1981–82 rookie class

1981 NBA Draft

Every selection in order, with the drafting team, player affiliation and a direct path into each available Athlore career profile.

223selections

10rounds

23teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #1

Dallas Mavericks

Mark Aguirre

DePaul

Pick #2

Detroit Pistons

Isiah Thomas

Indiana

Pick #3

New Jersey Nets

Buck Williams

Maryland

Pick #4

Atlanta Hawks

Al Wood

North Carolina

Pick #5

Seattle SuperSonics

Danny Vranes

Utah

Complete draft board

Every pick

Round one is open. Expand any later round to continue through the class.

Round 123 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
1	Mark Aguirre	Dallas Mavericks	DePaul	1
2	Isiah Thomas	Detroit Pistons	Indiana	2
3	Buck Williams	New Jersey Nets	Maryland	3
4	Al Wood	Atlanta Hawks	North Carolina	4
5	Danny Vranes	Seattle SuperSonics	Utah	5
6	Orlando Woolridge	Chicago Bulls	Notre Dame	6
7	Steve Johnson	Kansas City Kings	Oregon State	7
8	Tom Chambers	San Diego Clippers	Utah	8
9	Rolando Blackman	Dallas Mavericks	Kansas State	9
10	Albert King	New Jersey Nets	Maryland	10
11	Frank Johnson	Washington Bullets	Wake Forest	11
12	Kelly Tripucka	Detroit Pistons	Notre Dame	12
13	Dan Schayes	Utah Jazz	Syracuse	13
14	Herb Williams	Indiana Pacers	Ohio State	14
15	Jeff Lamp	Portland Trail Blazers	Virginia	15
16	Darnell Valentine	Portland Trail Blazers	Kansas	16
17	Kevin Loder	Kansas City Kings	Alabama State	17
18	Ray Tolbert	New Jersey Nets	Indiana	18
19	Mike McGee	Los Angeles Lakers	Michigan	19
20	Larry Nance	Phoenix Suns	Clemson	20
21	Alton Lister	Milwaukee Bucks	Arizona State	21
22	Franklin Edwards	Philadelphia 76ers	Cleveland State	22
23	Charles Bradley	Boston Celtics	Wyoming	23

Round 223 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
24	Jay Vincent	Dallas Mavericks	Michigan State	1
25	Tracy Jackson	Boston Celtics	Notre Dame	2
26	Brian Jackson	Portland Trail Blazers	Utah State	3
27	Howard Wood	Utah Jazz	Tennessee	4
28	Gene Banks	San Antonio Spurs	Duke	5
29	Eddie Johnson	Kansas City Kings	Illinois	6
30	Ed Rains	San Antonio Spurs	South Alabama	7
31	Danny Ainge	Boston Celtics	Brigham Young	8
32	Mike Olliver	Chicago Bulls	Lamar	9
33	Samuel Williams	Golden State Warriors	Arizona State	10
34	Ken Green	Denver Nuggets	Texas-Pan American	11
35	Charlie Davis	Washington Bullets	Vanderbilt	12
36	Ray Blume	Indiana Pacers	Oregon State	13
37	Al Leslie	Indiana Pacers	Bucknell	14
38	Clyde Bradshaw	Atlanta Hawks	DePaul	15
39	Harvey Knuckles	Los Angeles Lakers	Toledo	16
40	Greg Cook	New York Knicks	Louisiana State	17
41	Claude Gregory	Washington Bullets	Wisconsin	18
42	Elvis Rolle	Los Angeles Lakers	Florida State	19
43	Elston Turner	Dallas Mavericks	Mississippi	20
44	Steve Lingenfelter	Washington Bullets	South Dakota State	21
45	Ed Turner	Houston Rockets	Texas A&M-Kingsville	22
46	Vernon Smith	Philadelphia 76ers	Texas A&M	23

Round 323 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
47	Art Housey	Dallas Mavericks	Kansas	1
48	Mike Ferrara	Washington Bullets	Colgate	2
49	David Burns	New Jersey Nets	Saint Louis	3
50	Derek Holcomb	Portland Trail Blazers	Illinois	4
51	Zam Fredrick	Los Angeles Lakers	South Carolina	5
52	Rudy Macklin	Atlanta Hawks	Louisiana State	6
53	Mark Radford	Seattle SuperSonics	Oregon State	7
54	Jim Smith	San Diego Clippers	Ohio State	8
55	Mickey Dillard	Cleveland Cavaliers	Florida State	9
56	Carlton Neverson	Golden State Warriors	Pittsburgh	10
57	Frank Brickowski	New York Knicks	Penn State	11
58	Curtis Berry	Kansas City Kings	Missouri	12
59	Russell Bowers	Cleveland Cavaliers	American	13
60	Purvis Miller	Indiana Pacers	Southern California	14
61	Petur Gudmundsson	Portland Trail Blazers	Washington	15
62	Sam Clancy	Phoenix Suns	Pittsburgh	16
63	Wayne McKoy	New York Knicks	St. John's (NY)	17
64	Tom Baker	San Antonio Spurs	Eastern Kentucky	18
65	Ron Cornelius	Los Angeles Lakers	Pacific	19
66	Craig Dykema	Phoenix Suns	Long Beach State	20
67	Mark Smith	Milwaukee Bucks	Illinois	21
68	Ernest Graham	Philadelphia 76ers	Maryland	22
69	John Johnson	Boston Celtics	Michigan	23

Round 423 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
70	Eddie Moss	Dallas Mavericks	Syracuse	1
71	John May	Detroit Pistons	South Alabama	2
72	Edmund Sherod	New Jersey Nets	Virginia Commonwealth	3
73	George Torres	Utah Jazz	Southern Nazarene	4
74	Ethan Martin	Cleveland Cavaliers	Louisiana State	5
75	Kevin Figaro	Atlanta Hawks	Louisiana-Lafayette	6
76	Lewis Lloyd	Golden State Warriors	Drake	7
77	Lee Raker	San Diego Clippers	Virginia	8
78	Kenny Dennard	Kansas City Kings	Duke	9
79	Ron Davis	Washington Bullets	Arizona	10
80	Terry Adolph	Golden State Warriors	West Texas A&M	11
81	Larry Spriggs	Houston Rockets	Howard	12
82	B. B. Davis	Kansas City Kings	Lamar	13
83	Rolando Frazier	Indiana Pacers	Briar Cliff	14
84	Oliver Lee	Chicago Bulls	Marquette	15
85	Peter Verhoeven	Portland Trail Blazers	Fresno State	16
86	Alex Bradley	New York Knicks	Villanova	17
87	Earl Belcher	San Antonio Spurs	St. Bonaventure	18
88	Kevin McKenna	Los Angeles Lakers	Creighton	19
89	Don Koonce	Detroit Pistons	North Carolina-Charlotte	20
90	Kris Anderson	Milwaukee Bucks	Florida State	21
91	Stanley Williams	Boston Celtics	La Salle	22
92	Rynn Wright	Philadelphia 76ers	Texas A&M	23

Round 523 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
93	Pete Budko	Dallas Mavericks	North Carolina	1
94	George DeVone	Detroit Pistons	North Carolina-Charlotte	2
95	Joe Cooper	New Jersey Nets	Colorado	3
96	Ken Page	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Mexico	4
97	Mike Clark	Utah Jazz	Oregon	5
98	Steve Krafscisin	Atlanta Hawks	Iowa	6
99	Andra Griffin	Seattle SuperSonics	Washington	7
100	Dennis Isbell	San Diego Clippers	Memphis	8
101	Willie Sims	Denver Nuggets	Louisiana State	9
102	Hank McDowell	Golden State Warriors	Memphis	10
103	Garry Witts	Washington Bullets	Holy Cross	11
104	U. S. Reed	Kansas City Kings	Arkansas	12
105	Hasan Houston	Houston Rockets	Bradley	13
106	George Peterson	Indiana Pacers	New Jersey City	14
107	Herb Andrew	Portland Trail Blazers	South Alabama	15
108	Johnny Nash	Chicago Bulls	Arizona State	16
109	Jim Wright	New York Knicks	Rhode Island	17
110	Mike Rhodes	San Antonio Spurs	Vanderbilt	18
111	Craig Watts	Los Angeles Lakers	North Carolina State	19
112	Paul Heuerman	Phoenix Suns	Michigan	20
113	Kelvin Troy	Milwaukee Bucks	Rutgers	21
114	Steve Craig	Philadelphia 76ers	Brigham Young	22
115	Glen Grunwald	Boston Celtics	Indiana	23

Round 623 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
116	Karl Bakowski	Dallas Mavericks	Utah	1
117	Vince Brookins	Detroit Pistons	Iowa	2
118	Kevin Lynam	New Jersey Nets	La Salle	3
119	Kevin Sprewer	Utah Jazz	Loyola-Chicago	4
120	Aaron Strayhorn	Cleveland Cavaliers	Hawaii	5
121	Darryl Warwick	Atlanta Hawks	Hampton	6
122	Earl Banks	Seattle SuperSonics	Auburn	7
123	Mike Pepper	San Diego Clippers	North Carolina	8
124	Alonzo Weatherley	Denver Nuggets	Denver	9
125	Robert Williams	Washington Bullets	Grambling	10
126	Carter Scott	Golden State Warriors	Ohio State	11
127	Fred Cowan	Houston Rockets	Kentucky	12
128	Brian Walker	Kansas City Kings	Purdue	13
129	Robert Fronk	Indiana Pacers	Washington	14
130	Roger Burkman	Chicago Bulls	Louisville	15
131	Roshern Arnie	Portland Trail Blazers	Texas-El Paso	16
132	John Blair	New York Knicks	Monmouth	17
133	Norman Shavers	San Antonio Spurs	Jackson State	18
134	Kevin Singleton	Los Angeles Lakers	California	19
135	Pete Harris	Phoenix Suns	Northeastern	20
136	Jo Jo Hunter	Milwaukee Bucks	Colorado	21
137	Steve Waite	Boston Celtics	Iowa	22
138	Michael Thomas	Philadelphia 76ers	North Park	23

Round 723 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
139	Danny Davis	Dallas Mavericks	North Carolina-Wilmington	1
140	Greg Nance	Detroit Pistons	West Virginia	2
141	Rod Robertson	New Jersey Nets	Northwestern	3
142	Andre Smith	Cleveland Cavaliers	Nebraska	4
143	Mike Robinson	Utah Jazz	Central Michigan	5
144	Kevin Vesey	Atlanta Hawks	Iona	6
145	Tom Sienkiewicz	Seattle SuperSonics	Villanova	7
146	Randy Johnson	San Diego Clippers	Colorado State-Pueblo	8
147	Greg Manning	Denver Nuggets	Maryland	9
148	Robby Dosty	Golden State Warriors	Arizona	10
149	Randy Martel	Washington Bullets	Houston Baptist	11
150	Clinton Wheeler	Kansas City Kings	William Paterson	12
151	Joe Faine	Houston Rockets	Bowling Green	13
152	Larry McKinney	Indiana Pacers	Boise State	14
153	Julius Wayne	Portland Trail Blazers	Texas-El Paso	15
154	Scott Williams	Chicago Bulls	South Alabama	16
155	Terry Cramer	New York Knicks	Ripon	17
156	Mark Minderman	San Antonio Spurs	Northern Michigan	18
157	Larry Petty	Los Angeles Lakers	Wisconsin	19
158	David Williams	Phoenix Suns	Southern University	20
159	Lewis Latimore	Milwaukee Bucks	Virginia	21
160	John Crawford	Philadelphia 76ers	Kansas	22
161	Tom Seaman	Boston Celtics	Holy Cross	23

Round 822 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
162	David Kennedy	Dallas Mavericks	Cincinnati	1
163	Joe Schoen	Detroit Pistons	Saint Francis (PA)	2
164	Ken Webb	New Jersey Nets	Fairleigh Dickinson	3
165	Bobby Cattage	Utah Jazz	Auburn	4
166	Glen Marcus	Cleveland Cavaliers	Alabama-Birmingham	5
167	Gilbert Salinas	Atlanta Hawks	Notre Dame	6
168	Todd Haynes	San Diego Clippers	Davidson	7
169	Curtis Redding	Denver Nuggets	St. John's (NY)	8
170	Mike Howard	Washington Bullets	Wofford	9
171	Yasutaka Okayama	Golden State Warriors	Japan Basketball Association (Japan)	10
172	Stanley Brewer	Houston Rockets	West Georgia	11
173	Randy Smithson	Kansas City Kings	Wichita State	12
174	Len Hatzenbeller	Indiana Pacers	Drexel	13
175	Ben Mitchell	Chicago Bulls	Alabama-Huntsville	14
176	John Smith	Portland Trail Blazers	Saint Joseph's	15
177	Brian O'Connor	New York Knicks	Thomas More	16
178	Bob Bartholomew	San Antonio Spurs	San Diego	17
179	Jay Triano	Los Angeles Lakers	Simon Fraser (CAN)	18
180	Steve Risley	Phoenix Suns	Indiana	19
181	Mike Brkovich	Milwaukee Bucks	Michigan State	20
182	George Morrow	Boston Celtics	Creighton	21
183	Frank Gilroy	Philadelphia 76ers	St. John's (NY)	22

Round 920 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
184	John Hollinden	Dallas Mavericks	Southern Indiana	1
185	Eddie Baker	Detroit Pistons	Alcorn State	2
186	Rudy Williams	New Jersey Nets	Providence	3
187	Paul Roba	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cleveland State	4
188	Ken Ollie	Utah Jazz	Wyoming	5
189	Howard Thompkins	Atlanta Hawks	Wagner	6
190	Art Jones	San Diego Clippers	North Carolina State	7
191	Andrew Burton	Denver Nuggets	Austin Peay	8
192	Doug Murrey	Golden State Warriors	San Jose State	9
193	Eddie Brown	Washington Bullets	Valdosta State	10
194	Mike Perry	Kansas City Kings	Richmond	11
195	Scott Whitley	Indiana Pacers	William & Mary	12
196	Sid Williams	Portland Trail Blazers	San Jose State	13
197	Terry Martin	Chicago Bulls	Lambuth	14
198	Marty Headd	New York Knicks	Syracuse	15
199	Leonel Marquetti	San Antonio Spurs	Hampton	16
200	Brian Johnson	Phoenix Suns	Colorado	17
201	Chip Rucker	Milwaukee Bucks	Northeastern	18
202	Ron Wister	Philadelphia 76ers	Temple	19
203	Greg McCray	Boston Celtics	Virginia Commonwealth	20

Round 1020 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
204	Scott Bosanko	Dallas Mavericks	Northern State	1
205	Melvin Maxwell	Detroit Pistons	Western Michigan	2
206	Vic Sison	New Jersey Nets	California-Los Angeles	3
207	Joe Merten	Utah Jazz	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	4
208	Greg Boone	Cleveland Cavaliers	Augsburg	5
209	Mike Frazier	Atlanta Hawks	Georgetown	6
210	Tony Gwynn	San Diego Clippers	San Diego State	7
211	Derrick Rowland	Denver Nuggets	Potsdam	8
212	Ralton Way	Washington Bullets	Houston Baptist	9
213	Barry Brooks	Golden State Warriors	Southern California	10
214	Mark Wilson	Kansas City Kings	Fort Hays State	12
215	Rodney Benson	Indiana Pacers	Wright State	13
216	Kenny Easley	Chicago Bulls	California-Los Angeles	14
217	Steve Cochran	Portland Trail Blazers	Lewis & Clark	15
218	Kevin Rogers	New York Knicks	St. Peter's	16
219	Alvin Brooks	San Antonio Spurs	Lamar	17
220	Felton Sealey	Phoenix Suns	Oregon	19
221	Artie Green	Milwaukee Bucks	Marquette	20
222	Ken Matthews	Boston Celtics	North Carolina State	21
223	Pete Mullenberg	Philadelphia 76ers	Delaware	22

Source: NBA.com Draft History. Draft-night trades can cause the team attached to a selection to differ from the player’s eventual rookie team.