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              Pick (OVR)PlayerSchoolNotes
              • 1 (1)
                Anthony Davis
                PF•UK
                --
              • 2 (2)
                Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
                SF•UK
                --
              • 3 (3)
                Bradley Beal
                SG•FLA
                --
              • 4 (4)
                Dion Waiters
                SG•SYR
                --
              • 5 (5)
                Thomas Robinson
                PF•KU
                --
              • 6 (6)
                Damian Lillard
                PG•WEB
                From Brooklyn
              • 7 (7)
                Harrison Barnes
                SF•UNC
                --
              • 8 (8)
                Terrence Ross
                SG•WASH
                --
              • 9 (9)
                Andre Drummond
                C•CONN
                --
              • 10 (10)
                Austin Rivers
                SG•DUKE
                From Minnesota via L.A. Clippers
              • 11 (11)
                Meyers Leonard
                C•ILL
                --
              • 12 (12)
                Jeremy Lamb
                SG•CONN
                From Milwaukee
              • 13 (13)
                Kendall Marshall
                PG•UNC
                --
              • 14 (14)
                John Henson
                PF•UNC
                From Houson
              • 15 (15)
                Maurice Harkless
                SF•SJU
                --
              • 16 (16)
                Royce White
                SF•ISU
                From New York
              • 17 (17)
                Tyler Zeller
                C•UNC
                Traded rights to Cleveland
              • 18 (18)
                Terrence Jones
                PF•UK
                From Minnesota via Utah
              • 19 (19)
                Andrew Nicholson
                PF•SBU
                --
              • 20 (20)
                Evan Fournier
                SG•France
                --
              • 21 (21)
                Jared Sullinger
                PF•OSU
                --
              • 22 (22)
                Fab Melo
                C•SYR
                From L.A. Clippers via OKC
              • 23 (23)
                John Jenkins
                SG•VAN
                --
              • 24 (24)
                Jared Cunningham
                SG•ORST
                Traded rights to Dallas
              • 25 (25)
                Tony Wroten Jr.
                PG•WASH
                --
              • 26 (26)
                Miles Plumlee
                PF•DUKE
                --
              • 27 (27)
                Arnett Moultrie
                PF•MSST
                Traded rights to Philadelphia
              • 28 (28)
                Perry Jones
                PF•BAY
                --
              • 29 (29)
                Marquis Teague
                PG•UK
                --
              • 30 (30)
                Festus Ezeli
                C•VAN
                From San Antonio

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