Basketball player selection
The 1992 NBA draft took place on June 24, 1992, at Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon . The draft is considered to be one of the deepest in NBA history. The top three picks (Shaquille O'Neal , Alonzo Mourning , Christian Laettner ) were considered can't-miss prospects. All three are Hall of Famers (Naismith & FIBA ); O'Neal and Mourning are (individual) player-inducted, whereas Laettner is team-inducted. Laettner made one All-Star game in his career and was an Olympic Gold Medalist on the 1992 Dream Team , but did not live up to the lofty expectations set for him. The trio would end up playing together on the 2005 Miami Heat . Two other players went on to become All-Stars (Tom Gugliotta once, Latrell Sprewell four times) and several others had solid careers (Jimmy Jackson , Robert Horry , Doug Christie , P.J. Brown , LaPhonso Ellis , Jon Barry , Walt Williams , Anthony Peeler , and Clarence Weatherspoon ). Harold Miner , who was given the nickname "Baby Jordan" because of his similarities to Michael Jordan , slipped to number 12 and, other than winning two slam dunk contests , only had a brief, uneventful, and injury prone four-year career.
This was the first time the NBA draft was held outside of New York . It is the only draft where the first three picks were centers .
Draft selections
Shaquille O'Neal , the 1st pick to the Orlando Magic Alonzo Mourning , the 2nd pick to the Charlotte Hornets Christian Laettner , the 3rd pick to the Minnesota Timberwolves Tom Gugliotta , the 6th pick to the Washington Bullets/Wizards
Notable undrafted players
These players were not selected in the 1992 NBA draft but have played at least one game in the NBA.
Early entrants
College underclassmen
For the tenth year in a row and the fourteenth time in fifteen years, no college underclassman would withdraw their entry into the NBA draft. Not only that, but this would also be the first year since 1985 where no underclassmen playing overseas would enter the NBA draft and would be the first draft since 1986 with no foreign-born underclassmen as well. This year would see a total of sixteen college underclassmen entering the draft. The following college basketball players successfully applied for early draft entrance.
Saint Paul's (Virginia) (junior)Southern Poly (junior)Seminole JC (sophomore)Iowa State (junior)Austin (junior)Jim Jackson – G, Ohio State (junior)Beaver County CC (sophomore)Western New Mexico (junior)Harold Miner – G, USC (junior)Tracy Murray – F, UCLA (junior)Shaquille O'Neal – C, LSU (junior)Melvin Robinson – C, Arizona State (junior)Texas A&M (junior)La Verne (junior)Cleveland State (junior)Marcus Webb – F, Alabama (junior)See also
Notes
FIBA rules.
References
1980s Sports Home (July 10, 2021). "1992 NBA Draft 1-4 Shaq Shaquille O'Neil Christian Laettner Jim Jackson" . YouTube . Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2021. {{cite web }}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link )
"1992 Draft" . Basketball-Reference.com ."1992 Underclassmen" . The Draft Review . August 4, 2007. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
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