List of NBA drafted players
Center Darko Miličić (#2 ) is the highest drafted player from a Serbia-based club.
Czech forward Jan Veselý (#6 ) is the highest drafted non-Serbian player from a Serbia-based club.
The following is a list of men's basketball players that have played in a Serbia-based club before the NBA draft . The list has not included Serbian players selected in the draft while playing for a club based outside Serbia .
The National Basketball Association (NBA) holds an annual draft where teams select eligible players to join the league.
As of 2024 NBA draft [update] .
Note: Italics indicates countries and clubs that no longer exist.
Draft selections by club
Draft selections by country
Details
^ Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality on the draft day. 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 on the draft day.
^ a b The player was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina , but he represents Croatia in international competitions.
^ The player was born in France , played for the youth categories of the French national team, but later decided to represent Guinea in international competitions.
Trades involving draft picks and rights
^ The Grizzlies traded this pick to the Pistons for Otis Thorpe on August 7, 1997.[ 1]
^ The Memphis Grizzlies traded Darrell Arthur and 55th pick Joffrey Lauvergne to the Nuggets for Kosta Koufos .[ 3]
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July 27, 2013: Indiana Pacers to Phoenix Suns [ 4]
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July 25, 2012: Memphis Grizzlies to Cleveland Cavaliers [ 5]
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February 20, 2014: Cleveland Cavaliers to Philadelphia 76ers [ 6]
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June 27, 2012: Houston Rockets to Milwaukee Bucks [ 7]
June 27, 2013: Milwaukee Bucks to Philadelphia 76ers [ 8]
Philadelphia acquired draft rights to Ricky Ledo and Houston's 2014 second-round pick
Milwaukee acquired draft rights to Nate Wolters
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San Antonio Spurs and Philadelphia 76ers trade[ 9] [ 10]
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December 19, 2011: Golden State Warriors to Indiana Pacers [ 11] [ 12]
February 20, 2014: Indiana Pacers to Philadelphia 76ers [ 13]
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July 9, 2010: Miami Heat to Cleveland Cavaliers [ 14]
Cleveland acquired a 2011 second round pick, a 2012 second round pick, a 2013 first round pick, and a future first round pick (top 10 protected in 2015–16)
Miami acquired LeBron James
August 23, 2014: Cleveland Cavaliers to Philadelphia 76ers (three-team trade with Minnesota Timberwolves )[ 15] [ 16]
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July 13, 2012: Minnesota Timberwolves to New Orleans Hornets (now Pelicans)
New Orleans acquired the rights to Brad Miller 's expiring contract, the 2013 second round pick , and a 2016 second round pick
Minnesota acquired a Top 55 protected 2017 second round pick
July 27, 2012: New Orleans Hornets (now Pelicans ) to Phoenix Suns (three-team trade with Minnesota)
Phoenix acquired Wesley Johnson and a protected first round pick (Top-13 for 2013–2014, Top-12 for 2015–2016) that converts to two second round picks in 2016 and 2017 from Minnesota
Phoenix acquired the rights to Brad Miller 's expiring contract and the expiring contract of Jerome Dyson from New Orleans
New Orleans acquired Robin Lopez , Hakim Warrick , and cash considerations from Phoenix
Minnesota reacquired the 2013 second round pick they got back from New Orleans in their earlier trade and acquired a 2016 second round pick from New Orleans
Minnesota acquired a 2014 second round pick from Phoenix (via the Los Angeles Lakers )
January 9, 2015: Phoenix Suns to Boston Celtics
Boston acquired a Top 12 protected first round pick from 2015 and 2016 that converts to two second round picks in 2016 and 2017 from Phoenix via Minnesota
Phoenix acquired Brandan Wright
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June 23, 2016: Boston Celtics to Memphis Grizzlies
Memphis acquired draft rights to the No. 31st pick (Davis) and the No. 35th pick (Zagorac)
Boston acquired a 2019 first round pick
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July 10, 2013: New York Knicks to Toronto Raptors [ 17]
July 10, 2014: Toronto Raptors to Utah Jazz[ 18]
Toronto acquired Diante Garrett
Utah acquired Steve Novak and New York's 2017 second-round pick
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August 26, 2016: Utah Jazz to Philadelphia 76ers [ 19]
Utah Jazz acquired Kendall Marshall
Philadelphia acquired Tibor Pleiß and best and worst of four 2017 second-round picks: Golden State's second round pick and New York's second-round pick
^ January 7, 2014: Boston Celtics to Oklahoma City Thunder [ 20]
Boston acquired Jerryd Bayless (from Memphis) and Ryan Gomes (from Oklahoma City)
Memphis acquired Courtney Lee (from Boston), a 2016 second-round pick (from Boston), and cash considerations (from Oklahoma City)
Oklahoma City acquired Philadelphia's 2014 second-round pick and a 2017 conditional second-round pick, both from Memphis
August 30, 2016: Oklahoma City Thunder to Denver Nuggets [ 21]
Oklahoma City acquired Joffrey Lauvergne
Denver acquired Memphis's 2017 second-round pick and Oklahoma City's 2017 second-round pick
^ February 19, 2015: Houston Rockets to New York Knicks [ 22]
New York acquired Alexey Shved , Houston's 2017 second-round pick , and Houston's 2019 second-round pick
Houston acquired Pablo Prigioni
^ July 10, 2013: Golden State Warriors to Utah Jazz (three-team trade with Denver Nuggets )[ 23]
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February 23, 2017: Atlanta Hawks to Philadelphia 76ers [ 24]
Atlanta acquired Ersan İlyasova
Philadelphia acquired Tiago Splitter , Miami's protected 2017 second-round draft pick , and the right to swap Atlanta's 2017 second-round pick for the worse of the two picks Philadelphia acquired from Utah
^ July 12, 2013: Sacramento Kings to Milwaukee Bucks [ 26] [ 27]
Milwaukee acquired a 2016 second-round pick and the right to swap 2019 second-round picks between Sacramento and Milwaukee
Sacramento acquired Luc Mbah a Moute
^ January 3, 2019: Memphis Grizzlies to Chicago Bulls [ 28]
^ June 26, 2015: New York Knicks to Philadelphia 76ers [ 29]
Philadelphia acquired a 2020 second-round pick, a 2021 second-round pick , and cash considerations
New York acquired the draft rights to Willy Hernangómez
^ November 18, 2020: Utah Jazz to New Orleans Pelicans [ 30]
New Orleans acquired cash considerations and a 2022 second-round pick
Utah acquired the draft rights to Elijah Hughes
^ February 6, 2019: Chicago Bulls to Washington Wizards [ 31]
July 1, 2019: Chicago Bulls to Washington Wizards [ 32]
Washington acquired removal of protections on Chicago's 2023 second-round pick and additional future draft compensation
Chicago acquired Tomas Satoransky
August 6, 2021: Washington Wizards to Los Angeles Lakers (five-team trade with Indiana , San Antonio , and Brooklyn )[ 33]
LA Lakers acquired Russell Westbrook and 2023 , 2024, and 2028 second-round picks
Washington acquired Spencer Dinwiddie , Aaron Holiday , Kentavious Caldwell-Pope , Kyle Kuzma , Montrezl Harrell , the draft rights to forward Isaiah Todd , and cash considerations from Indiana
San Antonio acquired a 2022 second-round draft pick and Chandler Hutchison
Indiana acquired the draft rights to Isaiah Jackson
Brooklyn acquired the draft rights to Nikola Milutinov , a 2024 second-round pick, and the option to swap a 2025 second-round pick with Washington
January 23, 2023: Los Angeles Lakers to Washington Wizards [ 34]
^ July 16, 2019: Houston Rockets to Oklahoma City Thunder [ 35] [ 36]
Oklahoma City acquired Chris Paul , 2024 and 2026 first-round picks, and right to swap 2021 and 2025 first-round selections
Houston acquired Russell Westbrook
^ Boeck, Greg (August 8, 1997). "Thorpe trade frees Pistons to chase Bulls' Williams". USA Today . p. 12C. Enlund, Tom (June 28, 2003). "Selections have Pistons popping; Sonics also do well on draft day". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . p. 3C.
^ "Milovan Rakovic Draft 2007 Profile" . NBA.com . Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved August 19, 2009 .
^ "Nerlens Noel heading to Philly" . ESPN.com . 2013-06-28. Retrieved 2013-06-28 .
^ "Suns Make Important Trade for Future" . NBA.com . July 27, 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2014 .
^ "Cavaliers Acquire Pargo and 2014 Second Round Pick From Grizzlies" . NBA.com . July 25, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2014 .
^ "Sixers Acquire Two Second-Round Picks in 2014 NBA Draft From Cleveland Cavaliers" . NBA.com . February 20, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
^ "Center Samuel Dalembert and 14th Draft Pick Highlight Trade with Rockets" . NBA.com . June 27, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2014 .
^ "Bucks Acquire Draft Rights to Nate Wolters" . NBA.com . June 27, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2014 .
^ "San Antonio selects Kyle Anderson in 2014 NBA draft; acquire rights to Nemanja Dangubic from 76ers" . NBA.com . June 27, 2014. Retrieved August 24, 2014 .
^ "Sixers Acquire Draft Rights To Jordan McRae From San Antonio Spurs" . NBA.com . June 27, 2014. Retrieved August 24, 2014 .
^ "Pacers Acquire Amundson from Golden State" . NBA.com . December 19, 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2015 .
^ "Brandon Rush NBA Stats" . Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 23, 2015 .
^ "Sixers Trade Evan Turner and Lavoy Allen to Indiana for Danny Granger and Future Second-round Pick" . NBA.com . February 20, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2015 .
^ "Sign-And-Trade Deal Between Heat And Cavs Officially Puts LeBron James In Miami" . SBNation.com . July 10, 2010. Retrieved May 20, 2016 .
^ "Philadelphia 76ers Acquire 2015 First-round Pick From Minnesota" . NBA.com . August 23, 2010. Retrieved May 6, 2015 .
^ "Cavs Acquire All-Star Forward Kevin Love" . NBA.com . August 23, 2010. Retrieved May 6, 2015 .
^ "Knicks acquire Bargnani in trade, sign Prigioni" . NBA.com . Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. July 10, 2013. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2017 .
^ "Jazz acquire Novak through trade with Raptors" . NBA.com . Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. July 10, 2014. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2017 .
^ "Sixers Complete Trade With Utah" . NBA.com . Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. August 26, 2016. Retrieved May 28, 2017 .
^ "Grizzlies acquire Courtney Lee and 2016 second round Draft pick in three team trade" . NBA.com . Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. January 7, 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2017 .
^ "Nuggets Acquire Two Second Round Picks From Oklahoma City" . NBA.com . Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. August 30, 2016. Retrieved August 31, 2016 .
^ "Knicks Acquire Alexey Shved and Two Draft Picks" . NBA.com . Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. February 19, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2017 .
^ "Warriors Acquire Andre Iguodala from Denver Nuggets as Part of Three-Team Trade" . NBA.com . Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. July 10, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2017 .
^ "Hawks Acquire Ersan Ilyasova, Trade Tiago Splitter" . NBA.com . Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. February 23, 2017. Retrieved May 27, 2017 .
^ "Bucks Acquire Draft Rights to Sterling Brown" . NBA.com . July 6, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2017 .
^ "Kings Acquire Luc Mbah a Moute" . NBA.com . July 12, 2013. Retrieved May 15, 2019 .
^ "The Kings final record won't help them in either round of the 2019 draft" . SBNation.com . Aug 17, 2018.
^ "Memphis Grizzlies acquire Justin Holiday from Chicago Bulls" . National Basketball Association. January 3, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2020 .
^ "Knicks Acquire Guillermo Hernangomez" . NBA.com . 26 Jun 2015. Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2021 .
^ "Jazz acquire draft rights to Elijah Hughes" . National Basketball Association. November 18, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2020 .
^ Bobby, Marks; Wright, Michael C.; Andrews, Malika (February 6, 2019). "Bulls get Otto Porter Jr. from Wizards for Bobby Portis, Jabari Parker" . ESPN.com . Retrieved June 22, 2023 .
^ Patt, Jason (July 1, 2019). "Bulls Acquire Tomas Satoransky In Sign-And-Trade Deal" . Forbes.com . Retrieved June 22, 2023 .
^ "Washington acquires six players in five-team trade" . NBA. August 6, 2021. Archived from the original on August 7, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2021 .
^ "Lakers acquire Rui Hachimura from Wizards" . NBA.com . January 23, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023 .
^ "Rockets Acquire Eight-Time All-Star Russell Westbrook" . NBA.com . Archived from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved July 17, 2019 .
^ Zucker, Joseph. "Russell Westbrook Traded to Rockets from Thunder for Chris Paul, Picks" . Bleacher Report . Retrieved June 3, 2024 .
^ "Atlanta Hawks Acquire Draft Rights to Nikola Djurisic" . NBA. June 27, 2024. Retrieved June 28, 2024 .
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