Index
NBA Draft
1997 NBA Draft, First Round
First Round Player College
1. San Antonio Tim Duncan Wake Forest
2. Philadelphia (1) Keith Van Horn Utah
3. Boston Chauncey Billups Colorado
4. Vancouver Antonio Daniels Bowling Green
5. Denver Tony Battie Texas Tech
6. Boston (from Dallas) Ron Mercer Kentucky
7. New Jersey (1) Tim Thomas Villanova
8. Golden State Adonal Foyle Colgate
9. Toronto Tracy McGrady N/A
10. Milwaukee (2) Danny Fortson Cincinnati
11. Sacramento Olivier Saint-Jean San Jose State
12. Indiana Austin Croshere Providence
13. Cleveland Derek Anderson Kentucky
14. LA Clippers Maurice Taylor Michigan
15. Dallas (3) (from Minnesota) Kelvin Cato Iowa State
16. Cleveland (from Phoenix) Brevin Knight Stanford
17. Orlando Johnny Taylor Tenn.-Chattanooga
18. Portland (3) Chris Anstey N/A
19. Detroit Scot Pollard Kansas
20. Minnesota (from Charlotte) Paul Grant Wisconsin
21. New Jersey (1) (from LA Lakers) Anthony Parker Bradley
22. Atlanta Ed Gray California
23. Seattle (4) Bobby Jackson Minnesota
24. Houston Rodrick Rhodes USC
25. New York John Thomas Minnesota
26. Miami Charles Smith New Mexico
27. Utah Jacque Vaughn Kansas
28. Chicago Keith Booth Maryland
Notes:
*Washington forfeited its first-round pick as compensation for re-signing free agent Juwan Howard in 1996.
(1) Philadelphia traded Don MacLean, Michael Cage, Lucious Harris and the rights Keith Van Horn to New Jersey for Jim Jackson, Eric Montross and the rights to Tim Thomas and Anthony Parker.
(2) Milwaukee traded Johnny Newman, Joe Wolf and the rights to Danny Fortson to Denver for Ervin Johnson.
(3) Dallas traded the rights to Kelvin Cato to Portland for the rights to Chris Anstey and cash.
(4) Seattle traded the rights to Bobby Jackson to Denver for the rights to second-round pick James Cotton and a 1998 second-round pick.
1997 DRAFT
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First Round
 1 SA     Tim Duncan               Wake Forest
 2 Phil   Keith Van Horn           Utah
 3 Bos    Chauncey Billups         Colorado
 4 Van    Antonio Daniels          Bowling Green
 5 Den    Tony Battie              Texas Tech
 6 Bos    Ron Mercer               Kentucky
 7 NJ     Tim Thomas               Villanova
 8 GS     Adonal Foyle             Colgate
 9 Tor    Tracy McGrady            Mount Zion (NC) Academy
10 Mil    Danny Fortson            Cincinnati
11 Sac    Olivier Saint-Jean       San Jose State
12 Ind    Austin Croshere          Providence
13 Clev   Derek Anderson           Kentucky
14 LAC    Maurice Taylor           Michigan
15 Dall   Kelvin Cato              Iowa State
16 Clev   Brevin Knight            Stanford
17 Orl    Johnny Taylor            Tennessee-Chattanooga   
18 Port   Chris Anstey             Australia
19 Det    Scot Pollard             Kansas
20 Minn   Paul Grant               Wisconsin
21 NJ     Anthony Parker           Bradley
22 Atl    Ed Gray                  California
23 Sea    Bobby Jackson            Minnesota
24 Hous   Rodrick Rhodes           Southern Cal
25 NYK    John Thomas              Minnesota
26 Mia    Charles Smith            New Mexico
27 Utah   Jacque Vaughn            Kansas
28 Chi    Keith Booth              Maryland
(Washington forfeited its first round pick, which would have
been #17 overall)
Second Round
1  Hous   Serge Zwikker            North Carolina
2  Mia    Mark Sanford             Washington
3  Det    Charles O'Bannon         UCLA
4  Den    James Cotton             Long Beach State
5  Phil   Marko Milic              Slovenia
6  Dall   Bubba Wells              Austin Peay
7  Phil   Kebu Stewart             Cal State Bakersfield
8  Phil   James Collins            Florida State
9  GS     Marc Jackson             Temple
10 Mil    Jerald Honeycutt         Tulane
11 Sac    Anthony Johnson          College of Charleston
12 Sea    Eddie Elisma             Georgia Tech
13 Den    Jason Lawson             Villanova
14 Phoe   Stephen Jackson          Butler County (KS) CC
15 Minn   Gordon Malone            West Virginia
16 Clev   Cedric Henderson         Memphis
17 Wash   God Shammgod             Providence
18 Orl    Eric Washington          Alabama
19 Port   Alvin Williams           Villanova
20 Wash   Predrag Drobnjak         Partizan-Belgrade
21 Atl    Alain Digbeu             Villeurbanne-France
22 Atl    Chris Crawford           Marquette
23 LAL    DeJuan Wheat             Louisville
24 Van    C.J Bruton               Indian Hills (IA) CC
25 LAL    Paul Rogers              Gonzaga
26 Sea    Mark Blount              Pittsburgh
27 Bos    Ben Pepper               Australia
28 Utah   Nate Erdmann             Oklahoma
29 Chi    Roberto Duenas           FC Barcelona-Spain