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2013 NBA draft

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Date(s)
  
June 27, 2013

Network(s) (US)
  
ESPN

Time
  
7:30 pm (EDT)

2013 NBA draft

Location
  
Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York

First selection
  
Anthony Bennett, Cleveland Cavaliers

The 2013 NBA draft was held on June 27, 2013, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players. The lottery took place on May 21, 2013. This was the first draft for New Orleans under their new Pelicans name after playing as the New Orleans Hornets previously. It would also be the last draft for the Charlotte Bobcats under their old name, as they went back to playing under their old Hornets moniker that they last used in 2002 once the 2013–14 NBA season was over.

Contents

Highlights of the draft included the first Canadian number one selection (Anthony Bennett), who is now widely considered to be one of the biggest draft busts in league history due to his lack of output within his first few seasons. The selection of Anthony Bennett very much surprised Bill Simmons, who was an analyst at the draft, as he yelled "whoa" on national television immediately after David Stern announced the selection. The draft also included the first Canadian pair of lottery picks (Bennett and Kelly Olynyk), the first Iranian draft choice (Arsalan Kazemi), the first New Zealander first round pick (Steven Adams) and the last first round draft selections announced by then-NBA commissioner David Stern, the very last of which included a visit by Hakeem Olajuwon, Stern's first pick he ever announced back in 1984. He was replaced by current commissioner Adam Silver beginning with the 2014 NBA draft.

Notable undrafted players

These players were not selected in the 2013 NBA draft but have played at least one game in the NBA.

Eligibility and entrants

The draft is conducted under the eligibility rules established in the league's new 2011 collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with its players union. The CBA that ended the 2011 lockout instituted no immediate changes to the draft, but called for a committee of owners and players to discuss future changes. As of 2012, the basic eligibility rules for the draft are listed below.

  • 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 2013 draft must be born on or before December 31, 1994.
  • Any player who is not an "international player", as defined in the CBA, 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.

    • Early entrants

    Player who are not automatically eligible must declare their eligibility for the draft by notifying the NBA offices in writing no later than 60 days before the draft. For the 2013 draft, this date fell on April 28. Under NCAA rules, players will only have until April 16 to withdraw from the draft and maintain their college eligibility.

    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.

    College underclassmen

    Forty-five college players declared for the draft.

    International players

    Fifteen players who did not attend college in the US or Canada between the ages of 18 and 22 declared for the draft.

    Automatically eligible entrants

    Players who do not meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:

  • They have completed 4 years of their college eligibility.
  • If they graduated from high school in the U.S., but did not enroll in a U.S. college or university, four years have passed since their high school class graduated.
  • They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team outside of the NBA, anywhere in the world, and have played under that contract.

    • Players who meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:

  • They are least 22 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In terms of dates, players born on or before December 31, 1991 are automatically eligible for the 2013 draft.
  • They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team outside of the NBA within the United States, and have played under that contract.

    • In addition to every college players who has completed their college eligibility and every "international" players who was born on or before December 31, 1991, the following player would also be eligible for selection in the 2013 NBA draft:

  • Glen Rice Jr. – G, Rio Grande Valley Vipers (NBA D-League)

    • Draft lottery

    The first 14 picks in the draft belong to teams that miss the playoffs; the order was determined through a lottery. The lottery determined the three teams that will 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.

    Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2013 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places.

    ^ 1: Toronto Raptors' pick was conveyed to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

    Invited attendees

    The NBA annually invites around 10–15 players to sit in the so-called "green room", a special room set aside at the draft site for the invited players plus their families and agents. The following 13 players were invited (listed alphabetically) to the 2013 NBA draft.

  • Steven Adams, Pittsburgh
  • Anthony Bennett, UNLV
  • Trey Burke, Michigan
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Georgia
  • Michael Carter-Williams, Syracuse
  • Sergey Karasev, Triumph Lyubertsy
  • Alex Len, Maryland
  • C. J. McCollum, Lehigh
  • Ben McLemore, Kansas
  • Nerlens Noel, Kentucky
  • Victor Oladipo, Indiana
  • Otto Porter, Georgetown
  • Cody Zeller, Indiana

    • 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

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

    References

    2013 NBA draft Wikipedia
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