Seven European prospects included in 2019 NBA draft

By John Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net

Seven European players were picked during the 2019 NBA draft, which took place at the Barclays Center on Thursday evening. French Sekou Doumbouya landed 15th place to lead players from the old continent at New York.

Georgian Goga Bitadze ranked 18th, Croatian Luka Samanic 19th, Lithuanian Deividas Sirvydis 37th, Serbian Alen Smailagic 39th, Lithuanian-born Ignas Brazdeikis 47th and Serbian Vanja Marinkovic rounded up the field in 60th place.

Brazdeikis who played college ball in Michigan has expressed interest of renouncing the Canadian basketball citizenship and play for Lithuania. Having said that, in total 17 non-US born players were selected in the draft with Japan’s Rui Hachimura making history for his country by being the 9th pick.

Here are all the picks of the 2019 NBA draft:

Position

Player

Country

Team

1

Zion Williamson

USA

New Orleans Pelicans

2

Ja Morant

USA

Memphis Grizzlies

3

R.J. Barrett

Canada

New York Knicks

4

De’Andre Hunter

USA

Atlanta Hawks

5

Darius Garland

USA

Cleveland Cavaliers

6

Jarrett Culver

USA

Minnesota Timberwolves

7

Coby White

USA

Chicago Bulls

8

Jaxson Hayes

USA

New Orleans Pelicans

9

Rui Hachimura

Japan

Washington Wizards

10

Cam Reddish

USA

Atlanta Hawks

11

Cameron Johnson

USA

Phoenix Suns

12

P.J. Washington

USA

Charlotte Hornets

13

Tyler Herro

USA

Miami Heat

14

Romeo Langford

USA

Boston Celtics

15

Sekou Doumbouya

France

Detroit Pistons

16

Chuma Okeke

USA

Orlando Magic

17

Nickell Alexander-Walker

Canada

New Orleans Pelicans

18

Goga Bitadze

Georgia

Indiana Pacers

19

Luka Samanic

Croatia

San Antonio Spurs

20

Matisse Thybulle

USA

Philadelphia 76ers

21

Brandon Clarke

Canada

Memphis Grizzlies

22

Grant Williams

USA

Boston Celtics

23

Darius Bazley

USA

Oklahoma City Thunder

24

Ty Jerome

USA

Phoenix Suns

25

Nassir Little

USA

Portland Trail Blazers

26

Dylan Windler

USA

Cleveland Cavaliers

27

Mfiondu Kabengele

Canada

Los Angeles Clippers

28

Jordan Poole

USA

Golden State Warriors

29

Keldon Johnson

USA

San Antonio Spurs

30

Kevin Porter Jr.

USA

Cleveland Cavaliers

31

Nicolas Claxton

US Virgin Islands

Brooklyn Nets

32

KZ Okpala

USA

Miami Heat

33

Carsen Edwards

USA

Boston Celtics

34

Bruno Fernando

Angola

Atlanta Hawks

35

Marcos Louzada Silva

Brazil

New Orleans Pelicans

36

Cody Martin

USA

Charlotte Hornets

37

Deividas Sirvydis

Lithuania

Detroit Pistons

38

Daniel Gafford

USA

Chicago Bulls

39

Alen Smailagic

Serbia

Golden State Warriors

40

Justin James

USA

Sacramento Kings

41

Eric Paschall

USA

Golden State Warriors

42

Admiral Schofield

USA

Washington Wizards

43

Jaylen Nowell

USA

Minnesota Timberwolves

44

Bol Bol

Sudan

Denver Nuggets

45

Isaiah Roby

USA

Dallas Mavericks

46

Talen Horton-Tucker

USA

Los Angeles Lakers

47

Ignas Brazdeikis

Canada/Lithuania

New York Knicks

48

Terance Mann

USA

Los Angeles Clippers

49

Quinndary Weatherspoon

USA

San Antonio Spurs

50

Jarrell Brantley

USA

Utah Jazz

51

Tremont Waters

USA

Boston Celtics

52

Jalen McDaniels

USA

Charlotte Hornets

53

Justin Wright-Forerman

USA

Utah Jazz

54

Marial Shayok

Canada

Philadelphia 76ers

55

Kyle Guy

USA

Sacramento Kings

56

Jaylen Hands

USA

Brooklyn Nets

57

Jordan Bone

USA

Detroit Pistons

58

Mlye Oni

USA

Utah Jazz

59

Dewan Hernandez

USA

Toronto Raptors

60

Vanja Marinkovic

Serbia

Sacramento Kings

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