The 2012 NBA Draft ceremony was held last night in the Prudential Center of Newark (New Jersey). In this article you can see the first ten picks and also the european prospects who appeared. French Evan Fournier ('92), the best and the only european in the first round.
1-Anthony Davis (New Orleans Hornets): Kentucky (NCAA)
2-Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (Charlotte Bobcats): Kentucky (NCAA)
3-Bradley Beal (Washington Wizards): Florida (NCAA)
4-Dion Waiters (Cleveland Cavaliers): Syracuse (NCAA)
5-Thomas Robinson (Sacramento Kings): Kansas (NCAA)
6-Damian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers): Weber State (NCAA)
7-Harrison Barnes (Golden State Warriors): North Carolina (NCAA)
8- Terrence Ross (Toronto Raptors): Washington (NCAA)
9- Andre Drummond (Detroit Pistons): Connecticut (NCAA)
10-Austin Rivers (New Orleans Hornets): Duke (NCAA)
20-Evan Fournier (Denver Nuggets): Poitiers (France). 6'6'' french SF averaged 14.0 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists in french ProA. Last summer in the U20 EC ended with 16.9 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists (video).
32-Tomas Satoransky (Washington Wizards): Banca Civica Sevilla (Spain). 6'6'' czech point-guard averaged 4.8 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists in spanish ACB. In 2010 at the U20 EC he had 15.8 points, 6 rebounds and 5.4 assists (video).
48-Kostas Papanikolaou (New York Knicks): Olympiakos (Greece). 6'8'' greek SF won the Euroleague this season averaging 6.1 points and 3.4 rebounds. Last summer in the Eurobasket had 3.7 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists (video).
50-Izzet Turkyilmaz (Denver Nuggets): Banvit (Turkey). 6'10'' turkish SF averaged this season 2.3 points and 2.0 rebounds in domestic league (video).
52-Ognjen Kuzmic (Golden State Warriors): Clinicas Rincon (Spain). 7'0'' bosnian center played in spanish second division, averaging 10.4 points, 8.6 rebounds and 2.1 blocks (video).
53-Furkan Aldemir (Los Angeles Clippers): Galatasaray (Turkey). 6'9'' turkish power-forward has averaged 8.1 points and 6.6 boards in domestic competition. In Euroleague his stats have been 6.5+4.9 (video).
54-Tornike Shengelia (Philadelphia Sixers): Charleroi (Belgium). 6'10'' georgian forward has played in Belgium, averaging 8.8 points and 4.8 boards. In Euroleague reached 7.6+3.8 (video).
56-Tomislav Zubcic (Toronto Raptors): Cibona (Croatia). The 6'11'' small forward had 5.9 points and 2.1 rebounds in croatian league. In Adriatic League, 7.9+3.6 (video).
57-Ilkan Karaman (Brooklyn Nets): Karsiyaka (Turkey). 6'8'' turkish power-forward averaged 10.7 points and 6.4 rebounds in turkish league and 10.4+7.3 in EuroChallenge (video).
*Swedish Jeffrey Taylor ('89), from Vanderbilt, was selected 31st by Golden State Warriors.
Photo: Mercieca (Evan Fournier)
