Underclassmen in 1998-1999 NBA Draft
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
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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