The NBA Draft Is Over

The NBA draft finished last night. Blake Griffin was picked number one, which was no surprise followed by Hasheem Thabeet. Then with the third pick in the draft, Oklahoma City passed up Spain star Ricky Rubio and went with Arizona State star James Harden. Then, the Kings passed up Rubio, too and went with Tyrke Evans, formerly of Memphis. Then the Timberwolves finally snatched Rubio and following that up, Johny Flynn of Syracuse. The T-Wolves had six picks in the draft and got UNC's Ty Lawson, who was later traded to Denver. Next came antoher UNC player Wayne Ellington, the fourth guard picked by Minnesota. In the second round the T-Wolves grabbed Nick Calathes and Henk Norel, who played with Ricky Rubio. Tyler Hansbrough, one of the best collge basketball player ever was picked by the Indiana Pacers at 13. It was a great draft.