Editing 2001 NBA draft (section)

==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.<ref name=tdr>{{cite web |title=2001 Underclassmen |url=https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3048:2001-underclassmen&catid=136&Itemid=384 |website=The Draft Review | date=August 4, 2007 |access-date=December 22, 2022}}</ref>

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* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Gilbert Arenas]] – G, [[Arizona Wildcats men's basketball|Arizona]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brandon Armstrong]] – G, [[Pepperdine Waves men's basketball|Pepperdine]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Malcolm Battles – F, [[Point Park Pioneers|Point Mark]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tavorris Bell]] – F, [[Rhode Island Rams men's basketball|Rhode Island]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Preston Bennett – F, [[Grayson College|Grayson]] (freshman)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Michael Bradley (basketball)|Michael Bradley]] – F, [[Villanova Wildcats men's basketball|Villanova]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jamison Brewer]] – G, [[Auburn Tigers men's basketball|Auburn]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kedrick Brown]] – F, [[Northwest Florida State College|Okaloosa-Walton CC]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[SirValiant Brown]] – G, [[George Washington Colonials men's basketball|George Washington]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Nick Burwell – G, [[Orange Coast College|Orange Coast]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jason Collins]] – C, [[Stanford Cardinal men's basketball|Stanford]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Omar Cook]] – G, [[St. John's Red Storm men's basketball|St. John's]] (freshman)
* {{flagicon|HAI}} [[Samuel Dalembert]] – C/F, [[Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball|Seton Hall]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Maurice Evans (basketball)|Maurice Evans]] – G, [[Texas Longhorns men's basketball|Texas]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|NGR}} [[Benjamin Eze]] – F, [[College of Southern Idaho|Southern Idaho]] (freshman)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Alton Ford]] – F, [[Houston Cougars men's basketball|Houston]] (freshman)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Joseph Forte]] – G, [[North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball|North Carolina]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jerry Green (basketball, born 1980)|Jerry Green]] – G, [[UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball|UC Irvine]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Eddie Griffin (basketball)|Eddie Griffin]] – F, [[Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball|Seton Hall]] (freshman)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Rob Griffin – F, [[Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers men's basketball|Kentucky Wesleyan]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Trenton Hassell]] – G, [[Austin Peay Governors men's basketball|Austin Peay]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kirk Haston]] – F, [[Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball|Indiana]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Draper Housley – G, [[Lee College#Athletics|Lee College]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Steven Hunter]] – C/F, [[DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball|DePaul]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Richard Jefferson]] – F, [[Arizona Wildcats men's basketball|Arizona]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Joe Johnson (basketball)|Joe Johnson]] – F/G, [[Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball|Arkansas]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} D. A. Layne – G, [[Georgia Bulldogs men's basketball|Georgia]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Zach Marbury – G, [[Rhode Island Rams men's basketball|Rhode Island]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jamario Moon]] – F, [[Meridian Community College|Meridian]] (freshman)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Troy Murphy]] – F, [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball|Notre Dame]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Zach Randolph]] – F, [[Michigan State Spartans men's basketball|Michigan State]] (freshman)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jason Richardson]] – G, [[Michigan State Spartans men's basketball|Michigan State]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kenny Satterfield]] – G, [[Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball|Cincinnati]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bobby Simmons]] – F, [[DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball|DePaul]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Will Solomon]] – G, [[Clemson Tigers men's basketball|Clemson]] (junior)
* {{flagicon|USA}} Clifton Terry – F, [[Kennedy–King College|Kennedy–King]] (sophomore)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Gerald Wallace]] – F/G, [[Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball|Alabama]] (freshman)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rodney White]] – F, [[Charlotte 49ers men's basketball|Charlotte]] (freshman)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Michael Wright (basketball)|Michael Wright]] – F, [[Arizona Wildcats men's basketball|Arizona]] (junior)
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===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 NBA draft|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.<ref name=tdr />

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* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kwame Brown]] – F, [[Glynn Academy]] ([[Brunswick, Georgia]])
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tyson Chandler]] – F/C, [[Dominguez High School]] ([[Compton, California]])
* {{flagicon|MLI}} [[Ousmane Cisse]] – F, [[St. Jude Educational Institute]] ([[Montgomery, Alabama]])
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Eddy Curry]] – C/F, [[Thornwood High School]] ([[South Holland, Illinois]])
* {{flagicon|SEN}} [[DeSagana Diop]] – C, [[Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Virginia)|Oak Hill Academy]] ([[Mouth of Wilson, Virginia]])
* {{flagicon|USA}} Tony Key – C, [[Centennial High School (Compton, California)|Centennial High School]] ([[Compton, California]])
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===International players===
The following international players successfully applied for early draft entrance.<ref name=tdr />

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* {{flagicon|RUS}} Denis Ershov – C, Pulkovo Saint Petersburg (Russia)
* {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Antonis Fotsis]] – F, [[Panathinaikos B.C.|Panathinaikos]] ([[Greek Basket League|Greece]])
* {{flagicon|SPA}} [[Pau Gasol]] – F, [[FC Barcelona Bàsquet|FC Barcelona]] ([[Liga ACB|Spain]])
* {{flagicon|SPA}} [[Raül López (basketball)|Raül López]] – G, [[Real Madrid Baloncesto|Real Madrid]] ([[Liga ACB|Spain]])
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Tony Parker]] – G, [[Paris Basket Racing]] ([[Ligue nationale de basket|France]])
* {{flagicon|BIH}} [[Vladimir Radmanović]] – F, [[KK FMP (1991–2011)|FMP]] ([[YUBA League|FR Yugoslavia]])
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===Other eligible players===
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! Player !! {{tooltip|Team|Most recent team played for before the draft}} !!class=unsortable| Note !!class=unsortable| Ref.
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!scope="row"|{{flagicon|LIT}} [[Robertas Javtokas]]
| [[BC Rytas|Lietuvos Rytas]] ([[Lietuvos krepšinio lyga|Lithuania]]) || Left [[Arizona Wildcats men's basketball|Arizona]] in 2000; playing professionally since the 2000–01 season ||align=center|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Freeman |first1=Rick |last2=Magruder |first2=Jack |title=NCAA Tournament Notebook |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/2000/03/16/ncaa-tournament-notebook/3af6935a-382f-4e12-bb39-398ed5a32b56/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=December 22, 2022 |date=March 16, 2000}}</ref>
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