Beyond the scouting, strategy and suspense of teams trying to select the right player for their slot in the NBA Draft, a spate of trades spiced up the proceedings at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on Thursday.
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It was fun watching the confetti rain down as Sixers fans at an outdoor draft party cheered raucously as Fultz's name was announced by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver as the No. 1 pick. Early last season, Joel Embiid endeavored to flip the idea around the locker room, though with no resulting wave of public, press or front office support. "We're going to summer league and we're going to try to look and see as numerous young players and how they're developing and what their health status is".
Last season, the 76ers held the top pick for the first time since drafting Hall of Famer Allen Iverson in 1996 and selected Ben Simmons.
As the No. 1 overall pick in any draft, that is not a preposterous suggestion, even as Fultz issued it literally within sight of the retired-number banners of, among others, Wilt Chamberlain, Julius Erving and Allen Iverson, also a No. 1 overall National Basketball Association draft choice.
Fultz, who played just 25 games in college, said it was always his dream to be the top pick and wasn't bothered that Boston traded the chance to take him.
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The Philadelphia 76ers introduced #1 overall National Basketball Association draft pick Markelle Fultz to the city on Friday.
As Lonzo walked on stage to meet Commissioner Adam Silver and put on a purple Lakers hat, LaVar put on a gold and purple Big Baller Brand hat, the company he has started. "It's something that nearly all kids dream of and for me to do this, it just goes down in the history book and it's a milestone for me".
No. 4 pick Josh Jackson and the Phoenix Suns will open against No. 5 pick De'Aaron Fox and the Sacramento Kings at 7:30 p.m. July 7 at the T&M.
Fox ended up in the same state as Ball, who he outplayed when Kentucky ousted UCLA in the NCAA Tournament. Here's an example from 2014 and another from 2017, just to prove that this has been happening for a long time.
When it comes to being drafted by a professional sports team, more goes into a player's preference of where they want to play than actual on-the-court things. "As far as the future, my goal is to be the best that ever played". Furthermore, the Bulls were able to move up nine spots in the draft, but it cost them their 16th pick to do so.
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