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              Round 1
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              Pick (OVR)PlayerSchoolNotes
              • 1 (1)
                Kwame Brown
                PF•Glynn Academy HS (Ga
                --
              • 2 (2)
                Tyson Chandler
                PF•DOMINGUEZ HS (CALIF.
                from LA Clippers on draft night
              • 3 (3)
                Pau Gasol
                SF•Spain
                --
              • 4 (4)
                Eddy Curry
                C•THORNWOOD HS (ILL.)
                --
              • 5 (5)
                Jason Richardson
                SF•MSU
                --
              • 6 (6)
                Shane Battier
                SF•DUKE
                --
              • 7 (7)
                Eddie Griffin
                PF•HALL
                from New Jersey on draft night
              • 8 (8)
                DeSagana Diop
                C•Oak Hill Academy (Va
                --
              • 9 (9)
                Rodney White
                PF•CLT
                --
              • 10 (10)
                Joe Johnson
                SF•ARK
                --
              • 11 (11)
                Kedrick Brown
                SF•Okaloosa-Walton CC
                from Denver
              • 12 (12)
                Vladimir Radmanovic
                PF•Yugoslavia
                --
              • 13 (13)
                Richard Jefferson
                SF•ARIZ
                from Houston on draft night
              • 14 (14)
                Troy Murphy
                PF•ND
                from Indiana
              • 15 (15)
                Steven Hunter
                C•DEP
                --
              • 16 (16)
                Kirk Haston
                PF•IU
                --
              • 17 (17)
                Michael Bradley
                PF•VILL
                --
              • 18 (18)
                Jason Collins
                C•STAN
                from Houston on draft night
              • 19 (19)
                Zach Randolph
                PF•MSU
                --
              • 20 (20)
                Brendan Haywood
                C•UNC
                from Cleveland on draft night
              • 21 (21)
                Joseph Forte
                SG•UNC
                from Pho. via Den.
              • 22 (22)
                Jeryl Sasser
                PG•SMU
                from Mil. via Hou.
              • 23 (23)
                Brandon Armstrong
                SG•PEPP
                from Houston on draft night
              • 24 (24)
                Raul Lopez
                PG•Spain
                --
              • 25 (25)
                Gerald Wallace
                SF•ALA
                --
              • 26 (26)
                Samuel Dalembert
                C•HALL
                --
              • 27 (27)
                Jamaal Tinsley
                PG•ISU
                from L.A. Lakers via NY
              • 28 (28)
                Tony Parker
                PG•France
                --

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