The Philadelphia 76ers made the other trade of the first round, sending a 2020 Oklahoma City Thunder first rounder to the Orlando Magic for the 25th pick, which Philadelphia used to take Latvian center Anžejs Pasečņiks, a draft-and-stash 7-footer who played for Gran Canaria in the Spanish League last season.
Markelle Fultz was chosen by the Philadelphia 76ers as the No. 1 overall pick on Thursday night in front of millions of people, but he didn't seem to know where he was headed.
Fultz averaged 23.2 points, 5.9 assists and 5.7 rebounds, the only Division I player in the country to average at least 20 points, five rebounds and five assists.
Fultz, the 6-foot-4 guard, was selected No. 1 overall in the National Basketball Association draft Thursday night and joined former LSU guard Ben Simmons as consecutive top picks for the Sixers. Joel Embiid and former Sixers big man Nerlens Noel also spent their first seasons nursing injuries.
Lonzo Ball, right, poses for a photo with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver after being selected by the Los Angeles Lakers as the No. 2 overall pick during.
The Celtics then took Duke small forward Jayson Tatum at No. 3, Phoenix Suns selected Josh Jackson of Kansas and Sacramento Kings took Kentucky guard De'Aaron Fox at No. 5.
With the seventh pick the Minnesota Timberwolves claimed Lauri Markkanen of Finland, who played college ball at Arizona, but the Finn will be headed to Chicago as part of a big trade for All-Star guard Jimmy Butler.
The Charlotte Hornets bolstered their offense by selecting perhaps the best shooter in the National Basketball Association draft in Kentucky's Malik Monk with the 11th overall pick.
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Warmbier had been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for removing a propaganda banner from a hotel while on a church trip. Officials with the Hamilton County Coroner's Office announced Tuesday morning they were investigating Warmbier's death.
"It was unbelievable", said Fultz, who was the highest scoring freshman in Washington history with 579 points.
The players don't get much of a say in which team they play for, but that didn't stop Lavar Ball from saying his son would play for no one but the Lakers. "They're all supportive, and like I said, I'm just truly blessed to be in this position".
Butler will be reunited with coach Tom Thibodeau, who coached him previously in Chicago. Ball averaged 14.6 points, 6 rebounds and 7.6 assists on 55.1 percent shooting with UCLA. And it became a foregone conclusion that they would draft the Washington point guard after moving up two spots in a trade Monday with the Boston Celtics.
Milwaukee picked Michigan's D.J. Wilson at No. 17, IN selected UCLA forward T.J. Leaf with the 18th pick, Atlanta used the 19th pick on Wake Forest forward John Collins and Portland chose Duke's Harry Giles at No. 20, who was then traded to Sacramento. They also threw in a future pick that can be used in either the 2018 or the 2019 season.
Markelle Fultz, chosen No. 1 overall in the 2017 National Basketball Association draft, got a little bit mixed up, it seems, when he posted an error-filled Instagram post Thursday night after becoming a Philadelphia 76er. He is the first Seminole taken in the top ten of the Draft since 1989.
The top pick could have belonged to the Nets, whose home arena hosts the draft.
Sampson and Olajuwon, though, are the only consecutive overall No. 1 picks to play together for the team that drafted them.
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