1995 NBA Draft

1. Golden State: Joe Smith (Maryland)

2. LA Clippers (to Denver):

Antonio McDyess (Alabama)
This 6-9 power forward left Alabama as a sophomore, to become a surprise number two pick by the LA Clippers. They immediately turned around and traded him to Denver for Brent Barry and Rodney Rodgers. McDyess worked his way into the starting lineup, and made the NBA All-Rookie first team. The way he is playing, perhaps being picked at number two was not all that surprising. He is still a relatively unknown player, not receiving the attention of other first round picks, but his fame is growing. On October 1, 1997, Antonio was traded to Phoenix for 5 draft picks, 3 first round and 2 second. The Suns sent Wesley Person and Tony Dumas to Cleveland for a number one. Antonio's rookie salary was 2,213,000, but he figures to make much more in his first non-rookie cap contract. Following the NBA lockout, prior to the shortened 1999 season, McDyess was one of the top 2 or 3 free agents, being courted by many teams. He signed with his first team, the Nuggets, for a six year deal worth 67.5 million. Antonio had by far his best season in 1999 when he was named to the All-NBA Third Team. In recent years his numbers have suffered due to injuries and he's lost most of the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons due to injury. He was traded by the Denver Nuggets along with the draft rights to Frank Williams and a 2003 second-round draft pick to the New York Knicks for Marcus Camby, Mark Jackson and the draft rights to Nene Hilario on 6/26/02. On July 14, 2004 Detroit signed Antonio McDyess to a five year, $29 million contract. The fifth year is performanced based, he has to play at least 60 games. On July 23, 2007 Detroit signed Antonio McDyess to a two year, $14.5 million contract extension.

McDyess' Stats

	PPG	RPG	APG	BlkPG
College	12.8	9.3	0.5	1.8
Rookie	13.4	7.5	2.9	1.5
1996-97	18.3	7.3	1.4	1.7
1997-98	15.1	7.6	1.3	1.7
1998-99	21.2	10.7	1.6	2.3
1999-00	19.1	8.5	2.0	1.7
2000-01	20.8	12.1	2.1	1.5
2001-02	11.3	5.5	1.8	0.8
2003-04	6.9	6.1	0.9	0.6
Career (thru '04)	16.7	8.5	1.5	1.6

3. Philadelphia:

Jerry Stackhouse (UNC)

4. Washington: Rasheed Wallace (UNC)

5. Minnesota: Kevin Garnett

6. Vancouver:

Bryant Reeves (Oklahoma State)
This senior from Oklahoma came to national attention during the NCAA Tournament when he played his heart out for an underrated Cinderella team. "Big Country" was elevated to almost cult status that led to this high pick. That is not to say that this big man cannot play ball. He is probably the only true center taken this year in the first round, and the first senior to be picked. He was given a chance to prove himself when starting center Benoit Benjamin was traded to make room for the young guy to develop. Vancouver pinned high hopes for their future on him. He performed well, if not stellarly, and won a berth on the NBA All-Rookie second team. In college he was a third team All-American (AP). He made 1,622,000 his rookie year, but that is not too much for the only true center in the lottery. On 4/13/97 he scored an amazing, career high 39 points against Phoenix. After his second season he signed a 6 year, $65 million contract to stay in Vancouver. Bryan was given his nickname "Big Country" by former teammate Byron Houston after his reaction to travelling for the first time on an airplane. Reeves retired prior to the 2001-2002 season.

Reeves' Stats

	PPG	RPG	APG	BlkPG
College	17.4	8.5	1.0	1.4
Rookie	13.3	7.4	1.4	0.7
1996-97	16.2	8.1	2.1	0.9
1997-98	16.3	7.9	2.1	1.1
1998-99	10.8	5.5	1.5	0.3
1999-00	8.9	5.7	1.2	0.6
2000-01	8.3	6.0	1.1	0.7
Career (thru 2001)	12.5	6.9	1.6	0.8

7. Toronto:

Damon Stoudamire (Arizona)

8. Portland (to Milwaukee): Shawn Respert (Michigan State)
After being a unanimous First Team All-American in 1995 Respert was picked at number eight by Portland, then sent in a package deal to Milwaukee for Gary Trent. He disappointed the Bucks during his rookie year, not living up to expectations and certainly didn't live up to his 1,232,000 contract. In his second year he became a bonafide bench warmer as Ray Allen took away ALL his playing tim. He left Michigan State as their all-time leading scorer with 2,351 points. On February 20, 1997, Respert was given a new chance when he was traded to the Toronto Raptors for Acie Earl. He didn't have a team for 1999, until the Suns brought him into camp with a non-guaranteed contract.

Respert's Stats

	PPG	RPG	APG	StlPG
College	21.3	3.5	2.5	1.2

9. NJ: Ed O'Bannon (UCLA)
Here is another underachiever in this year's draft. After leading UCLA to the NCAA Title and being a Unanimous First Team All-American and UPI Player of the Year, O'Bannon had a dismal rookie year and did not even play in the rookie game. He was overpayed by about a mil as the ninth pick, earning 1,133,000. He was traded to Dallas, but soon ended up in Orlando in a trade along with Derek Harper for Dennis Scott. On October 28th they cut him!

O'Bannon's Stats

	PPG	RPG	APG
College	15.5	7.0	1.8

10. Miami:

Kurt Thomas (Texas Christian)
After leading the nation in scoring (28.9) and rebounding (14.9) in 1995 Kurt was picked rather high for a Div II player. He has been hampered with injuries over the early part of his career, but looks to be a legitimate power forward in the NBA. Although it seems like he was untouchable on Riley's team after the 1996 season when so many Heat players had to look for work, Kurt was eventually traded on 2-14-97 to Dallas along with Martin Muursepp and Sasha Danilovic for Jamaal Mashburn. He made out nicely earning 1,071,000 as a rookie. Injuries cost Kurt virtually all of the 1997-98 season, only allowing him to play in 5 games. On January 22, 1999 he signed a 2 year contract worth 3,675,000 to join the New York Knickerbockers. On August 2, 2000 New York re-signed Kurt Thomas to a 3 year, $13 million contract with a team option for a 4th year. On March 8, 2004 New York signed Kurt Thomas to a four year, $30 million contract extension, signing him through 2007-2008. On June 28, 2005 Phoenix traded Quentin Richardson, the rights to Nate Robinson, and cash to New York for Kurt Thomas and the rights to Dijon Thompson. On July 20, 2007 Phoenix traded Kurt Thomas, a first round draft pick in 2008, and a first round draft pick in 2010 for a conditional second round draft pick.

Thomas' Stats

	PPG	RPG	APG	BlkPG
College	17.4	9.0	1.2	1.9
Rookie	9.0	5.9	0.6	0.5
1996-97	6.3	5.9	0.5	0.5
1997-98	7.4	4.8	0.6	0.0
1998-99	8.1	5.7	1.1	0.3
1999-00	8.0	6.3	1.0	0.5
2000-01	10.4	6.7	0.9	0.9
2001-02	13.9	9.1	1.1	1.0
2002-03	14.0	7.9	2.0	1.2
2003-04	11.1	8.3	1.9	1.0
Career (thru '04)	10.7	7.2	1.2	0.8

11. Milwaukee (to Portland):

Gary Trent (Ohio University)
Trent's rights were traded along with a 1996 conditional first round pick, to the Blazers for the draft rights to Shawn Respert. At Ohio University he was a three time winner of the Mid-Atlantic Conference Player of the Year Award. He led the conference in scoring for all three years, and in rebounding for two. Sports Illustrated has called him the Shaq of the MAC! He declared himself eligible for the draft after his junior year, otherwise it might have been four straight years! At 6-8, he's a bit small, but Portland likes to post him up at power forward. He started ten games as a rookie, and was second among all first year players in FG percentage with .513. In his second season he started about a third of the games. On January 22, 1999 he signed a one year deal for one million dollars to join the Dallas Mavericks. On August 27, 1999 Dallas re-signed Gary Trent to a 2 year, $4.2 million contract. The 2nd year is at Trent's option. On August 2, 2000 Dallas re-signed Gary Trent to a 1 year, $2.4 million contract. Minnesota signed him to a one year contract on October 2, 2001 then re-signed to another 1 year contract on September 25, 2002. Minnesota signed him once a gain to a one year deal for the 2003-2004 season. Chicago signed him for 2004-2005.

Trent's Stats

	PPG	RPG	APG
College	22.7	11.3	2.0
Rookie	7.5	3.4	0.7
1996-97	10.8	5.2	1.1
1997-98	11.7	6.3	1.3
1998-99	16.0	7.8	1.7
1999-00	13.7	4.7	2.0
2000-01	4.0	2.8	0.3
2001-02	7.5	4.2	0.9
2002-03	6.0	3.6	1.0
Career (thru 2003)	9.1	4.7	1.0

12. Dallas: Cherokee Parks (Duke)
As a senior at Duke, Parks was named an Honorable Mention All-American. He had a rather unproductive first year in Dallas, and after the season he was sent to Minnesota to remove lottery draft restriction on a pick sent to Dallas. His second season was also unspectacular, but he started to pick up his game in 1997-98 with a fast start. He signed a three year contract worth 6 million dollars to join the Vancouver Grizzlies. On August 22, 2000 Washington traded Isaac Austin to Vancouver for Dennis Scott, Cherokee Parks, Obinna Ekezie, and Felipe Lopez. On August 3, 2001 San Antonio signed him to a one year deal. Miami signed him for the 2003-2004 season.

13. Sacramento:

Corliss Williamson (Arkansas)
Corliss was drafted with high expectations following a successful college career at Arkansas where he won a National Title in 1994 and was named the Final Four Most Outstanding Player. This 6-7 forward declared for the draft after his junior year, following two consecutive years of being named to the All-American Second Team (AP). He played in the Final Four once again as a junior, but lost to UCLA. We have yet to see what he can do in the NBA, but recently he has been showing some promise. His size has raised several question marks about a successful NBA career, though. With the loss of Brian Grant to free agency, Corliss will undoubtedly see more playing time. The Kings re-signed him to a one year deal worth only $500,000 on January 22, 1999. Sacramento re-signed Corliss Williamson to a 2 year, $7.5 million contract. The 2nd year is at the player's option. On September 29, 2000 Sacramento traded Corliss Williamson to Toronto for Doug Christie. On July 24, 2001 Detroit re-signed Corliss Williamson to a 6 year, $33 million contract. On August 4, 2004, Detroit traded Corliss Williamson and cash to Philadelphia for Derrick Coleman and Amal McCaskill. On February 23, 2005 Sacramento traded Chris Webber, Matt Barnes, and Michael Bradley to Philadelphia for Kenny Thomas, Corliss Williamson, and Brian Skinner.

Williamson's Stats:

	PPG	RPG	APG
College	19.0	7.1	2.1
Rookie	5.6	2.2	0.4
1996-97	11.6	4.1	1.6
1997-98	17.7	5.6	2.9
1998-99	13.2	4.1	1.3
1999-00	10.3	3.8	1.1
2000-01	11.6	4.7	0.9
2001-02	13.6	4.1	1.2
2002-03	12.0	4.4	1.3
2003-04	9.5	3.2	0.7
Career (thru '04)	11.9	4.1	1.3

14. Boston:

Eric Williams (Providence)
At 6-8, 220 lbs he has done a surprising job for this team as the starting SF, being a consistent star for a mediocre club. Eric earned 876,000 from the Celtics his rookie year. He played well enough to be considered for the NBA All-Rookie Second Team, but did not make it. Boston traded Eric Williams to Denver for Orlando's 1999 2nd round draft pick (which Denver received in a draft day trade) and Denver's 2001 2nd round draft pick. Denver signed him to a six year contract extension. Unfortunately, he was limited to only 4 games due to injury, his first year with the Nuggets. On August 6, 2004, New Jersey signed Eric to a three year deal worth $12 million dollars.

William's Stats

	PPG	RPG	APG
College	16.7	5.9	1.9
Rookie	10.7	3.4	1.1
1996-97	15.0	4.6	1.8
1997-98	19.8	5.3	1.5
1998-99	7.3	2.1	1.0
1999-00	7.2	2.3	1.4
2000-01	6.6	2.6	1.4
2001-02	6.4	3.0	1.5
2002-03	9.1	4.7	1.7
2003-04	10.0	4.0	1.7
Career (thru '04)	9.2	3.4	1.5

15. Denver (to LA Clips):

Brent Barry (Oregon State)
Brent went to the Clippers in a draft day deal for Antonio McDyess. This senior was named to the All-PAC 10 First team. Brent is a tall SG (6-6/195) who can also be called upon to serve as a floor leader at PG. He put up good numbers his first year, leading to his selection on the All-Rookie Second team. He participated in the Slam Dunk Competition, and won it all on a spectacular foul-line dunk. Brent comes from a talented family. His father, Rick Barry, is the Hall of Famer and he also has two basketball playing brothers, John and Drew. On February 19, 1998, the Clips traded an injured Barry to Miami for Isaac Austin and rookie Charles "Spider" Smith. He finished the year with the heat, not being able to contribute too much from the bench on this very deep team. He then signed a 6 year, 27 million dollar contract on January 25, 1999 to join the world champion Chicago Bulls (don't hold your breath that you're gonna win one there any time soon though...this is the post Jordan-Pipper-Rodman-Longley squad). On August 12, 1999, Chicago traded Brent Barry to Seattle for Hersey Hawkins and James Cotton. Barry was named to the All-Interview First Team in 2002 and again in 2004. On July 15, 2004 San Antonio signed Brent Barry to a four year, $21 million contract.

Barry's Stats

	PPG	RPG	APG	StlPG
College	12.1	3.7	3.3	1.8
Rookie	10.1	2.1	2.9	1.2
1996-97	7.5	1.9	2.6	0.9
1997-98	10.9	2.9	2.6	1.1
1998-99	11.1	3.9	3.1	1.1
1999-00	11.8	4.7	3.6	1.3
2000-01	8.8	3.1	3.4	1.2
2001-02	14.4	5.4	5.3	1.8
2002-03	10.3	4.0	5.1	1.5
2003-04	10.8	3.5	5.8	1.4
Career (thru '04)	10.7	3.6	3.9	1.3

16. Atlanta: Alan Henderson (Indiana)

This 6-9, 235 pounder took over the starting PF job from Christian Laettner late in the 1997-98 season on his way to being named the NBA's Most Improved Player. He had previously been a valuable sixth man for the team. He was rewarded with a mega seven year deal worth 45 million dollars, with a player opt out after the fourth year. On August 4, 2004, Dallas traded Antoine Walker and Tony Delk to Atlanta for Jason Terry, Alan Henderson, and a 1st round draft pick. On February 24, 2005 Milwaukee traded Keith Van Horn to Dallas for Alan Henderson, Calvin Booth, and $250,000. On September 8, 2006 Philadelphia signed Alan to a one year minimum contract.

Henderson's Stats

	PPG	RPG	APG
College	16.0	8.8	1.1
Rookie	6.4	4.5	0.6
1996-97	6.6	3.9	0.8
1997-98	14.3	6.4	1.1
1998-99	12.5	6.6	0.7
1999-00	13.2	7.0	0.9
2000-01	10.5	5.6	0.7
2001-02	5.5	3.7	0.4
2002-03	4.8	4.9	0.5
Career (thru 2003)	9.5	5.5	0.7

17. Cleveland:

Bobby Sura (Florida State)
Bob, a 6-5 SG, did well enough in his first year to play in the Schick Rookie Game during All-Star Weekend. In his second season, he competed in the Slam Dunk Competition. After being named ACC Rookie of the year, he went on to become Florida State's all-time leading scorer. As a junior we was on the All-ACC First team and as a Senior on the All-ACC Second team. He was also an AP Honorable Mention both years as well. Bobby has stepped into the starting lineup, and consequently was given a 6 year, $32 million contract extension prior to the 1997-98 season. On August 21, 2003, Detroit traded Clifford Robinson and Pepe Sanchez to Golden State for Bob Sura. On February 19, 2004, in a 3 team trade, Atlanta traded away Rasheed Wallace and received Zeljko Rebraca, Bob Sura, Chris Mills, and Milwaukee's 2004 1st round draft pick (lottery protected); Detroit traded away Zeljko Rebraca, Bob Sura, Lindsey Hunter, Chucky Atkins, their 1st 2004 round draft pick, Milwaukee's 2004 1st round draft pick, and $3,000,000; and received Rasheed Wallace and Mike James; and Boston traded away Mike James and Chris Mills and received Chucky Atkins, Lindsey Hunter, Detroit's 2004 1st round draft pick, and $3,000,000. On August 9, 2004, Houston signed Sura to a four year deal.

Sura's Stats

	PPG	RPG	APG
College	17.9	6.0	3.7
Rookie	5.3	1.7	2.9
1996-97	9.2	3.8	4.8
1997-98	5.8	2.0	3.7
1998-99	4.3	2.0	3.0
1999-00	13.8	3.9	3.9
2000-01	11.1	4.3	4.6
2001-02	10.1	3.3	3.5
2002-03	7.3	3.0	3.2
2003-04	7.5	4.1	2.9
Career (thru '04)	8.4	3.2	3.6

18. Detroit:

Theo Ratliff (Wyoming)
Theo stepped into the reserve forward/center slot on a young, developing team and earned $714,000 as a rookie. He was traded along with Aaron McKie and future considerations (??) for Jerry Stackhouse and Eric Montross on December 18, 1997. He posted career highs across the board his first year in Philly. On January 22, 1999 he got the big bucks, signing a seven year contract worth 57 million dollars to stay with the Philadelphia 76ers. On February 22, 2001, Philadelphia traded Theo along with Toni Kukoc, Nazr Mohammed, and Juan "Pepe" Sanchez to Atlanta for Dikembe Mutombo and Roshown McLeod. On February 8, 2004 Atlanta traded Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Theo Ratliff, and Dan Dickau to Portland for Rasheed Wallace and Wesley Person. Theo was named to the All-Defensive Second Team later that year, in 2004. On September 28, 2004, Portland signed Theo to a three year, $36 million contract extension, through 2007-08.

Ratliff's Stats

	PPG	RPG	APG	BlkPG
College	10.3	5.9	0.7	3.8
Rookie	4.5	4.0	0.2	1.6
1996-97	5.8	3.4	0.2	1.5
1997-98	9.9	6.7	0.7	3.2
1998-99	11.2	8.1	0.6	3.0
1999-00	11.9	7.6	0.6	3.0
2000-01	12.4	8.3	1.2	3.7
2001-02	8.7	5.3	0.3	2.7
2002-03	8.7	7.5	0.9	3.2
2003-04	7.9	7.2	0.8	3.6
Career (thru '04)	8.7	6.4	0.6	2.8

19. Detroit (to Portland): Randolph Childress (Wake Forest)

20. Chicago: Jason Caffey (Alabama)

Jason was McDyess' teammate at Alabama before being drafted by the Bulls. At 6-8 he can provide help off the bench at either of the forward slots. I suppose he was the luckiest player in the draft, as the only rookie to win an NBA Championship, although he was left off the post-season roster. On February 19, 1998, he was traded to Golden State for big man David Vaughn and 2 second round picks. Golden State signed him to a seven year contract worth 35 million dollars on January 23, 1999.

Caffey's Stats

	PPG	RPG	APG
College	10.4	6.3	1.0
Rookie	3.2	1.9	0.4
1996-97	7.3	4.0	1.2
1997-98	7.3	4.3	0.8
1998-99	8.8	5.9	0.5
1999-00	12.0	6.8	1.7
2000-01	7.1	5.0	0.8
2001-02	4.3	2.2	0.5
2002-03	5.8	3.5	0.7
Career (thru 2003)	7.3	4.4	0.9

21. Phoenix:

Michael Finley (Wisconsin)
After being a late first rounder, Finley did an outstanding job in Phoenix, starting most of their games and was among the league leaders (11th) in minutes played. Phoenix really missed him during their first round playoff loss. Although he came out of college as a virtually unknown commoditiy, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. At 6-7, 235 lbs he can play either guard or forward, making him a versatile player contributing both from inside and out. Although he was well liked in Phoenix, Dallas traded Jason Kidd, Loren Meyer, and Tony Dumas to Phoenix for Finley, Sam Cassell, A.C. Green, and a 2nd round pick in 1997 or 1998. Michael was the Slam Dunk Championship runner-up during the 1996 AS weekend. In High School, he won a TV contest for which he got to play one-on-one with Michael Jordan. He only made 628,000 as a rookie...his next contract was much heftier...a 5 year extension for 42 million dollars to stay in Dallas. On July 22, 2001 he once again agreed to stay in Dallas by signing a seven year deal worth $102,265,625. Prior to the 2005-2006 season, Dallas released Finley using the amnesty clause where they have to pay his salary, but it doesn't count against the cap. On September 2, 2005 San Antonio signed Finley to a one year, $2.675 million contract.

Finley's Stats

	PPG	RPG	APG	StlPG
College	18.7	5.6	3.2	1.5
Rookie	15.0	4.6	3.5	1.0
1996-97	15.0	4.5	2.7	0.8
1997-98	21.5	5.3	4.9	1.6
1998-99	20.2	5.3	4.4	1.3
1999-00	22.6	6.3	5.3	1.3
2000-01	21.5	5.2	4.4	1.4
2001-02	20.6	5.2	3.3	0.9
2002-03	19.3	5.8	3.0	1.1
2003-04	18.6	4.5	2.9	1.2
Career (thru '04)	19.3	5.2	3.8	1.2

22. Charlotte: George Zidek (UCLA)
George, a seven footer who was the starting center on the UCLA team that won the National Championship, is a native of Czechoslovakia. He was traded with Anthony Goldwire to Denver on 2/20/97 for Ricky Pierce.

23. Indiana:

Travis Best (Georgia Tech) Travis, a 5-11 guard, came off the bench his rookie year, but he was handed the job of starting point guard in his second season when Mark Jackson was traded away. He couldn't quite cut it, and the Pacers brought Mark Jackson is back with the team. Actually, I think Travis looks best playing with Mark. Indiana re-signed him on January 23, 199 to a four year contract worth 13 million dollars. When Jamaal Tinsley was drafted in the 2001 draft, Travis found the bench was his new home. On February 19, 2002 the Pacers traded Best, Jalen Rose, rookie Norm Richardson and a conditional second-round draft pick to the Chicago Bulls for Brad Miller, Ron Mercer, Ron Artest and Kevin Ollie. Prior to the 2002 season, Miami signed Travis Best to a 1 year, $1.4 million contract. Dallas signed him to a one year minimum contract for the 2003-2004 season. New Jersey signed Best for the 2004-2005 season.

Best's Stats

	PPG	RPG	APG
College	16.6	3.1	5.6
Rookie	3.7	0.7	1.6
1996-97	9.9	2.2	4.2
1997-98	6.5	1.5	3.4
1998-99	7.1	1.6	3.4
1999-00	8.9	1.7	3.3
2000-01	11.9	2.9	6.1
2001-02	7.9	2.0	4.4
2002-03	8.4	2.0	3.5
2003-04	2.8	1.1	1.8
Career (thru '04)	7.7	1.8	3.6

24. Dallas: Loren Meyer (Iowa State)

25. Orlando: David Vaughn (Memphis State)

26. Seattle: Sherell Ford (Illinois-Chicago)

27. Phoenix: Mario Bennet (Arizona State)

28. Utah:

Greg Ostertag (Kansas)
They say you can't teach height...and it looks like Ostertag has learned about as much about it as he can. This 7-2 monster was drafted late in the first round by the Utah Jazz. He has been helping the team, and found a niche as the starting center. He's shown flashes of brilliance in scoring, rebounding and blocking shots. Hopefully, he can get all three elements together and become a dominating inside force in the NBA. At Kansas he was the school's (and Conference's) all time leading shotblokcer with 258. As a senior he was also an Honorable Mention AP. Utah signed him to a 6 year contract extension worth 30 million dollars in 1997. The Kings signed him to a two year contract (the second year is Greg's option) prior to the 2004-2005 season. It was on July 20th, the day the Lakers signed Vlade away from Sacramento. On August 2, 2005 Sacramento traded Bobby Jackson and Greg Ostertag to Memphis for Bonzi Wells, then in the largest trade in NBA history, with 5 teams and 13 players involved, Ostertag returned to Utah. In a sign-and-trade, Boston first re-signed Antoine Walker to a 6 year, $53 million contract. Boston traded away Antoine Walker and received Curtis Borchardt, Qyntel Woods, the draft rights to Albert Miralles, a 2nd round draft pick in 2006, a 2nd round draft pick in 2007 or 2008, and cash from Miami. Miami traded away Eddie Jones, Qyntel Woods, Rasual Butler, the rights to Albert Miralles, a 2nd round draft pick in 2006, a 2nd round draft pick in 2007 or 2008, and cash and received Antoine Walker, Jason Williams, James Posey, Andre Emmett, and the draft rights to Roberto Duenas. Memphis traded away Jason Williams, James Posey, Andre Emmett, and Greg Ostertag and received Eddie Jones and Raul Lopez. New Orleans traded away the draft rights to Roberto Duenas and received Rasual Butler and Kirk Snyder. Utah traded away Curtis Borchardt, Raul Lopez, and Kirk Snyder and received Greg Ostertag.

Ostertag's Stats

	PPG	RPG	BlkPG
College	7.6	6.1	2.0
Rookie	3.6	3.1	1.1
1996-97	7.3	7.3	2.0
1997-98	4.7	5.9	2.1
1998-99	5.7	7.3	2.7
1999-00	4.5	6.0	2.1
2000-01	4.5	5.1	1.8
2001-02	3.3	4.2	1.5
2002-03	5.4	6.2	1.8
2003-04	6.8	7.4	1.8
Career (thru '04)	5.1	5.9	1.9

29. San Antonio: Corey Alexander (Virginia)

30. Detroit: Lou Roe (Massachusetts)

31. Chicago: Dragan Tarlac (Greece)

32. Washington: Terrence Rencher (Texas)-traded to Miami

33. Boston: Junior Burrough (Virginia)

34. Golden State: Andrew DeClercq (Florida)

35. Toronto: Jimmy King (Michigan)

36. Vancouver: Lawrence Moten (Syracuse)

37. LA Lakers: Frankie King

38. Milwaukee: Rashard Griffith (Wisconsin)

39. Cleveland: Donny Marshall (UCONN)

40. Golden State: Dwayne Whitfield (Jackson State)

41. Houston: Erik Meek (Duke)

42. Atlanta: Donnie Boyce (Colorado)

43. Milwaukee: Eric Snow (Michigan State)

44. Denver: Anthony Pelle (Fresno State)

45. Atlanta: Troy Brown (Providence)

46. Miami: George Banks (Texas-El Paso)

47. Sacramento:

Tyus Edney (UCLA)
Tyus was a valuable part of the UCLA team that methodically destroyed its competition to become NCAA champs in 1995. He went late in the second round due to his height (5-9) and injuries that slowed him down at the end of his senior year. He came on strong in Sacramento, displacing Bobby Hurley as the starting point guard and finishing second among rookies in assists. We will have to wait and see if he can contribute like other short point guard Muggsy Bogues and Spud Webb. He only made 210,000 his first year after being picked number 47. Tyus was honored with being named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. He signed a deal to play in Boston for the 1997-98 season under the new regime of Rick Pitino.

Edney's Stats

	PPG	RPG	APG	StlPG
College	12.1	3.0	5.2	1.8
Rookie	10.8	2.5	6.1	1.1
1996-97	6.9	1.6	3.2	0.9
1997-98	5.3	1.1	2.7	1.0
Career (thru '98)	8.0	1.8	4.2	1.0

48. Minnesota: Mark Davis (Texas Tech)

49. Minnesota: Jerome Allen (Pennsylvania)

50. Golden State: Martin Lewis (Seward Co. CC)

51. Sacramento: Dejan Bodiroga (Italy)

52. Indiana: Fred Hoiberg (Iowa State)
Fred has gone on to be a fan favorite playing in Indiana.

53. LA Clippers: Constantin Poppa (Miami)

54. Seattle: Eurelejus Zukaukas (Lithuania)

55. Golden State: Michael McDonald (New Orleans)

56. Phoenix: Chris Carr (Southern Illinois)

57. Atlanta: Cuonzo Martin (Purdue)

58. Detroit: Don Reid (Georgetown)

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