The 2001 NBDL Draft was the inaugural draft of the National Basketball Development League (NBDL), which was later renamed the NBA Development League (NBADL). The draft was held on November 1, 2001 before the 2001–02 season. In this draft, the league's eight charter teams took turns selecting players who had all competed at the college level in the United States at some point.
Chris Andersen of Blinn Community College (Brenham, Texas) was the first overall selection and was taken by Fayetteville Patriots. Consequently, this makes him the first-ever selection in the history of the NBADL. The first non-American selected was Gabe Muoneke, a Nigerian who was the fourth overall pick by the Columbus Riverdragons. Eight nations in all were represented in the 2001 NBDL Draft, with the most being the United States (87) followed by Senegal (3). No players selected in this draft have ever been named an NBA D-League All-Star, largely because the annual contest did not come into existence until the 2006–07 season. Two league award winners were taken in this draft, however: Fred House of the North Charleston Lowgators (46th overall) was named the 2001–02 NBDL Rookie of the Year, while Jeff Myers of the Greenville Groove (67th overall) was tabbed the Defensive Player of the Year. Four players were also NBA draft selections: DeeAndre Hulett, Mark Karcher and Jaquay Walls were all picked in the 2000 NBA draft, while Kris Bruton was picked in 1994.
Although some of the players chosen in the 2001 NBDL Draft had played semi-professional and/or professional basketball after college graduation, only the United States colleges they attended are listed.
Key Pos.GFCPositionGuardForwardCenter ^ Denotes player who has been selected to (an) NBA Development League All-Star Game(s)* Denotes player who has been selected to (an) NBA Development League All-Star Game(s) and was also selected in an NBA draft† Denotes player who was also selected in an NBA Draft
Draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team College Year graduated11 F/C Fayetteville Patriots Blinn CC (Brenham, TX)199912 G/F Huntsville Flight Fresno State200013 F Greenville Groove Mississippi200114 F Columbus Riverdragons Texas200015 G Asheville Altitude Miami (FL)200016 C North Charleston Lowgators York200017 G Mobile Revelers Detroit Mercy200118 G Roanoke Dazzle Alabama199529 C Fayetteville Patriots Chicago State2001210 G/F Huntsville Flight Northeastern1996211 G Greenville Groove TCU2001212 C Columbus Riverdragons Tyler CC (Tyler, TX)1999213 F/C Asheville Altitude Cincinnati2000214 F/C North Charleston Lowgators Tennessee2000215 C Mobile Revelers Pepperdine2000216 G/F Roanoke Dazzle Appalachian State2000317 G Fayetteville Patriots Marquette2001318 F Huntsville Flight Mississippi1998319† G/F Greenville Groove College of the Sequoias2000320 G Columbus Riverdragons Drexel2001321 C Asheville Altitude Lehigh2001322 G/F North Charleston Lowgators Coppin State2000323 F Mobile Revelers Washington State2001324 G/F Roanoke Dazzle College of Charleston1999425 G Fayetteville Patriots Long Beach State1996426 G Huntsville Flight Arizona State1998427 C Greenville Groove Texas A&M–Corpus Christi2001428 F Columbus Riverdragons Weber State2000429 G Asheville Altitude Utah State2000430 F North Charleston Lowgators Nicholls State2001431 F Mobile Revelers Arizona2001432 F/C Roanoke Dazzle Barton County CC (Great Bend, KS)1999533 C Fayetteville Patriots Cornell1999534 C Huntsville Flight Delaware1999535 F Greenville Groove Clemson1999536 G Columbus Riverdragons Syracuse2001537 G Asheville Altitude Wyoming2000538 G North Charleston Lowgators Pepperdine2000539 G Mobile Revelers Indiana State1998540 C Roanoke Dazzle Long Island1999641 G/F Fayetteville Patriots Toledo2001642 G Huntsville Flight Southern Nazarene2001643 G Greenville Groove Tulsa2000644 F Columbus Riverdragons Texas Tech2001645 G Asheville Altitude Illinois2001646 G North Charleston Lowgators Southern Utah2001647 C Mobile Revelers Missouri Southern State2000648 C Roanoke Dazzle Arkansas1997749 G/F Fayetteville Patriots Oklahoma City1999750 F Huntsville Flight Kentucky Wesleyan1999751 F/C Greenville Groove Oklahoma City2001752 F Columbus Riverdragons Louisville2000753 F Asheville Altitude Colorado State1998754 F North Charleston Lowgators Rhode Island2000755 G Mobile Revelers Santa Clara2001756 F Roanoke Dazzle UCLA2000857 F Fayetteville Patriots Texas A&M1999858 G Huntsville Flight Life University2000859† G Greenville Groove Temple2000860 G Columbus Riverdragons Oregon State2001861 C Asheville Altitude Syracuse1996862 F/C North Charleston Lowgators Oklahoma2000863 G Mobile Revelers Arkansas–Little Rock2001864 G Roanoke Dazzle Marshall2001965 G Fayetteville Patriots George Washington2001966 C Huntsville Flight Wayland Baptist2001967 G Greenville Groove Drexel1997968 F Columbus Riverdragons Ohio State2000969 G Asheville Altitude Eastern Michigan2000970 F North Charleston Lowgators IUPUI2001971 F Mobile Revelers Wisconsin2001972 F Roanoke Dazzle Colorado State20001073 G Fayetteville Patriots Central Michigan20011074 C Huntsville Flight Detroit Mercy20011075† G/F Greenville Groove Benedict College19941076 G/F Columbus Riverdragons Auburn19991077† G Asheville Altitude Colorado20001078 G North Charleston Lowgators Hawaii19971079 G Mobile Revelers Kansas20011080 C Roanoke Dazzle Tennessee20011181 C Fayetteville Patriots Fayetteville State20011182 F Huntsville Flight Georgia Southern19991183 G/F Greenville Groove Iowa20011184 C Columbus Riverdragons Saint Ambrose20011185 F Asheville Altitude Mesa State20011186 C North Charleston Lowgators Morgan State20011187 G/F Mobile Revelers Rice19991188 SF Roanoke Dazzle New Mexico20011289 F Fayetteville Patriots Utah19931290 G Huntsville Flight Lander University20001291 G Greenville Groove Georgia State20011292 G Columbus Riverdragons Coppin State19991293 G/F Asheville Altitude Wright State20011294 G North Charleston Lowgators Ohio19991295 G Mobile Revelers Rice20011296 C Roanoke Dazzle Iona2001
All information summarised in this table comes from the NBA draft announcement except the nationalities.
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