1997–98 rookie class

1997 NBA Draft

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

57selections

2rounds

28teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #1

San Antonio Spurs

Wake Forest

Pick #2

Philadelphia 76ers

Utah

Pick #3

Boston Celtics

Colorado

Pick #4

Vancouver Grizzlies

Bowling Green

Pick #5

Denver Nuggets

Texas Tech

Complete draft board

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

Round 128 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
1	Tim Duncan	San Antonio Spurs	Wake Forest	1
2	Keith Van Horn	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah	2
3	Chauncey Billups	Boston Celtics	Colorado	3
4	Antonio Daniels	Vancouver Grizzlies	Bowling Green	4
5	Tony Battie	Denver Nuggets	Texas Tech	5
6	Ron Mercer	Boston Celtics	Kentucky	6
7	Tim Thomas	New Jersey Nets	Villanova	7
8	Adonal Foyle	Golden State Warriors	Colgate	8
9	Tracy McGrady	Toronto Raptors	Mount Zion Christian Academy	9
10	Danny Fortson	Milwaukee Bucks	Cincinnati	10
11	Tariq Abdul-Wahad	Sacramento Kings	San Jose State	11
12	Austin Croshere	Indiana Pacers	Providence	12
13	Derek Anderson	Cleveland Cavaliers	Kentucky	13
14	Maurice Taylor	Los Angeles Clippers	Michigan	14
15	Kelvin Cato	Dallas Mavericks	Iowa State	15
16	Brevin Knight	Cleveland Cavaliers	Stanford	16
17	Johnny Taylor	Orlando Magic	Tennessee-Chattanooga	17
18	Chris Anstey	Portland Trail Blazers	South East Melbourne Magic (Australia)	18
19	Scot Pollard	Detroit Pistons	Kansas	19
20	Paul Grant	Minnesota Timberwolves	Wisconsin	20
21	Anthony Parker	New Jersey Nets	Bradley	21
22	Ed Gray	Atlanta Hawks	California	22
23	Bobby Jackson	Seattle SuperSonics	Minnesota	23
24	Rodrick Rhodes	Houston Rockets	Southern California	24
25	John Thomas	New York Knicks	Minnesota	25
26	Charles Smith	Miami Heat	New Mexico	26
27	Jacque Vaughn	Utah Jazz	Kansas	27
28	Keith Booth	Chicago Bulls	Maryland	28

Round 229 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
29	Serge Zwikker	Houston Rockets	North Carolina	1
30	Mark Sanford	Miami Heat	Washington	2
31	Charles O'Bannon	Detroit Pistons	California-Los Angeles	3
32	James Cotton	Denver Nuggets	Long Beach State	4
33	Marko Milic	Philadelphia 76ers	KK Olimpija (Slovenia)	5
34	Bubba Wells	Dallas Mavericks	Austin Peay	6
35	Kebu Stewart	Philadelphia 76ers	Cal State-Bakersfield	7
36	James Collins	Philadelphia 76ers	Florida State	8
37	Marc Jackson	Golden State Warriors	Temple	9
38	Jerald Honeycutt	Milwaukee Bucks	Tulane	10
39	Anthony Johnson	Sacramento Kings	College of Charleston	11
40	Eddie Elisma	Seattle SuperSonics	Georgia Tech	12
41	Jason Lawson	Denver Nuggets	Villanova	13
42	Stephen Jackson	Phoenix Suns	Butler Community College	14
43	Gordon Malone	Minnesota Timberwolves	West Virginia	15
44	Cedric Henderson	Cleveland Cavaliers	Memphis	16
45	God Shammgod	Washington Wizards	Providence	17
46	Eric Washington	Orlando Magic	Alabama	18
47	Alvin Williams	Portland Trail Blazers	Villanova	19
48	Predrag Drobnjak	Washington Wizards	KK Partizan (Serbia)	20
49	Alain Digbeau	Atlanta Hawks	ASVEL Basket (France)	21
50	Chris Crawford	Atlanta Hawks	Marquette	22
51	DeJuan Wheat	Los Angeles Lakers	Louisville	23
52	C.J. Bruton	Vancouver Grizzlies	Indian Hills Community College	24
53	Paul Rogers	Los Angeles Lakers	Gonzaga	25
54	Mark Blount	Seattle SuperSonics	Pittsburgh	26
55	Ben Pepper	Boston Celtics	Newcastle Falcons (Australia)	27
56	Nate Erdmann	Utah Jazz	Oklahoma	28
57	Roberto Duenas	Chicago Bulls	FC Barcelona Basquet (Spain)	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.