Editing 2002 NBA draft (section)

===High school players===
This would be the eighth 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]]. It would also mark the first time a player directly out of high school would win the [[NBA Rookie of the Year|NBA Rookie of the Year Award]] with [[Amar'e Stoudemire]] earning the honor one year before [[LeBron James]] would enter the NBA. The following high school players successfully applied for early draft entrance.<ref name=tdr />

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* {{flagicon|USA}} [[DeAngelo Collins]] – F, [[Inglewood High School (California)|Inglewood High School]] ([[Inglewood, California]])
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lenny Cooke]] – G, Mott Adult High School ([[Flint, Michigan]])
* {{flagicon|LIT}} Giedrius Rinkevicius – C, [[Bridgton Academy]] ([[Bridgton, Maine]])
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Amar'e Stoudemire]] – F, [[Cypress Creek High School (Orlando, Florida)|Cypress Creek High School]] ([[Orlando, Florida]])
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