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The 1998 NBA draft took place on June 24, 1998, at General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This draft helped turn around four struggling franchises: the Dallas Mavericks, the Sacramento Kings, the Boston Celtics, and the Toronto Raptors.
Jun 24, 1998 · Date: Wednesday, June 24, 1998. Location: Vancouver, Canada. Number of Picks: 58 (56 played in NBA) First Overall Pick: Michael Olowokandi (2.5 Win Shares) Most Win Shares: D. Nowitzki (206.3), P. Pierce (150.0) and V. Carter (125.3) All-Stars: 5 (V. Carter, A. Jamison, R. Lewis, D. Nowitzki and P. Pierce) Become a Stathead & surf this site ad ...
- Dirk Nowitzki. Actual position: No. 9. Career earnings: $255,371,800. Career stats: 20.7 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 2.4 apg and 47.1 FG% in 21 seasons.
- Paul Pierce. Actual position: No. 10. Career earnings: $200,708,312. Career stats: 19.7 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 3.5 apg and 44.5 FG% in 19 seasons.
- Vince Carter. Actual position: No. 5. Career earnings: $186,916,012. Career stats: 16.7 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 3.1 apg and 43.5 FG% in 22 seasons.
- Mike Bibby. Actual position: No. 2. Career earnings: $107,093,621. Career stats: 14.7 ppg, 5.5 apg, 3.1 rpg and 37.9 3P% in 14 seasons.
- Dirk Nowitzki (Dallas Mavericks) – L.A. Clippers. Original selection: Michael Olowokandi. (Nowitzki drafted 9th by Dallas) Oozing with potential, no one was sure how high Nowitzki’s ceiling was entering the draft, though the gangly teenager was full of potential.
- Paul Pierce (Boston Celtics) – Vancouver Grizzlies. Original selection: Mike Bibby. (Pierce drafted 10th by Boston) Pierce has become the definitive persona of the Celtics franchise for the past decade, a role that the California native surely wouldn’t have envisioned coming into the league.
- Vince Carter (Dallas Mavericks) – Denver Nuggets. Original selection: Raef LaFrentz. (Carter drafted 5th by Golden State) Traded on draft day by the Golden State Warriors to the Toronto Raptors, Vince Carter entered the league with a bang.
- Antawn Jamison (L.A. Lakers) – Toronto Raptors. Original selection: Antawn Jamison. (Jamison drafted 4th by Toronto) As mentioned above, Jamison was traded for Carter on draft day and very well could have ended up as Toronto’s first franchise icon.
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Via Portland Trailblazers – (1998.02.13) Portland traded two 1998 1st rd picks (16-Bryce Drew & 18-Mirsad Turkcan) and a 1998 2nd rd pick (47-Tyson Wheeler), Kenny Anderson, Gary Trent and Alvin Williams to Toronto for Damon Stoudamire, Walt Williams and Carlos Rogers.
