1988–89 rookie class

1988 NBA Draft

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

75selections

3rounds

25teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #1

Los Angeles Clippers

Kansas

Pick #2

Indiana Pacers

Marist

Pick #3

Philadelphia 76ers

Pittsburgh

Pick #4

New Jersey Nets

Auburn

Pick #5

Golden State Warriors

Kansas State

Complete draft board

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

Round 125 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
1	Danny Manning	Los Angeles Clippers	Kansas	1
2	Rik Smits	Indiana Pacers	Marist	2
3	Charles Smith	Philadelphia 76ers	Pittsburgh	3
4	Chris Morris	New Jersey Nets	Auburn	4
5	Mitch Richmond	Golden State Warriors	Kansas State	5
6	Hersey Hawkins	Los Angeles Clippers	Bradley	6
7	Tim Perry	Phoenix Suns	Temple	7
8	Rex Chapman	Charlotte Hornets	Kentucky	8
9	Rony Seikaly	Miami Heat	Syracuse	9
10	Willie Anderson	San Antonio Spurs	Georgia	10
11	Will Perdue	Chicago Bulls	Vanderbilt	11
12	Harvey Grant	Washington Bullets	Oklahoma	12
13	Jeff Grayer	Milwaukee Bucks	Iowa State	13
14	Dan Majerle	Phoenix Suns	Central Michigan	14
15	Gary Grant	Seattle SuperSonics	Michigan	15
16	Derrick Chievous	Houston Rockets	Missouri	16
17	Eric Leckner	Utah Jazz	Wyoming	17
18	Ricky Berry	Sacramento Kings	San Jose State	18
19	Rod Strickland	New York Knicks	DePaul	19
20	Kevin Edwards	Miami Heat	DePaul	20
21	Mark Bryant	Portland Trail Blazers	Seton Hall	21
22	Randolph Keys	Cleveland Cavaliers	Southern Mississippi	22
23	Jerome Lane	Denver Nuggets	Pittsburgh	23
24	Brian Shaw	Boston Celtics	California-Santa Barbara	24
25	David Rivers	Los Angeles Lakers	Notre Dame	25

Round 225 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
26	Rolando Ferreira	Portland Trail Blazers	Houston	1
27	Shelton Jones	San Antonio Spurs	St. John's (NY)	2
28	Andrew Lang	Phoenix Suns	Arkansas	3
29	Vinny Del Negro	Sacramento Kings	North Carolina State	4
30	Fennis Dembo	Detroit Pistons	Wyoming	5
31	Everette Stephens	Philadelphia 76ers	Purdue	6
32	Charles Shackleford	New Jersey Nets	North Carolina State	7
33	Grant Long	Miami Heat	Eastern Michigan	8
34	Tom Tolbert	Charlotte Hornets	Arizona	9
35	Sylvester Gray	Miami Heat	Memphis	10
36	Ledell Eackles	Washington Bullets	New Orleans	11
37	Greg Butler	New York Knicks	Stanford	12
38	Dean Garrett	Phoenix Suns	Indiana	13
39	Tito Horford	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami (FL)	14
40	Orlando Graham	Miami Heat	Auburn	15
41	Keith Smart	Golden State Warriors	Indiana	16
42	Jeff Moe	Utah Jazz	Iowa	17
43	Todd Mitchell	Denver Nuggets	Purdue	18
44	Anthony Taylor	Atlanta Hawks	Oregon	19
45	Tom Garrick	Los Angeles Clippers	Rhode Island	20
46	Morlon Wiley	Dallas Mavericks	Long Beach State	21
47	Vernon Maxwell	Denver Nuggets	Florida	22
48	Micheal Williams	Detroit Pistons	Baylor	23
49	Jose Vargas	Dallas Mavericks	Louisiana State	24
50	Steve Kerr	Phoenix Suns	Arizona	25

Round 325 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
51	Robert Lock	Los Angeles Clippers	Kentucky	1
52	Derrick Hamilton	New Jersey Nets	Southern Mississippi	2
53	Anthony Mason	Portland Trail Blazers	Tennessee State	3
54	Jorge Gonzalez	Atlanta Hawks	Sport Club Canadense (Argentina)	4
55	Rodney Johns	Phoenix Suns	Grand Canyon	5
56	Barry Sumpter	San Antonio Spurs	Austin Peay	6
57	Herman Montenegro	Philadelphia 76ers	Louisiana State	7
58	Jeff Moore	Charlotte Hornets	Auburn	8
59	Nate Johnston	Miami Heat	Tampa	9
60	Ed Davender	Washington Bullets	Kentucky	10
61	Herbert Crook	Indiana Pacers	Louisville	11
62	Derrick Lewis	Chicago Bulls	Maryland	12
63	Mike Jones	Milwaukee Bucks	Auburn	13
64	Winston Bennett	Cleveland Cavaliers	Kentucky	14
65	Corey Gaines	Seattle SuperSonics	Loyola-Marymount	15
66	Dwight Boyd	Denver Nuggets	Memphis	16
67	Ricky Grace	Utah Jazz	Oklahoma	17
68	Darryl Middleton	Atlanta Hawks	Baylor	18
69	Phil Stinnie	New York Knicks	Virginia Commonwealth	19
70	Jerry Johnson	Dallas Mavericks	Florida Southern	20
71	Craig Neal	Portland Trail Blazers	Georgia Tech	21
72	Lee Johnson	Detroit Pistons	Norfolk State	22
73	Michael Anderson	Indiana Pacers	Drexel	23
74	Gerald Paddio	Boston Celtics	Nevada-Las Vegas	24
75	Archie Marshall	San Antonio Spurs	Kansas	25

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.