2010 NBA draft

2010 NBA draft
General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)June 24, 2010
LocationMadison Square Garden (New York City)
Network(s)ESPN
Overview
60 total selections in 2 rounds
LeagueNBA
First selectionJohn Wall (Washington Wizards)
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The 2010 NBA draft was held on June 24, 2010, at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The draft, which started at 7:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (2300 UTC), was broadcast in the United States on ESPN. In this draft, National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players. This draft set a record with five players being drafted from the same school in the first round. The players were John Wall (first), DeMarcus Cousins (fifth), Patrick Patterson (fourteenth), Eric Bledsoe (eighteenth), and Daniel Orton (twenty-ninth), all from the University of Kentucky. This draft also marked the second time an NBA D-League player was drafted, with the first case coming in 2008.

The Washington Wizards, who won the draft lottery on May 18, 2010, used their first overall draft pick to draft John Wall from the University of Kentucky. The Philadelphia 76ers, who also beat the odds in the draft lottery to obtain the second pick, selected Evan Turner from Ohio State University. The New Jersey Nets, who had the worst win–loss record in the previous season, used the third pick to select Derrick Favors from Georgia Tech.

The 2010 NBA draft is the last draft conducted at Madison Square Garden. The 2011 and 2012 NBA drafts were temporarily moved to Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, while the 2013 NBA draft would be held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York as the Garden underwent renovations during those summers of 2011–2013. After 2014, the draft would continue being hosted at the Barclays Center despite the renovations being done by the 2014 deadline.

This draft class had no Rookie of the Year because Blake Griffin, who was drafted first overall in the previous year's draft, missed his first season with an injury, but played in the 2010–2011 season and won the award. As of 2023, the only remaining active players from this draft are Paul George and Gordon Hayward.

Draft selections

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
John Wall was selected 1st by the Washington Wizards.
DeMarcus Cousins was selected 5th by the Sacramento Kings.
Gordon Hayward was selected 9th by the Utah Jazz.
Paul George was selected 10th by the Indiana Pacers.
Eric Bledsoe was selected 18th by the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team School/club team
1 1 John Wall* PG  United States Washington Wizards Kentucky (Fr.)
1 2 Evan Turner SF/SG  United States Philadelphia 76ers Ohio State (Jr.)
1 3 Derrick Favors PF  United States New Jersey Nets Georgia Tech (Fr.)
1 4 Wesley Johnson SF  United States Minnesota Timberwolves Syracuse (Jr.)
1 5 DeMarcus Cousins* C  United States Sacramento Kings Kentucky (Fr.)
1 6 Ekpe Udoh C  United States Golden State Warriors Baylor (Jr.)
1 7 Greg Monroe C  United States Detroit Pistons Georgetown (So.)
1 8 Al-Farouq Aminu SF  United States
 Nigeria
Los Angeles Clippers Wake Forest (So.)
1 9 Gordon Hayward+ SF  United States Utah Jazz (from New York via Phoenix) Butler (So.)
1 10 Paul George* SF/SG  United States Indiana Pacers Fresno State (So.)
1 11 Cole Aldrich C  United States New Orleans Hornets (traded to Oklahoma City) Kansas (Jr.)
1 12 Xavier Henry SG  United States Memphis Grizzlies Kansas (Fr.)
1 13 Ed Davis PF  United States Toronto Raptors North Carolina (So.)
1 14 Patrick Patterson PF  United States Houston Rockets Kentucky (Jr.)
1 15 Larry Sanders C  United States Milwaukee Bucks (from Chicago) VCU (Jr.)
1 16 Luke Babbitt SF  United States Minnesota Timberwolves (from Charlotte via Denver, traded to Portland) Nevada (So.)
1 17 Kévin Séraphin PF  France Chicago Bulls (from Milwaukee, traded to Washington) Cholet Basket (France)
1 18 Eric Bledsoe PG  United States Oklahoma City Thunder (from Miami, traded to LA Clippers) Kentucky (Fr.)
1 19 Avery Bradley SG  United States Boston Celtics Texas (Fr.)
1 20 James Anderson SG  United States San Antonio Spurs Oklahoma State (Jr.)
1 21 Craig Brackins PF  United States Oklahoma City Thunder (traded to New Orleans) Iowa State (Jr.)
1 22 Elliot Williams SG  United States Portland Trail Blazers Memphis (So.)
1 23 Trevor Booker PF  United States Minnesota Timberwolves (from Utah via Philadelphia, traded to Washington) Clemson (Sr.)
1 24 Damion James SF  United States Atlanta Hawks (traded to New Jersey) Texas (Sr.)
1 25 Dominique Jones SG  United States Memphis Grizzlies (from Denver, traded to Dallas) USF (Jr.)
1 26 Quincy Pondexter SF  United States Oklahoma City Thunder (from Phoenix, traded to New Orleans) Washington (Sr.)
1 27 Jordan Crawford SG  United States New Jersey Nets (from Dallas, traded to Atlanta) Xavier (So.)
1 28 Greivis Vásquez PG  Venezuela Memphis Grizzlies (from L.A. Lakers) Maryland (Sr.)
1 29 Daniel Orton C  United States Orlando Magic Kentucky (Fr.)
1 30 Lazar Hayward SF  United States Washington Wizards (from Cleveland, traded to Minnesota) Marquette (Sr.)
2 31 Tibor Pleiß C  Germany New Jersey Nets (traded to Oklahoma City via Atlanta) Brose Baskets (Germany)
2 32 Dexter Pittman C  United States Miami Heat (from Minnesota via Oklahoma City) Texas (Sr.)
2 33 Hassan Whiteside C  United States Sacramento Kings Marshall (Fr.)
2 34 Armon Johnson PG  United States Portland Trail Blazers (from Golden State) Nevada (Jr.)
2 35 Nemanja Bjelica PF  Serbia Washington Wizards (traded to Minnesota) Red Star Belgrade (Serbia)
2 36 Terrico White# SG  United States Detroit Pistons Ole Miss (So.)
2 37 Darington Hobson SF  United States Milwaukee Bucks (from Philadelphia) New Mexico (Jr.)
2 38 Andy Rautins SG  Canada New York Knicks Syracuse (Sr.)
2 39 Landry Fields SG  United States New York Knicks (from L.A. Clippers via Denver) Stanford (Sr.)
2 40 Lance Stephenson SG  United States Indiana Pacers Cincinnati (Fr.)
2 41 Jarvis Varnado PF  United States Miami Heat (from New Orleans) Mississippi State (Sr.)
2 42 Da'Sean Butler# SF  United States Miami Heat (from Toronto) West Virginia (Sr.)
2 43 Devin Ebanks SF  United States Los Angeles Lakers (from Memphis) West Virginia (So.)
2 44 Jerome Jordan C  Jamaica Milwaukee Bucks (from Chicago via Portland and Golden State, traded to New York) Tulsa (Sr.)
2 45 Paulão Prestes# C  Brazil Minnesota Timberwolves (from Houston) CB Murcia (Spain)
2 46 Gani Lawal PF  Nigeria Phoenix Suns (from Charlotte) Georgia Tech (Jr.)
2 47 Tiny Gallon# PF  United States Milwaukee Bucks Oklahoma (Fr.)
2 48 Latavious Williams# SF  United States Miami Heat (traded to Oklahoma City) Tulsa 66ers (D-League)
2 49 Ryan Richards# PF  United Kingdom San Antonio Spurs CB Gran Canaria (Spain)
2 50 Solomon Alabi C  Nigeria Dallas Mavericks (from Oklahoma City, traded to Toronto) Florida State (So.)
2 51 Magnum Rolle# PF  Bahamas Oklahoma City Thunder (from Portland via Dallas and Minnesota, traded to Indiana) Louisiana Tech (Sr.)
2 52 Luke Harangody PF  United States Boston Celtics Notre Dame (Sr.)
2 53 Pape Sy SF  France Atlanta Hawks STB Le Havre (France)
2 54 Willie Warren PG  United States Los Angeles Clippers (from Denver) Oklahoma (So.)
2 55 Jeremy Evans PF  United States Utah Jazz Western Kentucky (Sr.)
2 56 Hamady N'Diaye C  Senegal Minnesota Timberwolves (from Phoenix, traded to Washington) Rutgers (Sr.)
2 57 Ryan Reid PF  United States Indiana Pacers (from Dallas, traded to Oklahoma City) Florida State (Jr.)
2 58 Derrick Caracter PF  United States Los Angeles Lakers UTEP (Jr.)
2 59 Stanley Robinson# SF  United States Orlando Magic Connecticut (Sr.)
2 60 Dwayne Collins# PF  United States Phoenix Suns (from Cleveland) Miami (Sr.)
  1. ^ Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.
  2. ^ Al-Farouq Aminu was born in the United States to parents of Nigerian descent. He previously represented the United States at youth level, but has represented Nigeria internationally since 2012.
  3. ^ Xavier Henry was born in Belgium to an American father. He has represented the United States at youth level.
  4. ^ Andy Rautins was born in the United States to a Canadian father. He has represented Canada internationally since 2006.
  5. ^ Gani Lawal was born in the United States to a Nigerian father. He has represented Nigeria internationally since 2013.

Notable undrafted players

These players were not selected in the 2010 NBA Draft, but have played in at least one NBA game.

Jeremy Lin was a successful undrafted player.
Player Position Nationality School/club team
Patrick Christopher SG/SF  United States California (Sr.)
Sherron Collins PG  United States Kansas (Sr.)
Jerome Dyson G  United States Connecticut (Jr.)
Courtney Fortson PG  United States Arkansas (Sr.)
Jeff Foote C  United States Cornell (Sr.)
Jonathan Gibson PG  United States New Mexico State (Sr.)
Manny Harris PG/SG  United States Michigan (Jr.)
Darington Hobson SF  United States New Mexico (Jr.)
Dennis Horner PF  United States North Carolina State (Sr.)
Jeremy Lin PG  United States Harvard (Sr.)
Boban Marjanović C  Serbia KK Hemofarm (Serbia)
Elijah Millsap SG/SF  United States UAB (Sr.)
Tim Ohlbrecht PF/C  Germany Brose Baskets (Germany)
Arinze Onuaku PF/C  United States Syracuse (Sr.)
Miroslav Raduljica C  Serbia Efes Pilsen (Turkey)
Samardo Samuels PF/C  Jamaica Louisville (So.)
Alexey Shved PG/SG  Russia CSKA Moscow (Russia)
Donald Sloan PG  United States Texas A&M (Sr.)
Ish Smith G  United States Wake Forest (Sr.)
Jerry Smith G  United States Louisville (Sr.)
Lance Thomas PF  United States Duke (Sr.)
Edwin Ubiles SG/SF  United States Siena (Sr.)
Ben Uzoh PG  United States
 Nigeria
Tulsa (Sr.)

Eligibility

The basic eligibility rules for the draft are:

  • All drafted players must be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In terms of dates, players eligible for the 2010 draft must be born on or before December 31, 1991.
  • Any player who is not an "international player", as defined in the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the league and its players union, must be at least one year removed from the graduation of his high school class. The CBA defines "international players" as players who permanently resided outside the U.S. for three years prior to the draft, did not complete high school in the U.S., and have never enrolled at a U.S. college or university.

The basic requirement for automatic eligibility for a U.S. player is the completion of his college eligibility. 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, 1988). U.S. players who were at least one year removed from their high school graduation and have played professionally with a team outside the NBA (either top-level basketball in another country, or minor-league basketball in North America) were also automatically eligible. Former high school player Latavious Williams meets these criteria, having graduated high school in 2009, skipped college basketball and then played professional basketball in NBA D-League.

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. For the 2010 draft, this date fell on April 25. Under NCAA rules taking effect with this draft, they only had until May 8 to withdraw from the draft and maintain their college eligibility. Previously, players who declared for the draft could withdraw as late as 10 days before the draft (the withdrawal deadline under the CBA) and still maintain college eligibility. This year, a total of 80 collegiate players and 23 international players declared as early entry candidates. At the withdrawal deadline, 48 early entry candidates withdrew from the draft, leaving 50 collegiate players and five international players as the early entry candidates for the draft.

A player who has hired an agent will forfeit his remaining college eligibility, regardless of whether he is drafted. Also, while the CBA allows a player to withdraw from the draft twice, the NCAA mandates that a player who has declared twice loses his college eligibility. This second provision affected Mac Koshwal, Gani Lawal, and Patrick Patterson, all of whom declared for and withdrew from the 2009 draft.

This draft was expected to see an unusual influx of underclassmen, even compared with recent years, for reasons explained by ESPN.com columnist Eamonn Brennan in an April 2010 piece:

Because of a potential NBA labor dispute and the threat of an impending lockout in 2011, lots of current college basketball underclassmen have a more drastic decision to face. In addition to the traditional risk of injury, future pros will now have to decide if they want to risk the possibility of there not even being an NBA draft in 2011. Expect lots of these guys to cash in as early as possible, and expect this year's draft to be full of players testing the waters and going all-in a year or two before they should.

Early entrants

College underclassmen

The following college basketball players successfully applied for early draft entrance.

International players

The following international players successfully applied for early draft entrance.

Draft lottery

The first 14 picks in the draft belonged to teams which had missed the playoffs; the order was determined through a lottery. The lottery determined 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. As it is commonplace in the event of identical win–loss records, the NBA performed a random drawing to break the ties on April 16, 2010.

The lottery was held on May 18, 2010 in Secaucus, New Jersey. The Washington Wizards and Philadelphia 76ers beat the statistical odds by winning the first and second overall picks respectively. The New Jersey Nets won the third overall pick.

Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2010 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:

^ Denotes the actual lottery results
Team 2009–10
record
Lottery
chances
Pick
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th
New Jersey Nets 12–70 250 .250 .215 .177^ .358
Minnesota Timberwolves 15–67 199 .199 .188 .171 .319^ .124
Sacramento Kings 25–57 156 .156 .157 .155 .225 .265^ .041
Golden State Warriors 26–56 104 .104 .112 .121 .099 .373 .178^ .014
Washington Wizards 26–56 103 .103^ .111 .120 .238 .342 .082 .004
Philadelphia 76ers 27–55 53 .053 .060^ .070 .440 .331 .045 .001
Detroit Pistons 27–55 53 .053 .060 .070 .573^ .226 .018 .000
Los Angeles Clippers 29–53 23 .023 .027 .032 .725^ .184 .009 .000
New York Knicks[1] 29–53 22 .022 .026 .031 .797^ .121 .004 .000
Indiana Pacers 32–50 11 .011 .013 .016 .870^ .089 .002 .000
New Orleans Hornets 37–45 8 .008 .009 .012 .907^ .063 .001 .000
Memphis Grizzlies 40–42 7 .007 .008 .010 .935^ .039 .000
Toronto Raptors 40–42 6 .006 .007 .009 .960^ .018
Houston Rockets 42–40 5 .005 .006 .007 .982^

^ 1: New York Knicks' pick was conveyed to the Utah Jazz via the Phoenix Suns.

Trades involving draft picks

Pre-draft trades

Prior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between the teams.

Draft-day trades

Eric Bledsoe was selected 18th by the Oklahoma City Thunder and was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers

The following trades involving drafted players were made on the day of the draft.

See also


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