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              Round 1
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              Pick (OVR)PlayerSchoolNotes
              • 1 (1)
                Andrea Bargnani
                PF•Italy
                --
              • 2 (2)
                LaMarcus Aldridge
                PF•TEX
                Traded to Portland
              • 3 (3)
                Adam Morrison
                SF•GONZ
                --
              • 4 (4)
                Tyrus Thomas
                PF•LSU
                Traded to Chicago
              • 5 (5)
                Shelden Williams
                PF•DUKE
                --
              • 6 (6)
                Brandon Roy
                SG•WASH
                Traded to Portland
              • 7 (7)
                Randy Foye
                SG•VILL
                Traded to Portland, then Minnesota
              • 8 (8)
                Rudy Gay
                SF•CONN
                Traded to Memphis
              • 9 (9)
                Patrick O'Bryant
                C•BRAD
                --
              • 10 (10)
                Mouhamed Sene
                C•Senegal
                --
              • 11 (11)
                J.J. Redick
                SG•DUKE
                --
              • 12 (12)
                Hilton Armstrong
                C•CONN
                --
              • 13 (13)
                Thabo Sefolosha
                SF•Switzerland
                Traded to Chicago
              • 14 (14)
                Ronnie Brewer
                SG•ARK
                --
              • 15 (15)
                Cedric Simmons
                PF•NCSU
                via Bucks
              • 16 (16)
                Rodney Carney
                SF•MEM
                Traded to Philadelphia
              • 17 (17)
                Shawne Williams
                SF•MEM
                --
              • 18 (18)
                Oleksiy Pecherov
                PF•Ukraine
                --
              • 19 (19)
                Quincy Douby
                SG•RUTG
                --
              • 20 (20)
                Renaldo Balkman
                SF•SC
                via Nuggets
              • 21 (21)
                Rajon Rondo
                PG•UK
                Traded to Boston
              • 22 (22)
                Marcus Williams
                PG•CONN
                via Clippers
              • 23 (23)
                Josh Boone
                C•CONN
                --
              • 24 (24)
                Kyle Lowry
                PG•VILL
                --
              • 25 (25)
                Shannon Brown
                SG•MSU
                --
              • 26 (26)
                Jordan Farmar
                PG•UCLA
                via Heat
              • 27 (27)
                Sergio Rodriguez
                PG•Spain
                Traded to Portland
              • 28 (28)
                Maurice Ager
                SG•MSU
                --
              • 29 (29)
                Mardy Collins
                PG•TEM
                via Spurs
              • 30 (30)
                Joel Freeland
                PF•England
                via Pistons

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