THE FIRST ROUND

The order of selections for the 1997 NBA draft, to be held Wednesday at Charlotte, N.C.:

1. San Antonio

2. Philadelphia

3. Boston

4. Vancouver

5. Denver

6. Boston (from Dallas)

7. New Jersey

8. Golden State

9. a-Toronto

10. Milwaukee

11. Sacramento

12. Indiana

13. Cleveland

14. Clippers

15. a-Dallas (from Minnesota)

16. Cleveland (from Phoenix)

17. b-Orlando

18. Portland

19. Detroit

20. Minnesota (from Portland through Charlotte)

21. New Jersey (from Lakers)

22. Atlanta

23. Seattle

24. Houston

25. New York

26. Miami

27. Utah

28. Chicago

a-Toronto has the right to swap its pick with Dallas for Minnesota’s first pick

b-Pick may be given to Utah.

Note: Washington forfeited its 1997 first-round pick in connection with its signing of Juwan Howard. Washington would have had the 17th pick, and the picks referred to above (following the 16th) reflect that forfeiture.

EARLY ENTRIES

Players who declared for the NBA draft with college eligibility remaining:

* Gracen Averil, Jr., f, Texas Tech

* Tony Battie, Jr., f-c, Texas Tech

* Chauncey Billups, Soph., g, Colo.

* Carl Blanton, Jr., f, Southern U.

* Mark Blount, Soph., f-c, Pittsburgh

* C.J. Bruton, Soph., g, Indian Hills CC (Iowa)

* Dan Buie, Jr., f, Washburn (Kan.)

* Keith Closs, , c, Cent. Conn. St.

* James Cotton, Jr., f, Long Beach State

* Tony Doyle, Jr., f, Columbia

* Ian Folmar, Jr., f, Slippery Rock

* Danny Fortson, Jr., f, Cincinnati

* Adonal Foyle, Jr., f-c, Colgate

* Darryl Hardy, Jr., c, Winston-Salem State

* Antjonne Holmes, Jr., f-c, Central Baptist JC (Ark.)

* Troy Hudson, Jr., g, S.Illinois

* Marc Jackson, Jr., c, Temple

* Stephen Jackson, Fr., g, Butler CC

* Ed Jenkins, Jr., f-c, Ohio St.-Sullivan Coll. (Ky.)

* Marcus Johnson, Jr., f-c, Temple

* Damon Jones, Jr., g, Houston

* Nate Langley, Jr., g, George Mason

* Keith Love, Jr., g, Dominican U. (Ill.)

* Gordon Malone, Jr., c, West Virginia

* Amere May, Fr., g, Shaw (N.C.)

* Elgie McCoy, Jr., f, Kutztown U. (Pa.)

* Tracy McGrady, HS senior, f, Mount Zion Christian Aca. (N.C.)

* Ron Mercer, Soph., g-f, Kentucky

* Marko Milic, 20 years old, f, Smelt Olimpija-Slovenia

* Victor Page, Soph., g, Georgetown

* Shawn Ritzie, Soph., g, Norwalk CC (Conn.)

* Eddie Robinson, Soph., f, Brown Mackie JC (Kan.)

* Paul Rogers, Jr., c, Gonzaga

* Bryon Ruffner, Jr., f, Brigham Young

* Olivier Saint-Jean, Jr., f, San Jose State

* Mark Sanford, Jr., f, Washington

* God Shammgod, Soph., g, Providence

* Maurice Taylor, Jr., f, Michigan

* Tim Thomas, Fr., f, Villanova

* Mark Young, Jr., g, Kansas State