Davis taken No. 1, celebration on for Hornets

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Story Created: Fri Jun 29, 2012 12:14 AM

Story Updated: Fri Jun 29, 2012 12:14 AM

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The New Orleans Hornets have selected Anthony Davis with the top overall pick in Thursday night's NBA draft.
     
The 6-foot-11 Davis, nicknamed the "unibrow," has been the consensus No. 1 pick for months, so it was only a matter of the Hornets making the addition of the Kentucky star official.
     
The 19-year-old Davis, who was The Associated Press Player of the Year as a freshman, will now earn his living in the city where he helped the Wildcats win a national title last spring.
     
Davis was also named most outstanding player of the Final Four, tying an NCAA championship game record with six blocked shots against Kansas to go with 16 rebounds, five assists and three steals.
 
Charlotte took Michael Kidd-Gilchrist with the #2 overall pick.  It's the first time in the history of the draft two college teammates were taken with the first two picks.
 
Other Kentucky players who were drafted Thursday:
 
18. Terrence Jones (Houston)
29. Marquis Teague (Chicago)
42. Doron Lamb (Milwaukee)
46. Darius Miller (New Orleans)
 
With six players taken, Kentucky is the first school to have six guys taken in the first two rounds of the draft.
 
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