Underclassmen in NBA Draft

Sixteen Division I players (7 juniors, 8 sophomores and 1 freshman), 2 high school seniors, 4 players from overseas, 3 junior college players, 1 Division II junior and 1 Division II sophomore forfeited the remainder of their college eligibility and declared for the 1999 NBA Draft which took place at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C. on June 23.

Players are listed in alphabetical order; first round selections in bold type, high school players in italics.

	Cl	Drafted by	Overall Pick
Ron Artest, St. John's	So.	Chicago	16
William Avery, Duke	So.	Minnesota	14
*Jonathan Bender*, Picayune (Miss.)	HS	Toronto	5
Carl Boyd, California	Jr.	Not drafted	—
Elton Brand, Duke	So.	Chicago	1
Nikola Dacevic, Limoges, France	—	Not drafted	—
Baron Davis, UCLA	So.	Charlotte	3
Steve Francis, Maryland	Jr.	Vancouver	2
Dwayne Franklin, Shaw (Div. II)	So.	Not drafted	—
Dion Glover, Georgia Tech	So.	Atlanta	20
Richard Hamilton, UConn	Jr.	Washington	7
Rico Harris, CS-Northridge	Jr.	Not drafted	—
Hrvoje Henjak, Split, Croatia	—	Not drafted	—
Kendric Johnson, West Hills Coll.	Fr.	Not drafted	—
Jumaine Jones, Georgia	So.	Atlanta	27
Shawn Kenney, Cleveland St.	So.	Not drafted	—
A. Kirilenko, CSKA Moscow	—	Utah	24
Corey Maggette, Duke	Fr.	Seattle	13
Shawn Marion, UNLV	Jr.	Phoenix	9
Michael Maxwell, W. N. Mexico	Jr.	Not drafted	—
Greg Minor, CS-Northridge	Jr.	Not drafted	—
Lamar Odom, Rhode Island	So.	LA Clippers	4
Josko Poljak, Split, Croatia	—	Not drafted	—
Alek Redojevic, Barton CC	So.	Toronto	12
Gene Shipley, San Jose City Coll.	Fr.	Not drafted	—
*Leon Smith*, King HS (Illinois)	HS	San Antonio	29
Albert White, Missouri	Jr.	Not drafted	—

Note: Harold Arceneaux (Weber St.), Edwin Daniels (UNLV), Giorgos Diamantopolous (Greece), Antonis Fotsis (Greece), DeeAndre Hullett (College of the Sequoias), Guilherme Joanoni (Brazil), Lamont Long (New Mexico), Jamaal Magloire (Kentucky), Olumide Oyedeji (Nigeria), Igor Rakocevic (Yugoslavia), Tyron Triplett (Tallahassee CC) and Kostas Tsartsaris (Greece) declared for the draft and then withdrew their names before the June 23 deadline.

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