| First Round | Player | College |
| 1. LA Clippers | Michael Olowokandi | Pacific |
| 2. Vancouver | Mike Bibby | Arizona |
| 3. Denver | Raef LaFrentz | Kansas |
| 4. Toronto (1) | Antawn Jamison | North Carolina |
| 5. Golden State (1) | Vince Carter | North Carolina |
| 6. Dallas (2) | Robert Traylor | Michigan |
| 7. Sacramento | Jason Williams | Florida |
| 8. Philadelphia | Larry Hughes | Saint Louis |
| 9. Milwaukee (2) | Dirk Nowitzki | DJK Wurzburg (Germany) |
| 10. Boston | Paul Pierce | Kansas |
| 11. Detroit | Bonzi Wells | Ball State |
| 12. Orlando | Michael Doleac | Utah |
| 13. Orlando (from Wash.) | Keon Clark | UNLV |
| 14. Houston | Michael Dickerson | Arizona |
| 15. Orlando (from N.J.) | Matt Harpring | Georgia Tech |
| 16. Houston (from N.Y.) | Bryce Drew | Valparaiso |
| 17. Minnesota | Radoslav Nesterovic | Kinder Bologna (Italy) |
| 18. Houston (from Port.) | Mirsad Turckan | Efes Pilsen (Turkey) |
| 19. Milw. (from Cle.) (2) (3) | Pat Garrity | Notre Dame |
| 20. Atlanta | Roshown McLeod | Duke |
| 21. Charlotte | Ricky Davis | Iowa |
| 22. LA Clippers (from Miami) | Brian Skinner | Baylor |
| 23. Denver (from Pho.) (4) | Tyronn Lue | Nebraska |
| 24. San Antonio (5) | Felipe Lopez | St. John's |
| 25. Indiana | Al Harrington | St. Patrick's HS |
| 26. LA Lakers | Sam Jacobson | Minnesota |
| 27. Seattle | Vladimir Stepania | Olympia (Ljubljana) |
| 28. Chicago | Corey Benjamin | Oregon State |
| 29. Utah (6) | Nazr Mohammed | Kentucky |
Notes:
(1) Toronto traded the rights to Antawn Jamison to Golden State for the rights to Vince Carter and cash.
(2) Dallas traded the rights to Robert Traylor to Milwaukee for the rights to Dirk Nowitzki and Pat Garrity.
(3) Dallas traded Martin Muursepp, Bubba Wells and the rights to Pat Garrity and a 1999 first-round draft selection to Phoenix for Steve Nash.
(4) LA Lakers traded Nick Van Exel to Denver for Tony Battie and the rights to Tyronn Lue.
(5) San Antonio traded Carl Herrera and the rights to Felipe Lopez to Vancouver for Antonio Daniels.
(6) Utah traded the rights to Nazr Mohammed to Philadelphia for a future first-round draft selection.





