Thursday's NBA Draft turned into a two-phase process for potential draftees: Wait and hope your name is called, then wait some more to find out where you'll end up after teams finish passing you around like a hot potato. In total, 18 players drafted Thursday will start their NBA careers on a team other than the one that selected them, including five players who spent their evening in limbo while being traded twice before the sun came up. Ten first-rounders were involved in trades, most notably Kentucky forward Nerlens Noel, who fell to the New Orleans Pelicans at No. 6 and was then traded to the Philadelphia 76ers for Jrue Holiday. Only time will reveal who got the better end of the...
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