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The 1999 NBA draft was held on June 30, 1999, at the MCI Center (now Capital One Arena) 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.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 October 2024. LeBron James, a high school draftee, was one of the most anticipated first overall draft picks. The first overall pick in the National Basketball Association (NBA) is the player who is selected first among all eligible draftees by a team during the league's annual draft. The first pick ...
Elton Brand. Mr. New York Basketball (1997) Elton Tyron Brand (born March 11, 1979) [1] is an American former professional basketball player and the general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After playing college basketball for Duke, he was selected with the first overall pick in the 1999 NBA draft ...
Steve Francis. Steven D'Shawn Francis (born February 21, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player. He was selected with the second overall pick of the 1999 NBA draft and was named co- NBA Rookie of the Year (along with Elton Brand) in his first season.
Minnesota Timberwolves draft history. Kevin Garnett was drafted fifth overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves in 1995. The Minnesota Timberwolves first participated in the National Basketball Association (NBA) Draft on June 27, 1989, about five months before their inaugural NBA season. The Timberwolves are currently the second NBA team to be ...
1999: 1 1 Elton Brand United States: Duke: 1 16 Ron Artest United States: St. John's: 2 32 Michael Ruffin United States: Tulsa: 2 49 Lari Ketner United States: Massachusetts: 2000: 1 4 Marcus Fizer United States: Iowa State: 1 7 Chris Mihm United States: Texas: 1 24 Dalibor Bagaric Croatia: Benston Zagreb 2 32 A. J. Guyton United States ...
Stats at Basketball Reference. Evan Bruce Eschmeyer (born May 30, 1975) is an American retired professional basketball player who was selected by the New Jersey Nets in the second round (34th pick overall) of the 1999 NBA draft. He spent six years on the Northwestern University Wildcats, (1993–1999) missing the first two due to a foot injury.
The NBA draft lottery is an annual event held by the National Basketball Association (NBA), in which the teams who had missed the playoffs the previous year participate in a lottery process to determine the draft order in the NBA draft. The NBA draft lottery started in 1985. In the NBA draft, the teams obtain the rights to amateur U.S. college ...