1. cleveland lebron james
2. detroit
(from memphis) darko milicic
3. denver carmelo anthony
4. toronto chris bosh
5. miami dwyane wade
6. la clippers chris kaman
7. chicago kirk hinrich
8. milwaukee
(from atlanta) t.j. ford
9. new york michael sweetney
10. washington jarvis hayes
11. golden state mickael pietrus
12. seattle nick collison
13. memphis
(from houston) marcus banks
(traded to boston)
14. seattle
(from milwaukee) luke ridnour
15. orlando reece gaines
16. boston troy bell
(traded to memphis)
17. phoenix zarko cabarkapa
18. new orleans david west
19. utah aleksandar pavlovic
20. boston
(from philadelphia) dahntay jones
(traded to memphis)
21. atlanta
(from indiana) boris diaw
22. new jersey zoran planinic
23. portland travis outlaw
24. la lakers brian cook
25. detroit carlos delfino
26. minnesota ndudi ebi
27. memphis
(from sacramento via orlando) kendrick perkins
(traded to boston)
28. san antonio leandrinho barbosa
(traded to phoenix)
29. dallas josh howard
nba tarihinin en iyi draftlarından biridir,hala
(bkz: nba draft 1996) ile karşılaştırılır. gerçekten hala nba'i domine eden isimler bulunuyor listede.