2002 Underclassmen Rankings

  1. Jay Williams 6-2/196 (Duke-junior)
  2. Mike Dunleavy (6-9/230-Duke-junior)
  3. Drew Gooden 6-10/230 (Kansas-junior)
  4. Caron Butler 6-7/222 (UConn-sophomore)
  5. Chris Wilcox 6-10/221 (Maryland-sophomore)
  6. Dajuan Wagner 6-2/200 (Memphis-freshman)
  7. Jared Jeffries 6-11/230 (Indiana-sophomore)
  8. Qyntel Woods 6-9/213 (NE Mississippi CC-sophomore)
  9. Curtis Borchardt 7-0/240 (Stanford-junior)
  10. Kareem Rush 6-6/199 (Missouri-junior)
  11. Amare Stoudamire 6-10/233 (Cypress Creek HS)
  12. Marcus Haislip 6-10/221 (Tennessee-junior)
  13. Carlos Boozer 6-9/258 (Duke-junior)
  14. Casey Jacobsen 6-6/215 (Stanford-junior)
  15. Frank Williams 6-3/205 (Illinois-junior)
  16. Tito Maddox (6-4/200-free agent)
  17. Roger Mason Jr. 6-5/201 (Virginia-junior)
  18. Marcus Taylor 6-2/181 (Michigan State-sophomore)
  19. Chris Jefferies (6-8/216-Fresno State-junior)
  20. Rod Grizzard 6-8/193 (Alabama-junior)
  21. William "Smush" Parker 6-4/180 (Fordham-sophomore)
  22. Jamal Sampson 6-11/235 (California-freshman)
  23. Lenny Cooke 6-6/214 (Northern Valley Regional-HS)
  24. Kei Madison 6-9/220 (Okaloosa-Walton CC-sophomore)
  25. DeAngelo Collins 6-9/230 (Inglewood High School-CA)
  26. Lee Benson (6-9/217-Brown Mackie-KS-freshman)

International Prospect Rankings

This might just be the first draft where teams are more interested in players not playing college ball in the US. There should be more foreign players drafted this year than in any other year, including the number one pick. Last year, Pau Gasol was selected with the third pick to make him the first international player to go that high....and he was named rookie of the year too! This year it only gets better.
  1. Yao Ming 7-5/296 (China)

  2. Nickoloz Tskitishvili (6-11-Georgia)
  3. Maybyner "Nene" Hilario" (6-10/253-Brazil)
  4. Bostjan Nachbar (6-9/221-Slovenia)
  5. Jiri Welsch (6-6/205-Czech Republic)
  6. Nenad Krstic (7-0-Yugoslavia)
  7. David Andersen (7-0/240-Australia)
  8. Lazaros Papadopoulos (6-11/255-Greece)
  9. Fatih Solak (7-0/270-Turkey)
  10. Luis Scola (6-9/230-Argentina)
  11. Juan Carlos Navarro (6-4/193-Spain)
  12. Mario Stojic (6-6/198-Croatia)
  13. Sani Becirovic (6-5/190-Slovenia)
  14. Mladen Sekularac (6-8/202-Yugoslavia)
Here is the final list of underclassmen that have turned in their names to the NBA and declared for the draft, it is also now too late for them to withdraw so they're in: Lee Benson (6-9/217-Brown Mackie-KS-freshman), Rodney Bias (6-9-Shelton State-sophomore), Cordell Billups (6-3-Pierce College-sophomore), Carlos Boozer (6-9/258-Duke-junior), Curtis Borchardt (7-0/240-Stanford-junior), Caron Butler (6-7/222-UConn-sophomore), DeAngelo Collins (6-9/230-Inglewood High School-CA), Lenny Cooke (6-6/214-Northern Valley Regional-HS), Mike Dunleavy (6-9/230-Duke-junior), Drew Gooden (6-10/230-Kansas-junior), Rod Grizzard (6-8/193-Alabama-junior), Marcus Haislip (6-10/221-Tennessee-junior), Rashid Hardwick (7-0-Eastern Oklahoma State-freshman), Adam Harrington (6-5-Auburn-junior), Casey Jacobsen (6-6/215-Stanford-junior), Chris Jefferies (6-8/216-Fresno State-junior), Jared Jeffries (6-11/230-Indiana-sophomore), Muhammed Lasege (6-11-Louisville-sophomore), Tito Maddox (6-4/200- Fresno State-freshman), Kei Madison (6-9/220-Okaloosa-Walton CC-sophomore), Roger Mason Jr. (6-5/201-Virginia-junior), Chris Massie (6-7/250-Memphis-junior), William "Smush" Parker (6-4/180-Fordham-sophomore), Giedrius Rinkevicius (7-2-Bridgton Academy, ME-HS), Kareem Rush (6-6/199-Missouri-junior), Jamal Sampson (6-11/235-California-freshman), Jerry Sanders (Northern Illinoi-sophomore), Eddie Shelby (6-3-Dixie State College,UT-sophomore), Bobby Smith (6-3-Robert Morris,IL-junior), Melvin Steward (6-4-Eastern New Mexico-junior), Amare Stoudamire (6-10/233-Cypress Creek HS), Marcus Taylor (6-2/180-Michigan State-sophomore), Terrell Taylor (6-3-Creighton-junior), Dajuan Wagner (6-2/200-Memphis-freshman), Adrian Walton (6-2-Fordham-freshman), Joseph Ward (6-6-Fort Hays State,KS-junior), Omar Weaver (6-8-Riverside CC,CA-freshman), Chris Wilcox (6-10/221-Maryland-sophomore), Troy Wiley (6-8-Rhode Island-junior), Frank Williams (6-3/205-Illinois-junior), George Williams (6-7/215-Houston-junior), Jay Williams (6-2/196-Duke-junior) and Qyntel Woods (6-9/213-NE Mississippi CC-sophomore).

Here is the final list of underclassmen who have previously declared for the draft but now withdrawn their names: Uche Okafor, Brandon Hunter, Theron Smith, Brandon Roy, Willie Deane, Brandon Bender, Henry Domercant, Kevin Gaines, Glen McGowan, Chris Massie, Julian Sensley, Uche Nsonwu-Amadi and Marlon Palmer. Mario Austin declared for the draft earlier, but withdrew before he made it on the first list released by the NBA. Players had until May 12th to declare and until June 19th to withdraw.

  • Here is the official list of under 21 year old foreign players who have applied to the NBA for the 2002 draft: Peter Fehse (6-11-Germany), Maybyner "Nene" Hilario (6-10/253-Brazil), Nenad Krstic (6-11-Yugoslavia), Mladen Sekularac (6-8/202-Yugoslavia) and Nickoloz Tskitishvili (6-11-Italy)
  • Zaur Pachulia, Christos Tapoutos, Anderson Varejao, Boris Diaw-Riffiod, Miljan Pupovic, Jose Manuel Calderon, Andreas Gliniadakis, Haka Kosoglu and Agron Xiarchos were international 21 and under players who had previously declared for the draft, but withdrawn their names.
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