2003 NBA draft

Four of the top five picks are NBA All-Stars and "Redeem Team" Olympic Gold Medalists: Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade, and LeBron James.

Four of the top five picks of the 2003 draft became NBA All-Stars and "Redeem Team" Olympic Gold Medalists: Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade, and LeBron James.

Zaza Pachulia and David West won NBA championships with the Golden State Warriors in 2017 and 2018.

Luke Walton won three NBA championships, two as a player with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2009 and 2010 and one as an assistant coach with the Warriors in 2015.

^ a: Chris Kaman was born in the United States, but also has German citizenship through his great-grandparents and competes internationally for Germany.

However, it would also see the most withdrawn entries from underclassmen either in college, overseas, or even high school in the case of Charlie Villanueva with 27 total people doing exactly that.

LeBron James was one of the most anticipated first overall draft picks in the history of any sport. He is the second high school draftee to be a first overall pick, the first being Kwame Brown in 2001, and was followed by Dwight Howard in 2004. [ 6 ]
Carmelo Anthony was selected 3rd overall by the Denver Nuggets .
Chris Bosh , selected 4th overall by the Toronto Raptors , was the first member of the draft class to be elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame .
Dwyane Wade was selected 5th overall by the Miami Heat .
Chris Kaman was selected 6th overall by the Los Angeles Clippers .
David West was selected 18th overall by the New Orleans Hornets .
Josh Howard was selected 29th overall by the Dallas Mavericks .
Mo Williams was selected 47th overall by the Utah Jazz .
Kyle Korver was selected 51st overall by the New Jersey Nets (traded to the Philadelphia 76ers ).