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1997 NBA Draft

57 picks in 2 rounds · held after the 1996-97 season

◀ 1996 1998 ▶

All Round 1 Round 2

Rd	Pick	Team	Player	From	NBA career
1	1	Spurs	Tim Duncan	Wake Forest	19 seasons, 1392 games, 19.0 ppg
1	2	76ers	Keith Van Horn	Utah	10 seasons, 605 games, 15.2 ppg
1	3	Celtics	Chauncey Billups	Colorado	17 seasons, 1057 games, 14.9 ppg
1	4	Grizzlies	Antonio Daniels	Bowling Green	13 seasons, 881 games, 7.5 ppg
1	5	Nuggets	Tony Battie	Texas Tech	15 seasons, 919 games, 5.5 ppg
1	6	Celtics	Ron Mercer	Kentucky	8 seasons, 441 games, 13.4 ppg
1	7	Nets	Tim Thomas	Villanova	13 seasons, 878 games, 10.8 ppg
1	8	Warriors	Adonal Foyle	Colgate	13 seasons, 833 games, 3.6 ppg
1	9	Raptors	Tracy McGrady	Mount Zion Christian Academy High school	15 seasons, 983 games, 18.7 ppg
1	10	Bucks	Danny Fortson	Cincinnati	10 seasons, 440 games, 8.2 ppg
1	11	Kings	Tariq Abdul-Wahad	San José State	6 seasons, 238 games, 7.7 ppg
1	12	Pacers	Austin Croshere	Providence	12 seasons, 677 games, 6.6 ppg
1	13	Cavaliers	Derek Anderson	Kentucky	11 seasons, 646 games, 11.4 ppg
1	14	Clippers	Maurice Taylor	Michigan	9 seasons, 534 games, 11.0 ppg
1	15	Mavericks	Kelvin Cato	Iowa State	10 seasons, 585 games, 5.1 ppg
1	16	Cavaliers	Brevin Knight	Stanford	12 seasons, 729 games, 7.3 ppg
1	17	Magic	Johnny Taylor	Tennessee-Chattanooga	3 seasons, 55 games, 4.7 ppg
1	18	Trail Blazers	Chris Anstey	South East Melbourne Magic (Australia) Pro club	3 seasons, 155 games, 5.2 ppg
1	19	Pistons	Scot Pollard	Kansas	11 seasons, 506 games, 4.4 ppg
1	20	Timberwolves	Paul Grant	Wisconsin	2 seasons, 16 games, 1.8 ppg
1	21	Nets	Anthony Parker	Bradley	9 seasons, 494 games, 9.1 ppg
1	22	Hawks	Ed Gray	California	2 seasons, 60 games, 6.2 ppg
1	23	SuperSonics	Bobby Jackson	Minnesota	12 seasons, 761 games, 9.7 ppg
1	24	Rockets	Rodrick Rhodes	Southern California	3 seasons, 75 games, 5.1 ppg
1	25	Knicks	John Thomas	Minnesota	5 seasons, 215 games, 2.6 ppg
1	26	Heat	Charles Smith	New Mexico	5 seasons, 160 games, 4.6 ppg
1	27	Jazz	Jacque Vaughn	Kansas	12 seasons, 776 games, 4.5 ppg
1	28	Bulls	Keith Booth	Maryland	2 seasons, 45 games, 2.9 ppg

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1997 NBA Draft