2001 National Basketball Development League draft

The 2001 NBDL Draft was the inaugural draft of the National Basketball Development League (NBDL), which was later renamed the NBA Development League (NBADL). The draft was held on November 1, 2001[1] before the 2001–02 season. In this draft, the league's eight charter teams took turns selecting players who had all competed at the college level in the United States at some point.

2001 National Basketball Development League draft
General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)November 1, 2001
LocationSuwanee, Georgia
Overview
LeagueNBA
First selectionChris Andersen, Fayetteville Patriots

Chris Andersen of Blinn Community College (Brenham, Texas) was the first overall selection and was taken by Fayetteville Patriots.[1] Consequently, this makes him the first-ever selection in the history of the NBADL. The first non-American selected was Gabe Muoneke, a Nigerian who was the fourth overall pick by the Columbus Riverdragons. Eight nations in all were represented in the 2001 NBDL Draft, with the most being the United States (87) followed by Senegal (3). No players selected in this draft have ever been named an NBA D-League All-Star, largely because the annual contest did not come into existence until the 2006–07 season.[2] Two league award winners were taken in this draft, however: Fred House of the North Charleston Lowgators (46th overall) was named the 2001–02 NBDL Rookie of the Year, while Jeff Myers of the Greenville Groove (67th overall) was tabbed the Defensive Player of the Year.[3][4] Four players were also NBA draft selections: DeeAndre Hulett, Mark Karcher and Jaquay Walls were all picked in the 2000 NBA draft,[5] while Kris Bruton was picked in 1994.[6]

Although some of the players chosen in the 2001 NBDL Draft had played semi-professional and/or professional basketball after college graduation, only the United States colleges they attended are listed.

Key
Pos.GFC
PositionGuardForwardCenter
^ Denotes player who has been selected to (an) NBA Development League All-Star Game(s)
* Denotes player who has been selected to (an) NBA Development League All-Star Game(s)
and was also selected in an NBA draft
† Denotes player who was also selected in an NBA Draft

Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team College Year graduated
1 1 Chris Andersen F/C  United States Fayetteville Patriots Blinn CC (Brenham, TX) 1999
1 2 Terrance Roberson G/F  United States Huntsville Flight Fresno State 2000
1 3 Rahim Lockhart F  United States Greenville Groove Mississippi 2001
1 4 Gabe Muoneke F  Nigeria Columbus Riverdragons Texas 2000
1 5 Johnny Hemsley G  United States Asheville Altitude Miami (FL) 2000
1 6 Neil Edwards C  United States North Charleston Lowgators York 2000
1 7 Rashad Phillips G  United States Mobile Revelers Detroit 2001
1 8 Artie Griffin G  United States Roanoke Dazzle Alabama 1995
2 9 Darrell Johns C  United States Fayetteville Patriots Chicago State 2001
2 10 Lonnie Harrell G/F  United States Huntsville Flight Northeastern 1996
2 11 Ed Daniels G  United States Greenville Groove TCU 2001
2 12 Kareem Poole C  United States Columbus Riverdragons Tyler CC (Tyler, TX) 1999
2 13 Jermaine Tate F/C  United States Asheville Altitude Cincinnati 2000
2 14 C. J. Black F/C  United States North Charleston Lowgators Tennessee 2000
2 15 Nick Sheppard C  United States Mobile Revelers Pepperdine 2000
2 16 Marshall Phillips G/F  United States Roanoke Dazzle Appalachian State 2000
3 17 Brian Wardle G  United States Fayetteville Patriots Marquette 2001
3 18 John Jackson F  United States Huntsville Flight Mississippi 1998
3 19 DeeAndre Hulett† G/F  United States Greenville Groove College of the Sequoias 2000
3 20 Stephen Starks G  United States Columbus Riverdragons Drexel 2001
3 21 Sah-U-Ra Brown C  United States Asheville Altitude Lehigh 2001
3 22 Joe Brown G/F  United States North Charleston Lowgators Coppin State 2000
3 23 Chris Crosby F  United States Mobile Revelers Washington State 2001
3 24 Carl Thomas G/F  United States Roanoke Dazzle College of Charleston 1999
4 25 Rasul Salahuddin G  United States Fayetteville Patriots Long Beach State 1996
4 26 Jeremy Veal G  United States Huntsville Flight Arizona State 1998
4 27 Pate Diene C  Senegal Greenville Groove Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 2001
4 28 Harold Arceneaux F  United States Columbus Riverdragons Weber State 2000
4 29 Troy Rolle G  United States Asheville Altitude Utah State 2000
4 30 Chris Bacon F  United States North Charleston Lowgators Nicholls State 2001
4 31 Eugene Edgerson F  United States Mobile Revelers Arizona 2001
4 32 Keil Zepernick F/C  United States Roanoke Dazzle Barton County CC (Great Bend, KS) 1999
5 33 Jeff Aubrey C  United States Fayetteville Patriots Cornell 1999
5 34 Mohamed Niang C  Senegal Huntsville Flight Delaware 1999
5 35 Tony Christie F  United States Greenville Groove Clemson 1999
5 36 Allen Griffin G  United States Columbus Riverdragons Syracuse 2001
5 37 Anthony Blakes G  United States Asheville Altitude Wyoming 2000
5 38 Tezale Archie G  United States North Charleston Lowgators Pepperdine 2000
5 39 Steve Hart G  United States Mobile Revelers Indiana State 1998
5 40 Cheikh Fall C  Senegal Roanoke Dazzle Long Island 1999
6 41 Greg Stempin G/F  United States Fayetteville Patriots Toledo 2001
6 42 Tyrone Ellis G  United States
 Georgia[a]		 Huntsville Flight Southern Nazarene 2001
6 43 Eric Coley G  United States Greenville Groove Tulsa 2000
6 44 Johnny Phillips F  United States Columbus Riverdragons Texas Tech 2001
6 45 Sergio McClain G  United States Asheville Altitude Illinois 2001
6 46 Fred House G  United States North Charleston Lowgators Southern Utah 2001
6 47 Osiris Ricardo C  Dominican Republic Mobile Revelers Missouri Southern State 2000
6 48 Lee Wilson C  United States Roanoke Dazzle Arkansas 1997
7 49 Curtis Haywood G/F  United States Fayetteville Patriots Oklahoma City 1999
7 50 Albert Richardson F  United States Huntsville Flight Kentucky Wesleyan 1999
7 51 Tate Decker F/C  United States Greenville Groove Oklahoma City 2001
7 52 Nate Johnson F  United States Columbus Riverdragons Louisville 2000
7 53 Lorenzo Johnson F  United States Asheville Altitude Colorado State 1998
7 54 Luther Clay F  United States North Charleston Lowgators Rhode Island 2000
7 55 Brian Jones G  United States Mobile Revelers Santa Clara 2001
7 56 Jaron Rush F  United States Roanoke Dazzle UCLA 2000
8 57 Joe White F  United States Fayetteville Patriots Texas A&M 1999
8 58 Jimmie Hunter G  United States Huntsville Flight Life University 2000
8 59 Mark Karcher† G  United States Greenville Groove Temple 2000
8 60 Deaundra Tanner G  United States Columbus Riverdragons Oregon State 2001
8 61 J. B. Reafsnyder C  United States Asheville Altitude Syracuse 1996
8 62 Victor Avila F/C  Mexico North Charleston Lowgators Oklahoma 2000
8 63 Alan Barksdale G  United States Mobile Revelers Arkansas–Little Rock 2001
8 64 Cornelius Jackson G  United States Roanoke Dazzle Marshall 2001
9 65 Mike King G  United States Fayetteville Patriots George Washington 2001
9 66 Deng D'Awol C  Tanzania Huntsville Flight Wayland Baptist 2001
9 67 Jeff Myers G  United States Greenville Groove Drexel 1997
9 68 George Reese F  United States Columbus Riverdragons Ohio State 2000
9 69 Corey Tarrant G  United States Asheville Altitude Eastern Michigan 2000
9 70 Don Carlisle F  United States North Charleston Lowgators IUPUI 2001
9 71 Maurice Linton F  United States Mobile Revelers Wisconsin 2001
9 72 Ceedric Goodwyn F  United States Roanoke Dazzle Colorado State 2000
10 73 Tim Kisner G  United States Fayetteville Patriots Central Michigan 2001
10 74 Walter Craft C  United States Huntsville Flight Detroit 2001
10 75 Kris Bruton† G/F  United States Greenville Groove Benedict College 1994
10 76 Daymeon Fishback G/F  United States Columbus Riverdragons Auburn 1999
10 77 Jaquay Walls† G  United States Asheville Altitude Colorado 2000
10 78 Tess Whitlock G  United States North Charleston Lowgators Hawaiʻi 1997
10 79 Kenny Gregory G  United States Mobile Revelers Kansas 2001
10 80 Charles Hathaway C  United States Roanoke Dazzle Tennessee 2001
11 81 Rodney Morning C  United States Fayetteville Patriots Fayetteville State 2001
11 82 Cedric McGinnis F  United States Huntsville Flight Georgia Southern 1999
11 83 Rob Griffin G/F  United States Greenville Groove Iowa 2001
11 84 Rineo Vlijter C  Suriname Columbus Riverdragons Saint Ambrose 2001
11 85 Jeff Boese F  United States Asheville Altitude Mesa State 2001
11 86 Michael Canady C  United States North Charleston Lowgators Morgan State 2001
11 87 Jason Skaer G/F  United States Mobile Revelers Rice 1999
11 88 Clayton Shields SF  United States Roanoke Dazzle New Mexico 2001
12 89 Edward Johnson F  United States Fayetteville Patriots Utah 1993
12 90 Jeff Brower G  United States Huntsville Flight Lander University 2000
12 91 Shenard Long G  United States Greenville Groove Georgia State 2001
12 92 Fred Warrick G  United States Columbus Riverdragons Coppin State 1999
12 93 Kevin Melson G/F  United States Asheville Altitude Wright State 2001
12 94 Anthony Jones G  United States North Charleston Lowgators Ohio 1999
12 95 Mike Wilks G  United States Mobile Revelers Rice 2001
12 96 Terry Sellers C  United States Roanoke Dazzle Iona 2001

^ a: Tyrone Ellis has become a naturalized citizen of Georgia since the 2001 NBDL Draft.[7]

All information summarised in this table comes from the NBA draft announcement[1] except the nationalities.

References
General
  • "National Basketball Development League Announces Inaugural Draft Results". NBA.com. NBDL Enterprises, LLC. November 1, 2001. Archived from the original on January 7, 2011. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
Specific
  1. "National Basketball Development League Announces Inaugural Draft Results". NBA.com. NBDL Enterprises, LLC. November 1, 2001. Archived from the original on January 7, 2011. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  2. Brennan, Matthew (February 17, 2007). "D-League All-Star Game Preview". NBA Media Ventures, LLC. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  3. "D-League Rookie of the Year Award Winners". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2010. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  4. "D-League Defensive Player of the Year Award Winners". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2010. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  5. "2000 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2010. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  6. "1994 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2010. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  7. Thornburgh, Nathan (November 13, 2009). "Dallas Basketball Player Is Hero in Europe". Pro Basketball. The New York Times Company. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
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