2001 NBA draft

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2001 NBA draft
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General information
SportBasketball
DateTemplate:Pluralize from textJune 27, 2001
LocationThe Theater at Madison Square Garden (New York City, New York)
NetworkTemplate:Pluralize from textTNT
Overview
57 total selections in 2 rounds
LeagueNBA
First selectionKwame Brown (Washington Wizards)
Hall of Famers
2
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The 2001 NBA draft took place on June 27, 2001, in New York City, New York. Kwame Brown became the first high school player to be drafted with the first overall pick in the history of the NBA. The selection of Kwame Brown by the Washington Wizards, over players that have gone on to have more successful NBA careers, has been a source of great criticism by numerous media outlets.[1] Several international players from this draft, Pau Gasol (Spain), Tony Parker (France) and Mehmet Okur (Turkey), became NBA All-Stars.

The Minnesota Timberwolves forfeited their first-round pick due to salary cap violations.[2] It would be the first of two first rounders that would have to forfeit their picks during the early 2000s.

Eight of the players selected in this draft would never play in an NBA game in their professional basketball careers. Both of the players drafted by the New York Knicks (Michael Wright and Eric Chenowith) were among this group.

The final remaining active player from this draft was Joe Johnson, who retired from the NBA following the 2022 season. Thus, no active players remain from this class.

Draft selections

G Guard PG Point guard SG Shooting guard F Forward SF Small forward PF Power forward C Center
^ Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
* Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-NBA Team
+ Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game
# Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular-season or playoff game
~ Denotes player who has been selected as Rookie of the Year

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Kwame Brown was selected 1st overall by the Washington Wizards.
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Tyson Chandler was selected 2nd overall by the Los Angeles Clippers (traded to the Chicago Bulls).
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Pau Gasol was selected 3rd overall by the Atlanta Hawks (traded to the Vancouver Grizzlies).
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Joe Johnson was selected 10th overall by the Boston Celtics.
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Zach Randolph was selected 19th overall by the Portland Trail Blazers.
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Gerald Wallace was selected 25th overall by the Sacramento Kings.
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Tony Parker was selected 28th overall by the San Antonio Spurs.
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Gilbert Arenas was selected 31st overall by the Golden State Warriors.
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Brian Scalabrine was selected 35th overall by the New Jersey Nets.
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Mehmet Okur was selected 38th overall by the Detroit Pistons.
Round Pick Player Position Nationality[n 1] Team School/club team
1 1 Script error: No such module "Sort". PF File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Washington Wizards Glynn Academy (Brunswick, Georgia)
1 2 Script error: No such module "Sort".* C File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Los Angeles Clippers (traded to Chicago) Dominguez HS (Compton, California)
1 3 Script error: No such module "Sort".^~ PF/C File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain Atlanta Hawks (traded to Vancouver) FC Barcelona (Spain)
1 4 Script error: No such module "Sort". C File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Chicago Bulls Thornwood HS (South Holland, Illinois)
1 5 Script error: No such module "Sort". SG File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Golden State Warriors Michigan State (So.)
1 6 Script error: No such module "Sort". SF File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Vancouver Grizzlies Duke (Sr.)
1 7 Script error: No such module "Sort". PF File:Flag of the United States.svg United States New Jersey Nets (traded to Houston) Seton Hall (Fr.)
1 8 Script error: No such module "Sort". C Script error: No such module "flag". Cleveland Cavaliers Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Virginia) HS
1 9 Script error: No such module "Sort". SF/PF File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Detroit Pistons Charlotte (Fr.)
1 10 Script error: No such module "Sort".* SG File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Boston Celtics Arkansas (So.)
1 11 Script error: No such module "Sort". SF File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Boston Celtics (from Denver) Okaloosa-Walton CC (So.)
1 12 Script error: No such module "Sort". PF Script error: No such module "flag". Seattle SuperSonics FMP (Yugoslavia)
1 13 Script error: No such module "Sort". SF File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Houston Rockets (traded to New Jersey) Arizona (Jr.)
1 14 Script error: No such module "Sort". PF File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Golden State Warriors (from Indiana) Notre Dame (Jr.)
1 15 Script error: No such module "Sort". C File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Orlando Magic DePaul (Fr.)
1 16 Script error: No such module "Sort". PF File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Charlotte Hornets Indiana (Jr.)
1 17 Script error: No such module "Sort". PF File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Toronto Raptors Villanova (Jr.)
1 18 Script error: No such module "Sort". C File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Houston Rockets (from New York via Phoenix and Orlando, traded to New Jersey) Stanford (Sr.)
1 19 Script error: No such module "Sort".* PF File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Portland Trail Blazers Michigan State (Fr.)
1 20 Script error: No such module "Sort". C File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Cleveland Cavaliers (from Miami, traded to Orlando) North Carolina (Sr.)
1 21 Script error: No such module "Sort". SG File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Boston Celtics (from Phoenix via Denver and Utah) North Carolina (So.)
1 22 Script error: No such module "Sort". SG File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Orlando Magic (from Milwaukee via Houston) SMU (Sr.)
1 23 Script error: No such module "Sort". SG File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Houston Rockets (from Dallas via Orlando, traded to New Jersey) Pepperdine (Jr.)
1 24 Script error: No such module "Sort". PG File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain Utah Jazz Real Madrid (Spain)
1 25 Script error: No such module "Sort".+ SF File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Sacramento Kings Alabama (Fr.)
1 26 Script error: No such module "Sort". C File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada[3] Philadelphia 76ers Seton Hall (So.)
1 27 Script error: No such module "Sort". PG File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Vancouver Grizzlies (from L.A. Lakers via New York, traded to Indiana via Atlanta) Iowa State (Sr.)
1 28 Script error: No such module "Sort".^ PG File:Flag of France.svg France[4] San Antonio Spurs Paris Basket Racing (France)
1 29 Forfeited pick Minnesota Timberwolves (forfeited their first-round pick due to salary cap violations)[5]
2 30 Script error: No such module "Sort". SG File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Chicago Bulls Austin Peay (Sr.)
2 31 Script error: No such module "Sort".* PG File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Golden State Warriors Arizona (So.)
2 32 Script error: No such module "Sort". PG File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Orlando Magic (from Washington, traded to Denver) St. John's (Fr.)
2 33 Script error: No such module "Sort". PG File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Vancouver Grizzlies Clemson (Sr.)
2 34 Script error: No such module "Sort". PF File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Atlanta Hawks Maryland (Sr.)
2 35 Script error: No such module "Sort". SF File:Flag of the United States.svg United States New Jersey Nets USC (Sr)
2 36 Script error: No such module "Sort". SG File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Cleveland Cavaliers USC (Sr.)
2 37 Script error: No such module "Sort". SF File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Philadelphia 76ers (from L.A. Clippers) Syracuse (Sr.)
2 38 Script error: No such module "Sort".+ C Script error: No such module "flag". Detroit Pistons Efes Pilsen (Turkey)
2 39 Script error: No such module "Sort".[6]# PF File:Flag of the United States.svg United States New York Knicks (from Boston via Seattle) Arizona (Jr.)
2 40 Script error: No such module "Sort". PG File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Seattle SuperSonics UCLA (Sr.)
2 41 Script error: No such module "Sort". PG File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Auburn (So.)
2 42 Script error: No such module "Sort". F/G File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Seattle SuperSonics DePaul (Jr.)
2 43 Script error: No such module "Sort".[7]# C File:Flag of the United States.svg United States New York Knicks (from Seattle) Kansas (Sr.)
2 44 Script error: No such module "Sort".[8]# PG File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Dallas Mavericks (from Houston) Eastern Illinois (Sr.)
2 45 Script error: No such module "Sort". SF File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Chicago Bulls (from Charlotte) California (Sr.)
2 46 Script error: No such module "Sort". C File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Minnesota Timberwolves Arizona (Sr.)
2 47 Script error: No such module "Sort".[9]# PF Script error: No such module "flag". Denver Nuggets (from Toronto) St. Jude HS (Montgomery, Alabama)
2 48 Script error: No such module "Sort". SF Script error: No such module "flag". Vancouver Grizzlies (from New York) Panathinaikos (Greece) 1981
2 49 Script error: No such module "Sort". C File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Miami Heat Ohio State (Sr.)
2 50 Script error: No such module "Sort". C Script error: No such module "flag". Portland Trail Blazers Georgetown (Sr.)
2 51 Script error: No such module "Sort". PF File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Phoenix Suns Houston (Fr.)
2 52 Script error: No such module "Sort".[10]# PF File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Milwaukee Bucks Michigan State (Sr.)
2 53 Script error: No such module "Sort". F/C File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Utah Jazz Stanford (Sr.)
2 54 Script error: No such module "Sort". PG File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Dallas Mavericks Cincinnati (So.)
2 55 Script error: No such module "Sort".[11]# SG File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Sacramento Kings Saint Louis (Sr.)
2 56 Script error: No such module "Sort".[12]# C Template:Flagcountry San Antonio Spurs (from L.A. Lakers) Lietuvos rytas Vilnius (Lithuania)
2 57 Script error: No such module "Sort". C Script error: No such module "flag". Philadelphia 76ers Georgia Tech (Sr.)
2 58 Script error: No such module "Sort".[13]# SF File:Flag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Spurs Oregon (Sr.)

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  1. ^ Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.

Notable undrafted players

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Player Position Nationality School/club team
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Script error: No such module "Sort". G File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Michigan State (Sr.)
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Script error: No such module "Sort". PG File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Penn State (Sr.)
Script error: No such module "Sort". SG/SF File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Texas (Jr.)
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Script error: No such module "Sort". PG File:Flag of the United States.svg United States William Paterson (Sr.)
Script error: No such module "Sort". SF File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Meridian CC (Fr.)
Script error: No such module "Sort". PF/SF Script error: No such module "flag". TAU Cerámica (Spain)
Script error: No such module "Sort". PG File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Iowa (Sr.)
Script error: No such module "Sort". G File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Hofstra (Sr.)
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Script error: No such module "Sort". PG File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Rice (Sr.)

Early entrants

College underclassmen

This year would officially mark the very first year where the number of underclassmen that declared their entry into the NBA draft would exceed the number of selections made with 75 players that fit the underclassmen criteria declaring their initial entry for the NBA draft. However, it would also mark the largest number of dropped players yet with 23 of those players either coming from college or overseas deciding to withdraw from the draft for one reason or another. The following college basketball players successfully applied for early draft entrance.[14]

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High school players

This would be the seventh straight year in a row where at least one high school player would declare their entry into the NBA draft directly out of high school after previously only allowing it one time back in 1975. This year would also mark the year with the highest amount of players coming directly out of high school yet with six players deciding to make the jump into an opportunity at the NBA (though only five of them would get it). Not only that, but it marked the first time that a high schooler would be taken as the #1 pick of the NBA draft. The following high school players successfully applied for early draft entrance.[14]

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International players

The following international players successfully applied for early draft entrance.[14]

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Other eligible players

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Template:Flagicon Robertas Javtokas Lietuvos Rytas (Lithuania) Left Arizona in 2000; playing professionally since the 2000–01 season [15]

Invited attendees

The 2001 NBA draft is considered to be the 23rd NBA draft to have utilized what is properly considered the "green room" experience for NBA prospects. The NBA's green room is a staging area where anticipated draftees often sit with their families and representatives, waiting for their names to be called on draft night. Often being positioned either in front of or to the side of the podium (in this case, being positioned somewhere within The Theater at Madison Square Garden[16]), once a player heard his name, he would walk to the podium to shake hands and take promotional photos with the NBA commissioner. From there, the players often conducted interviews with various media outlets while backstage. From there, the players often conducted interviews with various media outlets while backstage. However, once the NBA draft started to air nationally on TV starting with the 1980 NBA draft, the green room evolved from players waiting to hear their name called and then shaking hands with these select players who were often called to the hotel to take promotional pictures with the NBA commissioner a day or two after the draft concluded to having players in real-time waiting to hear their names called up and then shaking hands with David Stern, the NBA's commissioner at the time.[17]

The NBA compiled its list of green room invites through collective voting by the NBA's team presidents and general managers alike, which in this year's case belonged to only what they believed were the top 14 prospects at the time.[18] Despite the lower amount of invites for this year's draft when compared to the previous couple of drafts, there would still be a notable amount of discrepancies involved, such as an invitation being given out to Brendan Haywood instead of the actual 13th pick of the draft, Richard Jefferson, alongside multiple All-Stars and All-NBA talents like Zach Randolph, Gerald Wallace, Hall of Famer Tony Parker, Gilbert Arenas, and Mehmet Okur. Not only that, but it would also showcase the most high school players that would be invited into the Green Room by this point in time with four players being invited and later selected into the Top 10, including three players in the Top 4 and both Kwame Brown and Tyson Chandler being considered the top two picks of the draft at the time. With that in mind, the following players were invited to attend this year's draft festivities live and in person.[16]

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See also


References

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  4. ^ Parker was born in Belgium but represents France in international competitions.
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  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Freeman, Rick; Magruder, Jack (March 16, 2000). "NCAA Tournament Notebook". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
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