17th Pick RD Pick Overall Year Name Pos. College/Team 2 6 17 1950 Herb Scherer C Long Island 2 8 17 1951 Ray Ragelis F Northwestern - - -- 1952 Selection Unknown N/A N/A 3 2 17 1953 Bob Peterson C Illinois 3 2 17 1954 Walt Walowac G Marshall 3 3 17 1955 Bob Schafer G Villanova 3 2 17 1956 Darrell Floyd G Furman 3 1 17 1957 Jerry Paulson G Manhattan 3 2 17 1958 Arlen Bockhorn G- Dayton 3 3 17 1959 Jim Hockaday F Memphis St. 3 1 17 1960 Ralph Davis G Cincinnati 2 8 17 1961 Johnny Egan G Providence 3 1 17 1962 Don Nelson F Iowa 2 9 17 1963 Ken Saylors F Arkansas Tech 3 1 17 1964 Brian Generalovich G Pittsburgh 2 9 17 1965 Ron Watts F Wake Forest 2 7 17 1966 Neil Johnson F Creighton 2 5 17 1967 Phil Jackson F North Dakota St. 2 3 17 1968 Loy Peterson F Oregon State 2 2 17 1969 Bob Greacen F Rutgers 1 17 17 1970 Mike Price G Illinois 1 17 17 1971 Collis Jones F Notre Dame 2 4 17 1972 Chris Ford G Villanova 1 17 17 1973 Steve Downing F Indiana 1 17 17 1974 Glenn McDonald SF/SG Long Beach State 1 17 17 1975 Tom Boswell PF South Carolina 1 17 17 1976 Sonny Parker SF Texas A&M 1 17 17 1977 Bo Ellis PF Marquette 1 17 17 1978 Rod Griffin PF Wake Forest 1 17 17 1979 Lee Johnson C East Texas St. 1 17 17 1980 Larry Drew PG Missouri 1 17 17 1981 Kevin Loder SG/SF Alabama State 1 17 17 1982 Brook Steppe SF/SG Georgia Tech 1 17 17 1983 Leo Rautins SF Syracuse 1 17 17 1984 Jeff Turner PF Vanderbilt 1 17 17 1985 Uwe Blab C Indiana 1 17 17 1986 Harold Pressley SF Villanova 1 17 17 1987 Ronnie Murphy SG/SF Jacksonville 1 17 17 1988 Eric Leckner C Wyoming 1 17 17 1989 Shawn Kemp PF (None) 1 17 17 1990 Jerrod Mustaf PF Maryland 1 17 17 1991 Victor Alexander PF Iowa State 1 17 17 1992 Doug Christie SG/SF Pepperdine 1 17 17 1993 Greg Graham SG Indiana 1 17 17 1994 Aaron McKie SG Temple 1 17 17 1995 Bob Sura SG Florida State 1 17 17 1996 Jermaine O'Neal PF (High School) 1 17 17 1997 Johnny Taylor SF Tennessee-Chattanooga 1 17 17 1998 Radoslav Nesterovic C (Italy) 1 17 17 1999 Cal Bowdler PF Old Dominion 1 17 17 2000 Desmond Mason SF Oklahoma State 1 17 17 2001 Michael Bradley PF Villanova 1 17 17 2002 Juan Dixon SG/PG Maryland 1 17 17 2003 Zarko Cabarkapa SF (Serbia-Montenegro) 1 17 17 2004 Josh Smith SF (High School) 1 17 17 2005 Danny Granger SF New Mexico 1 17 17 2006 Shawne Williams SF Memphis 1 17 17 2007 Sean Williams PF Boston College 1 17 17 2008 Roy Hibbert C Georgetown 1 17 17 2009 Jrue Holiday PG UCLA 1 17 17 2010 Kevin Seraphin PF (France) 1 17 17 2011 Iman Shumpert SG Georgia Tech 1 17 17 2012 Tyler Zeller C North Carolina 1 17 17 2013 Dennis Schroder PG (Germany) 1 17 17 2014 James Young SG Kentucky 1 17 17 2015 Rashad Vaughn SG UNLV 1 17 17 2016 Wade Baldwin PG Vanderbilt 1 17 17 2017 D.J. Wilson PF Michigan 1 17 17 2018 Donte DiVincenzo SG Villanova 1 17 17 2019 Nickeil Alexander-Walker SG Virginia Tech 1 17 17 2020 Aleksej Pokusevski PF (Greece)