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The 1995 NBA draft took place on June 28, 1995, at SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.It marked the first NBA draft to be held outside the United States and was the first draft for the two Canadian expansion teams that were added for 1995–96 season, the Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies (who relocated to Memphis in 2001).
The 1995–96 NBA season was the 50th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA), though the 50th anniversary was not celebrated until the following season. The Chicago Bulls defeated the Seattle SuperSonics 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals to win their fourth championship.
Kevin Garnett was named to the All-Rookie Second Team in the 1995–96 NBA season. Kobe Bryant was named to the All-Rookie Second Team in the 1996–97 NBA season. Tim Duncan was named to the All-Rookie First Team in the 1997–98 NBA season. Pau Gasol was named to the All-Rookie First Team in the 2001–02 NBA season.
Garnett did not immediately leap to stardom as later prep-to-pro prospects such as Amar'e Stoudemire, LeBron James, and Dwight Howard would, but he did have a very respectable rookie year. He averaged 10.4 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 1.6 blocks per game and was voted into the NBA All-Rookie Second Team.
David Wesley scored 11,842 points in a 14-year NBA career, and retired as the highest-scoring undrafted player of the modern era. [17] Mike James from the 1998 draft was the first undrafted player to average 20 points in a season (20.3) in 2006. [18] Jorge Garbajosa was the first to be named All-Rookie First Team in 2007. [19]
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The 1995–96 NBA season was the 76ers 47th season in the National Basketball Association, and 33rd season in Philadelphia. [1] The 76ers had the third overall pick in the 1995 NBA draft , and selected Jerry Stackhouse from the University of North Carolina .
Michael Jordan was drafted third overall by the Chicago Bulls in the 1984 NBA Draft. The North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team, representing the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has had 113 players drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) since the league began holding the yearly event in 1947.