1998 NBA Draft

The 1998 NBA Draft took place on June 24, 1998 in General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Round one

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	School/Club Team
1	Michael Olowokandi (C)	Nigeria	Los Angeles Clippers	Pacific
2	Mike Bibby (PG)	United States	Vancouver Grizzlies	Arizona
3	Raef LaFrentz (C/F)	United States	Denver Nuggets	Kansas
4	Antawn Jamison (F)	United States	Toronto Raptors (traded to Golden State)	North Carolina
5	Vince Carter (G/F)	United States	Golden State Warriors (traded to Toronto)	North Carolina
6	Robert Traylor (F/C)	United States	Dallas Mavericks (traded to Milwaukee)	Michigan
7	Jason Williams (PG)	United States	Sacramento Kings	Florida
8	Larry Hughes (SG)	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	Saint Louis
9	Dirk Nowitzki (PF)	Germany	Milwaukee Bucks (traded to Dallas)	DJK Würzburg (Germany)
10	Paul Pierce (G/F)	United States	Boston Celtics	Kansas
11	Bonzi Wells (G/F)	United States	Detroit Pistons	Ball State
12	Michael Doleac (C)	United States	Orlando Magic	Utah
13	Keon Clark (F/C)	United States	Orlando Magic (from Golden State via Washington)	UNLV
14	Michael Dickerson (SG)	United States	Houston Rockets	Arizona
15	Matt Harpring (F/G)	United States	Orlando Magic (from New Jersey)	Georgia Tech
16	Bryce Drew (PG)	United States	Houston Rockets	Valparaiso
17	Radoslav Nesterovič (C)	Slovenia	Minnesota Timberwolves	Kinder Bologna (Italy)
18	Mirsad Türkcan (PF)	Turkey	Houston Rockets (from Toronto via Portland)	Efes Pilsen (Turkey)
19	Pat Garrity (PF)	United States	Milwaukee Bucks (from Cleveland, traded to Phoenix)	Notre Dame
20	Roshown McLeod (SF)	United States	Atlanta Hawks	Duke
21	Ricky Davis (G/F)	United States	Charlotte Hornets	Iowa
22	Brian Skinner (F/C)	United States	Los Angeles Clippers (from Miami)	Baylor
23	Tyronn Lue (PG)	United States	Denver Nuggets (from Phoenix traded to L.A. Lakers)	Nebraska
24	Felipe López (SG)	Dominican Republic	San Antonio Spurs (traded to Vancouver)	St. John's
25	Al Harrington (F)	United States	Indiana Pacers	St. Patrick's High School (Elizabeth, New Jersey)
26	Sam Jacobson (SG)	United States	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota
27	Vladimir Stepania (C)	Georgia	Seattle SuperSonics	Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia)
28	Corey Benjamin (SG)	United States	Chicago Bulls	Oregon State
29	Nazr Mohammed (C/F)	United States	Utah Jazz (traded to Philadelphia)	Kentucky

Round two

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	School/Club Team
30	Ansu Sesay (SF)	United States	Golden State (from Toronto)	Ole Miss
31	Ruben Patterson (SF)	United States	Los Angeles Lakers (from Vancouver)	Cincinnati
32	Rashard Lewis (SF)	United States	Seattle SuperSonics (from Detroit)	Alief Elsik High School (Houston, Texas)
33	Jelani McCoy (F/C)	United States	Seattle SuperSonics (from L.A. Clippers)	UCLA
34	Shammond Williams (PG)	United States	Chicago Bulls (from Golden State)	North Carolina
35	Bruno Šundov (C)	Croatia	Dallas Mavericks	Split (Croatia)
36	Jerome James (C)	United States	Sacramento Kings	Florida A&M
37	Casey Shaw (C)	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	Toledo
38	DeMarco Johnson (PF)	United States	New York Knicks (from Boston)	UNC Charlotte
39	Rafer Alston (PG)	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	Fresno State
40	Korleone Young (SF)	United States	Detroit Pistons	Hargrave Military Academy
41	Cuttino Mobley (SG)	United States	Houston Rockets	Rhode Island
42	Miles Simon (SG)	United States	Orlando Magic	Arizona
43	Jahidi White (F/C)	United States	Washington Wizards	Georgetown
44	Sean Marks (PF)	New Zealand	New York Knicks	California
45	Toby Bailey (SG)	United States	Los Angeles Lakers (from New Jersey)	UCLA
46	Andrae Patterson (SF)	United States	Minnesota Timberwolves	Indiana
47	Tyson Wheeler (PG)	United States	Toronto Raptors	Rhode Island
48	Ryan Stack (C)	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	South Carolina
49	Cory Carr (SG)	United States	Atlanta Hawks	Texas Tech
50	Andy Betts (C)	United States	Charlotte Hornets	Long Beach State
51	Corey L. Brewer (PG)	United States	Miami Heat	Oklahoma
52	Derrick Dial (SG)	United States	San Antonio Spurs	Eastern Michigan
53	Greg Buckner (SG)	United States	Dallas Mavericks (from Phoenix)	Clemson
54	Tremaine Fowlkes (SF)	United States	Denver Nuggets (from Indiana)	Fresno State
55	Ryan Bowen (SF)	United States	Denver Nuggets (from Seattle)	Iowa
56	J.R. Henderson (SF)	United States	Vancouver Grizzlies (from L.A. Lakers)	UCLA
57	Torraye Braggs (PF)	United States	Utah Jazz	Xavier
58	Maceo Baston (PF)	United States	Chicago Bulls	Michigan

Notable undrafted players

All players are Americans unless otherwise mentioned.

• Earl Boykins (PG), Eastern Michigan
• Anthony Carter (PG), Hawaiʻi
• Mike James (PG), Duquesne
• Šarūnas Jasikevičius (PG),  Lithuania and Maryland
• (All-Star) Brad Miller (C), Purdue
• Jeff Sheppard (SF), Kentucky

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