2006 NBA DRAFT

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The '2006 NBA Draft' was held on June 28 at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The draft was broadcast in the United States on ESPN and in 202 countries worldwide.

Contents
Round one
Round two
2006 Draft Lottery
Teams in the lottery
Lottery results
Eligibility rules
The University of Connecticut ties record
Draft day trades
Notable undrafted players
References
External links

Round one


Pick Player Nationality NBA Team School/Club Team
1 Andrea Bargnani (PF) Toronto Raptors Benetton Treviso (Italy)
2 LaMarcus Aldridge (F/C) Chicago Bulls (from New York, traded to Portland) Texas
3 Adam Morrison (SF) Charlotte Bobcats Gonzaga
4 Tyrus Thomas (SF) Portland Trail Blazers (traded to Chicago) LSU
5 Shelden Williams (F/C) Atlanta Hawks Duke
6 Brandon Roy (SG) Minnesota Timberwolves (traded to Portland) Washington
7 Randy Foye (SG) Boston Celtics (traded to Minnesota via Portland) Villanova
8 Rudy Gay (G/F) Houston Rockets (traded to Memphis) Connecticut
9 Patrick O'Bryant (C) Golden State Warriors Bradley
10 Mouhamed Sene (C) Seattle SuperSonics RBC Verviers-Pepinster (Belgium)
11 J.J. Redick (SG) Orlando Magic Duke
12 Hilton Armstrong (F/C) New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets Connecticut
13 Thabo Sefolosha (SG) Philadelphia 76ers (traded to Chicago) Angelico Biella (Italy)
14 Ronnie Brewer (G/F) Utah Jazz Arkansas
15 Cedric Simmons (PF) New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets (from Milwaukee) North Carolina State
16 Rodney Carney (SF) Chicago Bulls (traded to Philadelphia) Memphis
17 Shawne Williams (G/F) Indiana Pacers Memphis
18 Oleksiy Pecherov (PF) Washington Wizards Paris Basket Racing (France)
19 Quincy Douby (SG) Sacramento Kings Rutgers
20 Renaldo Balkman (SF) New York Knicks (from Denver via Toronto and New Jersey) South Carolina
21 Rajon Rondo (PG) Phoenix Suns (from L.A. Lakers via Boston and Atlanta, traded to Boston) Kentucky
22 Marcus Williams (PG) New Jersey Nets (from L.A. Clippers via Orlando and Denver) Connecticut
23 Josh Boone (F/C) New Jersey Nets Connecticut
24 Kyle Lowry (PG) Memphis Grizzlies Villanova
25 Shannon Brown (SG) Cleveland Cavaliers Michigan State
26 Jordan Farmar (PG) Los Angeles Lakers (from Miami) UCLA
27 Sergio Rodriguez (PG) Phoenix Suns (traded to Portland) Adecco Estudiantes (Spain)
28 Maurice Ager (SG) Dallas Mavericks Michigan State
29 Mardy Collins (PG) New York Knicks (from San Antonio) Temple
30 Joel Freeland (PF) Portland Trail Blazers (from Detroit) CB Gran Canaria (Spain)

Round two


Pick Player Nationality NBA Team School/Club Team
31 James White (SG) Portland Trail Blazers (to Indiana Pacers) Cincinnati
32 Steve Novak (SF) Houston Rockets (from New York Knicks) Marquette
33 Solomon Jones (C) Atlanta Hawks South Florida
34 Paul Davis (C) Los Angeles Clippers (from Charlotte Bobcats) Michigan State
35 P.J. Tucker (SF) Toronto Raptors Texas
36 Craig Smith (PF) Minnesota Timberwolves (from Boston Celtics) Boston College
37 Bobby Jones (SF) Minnesota Timberwolves (to Philadelphia 76ers) Washington
38 Kosta Perovic (C) Golden State Warriors Partizan Belgrade (Serbia and Adriatic League)
39 David Noel (SF) Milwaukee Bucks (from Houston Rockets) North Carolina
40 Denham Brown (SG) Seattle SuperSonics Connecticut
41 James Augustine (PF) Orlando Magic Illinois
42 Daniel Gibson (PG) Cleveland Cavaliers (from Philadelphia 76ers) Texas
43 Marcus Vinicius de Souza (SF) New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets Objetivo São Carlos (Brazil)
44 Lior Eliyahu (PF) Orlando Magic (to Houston Rockets via Milwaukee Bucks) Hapoel Galil Elyon (Israel)
45 Alexander Johnson (PF) Indiana Pacers (to Memphis Grizzlies via Portland Trail Blazers) Florida State
46 Dee Brown (PG) Utah Jazz (from Chicago Bulls) Illinois
47 Paul Millsap (PF) Utah Jazz Louisiana Tech
48 Vladimir Veremeenko (PF) Washington Wizards Dynamo Saint Petersburg (Russia)
49 Leon Powe (PF) Denver Nuggets (to Boston Celtics) California
50 Ryan Hollins (C) Charlotte Bobcats (from Sacramento Kings) UCLA
51 Cheick Samb (C) Los Angeles Lakers (to Detroit Pistons) WTC Cornellà (Spain)
52 Guillermo Díaz (SG) Los Angeles Clippers Miami (FL)
53 Yotam Halperin (PG) Seattle SuperSonics (from Memphis Grizzlies) Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia and Adriatic League)
54 Hassan Adams (SG) New Jersey Nets Arizona
55 Ejike Ugboaja (PF) Cleveland Cavaliers Union Bank Lagos (Nigeria)
56 Edin Bavcic (C) Toronto Raptors (from Miami Heat) (to Philadelphia 76ers) ASA BH Telecom (Bosnia and Herzegovina and Adriatic League)
57 Loukas Mavrokefalidis (C) Minnesota Timberwolves (from Phoenix Suns) PAOK (Greece)
58 Danilo Pinnock (SG)
Dallas Mavericks (to Los Angeles Lakers) George Washington
59 Damir Markota (SF) San Antonio Spurs (to Milwaukee Bucks) Cibona VIP (Croatia and Adriatic League)
60 Will Blalock (PG) Detroit Pistons Iowa State

2006 Draft Lottery


The main prelude to the Draft, the 2006 NBA Draft Lottery, took place on May 23, 2006 in Secaucus, New Jersey. At the draft, the 14 teams which did not make the 2006 playoffs selected the top 14 picks in reverse order of their records, except for the top three picks, which were selected in the lottery. Statistically, the team with the worst record has the best chance of landing the top pick, the team with the second worst record has the second best chance, and so on. As is the case every year, after the drawing of the top three picks, the remaining 27 first-round draft picks were assigned to each of the other NBA teams: picks 4 through 14 were assigned to the remaining non-playoff teams (only these teams participate in the lottery for the top three picks) in reverse order of their records, and picks 15 through 30 were assigned to the remaining NBA teams, in reverse order (i.e., the team with the best record will pick 30th). Round two also consists of 30 picks; teams select in reverse order of their records in the second round. The lottery only affects the first round; the team with the worst record has the first pick in the second round, regardless of the lottery results (see NBA Draft for more information).
Teams in the lottery

The following teams "qualified" for the draft lottery, by being eliminated from playoff consideration. The NBA held a draw to break ties in the standings . In some cases, the team(s) in question traded their first-round picks to another team.
Here were the odds for each team to get specific picks in the 2006 lottery (rounded to 3 decimal places, with actual results in bold):
TeamChances1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th
Blazers250 .250 .215 .177 '.358'
Bulls (from Knicks)199 .199 '.188' .171 .319 .124
Bobcats138 .138 .142 '.145' .238 .290 .045
Hawks137 .137 .142 .145 .085 '.323' .156 .013
Raptors 88 '.088' .096 .106 .262 .359 .084 .004
Timberwolves 53 .053 .060 .070 '.440' .330 .045 .001
Celtics 53 .053 .060 .070 '.573' .226 .018
Rockets 23 .023 .027 .032 '.725' .184 .009
Warriors 22 .022 .026 .031 '.797' .121 .004
Sonics 11 .011 .013 .016 '.870' .089 .002
Magic 8 .008 .009 .012 '.908' .063 .001
Hornets 7 .007 .008 .010 '.935' .039
76ers 6 .006 .007 .009 '.960' .018
Jazz 5 .005 .006 .007 '.982'

Lottery results

#Toronto Raptors
#Chicago Bulls
#Charlotte Bobcats
#Portland Trail Blazers
#Atlanta Hawks
#Minnesota Timberwolves
#Boston Celtics
#Houston Rockets
#Golden State Warriors
#Seattle SuperSonics
#Orlando Magic
#New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
#Philadelphia 76ers
#Utah Jazz

Eligibility rules


Unlike drafts in recent years, high school players were '''not''' eligible for selection. The new collective bargaining agreement between the league and its players union establishes a new age limit for draft eligibility:

★ All drafted players, regardless of nationality, must be born on or before December 31, 1987 (i.e., they must be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft).

United States players must be at least one year removed from high school graduation.
Players had until April 29 to declare for the draft. A player who had not previously withdrawn from the draft '''and''' had not hired an agent had until June 18 to withdraw from the draft and retain his college eligibility.

The University of Connecticut ties record


The University of Connecticut had a record-tying 4 players selected in Round 1. These players were Rudy Gay, Hilton Armstrong, Marcus Williams, and Josh Boone. This tied the record set by Duke University in 1999 (Elton Brand, Trajan Langdon, Corey Maggette and William Avery) and North Carolina (Marvin Williams, Raymond Felton, Sean May and Rashad McCants) in 2005.
When Denham Brown was selected in Round 2 by Seattle, UConn became the first school to ever have 5 players selected in the two-round draft.

Draft day trades


The following trades involving 2006 draft picks, or drafted players, have been made pending the initial publication of the draft order, up to and including the day of the 2006 NBA Draft. Unofficial trades include those which have been reported by reputable sports media, but have not been officially announced by the NBA or the involved teams.

Boston Celtics acquire Sebastian Telfair, Theo Ratliff and a second-round 2008 draft pick from the Portland Trail Blazers for Raef LaFrentz, Dan Dickau, and the 7th pick Randy Foye. [1]

Chicago Bulls trade the 2nd pick LaMarcus Aldridge, to the Portland Trail Blazers for the 4th pick Tyrus Thomas, and Viktor Khryapa. [2]

Houston Rockets traded the 8th pick Rudy Gay, and Stromile Swift, to the Memphis Grizzlies for Shane Battier, although the deal was not finalized until July 1.

Portland Trail Blazers trade the rights to Randy Foye to the Minnesota Timberwolves for the rights to Brandon Roy.

Philadelphia 76ers trade the rights to Thabo Sefolosha to the Chicago Bulls for the rights to Rodney Carney, a second-round 2007 draft pick, and cash considerations.

★ Boston Celtics acquire Brian Grant and rights to the 21st pick, Rajon Rondo, from the Phoenix Suns for a first-round draft pick in 2007.

★ Boston Celtics acquire the rights to the 49th pick Leon Powe, from the Denver Nuggets for a future second-round pick.

★ The Orlando Magic trade 44th pick Lior Eliyahu to the Houston Rockets for cash considerations.

★ The Los Angeles Lakers trade rights to the 51st pick Cheick Samb to the Detroit Pistons for Maurice Evans.

★ The Toronto Raptors trade the rights to the 56th pick Edin Bavcic to the Philadelphia 76ers for cash considerations.

★ The San Antonio Spurs trade the rights to the 59th pick Damir Markota to the Milwaukee Bucks for the better of Milwaukee's two second-round picks in 2007.

★ The Dallas Mavericks traded the rights to the 58th pick J.R. Pinnock to the Los Angeles Lakers for a future second-round pick.

★ The Minnesota Timberwolves trade the rights to the 37th pick Bobby Jones to the Philadelphia 76ers for a future second-round pick and cash considerations.

★ The Portland Trail Blazers acquired the rights to the 45th pick Alexander Johnson along with two future second-round picks from the Indiana Pacers for the rights to the 31st pick James White.

★ The Portland Trail Blazers traded Alexander Johnson to the Memphis Grizzlies for a future second-round pick.

Notable undrafted players


All players are American unless otherwise indicated.

Louis Amundson, UNLV (signed with Sacramento Kings)

Rashad Anderson, UConn

Jose Juan Barea, Puerto Rico and Northeastern (signed with Dallas Mavericks) [3]

Brandon Bowman, Georgetown University

Mike Gansey, West Virginia (signed with Miami Heat)

Thomas Gardner, Missouri

Eric Hicks, Cincinnati

Daniel Horton, Michigan (signed with Miami Heat)

Carl Krauser, Pitt

Gerry McNamara, Syracuse

Pops Mensah-Bonsu, England and George Washington (signed with Dallas Mavericks)

Steven Smith, La Salle

Kevin Pittsnogle, West Virginia (signed with Boston Celtics)

Allan Ray, Villanova (signed with Boston Celtics)

Curtis Stinson, Iowa State

Tarence Kinsey, South Carolina (signed with Memphis Grizzlies)

Jorge Garbajosa, Spain (Unicaja de Málaga) (signed with Toronto Raptors) -- not eligible for draft

Robert Hite, University of Miami (signed with Miami Heat)

References



"Former Runnin' Rebel signs free-agent contract with Sacramento Kings", June 30, 2006

External links



NBA.com coverage of 2006 NBA Draft

NBA.com coverage of 2006 lottery

Coverage & Results of the 2006 NBA Draft

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