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Dan Wetzel's Round 1 Analysis - Round 1 - Read All Analysis
You can find my list of draft winners and draft losers here: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=dw-winnerslosers062807&prov=yhoo&type=lgns - 12:04 pm EDT
30 (30) Philadelphia - Petteri Koponen, PG: Meanwhile the Sixers pick Petteri Koponen out of Finland. This wasn't much of a surprise, since a minute earlier the Sixers had called Koponen on his cell phone to tell him the news and all his friends and family stood and cheered and waved Finnish flags. But then, like good soldiers, they pretended they didn't know when Stern announced it and did the celebration again for ESPN. See, you've just got to love the NBA draft. We can't wait until next year – unfortunately, Danny Ainge probably won't be available to get kicked around anymore. - 10:42 pm EDT
Rd  Pk (Ov)  Team  Player  Ht  Wt  Pos  School   Note 
1 (1)  Portland  Greg Oden  *  7-1  255  Ohio St.   
2 (2)  Seattle  Kevin Durant  *  6-9  204  Texas   
3 (3)  Atlanta  Al Horford  *  6-10  235  Florida   
4 (4)  Memphis  Mike Conley Jr.  *  6-1  175  Ohio St.   
5 (5)  Boston  Jeff Green  *  6-8  225  Georgetown  (traded to Seattle with Wally Szczerbiak and Delonte West) 
6 (6)  Milwaukee  Yi Jianlian  *  7-0  230  PF  China   
7 (7)  Minnesota  Corey Brewer  *  6-8  185  Florida   
8 (8)  Charlotte  Brandan Wright  *  6-9  200  North Carolina  (traded to Golden State) 
9 (9)  Chicago  Joakim Noah  *  6-11  227  Florida  (from New York) 
10 (10)  Sacramento  Spencer Hawes  *  6-11  250  Washington   
11 (11)  Atlanta  Acie Law  *  6-3  185  Texas A&M  (from Indiana) 
12 (12)  Philadelphia  Thaddeus Young  *  6-8  215  Georgia Tech   
13 (13)  New Orleans  Julian Wright  *  6-8  225  Kansas   
14 (14)  LA Clippers  Al Thornton  *  6-8  220  Florida St.   
15 (15)  Detroit  Rodney Stuckey  *  6-4  205  Eastern Wash.  (from Orlando) 
16 (16)  Washington  Nick Young  *  6-6  195  USC   
17 (17)  New Jersey  Sean Williams  *  6-10  235  Boston Coll.   
18 (18)  Golden State  Marco Belinelli    6-5  192  SG  Italy   
19 (19)  LA Lakers  Javaris Crittenton  *  6-5  195  Georgia Tech   
20 (20)  Miami  Jason Smith  *  7-0  230  Colorado St.  (traded to Philadelphia) 
21 (21)  Philadelphia  Daequan Cook  *  6-5  210  Ohio St.  (from Denver, traded to Miami with 2009 second-round pick and cash) 
22 (22)  Charlotte  Jared Dudley  *  6-7  225  Boston Coll.  (from Toronto through Cleveland) 
23 (23)  New York  Wilson Chandler    6-8  225  DePaul  (from Chicago) 
24 (24)  Phoenix  Rudy Fernandez    6-6  172  Spain  (from Cleveland through Boston, traded to Portland) 
25 (25)  Utah  Morris Almond  *  6-6  185  Rice   
26 (26)  Houston  Aaron Brooks  *  6-0  160  Oregon   
27 (27)  Detroit  Arron Afflalo  *  6-5  206  UCLA   
28 (28)  San Antonio  Tiago Splitter    7-0  245  Brazil   
29 (29)  Phoenix  Alando Tucker  *  6-6  210  SF  Wisconsin   
30 (30)  Philadelphia  Petteri Koponen    6-5  194  PG    (from Dallas through Denver and Golden State, traded to Portland) 
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