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              Round 1
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              Pick (OVR)PlayerSchoolNotes
              • 1 (1)
                Dwight Howard
                PF•High School
                --
              • 2 (2)
                Emeka Okafor
                PF•CONN
                from LA Clippers
              • 3 (3)
                Ben Gordon
                PG•CONN
                --
              • 4 (4)
                Shaun Livingston
                PG•High School
                from Charlotte
              • 5 (5)
                Devin Harris
                PG•WIS
                --
              • 6 (6)
                Josh Childress
                SF•STAN
                --
              • 7 (7)
                Luol Deng
                SF•DUKE
                --
              • 8 (8)
                Rafael Araujo
                C•BYU
                --
              • 9 (9)
                Andre Iguodala
                SG•ARIZ
                --
              • 10 (10)
                Luke Jackson
                SG•ORE
                --
              • 11 (11)
                Andris Biedrins
                PF•Latvia
                --
              • 12 (12)
                Robert Swift
                C•High School
                --
              • 13 (13)
                Sebastian Telfair
                PG•High School
                --
              • 14 (14)
                Kris Humphries
                PF•MINN
                --
              • 15 (15)
                Al Jefferson
                PF•High School
                --
              • 16 (16)
                Kirk Snyder
                SG•NEV
                from New York
              • 17 (17)
                Josh Smith
                SF•High School
                from Milwaukee
              • 18 (18)
                J.R. Smith
                SG•High School
                --
              • 19 (19)
                Dorell Wright
                SG•High School
                --
              • 20 (20)
                Jameer Nelson
                PG•JOES
                --
              • 21 (21)
                Pavel Podkolzin
                C•Russia
                from Houston
              • 22 (22)
                Viktor Khryapa
                SF•Russia
                --
              • 23 (23)
                Sergei Monia
                SG•Russia
                from Memphis
              • 24 (24)
                Delonte West
                SG•JOES
                from Dallas
              • 25 (25)
                Tony Allen
                SG•OKST
                from Detroit
              • 26 (26)
                Kevin Martin
                SG•WCU
                --
              • 27 (27)
                Sasha Vujacic
                PG•Italy
                --
              • 28 (28)
                Beno Udrih
                PG•Slovenia
                --
              • 29 (29)
                David Harrison
                C•COLO
                --

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