1999 NBA Draft
General Information
Date(s)	June 30, 1999
Time	7:30 pm (EDT)
Location	MCI Center in Washington, D.C.
Network(s) (US)	ESPN
First selection	Elton Brand
NBA Draft  < 1998 2000 >

The 1999 NBA Draft was held on June 30, 1999 at the 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 (1st selection), Trajan Langdon (11th), Corey Maggette (13th) and William Avery (14th) being selected out of Duke University. It is widely viewed as one of the best draft classes, with a total of nine future NBA All Stars being chosen.

Names in bold have been selected at least once for the All-NBA Team.

Contents 1 Round one 2 Round two 3 Notable undrafted players 4 External links

[edit] Round one

= All-Star

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

[edit] Round two

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

[edit] 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.

Player	School/Club Team
Chris Andersen (PF)	Blinn College
Raja Bell (SG,  United States Virgin Islands)	Florida International
Jermaine Jackson (SG)	Detroit
Milt Palacio (PG/SG)	Colorado State
Eddie Robinson (SG/SF)	Central Oklahoma

[edit] External links

• 1999 NBA Draft

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