# 1994 NBA draft

The 1994 NBA draft took place on June 29, 1994, at Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis. Two NBA rookies of the year were picked in the first round, as Jason Kidd and Grant Hill 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 Milwaukee Bucks 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 San Antonio Spurs.
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

| PG | Point guard | SG | Shooting guard | SF | Small forward | PF | Power forward | C | Center |
| ^ | Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
| * | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-NBA Team |
| $^+$ | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game |
| $^x$ | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-NBA Team |
| $^#$ | Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff game |
| Round | Pick | Player | Pos. | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
| 1 | 1 | Glenn Robinson$^+$ | SF | United States | Milwaukee Bucks | Purdue (Jr.) |
| 1 | 2 | Jason Kidd^ | PG | United States | Dallas Mavericks | California (So.) |
| 1 | 3 | Grant Hill^ | SF | United States | Detroit Pistons | Duke (Sr.) |
| 1 | 4 | Donyell Marshall | SF | United States | Minnesota Timberwolves | Connecticut (Jr.) |
| 1 | 5 | Juwan Howard* | PF | United States | Washington Bullets | Michigan (Jr.) |
| 1 | 6 | Sharone Wright | PF/C | United States | Philadelphia 76ers | Clemson (Jr.) |
| 1 | 7 | Lamond Murray | SF | United States | Los Angeles Clippers | California (Jr.) |
| 1 | 8 | Brian Grant | PF | United States | Sacramento Kings | Xavier (Sr.) |
| 1 | 9 | Eric Montross | C | United States | Boston Celtics | North Carolina (Sr.) |
| 1 | 10 | Eddie Jones* | SG | United States | Los Angeles Lakers | Temple (Sr.) |
| 1 | 11 | Carlos Rogers | SF | United States | Seattle SuperSonics (from Charlotte) | Tennessee State (Sr.) |
| 1 | 12 | Khalid Reeves | PG | United States | Miami Heat | Arizona (Sr.) |
| 1 | 13 | Jalen Rose | G/F | United States | Denver Nuggets | Michigan (Jr.) |
| 1 | 14 | Yinka Dare | C | Nigeria | New Jersey Nets | George Washington (So.) |
| 1 | 15 | Eric Piatkowski | SG | United States | Indiana Pacers | Nebraska (Sr.) |
| 1 | 16 | Clifford Rozier | PF | United States | Golden State Warriors (from Cleveland) | Louisville (Jr.) |
| 1 | 17 | Aaron McKie | SG | United States | Portland Trail Blazers | Temple (Sr.) |
| 1 | 18 | Eric Mobley | PF | United States | Milwaukee Bucks (from Orlando) | Pittsburgh (Sr.) |
| 1 | 19 | Tony Dumas | SG | United States | Dallas Mavericks (from Golden State) | UMKC (Sr.) |
| 1 | 20 | B.J. Tyler | PG | United States | Philadelphia 76ers (from Utah) | Texas (Sr.) |
| 1 | 21 | Dickey Simpkins | PF | United States | Chicago Bulls | Providence (Sr.) |
| 1 | 22 | Bill Curley | PF | United States | San Antonio Spurs | Boston College (Sr.) |
| 1 | 23 | Wesley Person | SG | United States | Phoenix Suns | Auburn (Sr.) |
| 1 | 24 | Monty Williams | SF | United States | New York Knicks | Notre Dame (Sr.) |
| 1 | 25 | Greg Minor | SG | United States | Los Angeles Clippers (from Atlanta) | Louisville (Sr.) |
| 1 | 26 | Charlie Ward | PG | United States | New York Knicks (from Houston via Atlanta) | Florida State (Sr.) |
| 1 | 27 | Brooks Thompson | PG | United States | Orlando Magic (from Seattle via L.A. Clippers) | Oklahoma State (Sr.) |
| 2 | 28 | Deon Thomas$^#$ | F/C | United States | Dallas Mavericks | Illinois (Sr.) |
| 2 | 29 | Antonio Lang | F/G | United States | Phoenix Suns | Duke (Sr.) |
| 2 | 30 | Howard Eisley | PG | United States | Minnesota Timberwolves | Boston College (Sr.) |
| 2 | 31 | Rodney Dent$^#$ | F/C | United States | Orlando Magic | Kentucky (Sr.) |
| 2 | 32 | Jim McIlvaine | C | United States | Washington Bullets | Marquette (Sr.) |
| 2 | 33 | Derrick Alston | F | United States | Philadelphia 76ers | Duquesne (Sr.) |
| 2 | 34 | Gaylon Nickerson | G | United States | Atlanta Hawks (from L.A. Clippers) | Northwestern Oklahoma State (Sr.) |
| 2 | 35 | Michael Smith | F | United States | Sacramento Kings | Providence (Sr.) |
| 2 | 36 | Andrei Fetisov$^#$ | F | Russia | Boston Celtics | Forum Valladolid (Spain) |
| 2 | 37 | Dontonio Wingfield | F | United States | Seattle SuperSonics (from L.A. Lakers) | Cincinnati (Fr.) |
| 2 | 38 | Darrin Hancock | G/F | United States | Charlotte Hornets | Maurienne (France) |
| 2 | 39 | Anthony Miller | F | United States | Golden State Warriors (from Denver) | Michigan State (Sr.) |
| 2 | 40 | Jeff Webster | F | United States | Miami Heat | Oklahoma (Sr.) |
| 2 | 41 | William Njoku$^#$ | PF | Canada | Indiana Pacers | St. Mary's (Canada) (Sr.) |
| 2 | 42 | Gary Collier$^#$ | SF | United States | Cleveland Cavaliers | Tulsa (Sr.) |
| 2 | 43 | Shawnelle Scott | C | United States | Portland Trail Blazers | St. John's (Sr.) |
| 2 | 44 | Damon Bailey$^#$ | G | United States | Indiana Pacers | Indiana (Sr.) |
| 2 | 45 | Dwayne Morton | F | United States | Golden State Warriors | Louisville (Sr.) |
| 2 | 46 | Voshon Lenard | SG | United States | Milwaukee Bucks (from Orlando) | Minnesota (Jr.) |
| 2 | 47 | Jamie Watson | F | United States | Utah Jazz | South Carolina (Sr.) |
| 2 | 48 | Jevon Crudup$^#$ | F/C | United States | Detroit Pistons | Missouri (Sr.) |
| 2 | 49 | Kris Bruton$^#$ | SF | United States | Chicago Bulls | Benedict (Sr.) |
| 2 | 50 | Charles Claxton | C | United States Virgin Islands | Phoenix Suns | Georgia (Jr.) |
| 2 | 51 | Lawrence Funderburke | PF | United States | Sacramento Kings (from Atlanta) | Ohio State (Sr.) |
| 2 | 52 | Anthony Goldwire | PG | United States | Phoenix Suns (from New York) | Houston (Sr.) |
| 2 | 53 | Albert Burditt$^#$ | PF | United States | Houston Rockets | Texas (Sr.) |
| 2 | 54 | Željko Rebrača | C | Yugoslavia | Seattle SuperSonics | KK Partizan (Yugoslavia) |
* ↑ Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.

## Notable undrafted players

These players went undrafted in 1994 but played in the NBA.
| Player | Pos. | Nationality | School/club team |
| Melvin Booker | PG | United States | Missouri (Sr.) |
| Lazaro Borrell | SF | Cuba | Lobos de Villa Clara (Cuba) |
| Jimmy Carruth | PF | United States | Virginia Tech (Sr.) |
| Robert Churchwell | SG | United States | Georgetown (Sr.) |
| Thomas Hamilton | C | United States | King College Prep (Chicago, Illinois) |
| Askia Jones | SG | United States | Kansas State (Sr.) |
| Ryan Lorthridge | SG | United States | Jackson State (Sr.) |
| Ivano Newbill | F | United States | Georgia Tech (Sr.) |
| Derrick Phelps | PG | United States | North Carolina (Sr.) |
| Trevor Ruffin | PG | United States | Hawaii (Sr.) |
| Kevin Salvadori | C | United States | North Carolina (Sr.) |
| Stevin Smith | SG | United States | Arizona State (Sr.) |
| Aaron Swinson | SF | United States | Auburn (Sr.) |
| Logan Vander Velden | SF | United States | Green Bay (Sr.) |
| Fred Vinson | SG | United States | Georgia Tech (Sr.) |

## Early entrants
### College underclassmen

For the twelfth year in a row and the sixteenth time in seventeen years, no college underclassman would withdraw their entry into the NBA draft. However, it would be the eighth time in nine years that players that left college early to play professionally overseas would declare entry into the NBA draft as an underclassman of sorts, with the University of Kansas' Darrin Hancock playing for the Aix Maurienne Savoie Basket in France and the University of Alabama's Cedric Moore playing for the GSSV Donar out in The Netherlands. With their inclusions, the official number of underclassmen would increase from eighteen to twenty total players. Regardless, the following college basketball players successfully applied for early draft entrance.
* Maurice Barnett – C, Elizabeth City State (junior)
* Jamie Brandon – G, LSU (junior)
* Charles Claxton – C, Georgia (junior)
* Rennie Clemons – G, Illinois (junior)
* Sedric Curry – F, North Dakota (junior)
* Yinka Dare – C, George Washington (sophomore)
* Thomas Hamilton – C, Wabash Valley (freshman)
* Lemon Haynes – F, Augusta (junior)
* Juwan Howard – F, Michigan (junior)
* Jason Kidd – G, California (sophomore)
* Voshon Lenard – G, Minnesota (junior)
* Donyell Marshall – F, Connecticut (junior)
* Lamond Murray – F, California (junior)
* Glenn Robinson – F, Purdue (junior)
* Jalen Rose – G/F, Michigan (junior)
* Clifford Rozier – F, Louisville (junior)
* Johnny Tyson – C, Central Oklahoma (junior)
* Dontonio Wingfield – F, Cincinnati (freshman)

### Other eligible players

| Player | Team | Note | Ref. |
| Darrin Hancock | Aix Maurienne Savoie Basket (France) | Left Kansas in 1993; playing professionally since the 1993–94 season | |
| Cedric Moore | GSSV Donar (The Netherlands) | Left Alabama in 1993; playing professionally since the 1993–94 season | |