Editing 2001 NBA draft (section)

===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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