NBA DRAFT HISTORY -1997
|
Player |
College |
|
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1. San Antonio |
Tim Duncan |
Wake Forest |
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2. Philadelphia |
Keith Van Horn |
Utah |
|
3. Boston |
Chauncey Billups |
Colorado |
|
4. Vancouver |
Antonio Daniels |
Bowling Green |
|
5. Denver |
Tony Battie |
Texas Tech |
|
6. Boston |
Ron Mercer |
Kentucky |
|
7. New Jersey |
Tim Thomas |
Villanova |
|
8. Golden State |
Adonal Foyle |
Colgate |
|
9. Toronto |
Tracy McGrady |
Mount Zion Academy (HS) |
|
10. Milwaukee |
Danny Fortson |
Cincinnati |
|
11. Sacramento |
Olivier Saint-Jean |
San Jose State |
|
12. Indiana |
Austin Croshere |
Providence |
|
13. Cleveland |
Derek Anderson |
Kentucky |
|
14. LA Clippers |
Maurice Taylor |
Michigan |
|
15. Dallas |
Kelvin Cato |
Iowa State |
|
16. Cleveland |
Brevin Knight |
Stanford |
|
17. Orlando |
Johnny Taylor |
Tennessee-Chattanooga |
|
18. Portland |
Chris Anstey |
(Australia) |
|
19. Detroit |
Scot Pollard |
Kansas |
|
20. Minnesota |
Paul Grant |
Wisconsin |
|
21. New Jersey |
Anthony Parker |
Bradley |
|
22. Atlanta |
Ed Gray |
California |
|
23. Seattle |
Bobby Jackson |
Minnesota |
|
24. Houston |
Rodrick Rhodes |
USC |
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25. New York |
John Thomas |
Minnesota |
|
26. Miami |
Charles Smith |
New Mexico |
|
27. Utah |
Jacque Vaughn |
Kansas |
|
28. Chicago |
Keith Booth |
Maryland |
Draft Notes:
*Washington forfeited its 1st round pick as compensation for re-signing
free-agent Juwan Howard in 1996.
|
Player |
College |
|
30. Houston
|
Serge Zwikker |
North Carolina |
|
31. Miami |
Mark Sanford |
Washington |
|
32. Detroit |
Charles O'Bannon |
UCLA |
|
33. Denver |
James Cotton |
Long Beach State |
|
34. Philadelphia |
Marko Milic |
(Slovenia) |
|
35. Dallas |
Bubba Wells |
Austin Peay |
|
36. Philadelphia |
Kebu Stewart |
Cal-State Bakersfield |
|
37. Philadelphia |
James Collins |
Florida State |
|
38. Golden State |
Marc Jackson |
Temple |
|
39. Milwaukee |
Jerald Honeycutt |
Tulane |
|
40. Sacramento |
Anthony Johnson |
College of Charleston |
|
41. Seattle |
Eddie Elisma |
Georgia Tech |
|
42. Denver |
Jason Lawson |
Villanova |
|
43. Phoenix |
Stephen Jackson |
Butler CC (Kansas) |
|
44. Minnesota |
Gordon Malone |
West Virginia |
|
45. Cleveland |
Cedric Henderson |
Memphis |
|
46. Washington |
God Shammgod |
Providence |
|
47. Orlando |
Eric Washington |
Alabama |
|
48. Portland |
Alvin Williams |
Villanova |
|
49. Washington |
Predrag Drobnjak |
(Yugoslavia) |
|
50. Atlanta |
Alain Digbeau |
(France) |
|
51. Atlanta |
Chris Crawford |
Marquette |
|
52. LA Lakers |
DeJuan Wheat |
Louisville |
|
53. Vancouver |
C.J. Bruton |
Indian Hills CC (Iowa) |
|
54. Lakers |
Paul Rogers |
Gonzaga LA |
|
55. Seattle |
Mark Blount |
Pittsburgh |
|
56. Boston |
Ben Pepper |
(Australia) |
|
57. Utah |
Nate Erdmann |
Oklahoma |
|
58. Chicago |
Roberto Cueñas |
(Spain) |