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2001–02 NBDL season

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League
  
NBDL

Top draft pick
  
Chris Andersen

Sport
  
Basketball

Picked by
  
Fayetteville Patriots

Top seed
  
North Charleston Lowgators

Season MVP
  
Ansu Sesay (Greenville Groove)

The 2001–02 NBDL season was the inaugural season for the National Basketball Development League. The league started with eight teams: Asheville Altitude, Columbus Riverdragons, Fayetteville Patriots, Greenville Groove, Huntsville Flight, Mobile Revelers, North Charleston Lowgators and Roanoke Dazzle. The season ended with the Groove defeating the Lowgators 2–0 in the best-of-three Finals series to win the inaugural NBDL championship.

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Statistics leaders

Source: Basketball-Reference

All-NBDL Teams

  • First Team:
  • Forward: Tremaine Fowlkes – Columbus Riverdragons
  • Forward: Ansu Sesay – Greenville Groove
  • Center: Thomas Hamilton – Greenville Groove
  • Guard: Isaac Fontaine – Mobile Revelers
  • Guard: Billy Thomas – Greenville Groove
  • Second Team:
  • Forward: Derek Hood – Mobile Revelers
  • Forward: Sedric Webber – North Charleston Lowgators
  • Center: Paul Grant – Asheville Altitude
  • Guard: Omar Cook – Fayetteville Patriots
  • Guard: Terrell McIntyre – Fayetteville Patriots
  • Honorable Mention:
  • Forward: Nate Johnson – Columbus Riverdragons
  • Forward: Rahim Lockhart – Greenville Groove
  • Forward: Gabe Muoneke – Columbus Riverdragons
  • Forward: Greg Stempin – Fayetteville Patriots
  • Center: Jeff Aubry – Fayetteville Patriots
  • Center: Eric Chenowith – Huntsville Flight
  • Guard: Nate Green – North Charleston Lowgators
  • Guard: Artie Griffin – Roanoke Dazzle
  • Guard: Fred House – North Charleston Lowgators
  • Guard: Jimmie Hunter – Huntsville Flight
  • Guard: Jeff Myers – Greenville Groove

    • Source: NBA.com

    Playoffs

    There were only 8 teams in the league. For the playoffs, the four teams with the best record in the league were seeded one to four. Each round of the playoffs were played a best-of-three series.

    Source: NBA.com

    References

    2001–02 NBDL season Wikipedia
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