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NBA’s mass rejection of Pac-12 basketball comes full circle in Thursday’s draft

The last word on Pac-12 basketball in 2018-19 came from NBA general managers, who weren’t exact complimentary.

  • No lottery picks on Thursday night from a conference that produced three of the top seven selections just two years ago.
  • Only two first-round picks, the lowest total since 2010.
  • Six overall picks.
  • More players selected from Gonzaga (two) than UCLA and Arizona combined (one).
  • Bol Bol’s free fall into the middle of the second round.

The focus here, however, is on six players whose names weren’t called:

Arizona State guard Luguentz Dort, Arizona guard Brandon Williams, Oregon forwards Louis King and Kenny Wooten, UCLA wing Kris Wilkes and center Moses Brown.