1992 NBA draft
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox sports draft The 1992 NBA draft took place on June 24, 1992, at Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon. The draft is considered to be one of the deepest in NBA history. The top three picks (Shaquille O'Neal, Alonzo Mourning, Christian Laettner) were considered can't-miss prospects. All three are Hall of Famers (Naismith & FIBA); O'Neal and Mourning are (individual) player-inducted, whereas Laettner is team-inducted. Laettner made one All-Star game in his career and was an Olympic Gold Medalist on the 1992 Dream Team, but did not live up to the lofty expectations set for him. The trio would end up playing together on the 2005 Miami Heat. Two other players went on to become All-Stars (Tom Gugliotta once, Latrell Sprewell four times) and several others had solid careers (Jimmy Jackson, Robert Horry, Doug Christie, P.J. Brown, LaPhonso Ellis, Jon Barry, Walt Williams, Anthony Peeler, and Clarence Weatherspoon). Harold Miner, who was given the nickname "Baby Jordan" because of his similarities to Michael Jordan, slipped to number 12 and, other than winning two slam dunk contests, only had a brief, uneventful, and injury prone four-year career.
This was the first time the NBA draft was held outside of New York.[1] It is the only draft where the first three picks were centers.
Draft selections
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| G | Guard | PG | Point guard | SG | Shooting guard | F | Forward | SF | Small forward | PF | Power forward | C | Center |
Notable undrafted players
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| Player | Pos. | Nationality | School/club team |
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| Script error: No such module "Sort". | F | Template:Flagu | South Florida (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF | Template:Flagu | Indiana (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | PG | Template:Flagu | Ohio State (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | SF | Template:Flagu | Monmouth (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF | Template:Flagu | Providence (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | SF | Template:Flagu | Wyoming (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF | File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg The Bahamas | Texas (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF | Template:Flagu | Southern Miss (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | C | File:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006).svg FR Yugoslavia Script error: No such module "flag". |
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| Script error: No such module "Sort". | PG/SG | Template:Flagu | Pacific (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | SG | Template:Flagu | Morehouse (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | SG | Template:Flagu | South Carolina (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | PG | Script error: No such module "flag". | Brisbane Bullets (Australia) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | SF | Template:Flagu | DePaul (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | SG/SF | Template:Flagu | Ohio State (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | SF | Template:Flagu | Houston (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | PG | Template:Flagu | UCLA (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | C | Template:Flagu | Minnesota (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | PG | Template:Flagu | UCLA (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | PG | Template:Flagu | Arizona (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF | Template:Flagu | Wyoming (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | SF/PF | Template:Flagu | Temple (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | C | Template:Flagu | Notre Dame (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | SF | Template:Flagu | Wake Forest (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF | Template:Flagu | Alabama (Jr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | PG | Template:Flagu | Baylor (Sr.) |
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Early entrants
College underclassmen
For the tenth year in a row and the fourteenth time in fifteen years, no college underclassman would withdraw their entry into the NBA draft. Not only that, but this would also be the first year since 1985 where no underclassmen playing overseas would enter the NBA draft and would be the first draft since 1986 with no foreign-born underclassmen as well. This year would see a total of sixteen college underclassmen entering the draft. The following college basketball players successfully applied for early draft entrance.[3]
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- Template:Flagicon Ameer Aziz – F, Saint Paul's (Virginia) (junior)
- Template:Flagicon John Beauford – C, Southern Poly (junior)
- Template:Flagicon Anthony Cade – F, Seminole JC (sophomore)
- Template:Flagicon Mark Chappell – G, Iowa State (junior)
- Template:Flagicon Dallas Lee Cothrum – G, Austin (junior)
- Template:Flagicon Jim Jackson – G, Ohio State (junior)
- Template:Flagicon Troy King – F, Beaver County CC (sophomore)
- Template:Flagicon Benny Maxwell – G, Western New Mexico (junior)
- Template:Flagicon Harold Miner – G, USC (junior)
- Template:Flagicon Tracy Murray – F, UCLA (junior)
- Template:Flagicon Shaquille O'Neal – C, LSU (junior)
- Template:Flagicon Melvin Robinson – C, Arizona State (junior)
- Template:Flagicon Tony Scott – F, Texas A&M (junior)
- Template:Flagicon Jeff Theiler – F, La Verne (junior)
- Template:Flagicon Mike Wawrzyniak – G, Cleveland State (junior)
- Template:Flagicon Marcus Webb – F, Alabama (junior)
See also
Notes
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References
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