1996–97 rookie class

1996 NBA Draft

Every selection in order, with the drafting team, player affiliation and a direct path into each available Sportsboxd career profile.

58selections

2rounds

27teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #1

Philadelphia 76ers

Georgetown

Pick #2

Toronto Raptors

Massachusetts

Pick #3

Vancouver Grizzlies

California

Pick #4

Milwaukee Bucks

Georgia Tech

Pick #5

Minnesota Timberwolves

Connecticut

Complete draft board

Round one is open. Expand any later round to continue through the class.

Round 129 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
1	Allen Iverson	Philadelphia 76ers	Georgetown	1
2	Marcus Camby	Toronto Raptors	Massachusetts	2
3	Shareef Abdur-Rahim	Vancouver Grizzlies	California	3
4	Stephon Marbury	Milwaukee Bucks	Georgia Tech	4
5	Ray Allen	Minnesota Timberwolves	Connecticut	5
6	Antoine Walker	Boston Celtics	Kentucky	6
7	Lorenzen Wright	Los Angeles Clippers	Memphis	7
8	Kerry Kittles	New Jersey Nets	Villanova	8
9	Samaki Walker	Dallas Mavericks	Louisville	9
10	Erick Dampier	Indiana Pacers	Mississippi State	10
11	Todd Fuller	Golden State Warriors	North Carolina State	11
12	Vitaly Potapenko	Cleveland Cavaliers	Wright State	12
13	Kobe Bryant	Charlotte Hornets	Lower Merion	13
14	Peja Stojakovic	Sacramento Kings	P.A.O.K. B.C. (Greece)	14
15	Steve Nash	Phoenix Suns	Santa Clara	15
16	Tony Delk	Charlotte Hornets	Kentucky	16
17	Jermaine O'Neal	Portland Trail Blazers	Eau Claire	17
18	John Wallace	New York Knicks	Syracuse	18
19	Walter McCarty	New York Knicks	Kentucky	19
20	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	Cleveland Cavaliers	LSU-Atletas (Lithuania)	20
21	Dontae' Jones	New York Knicks	Mississippi State	21
22	Roy Rogers	Vancouver Grizzlies	Alabama	22
23	Efthimios Rentzias	Denver Nuggets	P.A.O.K. B.C. (Greece)	23
24	Derek Fisher	Los Angeles Lakers	Arkansas-Little Rock	24
25	Martin Muursepp	Utah Jazz	BC Kalev/Cramo (Estonia)	25
26	Jerome Williams	Detroit Pistons	Georgetown	26
27	Brian Evans	Orlando Magic	Indiana	27
28	Priest Lauderdale	Atlanta Hawks	Peristeri B.C. (Greece)	28
29	Travis Knight	Chicago Bulls	Connecticut	29

Round 229 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
30	Othella Harrington	Houston Rockets	Georgetown	1
31	Mark Hendrickson	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington State	2
32	Ryan Minor	Philadelphia 76ers	Oklahoma	3
33	Moochie Norris	Milwaukee Bucks	West Florida	4
34	Shawn Harvey	Dallas Mavericks	West Virginia State	5
35	Joseph Blair	Seattle SuperSonics	Arizona	6
36	Doron Sheffer	Los Angeles Clippers	Connecticut	7
37	Jeff McInnis	Denver Nuggets	North Carolina	8
38	Steve Hamer	Boston Celtics	Tennessee	9
39	Russ Millard	Phoenix Suns	Iowa	10
40	Marcus Mann	Golden State Warriors	Mississippi Valley State	11
41	Jason Sasser	Sacramento Kings	Texas Tech	12
42	Randy Livingston	Houston Rockets	Louisiana State	13
43	Ben Davis	Phoenix Suns	Arizona	14
44	Malik Rose	Charlotte Hornets	Drexel	15
45	Joe Vogel	Seattle SuperSonics	Colorado State	16
46	Marcus Brown	Portland Trail Blazers	Murray State	17
47	Ron Riley	Seattle SuperSonics	Arizona State	18
48	Jamie Feick	Philadelphia 76ers	Michigan State	19
49	Amal McCaskill	Orlando Magic	Marquette	20
50	Terrell Bell	Houston Rockets	Georgia	21
51	Chris Robinson	Vancouver Grizzlies	Western Kentucky	22
52	Mark Pope	Indiana Pacers	Kentucky	23
53	Jeff Nordgaard	Milwaukee Bucks	Wisconsin-Green Bay	24
54	Shandon Anderson	Utah Jazz	Georgia	25
55	Ronnie Henderson	Washington Bullets	Louisiana State	26
56	Reggie Geary	Cleveland Cavaliers	Arizona	27
57	Drew Barry	Seattle SuperSonics	Georgia Tech	28
58	Darnell Robinson	Dallas Mavericks	Arkansas	29

Source: NBA.com Draft History. Draft-night trades can cause the team attached to a selection to differ from the player’s eventual rookie team.