1997 NBA draft

1997 NBA Draft - 25 June 1997 - Charlotte, North Carolina

Round 1

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	College/HS/Club Team
1	Tim Duncan (F/C)	USA (USVI)	San Antonio Spurs	Wake Forest
2	Keith Van Horn (SF)	USA	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah
3	Chauncey Billups (PG)	USA	Boston Celtics	Colorado
4	Antonio Daniels (PG)	USA	Vancouver Grizzlies	Bowling Green
5	Tony Battie (C/F)	USA	Denver Nuggets	Texas Tech
6	Ron Mercer (SF)	USA	Boston Celtics	Kentucky
7	Tim Thomas (SF)	USA	New Jersey Nets	Villanova
8	Adonal Foyle (C)	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Golden State Warriors	Colgate
9	Tracy McGrady (G/F)	USA	Toronto Raptors	Mt. Zion Academy (Durham, NC)
10	Danny Fortson (PF)	USA	Milwaukee Bucks	Cincinnati
11	Olivier Saint-Jean (SF)	France	Sacramento Kings	San Jose State
12	Austin Croshere (F)	USA	Indiana Pacers	Providence
13	Derek Anderson (SG)	USA	Cleveland Cavaliers	Kentucky
14	Maurice Taylor (PF)	USA	Los Angeles Clippers	Michigan
15	Kelvin Cato (C)	USA	Dallas Mavericks from Minnesota Timberwolves	Iowa State
16	Brevin Knight (PG)	USA	Cleveland Cavaliers from Phoenix Suns	Stanford
17	Johnny Taylor (F)	USA	Orlando Magic	Chattanooga
18	Chris Anstey (C)	Australia	Portland Trail Blazers	Catholic Regional College (Australia)
19	Scot Pollard (C)	USA	Detroit Pistons	Kansas
20	Paul Grant (C)	USA	Minnesota Timberwolves from Charlotte Hornets	Wisconsin
21	Anthony Parker (SG)	USA	New Jersey Nets from Los Angeles Lakers	Bradley
22	Ed Gray (G)	USA	Atlanta Hawks	California
23	Bobby Jackson (G)	USA	Seattle Supersonics	Minnesota
24	Rodrick Rhodes (G)	USA	Houston Rockets	USC
25	John Thomas (C)	USA	New York Knicks	Minnesota
26	Charles Smith (G)	USA	Miami Heat	New Mexico
27	Jacque Vaughn (G)	USA	Utah Jazz	Kansas
28	Keith Booth (F)	USA	Chicago Bulls	Maryland

Round 2

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	College/HS/Club Team
30	Serge Zwikker (C)	USA	Houston Rockets (from Vancouver Grizzlies)	North Carolina
31	Mark Sanford (F)	USA	Miami Heat (from Boston Celtics)	Washington
32	Charles O'Bannon (G)	USA	Detroit Pistons (from San Antonio Spurs)	UCLA
33	James Cotton (G)	USA	Denver Nuggets	Long Beach State
34	Marko Milic (G)	Slovenia	Philadelphia 76ers	Smelt Olimpija (Slovenia)
35	Bubba Wells (F)	USA	Dallas Mavericks	Austin Peay
36	Kebu Stewart (F)	USA	Philadelphia 76ers (from New Jersey Nets)	Cal-State Bakersfield
37	James Collins (G)	USA	Philadelphia 76ers (from Toronto Raptors)	Florida State
38	Marc Jackson (F)	USA	Golden State Warrior	Temple
39	Jerald Honeycutt (F)	USA	Milwaukee Bucks	Tulane
40	Anthony Johnson (G)	USA	Sacramento Kings	College of Charleston
41	Ed Elisma (F)	USA	Seattle SuperSonics (from Los Angeles Clippers)	Georgia Tech
42	Jason Lawson (C)	USA	Denver Nuggets (from Indiana Pacers)	Villanova
43	Stephen Jackson (G)	USA	Phoenix Suns	Butler Community College (Kansas)
44	Gordon Malone (F)	USA	Minnesota Timberwolves	West Virginia
45	Cedric Henderson (F)	USA	Cleveland Cavaliers	Memphis
46	Eric Washington (G)	USA	Orlando Magic (traded to Denver Nuggets)	Alabama
47	Alvin Williams (G)	USA	Portland Trail Blazers	Villanova
48	Marko Milic (G)	USA	Philadelphia 76ers	Smelt Olimpija
49	Predrag Drobnjak (C)	Yugoslavia	Washington Wizards (from Charlotte Hornets)	Partizan Belgrade (Serbia)
50	Alain Digbeau (G)	France	Atlanta Hawks (from Detroit Pistons)	Villeurbanne (France)
51	Chris Crawford (F)	USA	Atlanta Hawks	Marquette
52	DeJuan Wheat (G)	USA	Los Angeles Lakers	Louisville
53	C.J. Bruton (G)	USA	Vancouver Grizzlies (from Houston Rockets)	Indian Hills Community College (Iowa)
54	Mark Blount (C)	USA	Seattle SuperSonics	Pittsburgh
55	Ben Pepper (G)	Australia	Philadelphia 76ers	Smelt Olimpija
56	Ben Pepper (C)	Australia	Boston Celtics (from Miami Heat)	Newcastle (Australia)
57	Nate Erdmann (G)	USA	Utah Jazz	Oklahoma
58	Roberto Duenas (C)	USA	Chicago Bulls	F.C. Barcelona (Spain)

See also: List of NBA Drafts, NBA Draft