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Last night, NBA teams selected their picks from the cream of the crop of college basketball players. If you didn’t catch the broadcast (or where like me and a storm knocked out your DirecTV) not to worry. Here is our full recap of the picks, trades and fashion from the evening.
Round 1
No. 1 overall pick: Karl-Anthony Towns (Kentucky) was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves. Wore a gray patterned suit, black shirt and no tie.
No. 2: D’Angelo Russell (Ohio State) was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers. Wore a red and gray suit with a patterned shirt, white pants and a matching red bow tie (looked very Ronald McDonald with his gold Lakers hat). According to visitors of Cleveland.com, he was the best dressed player of the night.
No. 3: Jahlil Okafor (Duke) was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers. He wore a sharp red and black sports coat (with a couple of star-shaped pins) with black pants, a white shirt and a black bow tie.
No. 4: Kristaps Porzingis (Spain) was selected by the New York Knicks. And the Knicks fans weren’t too happy about it. Kristaps looked like he’d taken a note from Jahlil’s style with an almost identical maroon and black colored sports coat and maroon pants. Wore a regular black tie.
No. 5: Mario Hezonja (Spain) was selected by the Orlando Magic. People are calling him “Europe’s Kobe Bryant Wannabe.”
No. 6: Willie Cauley-Stein (Kentucky) was selected by the Sacramento Kings. Willie wore a black suit and paired it with a polka dotted bow tie named “TRILL” made by this guy. He also had a custom gold and diamond chain around his neck that was quite blinding.
No. 7: Emmanuel Mudiay (China) was selected by the Denver Nuggets. He looked sharp in his all black suit and colorful pocket square (it won’t win any fashion awards though).
No. 8: Stanley Johnson (Arizona) was selected by the Detroit Pistons. He was also noted as saying, “I think that I’m the best player in the draft.” Well, he definitely wasn’t the best dressed. His denim-like sports coat, khaki pants and striped tie made me think “Used Car Salesman.”
No. 9: Frank Kaminsky (Wisconsin) was selected by the Charlotte Hornets. His outfit seemed very “blah” until after his post-draft interview when he opened his coat to show that he had two green tanks (because “Frank the Tank”) sewn into it. I LOLed.
No. 10: Justise Winslow (Duke) was selected by the Miami Heat. Justise looked VERY sharp in his draft outfit, and with good reason: GQ dressed him for the occasion. He probably wins “Best Dressed Overall.”
No. 11: Myles Turner (Texas) was selected by the Indiana Pacers. Myles was my favorite look of the night because he pulled off his white sports coat, purple bow tie and pocket square and deep purple pants so well.
No. 12: Trey Lyles (Kentucky) was selected by the Utah Jazz. Can’t say much about the Canadian-American player – his outfit was “meh.”
No. 13: Devin Booker (Kentucky) was selected by the Phoenix Suns. Devon took a note from Justise Winslow and went with an all-blue suit. He paired it with a gold, patterned tie and it was luckily for him that his Suns hat matched perfectly.
No. 14: Cameron Payne (Murray State) was selected by the Oklahoma City Thunder. Cameron looked like he should be greeting you as you arrive on a cruise ship. Aside from talking about himself in the third person and failing at using a selfie stick, he shouldn’t have paired that blue sports coat (with four buttons) with those white pants and that dark blue tie and white shirt. “Hello, and welcome to Carnival Cruise Lines!”
No. 15: Kelly Oubre (Kansas) was selected by the Atlanta Hawks. But was then traded to the Washington Wizards. Kelly didn’t “WOW” me in his shiny, maroon (that’s the color of the night) suit with clashing patterns on his tie and dress shirt.
No. 16: Terry Rozier (Louisville) was selected by the Boston Celtics. He’s an interesting kid. Apparently, his favorite food is pasta with ranch dressing and sugar, he is afraid of squirrels and immediately after it was announced that he was drafted to the Celtics he celebrated by jumping (fully clothed) into the pool at the party he was attending.
No. 17: Rashad Vaughn (UNLV) was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks. This guy is young (18) and a good shooter. That’s about it.
No. 18: Sam Dekker (Wisconsin) was selected by the Houston Rockets. Sam looked patriotic in his blue suit, paisley tie and red Rockets hat. Are paisley ties a thing now?
No. 19: Jerian Grant (Notre Dame) was selected by the Washington Wizards. But was then traded to the New York Knicks in exchange for shooting guard Tim Hardaway Jr. It looked like Jerian was expecting to be drafted by the Wizards by wearing red and gray (even had a red flower on his suit) but nonetheless, blue and orange it is.
No. 20: Delon Wright (Utah) was selected by the Toronto Raptors. Check out his epic draft reaction video.
No. 21: Justin Anderson (Virginia) was selected by the Dallas Mavericks. I’ll leave it at that.
No. 22: Bobby Portis (Arkansas) was selected by the Chicago Bulls. Bobby was the one I was cheering for the most. He looks very sweet and innocent but his pregame rituals are pretty intense (he imagines opponents slapping his mother). He is also quoted as saying, “I am crazy.”
No. 23: Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (Arizona) was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers. But was then traded to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for Mason Plumlee and Pat Connaughton (second round pick).
No. 24: Tyus Jones (Duke) was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers. But was then traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves, which should make the Apple Valley, Minnesota native’s family very happy.
No. 25: Jarell Martin (LSU) was selected by the Memphis Grizzlies. He’s a big fan of the windmill dunk.
No. 26: Nikola Milutinov (Serbia) was selected by the San Antonio Spurs. All of Spurs Nation reacted the same way.
No. 27: Larry Nance Jr. (Wyoming) was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers. All I know about this kid is that he had to delete a tweet from 2012 that called Kobe Bryant a “rapist” and that he has Crohn’s Disease (but it’s controlled).
No. 28: R.J. Hunter (Georgia State) was selected by the Boston Celtics. I know his family was really excited and I hope his dad stayed in his seat this time…
No. 29: Chris McCullough (Syracuse) was selected by the Brooklyn Nets. Another team gets a hometown boy. I did enjoy his burnt yellow sports coat over white and gold pants. His Nets hat pulled the outfit together if only to clash with his red/white/gray tie.
No. 30: Kevin Looney (UCLA) was selected by the Golden State Warriors. He’ll get to play with the best player in the NBA (sorry, LeBron).
Round 2
No. 31: Cedi Osman (Turkey) was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves (traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers); No. 32: Montrezl Harrell (Louisville) was selected by the Houston Rockets; No. 33: Jordan Mickey (LSU) was selected by the Boston Celtics; No. 34: Anthony Brown (Stanford) was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers; No. 35: Willy Hernangomez (Spain) was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers (traded to the New York Knicks); No. 36: Rakeem Christmas (Syracuse) was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves (traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers); No. 37: Richaun Holmes (Bowling Green) was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers; No. 38: Darrun Hilliard (Villanova) was selected by the Detroit Pistons; No. 39: Juan Vaulet (Argentina) was selected by the Charlotte Hornets; No. 40: Josh Richardson (Tennessee) was selected by the Miami Heat; No. 41: Pat Connaughton (Notre Dame) was selected by the Brooklyn Nets (traded to the Portland Trail Blazers); No. 42: Olivier Hanlan (Boston College) was selected by the Utah Jazz; No. 43: Joseph Young (Oregon) was selected by the Indiana Pacers; No. 44: Andrew Harrison (Kentucky) was selected by the Phoenix Suns (traded to the Memphis Grizzlies); No. 45: Marcus Thornton (William and Mary) was selected by the Boston Celtics; No. 46: Norman Powell (UCLA) was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks (traded to the Toronto Raptors); No. 47: Arturas Gudaitis (Lituania) was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers; No. 48: Dakari Johnson (Kentucky) was selected by the Oklahoma City Thunder; No. 49: Aaron White (Iowa) was selected by the Washington Wizards; No. 50: Marcus Eriksson (Spain) was selected by the Atlanta Hawks; No. 51: Tyler Harvey (Eastern Washington) was selected by the Orlando Magic; No. 52: Satnam Singh (IMG Academy) was selected by the Dallas Mavericks; No. 53: Sir’Dominic Pointer (St. Johns) was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers; No. 54: Daniel Diez (Spain) was selected by the Utah Jazz (traded to the Portland Trail Blazers); No. 55: Cady Lalanne (UMass) was selected by the San Antonio Spurs; No. 56: Branden Dawson (Michigan State) was selected by the New Orleans Pelicans (traded to the Los Angeles Clippers); No. 57: Nikola Radicevic (Spain) was selected by the Denver Nuggets; No. 58: J.P. Tokoto (North Carolina) was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers; No. 59: Dimitrios Agravanis (Greece) was selected by the Atlanta Hawks; No. 60: Luka Mitrovic (Serbia) was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers.
