2001 NBA draft

Draft selections

Notable undrafted players

These players were not selected in the draft but have played at least one game in the NBA.

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.

• USA Gilbert Arenas – G, Arizona (sophomore)
• USA Brandon Armstrong – G, Pepperdine (junior)
• USA Malcolm Battles – F, Point Mark (junior)
• USA Tavorris Bell – F, Rhode Island (junior)
• USA Preston Bennett – F, Grayson (freshman)
• USA Michael Bradley – F, Villanova (junior)
• USA Jamison Brewer – G, Auburn (sophomore)
• USA Kedrick Brown – F, Okaloosa-Walton CC (sophomore)
• USA SirValiant Brown – G, George Washington (sophomore)
• USA Nick Burwell – G, Orange Coast (sophomore)
• USA Jason Collins – C, Stanford (junior)
• USA Omar Cook – G, St. John's (freshman)
• HAI Samuel Dalembert – C/F, Seton Hall (sophomore)
• USA Maurice Evans – G, Texas (junior)
• NGR Benjamin Eze – F, Southern Idaho (freshman)
• USA Alton Ford – F, Houston (freshman)
• USA Joseph Forte – G, North Carolina (sophomore)
• USA Jerry Green – G, UC Irvine (junior)
• USA Eddie Griffin – F, Seton Hall (freshman)
• USA Rob Griffin – F, Kentucky Wesleyan (junior)
• USA Trenton Hassell – G, Austin Peay (junior)
• USA Kirk Haston – F, Indiana (junior)
• USA Draper Housley – G, Lee College (sophomore)
• USA Steven Hunter – C/F, DePaul (sophomore)
• USA Richard Jefferson – F, Arizona (junior)
• USA Joe Johnson – F/G, Arkansas (sophomore)
• USA D. A. Layne – G, Georgia (junior)
• USA Zach Marbury – G, Rhode Island (sophomore)
• USA Jamario Moon – F, Meridian (freshman)
• USA Troy Murphy – F, Notre Dame (junior)
• USA Zach Randolph – F, Michigan State (freshman)
• USA Jason Richardson – G, Michigan State (sophomore)
• USA Kenny Satterfield – G, Cincinnati (sophomore)
• USA Bobby Simmons – F, DePaul (junior)
• USA Will Solomon – G, Clemson (junior)
• USA Clifton Terry – F, Kennedy–King (sophomore)
• USA Gerald Wallace – F/G, Alabama (freshman)
• USA Rodney White – F, Charlotte (freshman)
• USA Michael Wright – F, Arizona (junior)

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.

• USA Kwame Brown – F, Glynn Academy (Brunswick, Georgia)
• USA Tyson Chandler – F/C, Dominguez High School (Compton, California)
• MLI Ousmane Cisse – F, St. Jude Educational Institute (Montgomery, Alabama)
• USA Eddy Curry – C/F, Thornwood High School (South Holland, Illinois)
• SEN DeSagana Diop – C, Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Virginia)
• USA Tony Key – C, Centennial High School (Compton, California)

International players

The following international players successfully applied for early draft entrance.

• RUS Denis Ershov – C, Pulkovo Saint Petersburg (Russia)
• GRE Antonis Fotsis – F, Panathinaikos (Greece)
• SPA Pau Gasol – F, FC Barcelona (Spain)
• SPA Raül López – G, Real Madrid (Spain)
• FRA Tony Parker – G, Paris Basket Racing (France)
• BIH Vladimir Radmanović – F, FMP (FR Yugoslavia)

Other eligible players

References

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