clyde drexler was picked first in the 1984 nba draft.
clyde drexler was picked first in the 1984 nba draft.
who was picked first in the 1984 nba draft?
clyde drexler
on april 13, 2016, bryant played his final nba game, making him the last player from this draft to play in the nba. he scored 60 points in his final game.









































most experts rate it along with the 1984 nba draft and 2003 nba draft as one of the best drafts in history. "sports illustrated" named it the second-best, behind the 1984 draft, which included a draft class of hakeem olajuwon, michael jordan, charles barkley, and john stockton.









































section::::draft selections.









































section::::notable undrafted players.









































the following are undrafted players of the 1996 nba draft but later played in the nba.
1996 nba draft
the 2002, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2018 nba drafts saw international players picked first overall. in 2002, the houston rockets selected yao ming from china first in the draft, the first asian number 1 selection. in 2005, the milwaukee bucks picked andrew bogut, from australia by way of the university of utah, #1. the next year, the toronto raptors drafted andrea bargnani from italy, making him the second foreign player without u.s. college experience and the first european to be selected number 1 overall. in 2011, australian born kyrie irving was selected by the cleveland cavaliers after having played one year at duke. in 2013, the cleveland cavaliers selected anthony bennett, who played at unlv, first overall and making bennett the first canadian to be drafted at #1. in the 2014 nba draft, the cleveland cavaliers, again picking #1, selected canadian shooting guard/small forward andrew wiggins. during the 2015 nba draft, the minnesota timberwolves selected u.s.-born center karl-anthony towns, also born with dominican republic citizenship by way of his mother, as the first player from the latter country and therefore the first latin american to become the #1 selection, teaming up with andrew wiggins in the process. during the 2016 nba draft, the philadelphia 76ers selected australian forward ben simmons to be the #1 selection, the first time the franchise got one in 20 years since the 1996 nba draft when they selected the first overall pick allen iverson, a sophomore from georgetown. in the 2018 nba draft, the phoenix suns selected bahamian center deandre ayton as their first ever #1 selection, with ayton being the second bahamian taken at #1 behind mychal thompson, and the third caribbean-born player after patrick ewing and thompson.
nba draft