NBA Draft 2015

Yesterday, the 2015 NBA draft took place at Barclays Center in New. York (home of the Brooklyn Nets and the New York Islanders).
The 30 NBA franchises went to work picking the new members of their franchises.
A few of these new players will become superstars in the Association, most will turn out to be league average starters or helpful players off the bench, and a few will be busts and never pan out like they hoped to.
The T Wolves had the 1st selection and they went with Karl Anthony Towns, the player whom many people thought would go 1st. Karl Anthony Towns is a pf/c out of Kentucky who has the upside to grow into a superstar on both ends of the court. He can grow into a.scoring machine on offense, and a rim protector on defense. Plus he has already played for the Dominican Republic national basketball team.
The Lakers had the 2nd pick which is really rare because they're usually in the postseason and last year was the 1st time in a while that they were really bad. With their selection,they picked Deangelo Russell, a combo guard out of Ohio State.  He has the passing ability, basketball IQ and leadership to be a point guard while he also has the shooting stroke to play shooting guard.
I love this pick because Russell can play alongside the black mamba in year 1 and get used to playing in the NBA.  Then in year 2 , he can take off and become the next star to play for the Lakers as Kobe Bryant is retiring after this upcoming season.
The Sixers had another pick in the top 5, this one was 3rd overall and they took Jahlil Okafor, cousin of Emeka Okafor, who went to college at Duke where he won a championship. Jahlil Okafor was the top high school player in his class, and he arrives in the NBA with the most polished offensive post game since Tim Duncan. The problem with him going to Philadelphia is that they also have Nerleans Noel and Joel Embid, but I can see how the pick makes sense since Embid has foot problems and might miss a second straight season.
The Knicks took 7-1 Latvian Kristaps Porzings at 4. He's the sweetest shooting big man in the draft, but he's only 19 and his body hasn't filled out all the way so he will probably need a few years of seasoning.
Croatian Mario Hezonja went to the Magic where he will give them much needed shooting
Wille Cualey Stein went to the Kings. In Sacramento he will give the Kings much needed rim defense
Emanuel Mudiay, a play making point guard, went to Denver. This likely marks the end of Ty Lawson playing in Denver.
The Warriors  picked Kevon Looney, a power forward out of UCLA. The dubs didn't have any needs going into the draft, but Looney does give them more size since Green is only 6-7 and now they can match up to bigs better
There were also a lot of draft day trades throughout the night which means that a lot of players will be moving teams.
Overall, the 2 round 60 pick draft was an exciting event and I can't wait to see how the players picked fare in the Association.