NEW YORK (AP) — Follow along with the developments from Thursday's NBA draft at Barclays Center:
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Cam Whitmore waited and waited and waited. And more than two hours after the NBA draft started, his name finally got called.
Whitmore went to Houston with the No. 20 pick Thursday night. He was projected as a lottery pick — even a top 10 pick — throughout much of the pre-draft process.
He averaged 12.5 points at Villanova in his lone college season and was the Big East's freshman of the year.
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What to know:
— Emotional Victor Wembanyama goes No. 1 in NBA draft to Spurs
— Hornets, Michael Jordan make Brandon Miller the second overall pick
— Scoot Henderson rounds out top-3 selections, heading to Portland
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LIKE FATHER, LIKE SONJett Howard is officially following in his father’s footsteps now. He was picked by the Orlando Magic on Thursday night, going 11th overall.
He’s the son of NBA champion Juwan Howard, now the coach at Michigan. Jett Howard played for his dad this past season.
Juwan Howard was the No. 5 pick in the 1994 draft.
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WEMBY WAS RIGHTVictor Wembanyama was right. Bilal Coulibaly was a top-10 pick in the NBA draft.
Coulibaly was taken as the No. 7 pick on Thursday night; the pick was made by Indiana, amid reports that it is being sent to the Washington Wizards. Coulibaly spent this past season with Boulogne-Levallois of the French league — with Wembanyama on the same team.
Wembanyama, the No. 1 pick by San Antonio, lobbied that Coulibaly should be a top-5 pick.
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TWINNINGThe NBA draft just went twinning, and did so back to back.
Amen Thompson went No. 4 to Houston and his twin brother Ausar Thompson went No. 5 to Detroit. It’s the first time twins went in the top 10 of the same NBA draft.
The brothers played for the Overtime Elite program this past season.
There’s almost enough twins in the NBA right now for a full roster, now that Amen Thompson and Ausar Thompson got drafted Thursday night.
This past season, there was Brook Lopez and Robin Lopez, Marcus Morris and Markieff Morris, Caleb Martin and Cody Martin, along with Julian Champagnie and Justin Champagnie.
Kris Murray of Iowa is expected to be drafted Thursday as well; he’s the twin of Sacramento Kings forward Keegan Murray.
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HENDERSON TO PORTLANDScoot Henderson believes he should have been the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft. He’ll have to settle for being No. 3.
He was picked by the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night, behind Victor Wembanyama by San Antonio and Brandon Miller by Alabama.
And now it’s time to watch what longtime Portland star Damian Lillard does – and if the pick of another point guard will make him think about requesting a change of scenery.
Henderson spent the last two seasons with the G League Ignite, preparing for life in the NBA that way instead of going the traditional college route.
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MILLER TO CHARLOTTECharlotte offered the first intrigue of the NBA draft: Brandon Miller is going to the Hornets at No. 2, over Scoot Henderson.
Miller is widely considered the best wing in the draft, and was the SEC player of the year at Alabama in his lone college season.
He raised some eyebrows at the draft on Wednesday when he said he doesn’t consider Michael Jordan — the Hornets owner, who is selling the majority stake — the best player of all time, saying he holds Paul George in that regard.
There’s also Miller’s ties to a significant off-court issue: A murder case that led to former Tide player Darius Miles and another man being indicted on capital murder charges. A police investigator testified in February that Miles texted Miller to bring him his gun that night. Miller hasn’t been charged with wrongdoing.
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WEMBY GOES NO. 1It’s finally official. Victor Wembanyama is going to the San Antonio Spurs.
Wembanyama is the No. 1 pick in this year’s draft, as has been expected for many months. The Spurs took the French teen who is listed at 7-foot-4 with the first overall selection.
This is the third time that the Spurs had the top overall selection. They chose David Robinson in 1987 and Tim Duncan in 1997. Both of those players became NBA champions and members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
And Wembanyama will follow in their footsteps now. He instantly becomes the centerpiece of San Antonio’s hopes to return to the postseason and start contending for titles again. The Spurs have won five championships under coach Gregg Popovich, with the last of those in 2014.
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THE ODDSThere’s no debate at No. 1. Victor Wembanyama will be the No. 1 pick in the draft.
The intrigue at No. 2 will go down to the wire. As of 7:40 p.m. Eastern, or roughly 30 minutes before the pick, Brandon Miller was the significant favorite according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Scoot Henderson was the second choice in those odds.
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FASHION SHOWThe players have arrived at Barclays Center for the NBA draft. And as always, the preshow was a fashion show.
Soon-to-be No. 1 pick Victor Wembanyama wore a green suit and a special necklace, telling ESPN that the stone appealed to him because it was unusual — not expensive. “I don’t care about wearing expensive stuff,” he said.
Taylor Hendricks of UCF had a pinkish suit, the jacket lined with photos that represented his journey to the NBA and some of the people who mean the most to him.
And there was a lot of sparkly. Kansas’ Gradey Dick showed up in a dazzling red jacket, and Scoot Henderson of the G League Ignite wore black with a lot of accent stones in designs selected by his family.
Players arrived, by bus from their hotel, several hours before the 8 p.m. start to the draft, which can be viewed on ABC or ESPN and streamed on ESPN’s website and app.
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