2012 NBA draft explained

2012 NBA draft
Logosize:	200px
Sport:	Basketball
Date:	June 28, 2012
Location:	Prudential Center (Newark, New Jersey)
League:	NBA
Overall:	60
Rounds:	2
First:	Anthony Davis (New Orleans)
Prev:	2011
Next:	2013

The 2012 NBA draft was held on June 28, 2012, at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The draft started at 7:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (2300 UTC), and was broadcast in the United States on ESPN. In this draft, National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players. The New Orleans Hornets, who had a 13.70 percent probability of obtaining the first selection, won the NBA draft lottery on May 30. The Charlotte Bobcats and the Washington Wizards were second and third, respectively. This draft marked the first time that the first two players selected were from the same school (Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist were teammates at Kentucky).^[1] It also set a record of having six players from one school (Kentucky) being selected in the two rounds of the draft and was the first draft to have the first three selections be college freshmen all from the same conference (Southeastern Conference). Bernard James was the oldest player drafted in an NBA draft, being 27 years old at the time of the draft.^[2]

The draft contained seven players who combined for 10 championships as well as having Anthony Davis and Damian Lillard both named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021.^[3] Six players have participated in an All-Star Game. Draymond Green won NBA championships with the Golden State Warriors in 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2022, as well as being named an All-Star in 2016–2018 and 2022. Green was named the Defensive Player of the Year in 2017, while also leading the league in steals that season.^{[4] [5]} Anthony Davis won a championship with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020 and was an All-Star from 2014–2021, and 2024, as well as the NBA All Star Game MVP in 2017. He also was the NBA blocks leader in 2014, 2015, and 2018.^{[6] [7]} Damian Lillard became the fourth player to be unanimously named Rookie of the Year.^[8] Lillard was an All-Star in 2014, 2015, 2018–2021, and 2023–2024, the All-Star Game MVP in 2024, as well as the winner of the Three-Point Contest in 2023 and 2024.^{[9] [10] [11]} Khris Middleton won a championship with the Milwaukee Bucks in 2021 and was selected as an All-Star in 2019–2020, and 2022.^[12]

Of the players drafted, 30 were forwards, 21 were guards, and 9 were centers. The 2012 NBA draft marked the first appearance of the Brooklyn Nets. This draft also marks the last draft appearance for the New Orleans Hornets. After the 2012–13 season, the franchise was renamed as the New Orleans Pelicans. New Orleans made their first draft appearance as the Pelicans in 2013. Four of the players selected in this draft never played in an NBA game throughout their professional basketball careers. Two of those players were the sole selection of the draft by their respective teams: İlkan Karaman (Brooklyn's only pick) and Marcus Denmon (San Antonio's only pick).

Draft selections

Source:^[13]

PG

Point guard

SG

Shooting guard

SF

Small forward

PF

Power forward

C

Center

scope=col	Symbol	scope=col align=center	Meaning	scope=col align=center	Symbol	scope=col align=center	Meaning
^	Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame		Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game, All-NBA Team, and won Rookie of the Year
	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-NBA Team	+	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game
	Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff game

Round!scope=col style="width:1%;"

Pick	scope=col style="width:19%;"	Player	scope=col style="width:1%;"	Position	scope=col style="width:16%;"	Nationality	scope=col style="width:35%;"	Team	scope=col style="width:20%;"	School/club team
1	scope=row align=center	1		PF/C		New Orleans Hornets	Kentucky (Fr.)
1	scope=row align=center	2		SF		Charlotte Bobcats	Kentucky (Fr.)
1	scope=row align=center	3		SG		Washington Wizards	Florida (Fr.)
1	scope=row align=center	4		SG		Cleveland Cavaliers	Syracuse (So.)
1	scope=row align=center	5		PF		Sacramento Kings	Kansas (Jr.)
1	scope=row align=center	6		PG		Portland Trail Blazers (from Brooklyn)	Weber St. (Jr.)
1	scope=row align=center	7		SF		Golden State Warriors	North Carolina (So.)
1	scope=row align=center	8		SG		Toronto Raptors	Washington (So.)
1	scope=row align=center	9		C		Detroit Pistons	Connecticut (Fr.)
1	scope=row align=center	10		SG		New Orleans Hornets (from Minnesota via L.A. Clippers)	Duke (Fr.)
1	scope=row align=center	11		C		Portland Trail Blazers	Illinois (So.)
1	scope=row align=center	12		SG		Houston Rockets (from Milwaukee)	Connecticut (So.)
1	scope=row align=center	13		PG		Phoenix Suns	North Carolina (So.)
1	scope=row align=center	14		PF		Milwaukee Bucks (from Houston)	North Carolina (Jr.)
1	scope=row align=center	15		SF		Philadelphia 76ers	St. John's (Fr.)
1	scope=row align=center	16		PF		Houston Rockets (from New York)	Iowa St. (So.)
1	scope=row align=center	17		C		Dallas Mavericks (traded to Cleveland)	North Carolina (Sr.)
1	scope=row align=center	18		PF		Houston Rockets (from Utah via Minnesota)	Kentucky (So.)
1	scope=row align=center	19		PF		Orlando Magic	St. Bonaventure (Sr.)
1	scope=row align=center	20		SG		Denver Nuggets	Poitiers Basket (France)
1	scope=row align=center	21		PF		Boston Celtics	Ohio St. (So.)
1	scope=row align=center	22		C		Boston Celtics (from L.A. Clippers via Oklahoma City)	Syracuse (So.)
1	scope=row align=center	23		SG		Atlanta Hawks	Vanderbilt (Jr.)
1	scope=row align=center	24		SG		Cleveland Cavaliers (from L.A. Lakers, traded to Dallas)	Oregon St. (Jr.)
1	scope=row align=center	25		PG		Memphis Grizzlies	Washington (Fr.)
1	scope=row align=center	26		C		Indiana Pacers	Duke (Sr.)
1	scope=row align=center	27		PF		Miami Heat (traded to Philadelphia)	Mississippi St. (Jr.)
1	scope=row align=center	28		SF		Oklahoma City Thunder	Baylor (So.)
1	scope=row align=center	29		PG		Chicago Bulls	Kentucky (Fr.)
1	scope=row align=center	30		C		Golden State Warriors (from San Antonio)	Vanderbilt (Sr.)
2	scope=row align=center	31		SF		Charlotte Bobcats	Vanderbilt (Sr.)
2	scope=row align=center	32		PG		Washington Wizards	Banca Cívica Sevilla (Spain)
2	scope=row align=center	33		C		Cleveland Cavaliers (traded to Dallas)	Florida St. (Sr.)
2	scope=row align=center	34		SF		Cleveland Cavaliers (from New Orleans via Miami, traded to Dallas)	Marquette (Sr.)
2	scope=row align=center	35		PF		Golden State Warriors (from Brooklyn)	Michigan St. (Sr.)
2	scope=row align=center	36		SG		Sacramento Kings (traded to Indiana)	UC Santa Barbara (Sr.)
2	scope=row align=center	37		PF		Toronto Raptors	Baylor (Sr.)
2	scope=row align=center	38		SF		Denver Nuggets (from Golden State via New York)	Baylor (Fr.)
2	scope=row align=center	39	^+	SF		Detroit Pistons	Texas A&M (Jr.)
2	scope=row align=center	40		SG		Portland Trail Blazers (from Minnesota via Houston)	Memphis (So.)
2	scope=row align=center	41		PG		Portland Trail Blazers (traded to Brooklyn)	Kansas (Sr.)
2	scope=row align=center	42		SG		Milwaukee Bucks	Kentucky (So.)
2	scope=row align=center	43		PF		Atlanta Hawks (from Phoenix)	Virginia (Sr.)
2	scope=row align=center	44		SG		Detroit Pistons (from Houston)	Missouri (Sr.)
2	scope=row align=center	45		C		Philadelphia 76ers (traded to Miami)	LSU (Jr.)
2	scope=row align=center	46		SF		New Orleans Hornets (from Dallas via Washington)	Kentucky (Sr.)
2	scope=row align=center	47		SG		Utah Jazz	Tennessee Tech (Sr.)
2	scope=row align=center	48		SF		New York Knicks	Olympiacos (Greece)
2	scope=row align=center	49		PF		Orlando Magic	Norfolk St. (Sr.)
2	scope=row align=center	50		PF		Denver Nuggets	Banvit (Turkey)
2	scope=row align=center	51		SF		Boston Celtics	Syracuse (Sr.)
2	scope=row align=center	52		C		Golden State Warriors (from Atlanta)	Clinicas Rincón (Spain)
2	scope=row align=center	53		PF		Los Angeles Clippers	Galatasaray (Turkey)
2	scope=row align=center	54		SF		Philadelphia 76ers (from Memphis, traded to Brooklyn)	Spirou Charleroi (Belgium)
2	scope=row align=center	55		SG		Dallas Mavericks (from L.A. Lakers, traded back to the L.A. Lakers)	Marquette (Sr.)
2	scope=row align=center	56		PF		Toronto Raptors (from Indiana)	Cibona Zagreb (Croatia)
2	scope=row align=center	57		PF		Brooklyn Nets (from Miami)	Pınar Karşıyaka (Turkey)
2	scope=row align=center	58		SF		Minnesota Timberwolves (from Oklahoma City)	Purdue (Sr.)
2	scope=row align=center	59		PG		San Antonio Spurs	Missouri (Sr.)
2	scope=row align=center	60		C		Los Angeles Lakers (from Chicago via Milwaukee and Brooklyn)	Gonzaga (Sr.)

Notable undrafted players

These players were not selected in the 2012 NBA Draft but have played at least one game in the NBA.

+	scope=col style="width:19%;"	Player	scope=col style="width:1%;"	Position	scope=col style="width:16%;"	Nationality	scope=col style="width:20%;"	School/club team
scope=row	^[14] ^[15]	SG/SF		Old Dominion (Sr.)
scope=row	^[16]	PF		New Mexico (Sr.)
scope=row	^[17]	PF/C		Alabama (Sr.)
scope=row	^[18]	PG/SG		California (Sr.)
scope=row	^[19]	PG		Lamar (Sr.)
scope=row	^[20]	SF/SG		Dayton (Sr.)
scope=row	^[21]	SF/SG		Miami (FL) (Sr.)
scope=row	^[22]	PF		West Virginia (Sr.)
scope=row	^[23]	PG		Club Atlético Lanús (Argentina)
scope=row	^[24]	PG		Iona (Sr.)
scope=row	^[25]	PG		Alabama–Huntsville (Sr.)
scope=row	^[26]	SF		Alabama (Jr.)
scope=row	^[27]	SG/PG		Wichita State (Sr.)
scope=row	^[28]	SF/SG		UC Santa Barbara (Sr.)
scope=row	^[29]	SG/SF		Houston (Jr.)
scope=row	^[30]	PF/C		Georgetown (Sr.)
scope=row	^[31]	PG		Louisville (Sr.)
scope=row	^[32]	SF/SG		Georgetown (Jr.)
scope=row	^[33]	PG		Long Beach State (Sr.)
scope=row	^[34]	PG		Villanova (Jr.)
scope=row	^[35]	SG		NC State (Sr.)

Draft lottery

The first 14 picks in the draft belong to teams that missed the playoffs; the order was determined through a lottery. The lottery was only used to determin the teams that obtained the first three picks in the draft. The remaining first-round picks and the second-round picks were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season.^[36] To determine the top three picks, fourteen ping pong balls numbered 1–14 were placed into a lottery machine. Four random balls were selected for each of the three picks and there were a total of 1,001 combinations. The lottery was weighted so that the teams with the worst records had better chances at the first pick. For example, the Charlotte Bobcats had the worst record from the previous season, so they were assigned 250 of the 1,001 combinations, which meant they had a 25% chance of getting the first pick.^[37]

The lottery was held on May 30, 2012, in the Disney/ABC Times Square Studio in New York City.^[38] The New Orleans Hornets won the rights to the first overall selection with a 13.7% chance to win. The Hornets were a league-owned team at the time, leading to continued conspiracy theories about the lottery process.^{[39] [40] [41] [42]} The Bobcats won the second overall pick, despite having the highest odds to win the lottery.^[43]

Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2012 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places.

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^

Denotes the actual lottery results

Team! scope=col rowspan="2"

2011–12 record	scope=col rowspan="2"	Lottery chances	scope=colgroup colspan="14"	Pick
scope=col	1st	scope=col	2nd	scope=col	3rd	scope=col	4th	scope=col	5th	scope=col	6th	scope=col	7th	scope=col	8th	scope=col	9th	scope=col	10th	scope=col	11th	scope=col	12th	scope=col	13th	scope=col	14th
scope=row align="left"	Charlotte Bobcats	7–59	250	.250	.215^	.177	.358	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
scope=row align="left"	Washington Wizards	20–46	199	.199	.188	.171^	.319	.124	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
scope=row align="left"	Cleveland Cavaliers	21–45	138	.138	.143	.145	.238^	.290	.046	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
scope=row align="left"	New Orleans Hornets	21–45	137	.137^	.141	.145	.085	.323	.156	.013	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
scope=row align="left"	Sacramento Kings	22–44	76	.076	.084	.095	—	.262^	.385	.094	.004	—	—	—	—	—	—
scope=row align="left"	Brooklyn Nets	22–44	75	.075	.083	.094	—	—	.414^	.294	.039	.001	—	—	—	—	—
scope=row align="left"	Golden State Warriors	23–43	36	.036	.042	.049	—	—	—	.600^	.253	.021	.000	—	—	—	—
scope=row align="left"	Toronto Raptors	23–43	35	.035	.040	.048	—	—	—	—	.704^	.165	.008	.000	—	—	—
scope=row align="left"	Detroit Pistons	25–41	17	.017	.020	.024	—	—	—	—	—	.813^	.122	.004	.000	—	—
scope=row align="left"	Minnesota Timberwolves	26–40	11	.011	.013	.016	—	—	—	—	—	—	.870^	.089	.002	.000	—
scope=row align="left"	Portland Trail Blazers	28–38	8	.008	.009	.012	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	.907^	.063	.001	.000
scope=row align="left"	Milwaukee Bucks	31–35	7	.007	.008	.010	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	.935^	.039	.000
scope=row align="left"	Phoenix Suns	33–33	6	.006	.007	.009	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	.960^	.018
scope=row align="left"	Houston Rockets	34–32	5	.005	.006	.007	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	.982^

Eligibility rules

See main article: Eligibility for the NBA draft. The draft was conducted under the eligibility rules established in the league's now-expired 2005 collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with its players union. The CBA that ended the 2011 lockout instituted no immediate changes to the draft, but called for a committee of owners and players to discuss future changes.^[44] The basic eligibility rules for the draft are listed below:^[45]

• All drafted players must be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In terms of dates, players eligible for the 2012 draft must be born on or before December 31, 1993.
• Any player who is not an "international player", as defined in the CBA, must be at least one year removed from the graduation of his high school class. The CBA defines "international players" as players who permanently resided outside the U.S. for three years prior to the draft, did not complete high school in the U.S., and have never enrolled at a U.S. college or university.
• The basic requirement for automatic eligibility for a U.S. player is the completion of his college eligibility. Players who meet the CBA definition of "international players" are automatically eligible if their 22nd birthday falls during or before the calendar year of the draft (i.e., born on or before December 31, 1990). U.S. players who were at least one year removed from their high school graduation and have played minor-league basketball with a team outside the NBA are also automatically eligible.
• A player who is not automatically eligible must declare his eligibility for the draft by notifying the NBA offices in writing no later than 60 days before the draft. For the 2012 draft, this date fell on April 29. Under NCAA rules, players will only have until April 10 to withdraw from the draft and maintain their college eligibility.^[46]

A player who has hired an agent will forfeit his remaining college eligibility, regardless of whether he is drafted. Also, while the CBA allows a player to withdraw from the draft twice, the NCAA mandates that a player who has declared twice loses his college eligibility.

Entrants

Early entrants

On May 3, 2012, the league announced a list of 67 early entry candidates which consisted of 50 collegiate players and 17 international players.^[47] At the withdrawal deadline, 11 early entry candidates withdrew from the draft, leaving 49 collegiate players and 7 international players as the early entry candidates for the draft.^[48]

College underclassmen

(All players are Americans except as indicated.)

• Erik Austin – F, Jackson College (sophomore)
• Harrison Barnes – SF, North Carolina (sophomore)
• Will Barton – G, Memphis (sophomore)
• Bradley Beal – G, Florida (freshman)
• J'Covan Brown – G, Texas (junior)
• Dominic Cheek – G, Villanova (junior)
• Jared Cunningham – G, Oregon State (junior)
• Anthony Davis – F/C, Kentucky (freshman)
• Andre Drummond – C, Connecticut (freshman)
• Dominique Ferguson – F, Florida International (sophomore)
• Justin Hamilton – C, LSU (junior)
• Maurice Harkless – F, St. John's (freshman)
• John Henson – F, North Carolina (junior)
• John Jenkins – SG, Vanderbilt (junior)
• Perry Jones III – F, Baylor (sophomore)
• Terrence Jones – F, Kentucky (sophomore)
• Xavier Jones – G, Missouri State-West Plains (freshman)^[49]
• Michael Kidd-Gilchrist – G, Kentucky (freshman)
• Doron Lamb – G, Kentucky (sophomore)
• Jeremy Lamb – G/F, Connecticut (sophomore)
• Meyers Leonard – C, Illinois (sophomore)
• Damian Lillard – G, Weber State (junior)
• Kendall Marshall – PG, North Carolina (sophomore)
• Fab Melo – C, Syracuse (sophomore)
• Khris Middleton – F, Texas A&M (junior)
• Quincy Miller – F, Baylor (freshman)

• Tony Mitchell – SF, Alabama (junior)
• Arnett Moultrie – F/C, Mississippi State (junior)
• Reeves Nelson – F, UCLA (junior)
  • Nelson left the Bruins in December 2011 and had been playing professionally for Žalgiris Kaunas (Lithuania) before declaring for the draft.
• Austin Rivers – G, Duke (freshman)
• Peter Roberson – C, Alabama (junior)
• Quincy Roberts – G, Grambling State (junior)
• Thomas Robinson – PF, Kansas (junior)
• Terrence Ross – G, Washington (sophomore)
• Avery Scharer – G, Shoreline CC (WA) (sophomore)
• Renardo Sidney – F, Mississippi State (junior)
• Jonathon Simmons – G, Houston (junior)
• Terrell Stoglin – G, Maryland (sophomore)
• Gerardo Suero – G, Albany (junior)
• Jared Sullinger – PF, Ohio State (sophomore)
• Marquis Teague – G, Kentucky (freshman)
• Joston Thomas – F, Hawaiʻi (junior)
• Hollis Thompson – F, Georgetown (junior)
• Rich Townsend-Gant – F, Vancouver Island U (junior)
• Dion Waiters – G, Syracuse (sophomore)
• Maalik Wayns – PG, Villanova (junior)
• Royce White – F, Iowa State (sophomore)
• D'Angelo Williams – G, Notre Dame (CA) (junior)
• Tony Wroten – G, Washington (freshman)

International players

+	scope=col style="width:10%;"	Player	scope=col style="width:1%;"	Position	scope=col style="width:10%;"	Nationality	scope=col style="width:20%;"	Team
scope=row align=center	Furkan Aldemir	F/C	Turkey	Galatasaray (Turkey)
scope=row align=center	Evan Fournier	G/F		Poitiers Basket 86 (France)
scope=row align=center	Josep Franch	G		Murcia (Spain)
scope=row align=center	Alen Omić	C	Slovenia	Zlatorog (Slovenia)
scope=row align=center	Tomáš Satoranský	G	Czech Republic	Banca Cívica (Spain)
scope=row align=center	Tornike Shengelia	F	Georgia	Spirou Charleroi (Belgium)
scope=row align=center	Mathieu Wojciechowski	F		BCM Gravelines (France)

Automatically eligible entrants

Players who do not meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:

• They have completed 4 years of their college eligibility.
• If they graduated from high school in the U.S., but did not enroll in a U.S. college or university, four years have passed since their high school class graduated.
• They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team outside the NBA, anywhere in the world, and have played under that contract.

Players who meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:

• They are least 22 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In terms of dates, players born on or before December 31, 1990, are automatically eligible for the 2012 draft.
• They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team outside the NBA within the United States, and have played under that contract.

Invited attendees

The NBA annually invites 10 to 15 players to sit in the so-called "green room", a special room set aside at the draft site for the invited players plus their families and agents. This season, the following 14 players were invited (listed alphabetically).^[50] All players represented the United States of America.

• Harrison Barnes, North Carolina
• Bradley Beal, Florida
• Anthony Davis, Kentucky
• Andre Drummond, Connecticut
• John Henson, North Carolina
• Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Kentucky
• Jeremy Lamb, Connecticut

• Meyers Leonard, Illinois
• Damian Lillard, Weber State
• Austin Rivers, Duke
• Thomas Robinson, Kansas
• Terrence Ross, Washington
• Dion Waiters, Syracuse
• Tyler Zeller, North Carolina

Trades involving draft picks

Pre-draft trades

Prior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between the teams.

Draft-day trades

The following trades involving drafted players were made on the day of the draft

See also

• List of first overall NBA draft picks
• NBA records

External links

• 2012 NBA Draft Official Site
• 2012 NBA Draft at ESPN
• Real GM 2012 NBA Draft Recap

Notes and References

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2. Web site: Beltran . Jess Matthew . July 29, 2012 . Bernard James: The 27-Year-Old Rookie . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181017001911/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1276690-bernard-james-the-27-year-old-rookie . October 17, 2018 . May 26, 2023 . Bleacher Report.
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7. Web site: NBA Season Blocks Leaders . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230925111907/https://www.nba.com/stats/leaders?StatCategory=BLK . September 25, 2023 . October 20, 2023 . NBA.com.
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11. Web site: Nehm . Eric . February 19, 2024 . Damian Lillard turns All-Star Weekend into Dame Time with game MVP, 3-Point Contest win . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240219140751/https://theathletic.com/5284794/2024/02/19/damian-lillard-turns-all-star-weekend-into-dame-time-with-game-mvp-3-point-contest-win/ . February 19, 2024 . February 24, 2024 . The Athletic.
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