2002–03 rookie class

2002 NBA Draft

Every selection in order, with the drafting team, player affiliation and a direct path into each available Sportsboxd career profile.

57selections

2rounds

28teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #1

Houston Rockets

Shanghai Sharks (China)

Pick #2

Chicago Bulls

Duke

Pick #3

Golden State Warriors

Duke

Pick #4

Memphis Grizzlies

Kansas

Pick #5

Denver Nuggets

Universo Treviso Basket (Italy)

Complete draft board

Round one is open. Expand any later round to continue through the class.

Round 128 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
1	Yao Ming	Houston Rockets	Shanghai Sharks (China)	1
2	Jay Williams	Chicago Bulls	Duke	2
3	Mike Dunleavy	Golden State Warriors	Duke	3
4	Drew Gooden	Memphis Grizzlies	Kansas	4
5	Nikoloz Tskitishvili	Denver Nuggets	Universo Treviso Basket (Italy)	5
6	Dajuan Wagner	Cleveland Cavaliers	Memphis	6
7	Nene	New York Knicks	CR Vasco da Gama (Brazil)	7
8	Chris Wilcox	Los Angeles Clippers	Maryland	8
9	Amar'e Stoudemire	Phoenix Suns	Cypress Creek	9
10	Caron Butler	Miami Heat	Connecticut	10
11	Jared Jeffries	Washington Wizards	Indiana	11
12	Melvin Ely	Los Angeles Clippers	Fresno State	12
13	Marcus Haislip	Milwaukee Bucks	Tennessee	13
14	Fred Jones	Indiana Pacers	Oregon	14
15	Bostjan Nachbar	Houston Rockets	Universo Treviso Basket (Italy)	15
16	Jiri Welsch	Philadelphia 76ers	KK Olimpija (Slovenia)	16
17	Juan Dixon	Washington Wizards	Maryland	17
18	Curtis Borchardt	Orlando Magic	Stanford	18
19	Ryan Humphrey	Utah Jazz	Notre Dame	19
20	Kareem Rush	Toronto Raptors	Missouri	20
21	Qyntel Woods	Portland Trail Blazers	Northeast Mississippi Community College	21
22	Casey Jacobsen	Phoenix Suns	Stanford	22
23	Tayshaun Prince	Detroit Pistons	Kentucky	23
24	Nenad Krstic	New Jersey Nets	KK Partizan (Serbia)	24
25	Frank Williams	Denver Nuggets	Illinois	25
26	John Salmons	San Antonio Spurs	Miami (FL)	26
27	Chris Jefferies	Los Angeles Lakers	Fresno State	27
28	Dan Dickau	Sacramento Kings	Gonzaga	28

Round 229 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
29	Steve Logan	Golden State Warriors	Cincinnati	1
30	Roger Mason Jr.	Chicago Bulls	Virginia	2
31	Robert Archibald	Memphis Grizzlies	Illinois	3
32	Vincent Yarbrough	Denver Nuggets	Tennessee	4
33	Dan Gadzuric	Milwaukee Bucks	California-Los Angeles	5
34	Carlos Boozer	Cleveland Cavaliers	Duke	6
35	Milos Vujanic	New York Knicks	KK Partizan (Serbia)	7
36	David Andersen	Atlanta Hawks	Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna (Italy)	8
37	Tito Maddox	Houston Rockets	Fresno State	9
38	Rod Grizzard	Washington Wizards	Alabama	10
39	Juan Carlos Navarro	Washington Wizards	FC Barcelona Basquet (Spain)	11
40	Mario Kasun	Los Angeles Clippers	Skyliners Frankfurt (Germany)	12
41	Flip Murray	Milwaukee Bucks	Shaw	13
42	Jason Jennings	Portland Trail Blazers	Arkansas State	14
43	Lonny Baxter	Chicago Bulls	Maryland	15
44	Sam Clancy	Philadelphia 76ers	Southern California	16
45	Matt Barnes	Memphis Grizzlies	California-Los Angeles	17
46	Jamal Sampson	Utah Jazz	California	18
47	Chris Owens	Milwaukee Bucks	Texas	19
48	Peter Fehse	Seattle SuperSonics	SV Halle (Germany)	20
49	Darius Songaila	Boston Celtics	Wake Forest	21
50	Federico Kammerichs	Portland Trail Blazers	Club Ourense Baloncesto (Spain)	22
51	Marcus Taylor	Minnesota Timberwolves	Michigan State	23
52	Rasual Butler	Miami Heat	La Salle	24
53	Tamar Slay	New Jersey Nets	Marshall	25
54	Mladen Sekularac	Dallas Mavericks	KK FMP (Serbia)	26
55	Luis Scola	San Antonio Spurs	Saski Baskonia (Spain)	27
56	Randy Holcomb	San Antonio Spurs	San Diego State	28
57	Corsley Edwards	Sacramento Kings	Central Connecticut State	29

Source: NBA.com Draft History. Draft-night trades can cause the team attached to a selection to differ from the player’s eventual rookie team.