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It was a great night for the Pac-12 in general with nine draft picks, including a conference-best six first-round picks. Remember when league champion Washington didn’t make the NCAA tournament in 2012? The Pac is back.
Final tally of Power Five conference selections in #NBADraft:
#Pac12 9
ACC 9
Big Ten 7
SEC 6
Big 12 5
— Javier Morales (@JavierJMorales) June 27, 2014
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And we’re talking about one of the best young minds in the coaching ranks these days …
In my mind, Nick Johnson is going to be a very good NBA player. #APlayersProgram
— Sean Miller (@UACoachMiller) June 27, 2014
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Aaron Gordon, among other things, tells the Orlando (Fla.) media tonight that he is so eager to get started that he wants to learn the Magic’s playbook yesterday. He said he wants to be the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year during his NBA career. He added that he trusts his jumper more now than he did at Arizona. He also sounded very pleasantly surprised that his former FIBA U19 teammate Elfrid Payton will be his teammate at Orlando.
Here's the complete audio of Aaron Gordon discussing being drafted by the #Magic: http://t.co/1I5QrVPiup
— Josh Robbins (@JoshuaBRobbins) June 27, 2014
Gordon’s suit tonight was a perfect color (he admits he did not know Orlando would take him until five minutes before his selection was announced).
Welcome to the Orlando Magic Aaron Gordon and Elfrid Payton! pic.twitter.com/0qK4hxpo2Q
— Basketball Forever (@Bballforeverfb) June 27, 2014
Here’s Sean Miller’s string of Tweets about Gordon and Nick Johnson:
It’s with great pride that we’re able to congratulate Aaron on being the 4th selection in tonight’s draft by the @Orlando_Magic!
— Sean Miller (@UACoachMiller) June 27, 2014
While his physical talents speak for themselves, the most impressive thing about @IamAaronGordon is that he’s the ultimate winner.
— Sean Miller (@UACoachMiller) June 27, 2014
Being as young, smart and resilient as @IamAaronGordon is, he has as great of an upside as anyone picked in this year’s draft.
— Sean Miller (@UACoachMiller) June 27, 2014
Where he’ll be 3 to 5 years from now will be a much different place than today because of his work ethic, discipline & drive to be the best.
— Sean Miller (@UACoachMiller) June 27, 2014
I want to congratulate Nick (@Air_Zona13) on being selected by the @HoustonRockets in tonight’s draft! #APlayersProgram
— Sean Miller (@UACoachMiller) June 27, 2014
Nick is far from being a finished product. He has tremendous upside and an incredible work ethic. @Air_Zona13 is the ultimate team player…
— Sean Miller (@UACoachMiller) June 27, 2014
…and when he’s given a role in the Rockets organization, he’s going to fulfill that role through hard work & a willingness to be coached.
— Sean Miller (@UACoachMiller) June 27, 2014
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A Houston teammate offers his welcome to Johnson.
Congrats to Nick Jonhson. Time to clamp down this year. Congrats. Welcome to houston. #Rednation
— Patrick Beverley (@patbev21) June 27, 2014
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Johnson had a premonition it would be the Rockets.
Nick Johnson said he thought he knew what teams liked him coming into the draft and Houston was definitely one of them in his mind.
— AdamWexlerCSN (@awexler) June 27, 2014
Gordon has already picked out his number for Orlando.
Aaron Gordon has chosen to wear number 00 (double zero) for the Magic. Unique… lol
— Basketball Forever (@Bballforeverfb) June 27, 2014
Some congratulatory Tweets for Gordon and Johnson from former Wildcats …
Congrats to my fellow Wildcats @Air_Zona13 and @IamAaronGordon on being drafted tonight. Great careers ahead.
— Steve Kerr (@SteveKerr) June 27, 2014
Congratulations to Nick Johnson & his family on being selected number 42 in this year's NBA Draft! #PlayersProgram #ArizonaBasketball
— Reggie Geary (@ReggieGeary) June 27, 2014
Congrats to Aaron Gordon and Nick Johnson #NBADraft #APlayersProgram #BearDown
— Kurt Wolfgang Heyer (@KurtHeyer) June 27, 2014
Congrats to the newly drafted wildcats and @Air_Zona13 who got drafted to the @HoustonRockets 2nd round 42nd pick just like yours truly!
— Brooks Reed (@Brooksreed58) June 27, 2014
Congrats to @UofA alum @Air_Zona13 on being selected by the @HoustonRockets. #BearDown
— Lance Briggs (@LanceBriggs) June 27, 2014
#BearDown for Houston and Orlando young men. Congrats. Tucson is proud of you. @Air_Zona13 @IamAaronGordon
— Jay Dobyns (@JayDobyns) June 27, 2014
ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com publisher, writer and editor Javier Morales is a former Arizona Press Club award winner. He also writes articles for Bleacher Report and Lindy’s College Sports.
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