{"id":90705,"date":"2026-06-22T14:44:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T14:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/the-legendary-1996-nba-draft-30-years-later\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T14:44:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T14:44:20","slug":"the-legendary-1996-nba-draft-30-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/the-legendary-1996-nba-draft-30-years-later\/","title":{"rendered":"The LEGENDARY 1996 NBA Draft (30 Years Later)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thirty years ago, the NBA welcomed one of the most celebrated draft classes in league history.<\/p>\n<p>The 1996 NBA Draft featured <!--more--> future Hall of Famers and NBA champions, including Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant, Ray Allen, Steve Nash, Ben Wallace, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Relive the complete first round of the 1996 NBA Draft and revisit a night that helped shape the league for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>Presented on the 30th anniversary of one of the most iconic draft nights in NBA history.<\/p>\n<p>Never miss a moment with the latest news, trending stories and highlights to bring you closer to your favorite players and teams.<br \/>\nDownload now \u27a1 <a href=\"https:\/\/nba.smart.link\/NBAApp-YTDes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/nba.smart.link\/NBAApp-YTDes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to the NBA: <a href=\"https:\/\/on.nba.com\/2JX5gSN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/on.nba.com\/2JX5gSN<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirty years ago, the NBA welcomed one of the most celebrated draft classes in league history. The 1996 NBA Draft featured<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}