1997 NBA Draft
First Round
| Pick | Team | Player | Position | College/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Antonio Spurs | Tim Duncan | PF | Wake Forest |
| 2 | Philadelphia 76ers | Keith Van Horn | SF/PF | Utah |
| 3 | Boston Celtics | Chauncey Billups | PG | Colorado |
| 4 | Vancouver Grizzlies | Antonio Daniels | PG | Bowling Green |
| 5 | Denver Nuggets | Tony Battie | C/PF | Texas Tech |
| 6 | Boston Celtics | Ron Mercer | SF | Kentucky |
| 7 | New Jersey Nets | Tim Thomas | SF | Villanova |
| 8 | Golden State Warriors | Adonal Foyle | C | Colgate |
| 9 | Toronto Raptors | Tracy McGrady | SG | Mount Zion Academy (HS) |
| 10 | Milwaukee Bucks | Danny Fortson | PF | Cincinnati |
| 11 | Sacramento Kings | Olivier Saint-Jean | SF | San Jose State |
| 12 | Indiana Pacers | Austin Croshere | PF | Providence |
| 13 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Derek Anderson | SG | Kentucky |
| 14 | Los Angeles Clippers | Maurice Taylor | PF | Michigan |
| 15 | Dallas Mavericks | Kelvin Cato | C | Iowa State |
| 16 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Brevin Knight | PG | Stanford |
| 17 | Orlando Magic | Johnny Taylor | SF | Tennessee-Chattanooga |
| 18 | Portland Trail Blazers | Chris Anstey | PF/C | Australia |
| 19 | Detroit Pistons | Scot Pollard | C | Kansas |
| 20 | Minnesota Timberwolves | Paul Grant | C | Wisconsin |
| 21 | New Jersey Nets | Anthony Parker | SG | Bradley |
| 22 | Atlanta Hawks | Ed Gray | SG | California |
| 23 | Seattle Supersonics | Bobby Jackson | SG | Minnesota |
| 24 | Houston Rockets | Rodrick Rhodes | SF | USC |
| 25 | New York Knicks | John Thomas | C | Minnesota |
| 26 | Miami Heat | Charles Smith | SG | New Mexico |
| 27 | Utah Jazz | Jacque Vaughn | PG | Kansas |
| 28 | Chicago Bulls | Keith Booth | SF | Maryland |
Second Round
| Pick | Team | Player | Position | College/Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Houston Rockets | Serge Zwikker | C | North Carolina |
| 31 | Miami Heat | Mark Sanford | PF/SF | Washington |
| 32 | Detroit Pistons | Charles O'Bannon | SG | UCLA |
| 33 | Denver Nuggets | James Cotton | SG | Long Beach State |
| 34 | Philadelphia 76ers | Marko Milic | SF | Slovenia |
| 35 | Dallas Mavericks | Bubba Wells | SG | Austin Peay |
| 36 | Philadelphia 76ers | Kebu Stewart | PF | Cal-State Bakersfield |
| 37 | Philadelphia 76ers | James Collins | SG | Florida State |
| 38 | Golden State Warriors | Marc Jackson | PF/C | Temple |
| 39 | Milwaukee Bucks | Jerald Honeycutt | PF | Tulane |
| 40 | Sacramento Kings | Anthony Johnson | PG/SG | College of Charleston |
| 41 | Seattle Supersonics | Eddie Elisma | PF/C | Georgia Tech |
| 42 | Denver Nuggets | Jason Lawson | C | Villanova |
| 43 | Phoenix Suns | Stephen Jackson | SF/SG | Butler CC (KS) |
| 44 | Minnesota Timberwolves | Gordon Malone | PF/C | West Virginia |
| 45 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Cedric Henderson | SF | Memphis |
| 46 | Washington Wizards | God Shammgod | PG | Providence |
| 47 | Orlando Magic | Eric Washington | SG | Alabama |
| 48 | Portland Trail Blazers | Alvin Williams | PG | Villanova |
| 49 | Washington Wizards | Predrag Drobnjak | C | Yugoslavi |
| 50 | Atlanta Hawks | Alain Digbeau | SG/SF | France |
| 51 | Atlanta Hawks | Chris Crawford | PF | Marquette |
| 52 | Los Angeles Lakers | DeJuan Wheat | PG | Louisville |
| 53 | Vancouver Grizzlies | C.J. Bruton | PG/SG | Indian Hills CC (IA) |
| 54 | Los Angeles Lakers | Paul Rogers | C | Gonzaga |
| 55 | Seattle Supersonics | Mark Blount | C | Pittsburgh |
| 56 | Boston Celtics | Ben Pepper | C | Australia |
| 57 | Utah Jazz | Nate Erdmann | SG | Oklahoma |
| 58 | Chicago Bulls | Roberto Cuenas | C | Spain |
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