1999 NBA draft
| 1999 NBA draft | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Date(s) | June 30, 1999 |
| Location | MCI Center (Washington, D.C.) |
| Network(s) | TNT |
| Overview | |
| 58 total selections in 2 rounds | |
| League | NBA |
| First selection | Elton Brand (Chicago Bulls) |
The 1999 NBA draft was held on June 30, 1999, at the MCI Center (now Capital One Arena) in Washington, D.C. It was the first draft in which four players from the same college were picked in the first round, with Elton Brand (1st selection), Trajan Langdon (11th), Corey Maggette (13th) and William Avery (14th) being selected out of Duke University. It is widely viewed as one of the best draft classes, with a total of nine future NBA All-Stars being chosen, as well as three winners of the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award—Manu Ginóbili, Jason Terry, and Lamar Odom. Six of the top nine picks were NBA All-Stars. Pablo Prigioni, who was eligible for selection but went undrafted, eventually debuted in the 2012–2013 season as the oldest rookie in NBA history at age 35.
Draft selections
| G | Guard | PG | Point guard | SG | Shooting guard | F | Forward | SF | Small forward | PF | Power forward | C | Center |
| ^ | Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
| * | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-NBA Team |
| + | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game |
| # | Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff game |
| ~ | Denotes player who has been selected as Rookie of the Year |
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Notable undrafted players
These players eligible for the 1999 NBA draft were not selected but have played in the NBA.
Early entrants
College underclassmen
This year would see a step down in the number of overall underclassmen entering the NBA draft. After seeing 40 initial entries the last two years, this year only saw 39 total initial entries at hand. Not only that, but twelve of the players that had declared entry (with six of the actual collegiate players being Harold Arceneaux from Weber State University, Edwin Daniels from UNLV, DeeAndre Hulett from the College of the Sequoias, Lamont Long from the University of New Mexico, Jamaal Magloire from the University of Kentucky, and Tyron Triplett from Tallahassee Community College) would later withdraw their names from this year's draft, which left only 21 total college underclassmen for this year (27 if you include the two high school players and four international players that stayed in this year's draft). The following college basketball players successfully applied for early draft entrance.[3]
- United States Ron Artest – F, St. John's (sophomore)
- United States William Avery – G, Duke (sophomore)
- United States Carl Boyd – G, California (junior)
- United States Elton Brand – F, Duke (sophomore)
- United States Baron Davis – G, UCLA (sophomore)
- United States Steve Francis – G, Maryland (junior)
- United States Dwayne Franklin – F, Shaw (sophomore)
- United States Dion Glover – G, Georgia Tech (sophomore)
- United States Richard Hamilton – G, Connecticut (junior)
- United States Rico Harris – F, Cal State Northridge (junior)
- United States Ben Hendricks – G, East Carolina (junior)
- United States Kendrick Johnson – G, San Jose State (freshman)
- United States Jumaine Jones – F, Georgia (sophomore)
- United States Shaun Kenney – G, Cleveland State (sophomore)
- United States Corey Maggette – G/F, Duke (freshman)
- United States Shawn Marion – F, UNLV (junior)
- United States Michael Maxwell – G, Western New Mexico (junior)
- United States Greg Minor – G, Cal State Northridge (junior)
- United States Lamar Odom – F, Rhode Island (sophomore)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina Aleksandar Radojević – C, Barton CC (sophomore)
- United States Gene Shipley – F, San Jose CC (freshman)
- United States Albert White – G/F, Missouri (junior)
High school players
This would be the fifth straight year in a row where at least one high school player would declare their entry into the NBA draft directly out of high school after previously only allowing it one time back in 1975. The following high school players successfully applied for early draft entrance.[3]
International players
In addition to the players below, the likes of Greece's Georgios Diamantopoulos of the Papagou B.C., Greece's Antonis Fotsis of the Panathinaikos B.C., Brazil's Guilherme Joanoni of the Esporte Clube Pinheiros, the Nigerian born Olumide Oyedeji of Germany's DJK Würzburg, Yugoslavia's Igor Rakočević of the KK Crvena Zvezda, and Greece's Kostas Tsartsaris of the Near East B.C. also initially declared entry for this year's draft at first, but those six players would later withdraw their names from this year's draft altogether. However, the following international players did successfully apply for early draft entrance.[3]
- Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/Serbia Nikola Dacevic – F, Limoges CSP (France)
- Croatia Hrvoje Henjak – C, KK Split (Croatia)
- Russia Andrei Kirilenko – F, PBC CSKA Moscow (Russia)
- Croatia Josko Poljak – C, KK Split (Croatia)
Notes
See also
References
- ↑ Bolch, Ben (September 16, 2011). "We have World Peace: Ron Artest gets name change". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
- ↑ Bowdler was born in the United States, but represents the Republic of Ireland internationally.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "1999 Underclassmen". The Draft Review. August 4, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
External links
- "Official website". NBA.com. Archived from the original on February 16, 2001. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
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