NBA teams made 30 picks to open the 78th annual draft on Wednesday night.
Baylor guard Ja’Kobe Walter shakes hands with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver after being selected by the Toronto Raptors in the NBA Draft on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.The Atlanta Hawks opened the 78th annual NBA Draft by selecting French teenager Zaccharie Risacher on Wednesday night, and when the Boston Celtics closed the first round by picking Creighton guard Baylor Scheierman, a six-year streak for players from Alabama high schools and colleges ended, too.
The streak was the third-longest for the first round involving players with Alabama basketball roots. Eleven straight first rounds from 1978 through 1988 included a player from an Alabama high school or college, and seven in a row occurred from 1991 through 1997.
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