1996-97 Season: Underclassmen in NBA Draft
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
Twenty five Division I players (19 juniors, five sophomores and one freshmen), six junior college players, five Division II juniors, one NAIA player, one high school senior, one player from the Atlantic Basketball Association and one player from overseas forfeited the remainder of their college eligibility and declared for the 1997 NBA Draft which took place in Charlotte, N.C. on June 25.
Players are listed in alphabetical order; first round selections in bold type.
| Cl | Drafted by | Overall Pick | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gracen Averil, Texas Tech | Jr. | Not drafted | — |
| Tony Battie, Texas Tech | Jr. | Denver | 5 |
| Chauncey Billups, Colorado | So. | Boston | 3 |
| Carl Blanton, Southern | So. | Not drafted | — |
| Mark Blount, Pittsburgh | So. | Seattle | 55 |
| C.J. Bruton, Indian Hills (Ia.) CC | So. | Vancouver | 53 |
| Dan Buie, Washburn (Kan.) | Jr. | Not drafted | — |
| Keith Closs, C. Conn. St./ABA | ABA | Not drafted | — |
| James Cotton, Long Beach St. | Jr. | Denver | 33 |
| Tony Doyle, Columbia | Jr. | Not drafted | — |
| Ian Folmar, Slippery Rock | Jr. | Not drafted | — |
| Danny Forston, Cincinnati | Jr. | Milwaukee | 10 |
| Adonal Foyle, Colgate | Jr. | Golden St. | 8 |
| Darryl Hardy, Winston-Salem | Jr. | Not drafted | — |
| Antjonne Holmes, C. Baptist JC | Jr. | Not drafted | — |
| Troy Hudson, S. Illinois | Jr. | Not drafted | — |
| Marc Jackson, Temple | Jr. | Golden St. | 38 |
| Stephen Jackson, Butler CC | Fr. | Phoenix | 43 |
| Ed Jenkins, Sullivan (Ky.) | Jr. | Not drafted | — |
| Marcus Johnson, Long Beach St. | Jr. | Not drafted | — |
| Damon Jones, Houston | Jr. | Not drafted | — |
| Nate Langley, George Mason | Jr. | Not drafted | — |
| Keith Love, Domican Univ. | Jr. | Not drafted | — |
| Gordon Malone, W. Virginia | Jr. | Minnesota | 44 |
| Amere May, Shaw | Fr. | Not drafted | — |
| Elgie McCoy, Kutztown | Jr. | Not drafted | — |
| Tracy McGrady, Mt. Zion (N.C.) | HS | Toronto | 9 |
| Ron Mercer, Kentucky | So. | Boston | 6 |
| Marco Milic, Slovenia | NA | Philadelphia | 34 |
| Victor Page, Georgetown | So. | Not drafted | — |
| Shawn Ritzie, Norwalk CC | So. | Not drafted | — |
| Eddie Robinson, Brown Mackie JC | So. | Not drafted | — |
| Paul Rogers, Gonzaga | Jr. | LA Lakers | 54 |
| Bryon Ruffner, BYU | Jr. | Not drafted | — |
| Olivier Saint-Jean, San Jose St. | Jr. | Sacramento | 11 |
| Mark Sanford, Washington | Jr. | Miami | 31 |
| God Shammgod, Providence | So. | Washington | 46 |
| Maurice Taylor, Michigan | Jr. | LA Clippers | 14 |
| Tim Thomas, Villanova | Fr. | New Jersey | 7 |
| Mark Young, Kansas St. | Jr. | Not drafted | — |
Note: Cory Carr of Texas Tech, Ronnie Fields of the Rockford Lightning (CBA), Demetri Papanikolaou of Greece, Larrell Redic of Utah St., Dawood Thomas of California (Pa.), Mirsad Turkcan of Turkey and Luca Victoriano of Argentina declared for the draft then withdrew their names before the June 18 deadline.
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