1997 NBA Draft Results
1997 NBA Draft results with every pick in order, led by No. 1 pick Tim Duncan to San Antonio Spurs.
The 1997 NBA Draft produced 57 selections across 2 rounds, with 28 franchises making at least one pick. San Antonio Spurs held the first overall selection and took Tim Duncan out of Wake Forest.
Philadelphia 76ers made the most selections that year with 4. 44 different colleges and programs were represented across the board, led by Villanova with 3 players drafted.
| Pick | Team | Player | College |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | |||
| 1 |  San Antonio Spurs | Tim Duncan | Wake Forest |
| 2 |  Philadelphia 76ers | Keith Van Horn | Utah |
| 3 |  Boston Celtics | Chauncey Billups | Colorado |
| 4 |  Vancouver Grizzlies | Antonio Daniels | Bowling Green |
| 5 |  Denver Nuggets | Tony Battie | Texas Tech |
| 6 | Boston Celtics | Ron Mercer | Kentucky |
| 7 |  New Jersey Nets | Tim Thomas | Villanova |
| 8 |  Golden State Warriors | Adonal Foyle | Colgate |
| 9 |  Toronto Raptors | Tracy McGrady | None listed |
| 10 |  Milwaukee Bucks | Danny Fortson | Cincinnati |
| 11 |  Sacramento Kings | Tariq Abdul-Wahad | San Jose State |
| 12 |  Indiana Pacers | Austin Croshere | Providence |
| 13 |  Cleveland Cavaliers | Derek Anderson | Kentucky |
| 14 |  LA Clippers | Maurice Taylor | Michigan |
| 15 |  Dallas Mavericks | Kelvin Cato | Iowa State |
| 16 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Brevin Knight | Stanford |
| 17 |  Orlando Magic | Johnny Taylor | Chattanooga |
| 18 |  Portland Trail Blazers | Chris Anstey | None listed |
| 19 |  Detroit Pistons | Scot Pollard | Kansas |
| 20 |  Minnesota Timberwolves | Paul Grant | Wisconsin |
| 21 | New Jersey Nets | Anthony Parker | Bradley |
| 22 |  Atlanta Hawks | Ed Gray | California |
| 23 |  Seattle SuperSonics | Bobby Jackson | Minnesota |
| 24 |  Houston Rockets | Rodrick Rhodes | USC |
| 25 |  New York Knicks | John Thomas | Minnesota |
| 26 |  Miami Heat | Charles Smith | New Mexico |
| 27 |  Utah Jazz | Jacque Vaughn | Kansas |
| 28 |  Chicago Bulls | Keith Booth | Maryland |
| Round 2 | |||
| 30 | Houston Rockets | Serge Zwikker | UNC |
| 31 | Miami Heat | Mark Sanford | Washington |
| 32 | Detroit Pistons | Charles O'Bannon | UCLA |
| 33 | Denver Nuggets | James Cotton | Cal State Long Beach |
| 34 | Philadelphia 76ers | Marko Milič | None listed |
| 35 | Dallas Mavericks | Bubba Wells | Austin Peay State University |
| 36 | Philadelphia 76ers | Kebu Stewart | Cal State-Bakersfield |
| 37 | Philadelphia 76ers | James Collins | Florida State |
| 38 | Golden State Warriors | Marc Jackson | Temple |
| 39 | Milwaukee Bucks | Jerald Honeycutt | Tulane |
| 40 | Sacramento Kings | Anthony Johnson | College of Charleston |
| 41 | Seattle SuperSonics | Eddie Elisma | Georgia Tech |
| 42 | Denver Nuggets | Jason Lawson | Villanova |
| 43 |  Phoenix Suns | Stephen Jackson | Butler County Community College |
| 44 | Minnesota Timberwolves | Gordon Malone | West Virginia |
| 45 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Cedric Henderson | Memphis |
| 46 |  Washington Wizards | God Shammgod | Providence |
| 47 | Orlando Magic | Eric Washington | Alabama |
| 48 | Portland Trail Blazers | Alvin Williams | Villanova |
| 49 | Washington Wizards | Predrag Drobnjak | None listed |
| 50 | Atlanta Hawks | Alain Digbeu | None listed |
| 51 | Atlanta Hawks | Chris Crawford | Marquette |
| 52 |  Los Angeles Lakers | DeJuan Wheat | Louisville |
| 53 | Vancouver Grizzlies | C.J. Bruton | Indian Hills Community College |
| 54 | Los Angeles Lakers | Paul Rogers | Gonzaga |
| 55 | Seattle SuperSonics | Mark Blount | Pitt |
| 56 | Boston Celtics | Ben Pepper | None listed |
| 57 | Utah Jazz | Nate Erdmann | Oklahoma |
| 58 | Chicago Bulls | Roberto Duenas | None listed |
Selections by franchise
The same 57 selections arranged by the club that made them, using the franchise name as it stood in 1997.
- Philadelphia 76ers 4 No. 2 Keith Van Horn, No. 34 Marko Milič, No. 36 Kebu Stewart, No. 37 James Collins
- Atlanta Hawks 3 No. 22 Ed Gray, No. 50 Alain Digbeu, No. 51 Chris Crawford
- Boston Celtics 3 No. 3 Chauncey Billups, No. 6 Ron Mercer, No. 56 Ben Pepper
- Cleveland Cavaliers 3 No. 13 Derek Anderson, No. 16 Brevin Knight, No. 45 Cedric Henderson
- Denver Nuggets 3 No. 5 Tony Battie, No. 33 James Cotton, No. 42 Jason Lawson
- Seattle SuperSonics 3 No. 23 Bobby Jackson, No. 41 Eddie Elisma, No. 55 Mark Blount
- Chicago Bulls 2 No. 28 Keith Booth, No. 58 Roberto Duenas
- Dallas Mavericks 2 No. 15 Kelvin Cato, No. 35 Bubba Wells
- Detroit Pistons 2 No. 19 Scot Pollard, No. 32 Charles O'Bannon
- Golden State Warriors 2 No. 8 Adonal Foyle, No. 38 Marc Jackson
- Houston Rockets 2 No. 24 Rodrick Rhodes, No. 30 Serge Zwikker
- Los Angeles Lakers 2 No. 52 DeJuan Wheat, No. 54 Paul Rogers
- Miami Heat 2 No. 26 Charles Smith, No. 31 Mark Sanford
- Milwaukee Bucks 2 No. 10 Danny Fortson, No. 39 Jerald Honeycutt
- Minnesota Timberwolves 2 No. 20 Paul Grant, No. 44 Gordon Malone
- New Jersey Nets 2 No. 7 Tim Thomas, No. 21 Anthony Parker
- Orlando Magic 2 No. 17 Johnny Taylor, No. 47 Eric Washington
- Portland Trail Blazers 2 No. 18 Chris Anstey, No. 48 Alvin Williams
- Sacramento Kings 2 No. 11 Tariq Abdul-Wahad, No. 40 Anthony Johnson
- Utah Jazz 2 No. 27 Jacque Vaughn, No. 57 Nate Erdmann
- Vancouver Grizzlies 2 No. 4 Antonio Daniels, No. 53 C.J. Bruton
- Washington Wizards 2 No. 46 God Shammgod, No. 49 Predrag Drobnjak
- Indiana Pacers 1 No. 12 Austin Croshere
- LA Clippers 1 No. 14 Maurice Taylor
- New York Knicks 1 No. 25 John Thomas
- Phoenix Suns 1 No. 43 Stephen Jackson
- San Antonio Spurs 1 No. 1 Tim Duncan
- Toronto Raptors 1 No. 9 Tracy McGrady
Colleges and programs represented
44 programs produced at least one selection in the 1997 draft.
- Villanova3
- Kansas2
- Kentucky2
- Minnesota2
- Providence2
- Alabama
- Austin Peay State University
- Bowling Green
- Bradley
- Butler County Community College
- Cal State Long Beach
- Cal State-Bakersfield
- California
- Chattanooga
- Cincinnati
- Colgate
- College of Charleston
- Colorado
- Florida State
- Georgia Tech
- Gonzaga
- Indian Hills Community College
- Iowa State
- Louisville
- Marquette
- Maryland
- Memphis
- Michigan
- New Mexico
- Oklahoma
- Pitt
- San Jose State
- Stanford
- Temple
- Texas Tech
- Tulane
- UCLA
- UNC
- USC
- Utah
- Wake Forest
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin