2012 NBA draft

Draft selections

Notable undrafted players

Eligibility rules

• All drafted players must be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In terms of dates, players eligible for the 2012 draft must be born on or before December 31, 1993.
• Any player who is not an "international player", as defined in the CBA, must be at least one year removed from the graduation of his high school class. The CBA defines "international players" as players who permanently resided outside the U.S. for three years prior to the draft, did not complete high school in the U.S., and have never enrolled at a U.S. college or university.

Entrants

Early entrants

College underclassmen

• Erik Austin – F, Jackson College
• Harrison Barnes – SF, North Carolina
• Will Barton – G, Memphis
• Bradley Beal – G, Florida
• J'Covan Brown – G, Texas
• Dominic Cheek – G, Villanova
• Jared Cunningham – G, Oregon State
• Anthony Davis – F/C, Kentucky
• Andre Drummond – C, Connecticut
• Dominique Ferguson – F, Florida International
• Justin Hamilton – C, LSU
• Maurice Harkless – F, St. John's
• John Henson – F, North Carolina
• John Jenkins – SG, Vanderbilt
• Perry Jones III – F, Baylor
• Terrence Jones – F, Kentucky
• Xavier Jones - G, Missouri State-West Plains
• Michael Kidd-Gilchrist – G, Kentucky
• Doron Lamb – G, Kentucky
• Jeremy Lamb – G/F, Connecticut
• Meyers Leonard – C, Illinois
• Damian Lillard – G, Weber State
• Kendall Marshall – PG, North Carolina
• Fab Melo – C, Syracuse
• Khris Middleton – F, Texas A&M
• Quincy Miller – F, Baylor
• Tony Mitchell – SF, Alabama
• Arnett Moultrie – F/C, Mississippi State
• Reeves Nelson – F, UCLA
• *Nelson left the Bruins in December 2011 and had been playing professionally for Žalgiris Kaunas before declaring for the draft.
• Austin Rivers – G, Duke
• Peter Roberson – C, Alabama
• Quincy Roberts – G, Grambling State
• Thomas Robinson – PF, Kansas
• Terrence Ross – G, Washington
• Avery Scharer – G, Shoreline CC
• Renardo Sidney – F, Mississippi State
• Jonathan Simmons – G, Houston
• Terrell Stoglin – G, Maryland
• Gerardo Suero – G, Albany
• Jared Sullinger – PF, Ohio State
• Marquis Teague – G, Kentucky
• Joston Thomas – F, Hawaii
• Hollis Thompson – F, Georgetown
• Rich Townsend-Gant – F, Vancouver Island U
• Dion Waiters – G, Syracuse
• Maalik Wayns – PG, Villanova
• Royce White – F, Iowa State
• D'Angelo Williams – G, Notre Dame
• Tony Wroten – G, Washington

  International players

Automatically eligible entrants

• They have completed 4 years of their college eligibility.
• If they graduated from high school in the U.S., but did not enroll in a U.S. college or university, four years have passed since their high school class graduated.
• They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team outside of the NBA, anywhere in the world, and have played under that contract.

• They are least 22 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In terms of dates, players born on or before December 31, 1990, are automatically eligible for the 2012 draft.
• They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team outside of the NBA within the United States, and have played under that contract.

  Draft lottery

Invited attendees

• Harrison Barnes, North Carolina
• Bradley Beal, Florida
• Anthony Davis, Kentucky
• Andre Drummond, Connecticut
• John Henson, North Carolina
• Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Kentucky
• Jeremy Lamb, Connecticut
• Meyers Leonard, Illinois
• Damian Lillard, Weber State
• Austin Rivers, Duke
• Thomas Robinson, Kansas
• Terrence Ross, Washington
• Dion Waiters, Syracuse
• Tyler Zeller, North Carolina

  Trades involving draft picks

Pre-draft trades

Draft-day trades