1993 NBA draft

Draft selections

Notable undrafted players

These players were not selected in the 1993 NBA draft but have played at least one game in the NBA.

Early entrants

College underclassmen

For the eleventh year in a row and the fifteenth time in sixteen years, no college underclassman would withdraw their entry into the NBA draft. However, this would the third time in NBA history where a foreign-born player would enter the NBA draft as an underclassman of sorts, as well as be the first time said player didn't represent the Eastern Bloc, but instead represented Africa (although still playing in Europe at the time). It would also be the seventh time in eight years that a player that would leave college in order to play basketball professionally overseas would declare entry into the NBA draft as an underclassman of sorts, with the Australian born Tony Ronaldson leaving Arizona State University to play for the South East Melbourne Magic in his home nation. Including those two players, the total number of underclassmen that entered this year's draft is twenty. Regardless, the following college basketball players successfully applied for early draft entrance.

• USA Milton Bell – F, Richmond (junior)
• USA Antonio Bowen – F, Northern Oklahoma JC (freshman)
• GER Shawn Bradley – C, BYU (freshman)
• USA Kenny Carter – G, Luzerne County CC (freshman)
• USA Parrish Casebier – G, Evansville (junior)
• USA Shawn Copes – F, Central Missouri (junior)
• USA Jim Dickinson – C, Seton Hall (junior)
• USA Anfernee Hardaway – G, Memphis (junior)
• USA Daniel Lyton – F, Riverside City (junior)
• USA Jamal Mashburn – F, Kentucky (junior)
• USA Malloy Nesmith – G, Utah State (junior)
• USA James Robinson – G, Alabama (junior)
• USA Rodney Rogers – F, Wake Forest (junior)
• USA Ryan Swank – G, Luzerne County CC (sophomore)
• USA Kevin Thomas – F, Beaver County CC (freshman)
• USA Ernest Vickers – F, Panhandle State (junior)
• USA Chris Webber – F, Michigan (sophomore)
• USA Luther Wright – C, Seton Hall (junior)

International players

For the third time in NBA history, an international player would enter the NBA draft. This draft would also be the first time a foreign player entering the NBA draft would not come from the Eastern Bloc, but instead represent Africa while playing in Europe. The following international player successfully applied for early draft entrance.

• SEN Etienne Preira – F, ADA Blois (France)

Other eligible players

Invited attendees

The 1993 NBA draft is considered to be the sixteenth NBA draft to have utilized what's properly considered the "green room" experience for NBA prospects. The NBA's green room is a staging area where anticipated draftees often sit with their families and representatives, waiting for their names to be called on draft night. Often being positioned either in front of or to the side of the podium (in this case, being positioned somewhere within The Palace of Auburn Hills), once a player heard his name, he would walk to the podium to shake hands and take promotional photos with the NBA commissioner. From there, the players often conducted interviews with various media outlets while backstage. From there, the players often conducted interviews with various media outlets while backstage. However, once the NBA draft started to air nationally on TV starting with the 1980 NBA draft, the green room evolved from players waiting to hear their name called and then shaking hands with these select players who were often called to the hotel to take promotional pictures with the NBA commissioner a day or two after the draft concluded to having players in real-time waiting to hear their names called up and then shaking hands with David Stern, the NBA's newest commissioner at the time. The NBA compiled its list of green room invites through collective voting by the NBA's team presidents and general managers alike, which in this year's case belonged to only what they believed were the top 17 prospects at the time. Despite the large amount of invites that held some very successful players, two notable absences from this group include Sam Cassell from Florida State University and Nick Van Exel from the University of Cincinnati, with 7'7" Romanian center Gheorghe Mureșan waiting until the second round to be selected himself. Even so, the following players were invited to attend this year's draft festivities live and in person.

• USA Vin Baker – PF, Hartford
• GER Shawn Bradley – C, Brigham Young
• USA Calbert Cheaney – SG/SF, Indiana
• USA Terry Dehere – SG, Seton Hall
• USA Acie Earl – C, Iowa
• USA Doug Edwards – SF, Florida State
• USA Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway – PG/SG, Memphis State
• USA Allan Houston – SG, Tennessee
• USA Lindsey Hunter – PG, Jackson State
• USA Bobby Hurley – PG, Duke
• USA Jamal Mashburn – SF, Kentucky
• USA Chris Mills – SF, Arizona
• ROM Gheorghe Mureșan – C, Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez (France)
• USA Isaiah Rider – SG, UNLV
• USA Rodney Rogers – PF, Wake Forest
• USA Chris Webber – PF/C, Michigan
• USA Luther Wright – C, Seton Hall

References

References

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2. June 30, 1993: In exchange for Webber, the Magic received the rights to Anfernee Hardaway, a [[1996 NBA draft. 1996]] 1st round draft pick ([[Todd Fuller]] was later selected), a [[1998 NBA draft. 1998]] 1st round draft pick ([[Vince Carter]] was later selected) and a [[2000 NBA draft. 2000]] 1st round draft pick ([[Mike Miller (basketball, born 1980)
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