| 1 | 3 | | SF |  United Statessortname|Cody|Zeller
Notable undrafted playersThese players were not selected in the 2013 NBA draft but have played at least one game in the NBA.
| Player | Position | Nationality | School/club team | | SG | United Statessortname|Vander|Blue
Eligibility and entrantsThe draft is conducted under the eligibility rules established in the league's new 2011 collective bargaining agreement with its players union. The CBA that ended the 2011 lockout instituted no immediate changes to the draft, but called for a committee of owners and players to discuss future changes., the basic eligibility rules for the draft are listed below.
- 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 2013 draft must be born on or before December 31, 1994.
- 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.
Early entrantsPlayer who are not automatically eligible must declare their eligibility for the draft by notifying the NBA offices in writing no later than 60 days before the draft. For the 2013 draft, this date fell on April 28. Under NCAA rules, players will only have until April 16 to withdraw from the draft and maintain their college eligibility.
A player who has hired an agent will forfeit his remaining college eligibility, regardless of whether he is drafted. Also, while the CBA allows a player to withdraw from the draft twice, the NCAA mandates that a player who has declared twice loses his college eligibility.
College underclassmenForty-five college players declared for the draft.
- Steven Adams – C, Pittsburgh
- C. J. Aiken – F, Saint Joseph's
- Anthony Bennett – F, UNLV
- Vander Blue – G, Marquette
- Lorenzo Brown – G, North Carolina State
- Reggie Bullock – F, North Carolina
- Trey Burke – G, Michigan
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope – G, Georgia
- Michael Carter-Williams – G, Syracuse
- Adrien Coleman – G/F, Bethune-Cookman
- Allen Crabbe – G, California
- Dewayne Dedmon – C, USC
- Gorgui Dieng – C, Louisville
- Jamaal Franklin – G, San Diego State
- Kiwi Gardner – G, Midland College
- Archie Goodwin – G, Kentucky
- Tim Hardaway Jr. – G, Michigan
- Grant Jerrett – F, Arizona
- Christian Kabongo – G, Morgan State
- Myck Kabongo – G, Texas
- Shane Larkin – G, Miami (Florida)
- Ricky Ledo – G, Providence
- Alex Len – C, Maryland
- C. J. Leslie – F, North Carolina State
- Nurideen Lindsey – G, Rider
- Amath M'Baye – F, Oklahoma
- Ray McCallum Jr. – G, Detroit
- Ben McLemore – G, Kansas
- Tony Mitchell – F, North Texas
- Shabazz Muhammad – G/F, UCLA
- Nerlens Noel – C, Kentucky
- Victor Oladipo – G/F, Indiana
- Kelly Olynyk – C, Gonzaga
- Otto Porter – F, Georgetown
- Marshawn Powell – F, Arkansas
- Phil Pressey – G, Missouri
- André Roberson – F, Colorado
- Trevis Simpson – G, UNC Greensboro
- Tony Snell – F, New Mexico
- Tahj Tate – G, Delaware State
- John Taylor – G, Fresno Pacific
- Adonis Thomas – G/F, Memphis
- Deshaun Thomas – F, Ohio State
- B. J. Young – G, Arkansas
- Cody Zeller – F/C, Indiana
International playersFifteen players who did not attend college in the US or Canada between the ages of 18 and 22 declared for the draft.
- Álex Abrines – G/F, FC Barcelona
- Giannis Antetokounmpo – G/F, Filathlitikos B.C.
- László Dobos – C, Basket Zaragoza
- Rudy Gobert – C, Cholet Basket
- Livio Jean-Charles – F, ASVEL Basket
- Sergey Karasev – G/F, BC Triumph Lyubertsy
- Raulzinho Neto – G, Gipuzkoa BC
- Lucas Nogueira – C, CB Estudiantes
- Alexandre Paranhos – F, CR Flamengo
- Bogdan Radosavljević – C, FC Bayern Munich
- Dennis Schröder – G, Basketball Löwen Braunschweig
- Strahinja Stojačić – G, KK Smederevo
- Daniel Theis – F/C, Basketball Ulm
- Jānis Timma – F, BK Ventspils
- Marko Todorović – C, FC Barcelona
Automatically eligible entrantsPlayers who do not meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:
- 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.
Players who meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:
- They are least 22 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In terms of dates, players born on or before December 31, 1991, are automatically eligible for the 2013 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.
In addition to every college players who has completed their college eligibility and every "international" players who was born on or before December 31, 1991, the following player would also be eligible for selection in the 2013 NBA draft:
Draft lotteryThe first 14 picks in the draft belong to teams that miss the playoffs; the order was determined through a lottery. The lottery determined the three teams that will obtain the first three picks on the draft. The remaining first-round picks and the second-round picks were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season.
Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2013 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places.
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Invited attendeesThe NBA annually invites around 10–15 players to sit in the so-called "green room", a special room set aside at the draft site for the invited players plus their families and agents. The following 13 players were invited to the 2013 NBA draft.
- Steven Adams, Pittsburgh
- Anthony Bennett, UNLV
- Trey Burke, Michigan
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Georgia
- Michael Carter-Williams, Syracuse
- Sergey Karasev, Triumph Lyubertsy
- Alex Len, Maryland
- CJ McCollum, Lehigh
- Ben McLemore, Kansas
- Nerlens Noel, Kentucky
- Victor Oladipo, Indiana
- Otto Porter, Georgetown
- Cody Zeller, Indiana
Pre-draft tradesPrior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between the teams.
Draft-day tradesThe following trades involving drafted players were made on the day of the draft.
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