El draft de l'NBA de 1997 es va celebrar el 25 de juny a Charlotte (Carolina del Nord). Un total de 12 jugadors no eren nascuts als Estats Units.
Primera ronda = All-Star Posició Jugador Nacionalitat Equip de l'NBA Origen (Universitat/club) 1Tim Duncan (F/C) San Antonio Spurs Wake Forest 2 Keith Van Horn (SF) Philadelphia 76ers Utah 3Chauncey Billups (PG) Boston Celtics Colorado 4 Antonio Daniels (PG) Vancouver Grizzlies Bowling Green 5 Tony Battie (C/F) Denver Nuggets Texas Tech 6 Ron Mercer (SF) Boston Celtics Kentucky 7 Tim Thomas (SF) New Jersey Nets Villanova 8 Adonal Foyle (C) Golden State Warriors Colgate 9Tracy McGrady (G/F) Toronto Raptors Mt. Zion Academy 10 Danny Fortson (PF) Milwaukee Bucks Cincinnati 11 Tariq Abdul-Wahad (SF) Sacramento Kings San Jose State 12 Austin Croshere (F) Indiana Pacers Providence 13 Derek Anderson (SG) Cleveland Cavaliers Kentucky 14 Maurice Taylor (PF) Los Angeles Clippers Michigan 15 Kelvin Cato (C) Dallas Mavericks Iowa State 16 Brevin Knight (PG) Cleveland Cavaliers Stanford 17 Johnny Taylor (F) Orlando Magic Chattanooga 18 Chris Anstey (F) Dallas Mavericks SE Melbourne Magic (Austràlia) 19 Scot Pollard (C) Detroit Pistons Kansas 20 Paul Grant (C) Minnesota Timberwolves Wisconsin 21 Anthony Parker (SG) New Jersey Nets Bradley 22 Ed Gray (G) Atlanta Hawks California 23 Bobby Jackson (G) Seattle Supersonics Minnesota 24 Rodrick Rhodes (G) Houston Rockets USC 25 John Thomas (C) New York Knicks Minnesota 26 Charles Smith (G) Miami Heat New Mexico 27 Jacque Vaughn (G) Utah Jazz Kansas 28 Keith Booth (F) Chicago Bulls Maryland
Segona ronda Posició Jugador Nacionalitat Equip de l'NBA Origen (Universitat/club) 30 Serge Zwikker (C) Houston Rockets North Carolina 31 Mark Sanford (F) Miami Heat Washington 32 Charles O'Bannon (G) Detroit Pistons UCLA 33 James Cotton (G) Denver Nuggets Long Beach State 34 Marko Milic (G) Philadelphia 76ers Smelt Olimpija (Eslovènia) 35 Bubba Wells (F) Dallas Mavericks Austin Peay 36 Kebu Stewart (F) Philadelphia 76ers Cal State Bakersfield 37 James Collins (G) Philadelphia 76ers Florida State 38 Marc Jackson (F) Golden State Warriors Temple 39 Jerald Honeycutt (F) Milwaukee Bucks Tulane 40 Anthony Johnson (G) Sacramento Kings College of Charleston 41 Ed Elisma (F) Seattle SuperSonics Georgia Tech 42 Jason Lawson (C) Denver Nuggets Villanova 43 Stephen Jackson (G) Phoenix Suns Butler Community College (Kansas) 44 Gordon Malone (F) Minnesota Timberwolves West Virginia 45 Cedric Henderson (F) Cleveland Cavaliers Memphis 46 God Shammgod (G) Washington Bullets Providence 47 Eric Washington (G) Orlando Magic Alabama 48 Alvin Williams (G) Portland Trail Blazers Villanova 49 Predrag Drobnjak (C) Washington Bullets KK Partizan (Sèrbia) 50 Alain Digbeu (G) Atlanta Hawks Villeurbanne (França) 51 Chris Crawford (F) Atlanta Hawks Marquette 52 DeJuan Wheat (G) Los Angeles Lakers Louisville 53 C.J. Bruton (G) Vancouver Grizzlies Indian Hills Community College (Iowa) 54 Paul Rogers (C) Los Angeles Lakers Gonzaga 55 Mark Blount (C) Seattle SuperSonics Pittsburgh 56 Ben Pepper (C) Boston Celtics (des de Miami Heat) Newcastle (Austràlia) 57 Nate Erdmann (G) Utah Jazz Oklahoma 58 Roberto Dueñas (C) Chicago Bulls FC Barcelona (Catalunya)
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