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              Round 1
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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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              • Does Damian Lillard's return change Blazers' outlook this season?

                Brian Windhorst doesn't see the Portland Trail Blazers making the playoffs this season despite their offseason moves.

              • Chris Paul to make his return to the Clippers wearing No. 3

                When Chris Paul returns to the LA Clippers, he'll keep the only number he has ever worn in his two decades in the NBA, thanks to guard Bradley Beal, who will give up his No. 3 jersey to Paul.

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                Forward Josh Okogie is headed to the Rockets, signing a one-year, $3.1 million deal with the team, sources told ESPN.

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