The NBA draft takes place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn tonight and by the end of the evening 60 players will have been selected over two rounds.
Below is a running tally of each player as they are picked:
No. 1 -- Minnesota Timberwolves -- Karl-Anthony Towns, 6-11 1/4, 250, Kentucky, power forward
Towns has the size of a center but the speed and footwork of a wing player. In his lone season at Kentucky, he was part of John Calipari’s 10-man platoon, and as a result, he only averaged 21.1 minutes per game, but his athletic ability and potential are unquestionable. With those limited minutes, he still ranked fourth in the NCAA in player efficiency rating (PER). Both offensively and defensively, he is a threat from all over the floor. He shot 56.6% from the field and averaged 2.3 blocks per game, and he effectively can run and defend the pick-and-roll.
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