1996 NBA Draft Recap

The 1996 NBA Draft took place in New Jersey on June 26, 1996

First Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
1 Allen Iverson PHL G 183cm 75kg 21 14 Georgetown So * United States
2 Marcus Camby TOR C 211cm 109kg 22 17 Massachusetts Jr * United States
3 Shareef Abdur-Rahim VAN F 206cm 102kg 19 12 California Fr * United States
4 Stephon Marbury MIL MIL to MIN G 188cm 82kg 19 13 Georgia Tech Fr * United States
5 Ray Allen MIN MIN to MIL SG 196cm 93kg 20 18 UConn Jr * United States
6 Antoine Walker BOS F 206cm 120kg 19 12 Kentucky So * United States
7 Lorenzen Wright LAC F-C 211cm 116kg 20 13 Memphis So * United States
8 Kerry Kittles NJN G 196cm 81kg 22 9 Villanova Sr United States
9 Samaki Walker DAL PF 206cm 113kg 20 10 Louisville So * United States
10 Erick Dampier IND C 211cm 120kg 20 16 Mississippi State Jr * United States
11 Todd Fuller GOS C 211cm 116kg 21 6 NC State Sr United States
12 Vitaly Potapenko CLE C-F 208cm 127kg 21 11 Wright State So * Ukraine
13 Kobe Bryant CHA CHA to LAL SG 198cm 96kg 17 20 Lower Merion High School (Pennsylvania) 1978 DOB * United States
14 Peja Stojakovic SAC F 208cm 104kg 19 13 PAOK BC (Greece) 1977 DOB * Serbia / Greece
15 Steve Nash PHX G 191cm 81kg 22 19 Santa Clara Sr Canada / South Africa
16 Tony Delk CHA G 185cm 86kg 22 10 Kentucky Sr United States
17 Jermaine O'Neal POR FC 211cm 107kg 17 18 Eau Claire High School (South Carolina) 1978 DOB * United States
18 John Wallace NYK PF 203cm 102kg 22 7 Syracuse Sr United States
19 Walter McCarty NYK F 208cm 104kg 22 10 Kentucky Sr United States
20 Zydrunas Ilgauskas CLE C 221cm 118kg 21 15 BC Aisciai-Atletas (Lithuania) 1975 DOB * Lithuania
21 Dontae Jones NYK F 203cm 100kg 21 4 Mississippi State Jr * United States
22 Roy Rogers, Jr. VAN F 208cm 107kg 22 5 Alabama Sr United States
23 Efthimios Rentzias DEN DEN to ATL
ATL to PHL
C 211cm 118kg 20 1 PAOK BC (Greece) 1976 DOB * Greece
24 Derek Fisher LAL G 185cm 95kg 21 18 Little Rock Sr United States
25 Martin Muursepp UTH UTH to MIA F-C 208cm 107kg 21 3 Tallinna Ulikool/Kalev (Estonia) 1974 DOB Estonia
26 Jerome Williams DET PF 206cm 93kg 23 9 Georgetown Sr United States
27 Brian Evans ORL F 203cm 100kg 22 3 Indiana Sr United States
28 Priest Lauderdale ATL C 224cm 147kg 22 4 Peristeri BC (Greece) 1973 DOB * United States
29 Travis Knight CHI C 213cm 107kg 21 8 UConn Sr United States

Second Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
30 Othella Harrington HOU F-C 206cm 107kg 22 12 Georgetown Sr United States
31 Mark Hendrickson PHL F 206cm 100kg 22 4 Washington State Sr United States
32 Ryan Minor PHL F 201cm 100kg 22 1 Oklahoma Sr United States
33 Moochie Norris MIL G 185cm 79kg 22 9 West Florida Sr United States
34 Shawn Harvey DAL G 193cm 82kg 22 1 West Virginia State Sr United States
35 Joseph Blair SEA PF 208cm 114kg 22 0 Arizona Sr United States
36 Doron Sheffer LAC LAC to POR G 196cm 91kg 24 0 UConn Sr Israel
37 Jeff McInnis DEN G 193cm 86kg 21 11 North Carolina Jr * United States
38 Steve Hamer BOS C 213cm 111kg 22 1 Tennessee Sr United States
39 Russ Millard PHX F 203cm 109kg 23 1 Iowa Sr United States
40 Marcus Mann GOS F 203cm 111kg 22 1 Mississippi Valley State Sr United States
41 Jason Sasser SAC SAC to POR F 201cm 102kg 22 6 Texas Tech Sr United States
42 Randy Livingston HOU GF 193cm 95kg 21 10 LSU Jr * United States
43 Ben Davis PHX FC 206cm 109kg 23 6 Arizona Sr United States
44 Malik Rose CHA F 201cm 113kg 21 13 Drexel Sr United States
45 Joe Vogel SEA C 211cm 116kg 22 2 Colorado State Sr United States / Lebanon
46 Marcus Brown POR G 191cm 84kg 22 3 Murray State Sr United States
47 Ron Riley SEA SEA to DET SG 196cm 93kg 22 2 Arizona State Sr United States
48 Jamie Feick PHL F 206cm 116kg 21 7 Michigan State Sr United States
49 Amal McCaskill ORL C 211cm 107kg 22 8 Marquette Sr United States
50 Terrell Bell HOU PF 208cm 109kg 22 5 Georgia Sr United States
51 Chris Robinson VAN G 196cm 93kg 22 5 Western Kentucky Sr United States
52 Mark Pope IND C 208cm 107kg 23 8 Kentucky Sr United States
53 Jeff Nordgaard MIL F 201cm 102kg 17 2 Green Bay Sr United States / Poland
54 Shandon Anderson UTH GF 198cm 94kg 22 10 Georgia Sr United States
55 Ronnie Henderson WAS G 193cm 93kg 22 1 LSU Jr * United States
56 Reggie Geary CLE SG 188cm 85kg 22 4 Arizona Sr United States
57 Drew Barry SEA G 196cm 87kg 23 4 Georgia Tech Sr United States
58 Darnell Robinson DAL C 211cm 122kg 22 1 Arkansas Jr * United States

Undrafted Players

Player Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
Ben Wallace FC 206cm 109kg 21 16 Virginia Union Sr United States
Chucky Atkins G 180cm 84kg 21 12 South Florida Sr United States
Adrian Griffin G-F 196cm 98kg 21 10 Seton Hall Sr United States
Erick Strickland G 191cm 95kg 22 9 Nebraska Sr United States
Darvin Ham F-G 201cm 100kg 22 8 Texas Tech Sr United States
Art Long PF 206cm 113kg 23 7 Cincinnati Sr United States
Will Cunningham C 211cm 113kg 22 6 Temple Sr United States
Juaquin Hawkins SF 201cm 100kg 22 5 Long Beach State Sr United States
Rusty LaRue SG 188cm 95kg 22 5 Wake Forest Sr United States
Ira Bowman SG 196cm 88kg 23 4 Pennsylvania Sr United States
Ben Handlogten PF 208cm 109kg 22 4 Western Michigan Sr United States
Horacio Llamas C 211cm 129kg 22 4 Grand Canyon Sr Mexico
Joe Stephens F 201cm 95kg 23 4 Little Rock Sr United States
Carlos Strong F 201cm 111kg 23 3 Georgia Sr United States
Rick Hughes F 206cm 107kg 22 2 Thomas More Sr United States
LaMarcus Golden PG 191cm 82kg 22 1 Memphis Jr * United States
Shannon Smith GF 196cm 88kg 22 1 Milwaukee Sr United States
Todd Lindeman C 213cm 120kg 23 6 Indiana Sr United States
Brandon Williams GF 198cm 98kg 21 5 Davidson Sr United States
Virginijus Praskevicius F 206cm 108kg 22 2   Lithuania
Anthony Harris G 185cm 98kg 24 1 Hawaii Sr United States
Ibrahim Kutluay G 198cm 91kg 22 1 Alpella B.K. (Turkey) 1974 DOB Turkey
Mate Skelin C 216cm 112kg 21 1   1974 DOB Croatia

* Team owns the player's draft rights