It was a wild day at the 2013 NBA draft on Thursday, as the first round featured plenty of surprises, unexpected moves and general excitement for NBA fans.

Though there wasn’t a clear-cut favorite to go first overall, the Cleveland Cavaliers started the night by shocking the basketball world as they selected UNLV forward Anthony Bennett, who wasn’t even in the top five on most teams’ draft boards.

“I’m just as surprised as anyone else,” said Bennett, who became the first Canadian to be selected No. 1 overall, according to ESPN.com.

With the second pick, the Orlando Magic also bypassed several of the highly-touted big men and went with Indiana guard Victor Oladipo, who was more relieved than anything to be drafted.

“It’s like a weight vest you took off after running five miles,” Oladipo said. “It’s relaxing, man. But at the same time, you know it’s just getting started.”

Then things really started to get interesting. After Otto Porter went to the Wizards, Cody Zeller to the Bobcats and Alex Len found a home with the Phoenix Suns, Kentucky standout Nerlens Noel – who many experts thought would go No. 1 – fell to the sixth spot with the New Orleans Pelicans. However, in an even more surprising move, the Pelicans traded Noel to the Philadelphia 76ers for all-star guard Jrue Holiday and a 2014 first round pick.

While the Pelicans certainly didn’t need another young big man after drafting Anthony Davis with the first overall pick last year, many though the move was too risky on Philadelphia’s part, as it traded away arguably its best player and another valuable pick for a talented, yet unproven player.

But the trade was only one of many to come.

After drafting last season’s AP player of the year from Michigan, Trey Burke, the Minnesota Timberwolves later dealt him to Utah for both of the Jazz’s first round picks, Shabazz Muhammad and Gorgui Dieng.

The Dallas Mavericks then traded the long-haired center from Gonzaga, Kelly Olynyk, to the Boston Celtics for their 16th pick the after drafting him with the 13th.

Here’s how the entire first round shaped up in case you missed it (“T” denotes a draft-day trade):

1	Cleveland	Anthony Bennett (PF) UNLV
2	Orlando	Victor Oladipo (SG) Indiana
3	Washington	Otto Porter (SF) G’town
4	Charlotte	Cody Zeller (PF) Indiana
5	Phoenix	Alex Len (C) Maryland
6	New Orleans	Nerlens Noel (C) Kentucky
7	Sacramento	Ben McLemore (SG) Kansas
8	Detroit	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (SG) Georgia
9	Minnesota	Trey Burke (PG) Michigan
10	Portland	C.J. McCollum (PG) Lehigh
11	Philadelphia	Michael Carter-Williams (PG) Syracuse
12	Oklahoma City	Steven Adams (C) Pittsburgh
13	Dallas	Kelly Olynyk (PF) Gonzaga
14	Utah	Shabazz Muhammad (SF) UCLA
15	Milwaukee	Giannis Antetokounmpo (SF) Greece
16	Boston	Lucas Nogueira (C) Brazil
17	Atlanta	Dennis Schroeder (PG) Germany
18	Atlanta	Shane Larkin (PG) Miami
19	Cleveland	Sergey Karasev (SG) Russia
20	Chicago	Tony Snell (SF) New Mexico
21	Utah	Gorgui Dieng (C) Louisville
22	Brooklyn	Mason Plumlee (C) Duke
23	Indiana	Solomon Hill (SF) Arizona
24	New York	Tim Hardaway Jr. (SG) Michigan
25	LA Clippers	Reggie Bullock (SG) UNC
26	Minnesota	Andre Roberson (SF) Colorado
27	Denver	Rudy Gobert (C) France
28	San Antonio	Livio Jean-Charles (PF) France
29	Oklahoma City	Archie Goodwin (SG) Kentucky
30	Phoenix	Nemanja Nedovic (SG) Serbia

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