2000 NBA draft
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox sports draft 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.
The 2000 draft class is considered the worst in NBA history.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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. The three cumulative All-Star appearances marks the lowest cumulative appearances since the 1952 NBA draft. 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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 selectionsEdit
| G | Guard | PG | Point guard | SG | Shooting guard | F | Forward | SF | Small forward | PF | Power forward | C | Center |
Notable undrafted playersEdit
Template:Further These players were not selected in the 2000 NBA draft but have played at least one game in the NBA.
| Player | Position | Nationality | School/club team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Sortname | PF | Template:Flagu | Villanova (Sr.) |
| Template:Sortname | G/F | Template:Flagu | Detroit (Sr.) |
| Template:Sortname | SG | Template:Flagu | Gonzaga (Sr.) |
| Template:Sortname | PG | Template:Flagu | Weber State (Sr.) |
| Template:Sortname | G | Template:Flagu | DePaul (Jr.) |
| Template:Sortname | SF | Template:Flagu | Fresno State (Sr.) |
| Template:Sortname | PG | Template:ARG | Temple (Sr.) |
| Template:Sortname | G | Template:Flagu | Oregon (Sr.) |
| Template:Sortname | SF | Template:Flagu Template:NGA |
Portland State (Sr.) |
Early entrantsEdit
College underclassmenEdit
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.<ref name=tdr>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Template:Flagicon Erick Barkley – G, St. John's (sophomore)
- Template:Flagicon Ernest Brown – C/F, Indian Hills CC (sophomore)
- Template:Flagicon Schea Cotton – G, Alabama (sophomore)
- Template:Flagicon Jamal Crawford – G, Michigan (freshman)
- Template:Flagicon Kaniel Dickens – F, Idaho (junior)
- Template:Flagicon Keyon Dooling – G, Missouri (sophomore)
- Template:Flagicon Khalid El-Amin – G, Connecticut (junior)
- Template:Flagicon Steve Eldridge – C, Henderson State (junior)
- Template:Flagicon Marcus Fizer – F, Iowa State (junior)
- Template:Flagicon Donnell Harvey – F, Florida (freshman)
- Template:Flagicon Cory Hightower – G/F, Indian Hills CC (sophomore)
- Template:Flagicon Rashaad Hines – G, Texas A&M–Corpus Christi (junior)
- Template:Flagicon Jimmie Hunter – G, Life (sophomore)
- Template:Flagicon DerMarr Johnson – F/G, Cincinnati (freshman)
- Template:Flagicon Mark Karcher – F, Temple (junior)
- Template:Flagicon Andre Mahorn – F, Utah State (junior)
- Template:Flagicon Paul McPherson – G, DePaul (junior)
- Template:Flagicon Chris Mihm – C, Texas (junior)
- Template:Flagicon Mike Miller – F, Florida (sophomore)
- Template:Flagicon Jérôme Moïso – F, UCLA (sophomore)
- Template:Flagicon Joel Przybilla – C, Minnesota (sophomore)
- Template:Flagicon Michael Redd – G, Ohio State (junior)
- Template:Flagicon Quentin Richardson – G, DePaul (sophomore)
- Template:Flagicon JaRon Rush – F, UCLA (sophomore)
- Template:Flagicon Stromile Swift – F, LSU (sophomore)
- Template:Flagicon Derrick Worrell – F, Pittsburgh (junior)
High school playersEdit
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.<ref name=tdr />
- Template:Flagicon Darius Miles – F, East St. Louis Senior High School (East St. Louis, Illinois)
- Template:Flagicon DeShawn Stevenson – G, Washington Union High School (Easton, California)
International playersEdit
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.<ref name=tdr />
- Template:Flagicon Aleksey Savrasenko – C, Olympiacos (Greece)
- Template:Flagicon Dalibor Bagarić – C, Benston Zagreb (Croatia)
- Template:Flagicon Primož Brezec – C, Olimpija (Slovenia)
- Template:Flagicon David Mushkudiani – F, Lukoil Academic (Bulgaria)
- Template:Flagicon Stevan Nađfeji – F, Beobanka (FR Yugoslavia)
- Template:Flagicon Olumide Oyedeji – F, DJK Würzburg (Germany)
- Template:Flagicon Jake Tsakalidis – C, AEK (Greece)
- Template:Flagicon Hedo Türkoğlu – F, Efes Pilsen (Turkey)
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
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- 2000 NBA Draft at Basketball-reference.com
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