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1998 NBA Draft

1997 NBA Draft 1999 NBA Draft

Date: Wednesday, June 24, 1998

Location: Vancouver, Canada

Number of Picks: 58 (56 played in NBA)

First Overall Pick: Michael Olowokandi (2.5 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: D. Nowitzki (206.3), P. Pierce (150.0) and V. Carter (125.3)

All-Stars: 5 (V. Carter, A. Jamison, R. Lewis, D. Nowitzki and P. Pierce)

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58 Selections

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58 Selections Table
			Round 1			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
1	1	LAC	Michael Olowokandi	University of the Pacific	9	500	13129	4135	3414	327	.435		.597	26.3	8.3	6.8	0.7	2.5	.009	-4.6	-8.5
2	2	VAN	Mike Bibby	Arizona	14	1001	33962	14698	3103	5517	.436	.379	.802	33.9	14.7	3.1	5.5	73.2	.104	0.8	23.8
3	3	DEN	Raef LaFrentz	Kansas	10	563	14545	5690	3423	606	.466	.363	.711	25.8	10.1	6.1	1.1	39.4	.130	0.7	9.8
4	4	TOR	Antawn Jamison	UNC	16	1083	37638	20042	8157	1761	.451	.346	.724	34.8	18.5	7.5	1.6	87.8	.112	0.6	24.5
5	5	GSW	Vince Carter	UNC	22	1541	46367	25728	6606	4714	.435	.371	.798	30.1	16.7	4.3	3.1	125.3	.130	3.0	57.9
6	6	DAL	Robert Traylor	Michigan	7	438	6243	2085	1640	312	.474	.167	.577	14.3	4.8	3.7	0.7	13.3	.102	-1.6	0.7
7	7	SAC	Jason Williams	Florida	12	788	23188	8266	1810	4611	.398	.327	.813	29.4	10.5	2.3	5.9	38.5	.080	0.2	12.9
8	8	PHI	Larry Hughes	Saint Louis	13	727	22368	10242	3039	2290	.406	.309	.757	30.8	14.1	4.2	3.1	32.3	.069	-0.1	10.7
9	9	MIL	Dirk Nowitzki		21	1522	51368	31560	11489	3651	.471	.380	.879	33.8	20.7	7.5	2.4	206.3	.193	4.5	84.8
10	10	BOS	Paul Pierce	Kansas	19	1343	45880	26397	7527	4708	.445	.368	.806	34.2	19.7	5.6	3.5	150.0	.157	3.7	65.5
11	11	DET	Bonzi Wells	Ball State University	10	591	15133	7147	2737	1249	.460	.327	.697	25.6	12.1	4.6	2.1	29.4	.093	0.2	8.3
12	12	ORL	Michael Doleac	Utah	10	587	8789	2882	1955	343	.439	.125	.791	15.0	4.9	3.3	0.6	12.7	.070	-3.7	-3.7
13	13	ORL	Keon Clark	UNLV	6	353	7971	2882	2096	322	.500	.053	.645	22.6	8.2	5.9	0.9	18.2	.110	-0.7	2.6
14	14	HOU	Michael Dickerson	Arizona	5	212	7490	3257	609	553	.432	.402	.784	35.3	15.4	2.9	2.6	9.6	.061	-1.3	1.3
15	15	ORL	Matt Harpring	Georgia Tech	11	665	17584	7645	3366	907	.481	.333	.753	26.4	11.5	5.1	1.4	41.9	.114	-0.6	6.2
16	16	HOU	Bryce Drew	Valparaiso	6	243	3970	1081	295	524	.382	.371	.830	16.3	4.4	1.2	2.2	2.4	.030	-3.1	-1.1
17	17	MIN	Rasho Nesterović		12	811	17983	5519	4143	836	.502	.077	.585	22.2	6.8	5.1	1.0	39.9	.107	-0.9	5.0
18	18	HOU	Mirsad Türkcan		1	17	90	33	33	5	.368	.000	.625	5.3	1.9	1.9	0.3	0.0	-.019	-6.3	-0.1
19	19	MIL	Pat Garrity	Notre Dame	10	552	11062	4017	1457	443	.417	.398	.806	20.0	7.3	2.6	0.8	18.7	.081	-1.8	0.5
20	20	ATL	Roshown McLeod	Duke	3	113	2130	817	308	124	.409	.111	.819	18.8	7.2	2.7	1.1	0.2	.004	-4.4	-1.3
21	21	CHH	Ricky Davis	Iowa	12	736	21927	9912	2550	2426	.446	.361	.781	29.8	13.5	3.5	3.3	28.0	.061	-0.8	6.3
22	22	LAC	Brian Skinner	Baylor	14	608	10910	2876	2841	288	.494	.333	.566	17.9	4.7	4.7	0.5	15.8	.070	-2.5	-1.5
23	23	DEN	Tyronn Lue	Nebraska	11	554	12564	4710	943	1727	.437	.391	.829	22.7	8.5	1.7	3.1	19.7	.075	-1.8	0.6
24	24	SAS	Felipe López	St. John's	4	249	4145	1448	604	252	.432	.327	.659	16.6	5.8	2.4	1.0	3.1	.036	-2.5	-0.5
25	25	IND	Al Harrington		16	981	28009	13237	5482	1649	.444	.352	.727	28.6	13.5	5.6	1.7	42.5	.073	-1.5	3.7
26	26	LAL	Sam Jacobson	Minnesota	3	68	752	283	80	36	.511	.360	.739	11.1	4.2	1.2	0.5	1.1	.071	-3.9	-0.4
27	27	SEA	Vladimir Stepania		6	270	3726	1118	1180	94	.425	.133	.536	13.8	4.1	4.4	0.3	5.2	.067	-3.3	-1.2
28	28	CHI	Corey Benjamin	Oregon State	4	153	2191	835	259	143	.390	.289	.652	14.3	5.5	1.7	0.9	-0.9	-.019	-4.8	-1.6
29	29	UTA	Nazr Mohammed	Kentucky	18	1005	15891	5827	4708	375	.486	.000	.640	15.8	5.8	4.7	0.4	34.3	.104	-2.6	-2.2
			Round 2			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
30	30	DAL	Ansu Sesay	Ole Miss	4	127	1301	401	223	62	.434	.276	.640	10.2	3.2	1.8	0.5	1.4	.051	-3.3	-0.4
31	31	LAL	Ruben Patterson	Cincinnati	10	649	15955	6953	2697	1150	.517	.179	.641	24.6	10.7	4.2	1.8	35.1	.106	0.7	10.8
32	32	SEA	Rashard Lewis		16	1049	33541	15579	5433	1765	.452	.386	.805	32.0	14.9	5.2	1.7	90.9	.130	1.9	33.1
33	33	SEA	Jelani McCoy	UCLA	8	260	3824	1200	921	135	.539		.490	14.7	4.6	3.5	0.5	5.1	.064	-2.9	-0.9
34	34	CHI	Shammond Williams	UNC	7	325	5351	1892	518	765	.401	.366	.798	16.5	5.8	1.6	2.4	8.8	.079	-0.7	1.7
35	35	DAL	Bruno Šundov		7	102	524	173	107	18	.356	.208	.526	5.1	1.7	1.0	0.2	-0.7	-.062	-8.9	-0.9
36	36	SAC	Jerome James	Florida A&M	9	358	4771	1540	1099	118	.485	.000	.617	13.3	4.3	3.1	0.3	2.9	.029	-4.9	-3.5
37	37	PHI	Casey Shaw	Toledo	1	9	14	2	3	0	.125			1.6	0.2	0.3	0.0	-0.1	-.498	-29.8	-0.1
38	38	NYK	DeMarco Johnson	UNC Charlotte	1	5	37	6	7	0	.333			7.4	1.2	1.4	0.0	-0.1	-.091	-10.3	-0.1
39	39	MIL	Rafer Alston	Fresno State	11	671	19392	6799	1891	3202	.383	.354	.729	28.9	10.1	2.8	4.8	32.9	.081	0.0	9.6
40	40	DET	Korleone Young		1	3	15	13	4	1	.500	.250	1.000	5.0	4.3	1.3	0.3	0.1	.280	9.4	0.0
41	41	HOU	Cuttino Mobley	Rhode Island	11	747	27618	11964	2902	2015	.433	.378	.835	37.0	16.0	3.9	2.7	52.2	.091	-0.1	12.9
42	42	ORL	Miles Simon	Arizona	1	5	19	2	2	0	.200	.000		3.8	0.4	0.4	0.0	-0.1	-.289	-17.4	-0.1
43	43	WAS	Jahidi White	Georgetown	7	334	5913	1954	1944	63	.510	.000	.534	17.7	5.9	5.8	0.2	10.4	.085	-3.2	-1.8
44	44	NYK	Sean Marks	California	11	230	2275	638	501	50	.448	.200	.665	9.9	2.8	2.2	0.2	2.6	.055	-5.0	-1.7
45	45	LAL	Toby Bailey	UCLA	2	73	698	241	126	43	.407	.200	.692	9.6	3.3	1.7	0.6	1.0	.072	-3.5	-0.3
46	46	MIN	Andrae Patterson	Indiana	2	40	304	120	67	16	.455	.000	.778	7.6	3.0	1.7	0.4	0.7	.114	-1.9	0.0
47	47	TOR	Tyson Wheeler	Rhode Island	1	1	3	4	0	2	1.000	1.000	.500	3.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	0.1	1.367	51.1	0.0
48	48	CLE	Ryan Stack	South Carolina	2	43	397	99	79	10	.352	.000	.787	9.2	2.3	1.8	0.2	0.2	.028	-6.7	-0.5
49	49	ATL	Cory Carr	Texas Tech	1	42	624	171	49	66	.329	.167	.750	14.9	4.1	1.2	1.6	-1.2	-.089	-8.2	-1.0
50	50	CHH	Andrew Betts	Cal State Long Beach
51	51	MIA	Corey Brewer	Oklahoma
52	52	SAS	Derrick Dial	Eastern Michigan	4	82	687	253	133	63	.372	.190	.672	8.4	3.1	1.6	0.8	0.6	.045	-2.2	0.0
53	53	DAL	Greg Buckner	Clemson	10	570	10895	2878	1593	719	.450	.334	.757	19.1	5.0	2.8	1.3	20.9	.092	-0.9	3.0
54	54	DEN	Tremaine Fowlkes	Fresno State	4	103	1233	301	228	54	.409	.200	.791	12.0	2.9	2.2	0.5	2.1	.080	-2.0	0.0
55	55	DEN	Ryan Bowen	Iowa	10	507	6502	1319	1060	250	.456	.206	.693	12.8	2.6	2.1	0.5	12.4	.092	-0.8	2.0
56	56	VAN	J.R. Henderson	UCLA	1	30	331	97	47	22	.365	.400	.556	11.0	3.2	1.6	0.7	-0.2	-.025	-4.8	-0.2
57	57	UTA	Torraye Braggs	Xavier	2	22	178	46	51	7	.475		.667	8.1	2.1	2.3	0.3	0.3	.071	-4.9	-0.1
58	58	CHI	Maceo Baston	Michigan	4	105	831	286	175	26	.616	.375	.740	7.9	2.7	1.7	0.2	2.3	.134	-1.2	0.2

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