LeBron James, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson were all No. 1 NBA draft picks, but who was the best player to ever be taken first overall?

The state’s high schools and colleges carried the momentum built in the 1980s into the NBA drafts of the next decade.

The Celtics have a lot of NBA Draft day hits throughout their history, but what are their worst draft-related mistakes?

Marc Jackson: It took three seasons for the 38th pick in the 1997 NBA Draft to make his Warriors debut. He only played 65 games for Golden State but made them memorable.

Through the 1990's the then-New Jersey Nets found themselves in the draft lottery six times, spanning from the 1990 NBA Draft to the 1997 NBA Draft. They did n ...

Here's a look at the history of No. 1 overall picks in the NBA draft and year-by-year selections ahead of the 2025 NBA Draft starting Wednesday. ... 1997: Tim Duncan (Wake Forest) — San Antonio ...