2000 NBA draft

{{short description|Basketball player selection}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox sports draft

| name = 2000 NBA draft

| image =

| caption =

| logo = 2000 NBA draft logo.png

| logosize = 200

| sport = Basketball

| date = June 28, 2000

| location = Target Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

| network =

| league = NBA

| teams =

| overall = 58

| rounds = 2

| first = Kenyon Martin
(New Jersey Nets)

| prev = 1999

| next = 2001

}}

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.{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Josh |title=Remembering the Hauntingly Terrible 2000 NBA Draft Class |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2490422-remembering-the-hauntingly-terrible-2000-nba-draft-class |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=bleacherreport.com |language=en}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/2005/06/24/gallery.nbabusts/content.15.html |work=CNN |title=SI.com – Photo Gallery – NBA Draft Busts |access-date=28 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070418103854/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/2005/06/24/gallery.nbabusts/content.15.html |archive-date=18 April 2007 |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=draftreview/090624|title=The first lottery draft still rates the best |first=David |last=Schoenfield |publisher=ESPN|date=2009-06-25 |access-date=2009-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627133325/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=draftreview%2F090624 |archive-date=27 June 2009 |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/10714672/nba-2013-14-rookie-class-worst-ever|title=Is 2013-14 worst rookie class ever?|first=Kevin|last=Pelton|work=ESPN.com|date=2014-04-02|access-date=2014-04-02}}

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 selections

{{stack|

File:Kenyon Martin Nuggets.jpg was selected 1st overall by the New Jersey Nets.]]

File:Mike Miller.jpg was selected 5th overall by the Orlando Magic.]]

File:CrawfordNYK.jpg was selected 8th overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers.]]

File:Hedo Turkoglu point guard 11-27-08.jpg was selected 16th overall by the Sacramento Kings.]]

File:Jamaal MagloireHeat.jpg was selected 19th overall by the Charlotte Hornets.]]

File:DeShawn Stevenson 5.jpg was selected 23rd overall by the Utah Jazz.]]

File:ReddBucks.jpg was selected 43rd overall by the Milwaukee Bucks.]]

}}

class=wikitable
GGuard

| PG

Point guard

| SG

Shooting guard

| F

Forward

| SF

Small forward

| PF

Power forward

| C

Center

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! width="1%"| Round

! width="1%"| Pick

! width="19%"| Player

! width="1%"| Position

! width="16%"| Nationality{{refn|group=n|Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.}}

! width="35%"| Team

! width="20%"| School/club team

align=center| 1

|align=center| 1

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"| {{sortname|Kenyon|Martin}}+

| PF

| {{flagu|United States}}

| New Jersey Nets

| Cincinnati (Sr.)

align=center| 1

|align=center| 2

| {{sortname|Stromile|Swift}}

| PF/C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Vancouver Grizzlies

| LSU (So.)

align=center| 1

|align=center| 3

| {{sortname|Darius|Miles}}

| SF/PF

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Los Angeles Clippers

|East St. Louis HS (Illinois)

align=center| 1

|align=center| 4

| {{sortname|Marcus|Fizer}}

| PF/SF

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Chicago Bulls

| Iowa State (Jr.)

align=center| 1

|align=center| 5

|bgcolor="CCCCFF"| {{sortname|Mike|Miller|dab=basketball, born 1980}}~

| SF/SG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Orlando Magic (from Golden State)

| Florida (So.)

align=center| 1

|align=center| 6

| {{sortname|DerMarr|Johnson}}

| SG/SF

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Atlanta Hawks

| Cincinnati (Fr.)

align=center| 1

|align=center| 7

| {{sortname|Chris|Mihm}}

| C/PF

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Chicago Bulls (from Washington via Golden State; traded to Cleveland)

| Texas (Jr.)

align=center| 1

|align=center| 8

| {{sortname|Jamal|Crawford}}

| SG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Cleveland Cavaliers (traded to Chicago)

| Michigan (Fr.)

align=center| 1

|align=center| 9

| {{sortname|Joel|Przybilla}}

| C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Houston Rockets (traded to Milwaukee for Jason Collier and a future first-round pick)

| Minnesota (So.)

align=center| 1

|align=center| 10

| {{sortname|Keyon|Dooling}}

| SG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Orlando Magic (from Denver, traded to L.A. Clippers with Corey Maggette, Derek Strong and cash for a future first-round pick)

| Missouri (So.)

align=center| 1

|align=center| 11

| {{sortname|Jérome|Moïso

Moiso}}

| PF

| {{flagu|France}}

| Boston Celtics

| UCLA (So.)

align=center| 1

|align=center| 12

| {{sortname|Etan|Thomas}}

| PF/C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Dallas Mavericks

| Syracuse (Sr.)

align=center| 1

|align=center| 13

| {{sortname|Courtney|Alexander}}

| SG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Orlando Magic (traded to Dallas for a future first-round pick and cash)

| Fresno State (Sr.)

align=center| 1

|align=center| 14

| {{sortname|Mateen|Cleaves}}

| PG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Detroit Pistons

| Michigan State (Sr.)

align=center| 1

|align=center| 15

| {{sortname|Jason|Collier}}

| C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Milwaukee Bucks (traded with future first-round pick to Houston for Joel Przybilla)

| Georgia Tech (Sr.)

align=center| 1

|align=center| 16

| {{sortname|Hedo|Türkoğlu

Turkoglu}}

| SF/PF

| {{TUR}}

| Sacramento Kings

| Efes Pilsen (Turkey)

align=center| 1

|align=center| 17

| {{sortname|Desmond|Mason}}

| SF/SG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Seattle SuperSonics

| Oklahoma State (Sr.)

align=center| 1

|align=center| 18

| {{sortname|Quentin|Richardson}}

| SF/SG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Los Angeles Clippers (from Toronto via New York, Philadelphia and Atlanta)

| DePaul (So.)

align=center| 1

|align=center| 19

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"| {{sortname|Jamaal|Magloire}}+

| PF/C

| {{flagu|Canada}}

| Charlotte Hornets

| Kentucky (Sr.)

align=center| 1

|align=center| 20

| {{sortname|Speedy|Claxton}}

| PG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Philadelphia 76ers

| Hofstra (Sr.)

align=center| 1

|align=center| 21

| {{sortname|Morris|Peterson}}

| SF/SG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Toronto Raptors (from Minnesota)

| Michigan State (Sr.)

align=center| 1

|align=center| 22

| {{sortname|Donnell|Harvey}}

| SF

| {{flagu|United States}}

| New York Knicks (traded with John Wallace to Dallas for Erick Strickland and Pete Mickeal)

| Florida (Fr.)

align=center| 1

|align=center| 23

| {{sortname|DeShawn|Stevenson}}

| SG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Utah Jazz (from Miami)

| Washington Union HS (Fresno, California)

align=center| 1

|align=center| 24

| {{sortname|Dalibor|Bagarić}}

| C

| {{CRO}}

| Chicago Bulls (from San Antonio)

| Benston Zagreb (Croatia)

align=center| 1

|align=center| 25

| {{sortname|Jake|Tsakalidis}}

| C

| {{GRC}}

| Phoenix Suns

| AEK (Greece)

align=center| 1

|align=center| 26

| {{sortname|Mamadou|N'Diaye|dab=basketball, born 1975}}

| C

| {{SEN}}

| Denver Nuggets (from Utah)

| Auburn (Sr.)

align=center| 1

|align=center| 27

| {{sortname|Primož|Brezec}}

| C

| {{SVN}}

| Indiana Pacers

| Union Olimpija (Slovenia)

align=center| 1

|align=center| 28

| {{sortname|Erick|Barkley}}

| PG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Portland Trail Blazers

| St. John's (So.)

align=center| 1

|align=center| 29

| {{sortname|Mark|Madsen|Mark Madsen (basketball)}}

| PF

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Los Angeles Lakers

| Stanford (Sr.)

align=center| 2

|align=center| 30

| {{sortname|Marko|Jarić}}

| G

| {{FR-YUG}}
{{GRC}}

| Los Angeles Clippers

| Paf Bologna (Italy)

align=center| 2

|align=center| 31

| {{sortname|Dan|Langhi}}

| PF

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Dallas Mavericks (from Chicago, traded to Houston for Eduardo Nájera and a future second-round draft pick)

| Vanderbilt (Sr.)

align=center| 2

|align=center| 32

| {{sortname|A.J.|Guyton}}

| PG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Chicago Bulls (from Golden State)

| Indiana (Sr.)

align=center| 2

|align=center| 33

| {{sortname|Jake|Voskuhl}}

| C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Chicago Bulls (from Vancouver via Houston)

| Connecticut (Sr.)

align=center| 2

|align=center| 34

| {{sortname|Khalid|El-Amin}}

| PG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Chicago Bulls (from Atlanta)

| Connecticut (Jr.)

align=center| 2

|align=center| 35

| {{sortname|Mike|Smith|dab=basketball, born 1976}}

| F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Washington Wizards

| Louisiana-Monroe (Jr.)

align=center| 2

|align=center| 36

| {{sortname|Soumaila|Samake}}

| C

| {{MLI}}

| New Jersey Nets

| Cincinnati Stuff (IBL)

align=center| 2

|align=center| 37

| {{sortname|Eddie|House}}

| SG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Miami Heat (from Cleveland via Denver)

| Arizona State (Sr.)

align=center| 2

|align=center| 38

| {{sortname|Eduardo|Nájera}}

| PF

| {{flagu|Mexico}}

| Houston Rockets (traded to Dallas with future second-round pick for Dan Langhi)

| Oklahoma (Sr.)

align=center| 2

|align=center| 39

| {{sortname|Lavor|Postell}}

| SG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| New York Knicks (from Boston)

| St. John's (Sr.)

align=center| 2

|align=center| 40

| {{sortname|Hanno|Möttölä

Mottola}}

| SF/PF

| {{FIN}}

| Atlanta Hawks (from Denver)

| Utah (Sr.)

align=center| 2

|align=center| 41

|bgcolor="C0C0C0"|{{sortname|Chris|Carrawell}}#

| SG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| San Antonio Spurs (from Orlando)

| Duke (Sr.)

align=center| 2

|align=center| 42

| {{sortname|Olumide|Oyedeji}}

| PF

| {{NGA}}

| Seattle SuperSonics

| Würzburg (Germany)

align=center| 2

|align=center| 43

| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| {{sortname|Michael|Redd}}*

| SG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Milwaukee Bucks

| Ohio State (Jr.)

align=center| 2

|align=center| 44

| {{sortname|Brian|Cardinal}}

| PF

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Detroit Pistons

| Purdue (Sr.)

align=center| 2

|align=center| 45

| {{sortname|Jabari|Smith}}

| C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Sacramento Kings

| LSU (Sr.)

align=center| 2

|align=center| 46

|bgcolor="C0C0C0"|{{sortname|DeeAndre|Hulett}}#

| SF

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Toronto Raptors

| COS (So.)

align=center| 2

|align=center| 47

|bgcolor="C0C0C0"|{{sortname|Josip|Sesar}}#

| G

| {{CRO}}

| Seattle SuperSonics (traded to Boston for two future second-round picks)

| Cibona Zagreb (Croatia)

align=center| 2

|align=center| 48

|bgcolor="C0C0C0"|{{sortname|Mark|Karcher}}#

| PG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Philadelphia 76ers

| Temple (Jr.)

align=center| 2

|align=center| 49

| {{sortname|Jason|Hart|dab=basketball}}

| PG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Milwaukee Bucks (from Charlotte)

| Syracuse (Sr.)

align=center| 2

|align=center| 50

| {{sortname|Kaniel|Dickens}}

| F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Utah Jazz (from New York)

| Idaho (Sr.)

align=center| 2

|align=center| 51

| {{sortname|Igor|Rakočević}}

| G

| {{FR-YUG}}

| Minnesota Timberwolves

| Red Star Belgrade (Serbia)

align=center| 2

|align=center| 52

| {{sortname|Ernest|Brown|dab=basketball}}

| C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Miami Heat

| Indian Hills CC (Jr.)

align=center| 2

|align=center| 53

| {{sortname|Dan|McClintock}}

| C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Denver Nuggets (from Phoenix)

| Northern Arizona (Sr.)

align=center| 2

|align=center| 54

|bgcolor="C0C0C0"|{{sortname|Cory|Hightower}}#

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| San Antonio Spurs (traded to L.A. Lakers for two future second-round picks)

| Indian Hills CC (So.)

align=center| 2

|align=center| 55

| {{sortname|Chris|Porter|dab=basketball}}

| F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Golden State Warriors (from Utah)

| Auburn (Sr.)

align=center| 2

|align=center| 56

|bgcolor="C0C0C0"|{{sortname|Jaquay|Walls}}#

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Indiana Pacers

| Colorado (Sr.)

align=center| 2

|align=center| 57

|bgcolor="C0C0C0"|{{sortname|Scoonie|Penn}}#

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Atlanta Hawks (from Portland via Detroit)

| Ohio State (Sr.)

align=center| 2

|align=center| 58

|bgcolor="C0C0C0"|{{sortname|Pete|Mickeal}}#

| F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Dallas Mavericks (from L.A. Lakers, traded with Erick Strickland to New York for John Wallace and Donnell Harvey)

| Cincinnati (Sr.)

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Notable undrafted players

{{further|List of undrafted NBA players}}

These players were not selected in the 2000 NBA draft but have played at least one game in the NBA.

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style="width:19%;"| Player

! style="width:1%;"| Position

! style="width:16%;"| Nationality

! style="width:20%;"| School/club team

{{sortname|Malik|Allen}}

| PF

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Villanova (Sr.)

{{sortname|Desmond|Ferguson}}

| G/F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Detroit (Sr.)

{{sortname|Richie|Frahm}}

| SG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Gonzaga (Sr.)

{{sortname|Eddie|Gill}}

| PG

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Weber State (Sr.)

{{sortname|Paul|McPherson}}

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| DePaul (Jr.)

{{sortname|Terrance|Roberson}}

| SF

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Fresno State (Sr.)

{{sortname|Pepe|Sanchez|Juan Ignacio Sánchez}}

| PG

| {{ARG}}

| Temple (Sr.)

{{sortname|Alex|Scales}}

| G

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Oregon (Sr.)

{{sortname|Ime|Udoka}}

| SF

| {{flagu|United States}}
{{NGA}}

| Portland State (Sr.)

Early entrants

=College underclassmen=

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.{{cite web |title=2000 Underclassmen |url=https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3047:2000-underclassmen&catid=136&Itemid=384 |website=The Draft Review | date=August 4, 2007 |access-date=December 21, 2022}}

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=High school players=

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.

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=International players=

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.

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See also

References

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