Toronto Raptors draft history

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Andrea Bargnani, drafted in 2006, is the Toronto Raptors' only first overall draft pick. Andrea Bargnani.JPG
Andrea Bargnani, drafted in 2006, is the Toronto Raptors' only first overall draft pick.

The Toronto Raptors have made 35 National Basketball Association (NBA) draft selections during their draft history. The Raptors began as an expansion team in 1995 and first participated in the NBA draft on June 28, 1995, at SkyDome, now known as Rogers Centre, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [1] In 1989, the NBA agreed with the National Basketball Players' Association to limit drafts to two rounds, an arrangement that has remained the same up the present time. [2] Before each draft, an NBA draft lottery determines the first round selection order for the teams that missed the playoffs during the prior season. [2] Teams can also trade their picks, which means that in some drafts teams may have more or less than two draft picks, although they must have at least one first-round pick every other year. [3]

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The first pick in Toronto Raptors' history was Damon Stoudamire, a point guard from the University of Arizona, who was the seventh overall pick in the 1995 NBA draft. People in the crowd were surprised by this pick because they expected the Raptors to pick Ed O'Bannon from UCLA. In their second pick of the same draft, Fab Five member Jimmy King from Michigan was drafted in the second round. [1] The Raptors won the first overall pick in 1996, but they had to give that up due to the expansion agreement with the league. [4] Chris Bosh was selected by the Raptors as the fourth pick overall in the 2003 NBA draft, and he went on to play in three all-star games, while starting in two. [5] [6] [7] [8] Andrea Bargnani, who was selected by the Raptors with the first overall pick of the 2006 NBA draft, became the first European to be picked first overall in the NBA draft. [5] [9]

Seven of the players that the Raptors have drafted were named to the NBA All-Rookie Team first team in their respective rookie seasons—Damon Stoudamire in 1996, Marcus Camby in 1997, Morris Peterson in 2001, Chris Bosh in 2004, Charlie Villanueva in 2006, Andrea Bargnani in 2007, and Scottie Barnes in 2022—and Stoudamire and Barnes were named the Rookie of the Year in 1996 and 2022, respectively. [10] [11] [12]

Key

AbbreviationMeaning
Pos Position
PG Point guard
SG Shooting guard
SF Small forward
PF Power forward
C Center
Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer First overall NBA draft pick Selected for an NBA All-Star Game

Selections

YearRoundPickNameNationalityPlayerCollege/High School/Club
1995 17 Damon Stoudamire Flag of the United States.svg United States PG Arizona
1995 235 Jimmy King Flag of the United States.svg United States SG Michigan
1996 12 Marcus Camby Flag of the United States.svg United States PF/C Massachusetts
1997 19 Tracy McGrady Flag of the United States.svg United States SG/SF Mt. Zion Christian Academy
1998 14 Antawn Jamison (traded to Golden State) [a] Flag of the United States.svg United States SF/PF North Carolina
1998 247 Tyson Wheeler (from Portland, [b] traded to Denver) [c] Flag of the United States.svg United States PG Rhode Island
1999 15 Jonathan Bender (from Denver, [c] traded to Indiana) [d] Flag of the United States.svg United States PF Picayune Memorial High School
1999 112 Aleksandar Radojević Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia C Barton County CC
2000 121 Morris Peterson (from Minnesota) [c] Flag of the United States.svg United States SG/SF Michigan State
2000 246 DeeAndre Hulett Flag of the United States.svg United States SG/SF College of the Sequoias
2001 117 Michael Bradley Flag of the United States.svg United States PF/C Villanova
2002 120 Kareem Rush (from New York, [e] traded to L.A. Lakers) [f] Flag of the United States.svg United States SG Missouri
2003 14 Chris Bosh Flag of the United States.svg United States PF/C Georgia Tech
2003 252 Remon Van de Hare (from L.A. Lakers) [f] Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands C FC Barcelona (Spain)
2004 18 Rafael Araújo Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil C Brigham Young
2004 239 Albert Miralles (from Cleveland, [g] traded to Miami) [h] Flag of Spain.svg Spain C Roseto Basket (Italy)
2005 17 Charlie Villanueva Flag of the United States.svg United States PF Connecticut
2005 116 Joey Graham (from New Jersey) [i] Flag of the United States.svg United States G/F Oklahoma State
2005 241 Roko Ukić (from Orlando) [j] Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia PG KK Split (Croatia and Adriatic League)
2005 258 Uros Slokar (from Miami) [h] Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia PF/C P.A. Udine (Italy)
2006 11 Andrea Bargnani Flag of Italy.svg Italy PF/C Benetton Treviso (Italy)
2006 235 P. J. Tucker Flag of the United States.svg United States SF Texas
2006 256 Edin Bavčić (from New Orleans, [k] traded to Philadelphia) [l] Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina PF KK Bosna (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
2008 117 Roy Hibbert (traded to Indiana) [m] Flag of the United States.svg United States C Georgetown
2009 19 DeMar DeRozan Flag of the United States.svg United States SG USC
2010 113 Ed Davis Flag of the United States.svg United States PF North Carolina
2011 15 Jonas Valančiūnas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania C Lietuvos Rytas (Lithuania)
2012 18 Terrence Ross Flag of the United States.svg United States SG Washington
2012 237 Quincy Acy Flag of the United States.svg United States PF Baylor
2012 256 Tomislav Zubčić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia F Cibona Zagreb (Croatia)
2014 120 Bruno Caboclo Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil SF Pinheiros (Brazil)
2014 237 DeAndre Daniels Flag of the United States.svg United States SF Connecticut
2014 259 Xavier Thames (from Oklahoma City, [n] , traded to Brooklyn) [o] Flag of the United States.svg United States PG San Diego State
2015 120 Delon Wright Flag of the United States.svg United StatesPG Utah
2016 19 Jakob Pöltl (from Denver via New York)Flag of Austria.svg AustriaC Utah
2016 127 Pascal Siakam Flag of Cameroon.svg CameroonPF New Mexico State
2017 123 OG Anunoby Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great BritainSF Indiana
2019 259 Dewan Hernandez Flag of the United States.svg United StatesPF Miami
2020 129 Malachi Flynn Flag of the United States.svg United StatesPG San Diego State
2020 259 Jalen Harris Flag of the United States.svg United StatesSG Nevada
2021 14 Scottie Barnes Flag of the United States.svg United StatesSF Florida State
2021 246 Dalano Banton Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg CanadaPG Nebraska
2021 247 David Johnson Flag of the United States.svg United StatesPG Louisville
2022 233 Christian Koloko Flag of Cameroon.svg CameroonC Arizona
2023 113 Gradey Dick Flag of the United States.svg United StatesSG/SF Kansas
2025 19 Collin Murray-Boyles Flag of the United States.svg United StatesPF South Carolina

Notes

References

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