1996 NBA Draft

The 1996 NBA Draft was the 54th draft in the National Basketball Association. It was held on June 26, 1996 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It is widely considered to be one of the deepest and most talented NBA drafts in history, with over one-third of the first round picks, as well as one undrafted player, later becoming NBA All-Stars. The draft contained three players that won NBA MVP awards (Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson, Steve Nash) and seven All-Stars (Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Ray Allen, Žydrūnas Ilgauskas, Stephon Marbury, Jermaine O'Neal, Peja Stojaković, Antoine Walker). Marcus Camby, while he has not made an All-Star team as of 2008, was the 2007 Defensive Player of the Year.

Cleveland Cavaliers center and four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year All-Star Ben Wallace was signed by the Washington Bullets as an undrafted free agent prior to the 1996-97 NBA season.

SLAM Magazine named this the best NBA Draft of all time. HOOP Magazine named it the second-best, behind the 1984 draft, whose highlights included Hakeem Olajuwon, Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, and John Stockton. Most experts rate it along with the 1984 NBA Draft and 2003 NBA Draft as one of the best drafts in history.

Round one

Notable undrafted players

The following are the players who went undrafted, but later played in the NBA.

References

External links

* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1996.html 1996 NBA Draft]

NBA Drafts
preceded = 1995 NBA Draft
succeeded = 1997 NBA Draft