Jerry West trading for Kobe Bryant in the 1996 NBA Draft is considered one of the most incredible deals in league history.

Instead, O'Neal declared for the NBA Draft and went on to become the 17th overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. Kemp starred at Concord High School in Elkhart ...

After the Charlotte Hornets drafted Bryant with the 13th-overall pick at the 1996 NBA Draft, the Lakers traded for him in exchange for All-Star big man Vlade Divac. While Bryant had a slow rise ...

Bryant was drafted 13th overall by the Charlotte Hornets in the 1996 NBA Draft straight out of Lower Merion High School in Pennsylvania. Traded to the Lakers, he spent his entire 20-year career in ...

Walker had been selected by the storied franchise out of the University of Kentucky with the sixth overall pick of the 1996 NBA draft. Now, he was reunited with his former college head coach Rick ...

McCarty played at the NCAA level at the University of Kentucky, and was picked up by the New York Knicks with the 19th overall pick of the 1996 NBA draft. The Evansville, Indiana, native played ...

The 6-foot-6 swingman was selected by L.A. in a storied 1996 NBA Draft — which included future Hall of Famers Bryant, Ray Allen, Allen Iverson, and Steve Nash — and spent all 20 of his storied ...

Kobe Bryant is one of the greatest basketball players to have graced the NBA. Bryant was selected as the 13th overall pick by the Charlotte Hornets in the first round of the 1996 NBA Draft.

Danya Abrams was a projected first-round pick in the 1996 NBA Draft following his junior season at Boston College. With that in mind, many players would have ended their college careers early and ...

He was drafted as the 15th overall pick in the 1996 NBA draft by the Phoenix Suns, where he would eventually go on to become one of the best players in the competition. However, he would be traded ...