The Philadelphia 76ers selected Australian born Ben Simmons with the first overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft.
Ben Simmons (Reuters)
It was no surprise that the Australian was picked first as the 76ers had announced it earlier in the day.
Simmons was born in Melbourne Australia and raised by an American father and Australian mother. He stands at 2.08cm tall. Simmons played his college basketball at LSU University. His father used to play professional basketball in Australia during the 1990's.
Along with playing basketball, Simmons played rugby league and australian rules as a youngster.
In his lone year playing college basketball at LSU, Simmons averaged 19 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists per game.
The Los Angeles Lakers took forward Brandon Ingram with second pick and the Boston Celtics chose guard Jaylen Brown with the third.
Brandon Ingram with Adam Silver (Reuters)
Buddy Hield was selected by the New Orleans Pelicans with the sixth pick in the draft. Hield is a Guard from Oklahoma.
Thon Maker was selected tenth overall pick by the Milwaukee Bucks. Maker was born South Sudan but was raised in Perth Australia.
Thon Maker with Adam Silver (Reuters)
Maker stands at 2.16cm tall and weighs 98kg.
A big trade was made between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Orlando Magic. It will see the Thunder ship Serge Ibaka for Victor Oladipo, Ersan Ilyasova and rights to Domantas Sabonis who was selected with the eleventh pick. Sabonis is the son of former NBA player Arvydas Sabonis.
Brooklyn Nets General Manager Kiwi, Sean Marks traded forward Thaddeus Young for the 20th pick in the draft. The pick was used to select Caris LeVert (via Indiana Pacers). Marks also traded for the 42nd pick and selected Isaiah Whitehead (via Utah Jazz).
Top ten projected player Deyonta Davis was drafted with the first pick of the second round to the Memphis Grizzles (via Boston Celtics).
Also in the second round, the shortest and tallest players were selected. Tyler Ulis 1.75m and Zhou Qi 2.18m were selected with the 34th and 43rd picks respectively. Ulis was selected by the Phoenix Suns and Qi was picked by the Houston Rockets.
Eight players left in this years draft, a number of great players still left to select from. Does Jackie Moon get selected with one of these picks?
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