NBA Draft 2012: Second-Rounders Bound for a Big Splash

June 5th, 2012 by Marc Weinreich Leave a reply »
It happens in almost every draft. A team takes a player in the second round and people yawn. For the most part, these second rounders will fade into NBA obscurity and will likely be relegated to playing in the NBDL. Best case, they dominate a team based in a small Croatian town but never make it back to the NBA.

But every once in a while, we see a player who begins to remind us of the excitement that comes with watching an underdog develop into an All-Star like Michael Redd, who was drafted with the 43rd pick in 2000, or Manu Ginobili who was taken by the brilliant Spurs scouts in the second round.

Here are a few players who will probably get drafted in the second round but could have an impact in the league for years to come.

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