Sat, Jun 28, 2003 - Page 19 News List

Rich pickings as Cavaliers draft James

NO SURPRISE As expected, the 18-year-old was picked by Cleveland in an NBA draft that held few shocks but saw a big rise in the number of foreign choices

AP , NEW YORK

High school seniors went 26th (Ndudi Ebi of Houston to the Minnesota Timberwolves) and 27th (Perkins).

Notable second-round selections included Arizona's Luke Walton, the son of Bill Walton, going 32nd to the Lakers, Greek teenager Sofoklis Schortsinitis going 34th to the Clippers and Washington taking Maryland guard Steve Blake 38th. China's Xue Yuyang went to Dallas on behalf of Denver with the next-to-last pick.

Andres Gliniadakis, of Greece, went last to the Pistons.

Milwaukee dealt the 43rd pick, Kentucky's Keith Bogans, to Orlando for cash. Toronto acquired Florida's Matt Bonner, the No. 45 pick, from Chicago for a future second-round draft pick.

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