Der NBA-Draft 2002 wurde am 26. Juni 2002 in New York City durchgeführt. In zwei Runden wurden jeweils 29 Spieler von NBA-Teams ausgewählt. Allerdings mussten die Minnesota Timberwolves auf ihre Erstrundenwahl verzichten, da sie gegen NBA-Salary-Cap-Regeln verstoßen hatten.
An erster Stelle wurde der Chinese Yao Ming von den Houston Rockets ausgewählt.
Runde 1
Pick Spieler Nationalität NBA Team vorheriges Team/College 1 Yao Ming (C) Houston Rockets Shanghai Sharks (China) 2 Jay Williams (PG) Chicago Bulls Duke University 3Mike Dunleavy Jr. (SF/SG) Golden State Warriors Duke University 4 Drew Gooden (PF) Memphis Grizzlies University of Kansas 5Nikoloz Tskitishvili (C/PF) Denver Nuggets Benetton Treviso (Italien) 6 Dajuan Wagner (SG) Cleveland Cavaliers University of Memphis 7 Nenê (PF/C) New York Knicks CR Vasco da Gama (Brasilien) 8 Chris Wilcox (PF/C) Los Angeles Clippers (von Atlanta Hawks) University of Maryland, College Park 9 Amar'e Stoudemire (PF) Phoenix Suns Cypress Creek High School (Orlando, Florida) 10 Caron Butler (SF) Miami Heat University of Connecticut 11 Jared Jeffries (PF) Washington Wizards Indiana University Bloomington 12 Melvin Ely (PF/C) Los Angeles Clippers California State University, Fresno 13 Marcus Haislip (PF) Milwaukee Bucks University of Tennessee 14 Fred Jones (SG) Indiana Pacers University of Oregon 15 Boštjan Nachbar (SF) Houston Rockets (von Toronto Raptors) Benetton Treviso (Italien) 16 Jiří Welsch (SF/SG) Philadelphia 76ers KK Olimpija Ljubljana (Slowenien) 17 Juan Dixon (PG) Washington Wizards (von New Orleans Hornets) University of Maryland, College Park 18 Curtis Borchardt (C) Orlando Magic Stanford University 19 Ryan Humphrey (PF) Utah Jazz University of Notre Dame 20 Kareem Rush (SG) Toronto Raptors (von Seattle SuperSonics) University of Missouri, Columbia 21 Qyntel Woods (SF) Portland Trail Blazers Northeast Mississippi Community College 22 Casey Jacobsen (SG) Phoenix Suns (von Boston Celtics) Stanford University 23 Tayshaun Prince (SF) Detroit Pistons University of Kentucky 24 Nenad Krstić (C) New Jersey Nets KK Partizan Belgrad (Serbien-Montenegro) 25 Frank Williams (PG) Denver Nuggets (von Dallas Mavericks) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 26 John Salmons (SG) San Antonio Spurs University of Miami 27 Chris Jefferies (SF) Los Angeles Lakers California State University, Fresno 28 Dan Dickau (PG) Sacramento Kings Gonzaga University
Runde 2 Pick Spieler Nationalität NBA Team vorheriges Team/College 29 Steve Logan (PG) Golden State Warriors University of Cincinnati 30 Roger Mason, Jr. (SG) Chicago Bulls University of Virginia 31 Robert Archibald (PF) Memphis Grizzlies University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 32 Vincent Yarbrough (SF) Denver Nuggets University of Tennessee 33 Dan Gadzuric (C) Milwaukee Bucks (von Houston Rockets) University of California, Los Angeles 34 Miloš Vujanić (PG) New York Knicks KK Partizan Belgrad (Jugoslawien) 35 Carlos Boozer (PF) Cleveland Cavaliers Duke University 36 David Andersen (C) Atlanta Hawks Fortitudo Bologna (Italien) 37 Tito Maddox (PG) Houston Rockets California State University, Fresno 38 Rod Grizzard (SG) Washington Wizards (von Phoenix Suns) University of Alabama 39 Juan Carlos Navarro (SG) Washington Wizards FC Barcelona (Spanien) 40 Mario Kasun (C) Los Angeles Clippers Opel Skyliners Frankfurt (Deutschland) 41 Ronald Murray (SG) Milwaukee Bucks Shaw University 42 Jason Jennings (C) Portland Trail Blazers (von Toronto Raptors) Arkansas State University 43 Lonny Baxter (PF) Chicago Bulls (von Indiana Pacers) University of Maryland, College Park 44 Sam Clancy (PF) Philadelphia 76ers University of Southern California 45 Matt Barnes (SF) Memphis Grizzlies (von Orlando Magic) University of California, Los Angeles 46 Jamal Sampson (C) Utah Jazz University of California, Berkeley 47 Chris Owens (PF) Milwaukee Bucks (von New Orleans Hornets) University of Texas at Austin 48 Peter Fehse (PF) Seattle SuperSonics SV Halle (Deutschland) 49 Darius Songaila (PF) Boston Celtics Wake Forest University 50 Federico Kammerichs (SF) Portland Trail Blazers CD Ourense (Spanien) 51 Marcus Taylor (PG) Minnesota Timberwolves Michigan State University 52 Rasual Butler (SF) Miami Heat La Salle University 53 Tamar Slay (SG) New Jersey Nets Marshall University 54 Mladen Šekularac (SG) Dallas Mavericks FMP Železnik Belgrad (Jugoslawien) 55 Luis Scola (PF) San Antonio Spurs (von Los Angeles Lakers) TAU Cerámica (Spanien) 56 Randy Holcomb (PF) San Antonio Spurs San Diego State University 57 Corsley Edwards (PF) Sacramento Kings Central Connecticut State University
Ungedraftete Spieler J. R. Bremer (PG, ), St. Bonaventure University Devin Brown (SG, ), University of Texas at San Antonio Reggie Evans (PF, ), University of Iowa Udonis Haslem (PF, ), University of Florida Immanuel McElroy (SG/PG, ), University of Cincinnati Keith McLeod (PG, ), Bowling Green State University Jannero Pargo (PG, ), University of Arkansas Smush Parker (PG, ), Fordham University
Siehe auch Entry Draft
Kategorie:Basketball 2002 #2002 Kategorie:Sportveranstaltung in New York City