1996 NBA draft
The 1996 NBA Draft was conducted in East Rutherford (New Jersey) on 26 June 1996. In two rounds each 29 players from NBA teams were selected.
In the first place Allen Iverson was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers.
Overall, the 1996 vintage is regarded as one of the best in NBA history. Among them were, for example, three later (MVPs Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash and Allen Iverson ) and ten NBA All-Stars (next to Bryant, Nash and Iverson still Ray Allen, Jermaine O'Neal, Antoine Walker, Predrag Stojaković, Stephon Marbury, Zydrunas Ilgauskas and Shareef Abdur - Rahim ). Is also located under the non- gedrafteten players Ben Wallace, who is also an NBA All-Star and four- time NBA Defensive Player of the Year was. Marcus Camby also won the award once.
Round 1
Round 2
Unhandled player
- Chucky Atkins ( PG, USA United States), University of South Florida
- Adrian Griffin ( SG / SF, United States United States), Seton Hall University
- Erick Strickland (SG, USA United States), University of Nebraska
- Ben Wallace (PF, United States United States), Virginia Union University