Underclassmen in 1997-1998 NBA Draft
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
Twenty Division I players (14 juniors, four sophomores and two freshmen), four high school seniors, three players from overseas, two junior college players, two NAIA players, one Division II junior and one Division II sophomore forfeited the remainder of their college eligibility and declared for the 1998 NBA Draft which took place at GM Place in Vancouver, British Columbia on June 24.
Players are listed in alphabetical order; first round selections in bold type, high school players in italics.
| Cl | Drafted by | Overall Pick |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Rafer Alston, Fresno St. | Jr. | Milwaukee | 39 |
| Corey Benjamin, Oregon St. | So. | Chicago | 28 |
| Mike Bibby, Arizona | So. | Vancouver | 2 |
| Chandar Bingham, Virginia Union | So. | Not drafted | — |
| Marcus Bullard, Auburn-Montgomery | Jr. | Not drafted | — |
| Vince Carter, N. Carolina | Jr. | Golden State | 5 |
| Wayne Clark, DeKalb (Ga.) JC | Jr. | Not drafted | — |
| Tim Cole, NE Miss. CC | Jr. | Not drafted | — |
| Peter Cornell, Loyola-Marymount | Jr. | Not drafted | — |
| Arthur Davis, St. Joseph's | So. | Not drafted | — |
| Ricky Davis, Iowa | Fr. | Charlotte | 21 |
| Tremaine Fowlkes, Fresno St. | Jr. | Denver | 54 |
| Al Harrington, St. Patrick (N.J.) HS | HS | Indiana | 25 |
| Larry Hughes, Saint Louis | Fr. | Philadelphia | 8 |
| Randell Jackson, Florida St. | Jr. | Not drafted | — |
| Jerome James, Florida A&M | Jr. | Sacramento | 36 |
| Antawn Jamison, N. Carolina | Jr. | Toronto | 4 |
| Rashard Lewis, Alief-Elsik (Tex.) | HS | Seattle | 32 |
| Tyronn Lue, Nebraska | Jr. | Denver | 23 |
| Jelani McCoy, UCLA | Jr. | Seattle | 33 |
| Stanislav Medvedenko, Budivelnik (UKR) | — | Not drafted | — |
| Mark Miller, Ill-Chicago | Jr. | Not drafted | — |
| Nazr Mohammed, Kentucky | Jr. | Utah | 29 |
| Dirk Nowitzki, DJK Wurzburg (GER) | — | Milwaukee | 9 |
| Paul Pierce, Kansas | Jr. | Boston | 10 |
| Ellis Richardson, Polytechnic (Calif.) | HS | Not drafted | — |
| Adam Roberts, San Francisco St. | Jr. | Not drafted | — |
| James Spears, Shaw U. | Jr. | Not drafted | — |
| Bruno Sudov, Split (CRO) | — | Dallas | 35 |
| Robert Traylor, Michigan | Jr. | Dallas | 6 |
| Winfred Walton, Fresno St. | So. | Not drafted | — |
| Jason Williams, Florida | Jr. | Sacramento | 7 |
| Korleone Young, Hargrave Mil Acad. | HS | Detroit | 40 |
Note: Lee Nailon of Texas Christian, Lamar Odom of Rhode Island, Bud Eley of Southeast Missouri State, Rico Harris of Los Angeles City College, Marko Jaric of Peristeri (Greece), Sasa Markovic-Theodorakis of Panionios (Greece), and Dimitris Papanikolaou of Olympiakos (Greece) declared for the draft and then withdrew their names before the June 18 deadline.
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