News from June 26. Dallas named Butch Beard as an assistant coach. New Jersey named John Nash as GM. TRADE: Minnesota traded the rights to Ray Allen (5th draft pick) and a 1st round draft pick in 1999 or 2000 to Milwaukee for the rights to Stephon Marbury (4th draft pick). When Milwaukee receives the Minnesota pick will be dependent if Dallas receives Minnesota's 1997 pick (top 6 protected) or 1998 pick. Teams can not trade first round draft pick in consecutive years. TRADE: Utah traded the rights to Martin Muursepp (25th draft pick) to Miami for a future 1st round draft pick. RUMOR: It is rumored that Charlotte will trade Kobe Bryant (13th draft pick). The trade is rumoredly to be completed after July 1 when the salary cap goes up and the LA Lakers have been the team most often mentioned as the recipient of Bryant. (taken from Justin Ridge's mailing to save me typing, thanks Justin!) The 1996 NBA Draft First Round Pick Team Player College/Country Pos Hgt Wgt 1. Philadelphia Allen Iverson Georgetown PG 6- 0 167 2. Toronto Marcus Camby Massachusetts PF 6-11 223 3. Vancouver Shareef Abdur-Rahim California PF 6-10 220 4. Minnesota Stephon Marbury Georgia Tech PG 6- 2 182 5. Milwaukee Ray Allen Connecticut SG 6- 5 198 6. Boston Antoine Walker Kentucky SF 6-10 234 7. LA Clippers Lorenzen Wright Memphis PF 6-10 230 8. New Jersey Kerry Kittles Villanova SG 6- 5 177 9. Dallas Samaki Walker Louisville PF 6- 9 247 10. Indiana Erick Dampier Mississippi State C 6-11 268 11. Golden State Todd Fuller North Carolina State C 6-11 255 12. Cleveland Vitaly Potapenko Wright State C 6- 9 277 13. Charlotte Kobe Bryant Lower Merion HS SG 6- 6 199 14. Sacramento Predrag Stojakovic PAOK (Greece) SF 6- 9 229 15. Phoenix Steve Nash Santa Clara PG 6- 3 192 16. Charlotte Tony Delk Kentucky SG 6- 1 190 17. Portland Jermaine O'Neal Eau Claire HS C 6-11 216 18. New York John Wallace Syracuse SF 6- 9 240 19. New York Walter McCarty Kentucky PF 6-11 217 20. Cleveland Zydrunas Ilgauskas Atletas (Lithuania) C 7- 3 258 21. New York Dontae Jones Mississippi State SF 6- 7 218 22. Vancouver Roy Rogers Alabama PF 6-10 232 23. Denver Efthimis Retzias PAOK (Greece) C 6-11 250 24. LA Lakers Derek Fisher Arkansas-Little Rock PG 6- 1 200 25. Miami Martin Muursepp Kalev Talinn (Estonia) SF 6- 9 238 26. Detroit Jerome Williams Georgetown SF 6- 9 201 27. Orlando Brian Evans Indiana SF 6- 8 218 28. Atlanta Priest Lauderdale Per. Nikas (Greece) C 7- 4 343 29. Chicago Travis Knight Connecticut C 7- 0 234 Second Round Pick Team Player College/Country Pos Hgt Wgt 30. Houston Othella Harrington Georgetown PF 6- 8 236 31. Philadelphia Mark Hendrickson Washington State PF 6- 8 242 32. Philadelphia Ryan Minor Oklahoma SF 6- 7 230 33. Milwaukee Moochie Norris West Florida PG 6- 0 178 34. Dallas Shawn Harvey West Virginia State PG 6- 4 184 35. Seattle Joseph Blair Arizona PF 6-10 256 36. LA Clippers Doron Sheffer Connecticut PG 6- 5 192 37. Denver Jeff McInnis North Carolina PG 6- 3 184 38. Boston Steve Hamer Tennessee C 7- 0 244 39. Phoenix Russ Millard Iowa PF 6- 8 252 40. Golden State Marcus Mann Mississippi Valley St PF 6- 7 238 41. Sacramento Jason Sasser Texas Tech SF 6- 5 220 42. Houston Randy Livingston Louisiana State PG 6- 4 209 43. Phoenix Ben Davis Arizona PF 6- 8 253 44. Charlotte Malik Rose Drexel PF 6- 7 262 45. Seattle Joe Vogel Colorado State C 6-11 240 46. Portland Marcus Brown Murray State SG 6- 2 192 47. Seattle Ron Riley Arizona State SG 6- 4 200 48. Philadelphia Jamie Feick Michigan State PF 6- 9 256 49. Orlando Amal McCaskill Marquette C 6-11 231 50. Houston Terrell Bell Georgia C 6-10 247 51. Vancouver Chris Robinson Western Kentucky SG 6- 6 199 52. Indiana Mark Pope Kentucky C 6-10 238 53. Milwaukee Jeff Nordgaard Wisconsin-Green Bay SF 6- 7 219 54. Utah Shandon Anderson Georgia SF 6- 6 213 55. Washington Ronnie Henderson Louisiana State SG 6- 4 201 56. Cleveland Reggie Geary Arizona PG 6- 1 188 57. Seattle Drew Barry Georgia Tech SG 6- 4 183 58. Dallas Darnell Robinson Arkansas C 6-10 270