1999 NBA DRAFT

The '1999 NBA Draft' was held on June 30, 1999 at MCI Center 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 (1), Trajan Langdon (11), Corey Maggette (13), and William Avery (14) being selected out of Duke University. It's maybe one of the best class draft of the NBA Draft, with a total of nine NBA All Star .

Contents

Round one

Round two

Notable undrafted players

Round one

= All-Star

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	School/Club Team
1	Elton Brand (PF)		Chicago Bulls	Duke
2	Steve Francis (G)		Vancouver Grizzlies	Maryland
3	Baron Davis (PG)		Charlotte Hornets	UCLA
4	Lamar Odom (F)		Los Angeles Clippers	Rhode Island
5	Jonathan Bender (F)		Toronto Raptors (from Denver, traded to Indiana for Antonio Davis)	Picayune HS (Picayune, MS)
6	Wally Szczerbiak (SF)		Minnesota Timberwolves (from New Jersey)	Miami (OH)
7	Richard Hamilton (SG)		Washington Wizards	UConn
8	Andre Miller (PG)		Cleveland Cavaliers (from Boston)	Utah
9	Shawn Marion (F)		Phoenix Suns (from Dallas)	UNLV
10	Jason Terry (G)		Golden State Warriors (traded to Atlanta)	Arizona
11	Trajan Langdon (SG)		Cleveland Cavaliers	Duke
12	Aleksandar Radojevic (C)		Toronto Raptors	Barton County JC (Kansas)
13	Corey Maggette (SG/SF)		Seattle SuperSonics	Duke
14	William Avery (PG)		Minnesota Timberwolves	Duke
15	Frédéric Weis (C)		New York Knicks	Limoges (France)
16	Ron Artest (SF)		Chicago Bulls (from Phoenix)	St. John's
17	Cal Bowdler (PF)		Atlanta Hawks (from Sacramento)	Old Dominion
18	James Posey (SG/SF)		Denver Nuggets (from Milwaukee via Phoenix)	Xavier
19	Quincy Lewis (SF)		Utah Jazz (from Philadelphia)	Minnesota
20	Dion Glover (SG)		Atlanta Hawks (from Detroit)	Georgia Tech
21	Jeff Foster (PF/C)		Atlanta Hawks (traded to Golden State)	Southwest Texas State
22	Kenny Thomas (PF)		Houston Rockets	New Mexico
23	Devean George (SF)		Los Angeles Lakers	Augsburg
24	Andrei Kirilenko (F)		Utah Jazz (from Orlando)	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
25	Tim James (SF)		Miami Heat	Miami (FL)
26	Vonteego Cummings (PG)		Indiana Pacers	Pittsburgh
27	Jumaine Jones (SF)		Atlanta Hawks (from Portland via Detroit)	Georgia
28	Scott Padgett (PF)		Utah Jazz	Kentucky
29	Leon Smith (PF)		San Antonio Spurs	Martin Luther King HS

Round two

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	School/Club Team
30	John Celestand (PG)		Los Angeles Lakers (from Vancouver)	Villanova
31	Rico Hill (F)		Los Angeles Clippers	Illinois State
32	Michael Ruffin (PF)		Chicago Bulls	Tulsa
33	Chris Herren (G)		Denver Nuggets	Fresno State
34	Evan Eschmeyer (C)		New Jersey Nets	Northwestern
35	Calvin Booth (C)		Washington Wizards	Penn State
36	Wang Zhizhi (C)		Dallas Mavericks	Bayi Rockets (China)
37	Obinna Ekezie (C)		Vancouver Grizzlies (from Boston)	Maryland
38	Laron Profit (SG/SF)		Orlando Magic (from Golden State)	Maryland
39	A.J. Bramlett (C)		Cleveland Cavaliers	Arizona
40	Gordan Giricek (SG)		Dallas Mavericks (from Toronto)	Cibona Zagreb (Croatia)
41	Francisco Elson (PF)		Denver Nuggets (from Seattle)	California
42	Louis Bullock (G)		Minnesota Timberwolves	Michigan
43	Lee Nailon (SF)		Charlotte Hornets	TCU
44	Tyrone Washington (C)		Houston Rockets (from Phoenix)	Mississippi State
45	Ryan Robertson (G)		Sacramento Kings	Kansas
46	J.R. Koch (F)		New York Knicks	Iowa
47	Todd MacCulloch (C)		Philadelphia 76ers	Washington
48	Galen Young (G)		Milwaukee Bucks	Charlotte
49	Lari Ketner (C)		Chicago Bulls (from Detroit via Atlanta)	UMass
50	Venson Hamilton (C)		Houston Rockets	Nebraska
51	Antwain Smith (F)		Vancouver Grizzlies (from L.A. Lakers)	St. Paul's (VA)
52	Roberto Bergersen (G)		Atlanta Hawks	Boise State
53	Rodney Buford (SG)		Miami Heat	Creighton
54	Melvin Levett (G)		Detroit Pistons (from Indiana)	Cincinnati
55	Kris Clack (G)		Boston Celtics (from Orlando via Denver)	Texas
56	Tim Young (C)		Golden State Warriors (from Portland)	Stanford
57	Emanuel "Manu" Ginóbili (SG)		San Antonio Spurs	Viola Reggio Calabria (Italy)
58	Eddie Lucas (G)		Utah Jazz	Virginia Tech

Notable undrafted players

All players are Americans unless otherwise indicated. Bell is a U.S. citizen by birth (as are all other natives of the U.S. Virgin Islands), but is classified as an "international" player by the NBA.

★ Chris Andersen (PF), Blinn College

★ Raja Bell (SG), and Florida International

★ Jermaine Jackson (SG), Detroit

★ Milt Palacio (PG/SG), Colorado State