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
before the
2001–02 season. In this
draft
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, 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.
Chris Andersen of
Blinn Community College (
Brenham,
Texas
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) was the
first overall selection and was taken by
Fayetteville Patriots
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.
Consequently, this makes him the first-ever selection in the history of the NBADL. The first non-American selected was
Gabe Muoneke, a
Nigeria
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n 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
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(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. Two league award winners were taken in this draft, however:
Fred House of the
North Charleston Lowgators
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(46th overall) was named the 2001–02 NBDL Rookie of the Year, while Jeff Myers of the
Greenville Groove
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(67th overall) was tabbed the Defensive Player of the Year. Four players were also
NBA Draft selections:
DeeAndre Hulett,
Mark Karcher
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and
Jaquay Walls were all picked in the
2000 NBA Draft, while
Kris Bruton
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was picked in
1994
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.
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
Draft
All information summarised in this table comes from the NBA draft announcement
except the nationalities.
References
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Draft
Draft, The Draft, or Draught may refer to:
Watercraft dimensions
* Draft (hull), the distance from waterline to keel of a vessel
* Draft (sail), degree of curvature in a sail
* Air draft, distance from waterline to the highest point on a ves ...
NBA G League draft
National Basketball Association lists