1994 NBA draft

Draft selections

Notable undrafted players

These players went undrafted in 1994 but played in the NBA.

Early entrants

College underclassmen

For the twelfth year in a row and the sixteenth time in seventeen years, no college underclassman would withdraw their entry into the NBA draft. However, it would be the eighth time in nine years that players that left college early to play professionally overseas would declare entry into the NBA draft as an underclassman of sorts, with the University of Kansas' Darrin Hancock playing for the Aix Maurienne Savoie Basket in France and the University of Alabama's Cedric Moore playing for the GSSV Donar out in The Netherlands. With their inclusions, the official number of underclassmen would increase from eighteen to twenty total players. Regardless, the following college basketball players successfully applied for early draft entrance.

• USA Maurice Barnett – C, Elizabeth City State (junior)
• USA Jamie Brandon – G, LSU (junior)
• USA Charles Claxton – C, Georgia (junior)
• USA Rennie Clemons – G, Illinois (junior)
• USA Sedric Curry – F, North Dakota (junior)
• NGR Yinka Dare – C, George Washington (sophomore)
• USA Thomas Hamilton – C, Wabash Valley (freshman)
• USA Lemon Haynes – F, Augusta (junior)
• USA Juwan Howard – F, Michigan (junior)
• USA Jason Kidd – G, California (sophomore)
• USA Voshon Lenard – G, Minnesota (junior)
• USA Donyell Marshall – F, Connecticut (junior)
• USA Lamond Murray – F, California (junior)
• USA Glenn Robinson – F, Purdue (junior)
• USA Jalen Rose – G/F, Michigan (junior)
• USA Clifford Rozier – F, Louisville (junior)
• USA Johnny Tyson – C, Central Oklahoma (junior)
• USA Dontonio Wingfield – F, Cincinnati (freshman)

Other eligible players

Invited attendees

The 1994 NBA draft is considered to be the seventeenth 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 Hoosier Dome), 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 15 prospects at the time. Surprisingly, this year's draft would not have any notable prospects who weren't invited nor fell out of the first round this time around. As such, the following players were invited to attend this year's draft festivities live and in person.

• NGA Yinka Dare – C, George Washington
• USA Grant Hill – SF, Duke
• USA Juwon Howard – PF, Michigan
• USA Eddie Jones – SG, Temple
• USA Jason Kidd – PG, California
• USA Donyell Marshall – SF, Connecticut
• USA Aaron McKie – SG, Temple
• USA Eric Mobley – PF, Pittsburgh
• USA Lamond Murray – SF, California
• USA Wesley Person – SG, Auburn
• USA Khalid Reeves – PG, Arizona
• USA Glenn Robinson – SF, Purdue
• USA Jalen Rose – SG/SF, Michigan
• USA Clifford Rozier – PF, Louisville
• USA Sharone Wright – PF/C, Clemson

References

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