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Draft Watch: Fewer big names among latest international draft prospects

By Chad Ford
ESPN.com

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

In 2002, Yao Ming became the first international player to go No. 1 in the NBA draft. Yao's arrival -- combined with the emerging games of young international players like Dirk Nowitzki and Pau Gasol -- held the promise of the league being flooded with international prospects from around the world. In 2003, NBA teams drafted a record eight international players in the first round and another 12 in the second round. Fueled by Euro fever, Darko Milicic was taken ahead of Carmelo Anthony, Chris B ...

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