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

No.	Surname	position	nationality	NBA team	(University) school / association
1	Anthony Davis	PF / C	United States	New Orleans Hornets	Kentucky ( Fr. )
2	Michael Kidd-Gilchrist	SF	United States	Charlotte Bobcats	Kentucky ( Fr. )
3	Bradley Beal	SG	United States	Washington Wizards	Florida ( Fr. )
4th	Dion Waiters	SG	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	Syracuse ( Sun. )
5	Thomas Robinson	PF	United States	Sacramento Kings	Kansas ( Jr. )
6th	Damian Lillard	PG	United States	Portland Trail Blazers (from Brooklyn )	Weber State ( Jr. )
7th	Harrison Barnes	SF	United States	Golden State Warriors	North Carolina ( Sun. )
8th	Terrence Ross	SG / SF	United States	Toronto Raptors	Washington ( Sun. )
9	Andre Drummond	C.	United States	Detroit Pistons	Connecticut ( Fr. )
10	Austin Rivers	SG / PG	United States	New Orleans Hornets (from Minnesota via LA Clippers )	Duke ( Fr. )
11	Meyer's Leonard	C / PF	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	Illinois ( Sun. )
12	Jeremy Lamb	SG	United States	Houston Rockets (from Milwaukee )	Connecticut ( Sun. )
13	Kendall Marshall	PG	United States	Phoenix Suns	North Carolina ( Sun. )
14th	John Henson	PF / C	United States	Milwaukee Bucks (from Houston )	North Carolina ( Jr. )
15th	Maurice Harkless	SF	Puerto Rico United States	Philadelphia 76ers	Syracuse ( Fr. )
16	Royce White	PF	United States	Houston Rockets (from New York )	Iowa State ( Sun. )
17th	Tyler Zeller	C.	United States	Dallas Mavericks ( traded to Cleveland )	North Carolina ( Sr. )
18th	Terrence Jones	PF	United States	Houston Rockets (from Utah via Minnesota )	Kentucky ( Sun. )
19th	Andrew Nicholson	PF	Canada	Orlando Magic	St. Bonaventure ( Sr. )
20th	Evan Fournier	SG / SF	France	Denver nuggets	Poitiers Basket 86
21st	Jared Sullinger	PF / C	United States	Boston Celtics	Ohio State ( Sun. )
22nd	Fab Melo	C.	Brazil	Boston Celtics (from LA Clippers via Oklahoma City )	Syracuse ( Sun. )
23	John Jenkins	SG	United States	Atlanta Hawks	Vanderbilt ( Jr. )
24	Jared Cunningham	SG	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers ( traded from LA Lakers to Dallas )	Oregon State ( Jr. )
25th	Tony Wroten	PG	United States	Memphis grizzlies	Washington ( Fr. )
26th	Miles Plumlee	C.	United States	Indiana Pacers	Duke ( Sr. )
27	Arnett Moultrie	PF	United States	Miami Heat ( traded to Philadelphia )	Mississippi State ( Jr. )
28	Perry Jones	PF / SF	United States	Oklahoma City Thunder	Baylor ( Sun )
29	Marquis Teague	PG	United States	Chicago Bulls	Kentucky ( Fr. )
30th	Festus Ezeli	C.	Nigeria	Golden State Warriors (from San Antonio )	Vanderbilt ( Sr. )

round 2

No.	Surname	position	nationality	NBA team	(University) school / association
31	Jeffery Taylor	SF	Sweden	Charlotte Bobcats	Vanderbilt ( Sr. )
32	Tomáš Satoranský	PG	Czech Republic	Washington Wizards	CDB Seville
33	Bernard James	C.	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers ( traded to Dallas )	Florida State ( Sr. )
34	Jae Crowder	SF	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers ( traded from New Orleans via Miami to Dallas )	Marquette ( Sr. )
35	Draymond Green	PF	United States	Golden State Warriors (from Brooklyn )	Michigan State ( Sr. )
36	Orlando Johnson	SG	United States	Sacramento Kings ( traded to Indiana )	UC Santa Barbara ( Sr. )
37	Quincy Acy	PF	United States	Toronto Raptors	Baylor ( Sr. )
38	Quincy Miller	SF	United States	Denver Nuggets (from Golden State via New York )	Baylor ( Fr. )
39	Khris Middleton	SG	United States	Detroit Pistons	Texas A&M ( Sr. )
40	Will Barton	SG	United States	Portland Trail Blazers (from Houston via Minnesota )	Memphis ( Sun. )
41	Tyshawn Taylor	PG	United States	Portland Trail Blazers ( Traded to Brooklyn )	Kansas ( Sun )
42	Doron Lamb	SG	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	Kentucky ( Sun. )
43	Mike Scott	PF	United States	Atlanta Hawks (from Phoenix )	Virginia ( Sr. )
44	Kim English	SG	United States	Detroit Pistons (from Houston )	Missouri ( Sr. )
45	Justin Hamilton	C.	United States	Philadelphia 76ers ( traded to Miami )	LSU ( Sr. )
46	Darius Miller	SF	United States	New Orleans Hornets (from Dallas via Washington )	Kentucky ( Sr. )
47	Kevin Murphy	SG	United States	Utah Jazz	Tennessee Tech ( Sr. )
48	Konstantinos Papanikolaou	SF	Greece	New York Knicks	Olympiacos Piraeus
49	Kyle O'Quinn	PF / C	United States	Orlando Magic	Norfolk State ( Sr. )
50	İzzet Türkyılmaz	PF	Turkey	Denver nuggets	Banvit BK
51	Kris Joseph	SF	Canada	Boston Celtics	Syracuse ( Sr. )
52	Ognjen Kuzmić	C.	Serbia	Golden State Warriors (from Atlanta )	CB Axarquía
53	Furkan Aldemir	PF	Turkey	Los Angeles Clippers	Galatasaray Medical Park
54	Tornike Schengelia	PF	Georgia	Philadelphia 76ers (from Memphis to Brooklyn )	Spirou BC Charleroi
55	Darius Johnson-Odom	SG	United States	Dallas Mavericks ( traded back to the LA Lakers by LA Lakers )	Marquette ( Sr. )
56	Tomislav Zubčić	SF	Croatia	Toronto Raptors (from Indiana )	KK Cibona Zagreb
57	İlkan Karaman	PF	Turkey	Brooklyn Nets (from Miami )	Pınar Karşıyaka
58	Robbie Hummel	PF	United States	Minnesota Timberwolves (from Oklahoma City )	Purdue ( Sr. )
59	Marcus Denmon	SG	United States	San Antonio Spurs	Missouri ( Sr. )
60	Robert Sacre	C.	Canada	Los Angeles Lakers (from Chicago via Brooklyn )	Gonzaga ( Sr. )

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

1. ^ New Orleans Hornets win NBA Draft Lottery
2. ↑ According to Article X, Paragraph 1c of the 2005 NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement ( Memento from January 23, 2012 on WebCite ) (PDF; 79 kB)
3. ↑ http://vaughtsviews.com/?p=21598  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.