NBA Draft 2022: Magic take Paolo Banchero No. 1 in stunning move
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The Orlando Magic shocked the NBA planet Thursday when they selected Paolo Banchero with the No. 1 pick in the 2022 draft. Quite a few speculated the best pick would be either Jabari Smith Jr. or Chet Holmgren.
Banchero played a person year at Duke right before turning pro. He was the 2022 ACC Rookie of the Yr and a initial-group All-ACC collection.
He averaged 17.2 points, 7.8 rebounds and 3.2 helps in his only time with the Blue Devils.
It is the 13th straight calendar year a faculty freshman has been taken No. 1 in general in the NBA.
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Duke ahead Paolo Banchero celebrates all through the first half of the team’s game towards Arkansas in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament in San Francisco, March 26, 2022.
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The previous Duke participant to go No. 1 in general was Zion Williamson in 2019. Before Williamson, it was Kyrie Irving in 2011.
The Magic experienced the No. 1 over-all choose three other occasions — in 2004, 1993 and 1992. The Magic picked Dwight Howard in 2004, Chris Webber in 1993 and Shaquille O’Neal in 1992. Orlando traded Webber to the Golden Condition Warriors for Penny Hardaway and 3 foreseeable future 1st-round draft picks.
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Orlando was 22-60 very last period and had a 14% likelihood of receiving the No. 1 pick. Orlando had the No. 5 decide on very last year and chosen Jalen Suggs.
The choice shocked NBA admirers.
Oklahoma City produced Gonzaga’s Holmgren the No. 2 pick.
Gonzaga middle Chet Holmgren delivers the ball up against Ga State during the second 50 percent of a initially-round NCAA higher education basketball tournament recreation March 17, 2022, in Portland, Ore.
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The 7-foot Holmgren was the 2022 West Coastline Convention Defensive Participant of the Calendar year, averaging 14.1 factors, 9.9 rebounds and 3.7 blocks per game. He’s rated at the major of some mock drafts.
He will be a part of a young Thunder team with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Josh Giddey.
Smith was taken at No. 3 by the Houston Rockets.
He instructed Yahoo Sporting activities earlier in the day he would be “stunned” if he wasn’t picked with the best decide.
“I’ll be surprised if I’m not taken No. 1,” Smith explained. “It is just my competitive nature blended with my unselfishness and my potential to just shoot the ball, protect a number of positions and care about winning.
Auburn forward Jabari Smith (10) shoots a 3-pointer about Vanderbilt guard Jamaine Mann (23) throughout the next fifty percent of an NCAA college basketball video game Feb. 16, 2022, in Auburn, Ala.
(AP Photograph/Butch Dill, File)
“I really don’t treatment about stats. I come to feel I can assist any group appropriate away. But I truly feel I’m the No. 1 pick.”
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Smith averaged 16.9 factors and 7.4 rebounds for each activity in his lone yr with the Tigers. He was named the SEC Freshman of the Year and gained the Wayman Tisdale Award for getting the leading men’s freshman basketball participant in the state.
The Sacramento Kings selected Keegan Murray at No. 4 and the Detroit Pistons chosen Jaden Ivey out of Purdue to finish the best 5.
