The inaugural Expansion Draft has come and gone, with the Manhattan Spiders and Sunnyvale Slayers going eight rounds deep on Tuesday and Wednesday. Selected players came from a specific group of Cut Day debris, with each draftee getting a guaranteed contract for the upcoming season. Former Newport Beach point guard Kemba Walker went No. 1 overall to Manhattan, which followed up with another point guard, Jrue Holiday, at No. 3 overall. Sunnyvale went with former Duval United shooting guard Danny Green at No. 2 before adding former Minnesnowta small forward Tobias Harris at No. 4. Here are the full results: 1. Kemba Walker, PG — Manhattan ($8 million) 2. Danny Green, SG — Sunnyvale ($2 million) 3. Jrue Holiday, PG — Manhattan ($11 million) 4. Tobias Harris, SF — Sunnyvale ($6 million) 5. Chandler Parsons, SF — Manhattan ($5 million) 6. Mike Conley, PG — Sunnyvale ($8 million) 7. Gorgui Dieng, C — Manhattan ($6 million) 8. Dwyane Wade, SG — Sunnyvale ($13 million) 9. DeMar DeRozan, SG — Manhattan ($6 million) 10. Marcin Gortat, PF — Sunnyvale ($8 million) 11. John Henson, PF — Manhattan ($2 million) 12. George Hill, PG — Sunnyvale ($3 million) 13. Darren Collison, PG — Manhattan ($4 million) 14. Harrison Barnes, SF — Sunnyvale ($2 million) 15. K.J. McDaniels, SF — Manhattan ($1 million) 16. Jordan Hill, PF — Sunnyvale ($3 million)
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NASHVILLE — The league announced its two newest expansion franchises on Monday morning.
The winning bids came from the Sunnyvale Slayers (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia) and the Manhattan Spiders. Matthew Quammen, the unquestioned greatest player in Holy Family Catholic history, will serve as majority owner and general manager of the Slayers. Alex Krause, a simple man with simple aspirations, will helm the Spiders. These organizations will serve as the second and third expansion franchises in COMO history. The Colorado Hilltoppers were the first such addition, in Summer 2014. The 'Toppers signed James Harden, Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving last fall en route to a sixth-place finish. The Slayers will own the No. 2, No. 14 and No. 23 in the rookie draft on Aug. 2, while the Spiders will own No. 3, No. 13 and No. 22. Sunnyvale and Manhattan will participate in the first-ever Expansion Draft in early October. Lasting eight rounds, the draft pool will feature cut players with previous contracts under $15 million. Lastly, both teams have decided on head coaches, with Sunnyvale picking up Pete Bell for his first pro head coaching job, and Manhattan selecting Billy Sunday, who went 86-78 and made one playoff appearance in two seasons with Minnesnowta before being fired earlier this month. |
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