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One of the NBA best all-time wing defensive players, three-time champion Bruce Bowen, went undrafted. Despite having the lowest odds, the Orlando Magic won the first pick in the 1993 NBA draft lottery. It was the second year in a row the Magic won the draft lottery.
The Orlando Magic became the first team to earn the top overall pick in consecutive years in the Lottery Era. Orlando drafted Chris Webber in the 1993 NBA draft, only to trade him to the Golden State Warriors for Penny Hardaway and three future first-round picks. Webber would win Rookie of the Year this season, while Hardaway was the runner-up.
The 1994 NBA draft took place on June 29, 1994, at Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis. Two NBA rookies of the year were picked in the first round, as Jason Kidd and Grant Hill were co-winners of the award for the 1994–95 NBA season. Kidd and Hill would end up as perennial All-Stars (10 and 7-time selections, respectively), though Hill's career was ...
The National Basketball Association's Rookie of the Year is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given to the top rookie(s) of the regular season. Initiated following the 1952–53 NBA season , it confers the Eddie Gottlieb Trophy, named after the former Philadelphia Warriors head coach.
NBA All-Rookie First Team (1993) J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (2002) NBA champion (Miami Heat, 2006) [164] 2014: Mitch Richmond: G: 6× NBA All-Star NBA Rookie of the Year (1988) 3× All-NBA second team NBA Champion (Los Angeles Lakers, 2002) 2× Olympic medalist with Team USA ( Bronze in 1988, Gold in 1996) [165] 2014: Guy Rodgers: G
It was the Rockets' third NBA finals appearance, after 1981 and 1986. Olajuwon was the only player of the 1985–86 Rockets to still be on the 1993–94 team. By winning the Finals MVP, Olajuwon also became the first player to win regular season MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, and Finals MVP in the same season.
The 1993–94 NBA season was the Warriors' 48th season in the National Basketball Association, and their 31st in the San Francisco Bay Area. [1] In the 1993 NBA draft, the Warriors selected Penny Hardaway from the University of Memphis with the third overall pick, but soon traded him to the Orlando Magic in exchange for top draft pick Chris Webber from the University of Michigan.
NBA Most Valuable Player Award: Charles Barkley, Phoenix Suns; NBA Rookie of the Year Award: Shaquille O'Neal, Orlando Magic; NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets; NBA Coach of the Year Award: Pat Riley, New York Knicks