2006 NBA draft

The NBA Draft 2006 was conducted on 28 June 2006 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. In two rounds the 30 players from NBA teams were selected.

This was the first NBA Draft, in which no high school players were longer permitted. It could be only player to sign Draft, which until the end of 19 years old. U.S. players also had to be located at least a year after their high school graduation.

In the first place the Italian Andrea Bargnani was selected by the Toronto Raptors. He was the first European player who was selected in the NBA Draft at position 1.

With Thabo Sefolosha, the first Swiss was drafted in NBA history.

Round 1

Round 2

UConn makes history

From the University of Connecticut four players were selected in the 1st round: Rudy Gay, Hilton Armstrong, Marcus Williams and Josh Boone. This was immediately drawn to the record of Duke University in NBA Draft 1999 ( Elton Brand, Trajan Langdon, Corey Maggette and William Avery ) and the record of the University of North Carolina ( Marvin Williams, Raymond Felton, Sean May and Rashad McCants ) in the NBA Draft, 2005.

In the 2nd round even Denham Brown was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics. This was UConn the first college in the history of NBA Drafts from which ever five players were selected in the first two rounds of a draft year.

Unhandled player

  • Louis Amundson (United States United States), University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  • Jose Juan Barea (Puerto Rico Puerto Rico), Northeastern University, Boston
  • Nik Caner - Medley ( United States United States), University of Maryland, College Park
  • Mike Gansey (United States United States), West Virginia University
  • Thomas Earl Gardner (United States United States), University of Missouri
  • Justin Gray ( United States United States of America), Wake Forest University
  • Eric Hicks (United States United States), University of Cincinnati
  • Daniel Horton (United States United States), University of Michigan
  • Gerry McNamara (United States United States), Syracuse University
  • Pops Mensah - Bonsu (England England), George Washington University
  • Steven Smith (United States, United States ), La Salle University
  • Kevin Pittsnogle (United States United States), West Virginia University
  • Allan Ray (United States, United States), Villanova University
  • Curtis Stinson (United States United States), Iowa State University
  • CJ Watson ( United States United States), University of Tennessee
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