1997 NBA Draft Class

View the 1997 NBA Draft class, including overall pick number, player, team, and college or organization when available.

No. 1 PickTim Duncan

TeamSAS

Total Picks Loaded57

Data SourceBasketball-Reference fallback

Overall	Player	Team	College/Org
1	Tim Duncan	SAS	Wake Forest
2	Keith Van Horn	PHI	Utah
3	Chauncey Billups	BOS	Colorado
4	Antonio Daniels	VAN	Bowling Green
5	Tony Battie	DEN	Texas Tech
6	Ron Mercer	BOS	Kentucky
7	Tim Thomas	NJN	Villanova
8	Adonal Foyle	GSW	Colgate
9	Tracy McGrady	TOR
10	Danny Fortson	MIL	Cincinnati
11	Tariq Abdul-Wahad	SAC	San Jose State
12	Austin Croshere	IND	Providence
13	Derek Anderson	CLE	Kentucky
14	Maurice Taylor	LAC	Michigan
15	Kelvin Cato	DAL	Iowa State
16	Brevin Knight	CLE	Stanford
17	Johnny Taylor	ORL	Chattanooga
18	Chris Anstey	POR
19	Scot Pollard	DET	Kansas
20	Paul Grant	MIN	Wisconsin
21	Anthony Parker	NJN	Bradley
22	Ed Gray	ATL	California
23	Bobby Jackson	SEA	Minnesota
24	Rodrick Rhodes	HOU	USC
25	John Thomas	NYK	Minnesota
26	Charles Smith	MIA	New Mexico
27	Jacque Vaughn	UTA	Kansas
28	Keith Booth	CHI	Maryland
30	Serge Zwikker	HOU	UNC
31	Mark Sanford	MIA	Washington
32	Charles O'Bannon	DET	UCLA
33	James Cotton	DEN	Cal State Long Beach
34	Marko Milič	PHI
35	Bubba Wells	DAL	Austin Peay State University
36	Kebu Stewart	PHI	Cal State-Bakersfield
37	James Collins	PHI	Florida State
38	Marc Jackson	GSW	Temple
39	Jerald Honeycutt	MIL	Tulane
40	Anthony Johnson	SAC	College of Charleston
41	Eddie Elisma	SEA	Georgia Tech
42	Jason Lawson	DEN	Villanova
43	Stephen Jackson	PHO	Butler County Community College
44	Gordon Malone	MIN	West Virginia
45	Cedric Henderson	CLE	Memphis
46	God Shammgod	WAS	Providence
47	Eric Washington	ORL	Alabama
48	Alvin Williams	POR	Villanova
49	Predrag Drobnjak	WAS
50	Alain Digbeu	ATL
51	Chris Crawford	ATL	Marquette
52	DeJuan Wheat	LAL	Louisville
53	C.J. Bruton	VAN	Indian Hills Community College
54	Paul Rogers	LAL	Gonzaga
55	Mark Blount	SEA	Pitt
56	Ben Pepper	BOS
57	Nate Erdmann	UTA	Oklahoma
58	Roberto Duenas	CHI

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