The NBA Draft is an annual event where NBA teams select new players for their teams. The first draft took place in 1947 between the first and second seasons of the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which preceded the NBA.
The draft as a phenomenon arose because of a clear sports vertical in the United States: school-college-professional sports. In basketball, the scheme is extremely simple: you are one of the best players in school, you get an athletic scholarship and play in the NCAA, then you enter the NBA draft and find yourself in the strongest basketball league in the world.
On the night of June 23-24, the 2022 draft took place in Brooklyn, New York, where NBA clubs selected new performers for their rosters.
The big favorites to be picked at the Talent Fair were forwards Jabari Smith and Paolo Bankero, center Chet Holmgern and defenseman Jaden Ivey.
As a result, Paolo Banquero was chosen under the first pick of Orlando.
2022 draft selection order:
First round
1. Paolo Bankero (Orlando)
2. Chet Holmgren (Oklahoma)
3. Jabari Smith (Houston)
4. Keegan Murray (Sacramento)
5. Jaden Ivey (Detroit)
6. Benedict Maturin (Ind.)
7. Jayden Sharp (Portland)
8. Dyson Daniels (New Orleans)
9. Jeremy Sochan (San Antonio)
10. Johnny Davis (Washington)
Paolo Banquero – 1st overall pick
Paolo Banquero No. 1 pick / Source: Getty Images
11. Usman Dieng (Oklahoma)
12. Jaylen Williams (Oklahoma)
13. Jaylen Duran (Detroit)
14. Ochai Agbaji (Cleveland)
15. Mark Williams (Charlotte)
16. AJ Griffin (Atlanta)
17. Tari Eason (Houston)
18. Daylen Terry (Chicago)
19. Jake LaRavia (Memphis)
20. Malachi Branam (San Antonio)
Jaylen Williams
Jaylen Williams / Source: Getty Images
21. Christian Brown (Denver)
22. Walker Kessler (MN)
23. David Roddy (Memphis)
24. Marjohn Bochamp (Milwaukee)
25. Blake Wesley (San Antonio)
26. Wendell Moore (MN)
27. Nikola Jovic (Miami)
28. Patrick Baldwin (Golden State)
29. Tai Tai Washington (Houston)
30. Payton Watson (Denver)
Second round
31. Andrew Nembard (Ind.)
32. Caleb Hustan (Orlando)
33. Christian Koloko (Toronto)
34. Jaylene Williams (Oklahoma)
35. Max Christie (Lakers)
36. Gabriele Procida (Portland)
37. Jayden Hardy (Sacramento)
38. Kennedy Chandler (San Antonio)
39. Khalifa Diop (Cleveland)
40. Bryce McGowans (MN)
41. And Jay Liddell (New Orleans)
42. Trevor Keels (New York)
43. Moussa Diabate (Clippers)
44. Ryan Rollins (Atlanta)
45. Josh Minott (Charlotte)
46. Ismael Kamagate (Detroit)
47. Vince Williams (Memphis)
48. Kendall Brown (MN)
49. Isaiah Mobley (Cleveland)
50. Matteo Spagnolo (MN)
51. Tyris Martin (Golden State)
52. Carlo Matkovic (New Orleans)
53. JD Davison (Boston)
54. Yannick Nzosa (Washington)
55. Guy Santos (Golden State)
56. Luke Travers (Cleveland)
57. Jabari Walker (Portland)
58. Hugo Besson (Ind.)
Note that the 2022 NBA draft consisted of 58 picks instead of the usual 60. The reason for this was the fact that Milwaukee and Miami were stripped of second-round picks for violating the tampering rule.
Recall that last year, under the first number in the draft, the Detroit Pistons selected defenseman Cade Cunningham. Jaylen Green left for Houston in second place, and Cleveland-drafted center Evan Mobley was third.