**Official 2012 NBA Draft Thread**

[King Taharqa]

Live from one of the most beautiful cities on Earth! Newark, NJ! It's the 2012 NBA draft! Here's the official order...

1st ROUND

1. New Orleans Hornets F/C Anthony Davis

2. Charlotte Bobcats SF Michael Kidd-Gilchrist

3. Washington Wizards G Bradley Beal

4. Cleveland Cavaliers G Dion Walters

5. Sacramento Kings PF Thomas Robinson

6. Portland Trail Blazers (from BK Nets) PG Damian Lillard

7. Golden State Warriors SF Harrison Barnes

8. Toronto Raptors SG Terrence Ross

9. Detroit Pistons C Andre Drummond

10. New Orleans Hornets (from MN T'Wolves) G Austin Rivers

11. Portland Trail Blazers

12. Houston Rockets

13. Phoenix Suns

14. Milwaukee Bucks

15. Philadelphia 76ers

16. Houston Rockets (from NY Knicks)

17. Dallas Mavericks

18. Minnesota Timberwolves (from UT Jazz)

19. Orlando Magic

20. Denver Nuggets

21. Boston Celtics

22. Boston Celtics (from LA Clippers)

23. Atlanta Hawks

24. Cleveland Cavaliers (from LA Lakers)

25. Memphis Grizzlies

26. Indiana Pacers

27. Miami Heat

28. Oklahoma City Thunder

29. Chicago Bulls

30. Golden State Warriors (from SA Spurs)

2nd ROUND

31. Charlotte Bobcats

32. Washington Wizards

33. Cleveland Cavaliers

34. Cleveland Cavaliers

35. Golden State Warriors

36. Sacramento Kings

37. Toronto Raptors

38. Denver Nuggets

39. Detroit Pistons

40. Portland Trail Blazers

41. Portland Trail Blazers

42. Milwaukee Bucks

43. Atlanta Hawks

44. Detroit Pistons

45. Philadelphia 76ers

46. New Orleans Hornets

47. Utah Jazz

48. New York Knicks

49. Orlando Magic

50. Denver Nuggets

51. Boston Celtics

52. Golden State Warriors

53. Los Angeles Clippers

54. Philadelphia 76ers

55. Dallas Mavericks

56. Toronto Raptors

57. Brooklyn Nets

58. Minnesota Timberwolves

59. San Antonio Spurs

60. Los Angeles Lakers

The guys on NBA.TV are basically saying "Charlotte controls this draft. Everybody knows Davis is going 1st, but what Charlotte does at 2 will decide the draft!"

[SOJA]

I bet we trade with cleveland, they draft beal, was takes Barnes, we get t rob

[YoungPanthers89]

Some type of trade, no idea with who though.

[TheOracle]

Chad Ford has dropped Barnes to #8 now, proving that Ford has a personal vendetta against Barnes, and he's pissing on him to try and pressure teams into passing on him, because if the Bobcats pick him 2, 3, or 4, the full wrath of ESPN will come down on them.

Anyone else can do it. They're just daring the Bobcats to.

[Panthro]

Yeah it's a Barnes conspiracy. Nothing to do with his production and play last year

[ItsPantone278]

down from 5 offers to negotiating with 2 teams. no link just heard it on sports center.

[PantherMan89]

Hoping it's beal but don't think it will be. Sounds like trob

[scarface]

Want Barnes.

[cdandi1]

Just some tweets to lead us up to the draft..I will post em as the come.

Chris Broussard ‏@Chris_Broussard

sources: Cavs offering 4, 24 and 33 picks for Charlotte's 2 and 31 picks

[cdandi1]

Brett Jensen ‏@Brett_Jensen

Cleveland is the team deep in negotiations with Charlotte.

[God]

i wouldnt do 4, 22, and 33 for our for 2, 31.

Id make them give that 2nd rounder up

[TheOracle]

Yeah it's a Barnes conspiracy. Nothing to do with his production and play last year

Explain to me how his production was so bad dumbass.

And why would Ford still be obsessing over 2 tournament games at this point? What has Barnes done since the season ended to hurt his stock that he would all of a sudden FREE FALL on the day of the draft?

Ford drops players based on the time of the month.

[cavic7585]

I dont think we should give anything to Cleveland, we are giving them a pass to get whoever they want. I bet we have a trade that nobody saw coming. My dream would we have a Ben Gordon like trade with the number 2 pick.

[cdandi1]

Andy Katz ‏@ESPNAndyKatz

Charlotte is "getting closer" to dealing the No. 2 pick, according to high-level source. Adds intrigue leading up to the draft at 7:30 p.m.