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1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson Ma ...
NBA draft took place on June 29, 1994, at
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in Indianapolis. Two NBA rookies of the year were picked in the first round, as
Jason Kidd Jason Frederick Kidd (born March 23, 1973) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Regarded as one of the greatest point guards ...
and
Grant Hill Grant Henry Hill (born October 5, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player who is a co-owner and executive of the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He attended Duke University and is widely consider ...
were co-winners of the award for the 1994–95 NBA season. Kidd and Hill would end up as perennial All-Stars (10 and 7-time selections, respectively), though Hill's career was marred by severe injuries. The first overall pick Glenn Robinson was involved in a contract holdout shortly after being selected, reportedly seeking a 13-year, $100 million contract. Both Robinson and the
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eventually agreed on a 10-year, $68 million contract, which once stood as the richest contract ever signed by a rookie in professional sports. A fixed salary cap for rookies was implemented by the NBA the following season. Robinson himself had a productive NBA career, becoming a two-time NBA All-Star and winning an NBA Championship in 2005 in his final year with the
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. Notably, this is the final draft to date to see all of the first three picks make All-Star rosters with the teams that originally drafted them.


Draft selections


Notable undrafted players

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


Early entrants


College underclassmen

The following
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players successfully applied for early draft entrance. * Maurice Barnett – C, Elizabeth City State (junior) * Jamie Brandon – G, LSU (junior) * Charles Claxton – C,
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(junior) * Rennie Clemons – G,
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(junior) * Sedric Curry – F,
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(junior) *
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– C, George Washington (sophomore) * Thomas Hamilton – C, Wabash Valley (freshman) * Lemon Haynes – F, Augusta (junior) * Juwan Howard – F,
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(junior) *
Jason Kidd Jason Frederick Kidd (born March 23, 1973) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Regarded as one of the greatest point guards ...
– G,
California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the ...
(sophomore) * Voshon Lenard – G,
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(junior) * Donyell Marshall – F,
Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...
(junior) * Lamond Murray – F,
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(junior) * Glenn Robinson – F,
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(junior) *
Jalen Rose Jalen Anthony Rose (born January 30, 1973) is an American sports analyst and former professional basketball player. In college, he was a member of the University of Michigan Wolverines' " Fab Five" (along with Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jim ...
– G/F,
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(junior) * Clifford Rozier – F, Louisville (junior) * Johnny Tyson – C,
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(junior) * Dontonio Wingfield – F,
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(freshman)


Other eligible players


See also

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List of first overall NBA draft picks The National Basketball Association's first overall pick is the player who is selected first among all eligible draftees by a team during the annual National Basketball Association (NBA) NBA draft, draft. The first pick is awarded to the team ...


References


External links


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