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Rawle AlkinsArizonaSF - 2
DJ HoggTexas A&MSF - 3
Theo PinsonNorth CarolinaSF - 4
Donte GranthamClemsonSF - 5
Marcus DerricksonGeorgetownSF - 6
Deng AdelLouisvilleSF - 7
Malik PopeSan Diego StateSF - 8
Yuta WatanabeGeorge WashingtonSF - 9
MiKyle McIntoshIllinois StateSF - 10
Jeffrey CarrollOklahoma StateSF - 11
Aleksandar LazicBosnia & HerzegovinaSF - 12
Kaiser GatesXavierSF
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