I remember ... "Just high emotions and when they called my name No. 1. When they said, 'The Washington Wizards select Kwame Brown with the No. 1 pick,' I'll never forget those words. I didn't know I was going to be No. 1. No one knows. The draft is like that. If anyone tells you they know where they're going, they're lying.

"It was great. A lot of people want to run up there, a lot of people get nervous that they're going to fall. For me, I had both. I wanted to run up there, but then I was scared I was going to fall. It was so exciting."