1997 NBA draft

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1997 NBA draft
General information
Date(s) June 25, 1997.
Time 7:30 pm (EDT)
Location Charlotte, North Carolina
Network(s) (US) TNT
First selection Tim Duncan, San Antonio Spurs
NBA draft
< 1996 1998 >

The 1997 NBA draft took place on June 25, 1997 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Although the Boston Celtics had the second worst record in the 1996–97 season and the best odds (36 percent) of winning the lottery with two picks, the Spurs, usually a model of winning and consistency, lost David Robinson and Sean Elliott to injury early in the season and finished with the third worst record, subsequently winning the lottery. Leading up to the draft, there was no doubt that Tim Duncan would be selected at No. 1 by the Spurs, and in fact the rest of the draft was regarded with some skepticism.[1] The Celtics would end up with the third and sixth picks selecting Chauncey Billups and Ron Mercer, both of whom were traded in the next two years.

Note: The Washington Wizards forfeited their 1997 first-round pick in connection with the signing of Juwan Howard. Washington would have had the 17th pick.

* Denotes player who has been selected for (an) All-Star Game(s) and (an) All-NBA Team(s)
+ Denotes player who has been selected for (an) All-Star Game(s)
x Denotes player who has been selected for (an) All-NBA Team(s)
− Denotes player who never played in the NBA

Draft selections

Tim Duncan was selected 1st overall by the San Antonio Spurs.
Chauncey Billups was selected 3rd overall by the Boston Celtics.
Tracy McGrady was selected 9th overall by the Toronto Raptors.
Round Pick Player Position Nationality[n 1] NBA team School/Club team
1 1 Tim Duncan PF/C  United States[n 2] San Antonio Spurs Wake Forest (Sr.)
1 2 Keith Van Horn PF  United States Philadelphia 76ers Utah (Sr.)
1 3 Chauncey Billups PG  United States Boston Celtics Colorado (So.)
1 4 Antonio Daniels PG  United States Vancouver Grizzlies Bowling Green (Sr.)
1 5 Tony Battie C/F  United States Denver Nuggets Texas Tech (Jr.)
1 6 Ron Mercer SF  United States Boston Celtics (from Dallas) Kentucky (So.)
1 7 Tim Thomas SF  United States New Jersey Nets Villanova (Fr.)
1 8 Adonal Foyle C  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Golden State Warriors Colgate (Jr.)
1 9 Tracy McGrady* SG/SF  United States Toronto Raptors Mt. Zion Christian Academy (Durham, North Carolina)
1 10 Danny Fortson* PF  United States Milwaukee Bucks Cincinnati (Jr.)
1 11 Tariq Abdul-Wahad SF  France Sacramento Kings San Jose State (Sr.)
1 12 Austin Croshere PF  United States Indiana Pacers Providence (Sr.)
1 13 Derek Anderson SG  United States Cleveland Cavaliers Kentucky (Sr.)
1 14 Maurice Taylor PF  United States Los Angeles Clippers Michigan (Jr.)
1 15 Kelvin Cato C  United States Dallas Mavericks (from Minnesota) Iowa State (Jr.)
1 16 Brevin Knight PG  United States Cleveland Cavaliers (from Phoenix) Stanford (Sr.)
1 17 Johnny Taylor PF  United States Orlando Magic Chattanooga (Sr.)
1 18 Chris Anstey PF  Australia Portland Trail Blazers SE Melbourne Magic (Australia)
1 19 Scot Pollard C  United States Detroit Pistons Kansas (Sr.)
1 20 Paul Grant C  United States Minnesota Timberwolves (from Charlotte via Milwaukee and Portland) Wisconsin (Sr.)
1 21 Anthony Parker SG  United States New Jersey Nets(from L.A. Lakers) Bradley (Sr.)
1 22 Ed Gray PG/SG  United States Atlanta Hawks California (Sr.)
1 23 Bobby Jackson PG  United States Seattle SuperSonics Minnesota (Sr.)
1 24 Rodrick Rhodes SG  United States Houston Rockets USC (Sr.)
1 25 John Thomas C  United States New York Knicks Minnesota (Sr.)
1 26 Charles Smith SG  United States Miami Heat New Mexico (Sr.)
1 27 Jacque Vaughn PG  United States Utah Jazz Kansas (Sr.)
1 28 Keith Booth SF  United States Chicago Bulls Maryland (Sr.)
2 29 Serge Zwikker C  Netherlands Houston Rockets (from Vancouver) North Carolina (Sr.)
2 30 Mark Sanford SF/PF  United States Miami Heat (from Boston) Washington (Jr.)
2 31 Charles O'Bannon PG  United States Detroit Pistons (from San Antonio) UCLA (Sr.)
2 32 James Cotton+ SF  United States Denver Nuggets Long Beach State (Sr.)
2 33 Marko Milič PG/SG  Slovenia Philadelphia 76ers Smelt Olimpija (Slovenia)
2 34 Bubba Wells SF/PF  United States Dallas Mavericks Austin Peay (Sr.)
2 35 Kebu Stewart SF/PF  United States Philadelphia 76ers (from New Jersey Nets) Cal State Bakersfield (Sr.)
2 36 James Collins PG/SG  United States Philadelphia 76ers(from Toronto) Florida State (Sr.)
2 37 Marc Jackson SF/PF  United States Golden State Warriors Temple (Sr.)
2 38 Jerald Honeycutt PF  United States Milwaukee Bucks Tulane (Sr.)
2 39 Anthony Johnson PG/SG  United States Sacramento Kings College of Charleston (Sr.)
2 40 Ed Elisma SF  United States Seattle SuperSonics(from L.A. Clippers) Georgia Tech (Sr.)
2 41 Jason Lawson C  United States Denver Nuggets(from Indiana) Villanova (Sr.)
2 42 Stephen Jackson SG  United States Phoenix Suns Butler CC (Sr.)
2 43 Gordon Malone SF  United States Minnesota Timberwolves West Virginia (Sr.)
2 44 Cedric Henderson PF  United States Cleveland Cavaliers Memphis (Sr.)
2 45 God Shammgod PG  United States Washington Bullets Providence (Sr.)
2 46 Eric Washington SG  United States Orlando Magic(traded to Denver) Alabama (Sr.)
2 47 Alvin Williams PG  United States Portland Trailblazers Villanova (Sr.)
2 48 Predrag Drobnjak C  Yugoslavia Washington Bullets(from Charlotte) KK Partizan (Serbia)
2 49 Alain Digbeu SG  France Atlanta Hawks(from Detroit) ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne (France)
2 50 Chris Crawford− SF  United States Atlanta Hawks Marquette (Sr.)
2 51 DeJuan Wheat PG  United States Los Angeles Lakers Louisville (Sr.)
2 52 C.J. Bruton PG/SG  Australia Vancouver Grizzlies(from Houston) Indian Hills CC (Senior)
2 53 Paul Rogers C  Australia Los Angeles Lakers (from New York) Gonzaga (Sr.)
2 54 Mark Blount C  United States Seattle SuperSonics Pittsburgh (So.)
2 55 Ben Pepper C  Australia Boston Celtics (from Miami) Newcastle Falcons (Australia)
2 56 Nate Erdmann SG  United States Utah Jazz Oklahoma (Senior)
2 57 Roberto Dueñas C  Spain Chicago Bulls FC Barcelona (Spain)
  1. ↑ Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.
  2. ↑ Tim Duncan is a United States citizen by birth, as are all natives of the U.S. Virgin Islands, he has represented the United States internationally.[2]

Notable undrafted players

These players were not selected in the 1997 NBA Draft but have played in the NBA.

Despite going undrafted Pat Burke gained notability through being the NBA's first Irish player.
Player Pos. Nationality School/Club team
Troy Hudson G  United States Southern Illinois (Jr.)
Damon Jones G  United States Houston (Jr.)
Mikki Moore F/C  United States Nebraska (Sr.)
Ira Newble F  United States Miami (Ohio) (Sr.)
Mike Penberthy G  United States The Master's (Sr.)
Michael Stewart F/C  France California (Sr.)
Pat Burke C  Ireland Auburn (Sr.)

Thaddaus Breckenridge

 PG  United States West Virginia (Sr.)

References

  1. ↑ "Boston Globe"
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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