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              Pick (OVR)PlayerSchoolNotes
              • 1 (31)
                James White
                SG•CIN
                Traded in Indiana
              • 2 (32)
                Steve Novak
                SF•MARQ
                via Knicks
              • 3 (33)
                Solomon Jones
                C•USF
                --
              • 4 (34)
                Paul Davis
                C•MSU
                via Bobcats
              • 5 (35)
                P.J. Tucker
                SF•TEX
                --
              • 6 (36)
                Craig Smith
                PF•BC
                --
              • 7 (37)
                Bobby Jones
                SF•WASH
                Traded to Philadelphia
              • 8 (38)
                Kosta Perovic
                C•Serbia
                --
              • 9 (39)
                David Noel
                SF•UNC
                via Houston
              • 10 (40)
                Denham Brown
                SG•CONN
                --
              • 11 (41)
                James Augustine
                PF•ILL
                --
              • 12 (42)
                Daniel Gibson
                PG•TEX
                via 76ers
              • 13 (43)
                Marcus Vinicius
                SF•Brazil
                --
              • 14 (44)
                Lior Eliyahu
                SF•Israel
                Traded to Houston
              • 15 (45)
                Alexander Johnson
                PF•FSU
                Traded to Portland, then Memphis
              • 16 (46)
                Dee Brown
                PG•ILL
                via Bulls
              • 17 (47)
                Paul Millsap
                PF•LT
                --
              • 18 (48)
                Vladimir Veremeenko
                PF•Russia
                --
              • 19 (49)
                Leon Powe
                PF•CAL
                Traded to Boston
              • 20 (50)
                Ryan Hollins
                C•UCLA
                --
              • 21 (51)
                Cheick Samb
                C•Senegal
                Traded to Detroit
              • 22 (52)
                Guillermo Diaz
                SG•MIA
                --
              • 23 (53)
                Yotam Halperin
                PG•Israel
                via Grizzlies
              • 24 (54)
                Hassan Adams
                SG•ARIZ
                --
              • 25 (55)
                Ejike Ugboaja
                F•Nigeria
                --
              • 26 (56)
                Edin Bavcic
                C•Bosnia & Herzegovina
                Traded to Philadelphia
              • 27 (57)
                Loukas Mavrokefalidis
                C•Greece
                via Suns
              • 28 (58)
                Danilo Pinnock
                SG•GW
                Traded to L.A. Lakers
              • 29 (59)
                Damir Markota
                SF•Croatia
                Traded to Milwaukee
              • 30 (60)
                Will Blalock
                PG•ISU
                --

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                0:17NCAA Men's Basketball

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