Paolo Banchero

2022 - 6 - 24

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NBA draft: Orlando Magic choose Paolo Banchero as top pick (The Irish Times)

However, Banchero will always be recalled as the first player picked in the 2022 festivities after the Orlando Magic selected the Duke forward first overall in ...

LSU forward Tari Eason went to the Rockets at No. 17, and the Chicago Bulls used the 18th pick on Arizona guard Dalen Terry. The Bulls also were found guilty of tampering but didn’t have a second-round pick in this year’s draft. Smith, who averaged 16.9 points and 7.4 rebounds for the Tigers, is the highest-drafted player in Auburn history. Kansas star Ochai Agbaji went to the Cleveland Cavaliers at No. 14. It's going to be a ride, for real.” Banchero is the fifth Duke player to be the number one overall pick. “They are getting a winner, first and foremost,” Murray said of going to the Kings. “I'm very versatile. Holmgren averaged 14.1 points and 9.9 rebounds and matched the school record of 117 blocks in his lone college season. Orlando drafted Shaquille O'Neal in 1992, Chris Webber (traded to the Golden State Warriors) in 1993 and Dwight Howard in 2004. Smith was billed by many draft experts as the probable No. 1 overall pick but didn't seem the least bit dismayed about going third. I wanted to be in the NBA; I didn't know I would be (No. 1). This is unbelievable.” “It's a mix of 1,000 emotions and yet I have zero words to explain it,” Holmgren said.

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Paolo Banchero chosen as overall first pick by Orlando Magic in ... (CNN)

The Orlando Magic selected Paolo Banchero as the first pick of the 2022 NBA Draft on Thursday.

I wanted to be in the NBA, but I didn't know I would be here." "First off, just a winning mindset, a work-first mindset," he added. "Just ready to get in with the guys and get to work. "This is everything man, I worked day in and day out just to get to this level and I know I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for her and I'm just so happy, I'm just so happy," said Jalen of his selection. "This isn't even a dream. I feel like this is a fantasy.

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Who is Paolo Banchero? Italian-American picked first by Orlando ... (Olympics)

The 19-year-old from Duke seen as a shock at number one pick on a night of surprises. Here's why the selection made waves in Italy.

12) Jalen Williams, SG, picked by Oklahoma City Thunder (from Clippers) Here are the top first round picks. "I'm proud to wear the Azzurri jersey," he added, "I will never forget when I received it for the first time. Orlando had the first pick. He eventually went third to the Houston Rockets. Here's why the selection made waves in Italy.

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Twitter reacts to the Orlando Magic drafting Paolo Banchero (Orlando Pinstriped Post)

Most tweets probably wouldn't have been very complimentary after the Magic selected a lanky high school kid named Dwight Howard over UConn's national- ...

Thats one of the things the league is looking for— Pat Welter WRAL (@PatrickWelter) June 24, 2022 The best player in his draft class.— The Brotherhood (@BrotherhoodCBB) Magic's Jeff Weltman: The thing about Paolo is there isnt one thing. Paolo Banchero gives the Magic a 6-10 big with versatile scoring from inside and outside. He can drive with power finesse, plus he’s a creative passer off the dribble. -— Dan Savage (@Dan_Savage) @OrlandoMagicPresident of Basketball Operations Jeff Weltman on keeping the pick close to the vest. "When you're playing poker, you don't put your cards on the table, right?" Banchero has been our No. 1 prospect all year because he’s the best shot creator in the class. Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! #MagicTogether pic.twitter.com/1Ud7Yf7B8L June 24, 2022 And how these players develop over the next few years will make most tweets look idiotic, and perhaps some prophetic. Paolo Banchero is a Orlando Magic— Orlando Magic (@OrlandoMagic) @SociosUSAx #MagicDraft pic.twitter.com/gxFVzl1Rl3 June 24, 2022 — James D. Jackson (@JamesDJackson15)— James D. Jackson (@JamesDJackson15) #Thunderfans reaction to the Orlando Magic taking Paolo Banchero with the No. 1 pick in the #NBADraft pic.twitter.com/wdBcGJWXyP June 24, 2022

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Paolo Banchero joins Orlando Magic as first pick in NBA Draft (Irish Examiner)

Banchero, who has only played one season at college level with Duke, follows in the footsteps of Shaquille O'Neal.

Forward Jabari Smith, of Auburn, was chosen by Houston Rockets as the third pick of the evening in New York. The draft was also notable for Jeremy Sochan being picked ninth overall by the San Antonio Spurs, which made him the first British player selected in the draft in more than a decade since Ryan Richards was chosen by Spurs in 2010. Banchero, who has only played one season at college level with Duke, follows in the footsteps of Shaquille O’Neal after he was the number one pick by Magic in 1992.

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Paolo Banchero confirms his intention to play for Italian national team (Basketnews.com)

After denying all pre-draft speculations and guesses, Paolo Banchero became the No. 1 overall pick for the Orlando Magic. Before the Draft, the Duke ...

The 19-year-old averaged 17.2 points, 7.7 rebounds, and 3.1 assists for Duke in the NCAA last season. Asked whether he is going to help the Italian national team, the newly-selected Magic was certain. "I'll be playing for the national team," he said.

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NBA Draft 2022: Magic taking Paolo Banchero at No. 1 fooled the ... (CBSSports.com)

The top five picks of the NBA Draft turned out to be a relative shocker and may prove to be one of the more impactful drafts in NBA history.

But in their biggest moment in a generation on Thursday night, they twisted the future of the entire NBA — and fooled the rest of the league in doing so. The top five picks going on to be the five best guys, well that has never happened. That in mind, it's been a long time since the top of an NBA Draft felt this consequential. There's a reasonable chance the best player in this draft fell to them at No. 3. This was one of the more intriguing lead-ups into a draft in some time. In what could prove to be one of the most talented drafts in recent history, Orlando and Sacramento — two franchises that have been bad seemingly for generations — subverted expectations and gave us mayhem. If Smith hits huge and becomes the best player, it's not unreasonable we could look up in 2027 and see the Rockets competing for NBA Finals appearances while the Thunder and Magic are still picking in the lottery. Has this ever happened in the history of the draft? Will the Banchero and Murray picks prove to be savvy, or will those decisions backfire on the two notoriously underperforming franchises that made them? Ever since the night of the lottery, May 17, it seemed all the momentum was behind the idea that the Magic were going to go with convention and take Smith at No. 1. The beautiful commotion of all of this is: we don't know. Despite the fact that — as we previously laid out right here — the debate over who should go No. 1 was as compelling as we'd seen in years.

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'The Sporting News 7' podcast: Paolo Banchero goes No. 1, Kyrie ... (Sporting News)

Magic make Paolo Banchero their first pick, where next for Kyrie Irving if he nixes the Nets, and Aaron Judge proves his worth ahead of arbitration hearing.

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Paolo Banchero joins Orlando Magic as first pick in NBA Draft (Limerick Leader)

Orlando Magic made Paolo Banchero the first pick in the 2022 NBA Draft. Banchero, who has only played one season at college level with Duke, follows in the ...

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