JaVale McGee goes in first round to Washington

JaVale McGee went about where expected (the 18th pick) to the Washington Wizards. His agent speaks a little too much agent-ese in the following but then again that's his job. Marcelus Kemp, who went undrafted, gets a mention at the end of the article.

NBA draft: McGee goes to Wizards as 18th overall pick
Chris Murray
Reno Gazette-Journal
June 27, 2008

Nevada's JaVale McGee was surrounded by his family watching Thursday night's NBA draft when he got a text message.

It read: "You're coming to work."

The next thing he knew, he was a member of the Washington Wizards.

The text came from a member of the Wizards' front office and moments later he watched on television as commissioner David Stern announced, "With the 18th pick of the 2008 NBA draft, the Washington Wizards select JaVale McGee from the University of Nevada."

And with that, McGee became the second Wolf Pack player ever drafted in the first round (along with Kirk Snyder, who went 16th overall to the Utah Jazz in the 2004 draft)...

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