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Seven ACC Players Chosen in 2021 NBA Draft
NBA NewsStory LinksGREENSBORO, N.C. (TheACC.com) – Seven Atlantic Coast Conference men’s basketball gamers have been chosen Thursday nighttime in the 2021 NBA Draft, held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Four ACC gamers have been chosen in the first round, highlighted by using Florida State freshman defend Scottie Barnes, who was once a lottery pick out with the No. four usual decision with the aid of the Toronto Raptors.
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Virginia junior defend Trey Murphy III (No. 17 overall, Memphis), Duke freshman ahead Jalen Johnson (No. 20 overall, Atlanta) and North Carolina freshman ahead Day’Ron Sharpe (No. 29 overall, Phoenix) additionally have been chosen in the first round. With the 4 first-round selections, the ACC has had at least three first-round draft choices in every of the closing thirteen drafts – the solely convention to do so. The ACC additionally prolonged its streak with at least one first-round choice to 33 consecutive years, courting to the 1989 draft.
NBA News Over the final eight years (2014-21), the ACC leads all conferences with forty nine first-round selections. With Barnes coming off the board as a lottery pick, the ACC now has had 31 pinnacle 14 choices over the ultimate 12 years and due to the fact 1996 leads all conferences with fifty six lottery selections.
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ACC in the 2021 NBA Draft:
Round/Selection, Player, NBA Team
1/4, Scottie Barnes (Florida State), Toronto
1/17, Trey Murphy III (Virginia), Memphis (proposed exchange to New Orleans)
1/20, Jalen Johnson (Duke), Atlanta
1/29, Day’Ron Sharpe (North Carolina), Phoenix (proposed change to Brooklyn)
2/47, David Johnson (Louisville), Toronto
2/57, Balsa Koprivica (Florida State), Charlotte
2/59, RaiQuan Gray (Florida State), Brooklyn
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Scottie Barnes, Florida State
First Round/Fourth Overall, Toronto Raptors
A Third-Team All-ACC selection, Barnes was once named the ACC Freshman of the Year as properly as the ACC Sixth Man of the Year. He averaged 10.3 factors and four rebounds whilst topping the Seminoles in each assists (4.1) and steals (1.5) and main FSU to the Sweet sixteen of the 2021 NCAA Tournament. He completed fifth in the ACC in assists and seventh in steals.
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Trey Murphy III, Virginia
NBA News First Round/17th Overall, Memphis Grizzlies (proposed change to New Orleans Pelicans)
Murphy averaged 11.3 ppg and 3.4 rpg remaining season for the Cavaliers. He shot 50.3% from the field, 43.3% from 3-point vary and 92.7% from the free-throw line. He ranked seventh in the ACC in 3-point area desires made per sport (2.1). Murphy additionally was once an All-ACC Academic Team honoree.
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Jalen Johnson, Duke
First Round/No. 20 Overall, Atlanta Hawks
Johnson performed in thirteen video games with eight begins and was once 1/3 on the group in scoring (11.2 ppg) and 2d in rebounding (6.1 rpg). He twice was once named ACC Freshman of the Week and was once the ACC’s second-leading freshman scorer when he declared for the NBA Draft in mid-February.
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Day’Ron Sharpe, North Carolina
First Round/29th Overall, Phoenix Suns (proposed alternate to Brooklyn Nets)
Sharpe used to be named to the ACC’s All-Freshman Team in 2021 and used to be 2d in the balloting for ACC Freshman of the Year and Sixth Man of the Year. He averaged 9.5 ppg and 7.6 RPG and led us of a inoffensive rebound proportion (.183) and the ACC in offensive rebounds (3.4 per game). He tied for the group lead in blocks (26), used to be 2d in rebounding (7.6), 1/3 in steals (23), and fourth in scoring (9.5).NBA News
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David Johnson, Louisville
Second Round/47th Overall, Toronto Raptors
Johnson was once an Honorable Mention All-ACC select in 2021 and was once the solely participant in the ACC amongst the pinnacle 25 in each rebounding and assists, averaging 12.6 ppg, 3.2 apg and 5.8 rpg. He almost doubled his scoring and rebounding averages from his freshman year, scoring 17 or greater factors in seven video games and achieving double figures on 12 occasions.
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Balsa Koprivica, Florida State
Second Round/57th Overall, Charlotte Hornets
Koprivica averaged 9.1 ppg, 5.6 rpg and 19.4 mpg at some stage in his sophomore season in 2020-21. He ranks 2d in faculty records in profession discipline purpose proportion at 63.2% (139-220). He used to be named to the 2021 ACC All-Tournament Team after averaging 14.0 ppg, 10.5 rpg and three bpg at some point of the tournament.
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RaiQuan Gray, Florida State
Second Round/59th Overall, Brooklyn Nets
Gray used to be a Third-Team All-ACC and Associated Press Honorable Mention All-America resolution at some point of a standout 2021 campaign. He averaged 11.9 ppg, a team-high 6.4 rpg and 2.2 APG at some stage in his redshirt junior season.
