weighted lottery . The New Orleans Hornets won the lottery ahead of the Charlotte Bobcats and Washington Wizards .
All players who signed up for the draft had to be born before December 31, 1993, regardless of their high school diploma or nationality. If they were not an "international player," it must have been at least a year between their registration date and their final high school year.
Anthony Davis was the first player selected by the New Orleans Hornets . Behind them, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist , his teammate at the University of Kentucky , landed in second place for the Charlotte Bobcats . For the first time in draft history, two players from the same college were drafted in first and second position. The top 3 was completed by Bradley Beal , who is moving to the Washington Wizards .
Round 1
Abbreviations: PG = Point Guard , SG = Shooting Guard , SF = Small Forward , PF = Power Forward , C = Center
= All-Star |
round 2
Players not included
- Kent Bazemore , Old Dominion University
- Jorge Gutiérrez , University of California
- Chris Johnson , University of Dayton
- Toure 'Murry , Wichita State University
- Henry Sims , Georgetown University
- Hollis Thompson , Georgetown University
supporting documents
- ^ New Orleans Hornets win NBA Draft Lottery
- ↑ According to Article X, Paragraph 1c of the 2005 NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement ( Memento from January 23, 2012 on WebCite ) (PDF; 79 kB)
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