Hornets win NBA lottery

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  1. Tiger_fan

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    good stuff from the Advocate:

    “I feel really good,” General Manager Dell Demps said. “With Davis, the defensive presence and offensive upside is great. With Austin’s playmaking ability to go along with Eric, I’m hoping we’re going to be really hard to guard and score on.”
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    The selection (of Davis with the #1 overall pick) made Davis the second player ever (the first was UCLA's Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1969) to pull off the trifecta of college national title, college player of the year and No. 1 NBA draft pick.
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    “I think around Year 3, you’re going to see Anthony and who he is for the next 10 years,” Williams said Saturday. “Until then, you’re asking for too much. That pressure is on me and the staff to make sure he develops the right way.”
    The same goes for Rivers, who’s also 19.
    Demps said he’d hoped all along to use the No. 10 pick on Rivers, who piled up points in his one season at Duke...becoming the third freshman in school history to lead the Blue Devils in scoring.
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    Williams called Rivers’ ability to get to the basket “second to none” among the draftees (a lot of the scouting reports I read said he is the best scorer in the draft)
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    The Hornets finished off the biggest draft in their history by taking Davis’ teammate, Miller. The 2012 Southeastern Conference Sixth Man of the Year (also the 2011 SEC Tournament MVP, a member of Team USA that went 12-1 at the 2011 World University Games in China, a member of the Gold Medal winning 2009 USA U-19 National team and a 2008 Parade All-American), Miller will come in and fill a similar role with the Hornets — a versatile, athletic player who can come off the bench and provide a spark.
    “To get Darius Miller, we didn’t expect that,” Demps said. “He’s a really good player.”
     

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