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Andrea Bargnani, an Italian power forward who played for Benetton Treviso, was selected first overall by the Toronto Raptors. He became only the second player without U.S. competitive experience to be drafted first overall, after Yao Ming in 2002.
The 2006 NBA draft was held on the 28th of June, 2006, at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It was broadcast in the United States on ESPN.
Brandon Roy, the sixth overall pick from the University of Washington, won the Rookie of the Year award for the 2006-07 season. He was originally drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves but his rights were traded to the Portland Trail Blazers on draft night.
Connecticut had five players selected in the 2006 draft: Rudy Gay, Hilton Armstrong, Marcus Williams, and Josh Boone in the first round, plus Denham Brown in the second round. This made Connecticut the first school to ever have five players selected in a two-round draft.
A new collective bargaining agreement between the NBA and the NBPA took effect for the 2006 draft, requiring players to be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft and at least one year removed from their high school graduation class. High school players had been eligible to enter the draft since 1995.
The New Orleans Hornets were operating under the temporary name New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets because New Orleans was still recovering from Hurricane Katrina after the 2005-06 season. The 2006 draft was the only time the franchise drafted under that hyphenated name.