2007 NBA draft
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The 2007 NBA draft was held on June 28, 2007, at the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It was broadcast on television in 115 countries.[1] In this draft, National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players.
| 2007 NBA draft | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Date(s) | June 28, 2007 |
| Location | WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden (New York City) |
| Network(s) | ESPN |
| Overview | |
| 60 total selections in 2 rounds | |
| League | NBA |
| First selection | Greg Oden (Portland Trail Blazers) |
Freshman Greg Oden from Ohio State University was drafted first overall by the Portland Trail Blazers, who won the draft lottery.[2] However, he missed the 2007–08 season due to microfracture surgery on his right knee during the pre-season.[3] Another freshman, Kevin Durant, was drafted second overall from the University of Texas by the Seattle SuperSonics,[4] and went on to win the Rookie of the Year Award for the 2007–08 season.[5] Oden and Durant became the first freshmen to be selected with the top two picks in the draft.[6] Al Horford, the son of former NBA player Tito Horford, was drafted third by the Atlanta Hawks.[7] Of the three top picks, Durant has been a League MVP, a two-time finals MVP and perennial All-Star while Horford has enjoyed a solid All-Star career. Oden, however, was beset by numerous microfracture surgeries on both knees that limited him to only 82 games from 2008 to 2010.
On the night after the draft, the Seattle Supersonics traded seven-time All-Star Ray Allen along with the draft rights of the 35th pick Glen Davis to the Boston Celtics in exchange for Delonte West, Wally Szczerbiak, and the draft rights to the 5th pick, Jeff Green.[8] The Portland Trail Blazers and the New York Knicks were also involved in a multi-player trade that sent Zach Randolph to the Knicks and Steve Francis to the Blazers.[9] Apart from those two trades, nine further draft-day trades were announced.[10]
The 2007 draft marked the first time three players drafted in the top 10 came from the same school: the University of Florida.[11] Florida, the 2007 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Basketball champion, tied the record set by the University of Connecticut in 2006 with five players selected in the first two rounds of an NBA draft.[12] Florida joined nine other schools, including Connecticut, that had five players selected in an NBA draft, second only to UNLV, which had six players selected in the eight-round 1977 draft.[12][13] Five players who competed in the 2007 NCAA Basketball National Championship Final were selected in the top 10; three players came from Florida, and two players came from the runner-up, Ohio State University.[14] This draft also set the record number of freshmen drafted in the first round when eight freshmen were selected.[15] Of the 60 players drafted, eight were freshmen, five were sophomores, 14 were juniors, 20 were seniors, and 13 were international players without U.S. college basketball experience. The Cleveland Cavaliers, Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers and Toronto Raptors all did not have a draft pick this year, although Indiana and Toronto each acquired a drafted player's rights after the draft.[10] As of 2024, the only remaining active NBA players from this draft are Kevin Durant, Al Horford, Mike Conley, and Jeff Green.
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| PG | Point guard | SG | Shooting guard | SF | Small forward | PF | Power forward | C | Center |
| * | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-NBA Team |
| + | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game |
| # | Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff game |
| ~ | Denotes player who has been selected as Rookie of the Year |
^ a: Yi Jianlian's year of birth has been widely disputed, with several sources claiming that Chinese basketball authorities falsified his year of birth from 1984 to 1987 to allow him a longer period of competition in international junior tournaments. A dedicated section of Yi's Wikipedia article discusses this issue and includes sources.
^ b: Joakim Noah, who was born in the United States to a French father and a Swedish mother, has dual U.S. and French citizenship.[36] He has represented France internationally since 2011.[37]
^ c: Taurean Green, who was born in the United States, became a naturalized citizen of Georgia in 2010. He has represented Georgia internationally since 2010.[38]
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These players were not selected in the 2007 NBA draft but have played at least one game in the NBA.
| Player | Position | Nationality | School/club team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Ahearn | PG |  United States |
Missouri State (Sr.) |
| Joel Anthony | C |  Canada |
UNLV (Sr.) |
| Gustavo Ayón | C/PF |  Mexico |
Baloncesto Fuenlabrada (Spain) |
| Bobby Brown | PG | United States |
Cal State Fullerton (Sr.) |
| Eric Dawson | PF/C | United States |
Midwestern State (Sr.) |
| Zabian Dowdell | PG | United States |
Virginia Tech (Sr.) |
| Andre Ingram | SG | United States |
American (Sr.) |
| Ivan Johnson | PF | United States |
Cal State San Bernardino (Sr.) |
| Trey Johnson | SG | United States |
Jackson State (Sr.) |
| Coby Karl | SG | United States |
Boise State (Sr.) |
| Oliver Lafayette | PG/SG | United States Croatia |
Houston (Sr.) |
| Cartier Martin | SF/SG | United States |
Kansas State (Sr.) |
| Gary Neal | SG | United States |
Towson (Sr.) |
| Mustafa Shakur | PG | United States |
Arizona (Sr.) |
| Courtney Sims | C | United States |
Michigan (Sr.) |
| Mirza Teletović | PF |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Saski Baskonia (Spain) |
| Anthony Tolliver | PF | United States |
Creighton (Sr.) |
| Darryl Watkins | C | United States |
Syracuse (Sr.) |
| Mario West | G | United States |
Georgia Tech (Sr.) |
The basic requirements for draft eligibility are:
The CBA defines "international players" as players who permanently resided outside the U.S. for three years before the draft, did not complete high school in the U.S., and have never enrolled at a U.S. college or university.[40]
The basic requirement for automatic eligibility for a U.S. player is the completion of his college eligibility.[41] Players who meet the CBA definition of "international players" are automatically eligible if their 22nd birthday falls during or before the calendar year of the draft (i.e., born on or before December 31, 1985).[42]
A player who is not automatically eligible must declare his eligibility for the draft by notifying the NBA offices in writing no later than 60 days before the draft.[43][44] An early entry candidate is allowed to withdraw his eligibility for the draft by notifying the NBA offices in writing no later than 10 days before the draft.[45] On June 19, 2007, NBA announced that 32 college players and 6 international players had filed as early-entry candidates for the 2007 Draft, while 46 players who had previously declared as early entry candidates had withdrawn from the draft.[16]
The following college basketball players successfully applied for early draft entrance.[46]
Arron Afflalo – G, UCLA (junior) Shagari Alleyne – C, Manhattan (junior) Corey Brewer – F, Florida (junior) Dwight Brewington – G, Liberty (junior) Wilson Chandler – F, DePaul (sophomore) Mike Conley Jr. – G, Ohio State (freshman) Daequan Cook – G, Ohio State (freshman) Javaris Crittenton – G, Georgia Tech (freshman) JamesOn Curry – G, Oklahoma State (junior) Glen Davis – F, LSU (junior) Kevin Durant – F, Texas (freshman) Jeff Green – F, Georgetown (junior) Taurean Green – G, Florida (junior) Spencer Hawes – C, Washington (freshman)
Al Horford – F, Florida (junior) Robert Earl Johnson – F, Clinton JC (freshman) Kellen Lee – F, Los Angeles CC (freshman) Dominic McGuire – F, Fresno State (junior) Josh McRoberts – F, Duke (sophomore) Joakim Noah – F, Florida (junior) Greg Oden – C, Ohio State (freshman) Kendaris Pelton – G, Martin Methodist (junior) Gabe Pruitt – G, USC (junior) Ramon Sessions – G, Nevada (junior) Jason Smith – F, Colorado State (junior) Rodney Stuckey – G, Eastern Washington (sophomore) Marcus Williams – F/G, Arizona (sophomore) Sean Williams – F, Boston College (junior) Brandan Wright – F, North Carolina (freshman) Julian Wright – F, Kansas (sophomore) Nick Young – G, USC (junior) Thaddeus Young – F, Georgia Tech (freshman)The following international players successfully applied for early draft entrance.[46]
Ralfi Silva Ansaloni – C, Praia Club (Brazil) Stanko Barać – C, Široki Brijeg (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Marco Belinelli – G, Fortitudo Bologna (Italy)
Kyrylo Fesenko – F/C, SK Cherkassy (Ukraine)
Yi Jianlian – F, Guangdong Southern Tigers (China)
Petteri Koponen – G, Tapiolan Honka (Finland)The first 14 picks in the draft belonged to teams that had missed the playoffs; the order was determined through a lottery. The lottery would determine the three teams that would obtain the first three picks on the draft. The remaining first-round picks and the second-round picks were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season. On April 20, 2007, the NBA performed a tie-breaker to determine the order of the picks for teams with identical win–loss record.[47]
The lottery was held on May 22, 2007, in Secaucus, New Jersey. The Portland Trail Blazers, who had the seventh-worst record in the previous season, won the lottery with just a 5.3% chance to win.[48] This was the fourth time that the Blazers had the first overall draft pick and the first time that the Blazers won the draft lottery since it was introduced in 1985.[49] The Seattle Supersonics, who had the fifth-worst record, and the Atlanta Hawks, who had the fourth-worst record, obtained the second and third pick, respectively.[48]
Three teams who had the worst records—the Memphis Grizzlies, the Boston Celtics and the Milwaukee Bucks—obtained the fourth, fifth and sixth pick, respectively. These were the lowest possible picks they could have obtained through the lottery.[50] The most recent draft in which the three worst teams did not receive the top three picks was in 1993.[51]
Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2007 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:[52][53][54]
| ^ | Denotes the actual lottery results |
| Team | 2006–07 record | Lottery chances | Pick | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | |||
| Memphis Grizzlies | 22–60 | 250 | .250 | .215 | .178 | .357^ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Boston Celtics | 24–58 | 199 | .199 | .188 | .171 | .319 | .123^ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Milwaukee Bucks | 28–54 | 156 | .156 | .157 | .156 | .226 | .265 | .041^ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Atlanta Hawks[1] | 30–52 | 119 | .119 | .126 | .133^ | .099 | .350 | .161 | .013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Seattle SuperSonics | 31–51 | 88 | .088 | .097^ | .107 | — | .261 | .359 | .084 | .004 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 32–50 | 53 | .053 | .060 | .070 | — | — | .439 | .331^ | .046 | .001 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Portland Trail Blazers | 32–50 | 53 | .053^ | .060 | .070 | — | — | — | .572 | .226 | .018 | .000 | — | — | — | — |
| Charlotte Bobcats | 33–49 | 19 | .019 | .022 | .027 | — | — | — | — | .725^ | .196 | .011 | .000 | — | — | — |
| New York Knicks[2] | 33–49 | 19 | .019 | .022 | .027 | — | — | — | — | — | .784^ | .143 | .005 | .000 | — | — |
| Sacramento Kings | 33–49 | 18 | .018 | .021 | .025 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .846^ | .087 | .002 | .000 | — |
| Indiana Pacers[3] | 35–47 | 8 | .008 | .009 | .012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | .907^ | .063 | .001 | .000 |
| Philadelphia 76ers | 35–47 | 7 | .007 | .008 | .010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | .935^ | .039 | .000 |
| New Orleans Hornets | 39–43 | 6 | .006 | .007 | .009 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | .960^ | .018 |
| Los Angeles Clippers | 40–42 | 5 | .005 | .006 | .007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | .982^ |
^ 1: Atlanta Hawks' pick would be conveyed to the Phoenix Suns if it was not in the top three.[r]
^ 2: New York Knicks' pick was conveyed to the Chicago Bulls.[l]
^ 3: Indiana Pacers' pick was conveyed to the Atlanta Hawks because it was not in the top ten.[m]
The following trades involving drafted players were made on the day of the draft.[55]
Before the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between the teams.
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