The 2000 NBA draft was held on June 28, 2000, at the Target Center in Minneapolis. It was the last draft held at the home arena of an NBA team until 2011; the following and subsequent drafts (through 2010) all took place at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City (though Madison Square Garden itself is the home of the New York Knicks, they do not play in the theater). In addition, is the last draft held outside of New York City or its metropolitan area. As of 2025, it is also the last NBA draft where a college senior was the number-one overall selection, and, along with the 1951 NBA Draft, one of only two (and the most recent) drafts with no Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame players (excluding drafts with players not yet eligible).
The 2000 draft class is considered the worst in NBA history. Few of its draftees would enjoy extended careers in the league. Just three of them—top pick Kenyon Martin, first-round selection Jamaal Magloire (19th overall) and second-round pick Michael Redd (43rd overall) -- ever played in an NBA All-Star Game. Each of the three made their lone All-Star appearance in 2004. The three cumulative All-Star appearances marks the lowest cumulative appearances since the 1952 NBA draft. Redd was the lone player from this draft to ever be chosen for an All-NBA Team (his sole appearance was on the third team in 2004). Only three players in this draft class won a major end-of-season award in their careers: Hedo Türkoğlu was named Most Improved Player in 2008, Mike Miller won the NBA Rookie of the Year and NBA Sixth Man of the Year awards in 2001 and 2006 respectively, and Jamal Crawford was awarded the NBA Sixth Man of the Year three times in 2010, 2014 and 2016.
Sports Illustrated named this entire draft class (as opposed to individual players) the sixth biggest bust of the modern era – making it the only draft class among the site's top 20 list. Just before the 2009 draft, ESPN.com columnist David Schoenfield graded all of the drafts since the institution of the draft lottery in 1985, and the only draft to which he gave the lowest possible grade of 'F' was the 2000 draft. Using the WARP (wins above replacement player) metric, the 2000 NBA draft class collectively produced at a rate of 17.3 wins worse than a group of "average replacement players", effectively making this draft class the only one in NBA history to leave the league's talent pool worse than it had been before.
Eight of the players selected in this draft never played in an NBA game in their professional basketball careers. Both of the players drafted by the San Antonio Spurs (Chris Carrawell and Cory Hightower) are among this group.
The final active player remaining from this class was Jamal Crawford, who retired from the NBA following the 2020 season.
Draft selections
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| G || Guard
| PG || Point guard
| SG || Shooting guard
| F || Forward
| SF || Small forward
| PF || Power forward
| C || Center
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! width="1%"| Round
! width="1%"| Pick
! width="19%"| Player
! width="1%"| Position
! width="16%"| Nationality
! width="35%"| Team
! width="20%"| School/club team
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 1
| bgcolor="#FFCC00"| <sup>+</sup>
| PF
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| New Jersey Nets
| Cincinnati (Sr.)
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 2
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| PF/C
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| Vancouver Grizzlies
| LSU (So.)
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 3
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| SF/PF
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| Los Angeles Clippers
|East St. Louis HS (Illinois)
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 4
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| PF/SF
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| Chicago Bulls
| Iowa State (Jr.)
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 5
|bgcolor="CCCCFF"| <sup>~</sup>
| SF/SG
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| Orlando Magic <small>(from Golden State)</small>
| Florida (So.)
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 6
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| SG/SF
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| Atlanta Hawks
| Cincinnati (Fr.)
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 7
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| C/PF
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| Chicago Bulls <small>(from Washington via Golden State; traded to Cleveland)</small>
| Texas (Jr.)
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 8
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| SG
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| Cleveland Cavaliers <small>(traded to Chicago)</small>
| Michigan (Fr.)
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 9
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| C
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| Houston Rockets <small>(traded to Milwaukee for Jason Collier and a future first-round pick)</small>
| Minnesota (So.)
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 10
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| SG
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| Orlando Magic <small>(from Denver, traded to L.A. Clippers with Corey Maggette, Derek Strong and cash for a future first-round pick)</small>
| Missouri (So.)
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 11
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| PF
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| Boston Celtics
| UCLA (So.)
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 12
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| PF/C
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| Dallas Mavericks
| Syracuse (Sr.)
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 13
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| SG
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| Orlando Magic <small>(traded to Dallas for a future first-round pick and cash)</small>
| Fresno State (Sr.)
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 14
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| PG
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| Detroit Pistons
| Michigan State (Sr.)
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 15
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| C
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| Milwaukee Bucks <small>(traded with future first-round pick to Houston for Joel Przybilla)</small>
| Georgia Tech (Sr.)
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 16
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| SF/PF
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| Sacramento Kings
| Efes Pilsen <small>(Turkey)</small>
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 17
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| SF/SG
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| Seattle SuperSonics
| Oklahoma State (Sr.)
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 18
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| SF/SG
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| Los Angeles Clippers <small>(from Toronto via New York, Philadelphia and Atlanta)</small>
| DePaul (So.)
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 19
| bgcolor="#FFCC00"| <sup>+</sup>
| PF/C
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| Charlotte Hornets
| Kentucky (Sr.)
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 20
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| PG
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| Philadelphia 76ers
| Hofstra (Sr.)
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 21
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| SF/SG
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| Toronto Raptors <small>(from Minnesota)</small>
| Michigan State (Sr.)
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 22
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| SF
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| New York Knicks <small>(traded with John Wallace to Dallas for Erick Strickland and Pete Mickeal)</small>
| Florida (Fr.)
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 23
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| SG
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| Utah Jazz <small>(from Miami)</small>
| Washington Union HS <small>(Fresno, California)</small>
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 24
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| C
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| Chicago Bulls <small>(from San Antonio)</small>
| Benston Zagreb <small>(Croatia)</small>
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 25
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| C
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| Phoenix Suns
| AEK <small>(Greece)</small>
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 26
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| C
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| Denver Nuggets <small>(from Utah)</small>
| Auburn (Sr.)
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 27
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| C
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| Indiana Pacers
| Union Olimpija <small>(Slovenia)</small>
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 28
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| PG
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| Portland Trail Blazers
| St. John's (So.)
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 29
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| PF
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| Los Angeles Lakers
| Stanford (Sr.)
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 30
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| G
| <br>
| Los Angeles Clippers
| Paf Bologna <small>(Italy)</small>
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 31
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| PF
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| Dallas Mavericks <small>(from Chicago, traded to Houston for Eduardo Nájera and a future second-round draft pick)</small>
| Vanderbilt (Sr.)
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 32
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| PG
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| Chicago Bulls <small>(from Golden State)</small>
| Indiana (Sr.)
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 33
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| C
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| Chicago Bulls <small>(from Vancouver via Houston)</small>
| Connecticut (Sr.)
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 34
|
| PG
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| Chicago Bulls <small>(from Atlanta)</small>
| Connecticut (Jr.)
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 35
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| F
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| Washington Wizards
| Louisiana-Monroe (Jr.)
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 36
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| C
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| New Jersey Nets
| Cincinnati Stuff <small>(IBL)</small>
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 37
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| SG
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| Miami Heat <small>(from Cleveland via Denver)</small>
| Arizona State (Sr.)
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 38
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| PF
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| Houston Rockets <small>(traded to Dallas with future second-round pick for Dan Langhi)</small>
| Oklahoma (Sr.)
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 39
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| SG
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| New York Knicks <small>(from Boston)</small>
| St. John's (Sr.)
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 40
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| SF/PF
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| Atlanta Hawks <small>(from Denver)</small>
| Utah (Sr.)
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 41
|bgcolor="C0C0C0"|<sup>#</sup>
| SG
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| San Antonio Spurs <small>(from Orlando)</small>
| Duke (Sr.)
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 42
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| PF
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| Seattle SuperSonics
| Würzburg <small>(Germany)</small>
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 43
| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| <sup>*</sup>
| SG
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| Milwaukee Bucks
| Ohio State (Jr.)
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 44
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| PF
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| Detroit Pistons
| Purdue (Sr.)
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 45
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| C
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| Sacramento Kings
| LSU (Sr.)
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 46
|bgcolor="C0C0C0"|<sup>#</sup>
| SF
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| Toronto Raptors
| COS (So.)
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 47
|bgcolor="C0C0C0"|<sup>#</sup>
| G
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| Seattle SuperSonics <small>(traded to Boston for two future second-round picks)</small>
| Cibona Zagreb <small>(Croatia)</small>
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 48
|bgcolor="C0C0C0"|<sup>#</sup>
| PG
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| Philadelphia 76ers
| Temple (Jr.)
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 49
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| PG
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| Milwaukee Bucks <small>(from Charlotte)</small>
| Syracuse (Sr.)
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 50
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| F
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| Utah Jazz <small>(from New York)</small>
| Idaho (Sr.)
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 51
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| G
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| Minnesota Timberwolves
| Red Star Belgrade <small>(Serbia)</small><!--The Basketball League of Serbia didn't exist until Serbia and Montenegro separated in 2006.-->
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 52
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| C
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| Miami Heat
| Indian Hills CC (Jr.)
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 53
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| C
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| Denver Nuggets <small>(from Phoenix)</small>
| Northern Arizona (Sr.)
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 54
|bgcolor="C0C0C0"|<sup>#</sup>
| G
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| San Antonio Spurs <small>(traded to L.A. Lakers for two future second-round picks)</small>
| Indian Hills CC (So.)
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 55
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| F
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| Golden State Warriors <small>(from Utah)</small>
| Auburn (Sr.)
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 56
|bgcolor="C0C0C0"|<sup>#</sup>
| G
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| Indiana Pacers
| Colorado (Sr.)
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 57
|bgcolor="C0C0C0"|<sup>#</sup>
| G
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| Atlanta Hawks <small> (from Portland via Detroit)</small>
| Ohio State (Sr.)
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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 58
|bgcolor="C0C0C0"|<sup>#</sup>
| F
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| Dallas Mavericks <small>(from L.A. Lakers, traded with Erick Strickland to New York for John Wallace and Donnell Harvey)</small>
| Cincinnati (Sr.)
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Notable undrafted players
These players were not selected in the 2000 NBA draft but have played at least one game in the NBA.
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! style="width:1%;"| Position
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| PF
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| Villanova (Sr.)
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| C/PF
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| New Mexico Slam <small>(IBL)</small>
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| G/F
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| Detroit (Sr.)
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| SG
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| Gonzaga (Sr.)
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| PG
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| Weber State (Sr.)
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| G
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| DePaul (Jr.)
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| SF
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| Fresno State (Sr.)
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| PG
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| Temple (Sr.)
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| G
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| Oregon (Sr.)
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| SF
| <br>
| Portland State (Sr.)
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Early entrants
College underclassmen
Following last year's slight dip of underclassmen, entering the new millennium, this draft saw a total of 55 underclassmen declare for the NBA draft initially. However, for collegiate players, seven of the nineteen total players that ultimately withdrew their names would be collegiate players (with Joshua Cross from Southern Illinois University, Jason Kapono from UCLA, Brian Merriweather from the University of Texas Pan-American, Jeryl Sasser from Southern Methodist University, Kenny Satterfield from the University of Cincinnati, Karim Shabazz from Providence College, and Joe White from Texas A&M University being the collegiate players that withdrew their names). Overall, including the high schools and international players with the 26 college underclassmen, there were 36 total players that would be considered underclassmen. That being said, the following college basketball players successfully applied for early draft entrance.
- Erick Barkley – G, St. John's (sophomore)
- Ernest Brown – C/F, Indian Hills CC (sophomore)
- Schea Cotton – G, Alabama (sophomore)
- Jamal Crawford – G, Michigan (freshman)
- Kaniel Dickens – F, Idaho (junior)
- Keyon Dooling – G, Missouri (sophomore)
- Khalid El-Amin – G, Connecticut (junior)
- Steve Eldridge – C, Henderson State (junior)
- Marcus Fizer – F, Iowa State (junior)
- Donnell Harvey – F, Florida (freshman)
- Cory Hightower – G/F, Indian Hills CC (sophomore)
- Rashaad Hines – G, Texas A&M–Corpus Christi (junior)
- Jimmie Hunter – G, Life (sophomore)
- DerMarr Johnson – F/G, Cincinnati (freshman)
- Mark Karcher – F, Temple (junior)
- Andre Mahorn – F, Utah State (junior)
- Paul McPherson – G, DePaul (junior)
- Chris Mihm – C, Texas (junior)
- Mike Miller – F, Florida (sophomore)
- Jérôme Moïso – F, UCLA (sophomore)
- Joel Przybilla – C, Minnesota (sophomore)
- Michael Redd – G, Ohio State (junior)
- Quentin Richardson – G, DePaul (sophomore)
- JaRon Rush – F, UCLA (sophomore)
- Stromile Swift – F, LSU (sophomore)
- Derrick Worrell – F, Pittsburgh (junior)
High school players
This would be the sixth straight year in a row where players coming directly from high school can declare entry into the NBA draft after previously only allowing it one time back in 1975. The following high school players successfully applied for early draft entrance.), once a player heard his name, he would walk to the podium to shake hands and take promotional photos with the NBA commissioner. From there, the players often conducted interviews with various media outlets while backstage. From there, the players often conducted interviews with various media outlets while backstage. However, once the NBA draft started to air nationally on TV starting with the 1980 NBA draft, the green room evolved from players waiting to hear their name called and then shaking hands with these select players who were often called to the hotel to take promotional pictures with the NBA commissioner a day or two after the draft concluded to having players in real-time waiting to hear their names called up and then shaking hands with David Stern, the NBA's commissioner at the time.
The NBA compiled its list of green room invites through collective voting by the NBA's team presidents and general managers alike, which in this year's case belonged to only what they believed were the top 15 prospects at the time. Despite the lower amount of invites and successful players for this year's draft when compared to the previous year's draft, there would still be a notable amount of discrepancies involved between the missed invites of All-Stars Jamaal Magloire and Michael Redd for actual talents alongside Mike Miller and Keyon Dooling being missed out for Top 10 draft invites (alongside Jason Collier at pick 15), with very few draft choices feeling like they would even be worth the draft invite this year. Even so, the following players were invited to attend this year's draft festivities live and in person.