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

Round 2

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

Notable undrafted players

• Bruce Bowen (SG), Cal State Fullerton
• Troy Hudson (PG), Southern Illinois
• Damon Jones (PG), Houston
• Mikki Moore (PF/C), Nebraska
• Ira Newble (SG/SF), Miami (Ohio)