2001 NBA Draft — 27 June 2001 – New York City, New York

Kwame Brown became the first high school player to be drafted number one overall in draft history. He has since been labeled a bust, as his play with the Washington Wizards and latter LA Lakers has been unimpressive at times but, finally decided to show elements of what made him number 1 towards the end of the 05-06 season. This has been called by the Washington Times as the worst draft ever.

Round 1

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Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	College/HS/Club Team
1	Kwame Brown (F/C)		Washington Wizards	Glynn Academy HS (Brunswick, GA)
2	Tyson Chandler (PF)		Los Angeles Clippers (traded to Chicago Bulls)	Dominguez HS (Compton, CA)
3	Pau Gasol (PF)		Atlanta Hawks (traded to Vancouver for Shareef Abdur-Rahim)	FC Barcelona (Spanish league)
4	Eddy Curry (C)		Chicago Bulls	Thornwood HS (South Holland, IL)
5	Jason Richardson (SG)		Golden State Warriors	Michigan State
6	Shane Battier (F/G)		Vancouver Grizzlies	Duke
7	Eddie Griffin (F)		New Jersey Nets (traded to Houston)	Seton Hall
8	DeSagana Diop (C)		Cleveland Cavaliers	Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, VA)
9	Rodney White (SF)		Detroit Pistons	Charlotte
10	Joe Johnson (SG)		Boston Celtics	Arkansas
11	Kedrick Brown (SF)		Boston Celtics (from Denver)	Okaloosa-Walton CC
12	Vladimir Radmanovic (PF)		Seattle SuperSonics	FMP Zeleznik (Yugoslavia)
13	Richard Jefferson (SF)		Houston Rockets (traded to New Jersey)	Arizona
14	Troy Murphy (PF)		Golden State Warriors (from Indiana)	Notre Dame
15	Steven Hunter (C)		Orlando Magic	DePaul
16	Kirk Haston (PF)		Charlotte Hornets	Indiana
17	Michael Bradley (PF)		Toronto Raptors	Villanova
18	Jason Collins (C)		Houston Rockets (from New York via Phoenix and Orlando)	Stanford
19	Zach Randolph (PF)		Portland Trail Blazers	Michigan State
20	Brendan Haywood (C)		Cleveland Cavaliers (from Miami, traded to Orlando)	North Carolina
21	Joseph Forte (SG)		Boston Celtics (from Phoenix)	North Carolina
22	Jeryl Sasser (SG)		Orlando Magic (from Milwaukee via Houston)	SMU
23	Brandon Armstrong (SG)		Houston Rockets (from Dallas via Orlando, traded to New Jersey)	Pepperdine
24	Raul Lopez (PG)		Utah Jazz	Real Madrid (Spanish league)
25	Gerald Wallace (SF)		Sacramento Kings	Alabama
26	Samuel Dalembert (C)		Philadelphia 76ers	Seton Hall
27	Jamaal Tinsley (PG)		Vancouver Grizzlies (from L.A. Lakers via New York)	Iowa State
28	Tony Parker (PG)		San Antonio Spurs	Paris Basket Racing (French league)

* Note: The Minnesota Timberwolves forfeited their first-round pick due to salary cap violations.

Round 2

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Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	College/HS/Club Team
30	Trenton Hassell (SG)		Chicago Bulls	Austin Peay
31	Gilbert Arenas (PG)		Golden State Warriors	Arizona
32	Omar Cook (PG)		Orlando Magic (from Washington, traded to Denver)	St. John's
33	Will Solomon (PG)		Vancouver Grizzlies	Clemson
34	Terence Morris (SF)		Atlanta Hawks (traded to Houston)	Maryland
35	Brian Scalabrine (PF)		New Jersey Nets	USC
36	Jeff Trepagnier (SG)		Cleveland Cavaliers	USC
37	Damone Brown (SF)		Philadelphia 76ers (from L.A. Clippers)	Syracuse
38	Mehmet Okur (C/F)		Detroit Pistons	Tofas Bursa (Turkish league)
39	Michael Wright (PF)		New York Knicks (from Boston through Seattle)	Arizona
40	Earl Watson (PG)		Seattle SuperSonics	UCLA
41	Jamison Brewer (PG)		Indiana Pacers	Auburn
42	Bobby Simmons (F/G)		Seattle SuperSonics	DePaul
43	Eric Chenowith (C)		New York Knicks (from Seattle)	Kansas
44	Kyle Hill (PG)		Dallas Mavericks (from Houston)	Eastern Illinois
45	Sean Lampley (SF)		Chicago Bulls (from Charlotte)	California
46	Loren Woods (C)		Minnesota Timberwolves	Arizona
47	Ousmane Cisse (PF)		Denver Nuggets (from Toronto)	St. Jude HS (Montgomery, AL)
48	Antonis Fotsis (SF)		Vancouver Grizzlies (from New York)	Panathinaikos (Greece)
49	Ken Johnson (C)		Miami Heat	Ohio State
50	Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje (C)		Portland Trail Blazers	Georgetown
51	Alton Ford (PF)		Phoenix Suns	Houston
52	Andre Huston (PF)		Milwaukee Bucks	Michigan State
53	Jarron Collins (F/C)		Utah Jazz	Stanford
54	Kenny Satterfield (PG)		Dallas Mavericks	Cincinnati
55	Maurice Jeffers (SG)		Sacramento Kings	Saint Louis
56	Robertas Javtokas (SF)		San Antonio Spurs (from L.A. Lakers)	Lietuvos Rytas (Lithuanian league)
57	Alvin Jones (C)		Philadelphia 76ers	Georgia Tech
58	Bryan Bracey (SF)		San Antonio Spurs	Oregon

Notable undrafted players

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All players are Americans unless otherwise mentioned.

• Carlos Arroyo (PG), Puerto Rico, Florida International
• Maurice Evans (SG), Texas
• Slava Medvedenko (PF/C), Ukraine
• Paul Shirley (PF), Iowa State
• Mike Wilks (PG), Rice

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