1981 NBA Draft

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223 Selections

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223 Selections Table
			Round 1			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
1	1	DAL	Mark Aguirre	DePaul	13	923	27730	18458	4578	2871	.484	.312	.741	30.0	20.0	5.0	3.1	67.8	.117	1.5	24.4
2	2	DET	Isiah Thomas	Indiana	13	979	35516	18822	3478	9061	.452	.290	.759	36.3	19.2	3.6	9.3	80.7	.109	2.6	41.6
3	3	NJN	Buck Williams	Maryland	17	1307	42464	16784	13017	1646	.549	.167	.664	32.5	12.8	10.0	1.3	120.1	.136	0.0	21.7
4	4	ATL	Al Wood	UNC	6	417	9939	4902	1262	742	.465	.211	.789	23.8	11.8	3.0	1.8	15.4	.074	-1.3	1.8
5	5	SEA	Danny Vranes	Utah	7	510	10624	2613	1998	594	.496	.105	.570	20.8	5.1	3.9	1.2	15.3	.069	-1.7	0.8
6	6	CHI	Orlando Woolridge	Notre Dame	13	851	24041	13623	3696	1609	.513	.091	.737	28.3	16.0	4.3	1.9	53.0	.106	0.1	12.8
7	7	KCK	Steve Johnson	Oregon State	10	626	13618	7345	3450	777	.572	.000	.634	21.8	11.7	5.5	1.2	26.9	.095	-1.7	1.1
8	8	SDC	Tom Chambers	Utah	16	1107	33922	20049	6703	2283	.468	.307	.807	30.6	18.1	6.1	2.1	79.0	.112	-0.6	12.0
9	9	DAL	Rolando Blackman	Kansas State	13	980	32087	17623	3278	2981	.493	.343	.840	32.7	18.0	3.3	3.0	75.6	.113	0.4	19.8
10	10	NJN	Albert King	Maryland	9	534	12836	6470	2262	1171	.461	.268	.791	24.0	12.1	4.2	2.2	16.3	.061	-1.7	1.1
11	11	WSB	Frank Johnson	Wake Forest	10	596	12897	4937	1025	2476	.439	.218	.760	21.6	8.3	1.7	4.2	17.2	.064	-1.3	2.4
12	12	DET	Kelly Tripucka	Notre Dame	10	707	20959	12142	2703	2090	.473	.361	.849	29.6	17.2	3.8	3.0	44.4	.102	0.1	11.2
13	13	UTA	Danny Schayes	Syracuse	18	1138	21975	8780	5671	1299	.481	.133	.806	19.3	7.7	5.0	1.1	48.8	.107	-2.0	-0.1
14	14	IND	Herb Williams	Ohio State	18	1102	28484	11944	6509	1856	.467	.095	.696	25.8	10.8	5.9	1.7	36.1	.061	-0.9	7.8
15	15	POR	Jeff Lamp	Virginia	6	291	3471	1495	437	269	.470	.222	.841	11.9	5.1	1.5	0.9	5.2	.072	-2.6	-0.5
16	16	POR	Darnell Valentine	Kansas	9	620	14395	5400	1318	3080	.437	.261	.787	23.2	8.7	2.1	5.0	22.1	.074	-0.5	5.5
17	17	KCK	Kevin Loder	Alabama State University	3	148	2094	875	338	174	.461	.261	.695	14.1	5.9	2.3	1.2	2.4	.055	-1.7	0.2
18	18	NJN	Ray Tolbert	Indiana	5	261	2789	928	609	135	.495	.000	.544	10.7	3.6	2.3	0.5	2.9	.051	-3.0	-0.7
19	19	LAL	Mike McGee	Michigan	9	520	9271	4968	1112	629	.487	.354	.597	17.8	9.6	2.1	1.2	15.1	.078	-1.3	1.7
20	20	PHO	Larry Nance	Clemson	13	920	30697	15687	7352	2393	.546	.145	.755	33.4	17.1	8.0	2.6	109.6	.171	3.6	43.5
21	21	MIL	Alton Lister	Arizona State	16	953	18965	6298	5996	914	.512	.111	.597	19.9	6.6	6.3	1.0	36.6	.093	-1.4	3.1
22	22	PHI	Franklin Edwards	Cleveland State University	7	296	4436	1802	300	774	.449	.030	.795	15.0	6.1	1.0	2.6	3.9	.043	-1.9	0.1
23	23	BOS	Charles Bradley	Wyoming	3	110	910	347	119	55	.416	.000	.585	8.3	3.2	1.1	0.5	0.3	.016	-3.4	-0.4
			Round 2			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
24	24	DAL	Jay Vincent	Michigan State	9	576	15556	8729	3167	1124	.474	.148	.784	27.0	15.2	5.5	2.0	27.5	.085	-1.3	2.6
25	25	BOS	Tracy Jackson	Notre Dame	3	129	1797	694	243	132	.463	.154	.749	13.9	5.4	1.9	1.0	2.4	.064	-1.5	0.2
26	26	POR	Brian Jackson	Utah State University
27	27	UTA	Howard Wood	Tennessee	1	42	342	144	65	9	.458	.000	.654	8.1	3.4	1.5	0.2	0.3	.049	-3.6	-0.1
28	28	SAS	Gene Banks	Duke	6	468	13074	5305	2718	1335	.539	.043	.730	27.9	11.3	5.8	2.9	31.2	.115	0.7	8.7
29	29	KCK	Eddie Johnson	Illinois	17	1199	32604	19202	4832	2550	.472	.335	.840	27.2	16.0	4.0	2.1	65.6	.097	-0.7	11.0
30	30	SAS	Ed Rains	University of South Alabama	2	83	929	287	124	62	.423	.000	.626	11.2	3.5	1.5	0.7	0.7	.034	-3.9	-0.5
31	31	BOS	Danny Ainge	BYU	14	1042	27755	11964	2768	4199	.469	.378	.846	26.6	11.5	2.7	4.0	71.5	.124	1.1	21.9
32	32	CHI	Mike Olliver	Lamar
33	33	GSW	Sam Williams	Arizona State	4	257	4528	1628	1146	156	.500	.000	.653	17.6	6.3	4.5	0.6	9.0	.095	-0.8	1.4
34	34	DEN	Ken Green	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	1	7	72	31	27	2	.481		.556	10.3	4.4	3.9	0.3	0.3	.184	0.0	0.0
35	35	WSB	Charles Davis	Vanderbilt	8	415	5050	2214	1008	309	.451	.170	.737	12.2	5.3	2.4	0.7	5.8	.056	-3.1	-1.4
36	36	IND	Ray Blume	Oregon State	1	49	546	226	41	68	.459	.222	.643	11.1	4.6	0.8	1.4	-0.1	-.013	-4.5	-0.3
37	37	IND	Al Leslie	Bucknell
38	38	ATL	Clyde Bradshaw	DePaul
39	39	LAL	Harvey Knuckles	Toledo
40	40	NYK	Greg Cook	LSU
41	41	WSB	Claude Gregory	Wisconsin	2	25	315	136	97	16	.456	.000	.333	12.6	5.4	3.9	0.6	0.0	.007	-4.0	-0.2
42	42	LAL	Elvis Rolle	Florida State
43	43	DAL	Elston Turner	Ole Miss	8	505	9006	2397	1375	914	.432	.152	.714	17.8	4.7	2.7	1.8	8.5	.045	-2.0	0.0
44	44	WSB	Steve Lingenfelter	South Dakota State	2	10	67	10	16	5	.714		.000	6.7	1.0	1.6	0.5	0.0	.009	-4.4	-0.1
45	45	HOU	Ed Turner
46	46	PHI	Vernon Smith	Texas A&M
			Round 3			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
47	47	DAL	Art Housey	Kansas
48	48	WSB	Mike Ferrara	Colgate
49	49	NJN	David Burns	Saint Louis	1	9	87	23	5	15	.438		.600	9.7	2.6	0.6	1.7	-0.1	-.071	-5.0	-0.1
50	50	POR	Derek Holcomb	Illinois
51	51	LAL	Zam Fredrick	South Carolina
52	52	ATL	Rudy Macklin	LSU	3	160	2752	1030	464	121	.449	.000	.776	17.2	6.4	2.9	0.8	3.2	.056	-3.5	-1.1
53	53	SEA	Mark Radford	Oregon State	2	97	808	347	76	161	.507	.286	.458	8.3	3.6	0.8	1.7	0.4	.023	-2.7	-0.1
54	54	SDC	Jim Smith	Ohio State	2	76	876	219	187	46	.514		.461	11.5	2.9	2.5	0.6	0.7	.037	-3.1	-0.2
55	55	CLE	Mickey Dillard	Florida State	1	33	221	73	15	34	.367	.000	.652	6.7	2.2	0.5	1.0	-0.2	-.051	-5.8	-0.3
56	56	GSW	Carlton Neverson	Pitt
57	57	NYK	Frank Brickowski	Penn State	12	731	16278	7302	3410	1384	.519	.324	.740	22.3	10.0	4.7	1.9	29.8	.088	-1.1	3.7
58	58	KCK	Curtis Berry	Missouri
59	59	CLE	Russell Bowers	American University
60	60	IND	Purvis Miller	USC
61	61	POR	Pétur Guðmundsson	Washington	4	150	2060	693	563	153	.494	.500	.754	13.7	4.6	3.8	1.0	2.1	.050	-3.5	-0.8
62	62	PHO	Sam Clancy	Pitt
63	63	NYK	Wayne McKoy	St. John's
64	64	SAS	Tom Baker	Eastern Kentucky University
65	65	LAL	Ron Cornelius	University of the Pacific
66	66	PHO	Craig Dykema	Cal State Long Beach	1	32	103	43	12	15	.459	.500	.778	3.2	1.3	0.4	0.5	0.2	.095	-3.4	0.0
67	67	MIL	Mark Smith	Illinois
68	68	PHI	Ernest Graham	Maryland
69	69	BOS	John Johnson	Michigan
			Round 4			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
70	70	DAL	Eddie Moss	Syracuse
71	71	DET	John May	University of South Alabama
72	72	NJN	Ed Sherod	VCU	1	64	1624	395	149	311	.406	.077	.650	25.4	6.2	2.3	4.9	2.5	.073	0.8	1.1
73	73	UTA	Georgie Torres	Southern Nazarene University
74	74	CLE	Ethan Martin	LSU
75	75	ATL	Kevin Figaro	Louisiana
76	76	GSW	Lewis Lloyd	Drake University	7	388	9406	5130	1192	1138	.524	.213	.771	24.2	13.2	3.1	2.9	19.8	.101	0.8	6.6
77	77	SDC	Lee Raker	Virginia
78	78	KCK	Kenny Dennard	Duke	3	95	1244	268	286	93	.429	.300	.644	13.1	2.8	3.0	1.0	1.4	.056	-1.5	0.2
79	79	WSB	Ron Davis	Arizona
80	80	GSW	Terry Adolph	West Texas A&M University
81	81	HOU	Larry Spriggs	Howard University	5	169	2202	873	384	218	.517	.000	.752	13.0	5.2	2.3	1.3	3.4	.074	-2.5	-0.2
82	82	KCK	B.B. Davis	Lamar
83	83	IND	Rolando Frazer	Briar Cliff University
84	84	CHI	Oliver Lee	Marquette
85	85	POR	Pete Verhoeven	Fresno State	6	282	3220	1000	641	152	.505	.250	.689	11.4	3.5	2.3	0.5	5.2	.078	-2.7	-0.5
86	86	NYK	Alex Bradley	Villanova	1	39	331	137	65	11	.524	.000	.604	8.5	3.5	1.7	0.3	0.4	.053	-2.6	0.0
87	87	SAS	Earl Belcher	St. Bonaventure
88	88	LAL	Kevin McKenna	Creighton	6	243	3460	1320	317	342	.414	.367	.819	14.2	5.4	1.3	1.4	4.0	.056	-2.2	-0.2
89	89	DET	Don Koonce	UNC Charlotte
90	90	MIL	Kris Anderson	Florida State
91	91	BOS	Stanley Williams	La Salle
92	92	PHI	Rynn Wright	Texas A&M
			Round 5			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
93	93	DAL	Pete Budko	UNC
94	94	DET	George DeVone	UNC Charlotte
95	95	NJN	Joe Cooper	Colorado	3	24	389	109	97	19	.506		.543	16.2	4.5	4.0	0.8	0.3	.037	-2.8	-0.2
96	96	CLE	Kenny Page	New Mexico
97	97	UTA	Mike Clark	Oregon
98	98	ATL	Steve Krafcisin	Iowa
99	99	SEA	Andra Griffin	Washington
100	100	SDC	Dennis Isbell	Memphis
101	101	DEN	Willie Sims	LSU
102	102	GSW	Hank McDowell	Memphis	6	206	1857	600	464	98	.451	.000	.710	9.0	2.9	2.3	0.5	2.0	.052	-3.6	-0.8
103	103	WSB	Garry Witts	Holy Cross	1	46	493	132	62	38	.583	.500	.825	10.7	2.9	1.3	0.8	1.1	.104	-1.0	0.1
104	104	KCK	U.S. Reed	Arkansas
105	105	HOU	Hasan Houston	Bradley
106	106	IND	George Peterson	New Jersey City University
107	107	POR	Herb Andrew	University of South Alabama
108	108	CHI	Johnny Nash	Arizona State
109	109	NYK	Jim Wright	Rhode Island
110	110	SAS	Mike Rhodes	Vanderbilt
111	111	LAL	Craig Watts	NC State
112	112	PHO	Paul Heuerman	Michigan
113	113	MIL	Kelvin Troy	Rutgers University
114	114	PHI	Steve Craig	BYU
115	115	BOS	Glen Grunwald	Indiana
			Round 6			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
116	116	DAL	Karl Bankowski	Utah
117	117	DET	Vince Brookins	Iowa
118	118	NJN	Kevin Lynam	La Salle
119	119	UTA	Kevin Sprewer	Loyola Chicago
120	120	CLE	Aaron Strayhorn	Hawaii
121	121	ATL	Darryl Warwick	Hampton
122	122	SEA	Earl Banks	Auburn
123	123	SDC	Mike Pepper	UNC
124	124	DEN	Alonzo Weatherly	Denver
125	125	WSB	Robert Williams	Grambling State University
126	126	GSW	Carter Scott	Ohio State
127	127	HOU	Fred Cowan	Kentucky
128	128	KCK	Brian Walker	Purdue
129	129	IND	Robert Fronk	Washington
130	130	CHI	Roger Burkman	Louisville	1	6	30	5	6	5	.000	.000	.833	5.0	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.1	.093	-2.0	0.1
131	131	POR	Roshern Amie	Texas-El Paso
132	132	NYK	John Blair	Monmouth University
133	133	SAS	Northern Shavers	Jackson State University
134	134	LAL	Kevin Singleton	California
135	135	PHO	Pete Harris	Northeastern University
136	136	MIL	Jo Jo Hunter	Colorado
137	137	BOS	Steve Waite	Iowa
138	138	PHI	Michael Thomas	North Park University
			Round 7			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
139	139	DAL	Danny Davis	UNC Wilmington
140	140	DET	Greg Nance	West Virginia
141	141	NJN	Rod Roberson	Northwestern
142	142	CLE	Andre Smith	Nebraska
143	143	UTA	Mike Robinson	Central Michigan University
144	144	ATL	Kevin Vesey	Iona College
145	145	SEA	Tom Sienkiewicz	Villanova
146	146	SDC	Randy Johnson	University of Southern Colorado
147	147	DEN	Greg Manning	Maryland
148	148	GSW	Robbie Dosty	Arizona
149	149	WSB	Randy Martel	Houston Baptist University
150	150	KCK	Clinton Wheeler	William Paterson University	2	87	867	254	71	157	.489	.000	.741	10.0	2.9	0.8	1.8	1.1	.058	0.0	0.4
151	151	HOU	Joe Faine	Bowling Green
152	152	IND	Larry McKinney	Boise State
153	153	POR	Julius Wayne	Texas-El Paso
154	154	CHI	Scott Williams	University of South Alabama
155	155	NYK	Terry Cramer	Ripon College
156	156	SAS	Mark Minderman	Northern Michigan University
157	157	LAL	Larry Petty	Wisconsin
158	158	PHO	David Williams	Southern University and A&M College
159	159	MIL	Lewis Latimore	Virginia
160	160	PHI	John Crawford	Kansas
161	161	BOS	Tom Seaman	Holy Cross
			Round 8			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
162	162	DAL	David Kennedy	Cincinnati
163	163	DET	Joe Schoen	Saint Francis University
164	164	NJN	Ken Webb	Fairleigh Dickinson University
165	165	UTA	Bobby Cattage	Auburn	2	78	522	242	107	11	.404	.143	.765	6.7	3.1	1.4	0.1	0.3	.027	-6.3	-0.6
166	166	CLE	Glenn Marcus	UAB
167	167	ATL	Gilbert Salinas	Notre Dame
168	168	SDC	Todd Haynes	Davidson
169	169	DEN	Curtis Redding	St. John's
170	170	WSB	Mike Howard	Wofford College
171	171	GSW	Yasutaka Okayama
172	172	HOU	Stanley Brewer	West Georgia
173	173	KCK	Randy Smithson	Wichita State
174	174	IND	Len Hatzenbeller	Drexel
175	175	CHI	Ben Mitchell
176	176	POR	John Smith	Saint Joseph's
177	177	NYK	Brian O'Connor	Thomas More College
178	178	SAS	Bob Bartholomew	University of San Diego
179	179	LAL	Jay Triano	Simon Fraser University
180	180	PHO	Steve Risley	Indiana
181	181	MIL	Mike Brkovich	Michigan State
182	182	BOS	George Morrow	Creighton
183	183	PHI	Frank Gilroy	St. John's
			Round 9			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
184	184	DAL	John Hollinden	Southern Indiana
185	185	DET	Eddie Baker	Alcorn State
186	186	NJN	Rudy Williams	Providence
187	187	CLE	Paul Roba	Cleveland State University
188	188	UTA	Ken Ollie	Wyoming
189	189	ATL	Howard Thompkins	Wagner College
190	190	SDC	Art Jones	NC State
191	191	DEN	Andrew Burton	Austin Peay State University
192	192	GSW	Doug Murrey	San Jose State
193	193	WSB	Eddie Brown	Valdosta State University
194	194	KCK	Mike Perry	Richmond
195	195	IND	Scott Whitley	William & Mary
196	196	POR	Sid Williams	San Jose State
197	197	CHI	Terry Martin	Lambuth University
198	198	NYK	Marty Headd	Syracuse
199	199	SAS	Leonel Marquetti	Hampton
200	200	PHO	Brian Johnson	Colorado
201	201	MIL	Chip Rucker	Northeastern University
202	202	PHI	Ron Wister	Temple
203	203	BOS	Greg McCray	VCU
			Round 10			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
204	204	DAL	Scott Bolanko	Northern State University
205	205	DET	Melvin Maxwell	Western Michigan
206	206	NJN	Vic Sison	UCLA
207	207	UTA	Joe Merten	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
208	208	CLE	Greg Boone	Augsburg College
209	209	ATL	Mike Frazier	Georgetown
210	210	SDC	Tony Gwynn	San Diego State
211	211	DEN	Derrick Rowland	State University of New York at Potsdam	1	2	9	3	1	1	.333		.500	4.5	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	.048	-8.9	0.0
212	212	WSB	Ralton Way	Houston Baptist University
213	213	GSW	Barry Brooks	USC
214	214	KCK	Mark Wilson	Fort Hays State University
215	215	IND	Rodney Benson	Wright State University
216	216	CHI	Kenny Easley	UCLA
217	217	POR	Steve Cochran	Lewis and Clark College
218	218	NYK	Kevin Rogers	Saint Peter's College
219	219	SAS	Alvin Brooks	Lamar
220	220	PHO	Felton Sealey	Oregon
221	221	MIL	Artie Green	Marquette
222	222	BOS	Kenny Matthews	NC State
223	223	PHI	Pete Mullenberg	University of Delaware

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