First Round
# Team Player Pos Hgt Wgt B-day College
1 SA Tim Duncan ......... C 6-10 238 4/25/76 Wake Forest'97
2 fNJ Keith Van Horn ..... F 6-10 220 10/23/75 Utah'97
3 Bos Chauncey Billups ... G 6-3 202 9/25/76 Colorado'99
4 Van Antonio Daniels .... G 6-4 195 3/19/75 Bowling Green'97
5 Den Tony Battie ........ C 6-11 230 2/11/76 Texas Tech'98
6 Bos Ron Mercer ......... G-F 6-7 210 5/18/76 Kentucky'99
7 fPhi Tim Thomas ......... F 6-9 230 2/26/77 Villanova'00
8 GS Adonal Foyle ....... C 6-10 250 3/9/75 Colgate'98
9 Tor Tracy McGrady ...... F 6-8 210 5/24/79 Mt Zion Christian Aca
10 bMil Danny Fortson ...... F 6-7 260 3/27/76 Cincinnati'98
11 Sac Olivier Saint-Jean . F 6-6 223 11/3/74 San Jose State'98
12 Ind Austin Croshere .... F 6-9 235 5/1/75 Providence'97
13 Cle Derek Anderson ..... G 6-5 195 7/18/74 Kentucky'97
14 LAC Maurice Taylor ..... F 6-9 250 10/30/76 Michigan'98
15 aPor Kelvin Cato ........ C 6-11 255 8/26/74 Iowa State'97
16 Cle Brevin Knight ...... G 5-10 173 11/8/75 Stanford'97
17 Orl Johnny Taylor ...... F 6-9 220 6/4/74 Tenn-Chattanooga'97
18 aDal Chris Anstey ....... C 7-0 249 1/1/75 Australia
19 Det Scot Pollard ....... C 6-11 265 2/12/75 Kansas'97
20 Min Paul Grant ......... C 7-0 245 1/6/74 Wisconsin'97
21 fPhi Anthony Parker ..... G 6-6 215 6/19/75 Bradley'97
22 Atl Ed Gray ............ G 6-3 210 9/27/75 California'97
23 gDen Bobby Jackson ...... G 6-1 185 3/13/73 Minnesota'97
24 Hou Rodrick Rhodes ..... G-F 6-6 225 9/24/73 Southern Cal'97
25 NY John Thomas ........ F 6-9 275 9/8/75 Minnesota'97
26 Mia Charles Smith ...... G 6-4 194 8/22/75 New Mexico'97
27 Uta Jacque Vaughn ...... G 6-1 195 2/11/75 Kansas'97
28 Chi Keith Booth ........ F 6-6 226 10/9/74 Maryland'97
[Washington lost their 1st round draft pick due to last summer's Juwan
Howard mess.]
Second Round
# Team Player Pos Hgt Wgt B-day College
30 Hou Serge Zwikker ...... C 7-3 273 4/28/73 North Carolina'97
31 Mia Mark Sanford ....... F 6-9 210 2/7/76 Washington'97
32 Det Charles O'Bannon ... F 6-5 209 2/22/75 UCLA'97
33 gSea James Cotton ....... G 6-5 220 12/14/75 Long Beach State'97
34 Phi Marco Milic ........ G-F 6-6 235 5/5/77 Slovenia
35 Dal Bubba Wells ........ F 6-5 230 7/26/74 Austin Peay'97
36 Phi Kebu Stewart ....... F 6-8 239 12/19/73 Cal St-Bakersfield'97
37 cLAC James Collins ...... G 6-4 196 11/5/73 Florida State'97
38 GS Marc Jackson ....... C 6-10 270 1/16/75 Temple'97
39 Mil Jerald Honeycutt ... F 6-9 245 10/20/74 Tulane'97
40 Sac Anthony Johnson .... G 6-3 190 10/10/74 Charleston'97
41 Sea Eddie Elisma ....... C-F 6-9 213 3/9/75 Georgia Tech'97
42 dOrl Jason Lawson ....... C 6-11 240 9/2/74 Villanova'97
43 Pho Stephen Jackson .... G 6-8 218 4/5/78 Buttle CC
44 Min Gordon Malone ...... F 6-11 215 7/17/74 West Virginia'98
45 Cle Cedric Henderson ... F 6-7 215 3/11/75 Memphis'97
46 Was God Shammgod ....... G 6-0 169 4/29/76 Providence'99
47 dDen Eric Washington .... G 6-4 190 3/23/74 Alabama'97
48 Por Alvin Williams ..... G 6-5 185 8/6/74 Villanova'97
49 Was Predrag Drobnjak ... F 6-10 265 10/??/75 Yugoslavia
50 Atl Alain Digbeu ....... G 6-5 192 11/13/75 France
51 Atl Chris Crawford ..... F 6-9 235 5/13/75 Marquette'97
52 LAL DeJuan Wheat ....... G 6-0 165 10/14/73 Louisville'97
53 ePor C.J. Bruton ........ G 6-2 170 12/13/75 Indian Hills (IA)'99
54 LAL Paul Rogers ........ C 7-0 238 9/29/73 Gonzaga'97
55 Sea Mark Blount ........ C 7-0 230 11/30/75 Pittsburgh'99
56 Bos Ben Pepper ......... C 7-0 228 7/15/75 Australia
57 Uta Nate Erdmann ....... G 6-5 195 11/21/73 Oklahoma'97
58 Chi Roberto Duenas ..... C 7-2 270 11/1/75 Spain
a) TRADE: Dallas traded the rights to #15 Kelvin Cato to Portland for the
rights to #18 Chris Anstey and monetary considerations.
b) TRADE: Milwaukee traded Johnny Newman, Joe Wolf, and the rights to #10
Danny Fortson to Denver for Ervin Johnson.
c) TRADE: Philadelphia traded the rights to #37 James Collins to the LA
Clippers for a 2nd round pick in 1998.
d) TRADE: Denver traded the rights to #42 Jason Lawson to Orlando for #47
Eric Washington and a 1999 2nd round pick.
e) TRADE: Vancouver traded the rights to #53 C.J. Bruton to Portland for
monetary considerations.
f) TRADE: New Jersey traded Jim Jackson, Eric Montross, the rights to #7
Tim Thomas, and the rights to #21 Anthony Parker to Philadelphia for
Lucious Harris, Michael Cage, Don MacLean, and the rights to #2 Keith Van
Horn.
g) TRADE: Seattle traded the rights to #23 draft pick Bobby Jackson to
Denver for the rights to #33 James Cotton and Denver's 1998 second round
draft pick.