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- 1 (31)Jeff Taylor--
- 2 (32)
Tomas Satoransky-- - 3 (33)
Bernard JamesTraded rights to Dallas - 4 (34)
Jae CrowderTraded rights to Dallas - 5 (35)
Draymond GreenFrom Brooklyn - 6 (36)
Orlando JohnsonTraded rights to Indiana - 7 (37)
Quincy Acy-- - 8 (38)
Quincy MillerFrom Golden State via New York - 9 (39)
Khris Middleton-- - 10 (40)
Will BartonFrom Minnesota via Houston - 11 (41)
Tyshawn TaylorTraded rights to Brooklyn - 12 (42)
Doron Lamb-- - 13 (43)
Mike ScottFrom Phoenix - 14 (44)
Kim EnglishFrom Houston - 15 (45)
Justin HamiltonTraded rights to Miami - 16 (46)Darius MillerFrom Dallas
- 17 (47)
Kevin Murphy-- - 18 (48)
Kostas Papanikolaou-- - 19 (49)
Kyle O'Quinn-- - 20 (50)
Izzet Turkyilmaz-- - 21 (51)
Kris Joseph-- - 22 (52)
Ognjen KuzmicFrom Atlanta - 23 (53)
Furkan Aldemir-- - 24 (54)
Tornike ShengeliaTraded rights to Brooklyn via Memphis - 25 (55)
Darius Johnson-OdomTrade rights to L.A. Lakers - 26 (56)
Tomislav ZubcicFrom Indiana - 27 (57)Ilkan KaramanFrom Miami
- 28 (58)
Robbie HummelFrom Oklahoma City - 29 (59)
Marcus Denmon-- - 30 (60)
Robert SacreLakers receive the Bulls' 2012 second-round pick, via Bucks (John Salmons trade), via Nets (Chris Douglas-Roberts trade) or Lakers can decide to receive cash instead of the second-round pick
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