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2012 NBA Draft



New Orleans Hornets with the #1 overall pick of the 2012 NBA Draft, set to begin on June 28th at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Begins at 7PM Eastern.

Official 2012 NBA Draft Thread here.

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The USA has clinched a berth in the 2012 Olympics in London by virtue of its World Championship in Turkey. The US finalists to make the roster cut were announced on January 17, 2012. From the "Redeem Team" from 2008, the players chosen were Chris Paul and Deron Williams at point guard, Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade at shooting guard, Lebron James and Carmelo Anthony at small forward, Chris Bosh at power forward, and Dwight Howard at center. The players selected from the "B-Team" from 2010 were Derrick Rose, Chauncey Billups, and Russell Westbrook at point guard, Eric Gordon at shooting guard, Kevin Durant, Rudy Gay, and Andre Iguodala at small forward, Kevin Love and Lamar Odom at power forward, and Tyson Chandler at center. Two additional players in power forwards Blake Griffin and LaMarcus Aldridge were also selected. On April 19, Dwight Howard announced that he will have a season ending surgery on his back, which will force him to miss the 2012 Summer Olympics. Also, on April 28, Derrick Rose suffered a season-ending left ACL tear and will miss this year's Olympic Games. Lakers' Andrew Bynum also declined to participate in this year's Olympics. Kentucky's Anthony Davis and Oklahoma City's James Harden were named as the replacements for Howard and Rose.

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- The free agency will start on July 10, 2012.

- The preseason will start on Tuesday October 9, 2012, and will end on Friday October 26, 2012.[/b]

- The 2012–13 NBA season will be the 67th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season will begin on Tuesday, October 30, 2012, when the 2011–12 NBA Champions Miami Heat will start the season by hosting a game. The 2013 NBA All-Star Game will be played on February 17, 2013, at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The regular season will end on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, and the playoffs will start on Saturday, April 20, 2013.


- The New Jersey Nets move to Brooklyn and become the Brooklyn Nets, returning to the city the team represented when it first joined the NBA from the ABA in 1976. The Nets will play at the Barclays Center. The first game there will be played in either late October or early November.