Draft Order Is Restored in the NBA

Times Staff Writer As expected, LeBron James began the most hyped, if not yet the greatest, career in NBA history Thursday, after which the foreign invasion began in earnest. It was actually a good night for college seniors, with three getting into the lottery and six more -- Cook, Xavier’s David West, Wake Forest’s Josh Howard, Louisville’s Reece Gaines, Boston College’s Troy Bell and Duke’s Dahntay Jones -- going in the first round. Cleveland LeBron James -- G 6-7 1/4 245 Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary High No pressure, but ESPN’s Greg Anthony says he’s a Hall of Famer if healthy. Minnesota Ndudi Ebi -- F 6-8 195 Houston Westbury Christian High Timberwolves finally have another first-round pick and it’s a reach. a-from Memphis; b-from Atlanta; c-from Houston; d-from Milwaukee; e-from Philadelphia; f-from Indiana; g-from Doit through Sacramento; h-from Sacramento through Orlando * SECOND ROUND AT A GLANCE *--* No Team Player P Ht Wt From 30 New York-a Maciej F 6-10 240 Universidad Lampe Complutense 31 Cleveland Jason F 6-8 215 UCLA Kapono 32 Lakers-b Luke Walton F 6-8 245 Arizona 33 Miami Jerome C 6-10 242 North Dakota Beasley 34 Clippers Sofoklis F 6-8 3/4 285 Iraklis Schortsani tis 35 Milwaukee-c Szymon F 6-9 240 Braunschweig Szewczyk 36 Chicago Mario F 6-9 260 Mississippi State Austin 37 Atlanta Travis G 6-5 1/2 210 Brigham Young Hansen 38 Washington Steve Blake G 6-3 160 Maryland 39 New York Slavko C 7-4 279 Buducnost 40 Golden St Derrick G 6-3 195 Mississippi State Zimmerman 41 Seattle Willie G 6-4 204 Detroit Green-j 42 Orlando Zaur F 6-11 205 Ulker Pachulia 43 Milwaukee Keith G 6-5 213 Kentucky Bogans-k 44 Houston Malick F 6-11 225 Langen Badiane 45 Chicago-d Matt F 6-10 237 Florida Bonner-l 46 Denver-e Sani G 6-5 197 Vitrus Bologna Becirovic 47 Utah Maurice G 6-1 183 Alabama Williams 48 New Orleans James Lang F 6-8 1/4 316 Central Park Christian HS 49 Indiana James Jones F 6-8 225 Miami 50 Philadelphia Paccelis G 6-3 -- Dijon Morende 51 New Jersey Kyle Korver F 6-7 210 Creighton 52 Toronto-f Remon Van C 7-3 -- FC Barcelona de Hare 53 Chicago-g Tommy Smith F 6-10 215 Arizona State 54 Portland Nedzad C 7-1 -- Zenica Celik Sinanovic 55 Minnesota Rick F 6-11 216 Minnesota Rickert 56 Boston-h Brandon F 6-7 260 Ohio Hunter 57 Dallas Xue Yuyang C 7-0 210 China 58 Detroit-i Andreas C 7-1 280 Greece Gliniadaki s *--* a-from Denver; b-from Toronto; c-from Memphis; d-from Phoenix; e-from Boston; f-from Lakers; g-from Detroit through Miami; h-from Sacramento; i-from San Antonio.