Phoenix Suns draft history

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The draft history of the Phoenix Suns.

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Key

AbbreviationMeaningAbbreviationMeaning
G Guard PG Point guard
SG Shooting guard F Forward
SF Small forward PF Power forward
C Center
Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer First Overall NBA Draft Pick Selected for an NBA All-Star Game

Selections

YearRoundPickNameNationalityPositionFrom
1968 18 Gary Gregor Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States South Carolina
1968 221 Dick Cunningham Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Murray State
1968 336 Art Beatty American
1968 449Rich JonesFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Memphis State
1968 564 Harry Holines Denver
1968 677 Rod Knowles Davidson
1968 792 Charles Parks Idaho State
1968 8105 Brian Clare Denver
1968 9120 Merv Jackson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Utah
1968 10133 Lee Davis Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States North Carolina Central
1968 11147 Ron Boone Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Idaho State
1968 12160Bill Davis Arizona
1968 13171 Pat Hobart California (Pennsylvania)
1969 12 Neal Walk Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Florida
1969 223 Gene Williams Kansas State
1969 330 Floyd Kerr Colorado State
1969 333 Lamar Green Morehead State
1969 339 Lloyd Kerr Colorado State
1969 444 Dennis Stewart Michigan
1969 558 Rich Jones Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Michigan
1969 672 Dan Sadlier Dayton
1969 786 Bill Sweek UCLA
1969 8100Bob Edwards Arizona State
1969 9114Steve Jennings USC
1969 10128 Rick Abrahamson Oregon
1969 11142 Fred Lind Duke
1969 12156Bob Miller Toledo
1969 13169Andy White UTEP
1969 14180 Marv Schmidt Western New Mexico
1969 15189 Bob Beamon Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States UTEP
1969 16195 Wayne Huckel Davidson
1969 17201 Howie Dickenman [lower-alpha 1] Central Connecticut State
1969 18207 Al Nuness Minnesota
1969 19212Bill Davis Kentucky State
1969 20216 Jim Plump Northern Arizona
1970 110 Greg Howard New Mexico
1970 227 Fred Taylor Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Texas-Pan American
1970 229 Joe DePre St. John's
1970 344 Greg McDivitt Ohio
1970 348 Vann Williford Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States North Carolina State
1970 461 Bob Lienhard Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Georgia
1970 578 John Canine Ohio
1970 695 Joe Thomas Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Marquette
1970 7112 Heyward Dotson Columbia
1970 8129 Steve Patterson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States UCLA
1970 9146 Carl Ashley Wyoming
1970 10163 Gerhardus Schreur Arizona State
1970 11178Jim Walls Clark College
1970 12190 Ric Cobb Marquette
1970 13200 Fred Carpenter Hawaii
1970 14210 Chad Calabria Iowa
1970 15219Walt Williams Miami (OH)
1971 114 John Roche South Carolina
1971 348 Dennis Layton USC
1971 465 Walter Szczerbiak George Washington
1971 582 Ken Gardner Utah
1971 584 Bob Kissane Holy Cross
1971 699William GrahamKentucky State
1971 7116 Ralph Brateris Trenton State
1971 8133 Vernell Ellzy Florida State
1971 9149Mike JohnsonKansas State
1971 10165 Tom Newell Hawaii
1971 11179 Paul Leitz Western Carolina
1971 12192 Floyd Mason Alcorn State
1971 13204 Ron Dorsey Tennessee State
1971 14213 Ken Booker UCLA
1971 15222 Curtis Carter Bishop College
1972 14 Corky Calhoun Pennsylvania
1972 333 Scott English UTEP
1972 334 Don Buse Evansville
1972 342 Claude Terry Stanford
1972 459 Matt Gantt St. Bonaventure
1972 575 Wardell Dyson Shaw College
1972 692 Charles Edge Le Moyne
1972 7109 Bernie Fryer Brigham Young
1972 8125 Russell Golden Jackson State
1972 9140Bill Kennedy Arizona State
1972 10153 Al Vilchek Louisville
1972 11164 John Belcher Arkansas State
1972 12172 Mark Soderberg Utah
1972 13179 Kelly Utley Shaw College
1972 14186 Ray Golson West Texas State
1973 18 Mike Bantom St. Joseph's
1973 233 Gary Melchionni Duke
1973 342 Joe Reaves Bethel
1973 343Steve MitchellKansas State
1973 460 Ronnie Robinson Memphis State
1973 577 Clinton Harris Iowa State
1973 694 Gene Doyle Holy Cross
1973 7111 Jerry Bisbano Southwest Louisiana
1973 8128Jim Owens Arizona State
1973 9144Sandy SmithWinston-Salem
1973 10158 Claude White Elmhurst College
1973 11170Lynn GreerVirginia State College
1973 12179 Lyman Williamson Samford College
1973 13186 Kalevi Sarkalahti Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Brigham Young
1974 14 John Shumate Notre Dame
1974 231 Fred Saunders Syracuse
1974 340 George Gervin Eastern Michigan
1974 349 Earl Williams Winston-Salem
1974 458Randy AllenIndiana (PA)
1974 576 Ralph Bobik Creighton
1974 694 Collis Temple LSU
1974 7112 Clyde Dickey Boise State
1974 8130Tom HollandOklahoma
1974 9148Ted EvansOklahoma
1974 10165Mark Wasley Arizona State
1975 14 Alvan Adams Oklahoma
1975 116 Ricky Sobers UNLV
1975 235 Allen Murphy Louisville
1975 236 Jimmy Dan Conner Kentucky
1975 354 Bayard Forrest Grand Canyon
1975 458 Sam McCants Oral Roberts
1975 576 Joe Pace Coppin State
1975 694 Biff Burrell USC
1975 7112Dave EdmundsWest Georgia
1975 8130 Jack Schrader Arizona State
1975 9147 Owen Brown Maryland
1975 10163Mike Moon Arizona State
1976 110 Ron Lee Oregon
1976 230 Al Fleming Arizona
1976 233 Butch Feher Vanderbilt
1976 345 Ira Terrell Southern Methodist
1976 462Paul MillerOregon State
1976 579Ralph WalkerSt. Mary's (CA)
1976 697Carl BrownEastern Kentucky
1976 7115 Brad Warble Eastern Illinois
1976 8133 Tom DeBerry Northern Arizona
1976 9150 John Irving Hofstra
1976 10166Gary Jackson Arizona State
1977 15 Walter Davis North Carolina
1977 366 Mike Bratz Stanford
1977 471 Greg Griffin Idaho State
1977 593 Cecil Rellford St. John's
1977 6115 Billy McKinney Northwestern
1977 7136 Alvin Scott Oral Roberts
1977 8156Alvin JosephOral Roberts
1978 119 Marty Byrnes Syracuse
1978 363 Joel Kramer San Diego State
1978 485 Bob Miller Cincinnati
1978 488 Wayne Smith UC-Irvine
1978 5107 Andre Wakefield Loyola-Chicago
1978 6128Charles ThompsonHouston
1978 7149 Steve Malovic San Diego State
1978 8167George Fowler Pacific
1978 9184 Nate Stokes Grand Canyon
1978 10199Lewis CohenPG Cal Poly
1979 122 Kyle Macy Kentucky
1979 224 Johnny High Nevada-Reno
1979 364 Al Green Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
LSU
1979 486 Malcolm Cesare Florida
1979 5107 Mark Eaton Cypress JC
1979 6127 Dale Shackelford Syracuse
1979 7147Ollie MatsonPepperdine
1979 8165 Charles Jones Albany State
1979 9196 Hosea Champine Robert Morris (PA)
1979 10215 Korky Nelson Santa Clara
1980 242 Kimberly Belton Stanford
1980 359 John Campbell Clemson
1980 365 Doug True UC-Berkeley
1980 488 Leroy Stampley Loyola-Illinois
1980 5111Mark StevensNorthern Arizona
1980 6134 Coby Leavitt Utah
1980 7157Ron WilliamsFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Western Montana
1980 8175Jim ConnollyLa Salle
1980 9196 Keith French North Park
1980 10211 Randy Carroll Kansas
1981 120 Larry Nance Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Clemson
1981 362 Sam Clancy Pittsburgh
1981 366 Craig Dykema Long Beach State
1981 5112 Paul Heuerman Michigan
1981 6135 Pete Harris Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Northeastern
1981 7158David WilliamsFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Southern
1981 8180 Steve Risley Indiana
1981 9200 Brian Johnson Colorado
1981 10220 Felton Sealey Oregon
1982 115 David Thirdkill Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Bradley
1982 239 Kevin Magee Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States UC-Irvine
1982 361 Charles Pittman Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Maryland
1982 486 Rory White Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States South Alabama
1982 5108 Marvin McCrary Missouri
1982 6130 Jake Bethany Hardin Simmons
1982 7155 Phil Ward UNC-Charlotte
1982 8177 Rick Elrod Georgetown (KY)
1982 9199 Ken Lyles Washington
1982 10221 Dale Wilkinson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Idaho State
1983 228 Rod Foster Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States UCLA
1983 245 Paul Williams Arizona State
1983 351 Dereck Whittenburg N.C. State
1983 489 Sam Mosley Nevada-Reno
1983 5113 Rick Lamb Illinois State
1983 6135 Edward Bona Fordham
1983 7159Fred BrownFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Virginia Comm.
1983 8181 Mike Mulquin Villanova
1983 9204 Joe Dykstra Western Illinois
1983 10224 Bo Overton Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Oklahoma
1984 113 Jay Humphries Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Colorado
1984 236 Charles Jones Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Louisville
1984 359 Murray Jarman Clemson
1984 482 Jeff Collins UNLV
1984 5105 Bill Flye Richmond
1984 6128 Herman Veal Maryland
1984 7151 Raymond Crenshaw Oklahoma State
1984 8174 Mark Fothergill Maryland
1984 9196 Buddy Cox Bellarmine
1984 10218 Ezra Hill Liberty Baptist
1985 110 Ed Pinckney Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Villanova
1985 232 Nick Vanos Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Santa Clara
1985 356 Jerry Everett Lamar
1985 478 Granger Hall Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Temple
1985 5102 Shawn Campbell Weber State
1985 6124 Charles Rayne Temple
1985 7148 Georgi Glouchkov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria Akademik Varna (Bulgaria)
1986 16 William Bedford Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Memphis State
1986 231 Joe Ward Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Dayton
1986 239 Rafael Addison Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Syracuse
1986 246 Jeff Hornacek Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Iowa State
1986 355 Kenny Gattison Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Old Dominion
1986 477 Grant Gondrezick Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Pepperdine
1986 5101 Greg Spurling Carson-Newman
1986 6123Jim McCaffrey Holy Cross
1986 7147 Damon Goodwin Dayton
1987 12 Armon Gilliam Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States UNLV
1987 246 Bruce Dalrymple Georgia Tech
1987 353 Winston Crite Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Texas A&M
1987 476Steve BeckFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Arizona State
1987 599 Brent Counts Pacific
1987 6122 Marcel Boyce Akron
1987 7145Ron Singleton Grand Canyon University
1988 17 Tim Perry Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Temple
1988 114 Dan Majerle Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Central Michigan
1988 228 Andrew Lang Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Arkansas
1988 238 Dean Garrett Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Indiana
1988 250 Steve Kerr Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Arizona
1988 355 Rodney Johns Grand Canyon
1989 124 Anthony Cook [lower-alpha 2] Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Arizona
1989 246 Ricky Blanton Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States LSU
1989 251 Mike Morrison Loyola Marymount
1989 252 Greg Grant Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Trenton State
1990 121 Jayson Williams Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States St. John's
1990 231 Negele Knight Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Dayton
1990 248 Cedric Ceballos Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Cal State Fullerton
1990 250 Miloš Babić [lower-alpha 3] Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia (now Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia) Tennessee Tech
1991 232 Chad Gallagher Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Creighton
1991 246 Richard Dumas Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Oklahoma State
1991 250 Joey Wright Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Texas
1992 122 Oliver Miller Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Arkansas
1992 248 Brian Davis Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Duke
1992 249 Ron Ellis Louisiana Tech
1993 127 Malcolm Mackey Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Georgia Tech
1993 249 Mark Buford Mississippi Valley State
1993 254 Byron Wilson Utah
1994 123 Wesley Person Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Auburn
1994 229 Antonio Lang Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Duke
1994 250 Charles Claxton Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Georgia
1994 252 Anthony Goldwire Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Houston
1995 121 Michael Finley Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Wisconsin
1995 127 Mario Bennett Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Arizona State
1995 256 Chris Carr Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Southern Illinois
1996 115 Steve Nash Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Santa Clara
1996 239 Russ Millard Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Iowa
1996 243 Ben Davis Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Arizona
1997 242 Stephen Jackson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Oak Hill High School (VA)
1999 19 Shawn Marion Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States UNLV
2000 125 Iakovos "Jake" Tsakalidis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
AEK Athens (Greece)
2001 251 Alton Ford Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Houston
2002 19 Amaré Stoudemire Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Cypress Creek High School (FL)
2002 122 Casey Jacobsen Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Stanford
2003 117 Žarko Čabarkapa Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro
(now Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia & Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro)
Budućnost Podgorica (Serbia & Montenegro)
2004 17 Luol Deng [lower-alpha 4] Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan (now Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan [lower-alpha 5] )
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
SF Duke
2005 121 Nate Robinson [lower-alpha 6] Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States PG Washington
2005 257 Marcin Gortat Flag of Poland.svg  Poland C RheinEnergie Köln (Germany)
2006 121 Rajon Rondo [lower-alpha 7] Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States PG Kentucky
2006 127 Sergio Rodríguez [lower-alpha 8] Flag of Spain.svg  Spain PG Adecco Estudiantes (Spain)
2007 124 Rudy Fernández [lower-alpha 9] [lower-alpha 10] Flag of Spain.svg  Spain G Joventut Badalona (Spain)
2007 129 Alando Tucker Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States F Wisconsin
2007 259 D. J. Strawberry Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States G Maryland
2008 115 Robin Lopez [lower-alpha 11] Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States F Stanford
2008 248 Malik Hairston [lower-alpha 12] [lower-alpha 13] Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States G Oregon
2009 114 Earl Clark Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States SF Louisville
2009 248 Taylor Griffin Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States SF Oklahoma
2009 257 Emir Preldžič [lower-alpha 14] [lower-alpha 15] Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey [lower-alpha 16]
SF Fenerbahçe Ülker (Turkey) [10]
2010 246 Gani Lawal [lower-alpha 17] Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States PF Georgia Tech
2010 260 Dwayne Collins [lower-alpha 18] Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States PF Miami (FL)
2011 113 Markieff Morris Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States PF Kansas
2012 113 Kendall Marshall Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States PG North Carolina
2013 15 Alex Len Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine C Maryland
2013 130 Nemanja Nedović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia SG/PG Liteuvos Rytas (Lithuania)
2013 257 Alex Oriakhi Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States PF Missouri
2014 114 T. J. Warren Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States SF North Carolina State
2014 118 Tyler Ennis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada PG Syracuse
2014 127 Bogdan Bogdanović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia SG Partizan Belgrade (Serbia)
2014 250 Alec Brown Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States C/PF Wisconsin–Green Bay
2015 113 Devin Booker Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States SG Kentucky
2015 244 Andrew Harrison [lower-alpha 19] Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States PG Kentucky
2016 14 Dragan Bender Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia [lower-alpha 20] PF/C Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)
2016 113 Georgios Papagiannis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece C Panathinaikos Athens (Greece)
2016 128 Skal Labissière Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti PF/CKentucky
2016 234 Tyler Ulis Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States PGKentucky
2017 14 Josh Jackson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States SF Kansas
2017232 Davon Reed Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States SG Miami (FL)
2017254 Alec Peters Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States PF/SF Valparaiso
2018 1 1 Deandre Ayton Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas C Arizona
2018116 Zhaire Smith Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States SG Texas Tech
2018231 Élie Okobo Flag of France.svg  France PG Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez (France)
2018259 George King Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States SG Colorado
2019 16 Jarrett Culver Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States SG Texas Tech
2019232 KZ Okpala Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States SF Stanford
2020 110 Jalen Smith Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States PF Maryland
2021 129 Day'Ron Sharpe Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States C North Carolina
2023 252 Toumani Camara Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium SF/PF Dayton

Footnotes

  1. Listed as Howie Dickerman in the 1968 draft.
  2. Cook traded to Detroit for Kenny Battle (#27 overall pick) and Micheal Williams
  3. Traded to Cleveland for Stefano Rusconi.
  4. Traded to Chicago for Jackson Vroman, cash and a 2005 first round pick (Nate Robinson was later selected).
  5. Luol Deng was born in the city of Wau, which at the time of the draft was a part of Sudan. Wau became a part of South Sudan when South Sudan decided to declare for independence in 2011.
  6. Traded to New York with Quentin Richardson and future considerations for Kurt Thomas and the draft rights to Dijon Thompson.
  7. With Brian Grant to Boston Celtics for a 2007 first round pick (Rudy Fernández was later selected).
  8. With James Jones to Portland Trail Blazers for cash.
  9. On June 28, 2006, Phoenix acquired Cleveland's 2007 first-round draft pick from Boston in exchange for Brian Grant, the draft rights to Rajon Rondo and cash considerations. [1] Previously, Boston acquired a 2007 first-round draft pick on February 24, 2005 from Cleveland in exchange for Jiří Welsch. [2] Phoenix used the 24th pick to draft Rudy Fernández.
  10. Portland acquired James Jones and the draft rights to 24th pick Rudy Fernández from Phoenix in exchange for cash considerations. The trade was finalized on July 11, 2007. [3]
  11. On August 19, 2005, Phoenix acquired 2006 and 2008 first-round draft picks and Boris Diaw from Atlanta in exchange for Joe Johnson. [4] Phoenix used the pick to draft Robin Lopez.
  12. San Antonio acquired the draft rights to 48th pick Malik Hairston, a second-round draft pick in 2009, and cash considerations from Phoenix in exchange for the draft rights to 45th pick Goran Dragić. [5]
  13. On September 17, 2002, Phoenix acquired a 2008 second-round draft pick from Cleveland in exchange for Milt Palacio. [6] Phoenix used the pick to draft Malik Hairston.
  14. On July 20, 2007, Phoenix acquired Orlando's 2009 second-round draft pick from Oklahoma City (as Seattle) in exchange for 2008 and 2010 first-round draft picks and Kurt Thomas. [7] Previously, Oklahoma City (as Seattle) acquired a 2009 second-round draft pick on July 11, 2007 from Orlando in exchange for Rashard Lewis. [8] Phoenix used the 57th pick to draft Emir Preldžič.
  15. Cleveland acquired the draft rights to 57th pick Emir Preldžič from Phoenix in exchange for cash considerations. [9]
  16. Emir Preldžič was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also has Slovenian citizenship and originally competed internationally for Slovenia. However, as of 2014, he has also gained Turkish citizenship and has competed internationally for Turkey instead. [10]
  17. On December 10, 2008, Phoenix acquired Jason Richardson, Jared Dudley and a 2010 second-round pick from Charlotte in exchange for Raja Bell, Boris Diaw and Sean Singletary. [11] The Suns used the 46th pick to draft Gani Lawal.
  18. On June 25, 2009, Phoenix acquired Ben Wallace, Aleksandar Pavlović, a 2010 second-round pick and cash considerations from Cleveland in exchange for Shaquille O'Neal. [12] The Suns used the 60th pick to draft Dwayne Collins.
  19. On June 26, 2015, Phoenix acquired Jon Leuer from the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for the draft rights of Andrew Harrison.
  20. Dragan Bender was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but competes internationally for Croatia.

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The 2017 NBA draft was held on June 22, 2017, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players.

The 2017–18 Boston Celtics season was the 72nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics originally acquired the number one pick of the NBA draft due to a previous trade involving the Brooklyn Nets, only to then trade it to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for two different draft picks. One of the picks would allow Boston to draft forward Jayson Tatum. Later, they acquired Gordon Hayward in free agency on July 7, 2017. They would also acquire 4-time All-Star Kyrie Irving from the Cleveland Cavaliers via trade on August 22, 2017 in exchange for Ante Žižić, Jae Crowder, All-Star point guard Isaiah Thomas, the Brooklyn Nets' unprotected first-round pick in the 2018 NBA draft, and a 2020 second-round pick, originally from the Miami Heat. The Celtics played the first game of the regular season on October 17, 2017, against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 NBA draft</span> Basketball player selection

The 2018 NBA Draft was held on June 21, 2018, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur United States college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players. It was televised nationally by ESPN. State Farm was the presenting sponsor of the NBA draft for the seventh consecutive year. This draft was the last to use the original weighted lottery system that gave teams near the bottom of the NBA draft better odds at the top three picks of the draft while teams higher up had worse odds in the process; the rule was agreed upon by the NBA on September 28, 2017, but would not be implemented until the 2019 draft. It was also considered the final year where undrafted college underclassmen were forced to begin their professional careers early; on August 8, 2018, the NCAA announced that players who declared for the NBA draft and were not selected would have the opportunity to return to their school for at least another year. With the last year of what was, at the time, the most recent lottery system, the Phoenix Suns won the first overall pick on May 15, 2018, with the Sacramento Kings at the second overall pick and the Atlanta Hawks at third overall pick. The Suns' selection was their first No. 1 overall selection in franchise history. They used the selection on the Bahamian center Deandre Ayton from the nearby University of Arizona.

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