2013 NBA Draft Results: Best and Worst Picks of Round 1

The 2013 NBA draft was certainly a surprising spectacle, which always means some teams fare much better, while others will suffer from making poor selections and reaching on players.

From lottery surprises to picks that straight up do not fit with their respective teams, a handful of picks were made that made jaws drop and fans yell at their television sets. Others, meanwhile reaped the benefits of players who fell down the draft board further than they should have.

Let's take a look at the full results from the night, as well as the best and worst pick from the first round.

Full 2013 NBA Draft Results

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School	Grade
1.	Cavaliers	Anthony Bennett	PF	UNLV	B
2.	Magic	Victor Oladipo	SG	Indiana	A
3.	Wizards	Otto Porter, Jr.	SF	Georgetown	A-
4.	Bobcats	Cody Zeller	C	Indiana	B-
5.	Sun	Alex Len	C	Maryland	C+
6.	76ers*	Nerlens Noel	C	Kentucky	B+
7.	Kings	Ben McLemore	SG	Kansas	A
8.	Pistons	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	SG	Georgia	B
9.	Jazz*	Trey Burke	PG	Michigan	A
10.	Trail Blazers	C.J. McCollum	SG	Lehigh	B-
11.	76ers	Michael Carter-Williams	PG	Syracuse	B
12.	Thunder	Steven Adams	C	Pittsburgh	C+
13.	Celtics*	Kelly Olynyk	C	Gonzaga	C
14.	Timberwolves*	Shabazz Muhammad	SF	UCLA	B+
15.	Bucks	Giannis Antetokounmpo	SF	Greece	B
16.	Hawks*	Lucas Nogueira	C	Brazil	B-
17.	Hawks	Dennis Schroeder	PG	Germany	B+
18.	Mavericks*	Shane Larkin	PG	Miami (FL)	B-
19.	Cavaliers	Sergey Karasev	SF	Russia	B-
20.	Bulls	Tony Snell	SG	New Mexico	B+
21.	Timberwolves*	Gorgui Dieng	C	Louisville	B
22.	Nets	Mason Plumlee	C	Duke	A-
23.	Pacers	Solomon Hill	SF	Arizona	C
24.	Knicks	Tim Hardaway, Jr.	SG	Michigan	B
25.	Clippers	Reggie Bullock	SF	North Carolina	C
26.	Thunder*	Andre Roberson	SF	Colorado	C
27.	Jazz*	Rudy Gobert	C	France	B+
28.	Spurs	Livio Jean-Charles	SF	French Guiana	B-
29.	Suns*	Archie Goodwin	SG	Kentucky	B-
30.	Warriors	Nemanja Nedovic	PG	Serbia	C
31.	Trail Blazers*	Allen Crabbe	SG	California	A-
32.	Thunder	Alex Abrines	SG	Spain	B
33.	Cavaliers	Carrick Felix	SG	Arizona State	B
34.	Rockets	Isaiah Canaan	PG	Murray State	A-
35.	Wizards*	Glen Rice, Jr.	SF	NBA D-League	A-
36.	Kings	Ray McCallum	PG	Detroit Mercy	C+
37.	Pistons	Tony Mitchell	F	North Texas	B+
38.	76ers*	Nate Wolters	PG	South Dakota State	B-
39.	Trail Blazers	Jeff Withey	C	Kansas	B
40.	Trail Blazers	Grant Jerrett	PF	Arizona	B-
41.	Grizzlies	Jamaal Franklin	SG	San Diego State	A
42.	Pelicans*	Pierre Jackson	PG	Baylor	C+
43.	Bucks	Ricky Ledo	SG	Providence	B
44.	Hawks*	Mike Muscala	C	Bucknell	B
45.	Trail Blazers	Marko Todorovic	PF	Montenegro	C
46.	Nuggets*	Erick Green	PG	Virginia Tech	B
47.	Hawks	Raul Neto	PG	Brazil	B+
48.	Lakers	Ryan Kelly	PF	Duke	A-
49.	Bulls	Erik Murphy	PF	Florida	A-
50.	Heat	James Ennis	SF	Long Beach State	C-
51.	Magic	Romero Osby	PF	Oklahoma	C+
52.	Timberwolves	Lorenzo Brown	PG	North Carolina State	A
53.	Celtics*	Colton Iverson	C	Colorado State	B-
54.	76ers*	Arsalan Kazemi	PF	Oregon	C-
55.	Nuggets*	Joffrey Lauvergne	PF	France	C-
56.	Pistons	Peyton Siva	PG	Louisville	B-
57.	Suns	Alex Oriakhi	C	Missouri	B-
58.	Spurs	Deshaun Thomas	SF	Ohio State	A-
59.	Timberwolves	Bojan Dubljevic	PF	Montenegro	B
60.	Grizzlies	Janis Timma	SF	Latvia	C

Best Picks

No. 14 Shabazz Muhammad, Minnesota Timberwolves

A player who got more talk of the No. 1 pick than anyone up until the college basketball season started, Shabazz Muhammad nearly reached the midway point of the first round before being drafted.

That's an absolute travesty.

Muhammad never came into his own at UCLA, yet still managed to show us that he can both score from any spot on the floor and be a menace on the defensive end. His athleticism is unquestionable, and he plays bigger than his 6'6" frame.

The T-Wolves were able to trade down from No. 9, which wouldn't have been a bad place to take Muhammad in the first place. In doing so, they acquired the 21st pick, with which they landed Gorgui Dieng of Louisville.

That pick could've gone a little better, but the Muhammad selection at No. 14 was off the charts. 

No. 7 Ben McLemore, Sacramento Kings

Ben McLemore came in as one of the best players in the draft, yet still fell to seventh before being picked up by Sacramento in what turned out to be one of the best value picks of the night.

McLemore has top-pick potential, and in a draft year like 2013—one that featured no consensus best player—perhaps he should've been. That point can be argued, but all we know is that six teams passed on him.

The Kings saw the opportunity to find a new franchise guard to put alongside DeMarcus Cousins, as they hope to form a guard-big man duo that might turn around a franchise that nearly moved to Seattle earlier this year.

The shooting touch of the one-and-done Kansas star has drawn comparisons to that of Ray Allen's, which is quite the compliment considering Allen is the NBA's career leader in three-pointers made.

If McLemore's shooting can catch up with his athleticism and versatility, he'll come an all-star in short time.

Worst Picks

No. 4 Cody Zeller, Charlotte Bobcats

Leave it to the Charlotte Bobcats to stretch on a draft decision. 

With no true big man off the board when Charlotte approached their fourth pick, they had the luxury of choosing between Alex Len and Nerlens Noel.

At least, we thought so.

Instead, they decided to pull off a shocker by picking Cody Zeller fourth overall, the 7-footer from Indiana was once heralded as top-five material before his stock fell below that of Noel's and Len's.

Charlotte fans ruined their own draft party with the selection, making it clear that it won't be a popular pick in Bobcat country.

Heck, they could've even traded down or stayed at No. 4 and gotten a better player to use as trade bait if they really wanted Zeller. He likely would've been on the board around No. 10.

The Bobcats seemed to be one elite prospect away from really making noise in the NBA, thanks to a growing nucleus of young players that features Kemba Walker and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. And, who knows, maybe Zeller will pan out to be a starter and the controversy surrounding this pick will pass.

But if Zeller ends up as an average rotational player or nothing more than a role player, fans and pundits will view his selection as a huge mistake, especially with the players who were on the board. 

No. 1 Anthony Bennett, Cleveland Cavaliers

The jury is still out on this pick. We haven't seen enough of Anthony Bennett, and he certainly has the possibility of turning into a starting-caliber player in the league.

But it should be a red flag when you have to say that about any No. 1 overall pick in the first place.

When you look across the other lottery picks, there's no way the Cavaliers couldn't have gotten their man as far down as the sixth or seventh pick in the draft. The only feasible reason Cleveland should have stayed where they were is if they wanted either Noel, Len, McLemore or Otto Porter.

Anyone else should've warranted a trading down, at the least.

Nothing is for sure, but the Cavs probably would've been able to land Bennett further down the list and definitely could've landed a few more draft picks or assets in the process.

Bennett's ceiling is through the roof. If he develops some low-post skills to go along with his premier athleticism, the sky will be the limit for the duo of him and Kyrie Irving.

But until then, we'll be left wondering if the Cavs could've received more assets in a trade down or benefited more from taking Len or Noel.