1998
ShamSports NBA Draft database

1998 NBA Draft

Every selection currently recorded in the dedicated ShamSports draft-history database.

First round

5 overall

Vince Carter

SG/SF/PF 6'6 North Carolina USA
Retired
9 overall

Dirk Nowitzki

PF/C 7'0 DJK Wurzburg (Germany) Germany
Retired
11 overall

Bonzi Wells

SG/SF 6'5 Ball State USA
Retired
13 overall

Keon Clark

PF/C 6'11 UNLV USA
Retired
17 overall

Rasho Nesterovic

C 7'0 Kinder Bologna (Italy) Slovenia/Greece/Serbia
Retired
18 overall

Mirsad Turkcan

PF 6'9 Efes Pilsen (Turkey) Turkey/Serbia
Retired
19 overall

Pat Garrity

SF/PF 6'9 Notre Dame USA
Retired
23 overall

Tyronn Lue

PG 6'0 Nebraska USA
Retired
24 overall

Felipe Lopez

SG 6'5 St. John's Dominican Republic
Retired
25 overall

Al Harrington

SF/PF 6'9 St. Patrick's High School USA
Retired
27 overall

Vladimir Stepania

C 7'0 Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia) Georgia/Slovenia
Retired

Second round

30 overall

Ansu Sesay

SF/PF 6'9 Mississippi USA
Retired
32 overall

Rashard Lewis

SF 6'10 Alief Elsik High School USA
Retired
35 overall

Bruno Sundov

C 7'2 Split (Croatia) Croatia
Retired
44 overall

Sean Marks

PF/C 6'10 California New Zealand
Retired
50 overall

Andrew Betts

C 7'1 Long Beach State Britain
Retired
Draft rights still held
52 overall

Derrick Dial

PG/SG 6'4 Eastern Michigan USA
Retired
55 overall

Ryan Bowen

SF/PF 6'9 Iowa USA
Retired

NCAA early entrants

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Name Position Height Weight Birthdate Pre-Draft Team Nationality Status
Rafer Alston PG 6'2 175 lbs 07/24/1976 Fresno State USA Stayed in
Mike Bibby PG 6'2 195 lbs 05/13/1978 Arizona USA Stayed in
Vince Carter SG/SF/PF 6'6 220 lbs 01/26/1977 North Carolina USA Stayed in
Ricky Davis SG/SF 6'7 195 lbs 09/23/1979 Iowa USA Stayed in
Tremaine Fowlkes SF 6'8 220 lbs 04/11/1976 Fresno State USA Stayed in
Larry Hughes SG 6'5 185 lbs 01/23/1979 Saint Louis USA Stayed in
Jerome James C 7'1 285 lbs 11/17/1975 Florida A&M USA Stayed in
Antawn Jamison SF/PF 6'9 235 lbs 06/12/1976 North Carolina USA Stayed in
Tyronn Lue PG 6'0 175 lbs 05/03/1977 Nebraska USA Stayed in
Jelani McCoy PF/C 6'10 245 lbs 12/06/1977 UCLA USA Stayed in
Nazr Mohammed C 6'10 250 lbs 09/05/1977 Kentucky USA Stayed in
Lee Nailon SF/PF 6'9 238 lbs 02/22/1975 Texas Christian USA Withdrew
Lamar Odom SF/PF 6'10 230 lbs 11/06/1979 Rhode Island USA Withdrew
Paul Pierce SF 6'7 235 lbs 10/13/1977 Kansas USA Stayed in
Robert Traylor PF/C 6'8 284 lbs 02/01/1977 Michigan USA Stayed in
Jason Williams PG 6'1 180 lbs 11/18/1975 Florida USA Stayed in

International early entrants

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Name Position Height Weight Birthdate Pre-Draft Team Nationality Status
Marko Jaric PG/SG/SF 6'7 224 lbs 10/12/1978 Kinder Bologna (Italy) Serbia/Greece Withdrew
Stanislav Medvedenko PF/C 6'10 253 lbs 04/04/1979 Budivelnyk (Ukraine) Ukraine Stayed in
Dirk Nowitzki PF/C 7'0 245 lbs 06/19/1978 DJK Wurzburg (Germany) Germany Stayed in
Bruno Sundov C 7'2 260 lbs 02/10/1980 Split (Croatia) Croatia Stayed in

High school early entrants

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Name Position Height Weight Birthdate Pre-Draft Team Nationality Status
Al Harrington SF/PF 6'9 250 lbs 02/17/1980 St. Patrick's High School USA Stayed in
Rashard Lewis SF 6'10 235 lbs 08/08/1979 Alief Elsik High School USA Stayed in

Draft terminology

Relevant explanations from The CBA Glossary.