Youngsters smash first-round record; NBA DRAFT SELECTIONS First round 1. Philadelphia, Allen Iverson, g, Georgetown. 2. Toronto, Marcus Camby, f, Massachusetts. 3. Vancouver, Shareef Abdur-Rahim, f, California. 4. Milwaukee, a-Stephon Marbury, g, Georgia Tech. 5. Minnesota, b-Ray Allen, g, Connecticut. 6. Boston (from Dallas), Antoine Walker, f, Kentucky. 7. L.A. Clippers, Lorenzen Wright, f, Memphis. 8. New Jersey, Kerry Kittles, g, Villanova. 9. Dallas (from Boston), Samaki Walker, f, Louisville. 10. Indiana (from Denver), Erick Dampier, c, Mississippi State. 11. Golden State, Todd Fuller, c, North Carolina State. 12. Cleveland (from Washington), Vitaly Potapenko, f, Wright State. 13. Charlotte, Kobe Bryant, g, Lower Merion HS, Ardmore, Pa. 14. Sacramento, Predrag Stojakovic, f, PAOK (Greece). 15. Phoenix, Steve Nash, g, Santa Clara. 16. Charlotte (from Miami), Tony Delk, g, Kentucky. 17. Portland, Jermaine O'Neal, c, Eau Claire HS, Columbia, S.C. 18. New York (from Detroit through San Antonio), John Wallace, f, Syracuse. 19. New York (from Atlanta through Miami), Walter McCarty, f, Kentucky. 20. Cleveland, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, c, Lithuania. 21. New York, Dontae' Jones, f, Mississippi State. 22. Vancouver (from Houston), Roy Rogers, f, Alabama. 23. Denver (from Indiana), Efthimis Retzias, c, PAOK (Greece). 24. L.A. Lakers, Derek Fisher, g, Arkansas-Little Rock. 25. Utah, c-Martin Muursepp, f, BC Kalev Tallinn (Estonia). 26. Detroit (from San Antonio), Jerome Williams, f, Georgetown. 27. Orlando, Brian Evans, f, Indiana. 28. Atlanta (from Seattle), Priest Lauderdale, c, Peristeri(Greece). 29. Chicago, Travis Knight, c, Connecticut. Second round 30. Houston (from Vancouver), Othella Harrington, f-c,Georgetown. 31. Philadelphia, Mark Hendrickson, f, Washington State. 32. Philadelphia (from Toronto), Ryan Minor, f, Oklahoma. 33. Milwaukee, Moochie Norris, g, West Florida. 34. Dallas, Shawn Harvey, g, West Virginia State. 35. Seattle (from Minnesota), Joseph Blair, f, Arizona. 36. L.A. Clippers, Doron Sheffer, g, Connecticut. 37. Denver (from Sacramento through New Jersey), Jeff McInnis, g, North Carolina. 38. Boston, Steve Hamer, c, Tennessee. 39. Phoenix (from Denver through the L.A. Clippers and Detroit), Russ Millard, f, Iowa. 40. Golden State, Marcus Mann, f, Mississippi Valley State. 41. Sacramento, Jason Sasser, f, Texas Tech. 42. Houston (from Vancouver through Washington and Orlando), Randy Livingston, g, Louisiana State. 43. Phoenix, Ben Davis, f, Arizona. 44. Charlotte, Malik Rose, f, Drexel. 45. Seattle (from Miami through Atlanta), Joe Vogel, c, Colorado State. 46. Portland, Marcus Brown, g, Murray State. 47. Seattle (from Atlanta), Ron Riley, g-f, Arizona State. 48. Philadelphia (from Detroit), Jamie Feick, c, Michigan State. 49. Orlando (from New York through Minnesota and Vancouver), Amal McCaskill, c, Marquette. 50. Houston (from Cleveland), Terrell Bell, c, Georgia. 51. Vancouver (from Houston), Chris Robinson, g-f, Western Kentucky. 52. Indiana, Mark Pope, f-c, Kentucky. 53. Milwaukee (from L.A. Lakers through Seattle), Jeff Nordgaard, f, UW-Green Bay. 54. Utah, Shandon Anderson, f-g, Georgia. 55. Washington (from San Antonio through Charlotte), Ronnie Henderson, g, Louisiana State. 56. Cleveland (from Orlando), Reggie Geary, g, Arizona. 57. Seattle, Drew Barry, g, Georgia Tech. 58. Dallas (from Chicago), Darnell Robinson, c, Arkansas. a-Traded to Minnesota. b-Traded to Milwaukee with future first-round draft choice. c-Traded to Miami for a future first-round draft choice.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | June 27, 1996| | Copyright

Youth was served up on a silver platter at the National Basketball Association's annual made-for-television draft party.

The proceedings got under way when commissioner David Stern stepped to the podium at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, N.J., and announced that Allen Iverson, Georgetown's warp-speed-quick sophomore point guard, was the first selection.

By the end of the first round, 18 early entry candidates including two high school players and four players who played in Europe were selected, eclipsing the old mark of 10 set last year.

Iverson's selection marked the ...

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