Karl Anthony Towns First Pick in National Basteball Association Draft

“You have no idea”, he said.

One pick later, the Phoenix Suns nabbed Booker, giving the Cats at least four draft picks for the fourth time in the last six National Basteball Association Drafts. Next year may be a little ambitious, but the Wolves think they’re closer than they’ve ever been.

Minnesota had the first pick for the first time since entering the league as an expansion team in 1989.

When Dakari Johnson become the sixth Wildcat picked on Thursday, Kentucky tied its own mark for most players taken in a draft. Despite some impressive workout evidence, Towns only took eight threes last season at Kentucky. Wiggins was selected the Rookie of the Year, while Bennett was mentioned in trade rumors.

While other projected top-4 selections like Duke big man Jahlil Okafor and Ohio State point guard D’Angelo Russell worked out for multiple Lottery teams over the last month, Towns worked out for the Minnesota Timberwolves over the weekend and no one else, which was by design.

Russell averaged 19.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 5.0 assists in his only season with the Buckeyes. He was ranked 23rd in the nation with 95 3-pointers and is considered a gifted player with superior court vision who can play both guard positions.

It’s tough to pick winners and losers in any sports draft, there are so many variables in terms of who goes where, the culture of an organization, and the mental toughness of those athletes being drafted. The Los Angeles Lakers got a playmaking partner for Kobe Bryant. “I’m really looking forward to him taking me under his wing if possible and feed me the most knowledge he can and use that as fire against my opponents”. Nineteen-year-old, 6-foot-11 Towns only played one year at Kentucky, but during that season was named a 2015 Second-Team All-American.

“I’m talented enough to do a lot of different things”, Cauley-Stein said. “My bread and butter is the post”.

Immediately after Okafor’s selection, Embiid tweeted, ” OK… He averaged 10.3 points and 6.7 rebounds per game as a freshman at Kentucky while only playing 21 minutes per game.

Porzingis has been compared to Dallas All-Star Dirk Nowitzki. But he was projected to be a lottery pick this draft had he not been hurt, and potential outweighed the question marks surrounding him, and Nets fans are excited about the future because of him. “I wouldn’t make it.’ I was just shocked and just extremely happy that I was able to give my parents something they can remember for the rest of their lives”. In 2010, Calipari made waves by calling that year’s draft (John Wall went No. 1 and a record five Cats were taken in the first round) the biggest night in United Kingdom basketball’s rich history. The fifth pick went to the Orlando Magic (25-57), who selected Mario Hezonja, a shooting guard from Croatia. The 2015 NABC Defensive Player of the Year was predicted to slip in the draft due to concerns about a foot injury suffered in a tournament game against Louisville in 2014, according to DraftExpress President Jonathan Givony. He has a textbook shooting touch on mid-range jumpers and runs the floor well.

After much speculation and fluctuation as to where the 7-foot Cauley-Stein would be taken in Thursday’s draft, the All-American forward was taken with the No. 6 pick by the Sacramento Kings, home of another Kentucky fan favorite in DeMarcus Cousins.