2001 NBA draft

The 2001 NBA Draft took place on 27 June 2001 in New York City, New York. Kwame Brown became the first high school player drafted with the first overall pick. This draft is widely regarded as a good one for international players; Pau Gasol (Spain), Tony Parker (France) and Mehmet Okur (Turkey), would all go on to become NBA All-Stars. Gilbert Arenas was the steal of this draft, selected 31st by the Golden State Warriors. While many of the players selected ahead of him are either out of the league or playing backup roles, Arenas is a perrenial All-Star.

Round one

= All-Star

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

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

Round two

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

Notable undrafted players

All players are Americans unless otherwise mentioned. Arroyo is a U.S. citizen by birth, as are all other Puerto Rico natives, but Puerto Rico has a separate national federation for basketball.