1997 NBA Draft

The 1997 NBA Draft was conducted on June 25, 1997 in Charlotte , North Carolina . In two rounds, 29 players were selected from NBA teams. The Washington Wizards had to forego their first round pick as compensation for the contract with free agent Juwan Howard in 1996.

In the first place, Tim Duncan was selected by the San Antonio Spurs .

Round 1

	= All-Star
	= Hall of Fame

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

round 2

Pick	player	nationality	NBA team	previous team / college
30th	Serge Zwikker (C)	Netherlands	Houston Rockets (from Vancouver Grizzlies )	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
31	Mark Sanford (F)	United States	Miami Heat (by Boston Celtics )	University of Washington
32	Charles O'Bannon (G)	United States	Detroit Pistons (from San Antonio Spurs )	University of California, Los Angeles
33	James Cotton (G)	United States	Denver nuggets	Long Beach State University
34	Marko Milič (G)	Slovenia	Philadelphia 76ers	KK Olimpija Ljubljana ( Slovenia )
35	Bubba Wells (F)	United States	Dallas Mavericks	Austin Peay State University
36	Kebu Stewart (F)	United States	Philadelphia 76ers (from New Jersey Nets )	California State University, Bakersfield
37	James Collins (G)	United States	Philadelphia 76ers (by Toronto Raptors )	Florida State University
38	Marc Jackson (F)	United States	Golden State Warriors	Temple University
39	Jerald Honeycutt (F)	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	Tulane University
40	Anthony Johnson (G)	United States	Sacramento Kings	College of Charleston
41	Ed Elisma (F)	United States	Seattle SuperSonics (from LA Clippers )	Georgia Institute of Technology
42	Jason Lawson (C)	United States	Denver Nuggets (from Indiana Pacers )	Villanova University
43	Stephen Jackson (G)	United States	Phoenix Suns	Butler Community College ( Kansas )
44	Gordon Malone (F)	United States	Minnesota Timberwolves	West Virginia University
45	Cedric Henderson (F)	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	University of Memphis
46	God Shammgod (G)	United States	Washington Wizards	Providence College
47	Eric Washington (G)	United States	Orlando Magic	University of Alabama
48	Alvin Williams (G)	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	Villanova University
49	Predrag Drobnjak (C)	Yugoslavia	Washington Wizards (by Charlotte Hornets )	KK Partizan Belgrade ( Serbia )
50	Alain Digbeu (G)	France	Atlanta Hawks (from Detroit Pistons )	ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne ( France )
51	Chris Crawford (F)	United States	Atlanta Hawks	Marquette University
52	DeJuan Wheat (G)	United States	Los Angeles Lakers	University of Louisville
53	CJ 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 University
55	Mark Blount (C)	United States	Seattle SuperSonics	University of Pittsburgh
56	Ben Pepper (C)	Australia	Boston Celtics (by Miami Heat )	University of Newcastle ( Australia )
57	Nate Erdmann (G)	United States	Utah Jazz	University of Oklahoma
58	Roberto Dueñas (C)	Spain	Chicago Bulls	FC Barcelona ( Spain )

Disregarded players

• Troy Hudson (SG / PG, United States ), Southern Illinois University 
• Damon Jones (PG / SG, United States ), University of Houston 
• Mikki Moore (C, United States ), University of Nebraska 
• Ira Newble (SF, United States ), Miami University 
• Fabricio Oberto (C / PF, Argentina / Italy ), AD Atenas (Argentina)  

See also

• Entry Draft