Sentence examples for as the second pick from inspiring English sources

B. J. Upton, a high school shortstop from Virginia, went to Tampa Bay as the second pick.

ON the afternoon of June 17 , 1986 Len Bias was selected by the defending champion Boston Celtics as the second pick of that year's National Basketball Association draft.

As expected, the Cincinnati power forward Kenyon Martin went No. 1 to the Nets, and the Vancouver Grizzlies plucked Stromile Swift out of Louisiana State as the second pick.

"We have never researched a player more than we did Julius because of his high currency as the second pick in the draft," the Panthers' owner, Jerry Richardson, said.

Also selected in the first round were Adam Johnson, a right-hander from San Diego and California State University at Fullerton, taken as the second pick by Minnesota; Shaun Boyd, a second baseman from a San Diego suburb, taken as the 13th player by St . Louis and Robert Stiehl, a catcher, chosen as the 27th player by Houston.

Johnson was selected by the Detroit Lions as the second pick overall in the 2007 NFL Draft.

Richardson is just one of the three or four choices the Nets envision as being available at the seventh pick.

The overall No. 1 pick that year was another high school star, 6-11 Kwase Browas as was the third pick, 7-1 Tyson Chandler.

The New Orleans Saints selected him as the third pick in the 1976 N.F.L. draft.

As the first pick, Nevin was sure to be scrutinized against the rest of his class.

An air of giddy anticipation hung over the arena as the first pick of the 2011 draft was announced.