1995 NBA Draft

The 1995 NBA Draft took place on June 28, 1995 at SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It marked the first NBA draft for the two Canadian expansion teams, Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies. One of this class' draftees (and future league MVP), Kevin Garnett, is notable for being the first player in two decades to be selected straight out of high school.

This draft was also notable for one of the biggest busts in NBA history, Ed O'Bannon.^[1] O'Bannon had received national accolades for leading the UCLA Bruins to the NCAA Championship, but only played two years in the NBA.

Round one

Names in bold were subsequently selected into an All-NBA Team.

Joe Smith, the 1st pick of the Golden State Warriors

Antonio McDyess, the 2nd pick of the Los Angeles Clippers (traded to Denver

Rasheed Wallace, the 4th pick of the Washington Bullets

Kevin Garnett, the 5th pick of the Minnesota Timberwolves

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	School/Club Team
1	Joe Smith (PF/C)	United States	Golden State Warriors	Maryland-So.
2	Antonio McDyess (PF)	United States	Los Angeles Clippers (traded to Denver)[a]	Alabama-So.
3	Jerry Stackhouse (SG)	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	North Carolina-So.
4	Rasheed Wallace (PF)	United States	Washington Bullets	North Carolina-So.
5	Kevin Garnett (PF)	United States	Minnesota Timberwolves	Farragut Academy HS (Chicago)
6	Bryant Reeves (C)	United States	Vancouver Grizzlies	Oklahoma State-Sr.
7	Damon Stoudamire (PG)	United States	Toronto Raptors	Arizona-Sr.
8	Shawn Respert (SG)	United States	Portland Trail Blazers (from Detroit, traded to Milwaukee)	Michigan State-Sr.
9	Ed O'Bannon (SF)	United States	New Jersey Nets	UCLA-Sr.
10	Kurt Thomas (PF/C)	United States	Miami Heat	TCU-Sr.
11	Gary Trent (PF)	United States	Milwaukee Bucks (traded to Portland)	Ohio-Jr.
12	Cherokee Parks (C)	United States	Dallas Mavericks	Duke-Sr.
13	Corliss Williamson (PF)	United States	Sacramento Kings	Arkansas-Jr.
14	Eric Williams (SF)	United States	Boston Celtics	Providence-Sr.
15	Brent Barry (SG)	United States	Denver Nuggets (traded to L.A. Clippers)[a]	Oregon State-Sr.
16	Alan Henderson (PF)	United States	Atlanta Hawks	Indiana-Sr.
17	Bob Sura (SG)	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	Florida State-Sr.
18	Theo Ratliff (PF)	United States	Detroit Pistons (from Portland)	Wyoming-Sr.
19	Randolph Childress (PG)	United States	Detroit Pistons (from Houston via Portland)	Wake Forest-Sr.
20	Jason Caffey (PF)	United States	Chicago Bulls	Alabama-Sr.
21	Michael Finley (SF)	United States	Phoenix Suns (from L.A. Lakers)	Wisconsin-Sr.
22	George Zidek (C)	Czech Republic	Charlotte Hornets	UCLA-Sr.
23	Travis Best (PG)	United States	Indiana Pacers	Georgia Tech-Sr.
24	Loren Meyer (PF)	United States	Dallas Mavericks (from New York)	Iowa State-Sr.
25	David Vaughn (PF/C)	United States	Orlando Magic	Memphis-Jr.
26	Sherell Ford (PF)	United States	Seattle SuperSonics	Illinois-Chicago-Sr.
27	Mario Bennett (PF)	United States	Phoenix Suns	Arizona State-Jr.
28	Greg Ostertag (C)	United States	Utah Jazz	Kansas-Sr.
29	Cory Alexander (PG)	United States	San Antonio Spurs	Virginia-Jr.

Round two

Eric Snow, the 43rd pick of the Milwaukee Bucks

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	School/Club Team
30	Lou Roe (F)	United States	Detroit Pistons	Massachusetts
31	Dragan Tarlać (C)	Yugoslavia  Greece	Chicago Bulls	Olympiakos (Greece)
32	Terrence Rencher (G)	United States	Washington Bullets	Texas
33	Junior Burrough (F)	United States	Boston Celtics	Virginia
34	Andrew DeClercq (PF/C)	United States	Golden State Warriors	Florida
35	Jimmy King (G)	United States	Toronto Raptors	Michigan
36	Lawrence Moten (G)	United States	Vancouver Grizzlies	Syracuse
37	Frankie King (G)	United States	Los Angeles Lakers	Western Carolina
38	Rashard Griffith (C)	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	Wisconsin
39	Donny Marshall (F)	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	Connecticut
40	Dwayne Whitfield (F)	United States	Golden State Warriors	Jackson State
41	Erik Meek (C)	United States	Houston Rockets	Duke
42	Donnie Boyce (G)	United States	Atlanta Hawks	Colorado
43	Eric Snow (PG)	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	Michigan State
44	Anthony Pelle (C)	United States	Denver Nuggets	Fresno State
45	Troy Brown (F/C)	United States	Atlanta Hawks	Providence
46	George Banks (F)	United States	Miami Heat	UTEP
47	Tyus Edney (G)	United States	Sacramento Kings	UCLA
48	Mark Davis (G/F)	United States	Minnesota Timberwolves	Texas Tech
49	Jerome Allen (G)	United States	Minnesota Timberwolves	Pennsylvania
50	Martin Lewis (F)	United States	Golden State Warriors	Seward County CC (Kansas)
51	Dejan Bodiroga (SF)	Yugoslavia	Sacramento Kings	Olimpia (Stefanel) Milano (Italy)
52	Fred Hoiberg (SG)	United States	Indiana Pacers	Iowa State
53	Constantin Popa (C)	Romania	Los Angeles Clippers	Miami (FL)
54	Eurelijus Zukauskas (C)	Lithuania	Seattle SuperSonics	Neptunas (Lithuania)
55	Michael McDonald (C)	United States	Golden State Warriors	New Orleans
56	Chris Carr (G)	United States	Phoenix Suns	Southern Illinois
57	Cuonzo Martin (G/F)	United States	Atlanta Hawks	Purdue
58	Don Reid (F)	United States	Detroit Pistons	Georgetown

Notable undrafted players

• Rick Brunson (SG), Temple
• Kevin Ollie (PG), Connecticut
• Scotty Thurman (SG), Arkansas
• Daniel Santiago (C), New Mexico

Trades involving draft picks

Draft day trades

The following trades involving drafted players were made on the day of the draft.

• ^a  The Los Angeles Clippers traded Randy Woods and the draft rights to Antonio McDyess to the Denver Nuggets for Rodney Rogers and the draft rights to Brent Barry.

References

External links

• 1995 NBA Draft