"As he stood outside the interview room just moments after being drafted by the Washington Wizards at No. 6, a slight smile formed across Jan Vesely's face.

"I'm more nervous now than I was yesterday," said Vesely, who found out the Wizards were going to select him about five minutes before we went on stage.

"Basketball in my country is not so popular, but after this night, I think, I hope that basketball will be more popular. I will do my best to help that."

Vesely likes to run, which he says makes him a good fit with guard John Wall.

"I think we can work hard to win games. I will do my best, of course, and I am ready to go to the Wizards," Vesely said.

As Vesely went through his round of post-draft media interviews, Chris Singleton sat in the green room and waited. And waited. Finally, he was the only one left. But when the Wizards called his name at No. 18, Singleton felt he had landed in just the right place.

"This is something I was made for; something I dreamed about," Singleton said about basketball."