(Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)
NEW YORK (AP) Anthony Bennett became the first Canadian to be the No. 1 pick and Nerlens Noel tumbled out of the top five and right into a trade Thursday night, a surprising start to an unsettled NBA draft.
Considered one of the favorites to be taken first, Noel instead fell to No. 6, where the New Orleans Pelicans took him and then dealt his rights to the Philadelphia 76ers for a package headlined by All-Star guard Jrue Holiday, according to a person familiar with the details.
The Cleveland Cavaliers started things by passing on centers Noel and Alex Len, who went to Phoenix at No. 5, in favor of the UNLV freshman forward who has starred for Canada's junior national teams and was the Mountain West Conference freshman of the year.
