Memphis Grizzlies draft history

The Memphis Grizzlies were first located in Vancouver after the National Basketball Association (NBA) granted the city an expansion team on April 27, 1994, and they first participated in the NBA draft in 1995.[1] However, the Grizzlies win-loss record after six seasons was only 101-359 (.220), and on July 4, 2001, the league's board of governors approved a move to Memphis, where the team has been located ever since.[1]

Shane Battier, who was drafted in 2001, played with the Grizzlies for five seasons.

In 1989, the NBA agreed with the National Basketball Players' Association to limit drafts to two rounds, an arrangement that has remained the same up the present time.[2] Before each draft, an NBA draft lottery determines the first round selection order for the teams that missed the playoffs during the prior season.[2] Teams can also trade their picks, which means that in some drafts teams may have more or less than two draft picks, although they must have at least one first-round pick every other year.[3]

Five of the players that the Grizzlies have drafted were named to the NBA All-Rookie Team first team in their respective rookie seasons—Shareef Abdur-Rahim in 1997, Mike Bibby in 1999, Shane Battier and Pau Gasol in 2002, and Rudy Gay in 2007 [4]—and Gasol was named the Rookie of the Year in 2002.[5]

Key

Abbreviation	Meaning
Nat	Nationality
Pos	Position
PG	Point guard
SG	Shooting guard
SF	Small forward
PF	Power forward
C	Center

Selections

draft	Round	Pick	Player	Nat	Pos	College/High School/Club	Notes
1995	1	6	Bryant Reeves	USA	C	Oklahoma State
1995	2	36	Lawrence Moten	USA	G	Syracuse
1996	1	3	Shareef Abdur-Rahim	USA	PF	California
1996	1	22	Roy Rogers	USA	PF	Alabama	(from Houston)^[a]
1996	2	51	Chris Robinson	USA	SG	Western Kentucky	(from Houston)^[a]
1997	1	4	Antonio Daniels	USA	PG	Indian Hills Junior College
1997	2	53	C. J. Bruton	AUS	SG	Bowling Green	(traded to Portland)^[b]
1998	1	2	Mike Bibby	USA	PG	Arizona
1998	2	56	J.R. Henderson	USA	SF	UCLA	(from LA Lakers)^[c]
1999	1	2	Steve Francis	USA	PG	Maryland	(traded to Houston)^[d]
1999	2	37	Obinna Ekezie	NGA	C	Maryland	(from Boston)^[e]
1999	2	51	Antwain Smith	USA	SF	Saint Paul's (VA)	(from LA Lakers)^[f]
2000	1	2	Stromile Swift	USA	PF	LSU
2001	1	6	Shane Battier	USA	SF	Duke
2001	1	27	Jamaal Tinsley	USA	PG	Iowa State	(from New York,^[g] traded to Atlanta)^[h]
2001	2	33	Will Solomon	USA	PG/SG	Clemson
2001	2	48	Antonis Fotsis	GRE	PF	Panathinaikos (Greece)	(from New York)^[g]
2002	1	4	Drew Gooden	USA	PF	Kansas
2002	2	32	Robert Archibald	SCO	PF/C	Illinois
2002	2	45	Matt Barnes	USA	SF	UCLA	(from Orlando,^[d] traded to Cleveland)^[h]
2003	1	13	Marcus Banks	USA	SF	UNLV	(from Houston,^[d] traded to Boston)^[i]
2003	1	27	Kendrick Perkins	USA	C	Clifton J. Ozen High School	(traded to Boston)^[i]
2004	2	49	Sergei Lishouk	UKR	C	Khimik Yuzhny (Ukraine)
2005	1	19	Hakim Warrick	USA	PF	Syracuse
2006	1	24	Kyle Lowry	USA	PG	Villanova
2007	1	4	Mike Conley, Jr.	USA	PG	Ohio State
2008	1	5	Kevin Love	USA	C	UCLA	(traded to Minnesota)^[j]
2008	1	28	Donte Greene	USA	C	Syracuse	(from L.A. Lakers,^[k] traded to Houston)^[l]
2009	1	2	Hasheem Thabeet	TZA	C	Connecticut
2009	1	27	DeMarre Carroll	USA	PF	Missouri	(from Orlando)
2009	2	36	Sam Young	USA	SF	Pittsburgh
2010	1	12	Xavier Henry	USA	SG	Kansas
2010	1	25	Dominique Jones	USA	SG	South Florida	(from Denver, traded to Dallas)
2010	1	28	Greivis Vásquez	VEN	PG/SG	Maryland	(from L.A. Lakers)
2011	2	49	Josh Selby	USA	PG/SG	Kansas
2012	1	25	Tony Wroten	USA	PG	Washington
2013	2	41	Jamaal Franklin	USA	SG	San Diego State
2013	2	60	Jānis Timma	LVA	SF	BK Ventspils
2014	1	22	Jordan Adams	USA	SG	UCLA
2015	1	25	Jarell Martin	USA	PF	LSU
2016	1	17	Wade Baldwin	USA	PG	Vanderbilt
2016	2	57	Wang Zhelin	CHN	C	Fujian Sturgeons (China)	(from Toronto)
2018	1	4	Jaren Jackson Jr.	USA	PF	Michigan State
2018	2	32	Jevon Carter	USA	PG	West Virginia
2019	1	2	Ja Morant	USA	PG	Murray State
2020	2	40	Robert Woodard II	USA	SF	Mississippi State	(from Phoenix, traded to Sacramento)

Notes

• ^a On June 19, 1996 the Grizzlies traded two 2nd round picks in the 1996 NBA Draft and a 2nd round pick in the 1997 NBA Draft to Houston for Pete Chilcutt, Tim Breaux, a 1st round pick in the 1996 NBA Draft, a 2nd round pick in the 1996 NBA Draft and a conditional 2nd round pick in the 1997 NBA Draft.[6]
• ^b On June 25, 1996, the Grizzlies traded the rights to C. J. Bruton to the Portland Trail Blazers for cash.[7]
• ^d On August 27, 1999, the Grizzlies traded Tony Massenburg, Lee Mayberry, Makhtar N'Diaye, Rodrick Rhodes, Michael Smith, and the rights to Steve Francis in a three-team deal involving the Houston Rockets and the Orlando Magic, in return for Michael Dickerson, Othella Harrington, Antoine Carr, Brent Price, and a future first and second-round pick.[8]
• ^d On October 28, 1997, the Grizzlies traded Roy Rogers to the Boston Celtics for Tony Massenburg and a 2nd round draft.[7]
• ^c On July 16, 1996, the Grizzlies traded their 1998 and 1999 second round picks to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Peeler, George Lynch and the Lakers' 1998 and 1999 2nd round draft picks.[7]
• ^f On January 30, 2001, the Grizzlies traded Othella Harrington to the New York Knicks for Erick Strickland and the Knicks' first and second-round draft picks.[9]
• ^g On June 30, 2001, the Grizzlies traded Shareef Abdur-Rahim and the rights to Jamaal Tinsley to the Atlanta Hawks for Lorenzen Wright, Brevin Knight, and the rights to Pau Gasol.[9]
• ^h On June 26, 2002, the Grizzlies traded Nick Anderson and the rights to Matt Barnes to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for Wesley Person.[10]
• ⁱ On June 26, 2003, the Grizzlies traded the rights to Marcus Banks and Kendrick Perkins to the Boston Celtics in exchange for the rights to Troy Bell and Dahntay Jones.[11]
• ^j The Memphis Grizzlies receive O. J. Mayo, Marko Jaric, Antoine Walker and Greg Buckner from the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Kevin Love, Mike Miller, Brian Cardinal, and Jason Collins.[12]
• ^k The Los Angeles Lakers have acquired forward Pau Gasol and a second round draft choice in 2010 from the Grizzlies in exchange for forward Kwame Brown, guard Javaris Crittenton, guard Aaron McKie, the draft rights to Marc Gasol and first round picks in 2008 (Donté Greene) and 2010.[13]
• ^l The Grizzlies then acquired draft rights to Darrell Arthur from the Rockets for draft rights to Donté Greene and a 2009 second-round pick.[12]

References

General

• "2006-07 Memphis Grizzlies Media Guide" (PDF). NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
• "Memphis Grizzlies Draft Register". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-05-09.

Specific

1. "NBA approves Grizzlies move to Memphis". CBC.ca. 2001-07-04. Retrieved 2008-05-10.
2. "Evolution of the Draft and Lottery". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 2010-03-21. Retrieved 2008-05-09.
3. "NBA Salary Cap FAQ". Larry Coon. Archived from the original on 2010-07-22. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
4. "All-Rookie Teams". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 2008-07-25. Retrieved 2008-05-10.
5. "Rookie of the Year". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 2010-03-29. Retrieved 2008-05-10.
6. "2006-07 Memphis Grizzlies Media Guide" (PDF). NBA.com. p. 47. Retrieved 2008-05-09.
7. "2006-07 Memphis Grizzlies Media Guide" (PDF). NBA.com. p. 48. Retrieved 2008-05-09.
8. "2006-07 Memphis Grizzlies Media Guide" (PDF). NBA.com. p. 49. Retrieved 2008-05-09.
9. "2006-07 Memphis Grizzlies Media Guide" (PDF). NBA.com. p. 50. Retrieved 2008-05-09.
10. "2006-07 Memphis Grizzlies Media Guide" (PDF). NBA.com. p. 51. Retrieved 2008-05-09.
11. "2006-07 Memphis Grizzlies Media Guide" (PDF). NBA.com. p. 52. Retrieved 2008-05-09.
12. "Where's the Love, Pass the Mayo: Draft Trades". NBADraft.net. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
13. "LAKERS: Lakers Acquire Gasol From Grizzlies". NBA.com. Retrieved 2008-06-27.