1982–83 rookie class

1982 NBA Draft

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

225selections

10rounds

23teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #1

Los Angeles Lakers

James Worthy

North Carolina

Pick #2

San Diego Clippers

Terry Cummings

DePaul

Pick #3

Utah Jazz

Dominique Wilkins

Georgia

Pick #4

Dallas Mavericks

Bill Garnett

Wyoming

Pick #5

Kansas City Kings

LaSalle Thompson

Texas

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	James Worthy	Los Angeles Lakers	North Carolina	1
2	Terry Cummings	San Diego Clippers	DePaul	2
3	Dominique Wilkins	Utah Jazz	Georgia	3
4	Bill Garnett	Dallas Mavericks	Wyoming	4
5	LaSalle Thompson	Kansas City Kings	Texas	5
6	Trent Tucker	New York Knicks	Minnesota	6
7	Quintin Dailey	Chicago Bulls	San Francisco	7
8	Clark Kellogg	Indiana Pacers	Ohio State	8
9	Cliff Levingston	Detroit Pistons	Wichita State	9
10	Keith Edmonson	Atlanta Hawks	Purdue	10
11	Lafayette Lever	Portland Trail Blazers	Arizona State	11
12	John Bagley	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston College	12
13	Sleepy Floyd	New Jersey Nets	Georgetown	13
14	Lester Conner	Golden State Warriors	Oregon State	14
15	David Thirdkill	Phoenix Suns	Bradley	15
16	Terry Teagle	Houston Rockets	Baylor	16
17	Brook Steppe	Kansas City Kings	Georgia Tech	17
18	Ricky Pierce	Detroit Pistons	Rice	18
19	Rob Williams	Denver Nuggets	Houston	19
20	Paul Pressey	Milwaukee Bucks	Tulsa	20
21	Eddie Phillips	New Jersey Nets	Alabama	21
22	Mark McNamara	Philadelphia 76ers	California	22
23	Darren Tillis	Boston Celtics	Cleveland State	23

Round 223 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
24	Oliver Robinson	San Antonio Spurs	Alabama-Birmingham	1
25	Bryan Warrick	Washington Bullets	Saint Joseph's	2
26	Ricky Frazier	Chicago Bulls	Missouri	3
27	Fred Roberts	Milwaukee Bucks	Brigham Young	4
28	Dave Magley	Cleveland Cavaliers	Kansas	5
29	Scott Hastings	New York Knicks	Arkansas	6
30	Wallace Bryant	Chicago Bulls	San Francisco	7
31	Rod Higgins	Chicago Bulls	Fresno State	8
32	Richard Anderson	San Diego Clippers	California-Santa Barbara	9
33	Linton Townes	Portland Trail Blazers	James Madison	10
34	Vince Taylor	New York Knicks	Duke	11
35	Derek Smith	Golden State Warriors	Louisville	12
36	Mitchell Anderson	Philadelphia 76ers	Bradley	13
37	Audie Norris	Portland Trail Blazers	Jackson State	14
38	Wayne Sappleton	Golden State Warriors	Loyola-Chicago	15
39	Kevin Magee	Phoenix Suns	California-Irvine	16
40	Guy Morgan	Indiana Pacers	Wake Forest	17
41	Dwight Anderson	Washington Bullets	Southern California	18
42	Jeff Taylor	Houston Rockets	Texas Tech	19
43	Jose Slaughter	Indiana Pacers	Portland	20
44	Mike Gibson	Washington Bullets	South Carolina Upstate	21
45	Russ Schoene	Philadelphia 76ers	Tennessee-Chattanooga	22
46	Tony Guy	Boston Celtics	Kansas	23

Round 323 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
47	Mike Wilson	Cleveland Cavaliers	Marquette	1
48	Craig Hodges	San Diego Clippers	Long Beach State	2
49	Steve Trumbo	Utah Jazz	Brigham Young	3
50	Corny Thompson	Dallas Mavericks	Connecticut	4
51	Jim Johnstone	Kansas City Kings	Wake Forest	5
52	Dan Caldwell	New York Knicks	Washington	6
53	Tyrone Adams	Chicago Bulls	Kansas State	7
54	Willie Jones	Los Angeles Lakers	Vanderbilt	8
55	Jerry Eaves	Utah Jazz	Louisville	9
56	Joe Kopicki	Atlanta Hawks	Detroit Mercy	10
57	Craig Tucker	New York Knicks	Illinois	11
58	Mike Largey	Washington Bullets	Upsala	12
59	Jimmy Black	New Jersey Nets	North Carolina	13
60	Chris Engler	Golden State Warriors	Wyoming	14
61	Charlie Pittman	Phoenix Suns	Maryland	15
62	Roylin Bond	Denver Nuggets	Pepperdine	16
63	Chuck Nevitt	Houston Rockets	North Carolina State	17
64	Willie Redden	San Antonio Spurs	South Florida	18
65	John Greig	Seattle SuperSonics	Oregon	19
66	Phillip Lockett	Portland Trail Blazers	Alabama	20
67	Mike Hackett	Los Angeles Lakers	Jacksonville	21
68	Dale Solomon	Philadelphia 76ers	Virginia Tech	22
69	Perry Moss	Boston Celtics	Northeastern	23

Round 423 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
70	Reggie Hannah	Cleveland Cavaliers	South Alabama	1
71	Darius Clemons	San Diego Clippers	Loyola-Chicago	2
72	Mark Eaton	Utah Jazz	California-Los Angeles	3
73	Rudy Woods	Dallas Mavericks	Texas A&M	4
74	Mike Sanders	Kansas City Kings	California-Los Angeles	5
75	Norm Anchrum	New York Knicks	Alabama-Birmingham	6
76	Chuck Aleksinas	Chicago Bulls	Connecticut	7
77	Jeff Jones	Indiana Pacers	Virginia	8
78	Walker Russell	Detroit Pistons	Western Michigan	9
79	Eric Smith	Portland Trail Blazers	Georgetown	10
80	James Griffin	New Jersey Nets	Illinois	11
81	Dino Gregory	Washington Bullets	Long Beach State	12
82	Tony Brown	New Jersey Nets	Arkansas	13
83	Ken Stancell	Golden State Warriors	Virginia Commonwealth	14
84	Alford Turner	Denver Nuggets	Louisiana-Lafayette	15
85	Andre Gaddy	Houston Rockets	George Mason	16
86	Rory White	Phoenix Suns	South Alabama	17
87	Tony Grier	San Antonio Spurs	South Florida	18
88	Ken Owens	Seattle SuperSonics	Idaho	19
89	Jerry Beck	Milwaukee Bucks	Middle Tennessee State	20
90	Craig McCormick	Los Angeles Lakers	Western Kentucky	21
91	Bruce Atkins	Philadelphia 76ers	Duquesne	22
92	Greg Stewart	Boston Celtics	Tulsa	23

Round 523 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
93	Terry White	Cleveland Cavaliers	Texas-El Paso	1
94	Gary Carter	San Diego Clippers	Tennessee	2
95	Mike McKay	Utah Jazz	Connecticut	3
96	Ken Arnold	Dallas Mavericks	Iowa	4
97	Ken Simpson	Kansas City Kings	Grambling	5
98	Aaron Howard	New York Knicks	Villanova	6
99	Rubin Jackson	Chicago Bulls	Oklahoma City	7
100	Rich DiBenedetto	Indiana Pacers	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	8
101	John Ebeling	Detroit Pistons	Florida Southern	9
102	Mark Hall	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota	10
103	Cherokee Rhone	Portland Trail Blazers	Centenary (LA)	11
104	Clarence Dickerson	Washington Bullets	Hawaii	12
105	Chris Giles	New Jersey Nets	Alabama-Birmingham	13
106	Albert Irving	Golden State Warriors	Alcorn State	14
107	Jeff Schneider	Houston Rockets	Virginia Tech	15
108	Marvin McCrary	Phoenix Suns	Missouri	16
109	Bill Duffy	Denver Nuggets	Santa Clara	17
110	Clarence Swannegan	San Antonio Spurs	Texas Tech	18
111	Rod Camp	Seattle SuperSonics	Southern Illinois	19
112	Jerry Davis	Washington Bullets	Detroit Mercy	20
113	Howard McNeill	Los Angeles Lakers	Seton Hall	21
114	Donald Mason	Philadelphia 76ers	Fresno State	22
115	William Brown	Boston Celtics	St. Peter's	23

Round 623 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
116	Vince Reynolds	Cleveland Cavaliers	South Florida	1
117	Eric Marbury	San Diego Clippers	Georgia	2
118	Alvin Jackson	Utah Jazz	Southern University	3
119	Wayne Waggoner	Dallas Mavericks	Northwestern State	4
120	Poncho Wright	Kansas City Kings	Louisville	5
121	Mike Kanieski	New York Knicks	Dayton	6
122	B. B. Fontenet	Chicago Bulls	Nevada-Reno	7
123	Jeff Clark	Indiana Pacers	Saint Joseph's	8
124	Gary Holmes	Detroit Pistons	Minnesota	9
125	Leo Cunningham	Portland Trail Blazers	Utah State	10
126	Jay Bruchak	Atlanta Hawks	Mount St. Mary's	11
127	Byron Williams	Washington Bullets	Idaho State	12
128	Mel Daniel	New Jersey Nets	Furman	13
129	David Vann	Golden State Warriors	St. Mary's (CA)	14
130	Jake Bethany	Phoenix Suns	Hardin-Simmons	15
131	Chris Brust	Denver Nuggets	North Carolina	16
132	Don Wilson	Houston Rockets	Louisiana-Monroe	17
133	Jaime Pena	San Antonio Spurs	New Mexico State	18
134	Bobby Potts	Seattle SuperSonics	North Carolina-Charlotte	19
135	Tony Carr	Milwaukee Bucks	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	20
136	Lynden Rose	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston	21
137	Kevin Boyle	Philadelphia 76ers	Iowa	22
138	John Schweitz	Boston Celtics	Richmond	23

Round 723 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
139	Randy Reed	Cleveland Cavaliers	Kansas State	1
140	Eddie Hughes	San Diego Clippers	Colorado State	2
141	Thad Gardner	Utah Jazz	Michigan	3
142	Bob Grady	Dallas Mavericks	Northwestern	4
143	Perry Range	Kansas City Kings	Illinois	5
144	Phil Seymore	New York Knicks	Canisius	6
145	Chuck Verderber	Chicago Bulls	Kentucky	7
146	Brad Leaf	Indiana Pacers	Evansville	8
147	Dean Marquardt	Detroit Pistons	Marquette	9
148	Horace Wyatt	Atlanta Hawks	Clemson	10
149	Terry Long	Portland Trail Blazers	Lamar	11
150	Wendell Gibson	Washington Bullets	South Carolina	12
151	Tony Anderson	New Jersey Nets	California-Los Angeles	13
152	Matt Waldron	Golden State Warriors	Pacific	14
153	Jeb Barlow	Denver Nuggets	North Carolina	15
154	Mike Helms	Houston Rockets	Wake Forest	16
155	Phil Ward	Phoenix Suns	North Carolina-Charlotte	17
156	Delonte Taylor	San Antonio Spurs	North Texas	18
157	Allen Rayhorn	Seattle SuperSonics	Northern Illinois	19
158	Bobby Austin	Milwaukee Bucks	Cincinnati	20
159	Maurice Williams	Los Angeles Lakers	Southern California	21
160	Keith Hilliard	Philadelphia 76ers	Missouri State	22
161	Phil Collins	Boston Celtics	West Virginia	23

Round 823 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
162	Monty Knight	Cleveland Cavaliers	Virginia Commonwealth	1
163	Jacques Tuz	San Diego Clippers	Colorado	2
164	Rick Campbell	Utah Jazz	Middle Tennessee State	3
165	Keith Peterson	Dallas Mavericks	Arkansas	4
166	Ed Nealy	Kansas City Kings	Kansas State	5
167	Dan Terwilliger	New York Knicks	Siena	6
168	Mike Burns	Chicago Bulls	Nevada-Las Vegas	7
169	Donald Reese	Indiana Pacers	Bradley	8
170	Brian Nyenhuis	Detroit Pistons	Marquette	9
171	Dave Porter	Portland Trail Blazers	Western Oregon	10
172	James Ratiff	Atlanta Hawks	Howard	11
173	Ken Luck	Washington Bullets	Delaware	12
174	Otis Jackson	New Jersey Nets	Memphis	13
175	Mark King	Golden State Warriors	Florida Southern	14
176	Dan Callandrillo	Houston Rockets	Seton Hall	15
177	Rick Elrod	Phoenix Suns	Georgetown (KY)	16
178	Donny Speer	Denver Nuggets	Alabama-Birmingham	17
179	Chris Faggi	San Antonio Spurs	Memphis	18
180	Steve Burks	Seattle SuperSonics	Washington	19
181	Bryan Leonard	Milwaukee Bucks	Illinois	20
182	Micah Blunt	Los Angeles Lakers	Tulane	21
183	Donald Seals	Philadelphia 76ers	Jackson State	22
184	Ed Spriggs	Boston Celtics	Georgetown	23

Round 921 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
185	Tony Hafley	Cleveland Cavaliers	South Alabama	1
186	John Hegwood	San Diego Clippers	San Francisco	2
187	Riley Clarida	Utah Jazz	Long Island-Brooklyn	3
188	Ralph McPherson	Dallas Mavericks	Texas-Arlington	4
189	Jack Moore	Kansas City Kings	Nebraska	5
190	Merle Scott	New York Knicks	South Carolina State	6
191	Skip Dillard	Chicago Bulls	DePaul	7
192	Mike Scearce	Indiana Pacers	Purdue	8
193	Kevin Smith	Detroit Pistons	Michigan State	9
194	Pierre Bland	Atlanta Hawks	Elizabeth City State	10
195	Mark Dearborn	Portland Trail Blazers	Saint Joseph's	11
196	James Terry	Washington Bullets	Howard	12
197	Gary Johnson	New Jersey Nets	Oral Roberts	13
198	Nick Morken	Golden State Warriors	Tennessee	14
199	Ken Lyles	Phoenix Suns	Washington	15
200	Dean Sears	Denver Nuggets	California-Los Angeles	16
201	Harry O'Brien	San Antonio Spurs	St. Mary's (TX)	17
202	Robert Tate	Milwaukee Bucks	Idaho State	18
203	Tim Byrne	Los Angeles Lakers	Rutgers	19
204	George Melton	Philadelphia 76ers	Cheyney	20
205	Panayoti Giannakis	Boston Celtics	Hellenic	21

Round 1020 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
206	Durand Walker	Cleveland Cavaliers	Indiana Wesleyan	1
207	Daryl Stovall	San Diego Clippers	Creighton	2
208	Michael Edwards	Utah Jazz	New Orleans	3
209	Albert Culton	Dallas Mavericks	Texas-Arlington	4
210	Robert Estes	Kansas City Kings	Iowa State	5
211	John Leonard	New York Knicks	Manhattan	6
212	Tony Britto	Chicago Bulls	Campbell	7
213	Craig Summers	Indiana Pacers	Wisconsin-Stout	8
214	David Coulthard	Detroit Pistons	York (CAN)	9
215	Grant Taylor	Portland Trail Blazers	California-Irvine	10
216	Ronnie McAdoo	Atlanta Hawks	Old Dominion	11
217	Donald Sinclair	Washington Bullets	North Carolina Central	12
218	Sean Tuohy	New Jersey Nets	Mississippi	13
219	Randy Whieldon	Golden State Warriors	California-Irvine	14
220	Mike Phillips	Denver Nuggets	Niagara	15
221	Dale Wilkinson	Phoenix Suns	Idaho State	16
222	Keith White	San Antonio Spurs	McMurry	17
223	Bob Coenen	Milwaukee Bucks	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	18
224	Randy Burkert	Philadelphia 76ers	Drexel	20
225	Landon Turner	Boston Celtics	Indiana	21

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.