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NBA Draft: Pick-by-Pick AnalysisNBA Draft UpdateCavs pick Kansas' Wiggins at No. 1 --> Cavs pick Kansas' Wiggins at No. 1 Brooklyn, NY ( ) - As Andrew Wiggins climbed the steps to the stage, the only thing that stood out more than his patterned tuxedo jacket with the thick black lapels was his situation. The 6-foot-8 Kansas freshman from Toronto pulled on a Cleveland Cavaliers hat, hugged NBA commissioner Adam Silver and took his spot at the head of a draft class touted as one of the most talented in league history. The Cavaliers took Wiggins No. 1 overall on Thursday night, picking in that position for the second year in a row and the fourth time since opening the 2003 draft by taking LeBron James. The selection began a run on freshman at the top, with Milwaukee taking Duke's Jabari Parker No. 2 and Philadelphia using the No. 3 pick on Joel Embiid just six days after the 7-foot Kansas center from Cameroon underwent surgery to fix a stress fracture in his right foot. Embiid was the victim of an apparently ill-timed bit of television directing when ESPN showed him stone-faced and ostensibly disappointed as his name was announced by Silver. Not at Barclays Center because of his injury, the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year clarified things on Twitter. As did 76ers CEO Scott O'Neil, who said the problem was a timing delay Buy Retro 6 Sport Blue. "This is my real 'Just got drafted' face," Embiid tweeted along with a picture of him smiling. "Couldn't be happier to be a 76er!!!" Wiggins and Parker were seen as the consensus Nos. 1 and 2 in some order by most observers after news of Embiid's injury broke last week. Wiggins, 19, averaged 17.1 points and 5.9 rebounds per game in his only season for Kansas, helping the Jayhawks win the Big 12 regular-season championship Jordan 6 Sport Blue Release Date. Cleveland's No. 1 pick last year, Anthony Bennett, is also from Toronto. "A thousand thoughts are going through my head right now. It's a dream come true," said Wiggins. "I've been dreaming of this moment since I was a little kid. .. Sport Blue 6s 2014 Pre Order. It doesn't even feel real right now Sport Blue 6s Website." Parker, also 6-foot-8 and 19 years old, scored 19.1 points and grabbed 8.7 rebounds per game for Duke and said he thinks he can contribute right away for a young Bucks team. "I feel like I'm going to be able to grow with that organization and I'm trying to be a throwback player, only stick with one team," said Parker. Orlando picked Arizona's Aaron Gordon at No. 4 -- the fourth straight freshman selected at the top of the draft -- and Utah went with Australian guard Dante Exum at No. 5 Jordan 6 Sport Blue 2014 Women Size. Exum, dubbed this year's "mystery man" after playing on the other side of the globe, finished high school in December, declared for the draft as an early entrant and became one of the more intriguing members of the class. "Me and my agent thought that I wouldn't get down to five, but anything happens in the draft and I'm lucky enough that Utah believed in me," said the 6-foot-6 guard. Rounding out the top 10 picks were Oklahoma State's Marcus Smart (Boston), Kentucky's Julius Randle (Lakers), Michigan's Nik Stauskas (Sacramento), Indiana's Noah Vonleh (Charlotte) and Louisiana-Lafayette's Elfrid Payton (Philadelphia). According to multiple reports, the Sixers traded Payton to Orlando in a deal that netted them No. 12 pick Dario Saric of Croatia, who will spend the next two years overseas, and draft picks. In another widely reported deal, Denver traded the No. 11 pick -- Creighton star Doug McDermott -- to Chicago for the 16th and 19th selections this year. 06/26 22:05:15 ET   

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