1992 NBA draft
1992 NBA draft | |
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General information | |
Sport | Basketball |
Date(s) | June 24, 1992 |
Location | Memorial Coliseum (Portland, Oregon) |
Network(s) | TNT |
Overview | |
54 total selections in 2 rounds | |
League | NBA |
First selection | Shaquille O'Neal (Orlando Magic) |
The
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, 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
G | Guard
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PG | Point guard | SG | Shooting guard | F | Forward
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SF | Small forward | PF | Power forward
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C | Center |
^ | Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
* | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-NBA Team |
+ | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game |
x | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-NBA Team |
# | Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff game |
Notable undrafted players
These players were not selected in the 1992 NBA draft but have played at least one game in the NBA.
Player | Pos. | Nationality | School/club team |
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Gary Alexander | F | United States | South Florida (Sr.) |
Eric Anderson | PF | United States | Indiana (Sr.) |
Mark Baker | PG | United States | Ohio State (Sr.) |
Alex Blackwell | SF | United States | Monmouth (Sr.) |
Marques Bragg | PF | United States | Providence (Sr.) |
Tim Breaux | SF | United States | Wyoming (Sr.)
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Dexter Cambridge | PF | Bahamas | Texas (Sr.) |
Joe Courtney | PF | United States | Southern Miss (Sr.) |
Rastko Cvetković | C | Serbia | Crvena zvezda (Yugoslavia) |
Dell Demps | PG/SG | United States | Pacific (Sr.) |
Harold Ellis | SG | United States | Morehouse (Sr.)
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Jo Jo English | SG | United States | South Carolina (Sr.) |
Shane Heal | PG | Australia | Brisbane Bullets (Australia) |
Stephen Howard | SF | United States | DePaul (Sr.) |
Chris Jent | SG/SF | United States | Ohio State (Sr.) |
Sam Mack | SF | United States | Houston (Sr.) |
Gerald Madkins | PG | United States | UCLA (Sr.) |
Bob Martin | C | United States | Minnesota (Sr.) |
Darrick Martin | PG | United States | UCLA (Sr.) |
Matt Othick | PG | United States | Arizona (Sr.) |
Reggie Slater | PF | United States | Wyoming (Sr.) |
Mark Strickland | SF/PF | United States | Temple (Sr.) |
Keith Tower | C | United States | Notre Dame (Sr.) |
Anthony Tucker | SF | United States | Wake Forest (Sr.) |
Marcus Webb | PF | United States | Alabama (Sr.) |
David Wesley | PG | United States | Baylor (Sr.) |
Early entrants
College underclassmen
The following college basketball players successfully applied for early draft entrance.[3]
- Ameer Aziz – F, Saint Paul's (Virginia) (junior)
- John Beauford – C, Southern Poly (junior)
- Anthony Cade – F, Seminole JC (sophomore)
- Mark Chappell – G, Iowa State (junior)
- Austin(junior)
- Jim Jackson – G, Ohio State (junior)
- Troy King – F, Beaver County CC (sophomore)
- Benny Maxwell – G, Western New Mexico (junior)
- Harold Miner – G, USC (junior)
- Tracy Murray – F, UCLA (junior)
- Shaquille O'Neal – C, LSU (junior)
- Melvin Robinson – C, Arizona State (junior)
- Tony Scott – F, Texas A&M (junior)
- La Verne(junior)
- Mike Wawrzyniak – G, Cleveland State (junior)
- Marcus Webb – F, Alabama (junior)
See also
- List of first overall NBA draft picks
- NBA records
Notes
References
- ^ 1980s Sports Home (July 10, 2021). "1992 NBA Draft 1-4 Shaq Shaquille O'Neil Christian Laettner Jim Jackson". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "1992 Draft". Basketball-Reference.com.
- ^ "1992 Underclassmen". The Draft Review. August 4, 2007. Retrieved December 15, 2022.