The 2000 NBA Draft was held on June 28, 2000 at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was the last draft held at the home arena of an NBA team until 2011; the following and subsequent drafts (through 2010) all took place at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City (though Madison Square Garden itself is the home of the New York Knicks, they do not play in the theater). This draft is considered to be at least the worst draft since the great dubs famine, if not the worst draft of the lottery era. To date, only top pick Kenyon Martin, first-rounder Jamaal Magloire (19th pick overall), and second-rounder Michael Redd (43rd pick overall) have played in the NBA All-Star Game (each only making the team one time); only one player has made an All-NBA Team (Redd, whose sole appearance was on the third team in 2004); only three players in the draft class have won a major end-of-season award (Hedo Türkoğlu was named Most Improved Player in 2008, Mike Miller won both the NBA Rookie of the Year and NBA Sixth Man of the Year awards in 2001 and 2006 respectively, and Jamal Crawford was named NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 2010); and few first-rounders are currently playing in the NBA. Sports Illustrated named this entire draft class (as opposed to individual players) the 6th biggest "male genitalia" of the modern era - making it the only draft class among the site's top 20 list.^[1] Just before the 2009 draft, ESPN.com columnist David Schoenfield wrote a piece in which he rated all of the drafts since the institution of the draft lottery in 1985, and the only draft which he gave the lowest possible grade of "F" was the 2000 draft.^[2]

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Draft[link]

Kenyon Martin, the 1st pick Jamal Crawford, the 8th pick Hedo Türkoğlu, the 16th pick Morris Peterson, the 21st pick Deshawn Stevenson, the 23rd pick Michael Redd, the 43rd pick

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School/club team
1	1	Martin, KenyonKenyon Martin +	PF	United States	New Jersey Nets	Cincinnati (Sr.)
1	2	Swift, StromileStromile Swift	PF/C	United States	Vancouver Grizzlies	LSU (So.)
1	3	Miles, DariusDarius Miles	SF/SG	United States	Los Angeles Clippers	East St. Louis HS (East St. Louis, IL)
1	4	Fizer, MarcusMarcus Fizer	PF	United States	Chicago Bulls	Iowa State (Jr.)
1	5	Miller, MikeMike Miller	SF/SG	United States	Orlando Magic	Florida (So.)
1	6	Johnson, DerMarrDerMarr Johnson	SG/SF	United States	Atlanta Hawks	Cincinnati (Fr.)
1	7	Mihm, ChrisChris Mihm	C/PF	United States	Chicago Bulls (traded to Cleveland for Jamal Crawford and cash)	Texas (Jr.)
1	8	Crawford, JamalJamal Crawford	SG	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers (traded to Chicago with cash for Chris Mihm)	Michigan (Fr.)
1	9	Przybilla, JoelJoel Przybilla	C	United States	Houston Rockets (traded to Milwaukee for Jason Collier and a future first-round pick)	Minnesota (So.)
1	10	Dooling, KeyonKeyon Dooling	SG	United States	Orlando Magic (from Denver, traded to L.A. Clippers with Corey Maggette, Derek Strong and cash for a future first-round pick)	Missouri (So.)
1	11	Moïso, JéromeJérome Moïso	PF	France	Boston Celtics	UCLA (So.)
1	12	Thomas, EtanEtan Thomas	PF/C	United States	Dallas Mavericks	Syracuse (Sr.)
1	13	Alexander, CourtneyCourtney Alexander	SG	United States	Orlando Magic (traded to Dallas for a future first-round pick and cash)	Fresno State (Sr.)
1	14	Cleaves, MateenMateen Cleaves	PG	United States	Detroit Pistons	Michigan State (Sr.)
1	15	Collier, JasonJason Collier	C	United States	Milwaukee Bucks (traded with future first-round pick to Houston for Joel Przybilla)	Georgia Tech (Sr.)
1	16	Türkoğlu, HedoHedo Türkoğlu	SF	Turkey	Sacramento Kings	Efes Pilsen (Turkey) 1979
1	17	Mason, DesmondDesmond Mason	SF/SG	United States	Seattle SuperSonics	Oklahoma State (Sr.)
1	18	Richardson, QuentinQuentin Richardson	SF/SG	United States	Los Angeles Clippers (from Toronto via Atlanta, Philadelphia and New York)	DePaul (So.)
1	19	Magloire, JamaalJamaal Magloire+	C	Canada	Charlotte Hornets	Kentucky (Sr.)
1	20	Claxton, SpeedySpeedy Claxton	PG	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	Hofstra (Sr.)
1	21	Peterson, MorrisMorris Peterson	SF/SG	United States	Toronto Raptors (from Minnesota)	Michigan State (Sr.)
1	22	Harvey, DonnellDonnell Harvey	SF	United States	New York Knicks (traded with John Wallace to Dallas for Erick Strickland and Pete Mickeal)	Florida (Fr.)
1	23	Stevenson, DeShawnDeShawn Stevenson	SG	United States	Utah Jazz (from Miami)	Washington Union HS (Fresno, CA)
1	24	Bagarić, DaliborDalibor Bagarić	C	Croatia	Chicago Bulls (from San Antonio)	Benston Zagreb (Croatia) 1980
1	25	Tsakalidis, Iakovos "Jake"Iakovos "Jake" Tsakalidis	C	Greece	Phoenix Suns	AEK (Greece) 1979
1	26	N'Diaye, MamadouMamadou N'Diaye	C	Senegal	Denver Nuggets (from Utah)	Auburn (Sr.)
1	27	Brezec, PrimožPrimož Brezec	C	Slovenia	Indiana Pacers	Union Olimpija (Slovenia) 1979
1	28	Barkley, ErickErick Barkley	PG	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	St. John's (So.)
1	29	Madsen, MarkMark Madsen	PF	United States	Los Angeles Lakers	Stanford (Sr.)

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School/club team
2	30	Jarić, MarkoMarko Jarić	G	Yugoslavia  Greece	Los Angeles Clippers	Paf Bologna (Italy) 1978
2	31	Langhi, DanDan Langhi	PF	United States	Dallas Mavericks (from Chicago, traded to Houston for Eduardo Nájera and a future second-round draft pick)	Vanderbilt (Sr.)
2	32	Guyton, A.J.A.J. Guyton	PG	United States	Chicago Bulls (from Golden State)	Indiana (Sr.)
2	33	Voskuhl, JakeJake Voskuhl	C	United States	Chicago Bulls (from Vancouver via Houston)	Connecticut (Sr.)
2	34	El-Amin, KhalidKhalid El-Amin	PG	United States	Chicago Bulls (from Atlanta)	Connecticut (Jr.)
2	35	Smith, MikeMike Smith	F	United States	Washington Wizards	Louisiana-Monroe (Jr.)
2	36	Samake, SoumailaSoumaila Samake	C	Mali	New Jersey Nets	Cincinnati Stuff (IBL) 1978
2	37	House, EddieEddie House	SG	United States	Miami Heat (from Cleveland via Denver)	Arizona State (Sr.)
2	38	Nájera, EduardoEduardo Nájera	SF	Mexico	Houston Rockets (traded to Dallas with future second-round pick for Dan Langhi)	Oklahoma (Sr.)
2	39	Postell, LavorLavor Postell	SG	United States	New York Knicks (from Boston)	St. John's (Sr.)
2	40	Möttölä, HannoHanno Möttölä	SF/PF	Finland	Atlanta Hawks (from Denver)	Utah (Sr.)
2	41	Carrawell, ChrisChris Carrawell	SG	United States	San Antonio Spurs (from Orlando)	Duke (Sr.)
2	42	Oyedeji, OlumideOlumide Oyedeji	PF	Nigeria	Seattle SuperSonics	Würzburg (Germany) 1981
2	43	Redd, MichaelMichael Redd*	SG	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	Ohio State (Jr.)
2	44	Cardinal, BrianBrian Cardinal	PF	United States	Detroit Pistons	Purdue (Sr.)
2	45	Smith, JabariJabari Smith	C	United States	Sacramento Kings	LSU (Sr.)
2	46	Hulett, DeeAndreDeeAndre Hulett	G	United States	Toronto Raptors	College of the Sequoias (So.)
2	47	Sesar, JosipJosip Sesar	G	Croatia	Seattle SuperSonics (traded to Boston for two future second-round picks)	Cibona Zagreb (Croatia) 1978
2	48	Karcher, MarkMark Karcher	PG	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	Temple (Jr.)
2	49	Hart, JasonJason Hart	PG	United States	Milwaukee Bucks (from Charlotte)	Syracuse (Sr.)
2	50	Dickens, KanielKaniel Dickens	F	United States	Utah Jazz (from New York)	Idaho (Sr.)
2	51	Rakočević, IgorIgor Rakočević	G	Serbia	Minnesota Timberwolves	Red Star Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 1978
2	52	Brown, ErnestErnest Brown	C	United States	Miami Heat	Indian Hills CC (Jr.)
2	53	McClintock, DanDan McClintock	C	United States	Denver Nuggets (from Phoenix)	Northern Arizona (Sr.)
2	54	Hightower, CoryCory Hightower	G	United States	San Antonio Spurs (traded to L.A. Lakers for two future second-round picks)	Indian Hills CC (So.)
2	55	Porter, ChrisChris Porter	F	United States	Golden State Warriors (from Utah)	Auburn (Sr.)
2	56	Walls, JaquayJaquay Walls	G	United States	Indiana Pacers	Colorado (Sr.)
2	57	Penn, ScoonieScoonie Penn	G	United States	Atlanta Hawks	Ohio State (Sr.)
2	58	Mickeal, PetePete Mickeal	F	United States	Dallas Mavericks (from L.A. Lakers, traded with Erick Strickland to New York for John Wallace and Donnell Harvey)	Cincinnati (Sr.)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website (archived)
• 2000 NBA Draft at Basketball-reference.com

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The NBA Draft is an annual event in which the thirty teams from the National Basketball Association (NBA) can draft players who are eligible and wish to join the league. These players are usually amateur U.S. college basketball players, but international players are also eligible to be drafted. College players who have finished their four-year college eligibility are automatically eligible for selection, while the underclassmen have to declare their eligibility and give up their remaining college eligibility. International players who are at least 22 years old are automatically eligible for selection, while the players younger than 22 have to declare their eligibility. Players who are not automatically eligible but have declared their eligibility are often called "early-entrants" or "early-entry candidates". The Draft usually takes place at the end of June, during the NBA off-season. The Draft consists of two rounds with a total of sixty players to be selected.

In the past, high school players were also eligible to be selected. However, starting in the 2006 Draft, high school players were not eligible to enter the draft directly after graduating high school. The rules now state that high school players will gain eligibility for draft selection one year after their high school graduation and they must also be at least 19 years old as of the end of the calendar year of the draft. Contrary to popular belief, they do not necessarily have to have at least one year of college basketball (as some players have chosen to use that year to play professionally in Europe for example).

NBA Draft Lottery[link]

The NBA Draft Lottery is an annual event held by the NBA to determine the draft order. The teams who missed the playoffs in the previous season participate in a lottery process to determine the draft order. The lottery winner would get the first selection in the draft. In the current rules, 14 non-playoff teams participate in the Draft Lottery. The lottery is weighted so that the team with the worst record has the best chance of obtaining higher draft picks. The lottery process determines the first three picks of the draft. The rest of the first-round order of picks is in reverse order of the teams' win-loss record. The lottery does not determine the draft order in the second round of the draft. The term "lottery pick" denotes a draft pick whose position is determined through the lottery, while the non-playoff teams involved in the process are often called "lottery teams". The Draft Lottery system was first used in the 1985 Draft.

Draft selection process[link]

All players must be at least 19 years of age during the calendar year of the draft, and a player who completed basketball eligibility at an American high school must also be at least one year removed from the graduation of his high school class. Restrictions exist on players signing with sports agents and on declaring for, then withdrawing, from drafts—although most of them are enforced by the NCAA rather than the NBA.

In the early years of the draft, teams would select players until they ran out of prospects. The 1960 draft went 21 rounds. By 1974, it had stabilized to 10 rounds, which held up until 1985, when the draft was shortened to seven rounds. By agreement with the National Basketball Players Association, the drafts from 1989 onward have been limited to two rounds, which gives undrafted players the chance to try out for any team.^[1]

Globalization of the draft[link]

The NBA draft has been dominated by collegiate players since the draft was put in place in 1950. In more recent years high school seniors have also had a large impact on the draft. These include players like Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Kevin Garnett, Dwight Howard, and Amar'e Stoudemire. However, because of the new age requirement put in place in 2005, high school seniors are no longer eligible for the draft. During the same stretch that high school players were making a large impact on the draft, another group of players started to make their presence felt in the draft.

Selecting foreign players[link]

Foreign players have made a large impact on how teams are now drafting. When the draft began, foreign players were not selected. As the years progressed, things began to change and a few international players were selected. The first foreign player, in the sense of being a national of a country other than the U.S., to be chosen first overall in the draft was Bahamian Mychal Thompson in 1978. However, Thompson's selection was not a true harbinger of the game's globalization, as he had spent much of his childhood in Florida, and had played college basketball at Minnesota. One of the first foreign players selected in the draft to play in the NBA was Manute Bol out of the Sudan in 1983 in the 5th round by the San Diego Clippers. Bol's selection was later deemed ineligible by the NBA. Two years later Bol was drafted again by the NBA this time out of Division II University of Bridgeport in 1985 as the 31st pick overall in the second round. Although Bol did not have a stellar career, he is known for being one of the tallest players ever to play the game at 7 feet and 7 inches. He holds the record for being the tallest player ever to hit a 3 point field goal. The following two years saw two players born outside the U.S. selected first overall—Nigerian Hakeem Olajuwon in 1984 and Jamaica-born American Patrick Ewing in 1985. However, like Thompson before them, both had played U.S. college basketball—Olajuwon at Houston and Ewing at Georgetown—and Ewing had also played high school basketball in the U.S.

By the 1997 Draft, the number of foreign players being drafted dramatically increased. The top pick in that draft, Tim Duncan, became the third international player picked number 1 overall—although his designation as "international" is a matter of semantics, as he is a native of the United States Virgin Islands and, like all USVI natives, is a U.S. citizen by birth. He also had played U.S. college basketball at Wake Forest. Including Duncan, 12 international players were selected in the two rounds of the draft—although half of them, including Duncan and the next two such players picked, had played college basketball. The 1998 draft saw another foreign player picked first overall, Nigerian Michael Olowokandi, but like Duncan he had played college basketball, in his case at Pacific. In 2001 the highest drafted foreign player, Pau Gasol, was selected 3rd overall by the Atlanta Hawks. That would all change the following season when Yao Ming became the first foreign player without U.S. college experience to be selected number 1 overall. Not only was the first overall pick an international player, but five more picks in the first round alone were also from overseas. In total, the 2002 draft produced 17 international players, with only three of them (all second-round picks) having U.S. college experience.

International players selected number 1 overall[link]

As noted earlier, four international players had gone first overall before 2002, although all had played college basketball in the U.S., and one of them was in fact a U.S. citizen by birth. It was not until 2002 that an international player without college experience went first overall—Yao Ming. His selection was not only a watershed moment for the NBA, it also had a large impact in Yao's homeland of China. Hannah Beech (2003) writes "Yao has single-handedly transformed his countrymen from nameless, faceless millions into mighty men who can jam with the very best." ^[2] Yao has helped the NBA grow into a worldwide product. Beech (2003) goes on to write "Ratings for NBA games broadcast on Chinese TV have never been higher than this year as the nation keeps track of its new favorite team, Yao's Houston Rockets." ^[2] For his career Yao is averaging a solid 19.0 points per game, 9.2 rebounds per game, 1.89 blocks per game, and is shooting 82.6 percent from the free throw line.

2001 Draft[link]

From the 2001 draft to the 2006 Draft there were a total of 6 foreign players selected. This trend shows how NBA teams are expanding the way they are selecting players in the draft. Players like Pau Gasol, Dirk Nowitzki, Yao Ming, Tony Parker, Nenê and Luol Deng are changing the landscape of the NBA to include a wide array of players from all over the globe.

2002, 2005 and 2006 Drafts[link]

The 2002, 2005 and 2006 Drafts saw international players picked first overall. In 2002 the Houston Rockets selected Yao Ming from China first in the draft. Also in 2005, the Milwaukee Bucks picked Andrew Bogut, from Australia by way of the University of Utah, #1. The next year, the Toronto Raptors made Andrea Bargnani the second foreign player without U.S. college experience to be selected number 1 overall.

Other notable past NBA drafts[link]

Some of the most noted NBA draft years are 1984, 1996, and 2003. Each of those is often referred to as one of, if not the, best NBA Draft ever, though the 2003 Draft was too recent to accurately compare. The 2000 NBA Draft has been regarded as the worst in history, with Sports Illustrated calling its first round "a horrible group of players."^[3] The 1986 Draft was notable for the number of solid and even outstanding players selected in later rounds, partly because of drug problems that claimed the life of second overall pick Len Bias and affected the careers of several other first-round picks.^[4][5]

See also[link]

• Draft bust
• Expansion draft
• Haywood v. National Basketball Association
• Mock draft
• NBA Draft Lottery
• NBA first overall draft pick
• NBA territorial pick
• WNBA Draft

References[link]

General

Specific

External links[link]

• NBA.com: NBA Draft History
• Basketball-Reference.com: NBA Draft Index.
• TheDraftReview.com: NBA Draft Index