Sentence examples for drafted point from inspiring English sources

In 1984 Utah drafted point guard John Stockton, and the following year it drafted forward Karl Malone.

The Jazz drafted point guard Deron Williams in 2005, and after a three-year absence the team returned to the play-offs in Williams's second season.

Chicago used the seventh pick to draft point guard Kirk Hinrich, even though Jamal Crawford emerged as a potential star at the position; he beat out Jay Williams, who was injured in a motorcycle accident last week.

In a deal they had been concocting all day, the Knicks made a trade that sent the rights to Hilário to the Denver Nuggets along with Marcus Camby and Mark Jackson for forward Antonio McDyess and Denver's pick at No. 25, which the Knicks used to draft point guard Frank Williams of Illinois, and a second-round draft pick next year.

The Nets drafted a point guard, Zoran Planinic, but he is 20 years old.

Two years ago, the Timberwolves drafted three point guards in the top 18 picks.

They drafted another point guard, Kirk Hinrich, and are working with Williams's agent, Bill Duffy, on a settlement to buy out the rest of his contract that pays him $7.7 million through next season.

The Washington Wizards will have the fourth-best chance of landing the top pick and could have the same conundrum as Minnesota after defying odds to win last year's lottery and drafting point guard John Wall.

They insisted there is no evidence of such a letter being drafted and pointed out that no MPs have gone public about it.

He has to think seriously about drafting another point guard this week.

The Timberwolves' decision to draft another point guard, Jonny Flynn, with the sixth pick, irked Rubio's camp.