NBA Draft 2002

The 2002 NBA Draft was conducted on June 26, 2002 in New York City ( New York ). In two rounds, 29 players were selected from NBA teams. However, the Minnesota Timberwolves had to forego their first round election because they had violated NBA salary cap rules.

In the first place, the Chinese Yao Ming was chosen by the Houston Rockets .

Round 1

= All-Star

Pick	player	nationality	NBA team	before.Team/College
1	Yao Ming (C)	People's Republic of China	Houston Rockets	Shanghai Sharks ( China )
2	Jay Williams (PG)	United States	Chicago Bulls	Duke University
3	Mike Dunleavy Jr. (SF / SG)	United States	Golden State Warriors	Duke University
4th	Drew Gooden (PF)	United States	Memphis grizzlies	University of Kansas
5	Nikoloz Tskitishvili (C / PF)	Georgia	Denver nuggets	Benetton Treviso ( Italy )
6th	Dajuan Wagner (SG)	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	University of Memphis
7th	Nenê (PF / C)	Brazil	New York Knicks	CR Vasco da Gama ( Brazil )
8th	Chris Wilcox (PF / C)	United States	Los Angeles Clippers (from Atlanta Hawks )	University of Maryland, College Park
9	Amar'e Stoudemire (PF)	United States	Phoenix Suns	Cypress Creek High School ( Orlando , Florida )
10	Caron Butler (SF)	United States	Miami Heat	University of Connecticut
11	Jared Jeffries (PF)	United States	Washington Wizards	Indiana University Bloomington
12	Melvin Ely (PF / C)	United States	Los Angeles Clippers	California State University, Fresno
13	Marcus Haislip (PF)	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	University of Tennessee
14th	Fred Jones (SG)	United States	Indiana Pacers	University of Oregon
15th	Boštjan neighbor (SF)	Slovenia	Houston Rockets (by Toronto Raptors )	Benetton Treviso ( Italy )
16	Jiří Welsch (SF / SG)	Czech Republic	Philadelphia 76ers	KK Olimpija Ljubljana ( Slovenia )
17th	Juan Dixon (PG)	United States	Washington Wizards (from New Orleans Hornets )	University of Maryland, College Park
18th	Curtis Borchardt (C)	United States	Orlando Magic	Stanford University
19th	Ryan Humphrey (PF)	United States	Utah Jazz	University of Notre Dame
20th	Kareem Rush (SG)	United States	Toronto Raptors (by Seattle SuperSonics )	University of Missouri, Columbia
21st	Qyntel Woods (SF)	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	Northeast Mississippi Community College
22nd	Casey Jacobsen (SG)	United States	Phoenix Suns (from Boston Celtics )	Stanford University
23	Tayshaun Prince (SF)	United States	Detroit Pistons	University of Kentucky
24	Nenad Krstić (C)	Yugoslavia	New Jersey Nets	KK Partizan Belgrade ( Serbia-Montenegro )
25th	Frank Williams (PG)	United States	Denver Nuggets (from Dallas Mavericks )	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
26th	John Salmons (SG)	United States	San Antonio Spurs	University of Miami
27	Chris Jefferies (SF)	United States	Los Angeles Lakers	California State University, Fresno
28	Dan Dickau (PG)	United States	Sacramento Kings	Gonzaga University

round 2

Pick	player	nationality	NBA team	before.Team/College
29	Steve Logan (PG)	United States	Golden State Warriors	University of Cincinnati
30th	Roger Mason, Jr. (SG)	United States	Chicago Bulls	University of Virginia
31	Robert Archibald (PF)	Scotland	Memphis grizzlies	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
32	Vincent Yarbrough (SF)	United States	Denver nuggets	University of Tennessee
33	Dan Gadzuric (C)	Netherlands	Milwaukee Bucks (by Houston Rockets )	University of California, Los Angeles
34	Miloš Vujanić (PG)	Yugoslavia	New York Knicks	KK Partizan Belgrade ( Yugoslavia )
35	Carlos Boozer (PF)	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	Duke University
36	David Andersen (C)	Australia	Atlanta Hawks	Fortitudo Bologna ( Italy )
37	Tito Maddox (PG)	United States	Houston Rockets	California State University, Fresno
38	Rod Grizzard (SG)	United States	Washington Wizards (by Phoenix Suns )	University of Alabama
39	Juan Carlos Navarro (SG)	Spain	Washington Wizards	FC Barcelona ( Spain )
40	Mario Kasun (C)	Croatia	Los Angeles Clippers	Opel Skyliners Frankfurt ( Germany )
41	Ronald Murray (SG)	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	Shaw University
42	Jason Jennings (C)	United States	Portland Trail Blazers (by Toronto Raptors )	Arkansas State University
43	Lonny Baxter (PF)	United States	Chicago Bulls (by Indiana Pacers )	University of Maryland, College Park
44	Sam Clancy (PF)	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	University of Southern California
45	Matt Barnes (SF)	United States	Memphis Grizzlies (by Orlando Magic )	University of California, Los Angeles
46	Jamal Sampson (C)	United States	Utah Jazz	University of California, Berkeley
47	Chris Owens (PF)	United States	Milwaukee Bucks (from New Orleans Hornets )	University of Texas at Austin
48	Peter Fehse (PF)	Germany	Seattle SuperSonics	SV Halle ( Germany )
49	Darius Songaila (PF)	Lithuania	Boston Celtics	Wake Forest University
50	Federico Kammerichs (SF)	Argentina	Portland Trail Blazers	CD Ourense ( Spain )
51	Marcus Taylor (PG)	United States	Minnesota Timberwolves	Michigan State University
52	Rasual Butler (SF)	United States	Miami Heat	La Salle University
53	Tamar Slay (SG)	United States	New Jersey Nets	Marshall University
54	Mladen Šekularac (SG)	Yugoslavia	Dallas Mavericks	FMP Železnik Belgrade ( Yugoslavia )
55	Luis Scola (PF)	Argentina	San Antonio Spurs (from Los Angeles Lakers )	TAU Cerámica ( Spain )
56	Randy Holcomb (PF)	United States	San Antonio Spurs	San Diego State University
57	Corsley Edwards (PF)	United States	Sacramento Kings	Central Connecticut State University

Disregarded players

• JR Bremer (PG, United States ), St. Bonaventure University 
• Devin Brown (SG, United States ), University of Texas at San Antonio 
• Reggie Evans (PF, United States ), University of Iowa 
• Udonis Haslem (PF, United States ), University of Florida 
• Immanuel McElroy (SG / PG, United States ), University of Cincinnati 
• Keith McLeod (PG, United States ), Bowling Green State University 
• Jannero Pargo (PG, United States ), University of Arkansas 
• Smush Parker (PG, United States ), Fordham University 

See also

• Entry Draft