1999
ShamSports NBA Draft database

1999 NBA Draft

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

First round

4 overall

Lamar Odom

SF/PF 6'10 Rhode Island USA
Retired
18 overall

James Posey

SF 6'8 Xavier (Ohio) USA
Retired
20 overall

Dion Glover

SG 6'5 Georgia Tech USA
Retired
21 overall

Jeff Foster

PF/C 6'11 Texas State USA
Retired

Second round

36 overall

Wang Zhizhi

C 7'1 Bayi (China) China
Retired
40 overall

Gordan Giricek

SG 6'6 CSKA Moscow (Russia) Croatia
Retired
43 overall

Lee Nailon

SF/PF 6'9 Texas Christian USA
Retired
50 overall

Venson Hamilton

PF 6'8 Nebraska USA/Spain
Retired
Draft rights still held
57 overall

Emanuel Ginobili

SG 6'6 Kinder Bologna (Italy) Argentina/Italy
Retired

NCAA early entrants

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Name Position Height Weight Birthdate Pre-Draft Team Nationality Status
Elton Brand PF 6'9 254 lbs 03/11/1979 Duke USA Stayed in
Baron Davis PG 6'3 212 lbs 04/13/1979 UCLA USA Stayed in
Steve Francis PG/SG 6'3 210 lbs 02/21/1977 Maryland USA Stayed in
Dion Glover SG 6'5 225 lbs 10/22/1978 Georgia Tech USA Stayed in
Richard Hamilton SG/SF 6'7 193 lbs 02/14/1978 Connecticut USA Stayed in
DeeAndre Hulett SF 6'8 215 lbs 12/29/1980 Las Vegas Silver Bandits (IBL) USA Withdrew
Jumaine Jones SF/PF 6'8 230 lbs 02/10/1979 Georgia USA Stayed in
Corey Maggette SG/SF 6'6 225 lbs 11/12/1979 Duke USA Stayed in
Jamaal Magloire C 6'11 265 lbs 05/21/1978 Kentucky Canada Withdrew
Shawn Marion SF/PF 6'7 228 lbs 05/07/1978 UNLV USA Stayed in
Lamar Odom SF/PF 6'10 230 lbs 11/06/1979 Rhode Island USA Stayed in
Metta Sandiford-Artest SF 6'6 260 lbs 11/13/1979 St. John's USA Stayed in

International early entrants

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Name Position Height Weight Birthdate Pre-Draft Team Nationality Status
Antonis Fotsis PF 6'10 219 lbs 04/01/1981 Panathinaikos (Greece) Greece Withdrew
Andrei Kirilenko SF/PF 6'9 235 lbs 02/18/1981 CSKA Moscow (Russia) Russia Stayed in
Olumide Oyedeji PF/C 6'10 240 lbs 05/11/1981 Wuerzburg (Germany) Nigeria/Britain Withdrew
Igor Rakocevic PG/SG 6'3 183 lbs 03/29/1978 Crvena Zvezda (Serbia) Serbia Withdrew
Kostas Tsartsaris PF/C 6'10 250 lbs 10/17/1979 Peristeri (Greece) Greece Withdrew

High school early entrants

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Name Position Height Weight Birthdate Pre-Draft Team Nationality Status
Jonathan Bender SF/PF 7'0 230 lbs 01/30/1981 Picayune High School USA Stayed in

Draft terminology

Relevant explanations from The CBA Glossary.