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FIRST-ROUND PICKS IN THE NBA DRAFT

FIRST-ROUND PICKS IN THE NBA DRAFT
Dan Fegan of Creative Talent Management landed his client, Kenyon Martin, with the New Jersey Nets as the top pick in this year’s NBA draft Wednesday. Fegan had three other clients taken in the first round: DerMarr Johnson at No. 6, Donnell Harvey at No. 22 and Mamadou N’diaye at No. 26. Arn Tellem of SFX Sports Group had the busiest first round, with seven players selected.
Here are all 29 picks taken in the first round of last Wednesday’s draft, listed in the order they were chosen.
Team
Player
School
Agent
Agency
1 New Jersey Kenyon Martin Cincinnati Dan Fegan Creative Talent Management
2 Vancouver Stromile Swift LSU Bill Strickland Strickland & Ashe Management LLC
3 L.A. Clippers Darius Miles St. Louis High School Jeff Wechsler SFX Sports Group
4 Chicago Marcus Fizer Iowa State Henry Thomas Thomas Sports Management
5 Orlando Mike Miller Florida Arn Tellem SFX Sports Group
6 Atlanta DerMarr Johnson Cincinnati Dan Fegan Creative Talent Management
7 Chicago Chris Mihm Texas Jeff Austin Octagon
8 Cleveland Jamal Crawford Michigan Aaron and Eric Goodwin Goodwin & Associates
9 Houston Joe Pryzbilla Minnesota Bill Duffy Duffy & Associates Sports Management
10 Orlando Keyon Dooling Missouri Lon Babby Williams & Connolly
11 Boston Jerome Moiso UCLA Arn Tellem SFX Sports Group
12 Dallas Etan Thomas Syracuse Arn Tellem SFX Sports Group
13 Orlando Courtney Alexander Fresno State Aaron and Eric Goodwin Goodwin & Associates
14 Detroit Mateen Cleaves Michigan State Charles Tucker None
15 Milwaukee Jason Collier Georgia Tech Richard Howell Howell Sports
16 Sacramento Hidayet Turkoglu Turkey Lon Babby Williams & Connolly
17 Seattle Desmond Mason Oklahoma State Roger Montgomery Momentum Sports
18 L.A. Clippers Quentin Richardson DePaul David Falk SFX Sports Group
19 Charlotte Jamaal Magloire Kentucky Arn Tellem SFX Sports Group
20 Philadelphia Speedy Claxton Hofstra Bill Duffy Duffy & Associates Sports Management
21 Toronto Morris Peterson Michigan State Arn Tellem SFX Sports Group
22 New York Donnell Harvey Florida Dan Fegan Creative Talent Management
23 Utah DeShawn Stevenson Union (Calif.) High School Arn Tellem SFX Sports Group
24 Chicago Dalibor Bagaric Croatia Herbert Rudoy Interperformances
25 Phoenix Iakovos Tsakalidis Greece Steve Costalas None
26 Denver Mamadou N’diaye Auburn Dan Fegan Creative Talent Management
27 Indiana Primoz Brezec Slovenia Marc Cornstein None
28 Portland Erick Barkley St. John’s Andy Miller W. Sports
29 L.A. Lakers Mark Madsen Stanford Arn Tellem SFX Sports Group
Notes: Chicago traded the rights to No. 7 pick Chris Mihm to Cleveland for the rights to No. 8 pick Jamal Crawford and cash.
Houston traded the rights to No. 9 pick Joel Pryzbilla to Milwaukee for the rights to No. 15 pick Jason Collier.
Orlando traded Corey Maggette, Derek Strong and the rights to No. 10 pick Jeyon Dooling to the Los Angeles Clippers for a future first-round pick.

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