1997 NBA Draft Pick Transactions
yellow = data that is incomplete or uncertain
| Overall # | Round # | Team | Transactions | Player Drafted | ||
| Round 1 | ||||||
| 1 | 1-1 | Spurs | Tim Duncan | |||
| 2 | 1-2 | 76ers | Keith Van Horn | |||
| 3 | 1-3 | Celtics | Chauncey Billups | |||
| 4 | 1-4 | Grizzlies | Antonio Daniels | |||
| 5 | 1-5 | Nuggets | Tony Battie | |||
| 6 | 1-6 | Mavericks | > Celtics — Traded Eric Montross, 1996 first round pick (#9-Samaki Walker) to Mavericks for Mavericks 1996 first round pick (#6-Antoine Walker), Mavericks 1997 first round pick (#6-Ron Mercer) on 1996-06-21 | Ron Mercer | ||
| 7 | 1-7 | Nets | Tim Thomas | |||
| 8 | 1-8 | Warriors | Adonal Foyle | |||
| 9 | 1-9 | Raptors | Tracy McGrady | |||
| 10 | 1-10 | Bucks | Danny Fortson | |||
| 11 | 1-11 | Kings | Olivier Saint-Jean (Tariq Abdul-Wahad) | |||
| 12 | 1-12 | Pacers | Austin Croshere | |||
| 13 | 1-13 | Cavaliers | Derek Anderson | |||
| 14 | 1-14 | Clippers | Maurice Taylor | |||
| 15 | 1-15 | Timberwolves | > Mavericks — Traded Sean Rooks to Timberwolves for 1996, 1997, or 1998 conditional first round pick (lottery protected in '96 and top 6 protected in '97) (1997 #15-Kelvin Cato) on 1994-11-01 | Kelvin Cato | ||
| 16 | 1-16 | Suns | > Cavaliers — Traded John `Hot Rod` Williams to Suns for Dan Majerle, Antonio Lang, 1996, 1997, or 1998 first round pick (1997 #16-Brevin Knight) on 1995-10-07 | Brevin Knight | ||
| Wizards | Forfeited their pick due to the Juwan Howard contract situation | |||||
| 17 | 1-17 | Magic | Johnny Taylor | |||
| 18 | 1-18 | Blazers | Chris Anstey | |||
| 19 | 1-19 | Pistons | Scot Pollard | |||
| 20 | 1-20 | Hornets | > Bucks — Traded Frank Brickowski to Hornets
for Mike Gminski, conditional first round pick (1997 #20-Paul Grant) More info |
> Blazers — Traded rights to Shawn Respert to Bucks for rights to Gary Trent, 1997 first round pick (#20-Paul Grant) on 1995-06-28 | > Timberwolves — Traded Isaiah Rider (J.R. Rider) to Blazers for James Robinson, Bill Curley, 1997 or 1998 (Blazers' option) first round pick (1997 #20-Paul Grant) on 1996-07-23 | Paul Grant |
| 21 | 1-21 | Lakers | > Nets — Traded George McCloud to Lakers for Joe Kleine, 1997 first round pick (#21-Anthony Parker), conditional second round pick (?-?) on 1997-02-20 | Anthony Parker | ||
| 22 | 1-22 | Hawks | Ed Gray | |||
| 23 | 1-23 | Sonics | Bobby Jackson | |||
| 24 | 1-24 | Rockets | Rodrick Rhodes | |||
| 25 | 1-25 | Knicks | > Mavericks — Traded Derek Harper to Knicks for Tony Campbell, 1997 first round pick (top 5 protected in 1997) (#25-John Thomas) on 1994-01-06 | > Raptors — Traded Jimmy King, Raptors right to swap 1997 first round picks with Timberwolves (not exercised), 1997 & 1998, or 1998 & 1999 second round picks (1998 #30-Ansu Sesay) (1999 #40-Gordan Giricek) to Mavericks for Ronald `Popeye` Jones, 1997 first round pick (#25-John Thomas), Raptors right to swap 1997 first round picks with Timberwolves (not exercised) on 1996-07-23 | > Knicks — Traded Hubert Davis to Raptors for 1997 first round pick (#25-John Thomas) on 1996-07-24 | John Thomas |
| 26 | 1-26 | Heat | Charles Smith | |||
| 27 | 1-27 | Jazz | Jacque Vaughn | |||
| 28 | 1-28 | Bulls | Keith Booth | |||
| Round 2 | ||||||
| 29 | 2-1 | Grizzlies | > Rockets — Traded Pete Chilcutt, Tim Breaux, 1996 first round pick (#22-Roy Rogers), 1997 second round pick (#52-C.J. Bruton), 1997 conditional second round pick (?-?) to Grizzlies for two 1996 second round picks (#30-Othella Harrington) (#42-Randy Livingston), 1997 second round pick (#29-Serge Zwikker) on 1996-06-19 | Serge Zwikker | ||
| 30 | 2-2 | Celtics | > Heat — Traded 1997 second round pick (#55-Ben Pepper), and agreed to release Director of Player Personnel Chris Wallace from his contract to Celtics for 1997 second round pick (#30-Mark Sanford) on 1997-05-27 | Mark Sanford | ||
| 31 | 2-3 | Spurs | > Pistons — Traded Sean Elliott to Spurs for Bill Curley, 1997 second round pick (#31-Charles O'Bannon) on 1994-07-19 | Charles O'Bannon | ||
| 32 | 2-4 | Nuggets | James Cotton | |||
| 33 | 2-5 | 76ers | Marko Milic | |||
| 34 | 2-6 | Mavericks | Bubba Wells | |||
| 35 | 2-7 | Nets | > 76ers — Traded Jayson Williams to Nets for 1994 second round pick (#41-William Njoku), 1997 second round pick (#35-Kebu Stewart) on 1992-10-08 | Kebu Stewart | ||
| 36 | 2-8 | Raptors | > 76ers |
James Collins | ||
| 37 | 2-9 | Warriors | Marc Jackson | |||
| 38 | 2-10 | Bucks | Jerald Honeycutt | |||
| 39 | 2-11 | Kings | Anthony Johnson | |||
| 40 | 2-12 | Clippers | > Pistons — Traded William Bedford, rights to Don MacLean to Clippers for Olden Polynice, 1996 second round pick (#39-Russ Millard), 1997 second round pick (#40-Eddie Elisma) on 1992-06-24 | > Sonics — Traded Ron Riley to Pistons for 1997 second round pick (#40-Eddie Elisma) on 1996-06-28 | Eddie Elisma | |
| 41 | 2-13 | Pacers | > Nuggets — Traded Mark Jackson, LaSalle Thompson to Pacers for Vincent Askew, Eddie Johnson, 1997 second round pick (#41-Jason Lawson), 1998 second round pick (#54-Tremaine Fowlkes) on 1997-02-20 | Jason Lawson | ||
| 42 | 2-14 | Suns | Stephen Jackson | |||
| 43 | 2-15 | Timberwolves | Gordon Malone | |||
| 44 | 2-16 | Cavaliers | Cedric Henderson | |||
| 45 | 2-17 | Wizards | God Shammgod | |||
| 46 | 2-18 | Magic | Eric Washington | |||
| 47 | 2-19 | Blazers | Alvin Williams | |||
| 48 | 2-20 | Hornets | > Bullets — Traded Michael Adams to Hornets for 1996 second round pick (#55-Ronnie Henderson), 1997 second round pick (#48-Predrag Drobnjak) on 1994-08-02 | Predrag Drobnjak | ||
| 49 | 2-21 | Pistons | > Hawks — Traded Stacey Augmon, Grant Long to Pistons for two conditional first round picks beginning with the 1998 draft (1999 #17-Cal Bowdler) (1999 #20-Dion Glover), Pistons least favorable 1997 second round pick (#49-Alain Digbeau), Pistons most favorable 1999 second round pick (#49-Lari Ketner) on 1996-07-15 | Alain Digbeau | ||
| 50 | 2-22 | Hawks | Chris Crawford | |||
| 51 | 2-23 | Lakers | DeJuan Wheat | |||
| 52 | 2-24 | Rockets | > Grizzlies — Traded two 1996 second round
picks (#30-Othella Harrington) (#42-Randy Livingston), 1997 second round
pick (#29-Serge Zwikker) to Rockets for Pete Chilcutt, Tim Breaux, 1996
first round pick (#22-Roy Rogers), 1997 second round pick (#52-C.J. Bruton), 1997
conditional second round pick (?-?) on 1996-06-19 The conditional pick may never have been exercised (or possibly it's just an inadvertent duplicate of the first 1997 second round pick?) |
C.J. Bruton | ||
| 53 | 2-25 | Knicks | > Lakers — Traded Doug Christie to Knicks for two future second round draft considerations (1997 #53-Paul Rogers) (?-?) on 1994-10-13 | Paul Rogers | ||
| 54 | 2-26 | Sonics | Mark Blount | |||
| 55 | 2-27 | Heat | > Celtics — Traded 1997 second round pick (#30-Mark Sanford) to Heat for 1997 second round pick (#55-Ben Pepper) and Heat's agreeing to release Director of Player Personnel Chris Wallace from his contract on 1997-05-27 | Ben Pepper | ||
| 56 | 2-28 | Jazz | Nate Erdmann | |||
| 57 | 2-29 | Bulls | Roberto Cuenas | |||