1987–88 rookie class

1987 NBA Draft

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

161selections

7rounds

23teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #1

San Antonio Spurs

David Robinson

Navy

Pick #2

Phoenix Suns

Armen Gilliam

Nevada-Las Vegas

Pick #3

New Jersey Nets

Dennis Hopson

Ohio State

Pick #4

Los Angeles Clippers

Reggie Williams

Georgetown

Pick #5

Seattle SuperSonics

Scottie Pippen

Central Arkansas

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	David Robinson	San Antonio Spurs	Navy	1
2	Armen Gilliam	Phoenix Suns	Nevada-Las Vegas	2
3	Dennis Hopson	New Jersey Nets	Ohio State	3
4	Reggie Williams	Los Angeles Clippers	Georgetown	4
5	Scottie Pippen	Seattle SuperSonics	Central Arkansas	5
6	Kenny Smith	Sacramento Kings	North Carolina	6
7	Kevin Johnson	Cleveland Cavaliers	California	7
8	Olden Polynice	Chicago Bulls	Virginia	8
9	Derrick McKey	Seattle SuperSonics	Alabama	9
10	Horace Grant	Chicago Bulls	Clemson	10
11	Reggie Miller	Indiana Pacers	California-Los Angeles	11
12	Muggsy Bogues	Washington Bullets	Wake Forest	12
13	Joe Wolf	Los Angeles Clippers	North Carolina	13
14	Tellis Frank	Golden State Warriors	Western Kentucky	14
15	Jose Ortiz	Utah Jazz	Oregon State	15
16	Chris Welp	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington	16
17	Ronnie Murphy	Portland Trail Blazers	Jacksonville	17
18	Mark Jackson	New York Knicks	St. John's (NY)	18
19	Ken Norman	Los Angeles Clippers	Illinois	19
20	Jim Farmer	Dallas Mavericks	Alabama	20
21	Dallas Comegys	Atlanta Hawks	DePaul	21
22	Reggie Lewis	Boston Celtics	Northeastern	22
23	Greg Anderson	San Antonio Spurs	Houston	23

Round 223 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
24	Fred Banks	Detroit Pistons	Nevada-Las Vegas	1
25	Ron Moore	New York Knicks	West Virginia State	2
26	Steve Alford	Dallas Mavericks	Indiana	3
27	Nate Blackwell	San Antonio Spurs	Temple	4
28	Rickie Winslow	Chicago Bulls	Houston	5
29	Lester Fonville	Portland Trail Blazers	Jackson State	6
30	Nikita Wilson	Portland Trail Blazers	Louisiana State	7
31	Andre Moore	Denver Nuggets	Loyola-Chicago	8
32	Bob McCann	Milwaukee Bucks	Morehead State	9
33	Tony White	Chicago Bulls	Tennessee	10
34	Brian Rowsom	Indiana Pacers	North Carolina-Wilmington	11
35	Doug Lee	Houston Rockets	Purdue	12
36	Duane Washington	Washington Bullets	Middle Tennessee State	13
37	Derrick Dowell	Washington Bullets	Southern California	14
38	Norris Coleman	Los Angeles Clippers	Kansas State	15
39	Vincent Askew	Philadelphia 76ers	Memphis	16
40	Winston Garland	Milwaukee Bucks	Missouri State	17
41	Kannard Johnson	Cleveland Cavaliers	Western Kentucky	18
42	Terence Bailey	Atlanta Hawks	Wagner	19
43	Andrew Kennedy	Philadelphia 76ers	Virginia	20
44	Terry Coner	Atlanta Hawks	Alabama	21
45	Brad Lohaus	Boston Celtics	Iowa	22
46	Bruce Dalrymple	Phoenix Suns	Georgia Tech	23

Round 323 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
47	Tim McCalister	Los Angeles Clippers	Oklahoma	1
48	Jamie Waller	New Jersey Nets	Virginia Union	2
49	Jerome Batiste	New York Knicks	McNeese State	3
50	Phil Zevenbergen	San Antonio Spurs	Washington	4
51	Sven Myer	Sacramento Kings	Oregon	5
52	Donald Royal	Cleveland Cavaliers	Notre Dame	6
53	Winston Crite	Phoenix Suns	Texas A&M	7
54	Tom Schafer	Denver Nuggets	Iowa State	8
55	Tommy Amaker	Seattle SuperSonics	Duke	9
56	John Fox	Chicago Bulls	Millersville	10
57	Hansi Gnad	Philadelphia 76ers	Alaska-Anchorage	11
58	Darryl Johnson	Golden State Warriors	Michigan State	12
59	Danny Pearson	Washington Bullets	Jacksonville	13
60	Sean Couch	Indiana Pacers	Columbia	14
61	Clarence Martin	Utah Jazz	Western Kentucky	15
62	Eric Riggins	Philadelphia 76ers	Rutgers	16
63	Kevin Gamble	Portland Trail Blazers	Iowa	17
64	J. J. Weber	Milwaukee Bucks	Wisconsin	18
65	Eric White	Detroit Pistons	Pepperdine	19
66	Mike Richmond	Dallas Mavericks	Texas-El Paso	20
67	Song Tao	Atlanta Hawks	Basketball Association of the People's Republic of China (China)	21
68	Billy Donovan	Utah Jazz	Providence	22
69	Willie Glass	Los Angeles Lakers	St. John's (NY)	23

Round 423 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
70	Tom Sheehey	Boston Celtics	Virginia	1
71	Mike Morgan	New York Knicks	Drake	2
72	Andrew Moten	New Jersey Nets	Florida	3
73	Todd May	San Antonio Spurs	Pikeville	4
74	Joe Arlauckas	Sacramento Kings	Niagara	5
75	Chris Dudley	Cleveland Cavaliers	Yale	6
76	Steve Beck	Phoenix Suns	Arizona State	7
77	David Boone	Denver Nuggets	Marquette	8
78	Todd Linder	Seattle SuperSonics	Tampa	9
79	Jack Haley	Chicago Bulls	California-Los Angeles	10
80	Carven Holcomb	Cleveland Cavaliers	Texas Christian	11
81	Scott Thompson	Washington Bullets	San Diego	12
82	Joe Niego	Houston Rockets	Lewis	13
83	Benny Bolton	Golden State Warriors	North Carolina State	14
84	Reuben Holmes	Utah Jazz	Alabama State	15
85	Brian Rahilly	Philadelphia 76ers	Tulsa	16
86	Norwood Barber	Portland Trail Blazers	Florida State	17
87	Darryl Bedford	Milwaukee Bucks	Austin Peay	18
88	Dave Popson	Detroit Pistons	North Carolina	19
89	David Johnson	Dallas Mavericks	Oklahoma	20
90	Theofanis Christodoulou	Atlanta Hawks	Panionios B.C. (Greece)	21
91	Darryl Kennedy	Boston Celtics	Oklahoma	22
92	Ralph Tally	Los Angeles Lakers	Norfolk State	23

Round 522 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
93	Chad Kessler	Los Angeles Clippers	Georgia	1
94	James Blackmon	New Jersey Nets	Kentucky	2
95	Glenn Clem	New York Knicks	Vanderbilt	3
96	Dennis Williams	San Antonio Spurs	Georgia	4
97	Vernon Carr	Sacramento Kings	Michigan State	5
98	Carl Lott	Cleveland Cavaliers	Texas Christian	6
99	Brent Counts	Phoenix Suns	Pacific	7
100	Ronnie Grandison	Denver Nuggets	New Orleans	8
101	Michael Tait	Seattle SuperSonics	Clemson	9
102	Anthony Wilson	Chicago Bulls	Louisiana State	10
103	Mike Milling	Indiana Pacers	North Carolina-Charlotte	11
104	Andre LaFleur	Houston Rockets	Northeastern	12
105	Terry Williams	Golden State Warriors	Southern Methodist	13
106	Patrick Fairs	Washington Bullets	Texas	14
107	Bart Kofoed	Utah Jazz	Nebraska-Kearney	15
108	Frank Ross	Philadelphia 76ers	American	16
109	David Moss	Portland Trail Blazers	Tulsa	17
110	Brian Vaughns	Milwaukee Bucks	California-Santa Barbara	18
111	Gerry Wright	Detroit Pistons	Iowa	19
112	Sam Hill	Dallas Mavericks	Iowa State	20
113	Jose Antonio Montero	Atlanta Hawks	Joventut Badalona (Spain)	21
114	Dave Butler	Boston Celtics	California	22

Round 624 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
115	Kenny Travis	Los Angeles Lakers	New Mexico State	1
116	Martin Nessley	Los Angeles Clippers	Duke	2
117	Howard Triche	New York Knicks	Syracuse	3
118	Perry Bromwell	New Jersey Nets	Pennsylvania	4
119	Ricky Brown	San Antonio Spurs	South Alabama	5
120	Darryl Thomas	Sacramento Kings	Indiana	6
121	Harold Jensen	Cleveland Cavaliers	Villanova	7
122	Marcel Boyce	Phoenix Suns	Akron	8
123	Kelvin Scarborough	Denver Nuggets	New Mexico	9
124	Tom Gneiting	Seattle SuperSonics	Brigham Young	10
125	Doug Altenberger	Chicago Bulls	Illinois	11
126	Gary Graham	Indiana Pacers	Nevada-Las Vegas	12
127	Sarunas Marciulionis	Golden State Warriors	BC Statyba (Lithuania)	13
128	Dwayne Scholten	Washington Bullets	Washington State	14
129	Fred Jenkins	Houston Rockets	Tennessee	15
130	Art Sabb	Utah Jazz	Bloomfield	16
131	Tracy Foster	Philadelphia 76ers	Alabama-Birmingham	17
132	Bernard Johnson	Portland Trail Blazers	Loyola-Chicago	18
133	Gay Elmore	Milwaukee Bucks	Virginia Military Institute	19
134	Antoine Joubert	Detroit Pistons	Michigan	20
135	Quintan Gates	Dallas Mavericks	Texas-El Paso	21
136	Riccardo Morandotti	Atlanta Hawks	Auxilium Pallacanestro Torino (Italy)	22
137	Tim Naegeli	Boston Celtics	Wisconsin-Stevens Point	23
138	Frank Ford	Los Angeles Lakers	Auburn	24

Round 723 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
139	Henry Carr	Los Angeles Clippers	Wichita State	1
140	Frank Booker	New Jersey Nets	Bowling Green	2
141	Wayne Williams	New York Knicks	Saint Joseph's	3
142	Raynard Davis	San Antonio Spurs	Texas	4
143	Scott Adubato	Sacramento Kings	Upsala	5
144	Michael Foster	Cleveland Cavaliers	South Carolina	6
145	Roy Singleton	Phoenix Suns	Grand Canyon	7
146	Rowan Gomes	Denver Nuggets	Hampton	8
147	Mike Giomi	Seattle SuperSonics	North Carolina State	9
148	Earvin Leavy	Chicago Bulls	Central Michigan	10
149	Montel Hatcher	Indiana Pacers	California-Los Angeles	11
150	Jamie Dixon	Washington Bullets	Texas Christian	12
151	Clarence Grier	Houston Rockets	Campbell	13
152	Ronnie Leggette	Golden State Warriors	West Virginia State	14
153	Keith Webster	Utah Jazz	Harvard	15
154	Eric Semisch	Philadelphia 76ers	West Virginia	16
155	Kenny Stone	Portland Trail Blazers	George Fox	17
156	Curtis Hunter	Denver Nuggets	North Carolina	18
157	Mark Gottfried	Detroit Pistons	Alabama	19
158	Gerald White	Dallas Mavericks	Auburn	20
159	Franjo Arapovic	Atlanta Hawks	KK Cibona (Croatia)	21
160	Jerry Corcoran	Boston Celtics	Northeastern	22
161	Ron Vanderschaaf	Los Angeles Lakers	Central Washington	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.