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The 1996 NBA draft was the 50th draft in the National Basketball Association (NBA). It was held on June 26, 1996 at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.In this draft, NBA teams took turns selecting college basketball players and other first-time eligible players, such as players from high schools and non-North American leagues.
Before he was chosen as the 13th overall draft pick by the Charlotte Hornets in 1996, the 17-year-old Bryant had made a lasting impression on then-Lakers general manager Jerry West, who immediately foresaw potential in Bryant's basketball ability during pre-draft workouts.
First Overall NBA Draft Pick: Selected for an NBA All-Star Game: Year Round Pick Name From 2024: 1 30 Baylor Scheierman: Creighton: ... 1996: 1: 6 Antoine Walker ...
The Memphis Grizzlies were first located in Vancouver after the National Basketball Association (NBA) granted the city an expansion team on April 27, 1994, and they first participated in the NBA draft in 1995. [1] However, the Grizzlies win–loss record after six seasons was only 101-359 (.220), and on July 4, 2001, the league's board of ...
Roy Rogers. Roy Lee Rogers Jr. (born August 19, 1973) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Alabama and was a first-round selection of the Vancouver Grizzlies in the 1996 NBA draft.
While Weber State has produced NBA All-Star Lillard and had 16 players picked in the NBA Draft. Only Lillard and Joe Bolomboy (2016) has been drafted since the league went to a two-round format in ...
Antoine Walker. Antoine Devon Walker (born August 12, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player. He was drafted with the sixth overall pick in the 1996 NBA draft out of the University of Kentucky and played in the NBA from 1996 to 2008. Walker played for the Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks, Atlanta Hawks, Miami Heat, Minnesota ...
AJ Griffin. A former first-round NBA draft pick is leaving basketball to become a minister. AJ Griffin, who was selected by the Atlanta Hawks as the 16th pick in the first round of the 2022 NBA ...