Warriors select Harrison Barnes seventh in NBA draft: Q&A
Posted Jun 29, 2012
Harrison Barnes had to wait a little while. But the moment he’d been waiting for came on Thursday night when the Golden State Warriors selected him with the seventh pick in the NBA draft. To find a North Carolina player drafted higher than Barnes, you’d have to go back to 2005, when Marvin Williams went second overall and Raymond Felton fifth. Here’s what Barnes had to say after he was drafted:
(Raleigh News & Observer)
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