NEW YORK (AP) – The Philadelphia 76ers used the first pick in Thursday’s NBA draft to select LSU freshman forward Ben Simmons, who averaged 19.2 points, 11.8 rebounds and 4.8 assists for the Tigers as a freshman last season. Duke freshman forward Brandon Ingram was the second player selected, grabbed by the Los Angeles Lakers. Boston chose third and took California freshman forward Jaylen Brown.

Kansas center Cheick Diallo was the overall No. 33 choice of the Los Angeles Clippers. Diallo was later part of a trade to the New Orleans Pelicans. A Kayes, Mali, Africa native, Diallo averaged 3.0 points and 2.5 rebounds shooting 56.9 percent from the field in 2015-16. He tied for third-most on the KU team in blocked shots with 23 in 27 games played. Diallo missed the first five games of the season before being cleared by the NCAA.

New Orleans also picked Oklahoma guard Buddy Hield sixth. Baylor’s Taurean Prince was selected 12th by Utah then traded to Atlanta. Iowa State’s Georges Niang was selected 50th by Indiana and the Cyclones Abdel Nader was the 58th pick by the Celtics. Oklahoma Isiah Cousins was taken 59th by Sacramento.

Neither KU’s Perry Ellis or Wichita State’s Ron Baker or Fred VanVleet were chosen. Baker agreed to a partially guaranteed one-year deal with the New York Knicks, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo.com. He will play for the Knicks summer league team in Orlando and, although details of his contract status weren’t immediately clear, he can be expected to attend training camp in the fall. VanVleet, according to Jonathan Givony of Draft Express, will play for Toronto’s summer league team in Las Vegas.