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Watch: Tatum can't contain laughter as fans yell out draft picks before he can

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In the information age, the NBA draft tends to lose a bit of its suspense. Virtually every pick is leaked and reported on Twitter before it's officially announced.

On Thursday night, as the draft moved deep into the second round and the Barclays Center crowd thinned out, those remaining started hollering out the draftees before deputy commissioner Mark Tatum could get their names out of his mouth.

Tatum couldn't contain his laughter when, just as he was about to call up the New Orleans Pelicans' 52nd overall pick, Edmund Sumner, to the podium, the announcement came ringing out from the seats.

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