1986–87 rookie class

1986 NBA Draft

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

162selections

7rounds

23teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #1

Cleveland Cavaliers

Brad Daugherty

North Carolina

Pick #2

Boston Celtics

Len Bias

Maryland

Pick #3

Golden State Warriors

Chris Washburn

North Carolina State

Pick #4

Indiana Pacers

Chuck Person

Auburn

Pick #5

New York Knicks

Kenny Walker

Kentucky

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	Brad Daugherty	Cleveland Cavaliers	North Carolina	1
2	Len Bias	Boston Celtics	Maryland	2
3	Chris Washburn	Golden State Warriors	North Carolina State	3
4	Chuck Person	Indiana Pacers	Auburn	4
5	Kenny Walker	New York Knicks	Kentucky	5
6	William Bedford	Phoenix Suns	Memphis	6
7	Roy Tarpley	Dallas Mavericks	Michigan	7
8	Ron Harper	Cleveland Cavaliers	Miami (OH)	8
9	Brad Sellers	Chicago Bulls	Ohio State	9
10	Johnny Dawkins	San Antonio Spurs	Duke	10
11	John Salley	Detroit Pistons	Georgia Tech	11
12	John Williams	Washington Bullets	Louisiana State	12
13	Dwayne Washington	New Jersey Nets	Syracuse	13
14	Walter Berry	Portland Trail Blazers	St. John's (NY)	14
15	Dell Curry	Utah Jazz	Virginia Tech	15
16	Mo Martin	Denver Nuggets	Saint Joseph's	16
17	Harold Pressley	Sacramento Kings	Villanova	17
18	Mark Alarie	Denver Nuggets	Duke	18
19	Billy Thompson	Atlanta Hawks	Louisville	19
20	Buck Johnson	Houston Rockets	Alabama	20
21	Anthony Jones	Washington Bullets	Nevada-Las Vegas	21
22	Scott Skiles	Milwaukee Bucks	Michigan State	22
23	Ken Barlow	Los Angeles Lakers	Notre Dame	23
24	Arvydas Sabonis	Portland Trail Blazers	BC Zalgiris (Lithuania)	24

Round 223 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
25	Mark Price	Dallas Mavericks	Georgia Tech	1
26	Greg Dreiling	Indiana Pacers	Kansas	2
27	Dennis Rodman	Detroit Pistons	Southeastern Oklahoma State	3
28	Larry Krystkowiak	Chicago Bulls	Montana	4
29	Johnny Newman	Cleveland Cavaliers	Richmond	5
30	Nate McMillan	Seattle SuperSonics	North Carolina State	6
31	Joe Ward	Phoenix Suns	Georgia	7
32	Cedric Henderson	Atlanta Hawks	Georgia	8
33	Kevin Duckworth	San Antonio Spurs	Eastern Illinois	9
34	Johnny Rogers	Sacramento Kings	California-Irvine	10
35	Milt Wagner	Dallas Mavericks	Louisville	11
36	Steve Mitchell	Washington Bullets	Alabama-Birmingham	12
37	Parragiotis Fasoulas	Portland Trail Blazers	North Carolina State	13
38	Lemone Lampley	Seattle SuperSonics	DePaul	14
39	Rafael Addison	Phoenix Suns	Syracuse	15
40	Augusto Binelli	Atlanta Hawks	Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna (Italy)	16
41	Otis Smith	Denver Nuggets	Jacksonville	17
42	Ron Kellogg	Atlanta Hawks	Kansas	18
43	Dave Feitl	Houston Rockets	Texas-El Paso	19
44	David Wingate	Philadelphia 76ers	Georgetown	20
45	Keith Smith	Milwaukee Bucks	Loyola-Marymount	21
46	Jeff Hornacek	Phoenix Suns	Iowa State	22
47	Michael Jackson	New York Knicks	Georgetown	23

Round 323 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
48	Forrest McKenzie	San Antonio Spurs	Loyola-Marymount	1
49	Juden Smith	Portland Trail Blazers	Texas-El Paso	2
50	Kevin Henderson	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cal State-Fullerton	3
51	Mike Williams	Golden State Warriors	Bradley	4
52	Ricky Wilson	Chicago Bulls	George Mason	5
53	Tod Murphy	Seattle SuperSonics	California-Irvine	6
54	Dwayne Polee	Los Angeles Clippers	Pepperdine	7
55	Kenny Gattison	Phoenix Suns	Old Dominion	8
56	Keith Colbert	Philadelphia 76ers	Virginia Tech	9
57	Bruce Douglas	Sacramento Kings	Illinois	10
58	Dave Henderson	Washington Bullets	Duke	11
59	Wendell Alexis	Golden State Warriors	Syracuse	12
60	Drazen Petrovic	Portland Trail Blazers	KK Cibona (Croatia)	13
61	John Shasky	Utah Jazz	Minnesota	14
62	Anthony Welch	Dallas Mavericks	Illinois	15
63	Bill Breeding	Utah Jazz	Rocky Mountain	16
64	Don Redden	Denver Nuggets	Louisiana State	17
65	Dave Hoppen	Atlanta Hawks	Nebraska	18
66	Anthony Bowie	Houston Rockets	Oklahoma	19
67	Ron Rowan	Philadelphia 76ers	St. John's (NY)	20
68	Baskerville Holmes	Milwaukee Bucks	Memphis	21
69	Andre Turner	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis	22
70	Jim Les	Atlanta Hawks	Bradley	23

Round 423 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
71	Calvin Thompson	New York Knicks	Kansas	1
72	Derrick Taylor	Indiana Pacers	Louisiana State	2
73	Warren Martin	Cleveland Cavaliers	North Carolina	3
74	Scott Meents	Chicago Bulls	Illinois	4
75	Dan Bingenheimer	Golden State Warriors	Missouri	5
76	Michael Graham	Seattle SuperSonics	Georgetown	6
77	Grant Gondrezick	Phoenix Suns	Pepperdine	7
78	John Brownlee	Los Angeles Clippers	Texas	8
79	Carlos Briggs	San Antonio Spurs	Baylor	9
80	Alvin Franklin	Sacramento Kings	Houston	10
81	Steve Hale	New Jersey Nets	North Carolina	11
82	Barry Mungar	Washington Bullets	St. Bonaventure	12
83	David Shaffer	Portland Trail Blazers	Florida State	13
84	Marty Embry	Utah Jazz	DePaul	14
85	Myron Jackson	Dallas Mavericks	Arkansas-Little Rock	15
86	Chauncey Robinson	Detroit Pistons	Mississippi State	16
87	Anthony Watson	Denver Nuggets	San Diego State	17
88	Efrem Winters	Atlanta Hawks	Illinois	18
89	Conner Henry	Houston Rockets	California-Santa Barbara	19
90	Wes Stallings	Philadelphia 76ers	East Tennessee State	20
91	Bob Beecher	Sacramento Kings	Virginia Tech	21
92	Dale Blaney	Los Angeles Lakers	West Virginia	22
93	Tony Benford	Boston Celtics	Texas Tech	23

Round 523 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
94	Jerome Mincey	New York Knicks	Alabama-Birmingham	1
95	Richard Rellford	Indiana Pacers	Michigan	2
96	Ben Davis	Cleveland Cavaliers	Gardner-Webb	3
97	Clinton Smith	Golden State Warriors	Cleveland State	4
98	Jimmy Gilbert	Chicago Bulls	Texas A&M	5
99	Dominic Pressley	Seattle SuperSonics	Boston College	6
100	Steffond Johnson	Los Angeles Clippers	San Diego State	7
101	Greg Spurling	Phoenix Suns	Carson-Newman	8
102	Earl Kelley	San Antonio Spurs	Connecticut	9
103	Keith Morrison	Sacramento Kings	Washington State	10
104	Paul Fortier	Washington Bullets	Washington	11
105	Archie Johnson	New Jersey Nets	Alabama-Birmingham	12
106	Jerry Adams	Portland Trail Blazers	Oregon	13
107	Kerry Boagni	Utah Jazz	Cal State-Fullerton	14
108	Jay Bilas	Dallas Mavericks	Duke	15
109	Clarence Hanley	Detroit Pistons	Old Dominion	16
110	Jon Collins	Denver Nuggets	Eastern Illinois	17
111	Nicky Jones	Atlanta Hawks	Virginia Commonwealth	18
112	Andre Banks	Houston Rockets	Iowa	19
113	Kevin Holmes	Philadelphia 76ers	DePaul	20
114	Bobby Deaton	Milwaukee Bucks	Southwestern (TX)	21
115	Roger Harden	Los Angeles Lakers	Kentucky	22
116	Dave Colbert	Boston Celtics	Dayton	23

Round 623 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
117	Butch Wade	New York Knicks	Michigan	1
118	Jeff Hall	Indiana Pacers	Louisville	2
119	Gilbert Wilburn	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Mexico State	3
120	Pete Myers	Chicago Bulls	Arkansas-Little Rock	4
121	Bobby Lee Hurt	Golden State Warriors	Alabama	5
122	Curtis Kitchen	Seattle SuperSonics	South Florida	6
123	Jim McCaffrey	Phoenix Suns	Holy Cross	7
124	Tim Kempton	Los Angeles Clippers	Notre Dame	8
125	Kevin Lewis	San Antonio Spurs	Southern Methodist	9
126	John Flowers	Sacramento Kings	Nevada-Las Vegas	10
127	Troy Webster	New Jersey Nets	George Washington	11
128	Lorenzo Duncan	Washington Bullets	Sam Houston State	12
129	Tony Hampton	Portland Trail Blazers	Montana State	13
130	Chuck Everson	Utah Jazz	Villanova	14
131	Greg Anderson	Dallas Mavericks	Lamar	15
132	Greg Grant	Detroit Pistons	Utah State	16
133	Anthony Frederick	Denver Nuggets	Pepperdine	17
134	Alexander Volkov	Atlanta Hawks	BC Budivelnyk (Ukraine)	18
135	Robert Worthy	Houston Rockets	Chancellor	19
136	Andre McCloud	Philadelphia 76ers	Seton Hall	20
137	John Kimbrell	Milwaukee Bucks	Lipscomb	21
138	Walter Downing	Los Angeles Lakers	Marquette	22
139	Greg Wendt	Boston Celtics	Detroit Mercy	23

Round 723 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
140	Duane Kendall	New York Knicks	South Carolina	1
141	Steve Woodside	Indiana Pacers	Oregon State	2
142	Ralph Dalton	Cleveland Cavaliers	Georgetown	3
143	Steve Kenilvort	Golden State Warriors	Santa Clara	4
144	Robert Henderson	Chicago Bulls	Michigan	5
145	Glen McCants	Seattle SuperSonics	Clemson	6
146	Johnny Brown	Los Angeles Clippers	New Mexico	7
147	Damon Goodwin	Phoenix Suns	Dayton	8
148	Michael Anderson	San Antonio Spurs	Texas-Pan American	9
149	Ron Rankin	Sacramento Kings	Southeast Missouri State	10
150	Joe Price	Washington Bullets	Notre Dame	11
151	Jim Dolan	New Jersey Nets	Notre Dame	12
152	Randy Schiff	Portland Trail Blazers	Linfield	13
153	Mark Mitchell	Utah Jazz	Hartford	14
154	Kim Cooksey	Dallas Mavericks	Middle Tennessee State	15
155	Larry Polec	Detroit Pistons	Michigan State	16
156	Mike Marshall	Denver Nuggets	McNeese State	17
157	Valeri Tikhonenko	Atlanta Hawks	PBC CSKA Moscow (Russia)	18
158	Rick Olson	Houston Rockets	Wisconsin	19
159	Dan Palombizio	Philadelphia 76ers	Ball State	20
160	Jeff Strong	Milwaukee Bucks	Missouri	21
161	Mark Coleman	Los Angeles Lakers	Mississippi Valley State	22
162	Tom Ivey	Boston Celtics	Boston University	23

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.