Spring Break
Big Draft for Big 12
Griffin taken 1st overall, Elonu 59th
By: David Harris
Issue date: 6/29/09 Section: Sports
While the draft was cause for much excitement for the Big 12, the future of the players lie in the hands of the NBA teams that selected them. For Texas, the Mavericks, Rockets and Spurs obtained the rights to eight rookies.
Dallas, who was picking 24 from 22 after a trade with Portland, traded again, this time with Oklahoma City, to move down another spot, the Mavericks took French point guard Rodrigue Beaubois with the 25th pick. They also took St. Joseph's Ahmad Nivins in the second round.
The Houston Rockets didn't have a pick as a result of earlier trades involving Steve Francis and Luis Scola. They did obtain rights to Arizona's Chase Buddinger, Central Florida's Jermaine Taylor and Spain's Sergio Llull through draft night trades.
San Antonio didn't have a first round pick due to their trade in 2008 for Seattle's, now Oklahoma City, Kurt Thomas. They did have three picks in the second round, where they took Pittsburgh's DeJuan Blair, Miami's Jack McClinton and France's Nando de Colo.
Dallas, who was picking 24 from 22 after a trade with Portland, traded again, this time with Oklahoma City, to move down another spot, the Mavericks took French point guard Rodrigue Beaubois with the 25th pick. They also took St. Joseph's Ahmad Nivins in the second round.
The Houston Rockets didn't have a pick as a result of earlier trades involving Steve Francis and Luis Scola. They did obtain rights to Arizona's Chase Buddinger, Central Florida's Jermaine Taylor and Spain's Sergio Llull through draft night trades.
San Antonio didn't have a first round pick due to their trade in 2008 for Seattle's, now Oklahoma City, Kurt Thomas. They did have three picks in the second round, where they took Pittsburgh's DeJuan Blair, Miami's Jack McClinton and France's Nando de Colo.
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