NBA's No. 1 draft picks of the 2000s

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NBA's No. 1 draft picks of the 2000s

The No. 1 picks in the NBA draft during the 2000s

In 2013, the Cleveland Cavaliers won the lottery and chose Anthony Bennett with the first pick of the draft. Bennett (15), driving to the basket in front of Kris Humphries of the Boston Celtics in the second half during the game at TD Garden on November 29, 2013 in Boston, averaged 4.2 points per game and 3.0 rebounds as a rookie (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)

In 2012, the New Orleans Hornets (now Pelicans) chose Anthony Davis with the draft's first pick. During the exhibition part of Davis' rookie season, he ran up against Al Horford of the Hawks in a game at Philips Arena. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

In 2011, the Cleveland Cavaliers took Kyrie Irving first overall. Here Irving shows intensity in guarding Jose Calderon (8) of the Toronto Raptors in the opening game of Irving's rookie season. (Photo by Mike Lawrie/Getty Images)

In 2010, the Washington Wizards made John Wall the first pick of the draft. Here Wall gets ready to dunk during the BBVA Rising Stars Challenge at the 2012 NBA All-Star Weekend at Amway Center in Orlando, Fla. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

In 2009, the Los Angeles Clippers won the draft lottery and took Blake Griffin with the No. 1 pick. Three years later the Clippers made the playoffs, losing to San Antonio in the Western Conference semifinals. Here, Griffin dunks over Tim Duncan of the Spurs in Game 4. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)

In 2008, the Chicago Bulls selected Derrick Rose with the first pick of the draft. Here Rose lets out a scream after an dunk against the Knicks at the United Center on March 12, 2012 in Chicago. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

In 2007, Portland chose Greg Oden with the first pick, just ahead of Kevin Durant, who went second, and Al Horford, who went third. Oden has played in 105 regular-season games, and he missed three seasons because of injuries. Here, Oden, standing, and Miami Heat teammates Larry Drew II and Eric Griffin fill out paper work at the Miami Heat Media Day on Sept., 30, 2013. (Gary Coronado/The Palm Beach Post)

In 2006, the Toronto Raptors chose Andrea Bargnani with the first pick of the draft. Now with the Knicks, Bargnani (77) is surrounded by members of the Boston Celtics underneath the basket in the second half during a game Dec. 13 in Boston. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)

In 2005, the top picks of the draft belong to the Milwaukee Bucks, who used it to select Andrew Bogut. He's now wtih the Golden State Warriors and went up against Tim Duncan of the Spurs in last season's Western Conference semifinals. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)

In 2003, the Cleveland Cavaliers won the lottery and chose LeBron James, an in-state high school star from Akron. He left the Cavs as a free agent and joined the Miami Heat. His stardom continuing to rise, here he gives a radio interview after a 96-94 win against the Brooklyn Nets after Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on May 14. (AP Photo)

In 2002, the Houston Rockets took Yao Ming with the first pick of the draft. Ming recently served as a delegate to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, held at the Great Hall of the People in March in Beijing. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

In 2001, Kwame Brown of Glynn Academy in Brunswick was the first player taken in the draft, by the Washington Wizards. In 12 NBA seasons, he averaged only 6.6 points per game. When NBA Commissioner David Stern greeted Brown on draft night, expectations were for a better career than that. Al Bello/ALLSPORT

The first NBA pick of the 2000s was Kenyan Martin by the New Jersey Nets. He finished this season with the New York Knicks and continues to have a solid, but not spectacular, NBA career. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

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In 2013, the Cleveland Cavaliers won the lottery and chose Anthony Bennett with the first pick of the draft. Bennett (15), driving to the basket in front of Kris Humphries of the Boston Celtics in the second half during the game at TD Garden on November 29, 2013 in Boston, averaged 4.2 points per game and 3.0 rebounds as a rookie (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)

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