2007 NBA DRAFT

The '2007 NBA Draft' was held on June 28, 2007 at the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City and was broadcast in the United States on ESPN.
The first 14 picks in the draft belonged to teams that had missed the 2007 NBA Playoffs, with their pick order determined through a lottery held on May 22, 2007. The remaining first-round picks and the second-round picks were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win-loss record in the 2006-07 NBA season.
This draft was quite forward-heavy and included several quality big-men. The 2007 NBA Draft also marked the first time three players drafted in the top 10 came from the same school (Florida), and the first time five players in the top 10 all played in the NCAA Basketball National Championship Final.

Contents
Round one
Round two
Selections by team
Lottery
Eligibility rules
References
External links

Round one


Pick Player Nationality NBA Team School/Club Team
1 Greg Oden (C) Portland Trail Blazers Ohio State
2 Kevin Durant (SF/PF) Seattle SuperSonics Texas
3 Al Horford (PF/C) Atlanta Hawks Florida
4 Mike Conley, Jr. (PG) Memphis Grizzlies Ohio State
5 Jeff Green (SF/PF) Boston Celtics (traded to Seattle)[1] Georgetown
6 Yi Jianlian (PF/C) Milwaukee Bucks Guangdong Southern Tigers (China)
7 Corey Brewer (SF) Minnesota Timberwolves Florida
8 Brandan Wright (SF/PF) Charlotte Bobcats (traded to Golden State) North Carolina
9 Joakim Noah (PF/C)
[2]
Chicago Bulls (from New York as part of the Eddy Curry trade) Florida
10 Spencer Hawes (C) Sacramento Kings Washington
11 Acie Law IV (PG) Atlanta Hawks (from Indiana as part of the Al Harrington trade) Texas A&M
12 Thaddeus Young (SF) Philadelphia 76ers Georgia Tech
13 Julian Wright (SF/PF) New Orleans Hornets Kansas
14 Al Thornton (SF/PF) Los Angeles Clippers Florida State
15 Rodney Stuckey (PG/SG) Detroit Pistons (from Orlando as part of the Darko Milicic trade) Eastern Washington
16 Nick Young (SG/SF) Washington Wizards USC
17 Sean Williams (PF) New Jersey Nets Boston College
18 Marco Belinelli (SG) Golden State Warriors Fortitudo Bologna (Italy)
19 Javaris Crittenton (PG) Los Angeles Lakers Georgia Tech
20 Jason Smith (PF) Miami Heat (traded to Philadelphia) Colorado State
21 Daequan Cook (SG) Philadelphia 76ers (from Denver as part of the Allen Iverson trade, traded to Miami) Ohio State
22 Jared Dudley (SF/PF) Charlotte Bobcats (from Toronto as part of the Lamond Murray trade via Cleveland as part of the Sasha Pavlovic trade) Boston College
23 Wilson Chandler (SF) New York Knicks (from Chicago as part of the Eddy Curry trade) DePaul
24 Rudy Fernández (SG) Phoenix Suns (from Cleveland as part of the Jiri Welsch trade, via Boston as part of the Brian Grant trade, traded to Portland) Joventut Badalona (Spain)
25 Morris Almond (SG/SF) Utah Jazz Rice
26 Aaron Brooks (PG) Houston Rockets Oregon
27 Arron Afflalo (SG) Detroit Pistons UCLA
28 Tiago Splitter (PF/C) San Antonio Spurs TAU Cerámica (Spain)
29 Alando Tucker (SF) Phoenix Suns Wisconsin
30 Petteri Koponen (PG) Philadelphia 76ers (from Dallas as part of the Eric Dampier trade via Denver as part of the Allen Iverson trade, via Golden State as part of the Nikoloz Tskitishvili trade, traded to Portland) Tapiolan Honka (Finland)

Round two


Pick Player Nationality NBA Team School/Club Team
31 Carl Landry (PF) Seattle SuperSonics (from Memphis, traded to Houston) Purdue
32 Gabe Pruitt (PG/SG) Boston Celtics USC
33 Marcus Williams (SG) San Antonio Spurs (from Milwaukee) Arizona
34 Nick Fazekas (PF/C) Dallas Mavericks (from Atlanta) Nevada
35 Glen Davis (PF) Seattle SuperSonics (traded to Boston)1 LSU
36 Jermareo Davidson (PF/C) Golden State Warriors (from Minnesota, traded to Charlotte) Alabama
37 Josh McRoberts (PF) Portland Trail Blazers Duke
38 Kyrylo Fesenko (C) Philadelphia 76ers (from New York via Chicago, traded to Utah) SK Cherkassy (Ukraine)
39 Stanko Barać (C) Miami Heat (traded to Indiana) Široki Brijeg (Bosnia and Herzegovina and Adriatic League)
40 Sun Yue (F/G) Los Angeles Lakers (from Charlotte) Beijing Olympians (ABA)
41 Chris Richard (PF) Minnesota Timberwolves (from Philadelphia) Florida
42 Derrick Byars (SF) Portland Trail Blazers (traded to Philadelphia) Vanderbilt
43 Adam Haluska (SG) New Orleans Hornets Iowa
44 Reyshawn Terry (SF) Orlando Magic (traded to Dallas) North Carolina
45 Jared Jordan (PG) Los Angeles Clippers Marist
46 Stephane Lasme (PF) Golden State Warriors (from New Jersey) Massachusetts
47 Dominic McGuire (SF) Washington Wizards Fresno State
48 Marc Gasol (C) Los Angeles Lakers Akasvayu Girona (Spain)
49 Aaron Gray (C) Chicago Bulls (from Golden State via Denver, Boston and Phoenix) Pittsburgh
50 Renaldas Seibutis (SG) Dallas Mavericks (from Miami via LA Lakers) Maroussi (Greece)
51 JamesOn Curry (SG) Chicago Bulls (from Denver) Oklahoma State
52 Taurean Green (PG) Portland Trail Blazers (from Toronto) Florida
53 Demetris Nichols (SF) Portland Trail Blazers (from Chicago, traded to New York) Syracuse
54 Brad Newley (SG) Houston Rockets (from Cleveland via Orlando) Adelaide 36ers (Australia)
55 Herbert Hill (PF/C) Utah Jazz (traded to Philadelphia) Providence
56 Ramon Sessions (PG) Milwaukee Bucks (from Houston) Nevada
57 Sammy Mejia (PG) Detroit Pistons DePaul
58 Giorgos Printezis (SF) San Antonio Spurs (traded to Toronto) Olympia Larissa (Greece)
59 D.J. Strawberry (G) Phoenix Suns Maryland
60 Milovan Raković (C) Dallas Mavericks (traded to Orlando) Mega Ishrana (Serbia)

Selections by team


Several trades resulted in players changing teams on draft night. The following represents a team-by-team list showing where players ended up, after those transactions.

★ 'Atlanta Hawks': Al Horford, Acie Law IV

★ 'Boston Celtics': Gabe Pruitt, Glen Davis (via Seattle)

★ 'Charlotte Bobcats': Jared Dudley, Jermareo Davidson (via Golden State)

★ 'Chicago Bulls': Joakim Noah, Aaron Gray, JamesOn Curry

★ 'Cleveland Cavaliers': None

★ 'Dallas Mavericks': Nick Fazekas, Reyshawn Terry (via Orlando), Renaldas Seibutis

★ 'Denver Nuggets': None

★ 'Detroit Pistons': Rodney Stuckey, Aaron Afflalo, Sammy Mejia

★ 'Golden State Warriors': Brandan Wright (via Charlotte), Marco Belinelli, Stephane Lasme

★ 'Houston Rockets': Aaron Brooks, Carl Landry (via Seattle), Brad Newley

★ 'Indiana Pacers': Stanko Barać (via Miami)

★ 'Los Angeles Clippers': Al Thornton, Jared Jordan

★ 'Los Angeles Lakers': Javaris Crittenton, Sun Yue, Marc Gasol

★ 'Memphis Grizzlies': Mike Conley, Jr.

★ 'Miami Heat': Daequan Cook (via Philadelphia)

★ 'Milwaukee Bucks': Yi Jianlian, Ramon Sessions

★ 'Minnesota Timberwolves': Corey Brewer, Chris Richard

★ 'New Jersey Nets': Sean Williams

★ 'New Orleans Hornets': Julian Wright, Adam Haluska

★ 'New York Knicks': Wilson Chandler, Demetris Nichols (via Portland), Kevin Graham (via Atlanta)

★ 'Orlando Magic': Milovan Raković (via Dallas)

★ 'Philadelphia 76ers': Thaddeus Young, Jason Smith (via Miami), Derrick Byars (via Portland), Herbert Hill (via Utah)

★ 'Phoenix Suns': Alando Tucker, D.J. Strawberry

★ 'Portland Trail Blazers': Greg Oden, Rudy Fernández (via Phoenix), Petteri Koponen (via Philadelphia), Josh McRoberts, Taurean Green

★ 'Sacramento Kings': Spencer Hawes

★ 'San Antonio Spurs': Tiago Splitter, Marcus Williams

★ 'Seattle Supersonics': Kevin Durant, Jeff Green

★ 'Toronto Raptors': Giorgos Printezis (via San Antonio)

★ 'Utah Jazz': Morris Almond, Kyrylo Fesenko (via Philadelphia)

★ 'Washington Wizards': Nick Young, Dominic McGuire

Lottery


Teams were in the 2007 draft lottery either by being eliminated from playoff consideration or through prior trades with non-playoff teams. The NBA performed a tie-breaker on April 20 to determine which teams get which picks. Ties Broken for 2007 NBA Draft Order of Selection Draft Express The lottery was held on May 22, 2007 in Secaucus, New Jersey.
Fourteen ping-pong balls, numbered from one to 14, were placed in a bin to create 1,001 four-ball combinations. Each team was assigned a set number of four-ball combinations based on their won-loss record during the 2006-07 NBA season. Combinations were drawn to determine the top three picks, and then the remaining spots were assigned to the remaining teams based on their win-loss records.[3]
The first 14 picks were awarded as follows (with the winning lottery numbers for the top 3 picks).[4]
#Portland Trail Blazers (5–9–14–13)
#Seattle SuperSonics (14–4–11–10)
#Atlanta Hawks (5–6–9–4)
#Memphis Grizzlies
#Boston Celtics
#Milwaukee Bucks
#Minnesota Timberwolves
#Charlotte Bobcats
#New York Knicks (sent to Chicago Bulls)
#Sacramento Kings
#Indiana Pacers (sent to Atlanta Hawks)
#Philadelphia 76ers
#New Orleans Hornets
#Los Angeles Clippers
Despite having the three highest probabilities of earning a top-three pick, neither the Memphis Grizzlies (.643 probability of drawing a top three pick), Boston Celtics (.558), nor Milwaukee Bucks (.468), received a top-three pick. Mathematically, this situation occurs only 4.05% of the time.[5] Memphis, Boston and Milwaukee received the fourth, fifth and sixth picks, the lowest possible picks they could be awarded through the lottery.[6]
Below were the chances for each seed to get specific picks in the 2007 lottery (rounded to 3 decimal places)[7] (actual results in bold):
Seed Chances1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th
Memphis Grizzlies250.250.215.178'.357'
Boston Celtics199.199.188.171.319'.123'
Milwaukee Bucks156.156.157.156.226.265'.041'
Atlanta Hawks/Phoenix Suns
119.119.126'.133'.099.350.161.013
Seattle SuperSonics88.088'.097'.107 .261.359.084.004
Portland Trail Blazers53'.053'.060.070 .439.331.046.001
Minnesota Timberwolves53.053.060.070 '.572'.226.018
Charlotte Bobcats19.019.022.027 '.725'.196.011
Chicago Bulls (''from New York Knicks'')19.019.022.027 '.784'.143.005
Sacramento Kings18.018.021.025 '.846'.087.002
Atlanta Hawks (''from Indiana Pacers'')

8.008.009.012 '.907'.063.001
Philadelphia 76ers7.007.008.010 '.935'.039.001
New Orleans Hornets6.006.007.009 '.960'.018
Los Angeles Clippers5.005.006.007 '.982'


Pick would remain with Atlanta if it was in the top three. If it was not in the top three it would be transferred to the Phoenix Suns.



Pick would remain with Indiana if it was in the top ten.

Eligibility rules


Beginning with the 2006 draft, high school players are not eligible for selection. The collective bargaining agreement between the league and its players union raised the age limit for draft eligibility from 18 to 19.[8][9]

★ All drafted players, regardless of nationality, must be born on or before December 31, 1988 (i.e., they must be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft).

★ Players who graduated from a United States high school, regardless of nationality, must be at least one year removed from high school graduation.

References


1. The Celtics traded the #5 pick along with Delonte West, and Wally Szczerbiak to the Supersonics for Ray Allen and the #35 pick on the draft day.
Sonics' Allen traded to Celts for Wally, West & Green
2. Noah has American nationality by his birth in New York City, and acquired a French passport on August 10, 2007, qualifying through his father. He can also claim nationality via his mother, and is also eligible to play internationally for through his paternal grandfather.
3.
Inside The Numbers: 2007 Draft Lottery Demystified
4. NBA.com: Knowing The Numbers
5. Lottery Mania Dr. Matthew Leingang
6.
Riley joins lottery critics Michael Wallace
7.
For better or worse -- NBA draft lottery probabilities Rich Zuckerman
8. N.B.A. Draft Will Close Book on High School Stars Howard Beck
9. ARTICLE X: PLAYER ELIGIBILITY AND NBA DRAFT

External links



NBA.com Draft 2007

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