João "Betinho" Gomes, basquetebolista do Barreirense, não foi escolhido no "draft" da NBA, efectuado esta madrugada no Madison Square Garden de Nova Iorque. Quer isto dizer que o caboverdiano naturalizado português ainda não foi desta que pode dar entrada no melhor basquetebol mundial, não tendo convencido técnicos e dirigentes das 30 equipas da Liga a concederem-lhe uma oportunidade, apesar do árduo trabalho realizado nos últimos meses, primeiro em Itália e mais recentemente em diversos "workouts" nos Estados Unidos.

Este desfecho não significa que "Betinho" não terá, no futuro, hipóteses de chegar à NBA.

Resultados da escolha do draft

Primeira Volta

P - Equipa  - Jogador
1 - Portland Trail Blazers  - Greg Oden, Center, Ohio State
2 - Seattle SuperSonics  - Kevin Durant, Forward, Texas
3 - Atlanta Hawks  - Al Horford, Forward/Center, Florida
4 - Memphis Grizzlies  - Mike Conley Jr., Guard, Ohio State
5 - Boston Celtics  - Jeff Green, Forward, Georgetown (to Seattle)
6 - Milwaukee Bucks  - Yi Jianlian, Forward, China
7 - Minnesota Timberwolves  - Corey Brewer, Forward, Florida
8 - Charlotte Bobcats  - Brandan Wright, Forward, North Carolina (to Golden State)
9 - Chicago (from New York)  - Joakim Noah, Forward/Center, Florida
10 - Sacramento Kings  - Spencer Hawes, Center, Washington
11 - Atlanta Hawks (from Indiana)  - Acie Law IV, Guard, Texas A&M
12 - Philadelphia 76ers  - Thaddeus Young, Forward, Georgia Tech
13 - New Orleans Hornets  - Julian Wright, Forward, Kansas
14 - Los Angeles Clippers  - Al Thornton, Forward, Florida State
15 - Detroit Pistons (from Orlando)  - Rodney Stuckey, Guard, Eastern Washington
16 - Washington Wizards  - Nick Young, Guard/Forward, Southern California
17 - New Jersey Nets  - Sean Williams, Forward/Center, Boston College
18 - Golden State Warriors  - Marco Belinelli, Guard, Italy
19 - Los Angeles Lakers  - Javaris Crittenton, Guard, Georgia Tech
20 - Miami Heat  - Jason Smith, Forward/Center, Colorado State (to Philadelphia)
21 - Philadelphia 76ers (from Denver)  - Daequan Cook, Guard, Ohio State (to Miami)
22 - Charlotte Bobcats (from Toronto)  - Jared Dudley, Forward, Boston College
23 - New York Knicks (from Chicago)  - Wilson Chandler, Forward, DePaul
24 - Phoenix Suns (from Cleveland)  - Rudy Fernandez, Guard, Spain (to Portland)
25 - Utah Jazz  - Morris Almond, Guard, Rice
26 - Houston Rockets  - Aaron Brooks, Guard, Oregon
27 - Detroit Pistons  - Arron Afflalo, Guard, UCLA
28 - San Antonio Spurs  - Tiago Splitter, Forward, Brazil
29 - Phoenix Suns  - Alando Tucker, Forward, Wisconsin
30 - Philadelphia 76ers (from Dallas)  - Petteri Koponen, Guard, Finland (to Portland)

Segunda Volta

31 - Seattle SuperSonics (from Memphis)  - Carl Landry, Forward, Purdue
32 - Boston Celtics  - Gabe Pruitt, Guard, Southern California
33 - San Antonio Spurs (from Milwaukee)  - Marcus Williams, Forward, Arizona
34 - Dallas Mavericks (from Atlanta)  - Nick Fazekas, Forward, Nevada
35 - Seattle Supersonics  - Glen Davis, Forward, Louisiana State (to Boston)
36 - Golden State Warriors (from Minnesota)  - Jermareo Davidson, Forward, Alabama (to Charlotte)
37 - Portland Trail Blazers  - Josh McRoberts, Forward, Duke
38 - Philadelphia 76ers (from New York)  - Kyrylo Fesenko, Center, Ukraine
39 - Miami Heat (from Sacramento)  - Stanko Barac, Center, Bosnia (to Indiana)
40 - Los Angeles Lakers (from Charlotte)  - Sun Yue, Guard, China
41 - Minnesota Timberwolves (from Philadelphia)  - Chris Richard, Forward, Florida
42 - Portland Trail Blazers (from Indiana)  - Derrick Byars, Guard/Forward, Vanderbilt (to Philadelphia)
43 - New Orleans Hornets  - Adam Haluska, Guard, Iowa
44 - Orlando Magic  - Reyshawn Terry, Forward, North Carolina (to Dallas)
45 - Los Angeles Clippers  - Jared Jordan, Guard, Marist
46 - Golden State Warriors (from New Jersey)  - Stephane Lasme, Forward, Massachusetts
47 - Washington Wizards  - Dominic McGuire, Forward, Fresno State
48 - Los Angeles Lakers  - Marc Gasol, Center, Spain
49 - Chicago Bulls (from Golden State)  - Aaron Gray, Center, Pittsburgh
50 - Dallas Mavericks (from Miami)  - Renaldas Seibutis, Guard, Lithuania
51 - Chicago Bulls (from Denver)  - JamesOn Curry, Guard, Oklahoma State
52 - Portland Trail Blazers (from Toronto)  - Taurean Green, Guard, Florida
53 - Portland Trail Blazers (from Chicago)  - Demetris Nichols, Forward, Syracuse (to New York)
54 - Houston Rockets (from Cleveland)  - Brad Newley, Guard, Australia
55 - Utah Jazz  - Herbert Hill, Forward/Center, Providence
56 - Milwaukee Bucks (from Houston)  - Ramon Sessions, Guard, Nevada
57 - Detroit Pistons  - Sammy Mejia, Guard, DePaul
58 - San Antonio Spurs  - Giorgos Printezis, Forward, Greece (to Toronto)
59 - Phoenix Suns  - D.J. Strawberry, Guard, Maryland
60 - Dallas Mavericks  - Milovan Rakovic, Forward, Serbia (to Orlando)