Rodney Charles White (born June 28 1980 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where he was named National Freshman of the Year by ESPN, and was selected by the Detroit Pistons with the 9th overall pick of the 2001 NBA Draft. In four seasons for the Pistons, the Denver Nuggets, and the Golden State Warriors, …

Kwame James Brown (born March 10 1982 in Charleston, South Carolina) is an American NBA player who plays power forward and center for the Los Angeles Lakers. He was the first overall pick of the 2001 NBA Draft by the Washington Wizards, and was the first #1 draft pick to be drafted straight out of high school.

Eddie Griffin (born May 30, 1982 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent. He most recently played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, who waived him March 13, 2007. Selected out of Seton Hall University with the seventh pick of the 2001 NBA Draft by the New Jersey Nets, Griffin's draft rights were immediately traded to the Houston Rockets for Jason Collins, Brandon Armstrong, and the rights to Richard Jefferson.

William Anthony "Tony" Parker (born) is a French professional basketball player with the NBA's San Antonio Spurs and captain of France's national basketball team. After playing for two years in the French basketball league, Parker entered the 2001 NBA Draft and was selected by the San Antonio Spurs. He quickly became their starting point guard, helping the Spurs win three NBA Championships. Parker has been selected as an NBA All-Star twice and was the 2007 NBA Finals MVP.

Pau Gasol Sáez (born July 6 1980, in Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona province, Catalonia, Spain) is a 7'0" (2.13 m) Spanish basketball player. Gasol played in the Spanish ACB League for FC Barcelona, where he had an average of 11.3 points per game. He now plays in the National Basketball Association for the Memphis Grizzlies, with whom he won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 2002. Selected third overall in the 2001 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks, …

Jason Anthoney "J-Rich" Richardson (born January 20 1981, in Saginaw, Michigan) is an American professional basketball player, currently playing shooting guard for the National Basketball Association's Charlotte Bobcats. He recently played for the Golden State Warriors, from whom he was traded June 28, 2007 after six years with the team. The Warriors drafted him with the 5th overall pick in the 2001 NBA Draft out of Michigan State University.

Joe Marcus Johnson (born June 29 1981 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is a National Basketball Association player, currently a member of the Atlanta Hawks and the United States national basketball team. After playing two seasons at the University of Arkansas, Johnson was selected 10th overall by the Boston Celtics in the 2001 NBA Draft. While playing for the Razorbacks, Johnson led the team in scoring, averaging 16.0 points per game, and rebounding, …

Mehmet Okur (born May 26, 1979 in Yalova, Turkey) is a Turkish professional basketball player who currently plays for the Utah Jazz of the NBA. He is married to former Miss Turkey and model Yeliz Caliskan, and they have a daughter, Melisa, born on March 21, 2007.

Jamaal Lee Tinsley (born February 28 1978 in Brooklyn, New York) is an NBA basketball player, currently playing point guard for the Indiana Pacers. Tinsley was drafted out of Iowa State University by the Vancouver Grizzlies with the 27th pick of the 2001 NBA Draft, and was immediately dealt to the Pacers on draft night.

Troy Brandon Murphy (born May 2 1980, in Morristown, New Jersey) is an American professional basketball player, currently playing power forward for the NBA's Indiana Pacers. Murphy grew up in Sparta which is located in north west New Jersey. He attended the Delbarton School for four years before moving on to the University of Notre Dame, where he was a two-time consensus All-American before declaring himself for the 2001 NBA Draft.

Gerald Jermaine Wallace (born July 23 1982 in Sylacauga, Alabama) is a 6'7" (201 cm) American professional basketball player starting at small forward for the Charlotte Bobcats of the NBA.

Brandon Simone Armstrong (born June 16 1980 in San Francisco, California) is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. He played college basketball at Pepperdine University, and was selected by the Houston Rockets with the 23rd overall pick of the 2001 NBA Draft, but was traded, along with fellow Rockets draft picks Richard Jefferson and Jason Collins to the New Jersey Nets in exchange for the draft rights to New Jersey's Eddie Griffin.

Bobby Simmons (born June 2 1980 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA. Simmons played three years of college basketball for DePaul University before being selected in the second round (42nd pick overall) of the 2001 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics. Simmons's draft rights were traded to the Washington Wizards for Predrag Drobnjak on June 27, 2001. Bobby was traded by the Wizards on September 11, …

Albert Kedrick Brown (born March 18 1981 in Zachary, Louisiana) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball at Okaloosa-Walton College, and was drafted 11th overall by the Boston Celtics in the 2001 NBA Draft. Brown was considered a risky pick by some analysts, as he played college ball at the junior level, but was seen as having tremendous upside.

Terence Darea Morris (born January 11, 1979 in Frederick, Maryland) is a professional basketball player currently playing with Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Israeli league. A 6'9" forward from the University of Maryland, College Park, he was selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the 34th pick of the 2001 NBA Draft. His draft rights were traded to the Houston Rockets, with whom he played two seasons (2001-2003). He then spent the 2003-2004 season in the NBDL, …

Loren Woods (born 21 June 1978, in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American professional ex-NBA basketball player who is currently playing in Turkey, basketball club Efes Pilsen. Woods attended high school at Cardinal Ritter College Prep, where he teamed with ex-NBA player Jahidi White and Duke University standout Chris Carrawell. He started his college career at Wake Forest, where was supposed to take over the center position once Tim Duncan left.

Omar Cook (born January 28 1982 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American minor league professional basketball player. Cook originally went to Christ The King RHS and was later drafted out of St. John's University by the Orlando Magic as the third pick in the second round (31st overall) of the 2001 National Basketball Association Draft, but failed in his premature attempt to make the NBA. He was then traded to the Denver Nuggets, but failed to make the team.

Michael Thomas Bradley is an American professional basketball player in the ACB league for the Bruesa GBC. He is a 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m), 235 lb (107 kg), power forward. After attending Burncoat High School, he accepted a scholarship to play college basketball at the University of Kentucky. After his sophomore season at Kentucky, Bradley transferred to Villanova University where he starred. That season he averaged 20.8 points per game and 9.8 rebounds per game.

Trenton Lavar Hassell (born March 4, 1979 in Clarksville, Tennessee) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA. A 6'5", 233 lbs guard-forward from Austin Peay State University, Hassell was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the first pick in the second round (30th overall) of the 2001 NBA Draft. During his rookie season with Bulls in 2001-02, he appeared in 78 games, making 47 starts and averaging 8.7 ppg, …

Kirk Haston (born March 10 1979 in Lobelville, Tennessee) was a college and professional basketball player. He attended Perry County High School in Linden, Tennessee, where as a senior he was a part of the 37-0 Class A state championship team and was named Class A Mr. Basketball. His college career took place under head coach Bob Knight and Mike Davis at Indiana University where in the 2000-01 season he led the Big Ten in scoring and was a 3rd Team All-American selection.

Earl Joseph Watson Jr. (born June 12, 1979 in Kansas City, Kansas) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Seattle SuperSonics of the NBA. A 6'1", 195 lbs. point guard, Watson was selected in the 2nd round (39th overall) by the SuperSonics in the 2001 NBA Draft. He was a starter in college at UCLA, at one point playing alongside future NBA player Baron Davis.

Brian David Scalabrine (born March 18 1978 in Long Beach, California) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Boston Celtics of the NBA. A 6'9", 235 lbs. power forward from USC, Scalabrine was selected by the New Jersey Nets in the 2nd round (35th overall) of the 2001 NBA Draft. Nicknamed "Veal", he languished on the Nets bench for his first few years as the team's twelfth man and only logged in minimal minutes during the season.

Jeryl Henry Braxton Sasser (born February 13 1979 in Dallas, Texas) is an American professional basketball player currently playing for Bnei HaSharon of the Israeli basketball league. After graduating from Dallas' Justin F. Kimball High School, Sasser played college basketball at Southern Methodist University and was selected by the Orlando Magic as the 22nd pick in the 2001 NBA Draft. In two seasons for the Magic, he averaged 2.5 points per game.

Kenneth "Kenny" Satterfield a.k.a. "Serious Satellite" (born April 12 1981 in New York, New York) is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. At point guard, he previously played for the Denver Nuggets (2001-2002) and the Philadelphia 76ers (2002-2003). He was selected by the Dallas Mavericks with the 54th pick of the 2001 NBA Draft. He posted career averages of 4.3 points, 1.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists.

Alvin Jones is a professional basketball player. He was drafted by the the Philadelphia 76ers with the 57th pick of the 2001 NBA Draft. Played one season, averaging 1.1 points in 23 games. Went to college at the Georgia Institute of Technology. After his season in the NBA, he played one year in Poland and for some years in the spanish league (ACB), in teams such as Caja San Fernando Sevilla, Plus Pujol Lleida or Pamesa Valencia BC.

Robertas Javtokas is a Lithuanian basketball center playing for Panathinaikos in the Greek A1 and Euroleague. Member of Lithuania national basketball team since 2000. In the 2001 NBA Draft was selected by San Antonio Spurs as #56. Javtokas has very good athletic ability, long arms and good coordination. He is a good jumper who before his injuries had a 40 inch vertical and can easily dunk in traffic. Still has to work on his technique and to improve his free-throw shooting.

Antonis Fotsis ; born April 1, 1981 in Athens, Greece) is a Greek professional basketball player who currently plays for Dynamo Moscow. A forward and the first Greek-born basketball player to suit up for an NBA team, Fotsis was selected by the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2nd round (48th overall) of the 2001 NBA Draft. In his one and only season in the NBA, he appeared in 28 games for the Grizzlies during the 2001-02 NBA season averaging 3.9 ppg.

Jeffery (Jeff) Trepagnier (born July 11 1979 in Los Angeles, California) is an African American professional basketball player.

Damone Lamar Brown (born June 28 1979 in Buffalo, New York) is an American professional basketball player formerly in the NBA. After playing college basketball at Syracuse University, he was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the second round of the 2001 NBA Draft. Throughout his NBA career he has played for the 76ers, the Toronto Raptors, the New Jersey Nets and the Washington Wizards while averaging 2.8 points and 1.3 rebounds per game.

William (Will) James Solomon is an American professional basketball player who plays for Fenerbahçe Ülkerspor in the Turkish Basketball League. Solomon was first noticed at East Hartford High School in East Hartford, Connecticut. He held several records and is in several clubs in their schools basketball program such as "1000 Career Points", "All State", "All Conference", and the only member of the "NBA Draft" club.

Maurice Eugene Evans (born November 8 1978, in Wichita, Kansas) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA currently with the Los Angeles Lakers. A 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) swingman, Evans weighs 220 lb (100 kg). Evans, known for his strong defense and athleticism, played collegiately at Wichita State University for two seasons, but philosophical differences with then coach Randy Smithson caused him to transfer to the University of Texas at Austin.

Ousmane Cisse (born October 20 1982 in Bamako) is a professional basketball player from Mali who currently plays in Israel. Ousmane Cisse studied at St. Jude High School in Montgomery, Alabama, USA, and after graduating he was signed up to the 2001 NBA Draft and was selected as a 47th pick overall by the Denver Nuggets. After he was signed by the Denver Nuggets in 2001. He was injured and released, and then he moved to the Harlem Gilbertos, …

Alton Ford is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the National Basketball Association. He was selected 50th overall in the 2001 NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns. He played with the Suns from 2001 to 2003, and then with the Houston Rockets in the 2003-04 NBA season. He also played in Poland with Anwil Włocławek of the Polish Basketball League.

Jamison Rudy Van Brewer (born November 19 1980, in East Point, Georgia) is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He went to Auburn University and was selected by the Indiana Pacers in the 2nd round (41st overall) in the 2001 NBA Draft. He was signed as a restricted free agent by the New York Knicks in 2004. He was traded to the San Antonio Spurs in 2005.

Bryan Bracey (born August 5 1978, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American basketball player. He played his college basketball at the University of Oregon and was a first team All-Pac-10 selection in 2001. He was chosen in the second round (58th pick overall) of the 2001 NBA Draft by the San Antonio Spurs who released him in 2002

Maurice Cardale Jeffers (born April 3, 1979 in Morrilton, Arkansas) is an American professional basketball player. He was selected 55th in the 2001 NBA Draft by the Sacramento Kings.

Benjamin Ndubuisi Eze (born 8 February 1981 in Lagos) is a Nigerian basketball Center with Mens Sana Basket in Serie A in Italy. Eze was brought from Nigeria to Russia during the 1998-1999 season, where he played in 1 game with Autodor Saratov. After leaving Russia, Eze moved to the United States and signed to play with the University of Louisville Cardinals. However, Eze was declared ineligible because of the game in Russia for the 1999-2000 basketball year.

Raúl López Molist is a Spanish basketball player who played for the Akasvayu Girona in the ACB during the 2005-2006 season, lately transferred to Real Madrid (July 2006). He has previously played for the NBA's Utah Jazz. López is a native of Vic, Barcelona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. At 6'0" (1.83 m) tall, he plays point guard. In 1998, at 18 years old, he began his professional career with Joventut Badalona in the ACB league.

Ratko Varda is Serbian basketball player. He currently plays for Real Madrid Baloncesto. He came up through KK Partizan's system, before making himself eligible for 2001 NBA Draft. He ended up not getting selected but still found himself on the Detroit Pistons roster to start the 2001/02 season.

Mladen Šekularac is a Montenegrin professional basketball player currently playing for Sanex Antwerp Giants in the Belgium Basketball League. At one point Šekularac was projected as one of the biggest talents in the world of his generation, and a lock as an NBA lottery-pick candidate. His old club KK FMP Železnik at that time demanded a record breaking € 1,300,000 transfer fee to release him.