1983–84 rookie class

1983 NBA Draft

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

226selections

10rounds

23teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #1

Houston Rockets

Ralph Sampson

Virginia

Pick #2

Indiana Pacers

Steve Stipanovich

Missouri

Pick #3

Houston Rockets

Rodney McCray

Louisville

Pick #4

San Diego Clippers

Byron Scott

Arizona State

Pick #5

Chicago Bulls

Sidney Green

Nevada-Las Vegas

Complete draft board

Every pick

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

Round 124 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
1	Ralph Sampson	Houston Rockets	Virginia	1
2	Steve Stipanovich	Indiana Pacers	Missouri	2
3	Rodney McCray	Houston Rockets	Louisville	3
4	Byron Scott	San Diego Clippers	Arizona State	4
5	Sidney Green	Chicago Bulls	Nevada-Las Vegas	5
6	Russell Cross	Golden State Warriors	Purdue	6
7	Thurl Bailey	Utah Jazz	North Carolina State	7
8	Antoine Carr	Detroit Pistons	Wichita State	8
9	Dale Ellis	Dallas Mavericks	Tennessee	9
10	Jeff Malone	Washington Bullets	Mississippi State	10
11	Derek Harper	Dallas Mavericks	Illinois	11
12	Darrell Walker	New York Knicks	Arkansas	12
13	Ennis Whatley	Kansas City Kings	Alabama	13
14	Clyde Drexler	Portland Trail Blazers	Houston	14
15	Howard Carter	Denver Nuggets	Louisiana State	15
16	Jon Sundvold	Seattle SuperSonics	Missouri	16
17	Leo Rautins	Philadelphia 76ers	Syracuse	17
18	Randy Breuer	Milwaukee Bucks	Minnesota	18
19	John Paxson	San Antonio Spurs	Notre Dame	19
20	Roy Hinson	Cleveland Cavaliers	Rutgers	20
21	Greg Kite	Boston Celtics	Brigham Young	21
22	Randy Wittman	Washington Bullets	Indiana	22
23	Mitchell Wiggins	Indiana Pacers	Florida State	23
24	Stewart Granger	Cleveland Cavaliers	Villanova	24

Round 223 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
25	Sidney Lowe	Chicago Bulls	North Carolina State	1
26	Leroy Combs	Indiana Pacers	Oklahoma State	2
27	John Garris	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston College	3
28	Rod Foster	Phoenix Suns	California-Los Angeles	4
29	Larry Micheaux	Chicago Bulls	Houston	5
30	Mark West	Dallas Mavericks	Old Dominion	6
31	Doc Rivers	Atlanta Hawks	Marquette	7
32	Michael Britt	Washington Bullets	District of Columbia	8
33	Dirk Minniefield	Dallas Mavericks	Kentucky	9
34	Guy Williams	Washington Bullets	Washington State	10
35	Darrell Lockhart	San Antonio Spurs	Auburn	11
36	Scooter McCray	Seattle SuperSonics	Louisville	12
37	David Russell	Denver Nuggets	St. John's (NY)	13
38	Chris McNealy	Kansas City Kings	San Jose State	14
39	Granville Waiters	Portland Trail Blazers	Ohio State	15
40	Jim Thomas	Indiana Pacers	Indiana	16
41	Ted Kitchel	Milwaukee Bucks	Indiana	17
42	Mike Davis	Milwaukee Bucks	Alabama	18
43	Pace Mannion	Golden State Warriors	Utah	19
44	Horace Owens	New Jersey Nets	Rhode Island	20
45	Paul Williams	Phoenix Suns	Arizona State	21
46	Kevin Williams	San Antonio Spurs	St. John's (NY)	22
47	Ken Lyons	Philadelphia 76ers	North Texas	23

Round 323 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
48	Craig Ehlo	Houston Rockets	Washington State	1
49	Greg Jones	Indiana Pacers	West Virginia	2
50	Paul Thompson	Cleveland Cavaliers	Tulane	3
51	Derek Whittenburg	Phoenix Suns	North Carolina State	4
52	Winfred King	Boston Celtics	East Tennessee State	5
53	Michael Holton	Golden State Warriors	California-Los Angeles	6
54	Bob Hansen	Utah Jazz	Iowa	7
55	Erich Santifer	Detroit Pistons	Syracuse	8
56	Larry Anderson	Cleveland Cavaliers	Nevada-Las Vegas	9
57	Darren Daye	Washington Bullets	California-Los Angeles	10
58	John Pinone	Atlanta Hawks	Villanova	11
59	Bruce Kuczenski	New Jersey Nets	Connecticut	12
60	Steve Harriel	Kansas City Kings	Washington State	13
61	David Little	Denver Nuggets	Oklahoma	14
62	Tom Piotrowski	Portland Trail Blazers	La Salle	15
63	Frank Burnell	Seattle SuperSonics	Stetson	16
64	Claude Riley	Philadelphia 76ers	Texas A&M	17
65	Billy Goodwin	Milwaukee Bucks	St. John's (NY)	18
66	Les Craft	Cleveland Cavaliers	Kansas State	19
67	Derrick Hord	Cleveland Cavaliers	Kentucky	20
68	Craig Robinson	Boston Celtics	Virginia	21
69	Orlando Phillips	Los Angeles Lakers	Pepperdine	22
70	Dan Ruland	Philadelphia 76ers	James Madison	23

Round 423 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
71	Darrell Browder	Houston Rockets	Texas Christian	1
72	Terry Fair	Indiana Pacers	Georgia	2
73	Dwight Jones	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cincinnati	3
74	Kalpatrick Wells	Philadelphia 76ers	Mississippi State	4
75	Ron Crevier	Chicago Bulls	Boston College	5
76	Doug Arnold	Utah Jazz	Texas Christian	6
77	Peter Thibeaux	Golden State Warriors	St. Mary's (CA)	7
78	Steve Bouchie	Detroit Pistons	Indiana	8
79	Johnny Martin	Dallas Mavericks	Northwestern State	9
80	Dan Gay	Washington Bullets	Louisiana-Lafayette	10
81	Harry Kelley	Atlanta Hawks	Texas Southern	11
82	Mark Jones	New York Knicks	St. Bonaventure	12
83	York Gross	Denver Nuggets	California-Santa Barbara	13
84	Mike Jackson	Kansas City Kings	Wyoming	14
85	Tim Dunham	Portland Trail Blazers	Chaminade	15
86	Pete DeBisschop	Seattle SuperSonics	Fairfield	16
87	Barney Mines	New Jersey Nets	Bradley	17
88	Mark Nickens	Milwaukee Bucks	American	18
89	Sam Mosley	Phoenix Suns	Nevada-Reno	19
90	Brant Weidner	San Antonio Spurs	William & Mary	20
91	Carlos Clark	Boston Celtics	Mississippi	21
92	Terry Lewis	Los Angeles Lakers	Mississippi State	22
93	Craig Robinson	Philadelphia 76ers	Princeton	23

Round 523 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
94	Chuck Barnett	Houston Rockets	Oklahoma	1
95	Roger Stieg	Indiana Pacers	Mississippi	2
96	Chris Logan	Cleveland Cavaliers	Holy Cross	3
97	Manute Bol	San Diego Clippers	Bridgeport	4
98	Tim Andree	Chicago Bulls	Notre Dame	5
99	Greg Hines	Golden State Warriors	Hampton	6
100	Matt Clark	Utah Jazz	Oklahoma	7
101	Ken Austin	Detroit Pistons	Rice	8
102	Jim Lampley	Dallas Mavericks	Arkansas-Little Rock	9
103	Robin Dixon	Washington Bullets	New Hampshire	10
104	Charles Jones	Atlanta Hawks	Oklahoma	11
105	Troy Lee Mikell	New York Knicks	East Tennessee State	12
106	Lorenza Andrews	Kansas City Kings	Oklahoma State	13
107	James Braddock	Denver Nuggets	North Carolina	14
108	Gary Monroe	Portland Trail Blazers	Wright State	15
109	Brad Watson	Seattle SuperSonics	Washington	16
110	Tyren Naulls	New Jersey Nets	Texas A&M	17
111	Mark Petteway	Milwaukee Bucks	New Orleans	18
112	Jeff Pehl	San Antonio Spurs	Richmond	19
113	Rick Lamb	Phoenix Suns	Illinois State	20
114	Bob Reitz	Boston Celtics	Stonehill	21
115	Danny Dixon	Los Angeles Lakers	Alabama A&M	22
116	Mike Milligan	Philadelphia 76ers	Tennessee State	23

Round 623 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
117	Jim Stack	Houston Rockets	Northwestern	1
118	Cliff Pruitt	Indiana Pacers	Alabama-Birmingham	2
119	Mel McLaughlin	Cleveland Cavaliers	Central Michigan	3
120	Russell Todd	Milwaukee Bucks	West Virginia	4
121	Ernest Patterson	Chicago Bulls	New Mexico State	5
122	Fred Gilliam	Utah Jazz	Clemson	6
123	Tom Heywood	Golden State Warriors	Weber State	7
124	Derek Perry	Detroit Pistons	Michigan State	8
125	Billy Allen	Dallas Mavericks	Nevada-Reno	9
126	Donald Carroll	Washington Bullets	Saint Augustine's	10
127	Tom Bethea	Atlanta Hawks	Richmond	11
128	Tony Simms	New York Knicks	Boston University	12
129	Glenn Green	Denver Nuggets	Murray State	13
130	Alvis Rogers	Kansas City Kings	Wake Forest	14
131	Derrick Pope	Portland Trail Blazers	Montana	15
132	Tony Wilson	Seattle SuperSonics	Western Kentucky	16
133	Oscar Taylor	New Jersey Nets	New Orleans	17
134	Charles Hurt	Milwaukee Bucks	Kentucky	18
135	Edward Bona	Phoenix Suns	Fordham	19
136	Ricky Hooker	San Antonio Spurs	St. Mary's (TX)	20
137	Paul Atkins	Boston Celtics	Houston Baptist	21
138	Mark Steele	Los Angeles Lakers	Colorado State	22
139	Sedale Threatt	Philadelphia 76ers	West Virginia Tech	23

Round 723 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
140	Brian Kellerman	Houston Rockets	Idaho	1
141	Tony Brown	Indiana Pacers	Indiana	2
142	John Columbo	Cleveland Cavaliers	John Carroll	3
143	Dan Evans	San Diego Clippers	Oregon State	4
144	Jacque Hill	Chicago Bulls	Southern California	5
145	Peter Williams	Golden State Warriors	Utah	6
146	Joe Kazanowski	Utah Jazz	Victoria (CAN)	7
147	Rob Gonzalez	Detroit Pistons	Colorado	8
148	Terrell Schlundt	Dallas Mavericks	Marquette	9
149	Danny Womack	Washington Bullets	Winston-Salem State	10
150	Lex Drum	Atlanta Hawks	Alabama-Birmingham	11
151	Desi Barimore	New York Knicks	Fresno State	12
152	Dane Suttle	Kansas City Kings	Pepperdine	13
153	Maurice McDaniel	Denver Nuggets	Catawba	14
154	Paul Little	Portland Trail Blazers	Pennsylvania	15
155	Tony Gattis	Seattle SuperSonics	Mercer	16
156	Keith Bennett	New Jersey Nets	Sacred Heart	17
157	Anthony Hicks	Milwaukee Bucks	Xavier	18
158	Keith Williams	San Antonio Spurs	Oklahoma Panhandle	19
159	Fred Brown	Phoenix Suns	Virginia Commonwealth	20
160	Ron Jackson	Boston Celtics	Providence	21
161	Ricky Mixon	Los Angeles Lakers	Cal State-Fullerton	22
162	Tony Bruin	Philadelphia 76ers	Syracuse	23

Round 822 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
163	Jeff Bolding	Houston Rockets	Arkansas State	1
164	Ray McCallum	Indiana Pacers	Ball State	2
165	Larry Tucker	Cleveland Cavaliers	Lewis	3
166	Mark Gannon	San Diego Clippers	Iowa	4
167	Terry Bradley	Chicago Bulls	Chicago State	5
168	Michael McCombs	Utah Jazz	Santa Fe	6
169	Doug Harris	Golden State Warriors	Central Washington	7
170	George Wenzel	Detroit Pistons	Augustana (IL)	8
171	Bill Sadler	Dallas Mavericks	Pepperdine	9
172	Bernard Perry	Washington Bullets	Howard	10
173	George Thomas	Atlanta Hawks	Georgia Tech	11
174	Mike Lang	New York Knicks	Penn State	12
175	Cliff Tribus	Denver Nuggets	Davidson	13
176	Preston Neumayr	Kansas City Kings	California-Davis	14
177	Frank Smith	Portland Trail Blazers	Arizona	15
178	Ray Smith	Seattle SuperSonics	Armstrong	16
179	Joe Myers	New Jersey Nets	Duquesne	17
180	Brett Burkholder	Milwaukee Bucks	DePaul	18
181	Mike Mulquin	Phoenix Suns	Villanova	19
182	Norville Brown	San Antonio Spurs	Oklahoma Christian	20
183	Trent Johnson	Boston Celtics	Pittsburgh	21
184	Gordon Austin	Philadelphia 76ers	American	22

Round 922 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
185	James Campbell	Houston Rockets	Oklahoma City	1
186	Lynn Mitchem	Indiana Pacers	Butler	2
187	Joe Brown	Cleveland Cavaliers	Georgia State	3
188	David Maxwell	San Diego Clippers	Fordham	4
189	Ray Orange	Chicago Bulls	Oklahoma Christian	5
190	Greg Goorjiam	Golden State Warriors	Loyola-Marymount	6
191	Ron Webb	Utah Jazz	Oklahoma Christian	7
192	Marlow McLain	Detroit Pistons	Eastern Michigan	8
193	Sherrod Arnold	Dallas Mavericks	Chicago State	9
194	Ricky Moreland	Washington Bullets	Baltimore	10
195	Wil Kotchery	Atlanta Hawks	West Alabama	11
196	Charles Jones	New York Knicks	Marshall	12
197	Bernard Hill	Kansas City Kings	Oklahoma Panhandle	13
198	Bobby Van Noy	Denver Nuggets	Catawba	14
199	Phil Hopson	Portland Trail Blazers	Idaho	15
200	Tony Washington	Seattle SuperSonics	Hampton	16
201	Kevin Black	New Jersey Nets	Rutgers	17
202	Bill Varner	Milwaukee Bucks	Notre Dame	18
203	Gary Gaspard	San Antonio Spurs	St. Mary's (TX)	19
204	Joe Dykstra	Phoenix Suns	Western Illinois	20
205	John Rice	Boston Celtics	Massachusetts Boston	21
206	Charles Fisher	Philadelphia 76ers	James Madison	22

Round 1020 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
207	Mark Smed	Indiana Pacers	Augustana (SD)	1
208	Jon Hanley	Cleveland Cavaliers	Xavier	2
209	Keith Smith	San Diego Clippers	San Diego State	3
210	Tom Emma	Chicago Bulls	Duke	4
211	Odell Mosteller	Utah Jazz	Auburn	5
212	Michael Zeno	Golden State Warriors	Long Beach State	6
213	Ike Person	Detroit Pistons	Michigan	7
214	Clyde Corley	Dallas Mavericks	Florida International	8
215	Isiah Singletary	Washington Bullets	Saint Louis	9
216	Ronnie Carr	Atlanta Hawks	Western Carolina	10
217	Bernard Randolph	New York Knicks	DePaul	11
218	Cleveland McCrae	Denver Nuggets	Catawba	12
219	Aaron Haskins	Kansas City Kings	Washington State	13
220	Russ Christianson	Portland Trail Blazers	Eastern Oregon	14
221	David Binion	Seattle SuperSonics	North Carolina Central	15
222	Rich Simkus	New Jersey Nets	Princeton	16
223	Bob Kelly	Milwaukee Bucks	St. John's (NY)	17
224	Bo Overton	Phoenix Suns	Oklahoma	18
225	Lamar Heard	San Antonio Spurs	Georgia	19
226	Andy Kupec	Boston Celtics	Bentley	20

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.