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 seasonsShareef 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

AbbreviationMeaning
NatNationality
PosPosition
PGPoint guard
SGShooting guard
SFSmall forward
PFPower forward
CCenter

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

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.

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