2002 NBA Draft

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2002 NBA Draft - 26 June 2002– New York City, New York

Preceded by:
2001 NBA Draft

NBA Draft

Followed by:
2003 NBA Draft

1 Round 1
2 Round 2
3 Notes
4 Notable undrafted players

[edit] Round 1

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	College/Club Team
1	Yao Ming (C)	China	Houston Rockets	Shanghai Sharks (China)
2	Jay Williams (PG)	United States	Chicago Bulls	Duke
3	Mike Dunleavy, Jr. (SF)	United States	Golden State Warriors	Duke
4	Drew Gooden (F)	United States	Memphis Grizzlies	Kansas
5	Nikoloz Tskitishvili (F/C)	Georgia	Denver Nuggets	Benetton Treviso (Italy)
6	Dajuan Wagner (SG)	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	Memphis
7	Maybyner "Nenê" Hilario (PF)	Brazil	New York Knicks (traded to Denver with Marcus Camby and Mark Jackson for Antonio McDyess, the number 25 pick and a 2003 second-round pick)	Vasco da Gama (Brazil)
8	Chris Wilcox (F/C)	United States	Los Angeles Clippers (from Atlanta)	Maryland
9	Amare Stoudemire (F/C)	United States	Phoenix Suns	Cypress Creek High School, Orlando, Florida
10	Caron Butler (SF)	United States	Miami Heat	UConn
11	Jared Jeffries (F)	United States	Washington Wizards	Indiana
12	Melvin Ely (PF)	United States	Los Angeles Clippers	Fresno State
13	Marcus Haislip (PF)	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	Tennessee
14	Fred Jones (SG)	United States	Indiana Pacers	Oregon
15	Boštjan Nachbar (SF)	Slovenia	Houston Rockets (from Toronto)	Benetton Treviso (Italy)
16	Jiri Welsch (G/S)	Czech Republic	Philadelphia 76ers (traded to Golden State)	Union Olimpija (Slovenia and Adriatic League)
17	Juan Dixon (G)	United States	Washington Wizards (from New Orleans)	Maryland
18	Curtis Borchardt (C)	United States	Orlando Magic (traded to Utah)	Stanford
19	Ryan Humphrey (PF)	United States	Utah Jazz (traded to Orlando)	Notre Dame
20	Kareem Rush (SG)	United States	Toronto Raptors (from Seattle via New York, traded to Los Angeles Lakers)	Missouri
21	Qyntel Woods (SF)	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	NE Mississippi CC
22	Casey Jacobsen (SG)	United States	Phoenix Suns (from Boston)	Stanford
23	Tayshaun Prince (SF)	United States	Detroit Pistons	Kentucky
24	Nenad Krstić (F/C)	FR Yugoslavia	New Jersey Nets	Partizan Belgrade (Sinalco Superleague and Adriatic League)
25	Frank Williams (PG)	United States	Denver Nuggets (from Dallas, traded to New York)	Illinois
26	John Salmons (G/F)	United States	San Antonio Spurs (traded to Philadelphia)	Miami
27	Chris Jefferies (SF)	United States	Los Angeles Lakers (traded to Toronto)	Fresno State
28	Dan Dickau (PG)	United States	Sacramento Kings (traded to Atlanta)	Gonzaga

* Note: The Minnesota Timberwolves forfeited their first-round pick due to salary cap violations.

[edit] Round 2

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	College/Club Team
30	Steve Logan (PG)	United States	Golden State Warriors	Cincinnati
31	Roger Mason, Jr. (SG)	United States	Chicago Bulls	Virginia
32	Robert Archibald (PF)	Scotland	Memphis Grizzlies	Illinois
33	Vincent Yarbrough (SF)	United States	Denver Nuggets	Tennessee
34	Dan Gadzuric (C)	Netherlands	Milwaukee Bucks (from Houston)	UCLA
35	Carlos Boozer (PF)	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	Duke
36	Milos Vujanić (PG)	FR Yugoslavia	New York Knicks	Partizan Belgrade (Sinalco Superleague and Adriatic League)
37	David Andersen (C)	Australia	Atlanta Hawks	Virtus Bologna (Italy)
38	Tito Maddox (PG)	United States	Houston Rockets	Fresno State
39	Rod Grizzard (SG)	United States	Washington Wizards (from Phoenix via Denver)	Alabama
40	Juan Carlos Navarro (PG)	Spain	Washington Wizards	FC Barcelona (Spain)
41	Mario Kasun (C)	Croatia	Los Angeles Clippers	Opel Skyliners (Germany)
42	Ronald Murray (SG)	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	Shaw
43	Jason Jennings (C)	United States	Portland Trail Blazers (from Toronto via Chicago)	Arkansas State
44	Lonny Baxter (PF)	United States	Chicago Bulls (from Indiana)	Maryland
45	Sam Clancy (PF)	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	USC
46	Matt Barnes (SF)	United States	Memphis Grizzlies (from Orlando)	UCLA
47	Jamal Sampson (C)	United States	Utah Jazz (traded to Orlando)	California
48	Chris Owens (PF)	United States	Milwaukee Bucks (from New Orleans, traded to Memphis)	Texas
49	Peter Fehse (PF)	Germany	Seattle SuperSonics	SV Halle (Germany)
50	Darius Songaila (PF)	Lithuania	Boston Celtics	Wake Forest
51	Federico Kammerichs (SF)	Argentina	Portland Trail Blazers	CD Ourense (Spain)
52	Marcus Taylor (PG)	United States	Minnesota Timberwolves	Michigan State
53	Rasual Butler (SF)	United States	Miami Heat	La Salle
54	Tamar Slay (SG)	United States	New Jersey Nets	Marshall
55	Mladen Sekularac (SG)	FR Yugoslavia	Dallas Mavericks	FMP Zeleznik (Sinalco Superleague)
56	Luis Scola (PF)	Argentina	San Antonio Spurs (from L.A. Lakers)	TAU Cerámica (Spain)
57	Randy Holcomb (PF)	United States	San Antonio Spurs (traded to Philadelphia)	San Diego State
58	Corsley Edwards (PF)	United States	Sacramento Kings	Central Connecticut