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Draft grades: Evaluating every team

By Chad Ford
ESPN.com

Thursday, June 18, 2009

We billed this year's NBA draft as one of the most unpredictable in recent memory, and it certainly lived up to its billing. After the first few picks went according to form, things started to get a little strange. Ricky Rubio and Jonny Flynn were drafted back to back into the same backcourt. DeJuan Blair, Sam Young, DaJuan Summers, Chase Budinger and Patty Mills fell out of the first round. Rodrigue Beaubois and Christian Eyenga went in the first round. After digesting all the twists and turn ...

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