National Basketball Association (NBA)

National Basketball Association (NBA) - 1997 Draft

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The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the premier men's professional basketball league in the world. Consisting of 30 basketball teams, 29 located in the United States and 1 located in Canada, the league plays an 82 game schedule. Eight teams from each of the two conferences compete in the playoffs for the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy representative of the NBA Championship.

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National Basketball Association (NBA) - 1997 Draft

Pick	Team	Player Name	College
1	San Antonio Spurs	Tim Duncan	Wake Forest
2	Philadelphia 76ers	Keith Van Horn	Utah
3	Boston Celtics	Chauncey Billups	Colorado
4	Vancouver Grizzlies	Antonio Daniels	Bowling Green
5	Denver Nuggets	Tony Battie	Texas Tech
6	Boston Celtics	Ron Mercer	Kentucky
7	Brooklyn Nets	Tim Thomas	Villanova
8	Golden State Warriors	Adonal Foyle	Colgate
9	Toronto Raptors	Tracy McGrady
10	Milwaukee Bucks	Danny Fortson	Cincinnati
11	Sacramento Kings	Tariq Abdul-Wahad	San Jose State
12	Indiana Pacers	Austin Croshere	Providence
13	Cleveland Cavaliers	Derek Anderson	Kentucky
14	Los Angeles Clippers	Maurice Taylor	Michigan
15	Dallas Mavericks	Kelvin Cato	Iowa State
16	Cleveland Cavaliers	Brevin Knight	Stanford
17	Orlando Magic	Johnny Taylor	Chattanooga
18	Portland Trail Blazers	Chris Anstey
19	Detroit Pistons	Scot Pollard	Kansas
20	Minnesota Timberwolves	Paul Grant	Wisconsin
21	Brooklyn Nets	Anthony Parker	Bradley
22	Atlanta Hawks	Ed Gray	California
23	Seattle SuperSonics	Bobby Jackson	Minnesota
24	Houston Rockets	Rodrick Rhodes	USC
25	New York Knicks	John Thomas	Minnesota
26	Miami Heat	Charles Smith	New Mexico
27	Utah Jazz	Jacque Vaughn	Kansas
28	Chicago Bulls	Keith Booth	Maryland
30	Houston Rockets	Serge Zwikker	UNC
31	Miami Heat	Mark Sanford	Washington
32	Detroit Pistons	Charles O'Bannon	UCLA
33	Denver Nuggets	James Cotton	Cal State Long Beach
34	Philadelphia 76ers	Marko Mili?
35	Dallas Mavericks	Bubba Wells	Austin Peay State University
36	Philadelphia 76ers	Kebu Stewart	Cal State-Bakersfield
37	Philadelphia 76ers	James Collins	Florida State
38	Golden State Warriors	Marc Jackson	Temple
39	Milwaukee Bucks	Jerald Honeycutt	Tulane
40	Sacramento Kings	Anthony Johnson	College of Charleston
41	Seattle SuperSonics	Eddie Elisma	Georgia Tech
42	Denver Nuggets	Jason Lawson	Villanova
43	Phoenix Suns	Stephen Jackson	Butler County Community College
44	Minnesota Timberwolves	Gordon Malone	West Virginia
45	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cedric Henderson	Memphis
46	Washington Wizards	God Shammgod	Providence
47	Orlando Magic	Eric Washington	Alabama
48	Portland Trail Blazers	Alvin Williams	Villanova
49	Washington Wizards	Predrag Drobnjak
50	Atlanta Hawks	Alain Digbeu
51	Atlanta Hawks	Chris Crawford	Marquette
52	Los Angeles Lakers	DeJuan Wheat	Louisville
53	Vancouver Grizzlies	C.J. Bruton	Indian Hills Community College
54	Los Angeles Lakers	Paul Rogers	Gonzaga
55	Seattle SuperSonics	Mark Blount	Pitt
56	Boston Celtics	Ben Pepper
57	Utah Jazz	Nate Erdmann	Oklahoma
58	Chicago Bulls	Roberto Duenas