1998 NBA Draft

The 1998 NBA draft was on 24 June 1998 at the General Motors Place in Vancouver ( British Columbia , Canada performed). In two rounds, 29 players were selected from NBA teams.

In the first place, the Nigerian Michael Olowokandi was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers , which did not pay off for the Clippers. The selection of Olowokandi is considered one of the biggest mistakes in NBA drafts today . Brad Miller, however, was, along with Ben Wallace in 2003, the first undrafted player to be called up to the NBA All-Star Game .

Round 1

= All-Star

Pick	player	nationality	NBA team	before. Team / college
1	Michael Olowokandi (C)	Nigeria United Kingdom	Los Angeles Clippers	University of the Pacific
2	Mike Bibby (PG)	United States	Vancouver grizzlies	University of Arizona
3	Raef LaFrentz (C / F)	United States	Denver nuggets	University of Kansas
4th	Antawn Jamison (F)	United States	Toronto Raptors	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
5	Vince Carter (G / F)	United States	Golden State Warriors	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
6th	Robert Traylor (F / C)	United States	Dallas Mavericks	University of Michigan
7th	Jason Williams (PG)	United States	Sacramento Kings	University of Florida
8th	Larry Hughes (SG)	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	Saint Louis University
9	Dirk Nowitzki (PF)	Germany	Milwaukee Bucks	DJK Würzburg ( Germany )
10	Paul Pierce (G / F)	United States	Boston Celtics	University of Kansas
11	Bonzi Wells (G / F)	United States	Detroit Pistons	Ball State University
12	Michael Doleac (C)	United States	Orlando Magic	University of Utah
13	Keon Clark (F / C)	United States	Orlando Magic (from Golden State Warriors )	University of Nevada, Las Vegas
14th	Michael Dickerson (SG)	United States	Houston Rockets	University of Arizona
15th	Matt Harpring (F / G)	United States	Orlando Magic (from New Jersey Nets )	Georgia Institute of Technology
16	Bryce Drew (PG)	United States	Houston Rockets	Valparaiso University
17th	Radoslav Nesterovič (C)	Slovenia	Minnesota Timberwolves	Virtus Bologna ( Italy )
18th	Mirsad Turkcan (PF)	Turkey	Houston Rockets (by Toronto Raptors )	Efes Pilsen Istanbul ( Turkey )
19th	Pat Garrity (PF)	United States	Milwaukee Bucks (by Cleveland Cavaliers )	University of Notre Dame
20th	Roshown McLeod (SF)	United States	Atlanta Hawks	Duke University
21st	Ricky Davis (G / F)	United States	Charlotte Hornets	University of Iowa
22nd	Brian Skinner (F / C)	United States	Los Angeles Clippers (by Miami Heat )	Baylor University
23	Tyronn Lue (PG)	United States	Denver Nuggets (by Phoenix Suns )	University of Nebraska-Lincoln
24	Felipe López (SG)	Dominican Republic	San Antonio Spurs	St. John's University, New York
25th	Al Harrington (F)	United States	Indiana Pacers	St. Patrick's High School ( New Jersey )
26th	Sam Jacobson (SG)	United States	Los Angeles Lakers	University of Minnesota
27	Vladimir Stepania (C)	Georgia	Seattle SuperSonics	KK Olimpija Ljubljana ( Slovenia )
28	Corey Benjamin (SG)	United States	Chicago Bulls	Oregon State University
29	Nazr Mohammed (C / F)	United States	Utah Jazz	University of Kentucky

round 2

Pick	player	nationality	NBA team	before. Team / college
30th	Ansu Sesay (SF)	United States	Golden State Warriors (from Toronto Raptors )	University of Mississippi
31	Ruben Patterson (SF)	United States	Los Angeles Lakers (from Vancouver Grizzlies )	University of Cincinnati
32	Rashard Lewis (SF)	United States	Seattle SuperSonics (from Detroit Pistons )	Alief Elsik High School ( Houston , Texas )
33	Jelani McCoy (F / C)	United States	Seattle SuperSonics (from Los Angeles Clippers )	University of California, Los Angeles
34	Shammond Williams (PG)	United States	Chicago Bulls (from Golden State Warriors )	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
35	Bruno Šundov (C)	Croatia	Dallas Mavericks	KK Split ( Croatia )
36	Jerome James (C)	United States	Sacramento Kings	Florida A&M University
37	Casey Shaw (C)	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	University of Toledo
38	DeMarco Johnson (PF)	United States	New York Knicks (from Boston Celtics )	University of North Carolina at Charlotte
39	Rafer Alston (PG)	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	California State University, Fresno
40	Korleone Young (SF)	United States	Detroit Pistons	Hargrave Military Academy
41	Cuttino Mobley (SG)	United States	Houston Rockets	University of Rhode Island
42	Miles Simon (SG)	United States	Orlando Magic	University of Arizona
43	Jahidi White (F / C)	United States	Washington Wizards	Georgetown University
44	Sean Marks (PF)	New Zealand	New York Knicks	University of California, Berkeley
45	Toby Bailey (SG)	United States	Los Angeles Lakers (from New Jersey Nets )	University of California, Los Angeles
46	Andrae Patterson (SF)	United States	Minnesota Timberwolves	Indiana University Bloomington
47	Tyson Wheeler (PG)	United States	Toronto Raptors	University of Rhode Island
48	Ryan Stack (C)	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	University of South Carolina
49	Cory Carr (SG)	United States	Atlanta Hawks	Texas Tech University
50	Andrew Betts (C)	England	Charlotte Hornets	California State University, Long Beach
51	Corey Brewer (PG)	United States	Miami Heat	University of Oklahoma
52	Derrick Dial (SG)	United States	San Antonio Spurs	Eastern Michigan University
53	Greg Buckner (SG)	United States	Dallas Mavericks (by Phoenix Suns )	Clemson University
54	Tremaine Fowlkes (SF)	United States	Denver Nuggets (from Indiana Pacers )	California State University, Fresno
55	Ryan Bowen (SF)	United States	Denver Nuggets (by Seattle SuperSonics )	University of Iowa
56	JR Henderson (SF)	United States	Vancouver Grizzlies (from Los Angeles Lakers )	University of California, Los Angeles
57	Torraye Braggs (PF)	United States	Utah Jazz	Xavier University of Cincinnati
58	Maceo Baston (PF)	United States	Chicago Bulls	University of Michigan

Disregarded players

• Earl Boykins (SG / PG, United States ), Eastern Michigan University 
• Anthony Carter (PG, United States ), University of Hawaii at Manoa 
• Mike James (PG), Duquesne University
• Šarūnas Jasikevičius (PG / SG, Lithuania ), University of Maryland, College Park 
• Brad Miller (C, United States ), Purdue University 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Olowokandi was born in Nigeria and grew up in Great Britain