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1997 NBA Draft

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Date: Wednesday, June 25, 1997

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina

Number of Picks: 57 (47 played in NBA)

First Overall Pick: Tim Duncan (206.4 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: T. Duncan (206.4), C. Billups (120.8) and T. McGrady (97.3)

All-Stars: 3 (C. Billups, T. Duncan and T. McGrady)

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Matthew Maurer of TheDraftReview is an NBA Draft historian who has researched and collected the data on the entire history of the NBA Draft. Much of the biographical and draft data of the later rounds is thanks to his investigative research and work.

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58 Selections

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58 Selections Table
			Round 1			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
1	1	SAS	Tim Duncan	Wake Forest	19	1392	47368	26496	15091	4225	.506	.179	.696	34.0	19.0	10.8	3.0	206.4	.209	5.6	91.1
2	2	PHI	Keith Van Horn	Utah	9	575	18150	9206	3909	900	.443	.361	.835	31.6	16.0	6.8	1.6	41.7	.110	0.1	9.6
3	3	BOS	Chauncey Billups	Colorado	17	1043	33008	15802	2992	5636	.415	.387	.894	31.6	15.2	2.9	5.4	120.8	.176	3.2	43.5
4	4	VAN	Antonio Daniels	Bowling Green	13	872	19671	6623	1613	2934	.444	.311	.793	22.6	7.6	1.8	3.4	47.0	.115	0.0	10.1
5	5	DEN	Tony Battie	Texas Tech	14	837	17649	5082	4287	522	.488	.162	.690	21.1	6.1	5.1	0.6	36.4	.099	-1.8	0.8
6	6	BOS	Ron Mercer	Kentucky	8	432	13418	5892	1342	921	.429	.250	.808	31.1	13.6	3.1	2.1	9.4	.034	-2.7	-2.5
7	7	NJN	Tim Thomas	Villanova	13	824	21336	9454	3379	1272	.437	.369	.758	25.9	11.5	4.1	1.5	35.2	.079	-0.8	6.4
8	8	GSW	Adonal Foyle	Colgate	12	733	13060	2989	3461	344	.477	.000	.499	17.8	4.1	4.7	0.5	18.7	.069	-1.7	1.1
9	9	TOR	Tracy McGrady		15	938	30658	18381	5276	4161	.435	.338	.746	32.7	19.6	5.6	4.4	97.3	.152	5.2	55.7
10	10	MIL	Danny Fortson	Cincinnati	10	440	8832	3615	3184	301	.472	.167	.785	20.1	8.2	7.2	0.7	22.3	.121	-3.2	-2.6
11	11	SAC	Tariq Abdul-Wahad	San Jose State	6	236	4807	1830	776	266	.417	.237	.703	20.4	7.8	3.3	1.1	3.5	.035	-3.0	-1.2
12	12	IND	Austin Croshere	Providence	12	659	11480	4475	2649	627	.407	.340	.861	17.4	6.8	4.0	1.0	27.6	.115	-0.1	5.6
13	13	CLE	Derek Anderson	Kentucky	11	615	17975	7357	1988	2083	.408	.341	.853	29.2	12.0	3.2	3.4	43.9	.117	1.0	13.5
14	14	LAC	Maurice Taylor	Michigan	9	534	13324	5889	2452	623	.466	.152	.711	25.0	11.0	4.6	1.2	9.9	.036	-3.6	-5.3
15	15	DAL	Kelvin Cato	Iowa State	10	541	10617	2960	2874	244	.507	.077	.644	19.6	5.5	5.3	0.5	28.6	.129	-0.3	4.4
16	16	CLE	Brevin Knight	Stanford	12	729	18176	5342	1785	4481	.412	.134	.789	24.9	7.3	2.4	6.1	32.6	.086	0.3	10.5
17	17	ORL	Johnny Taylor	Chattanooga	3	54	866	256	120	26	.402	.394	.718	16.0	4.7	2.2	0.5	0.1	.007	-4.0	-0.4
18	18	POR	Chris Anstey		3	155	2157	813	534	127	.413	.138	.755	13.9	5.2	3.4	0.8	2.8	.062	-2.9	-0.5
19	19	DET	Scot Pollard	Kansas	11	506	8372	2222	2351	220	.494	.000	.709	16.5	4.4	4.6	0.4	26.6	.153	-0.6	2.9
20	20	MIN	Paul Grant	Wisconsin	2	16	111	29	18	3	.448		.375	6.9	1.8	1.1	0.2	-0.1	-.043	-8.7	-0.2
21	21	NJN	Anthony Parker	Bradley	9	494	13752	4478	1574	1129	.444	.404	.794	27.8	9.1	3.2	2.3	24.5	.085	-0.2	6.1
22	22	ATL	Ed Gray	California	2	60	809	373	73	46	.339	.341	.814	13.5	6.2	1.2	0.8	0.1	.009	-4.0	-0.4
23	23	SEA	Bobby Jackson	Minnesota	12	755	16790	7344	2347	1945	.417	.354	.793	22.2	9.7	3.1	2.6	31.4	.090	0.4	10.0
24	24	HOU	Rodrick Rhodes	USC	3	72	1234	380	88	121	.347	.200	.620	17.1	5.3	1.2	1.7	-1.6	-.064	-6.3	-1.3
25	25	NYK	John Thomas	Minnesota	5	208	2253	560	432	60	.502	.000	.591	10.8	2.7	2.1	0.3	3.2	.067	-4.4	-1.4
26	26	MIA	Charles Smith	New Mexico	5	142	1973	729	200	124	.409	.288	.606	13.9	5.1	1.4	0.9	1.5	.036	-1.1	0.4
27	27	UTA	Jacque Vaughn	Kansas	12	776	12658	3463	1028	1919	.429	.352	.779	16.3	4.5	1.3	2.5	15.4	.058	-3.4	-4.5
28	28	CHI	Keith Booth	Maryland	2	45	449	130	97	39	.325	.091	.563	10.0	2.9	2.2	0.9	-0.8	-.080	-6.1	-0.5
					Washington Bullets forfeited their First Round pick.
			Round 2			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
30	30	HOU	Serge Zwikker	UNC
31	31	MIA	Mark Sanford	Washington
32	32	DET	Charles O'Bannon	UCLA	2	48	399	120	67	29	.400	.000	.870	8.3	2.5	1.4	0.6	0.6	.070	-2.0	0.0
33	33	DEN	James Cotton	Cal State Long Beach	2	19	92	49	16	0	.359	.000	.778	4.8	2.6	0.8	0.0	0.0	.008	-6.6	-0.1
34	34	PHI	Marko Milič		2	44	216	108	30	14	.560	.429	.647	4.9	2.5	0.7	0.3	0.2	.047	-2.4	0.0
35	35	DAL	Bubba Wells	Austin Peay State University	1	39	395	128	68	34	.414	.167	.721	10.1	3.3	1.7	0.9	0.1	.013	-3.5	-0.2
36	36	PHI	Kebu Stewart	Cal State-Bakersfield	1	15	110	40	31	2	.462		.640	7.3	2.7	2.1	0.1	0.2	.098	-1.4	0.0
37	37	PHI	James Collins	Florida State	1	23	103	59	14	3	.382	.450	.571	4.5	2.6	0.6	0.1	0.0	.008	-1.0	0.0
38	38	GSW	Marc Jackson	Temple	7	387	7572	3238	1655	311	.446	.226	.814	19.6	8.4	4.3	0.8	13.0	.082	-2.7	-1.4
39	39	MIL	Jerald Honeycutt	Tulane	2	54	632	275	105	36	.391	.362	.632	11.7	5.1	1.9	0.7	0.3	.020	-3.3	-0.2
40	40	SAC	Anthony Johnson	College of Charleston	13	793	15552	4432	1358	2274	.414	.356	.745	19.6	5.6	1.7	2.9	23.2	.072	-1.5	2.0
41	41	SEA	Eddie Elisma	Georgia Tech
42	42	DEN	Jason Lawson	Villanova	1	17	80	26	27	5	.600		.800	4.7	1.5	1.6	0.3	0.5	.280	4.8	0.1
43	43	PHO	Stephen Jackson	Butler County Community College	14	858	27398	12976	3328	2634	.414	.333	.798	31.9	15.1	3.9	3.1	36.1	.063	-0.4	11.2
44	44	MIN	Gordon Malone	West Virginia
45	45	CLE	Cedric Henderson	Memphis	5	260	6182	1885	755	419	.436	.140	.715	23.8	7.3	2.9	1.6	3.3	.026	-2.8	-1.3
46	46	WAS	God Shammgod	Providence	1	20	146	61	7	36	.328	.000	.767	7.3	3.1	0.4	1.8	-0.1	-.049	-6.2	-0.2
47	47	ORL	Eric Washington	Alabama	2	104	2300	716	216	108	.402	.346	.757	22.1	6.9	2.1	1.0	0.1	.002	-3.5	-0.9
48	48	POR	Alvin Williams	Villanova	9	460	12610	4161	1140	1877	.421	.313	.760	27.4	9.0	2.5	4.1	21.7	.082	-0.4	4.9
49	49	WAS	Predrag Drobnjak		4	278	5542	2187	973	225	.425	.340	.799	19.9	7.9	3.5	0.8	5.6	.048	-3.0	-1.3
50	50	ATL	Alain Digbeu
51	51	ATL	Chris Crawford	Marquette	7	252	3985	1654	547	154	.437	.347	.824	15.8	6.6	2.2	0.6	6.5	.078	-2.6	-0.6
52	52	LAL	DeJuan Wheat	Louisville	2	80	740	265	56	127	.383	.390	.700	9.3	3.3	0.7	1.6	0.5	.034	-1.9	0.0
53	53	VAN	C.J. Bruton	Indian Hills Community College
54	54	LAL	Paul Rogers	Gonzaga
55	55	SEA	Mark Blount	Pitt	9	605	13981	4941	2784	513	.504	.359	.723	23.1	8.2	4.6	0.8	18.8	.065	-2.7	-2.5
56	56	BOS	Ben Pepper
57	57	UTA	Nate Erdmann	Oklahoma
58	58	CHI	Roberto Duenas

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