1996 draft, the best draft years in history

[Don Jacob]

IMO it is, or at the very least on par with the jordan class

1996 NBA Draft
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1st Round
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1. Allen Iverson                Georgetown              Philadelphia
2. Marcus Camby              Massachusetts           Toronto
3. Shareef Abdur-Rahim    California                   Vancouver
4. Stephon Marbury         Georgia Tech             Milwaukee (*)
5. Ray Allen                    Connecticut               Minnesota (*)
6. Antoine Walker           Kentucky                       Boston
 7. Lorenzen Wright         Memphis                    LA Clippers
8. Kerry Kittles               Villanova                     New Jersey
 9. Samaki Walker            Louisville                    Dallas
10. Erick Dampier            Mississippi State          Indiana
11. Todd Fuller               North Carolina State    Golden State
12. Vitaly Potapenko       Wright State              Cleveland
13. Kobe Bryant              Lower Merion (PA) HS    Charlotte
14. Predrag Stojakovic     PAOK Greece              Sacramento
15. Steve Nash               Santa Clara                 Phoenix
16. Tony Delk                 Kentucky                   Charlotte
17. Jermaine O'Neal         Eau Claire (SC) HS      Portland
18. John Wallace             Syracuse                   New York
19. Walter McCarty          Kentucky                  New York
20. Zydrunas Ilgauskas     Lithuania                   Cleveland
21. Dontae' Jones           Mississippi State         New York
22. Roy Rogers               Alabama                   Vancouver
23. Efthimis Rentzias        PAOK Greece             Denver
24. Derek Fisher              Arkansas-Little Rock    LA Lakers
25. Martin Muursepp        Kalev Tallin (Estonia)   Utah (*)
26. Jerome Williams         Georgetown              Detroit
27. Brian Evans               Indiana                     Orlando
28. Priest Lauderdale       Central St/Greece      Atlanta
29. Travis Knight             Connecticut             Chicago

[Just Another Sunny day in California]

i have to disagree 1984 was

i think there was
Hakeem
Sam Bowie (big disappointment though but good college star)
Jordan
Perkins
Barkley
Kevin Willis
John Stockton
Jerome Kersey

[Teddy Roosevelt]

^^I was going to post '84 draft for comparasion. IMHO '84 narrowly beats out 96.
Let's compare 5 on 5

Hakeem
Joradan
Barkely
Stockton
Willis

Kobe Bryant
Jermaine O'Neal
Allen Iverson
Steve Nash
Pedrag Stojakovic

1984 wins IMO.

[Don Jacob]

^^I was going to post '84 draft for comparasion. IMHO '84 narrowly beats out 96.
Let's compare 5 on 5

Hakeem
Joradan
Barkely
Stockton
Willis

Kobe Bryant
Jermaine O'Neal
Allen Iverson
Steve Nash
Pedrag Stojakovic

1984 wins IMO.

if you're going to compare like that than make a 12 on 12

[Teddy Roosevelt]

^^I was going to post '84 draft for comparasion. IMHO '84 narrowly beats out 96.
Let's compare 5 on 5

Hakeem
Joradan
Barkely
Stockton
Willis

Kobe Bryant
Jermaine O'Neal
Allen Iverson
Steve Nash
Pedrag Stojakovic

1984 wins IMO.

if you're going to compare like that than make a 12 on 12

I'll do it tomorrow. Too tired right now.

[Citizen-Y]

84 wins hands down against 96 everytime.

Now the worst draft has to be the 2000, what a god awful draft that was.

[PLANT]

no doubt, its got to be 1996.......that was a crazy draft year!

[R-Tistic]

Yea 1984 was the best year in history...George Orwell might not have been accurate with what happened in 1984, but damn that year was the shit. L.A. Olympics, good NBA draft, I was born, damn the list keeps goin...

I think 2003 draft has been the best since 96.

[africas seed]

as of now the '84 looks better but i think 10 yrs down the line when the players from the '96 draft have retired and all thier accomplishments are realized then the '96 might be just as good if not a better draft yr than '86

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

as of now the '84 looks better but i think 10 yrs down the line when the players from the '96 draft have retired and all thier accomplishments are realized then the '96 might be just as good if not a better draft yr than '86

as of now the '84 looks better but i think 10 yrs down the line when the players from the '96 draft have retired and all thier accomplishments are realized then the '96 might be just as good if not a better draft yr than '86

Yup...Easily the 2 best drafts there was. I like the '96 draft better, because there was more depth, but '84 draft is right up there...The second round was better for the '96 draft as well...

1996 2nd Round:
1. Othella Harrington   Georgetown              Houston
2. Mark Hendrickson    Washington State       Philadelphia
3. Ryan Minor             Oklahoma                  Philadelphia
4. Moochie Norris        West Florida              Milwaukee
5. Shawn Harvey        West Virginia State     Dallas
6. Joseph Blair            Arizona                     Seattle
7. Doron Sheffer        Connecticut               LA Clippers
8. Jeff McInnis           North Carolina            Denver
9. Steve Hamer         Tennessee                Boston
10. Russ Millard            Iowa                        Phoenix
11. Marcus Mann          Mississippi Valley St    Golden State
12. Jason Sasser          Texas Tech              Sacramento
13. Randy Livingston    Louisiana State         Houston
14. Ben Davis              Arizona                    Phoenix
15. Malik Rose             Drexel                     Charlotte
16. Joe Vogel             Colorado State          Seattle
17. Marcus Brown        Murray State            Portland
18. Ron Riley              Arizona State            Seattle
19. Jamie Feick           Michigan State          Philadelphia
20. Amal McCaskill        Marquette               Orlando
21. Terrell Bell             Georgia                   Houston
22. Chris Robinson       Western Kentucky    Vancouver
23. Mark Pope             Kentucky                Indiana
24. Jeff Nordgaard       Wisconsin-Green Bay Milwaukee
25. Shandon Anderson   Georgia                 Utah
26. Ronnie Henderson    Louisiana State       Washington
27. Reggie Geary         Arizona                    Cleveland
28. Drew Barry            Georgia Tech            Seattle
29. Darnell Robinson    Arkansas                   Dallas

1984 2nd Round:
1  Ind    Devin Durrant            Brigham Young
2  Port   Victor Fleming           Xavier (OH)
3  Clev   Ron Anderson             Fresno State
4  Sea    Cory Blackwell           Wisconsin
5  Ind    Stuart Gray              UCLA
6  GS     Steve Burtt              Iona
7  GS     Jay Murphy               Boston College
8  Det    Eric Turner              Michigan
9  Port   Steve Colter             New Mexico State
10 Wash   Tony Costner             St. Joseph's
11 GS     Othell Wilson            Virginia
12 Phoe   Charles Jones            Louisville
13 Chi    Ben Coleman              Maryland
14 Dall   Charles Sitton           Oregon State
15 Sea    Danny Young              Wake Forest
16 Dall   Anthony Teachey          Wake Forest
17 Dall   Tom Sluby                Notre Dame
18 Den    Willie White             Tennessee-Chattanooga
19 Chi    Greg Wiltjer             Victoria (Canada)
20 Wash   Fred Raynolds            Texas-El Paso
21 GS     Gary Plummer             Boston U
22 Port   Jerome Kersey            Longwood (VA)
23 Bos    Ronnie Williams          Florida

[R-Tistic]

Cot damn....you coulda mentioned Jerome Kersey for the 84 class, he definitely had a long and decent career, especially to be drafted THAAT fuckin low. I remember Eric Turner too.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Cot damn....you coulda mentioned Jerome Kersey for the 84 class, he definitely had a long and decent career, especially to be drafted THAAT fuckin low. I remember Eric Turner too.

Yea, Jerome Kersey was good, he was even a Laker at one point. I only highlighted the players from the 1996 2nd round though, I was tryna show its overall significance.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Now the worst draft has to be the 2000, what a god awful draft that was.

2000 mighta' not had the best first round, but the 2nd round was actually really good:


2000 2nd Round:
30. Marko Jaric         PAF Bologna (Italy)     LA Clippers
31. Dan Langhi          Vanderbilt              Dallas
32. A.J. Guyton         Indiana                 Chicago
33. Jake Voskuhl        Connecticut             Chicago
34. Khalid El-Amin      Connecticut             Chicago
35. Mike Smith          Louisiana-Monroe        Washington
36. Soumaila Samake     Cincinnati (IBL)        New Jersey
37. Eddie House         Arizona State           Miami
38. Eduardo Najera      Oklahoma                Houston
39. Lavor Postell       St. John's              New York
40. Hanno Mottola       Utah                    Atlanta
41. Chris Carrawell     Duke                    San Antonio
42. Olumide Oyedeji     DJK Wurzburg (Germany)  Seattle
43. Michael Redd        Ohio State              Milwaukee
44. Brian Cardinal      Purdue                  Detroit
45. Jabari Smith        Louisiana State         Sacramento
46. DeeAndre Hulett     Las Vegas (IBL)         Toronto
47. Josip Sesar         Cibona Zagreb (Croatia) Seattle
48. Mark Karcher        Temple                  Philadelphia
49. Jason Hart          Syracuse                Milwaukee
50. Kaniel Dickens      Idaho                   Utah
51. Igor Rakocevic      KK Crvena Zveda (Yg)    Minnesota
52. Ernest Brown        Indian Hills (IA) CC    Miami
53. Dan McClintock      Northern Arizona        Denver
54. Cory Hightower      Indian Hills (IA) CC    San Antonio
55. Chris Porter        Auburn                  Golden State
56. JaQuay Walls        Colorado                Indiana
57. Scoonie Penn        Ohio State              Atlanta
58. Pete Mickeal        Cincinnati              Dallas

[Spicemuthafuc*in1]

Imo the 96 draft wins every time

[Doggystylin]

michael redd was that low in the 2nd round?! damn what a lucky ass steal for milwaukee