1989–90 rookie class

1989 NBA Draft

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

54selections

2rounds

26teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #1

Sacramento Kings

Louisville

Pick #2

Los Angeles Clippers

Duke

Pick #3

San Antonio Spurs

Arizona

Pick #4

Miami Heat

Michigan

Pick #5

Charlotte Hornets

North Carolina

Complete draft board

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

Round 127 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
1	Pervis Ellison	Sacramento Kings	Louisville	1
2	Danny Ferry	Los Angeles Clippers	Duke	2
3	Sean Elliott	San Antonio Spurs	Arizona	3
4	Glen Rice	Miami Heat	Michigan	4
5	J.R. Reid	Charlotte Hornets	North Carolina	5
6	Stacey King	Chicago Bulls	Oklahoma	6
7	George McCloud	Indiana Pacers	Florida State	7
8	Randy White	Dallas Mavericks	Louisiana Tech	8
9	Tom Hammonds	Washington Bullets	Georgia Tech	9
10	Pooh Richardson	Minnesota Timberwolves	California-Los Angeles	10
11	Nick Anderson	Orlando Magic	Illinois	11
12	Mookie Blaylock	New Jersey Nets	Oklahoma	12
13	Michael Smith	Boston Celtics	Brigham Young	13
14	Tim Hardaway	Golden State Warriors	Texas-El Paso	14
15	Todd Lichti	Denver Nuggets	Stanford	15
16	Dana Barros	Seattle SuperSonics	Boston College	16
17	Shawn Kemp	Seattle SuperSonics	Trinity Valley Community College	17
18	B.J. Armstrong	Chicago Bulls	Iowa	18
19	Kenny Payne	Philadelphia 76ers	Louisville	19
20	Jeff Sanders	Chicago Bulls	Georgia Southern	20
21	Blue Edwards	Utah Jazz	East Carolina	21
22	Byron Irvin	Portland Trail Blazers	Missouri	22
23	Roy Marble	Atlanta Hawks	Iowa	23
24	Anthony Cook	Phoenix Suns	Arizona	24
25	John Morton	Cleveland Cavaliers	Seton Hall	25
26	Vlade Divac	Los Angeles Lakers	KK Partizan (Serbia)	26
27	Kenny Battle	Detroit Pistons	Illinois	27

Round 227 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
28	Sherman Douglas	Miami Heat	Syracuse	1
29	Dyron Nix	Charlotte Hornets	Tennessee	2
30	Frank Kornet	Milwaukee Bucks	Vanderbilt	3
31	Jeff Martin	Los Angeles Clippers	Murray State	4
32	Stanley Brundy	New Jersey Nets	DePaul	5
33	Jay Edwards	Los Angeles Clippers	Indiana	6
34	Gary Leonard	Minnesota Timberwolves	Missouri	7
35	Pat Durham	Dallas Mavericks	Colorado State	8
36	Clifford Robinson	Portland Trail Blazers	Connecticut	9
37	Michael Ansley	Orlando Magic	Alabama	10
38	Doug West	Minnesota Timberwolves	Villanova	11
39	Ed Horton	Washington Bullets	Iowa	12
40	Dino Radja	Boston Celtics	KK Split (Croatia)	13
41	Doug Roth	Washington Bullets	Tennessee	14
42	Michael Cutright	Denver Nuggets	McNeese State	15
43	Chucky Brown	Cleveland Cavaliers	North Carolina State	16
44	Reggie Cross	Philadelphia 76ers	Hawaii	17
45	Scott Haffner	Miami Heat	Evansville	18
46	Ricky Blanton	Phoenix Suns	Louisiana State	19
47	Reggie Turner	Denver Nuggets	Alabama-Birmingham	20
48	Junie Lewis	Utah Jazz	South Alabama	21
49	Haywoode Workman	Atlanta Hawks	Oral Roberts	22
50	Brian Quinnett	New York Knicks	Washington State	23
51	Mike Morrison	Phoenix Suns	Loyola-Maryland	24
52	Greg Grant	Phoenix Suns	College of New Jersey	25
53	Jeff Hodge	Dallas Mavericks	South Alabama	26
54	Toney Mack	Philadelphia 76ers	Georgia	27

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.