2000 NBA draft

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2000 NBA draft
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General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)June 28, 2000
Location Target Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Network(s)
Overview
58 total selections in 2 rounds
LeagueNBA
First selection Kenyon Martin
(New Jersey Nets)
  1999
2001  

The 2000 NBA draft was held on June 28, 2000, at the Target Center in Minneapolis. 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). As of 2024, it is also the last NBA draft where a college senior was the number-one overall selection.

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The 2000 draft class is considered the worst in NBA history. Few of its draftees would enjoy extended careers in the league. Just three of them—top pick Kenyon Martin, first-round selection Jamaal Magloire (19th overall) and second-round pick Michael Redd (43rd overall) -- ever played in an NBA All-Star Game. Each of the three made their one and only All-Star appearance in 2004. Redd was the lone player from this draft to ever be chosen for an All-NBA Team (his sole appearance was on the third team in 2004). Only three players in this draft class won a major end-of-season award in their careers: Hedo Türkoğlu was named Most Improved Player in 2008, Mike Miller won the NBA Rookie of the Year and NBA Sixth Man of the Year awards in 2001 and 2006 respectively, and Jamal Crawford was awarded the NBA Sixth Man of the Year three times in 2010, 2014 and 2016.

Sports Illustrated named this entire draft class (as opposed to individual players) the sixth biggest bust 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 graded all of the drafts since the institution of the draft lottery in 1985, and the only draft to which he gave the lowest possible grade of 'F' was the 2000 draft. [2] Using the WARP (wins above replacement player) metric, the 2000 NBA draft class collectively produced at a rate of 17.3 wins worse than a group of "average replacement players", effectively making this draft class the only one in NBA history to leave the league's talent pool worse than it had been before. [3]

Eight of the players selected in this draft never played in an NBA game in their professional basketball careers. Both of the players drafted by the San Antonio Spurs (Chris Carrawell and Cory Hightower) are among this group.

Draft selections

Kenyon Martin was selected 1st overall by the New Jersey Nets. Kenyon Martin Nuggets.jpg
Kenyon Martin was selected 1st overall by the New Jersey Nets.
Mike Miller was selected 5th overall by the Orlando Magic. Mike Miller.jpg
Mike Miller was selected 5th overall by the Orlando Magic.
Jamal Crawford was selected 8th overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers. CrawfordNYK.jpg
Jamal Crawford was selected 8th overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Hedo Turkoglu was selected 16th overall by the Sacramento Kings. Hedo Turkoglu point guard 11-27-08.jpg
Hedo Türkoğlu was selected 16th overall by the Sacramento Kings.
Jamaal Magloire was selected 19th overall by the Charlotte Hornets. Jamaal MagloireHeat.jpg
Jamaal Magloire was selected 19th overall by the Charlotte Hornets.
Deshawn Stevenson was selected 23rd overall by the Utah Jazz. DeShawn Stevenson 5.jpg
Deshawn Stevenson was selected 23rd overall by the Utah Jazz.
Michael Redd was selected 43rd overall by the Milwaukee Bucks. ReddBucks.jpg
Michael Redd was selected 43rd overall by the Milwaukee Bucks.
G Guard PG Point guard SG Shooting guard F Forward SF Small forward PF Power forward C Center
*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
RoundPickPlayerPositionNationality [n 1] TeamSchool/club team
11 Kenyon Martin +PFFlag of the United States.svg United States New Jersey Nets Cincinnati (Sr.)
12 Stromile Swift PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States Vancouver Grizzlies LSU (So.)
13 Darius Miles SF/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Los Angeles Clippers East St. Louis HS (Illinois)
14 Marcus Fizer PF/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Chicago Bulls Iowa State (Jr.)
15 Mike Miller ~SF/SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Orlando Magic (from Golden State) Florida (So.)
16 DerMarr Johnson SG/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Atlanta Hawks Cincinnati (Fr.)
17 Chris Mihm C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Chicago Bulls (from Washington via Golden State; traded to Cleveland) Texas (Jr.)
18 Jamal Crawford SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Cleveland Cavaliers (traded to Chicago) Michigan (Fr.)
19 Joel Przybilla CFlag of the United States.svg United States Houston Rockets (traded to Milwaukee for Jason Collier and a future first-round pick) Minnesota (So.)
110 Keyon Dooling SGFlag of the United States.svg 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.)
111 Jérome Moïso PFFlag of France.svg France Boston Celtics UCLA (So.)
112 Etan Thomas PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States Dallas Mavericks Syracuse (Sr.)
113 Courtney Alexander SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Orlando Magic (traded to Dallas for a future first-round pick and cash) Fresno State (Sr.)
114 Mateen Cleaves PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Detroit Pistons Michigan State (Sr.)
115 Jason Collier CFlag of the United States.svg United States Milwaukee Bucks (traded with future first-round pick to Houston for Joel Przybilla) Georgia Tech (Sr.)
116 Hedo Türkoğlu SF/PFFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Sacramento Kings Efes Pilsen (Turkey)
117 Desmond Mason SF/SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Seattle SuperSonics Oklahoma State (Sr.)
118 Quentin Richardson SF/SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Los Angeles Clippers (from Toronto via New York, Philadelphia and Atlanta) DePaul (So.)
119 Jamaal Magloire +PF/CFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Charlotte Hornets Kentucky (Sr.)
120 Speedy Claxton PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Philadelphia 76ers Hofstra (Sr.)
121 Morris Peterson SF/SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Toronto Raptors (from Minnesota) Michigan State (Sr.)
122 Donnell Harvey SFFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Knicks (traded with John Wallace to Dallas for Erick Strickland and Pete Mickeal) Florida (Fr.)
123 DeShawn Stevenson SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Jazz (from Miami) Washington Union HS (Fresno, California)
124 Dalibor Bagarić CFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Chicago Bulls (from San Antonio) Benston Zagreb (Croatia)
125 Jake Tsakalidis CFlag of Greece.svg  Greece Phoenix Suns AEK (Greece)
126 Mamadou N'Diaye CFlag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Denver Nuggets (from Utah) Auburn (Sr.)
127 Primož Brezec CFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Indiana Pacers Union Olimpija (Slovenia)
128 Erick Barkley PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Portland Trail Blazers St. John's (So.)
129 Mark Madsen PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Los Angeles Lakers Stanford (Sr.)
230 Marko Jarić GFlag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Los Angeles Clippers Paf Bologna (Italy)
231 Dan Langhi PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Dallas Mavericks (from Chicago, traded to Houston for Eduardo Nájera and a future second-round draft pick) Vanderbilt (Sr.)
232 A.J. Guyton PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Chicago Bulls (from Golden State) Indiana (Sr.)
233 Jake Voskuhl CFlag of the United States.svg United States Chicago Bulls (from Vancouver via Houston) Connecticut (Sr.)
234 Khalid El-Amin PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Chicago Bulls (from Atlanta) Connecticut (Jr.)
235 Mike Smith FFlag of the United States.svg United States Washington Wizards Louisiana-Monroe (Jr.)
236 Soumaila Samake CFlag of Mali.svg  Mali New Jersey Nets Cincinnati Stuff (IBL)
237 Eddie House SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Miami Heat (from Cleveland via Denver) Arizona State (Sr.)
238 Eduardo Nájera PFFlag of Mexico.svg Mexico Houston Rockets (traded to Dallas with future second-round pick for Dan Langhi) Oklahoma (Sr.)
239 Lavor Postell SGFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Knicks (from Boston) St. John's (Sr.)
240 Hanno Möttölä SF/PFFlag of Finland.svg  Finland Atlanta Hawks (from Denver) Utah (Sr.)
241 Chris Carrawell #SGFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Spurs (from Orlando) Duke (Sr.)
242 Olumide Oyedeji PFFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Seattle SuperSonics Würzburg (Germany)
243 Michael Redd *SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Milwaukee Bucks Ohio State (Jr.)
244 Brian Cardinal PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Detroit Pistons Purdue (Sr.)
245 Jabari Smith CFlag of the United States.svg United States Sacramento Kings LSU (Sr.)
246 DeeAndre Hulett #GFlag of the United States.svg United States Toronto Raptors COS (So.)
247 Josip Sesar #GFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Seattle SuperSonics (traded to Boston for two future second-round picks) Cibona Zagreb (Croatia)
248 Mark Karcher #PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Philadelphia 76ers Temple (Jr.)
249 Jason Hart PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Milwaukee Bucks (from Charlotte) Syracuse (Sr.)
250 Kaniel Dickens FFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Jazz (from New York) Idaho (Sr.)
251 Igor Rakočević GFlag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia Minnesota Timberwolves Red Star Belgrade (Serbia)
252 Ernest Brown CFlag of the United States.svg United States Miami Heat Indian Hills CC (Jr.)
253 Dan McClintock CFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Nuggets (from Phoenix) Northern Arizona (Sr.)
254 Cory Hightower #GFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Spurs (traded to L.A. Lakers for two future second-round picks) Indian Hills CC (So.)
255 Chris Porter FFlag of the United States.svg United States Golden State Warriors (from Utah) Auburn (Sr.)
256 Jaquay Walls #GFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Colorado (Sr.)
257 Scoonie Penn #GFlag of the United States.svg United States Atlanta Hawks (from Portland via Detroit) Ohio State (Sr.)
258 Pete Mickeal #FFlag of the United States.svg United States Dallas Mavericks (from L.A. Lakers, traded with Erick Strickland to New York for John Wallace and Donnell Harvey) Cincinnati (Sr.)
  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

These players were not selected in the 2000 NBA draft but have played at least one game in the NBA.

PlayerPositionNationalitySchool/club team
Malik Allen PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Villanova (Sr.)
Desmond Ferguson G/FFlag of the United States.svg United States Detroit (Sr.)
Richie Frahm SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Gonzaga (Sr.)
Eddie Gill PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Weber State (Sr.)
Paul McPherson GFlag of the United States.svg United States DePaul (Jr.)
Terrance Roberson SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Fresno State (Sr.)
Pepe Sanchez PGFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Temple (Sr.)
Alex Scales GFlag of the United States.svg United States Oregon (Sr.)
Ime Udoka SFFlag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Portland State (Sr.)

Early entrants

College underclassmen

Following last year's slight dip of underclassmen, entering the new millennium, this draft saw a total of 55 underclassmen declare for the NBA draft initially. However, for collegiate players, seven of the nineteen total players that ultimately withdrew their names would be collegiate players (with Joshua Cross from Southern Illinois University, Jason Kapono from UCLA, Brian Merriweather from the University of Texas Pan-American, Jeryl Sasser from Southern Methodist University, Kenny Satterfield from the University of Cincinnati, Karim Shabazz from Providence College, and Joe White from Texas A&M University being the collegiate players that withdrew their names). Overall, including the high schools and international players with the 26 college underclassmen, there were 36 total players that would be considered underclassmen. That being said, the following college basketball players successfully applied for early draft entrance. [4]

High school players

This would be the sixth straight year in a row where players coming directly from high school can declare entry into the NBA draft after previously only allowing it one time back in 1975. The following high school players successfully applied for early draft entrance. [4]

International players

In addition to the players below, twelve total international players from all over the world had previously declared entry for this year's draft, but ultimately removed their names from the listing for one reason or another. This year saw the likes of Yugoslavian-Italian Sani Bečirovič of the KK Union Olimpija, the Yugoslavian born Goran Ćakić of the KK Beobanka, the Greek born Antonis Fotsis of the Panathinaikos B.C., the Yugoslavian born Vlado Ilievski of the KK Partizan Belgrade, the Qatari born Yaseen Mahmood of the Al-Rayyan SC, the Turkish born Mehmet Okur of the Tofaş Spor Kulübü, the Greek-Russian born Lazaros Papadopoulos of the Iraklis Thessaloniki, the Turkish born Kaya Peker of the Pınar Karşıyaka, the Finnish born Teemu Rannikko of the Piiloset Turku, the Yugoslavian born Mladen Šekularac of the FMP Železnik, the Greek born Kostas Tsartsaris of the Peristeri B.C., and the Turkish born Kerem Tunçeri of the Efes Pilsen all initially declare their entry into the 2000 NBA draft, only to later withdraw from it for one reason or another. The following international players below, however, did successfully apply for early draft entrance. [4]

See also

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