1982 NBA Draft

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225 Selections

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225 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	LAL	James Worthy	UNC	12	926	30001	16320	4708	2791	.521	.241	.769	32.4	17.6	5.1	3.0	81.2	.130	1.8	28.5
2	2	SDC	Terry Cummings	DePaul	18	1183	33898	19460	8630	2190	.484	.295	.706	28.7	16.4	7.3	1.9	91.1	.129	0.9	24.9
3	3	UTA	Dominique Wilkins	Georgia	15	1074	38113	26668	7169	2677	.461	.319	.811	35.5	24.8	6.7	2.5	117.5	.148	2.3	41.8
4	4	DAL	Bill Garnett	Wyoming	4	300	5260	1638	1298	393	.490	.000	.720	17.5	5.5	4.3	1.3	10.8	.099	0.1	2.7
5	5	KCK	LaSalle Thompson	Texas	15	985	21238	7806	6689	1139	.492	.154	.737	21.6	7.9	6.8	1.2	35.0	.079	-0.5	8.3
6	6	NYK	Trent Tucker	Minnesota	11	756	15671	6236	1520	1532	.461	.408	.754	20.7	8.2	2.0	2.0	34.3	.105	0.3	9.0
7	7	CHI	Quintin Dailey	San Francisco	10	528	12170	7470	1307	1188	.454	.158	.779	23.0	14.1	2.5	2.3	12.7	.050	-2.9	-2.7
8	8	IND	Clark Kellogg	Ohio State	5	260	8514	4918	2482	764	.497	.338	.757	32.7	18.9	9.5	2.9	20.9	.118	2.1	8.9
9	9	DET	Cliff Levingston	Wichita State	11	830	16962	5888	4307	752	.516	.152	.676	20.4	7.1	5.2	0.9	44.2	.125	1.4	14.4
10	10	ATL	Keith Edmonson	Purdue	2	87	931	522	127	56	.448	.000	.719	10.7	6.0	1.5	0.6	0.4	.022	-4.6	-0.6
11	11	POR	Fat Lever	Arizona State	11	752	23814	10433	4523	4696	.447	.310	.771	31.7	13.9	6.0	6.2	61.2	.123	3.6	33.7
12	12	CLE	John Bagley	Boston College	11	665	17120	5802	1729	3980	.437	.241	.779	25.7	8.7	2.6	6.0	16.6	.047	-1.9	0.3
13	13	NJN	Sleepy Floyd	Georgetown	13	957	26383	12260	2494	5175	.444	.324	.815	27.6	12.8	2.6	5.4	50.6	.092	-0.5	10.1
14	14	GSW	Lester Conner	Oregon State	12	687	14970	4337	1861	2669	.453	.202	.753	21.8	6.3	2.7	3.9	28.6	.092	0.8	10.5
15	15	PHO	David Thirdkill	Bradley	5	179	1469	510	209	84	.457	.091	.565	8.2	2.8	1.2	0.5	1.3	.042	-4.6	-0.9
16	16	HOU	Terry Teagle	Baylor	11	687	14509	7982	1803	956	.465	.210	.792	21.1	11.6	2.6	1.4	13.4	.044	-3.5	-5.6
17	17	KCK	Brook Steppe	Georgia Tech	5	238	2858	1297	345	280	.469	.310	.820	12.0	5.4	1.4	1.2	4.6	.078	-2.9	-0.6
18	18	DET	Ricky Pierce	Rice University	16	969	23665	14467	2296	1826	.493	.322	.875	24.4	14.9	2.4	1.9	72.2	.146	-0.1	11.5
19	19	DEN	Rob Williams	Houston	2	153	3367	1319	330	825	.439	.274	.789	22.0	8.6	2.2	5.4	2.1	.030	-3.4	-1.2
20	20	MIL	Paul Pressey	Tulsa	11	724	19659	7664	2798	3715	.485	.222	.749	27.2	10.6	3.9	5.1	49.0	.120	2.4	22.0
21	21	NJN	Eddie Phillips	Alabama	1	48	416	152	77	29	.406	.000	.678	8.7	3.2	1.6	0.6	0.1	.011	-5.3	-0.4
22	22	PHI	Mark McNamara	Cal	8	278	2707	980	827	77	.512		.548	9.7	3.5	3.0	0.3	2.8	.049	-4.8	-1.9
23	23	BOS	Darren Tillis	Cleveland State University	2	124	1256	425	314	42	.423	.000	.626	10.1	3.4	2.5	0.3	0.9	.036	-4.7	-0.8
			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	SAS	Oliver Robinson	University of Alabama at Birmingham	1	35	147	101	17	21	.361	.091	.667	4.2	2.9	0.5	0.6	0.1	.018	-6.5	-0.2
25	25	WSB	Bryan Warrick	Saint Joseph's	4	169	2379	677	218	437	.443	.208	.747	14.1	4.0	1.3	2.6	1.6	.033	-4.5	-1.5
26	26	CHI	Ricky Frazier	Missouri
27	27	MIL	Fred Roberts	BYU	13	818	14703	5962	2308	977	.502	.325	.796	18.0	7.3	2.8	1.2	26.2	.086	-1.6	1.7
28	28	CLE	Dave Magley	Kansas	1	14	56	12	10	2	.250	.000	.500	4.0	0.9	0.7	0.1	-0.1	-.066	-8.9	-0.1
29	29	NYK	Scott Hastings	Arkansas	11	578	5985	1647	1287	284	.441	.292	.811	10.4	2.8	2.2	0.5	9.8	.079	-2.1	-0.1
30	30	CHI	Wallace Bryant	San Francisco	3	102	1395	323	374	112	.407		.573	13.7	3.2	3.7	1.1	1.3	.044	-1.9	0.0
31	31	CHI	Rod Higgins	Fresno State	13	779	17189	7011	2819	1254	.465	.342	.808	22.1	9.0	3.6	1.6	37.8	.106	-0.1	8.3
32	32	SDC	Richard Anderson	University of California, Santa Barbara	6	407	6002	2260	1418	611	.412	.333	.762	14.7	5.6	3.5	1.5	7.6	.061	-1.2	1.2
33	33	POR	Linton Townes	James Madison University	3	60	543	257	67	32	.440	.360	.750	9.1	4.3	1.1	0.5	0.6	.057	-3.8	-0.2
34	34	NYK	Vince Taylor	Duke	1	31	321	95	36	41	.363		.656	10.4	3.1	1.2	1.3	0.1	.009	-2.5	0.0
35	35	GSW	Derek Smith	Louisville	9	408	9825	5232	1300	866	.499	.294	.753	24.1	12.8	3.2	2.1	18.3	.089	-0.7	3.2
36	36	PHI	J.J. Anderson	Bradley	3	157	1970	751	439	110	.465	.000	.558	12.5	4.8	2.8	0.7	2.7	.065	-1.5	0.3
37	37	POR	Audie Norris	Jackson State University	3	187	2585	819	576	147	.511	.000	.662	13.8	4.4	3.1	0.8	2.9	.054	-2.3	-0.2
38	38	GSW	Wayne Sappleton	Loyola Chicago	1	33	298	96	75	7	.471		.412	9.0	2.9	2.3	0.2	0.1	.012	-6.8	-0.4
39	39	PHO	Kevin Magee	University of California, Irvine
40	40	IND	Guy Morgan	Wake Forest	1	8	46	15	17	7	.292		.250	5.8	1.9	2.1	0.9	-0.1	-.059	-5.3	0.0
41	41	WSB	Dwight Anderson	USC	1	5	33	21	2	3	.500		.700	6.6	4.2	0.4	0.6	0.0	.001	-9.0	-0.1
42	42	HOU	Jeff Taylor	Texas Tech	2	56	818	179	82	113	.412	.000	.696	14.6	3.2	1.5	2.0	-0.1	-.008	-4.0	-0.4
43	43	IND	Jose Slaughter	University of Portland	1	63	515	225	68	52	.374	.220	.644	8.2	3.6	1.1	0.8	-0.1	-.007	-3.9	-0.3
44	44	WSB	Mike Gibson	USC Upstate	2	64	390	101	106	14	.387		.679	6.1	1.6	1.7	0.2	0.3	.042	-4.0	-0.2
45	45	PHI	Russ Schoene	Chattanooga	4	290	3548	1491	735	175	.435	.335	.751	12.2	5.1	2.5	0.6	4.5	.061	-3.0	-0.9
46	46	BOS	Tony Guy	Kansas
			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	CLE	Michael Wilson	Marquette	3	32	338	108	36	45	.438	.000	.750	10.6	3.4	1.1	1.4	0.3	.038	-2.8	-0.1
48	48	SDC	Craig Hodges	Cal State Long Beach	10	695	15077	5940	937	1769	.461	.400	.828	21.7	8.5	1.3	2.5	27.2	.087	-1.4	2.2
49	49	UTA	Steve Trumbo	BYU
50	50	DAL	Corny Thompson	UConn	1	44	520	122	120	34	.314		.783	11.8	2.8	2.7	0.8	-0.1	-.010	-5.1	-0.4
51	51	KCK	Jim Johnstone	Wake Forest	1	23	191	31	46	11	.367		.450	8.3	1.3	2.0	0.5	-0.1	-.020	-5.7	-0.2
52	52	NYK	Dan Caldwell	Washington
53	53	CHI	Tyrone Adams	Kansas State
54	54	LAL	Willie Jones	Vanderbilt
55	55	UTA	Jerry Eaves	Louisville	4	168	2685	1132	208	414	.472	.071	.773	16.0	6.7	1.2	2.5	2.6	.046	-4.8	-1.9
56	56	ATL	Joe Kopicki	Detroit Mercy	3	118	1187	432	314	84	.493	.273	.812	10.1	3.7	2.7	0.7	3.5	.142	-0.7	0.4
57	57	NYK	Craig Tucker	Illinois
58	58	WSB	Mike Largey	Upsala College
59	59	NJN	Jimmy Black	UNC
60	60	GSW	Chris Engler	Wyoming	5	195	1405	343	386	45	.411		.677	7.2	1.8	2.0	0.2	0.6	.020	-5.8	-1.4
61	61	PHO	Charles Pittman	Maryland	4	234	3292	1060	718	204	.546	.000	.711	14.1	4.5	3.1	0.9	4.2	.062	-2.0	0.0
62	62	DEN	Roylin Bond	Pepperdine
63	63	HOU	Chuck Nevitt	NC State	9	155	826	251	239	19	.438		.589	5.3	1.6	1.5	0.1	0.5	.031	-4.4	-0.5
64	64	SAS	Willie Redden	University of South Florida
65	65	SEA	John Greig	Oregon	1	9	26	19	6	0	.538		.833	2.9	2.1	0.7	0.0	0.1	.182	-9.5	0.0
66	66	POR	Phillip Lockett	Alabama
67	67	LAL	Mike Hackett	Jacksonville University
68	68	PHI	Dale Solomon	Virginia Tech
69	69	BOS	Perry Moss	Northeastern University	2	136	1710	536	210	198	.415	.174	.722	12.6	3.9	1.5	1.5	0.9	.025	-2.6	-0.3
			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	CLE	Reggie Hannah	University of South Alabama
71	71	SDC	Darius Clemons	Loyola Chicago
72	72	UTA	Mark Eaton	UCLA	11	875	25169	5216	6939	840	.458	.000	.649	28.8	6.0	7.9	1.0	44.8	.085	1.5	22.4
73	73	DAL	Rudy Woods	Texas A&M
74	74	KCK	Mike Sanders	UCLA	11	648	12391	5162	1927	880	.482	.221	.769	19.1	8.0	3.0	1.4	17.9	.069	-1.9	0.3
75	75	NYK	Norm Anchrum	University of Alabama at Birmingham
76	76	CHI	Chuck Aleksinas	UConn	1	74	1114	377	270	36	.478	.000	.733	15.1	5.1	3.6	0.5	0.4	.019	-5.9	-1.1
77	77	IND	Jeff Jones	Virginia
78	78	DET	Walker Russell	Western Michigan University	6	155	1767	464	187	350	.393	.158	.800	11.4	3.0	1.2	2.3	-0.7	-.020	-6.1	-1.8
79	79	POR	Eric Smith	Georgetown
80	80	NJN	James Griffin	Illinois
81	81	WSB	Dino Gregory	Cal State Long Beach
82	82	NJN	Tony Brown	Arkansas	7	360	6006	2163	766	563	.437	.259	.719	16.7	6.0	2.1	1.6	4.9	.039	-2.2	-0.2
83	83	GSW	Ken Stancell	Virginia Commonwealth
84	84	DEN	Alford Turner	Louisiana
85	85	HOU	Andre Gaddy	George Mason University
86	86	PHO	Rory White	University of South Alabama	5	324	5410	2387	749	232	.506	.077	.681	16.7	7.4	2.3	0.7	6.5	.058	-2.9	-1.3
87	87	SAS	Tony Grier	University of South Florida
88	88	SEA	Ken Owens	University of Idaho
89	89	MIL	Jerry Beck	Middle Tennessee State University
90	90	LAL	Craig McCormick	Western Kentucky
91	91	PHI	Bruce Atkins	Duquesne
92	92	BOS	Greg Stewart	Tulsa
			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	CLE	Terry White	Texas-El Paso
94	94	SDC	Gary Carter	Tennessee
95	95	UTA	Mike McKay	UConn
96	96	DAL	Ken Arnold	Iowa
97	97	KCK	Ken Simpson	Grambling State University
98	98	NYK	Aaron Howard	Villanova
99	99	CHI	Rubin Jackson	Oklahoma City University
100	100	IND	Rich DiBenedetto	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
101	101	DET	John Ebeling	Florida Southern College
102	102	ATL	Mark Hall	Minnesota
103	103	POR	Cherokee Rhone	Centenary College of Louisiana
104	104	WSB	Clarence Dickerson	University of Hawaii
105	105	NJN	Chris Giles	University of Alabama at Birmingham
106	106	GSW	Albert Irving	Alcorn State University
107	107	HOU	Jeff Schneider	Virginia Tech
108	108	PHO	Marvin McCrary	Missouri
109	109	DEN	Bill Duffy	Santa Clara University
110	110	SAS	Clarence Swannegan	Texas Tech
111	111	SEA	Rod Camp	Southern Illinois
112	112	WSB	Jerry Davis	Detroit Mercy
113	113	LAL	Howard McNeill	Seton Hall
114	114	PHI	Donald Mason	Fresno State
115	115	BOS	William Brown	Saint Peter's College
			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	CLE	Vince Reynolds	University of South Florida
117	117	SDC	Eric Marbury	Georgia
118	118	UTA	Alvin Jackson	Southern University and A&M College
119	119	DAL	Wayne Waggoner	Northwestern State University
120	120	KCK	Poncho Wright	Louisville
121	121	NYK	Mike Kanieski	Dayton
122	122	CHI	B. B. Fontenet	Nevada
123	123	IND	Jeff Clark	Saint Joseph's
124	124	DET	Gary Holmes	Minnesota
125	125	POR	Leo Cunningham	Utah State University
126	126	ATL	Jay Bruchak	Mount St. Mary's University
127	127	WSB	Byron Williams	Idaho State University
128	128	NJN	Mel Daniel	Furman University
129	129	GSW	David Vann	Saint Mary's
130	130	PHO	Jake Bethany	Hardin-Simmons University
131	131	DEN	Chris Brust	UNC
132	132	HOU	Don Wilson	University of Louisiana at Monroe
133	133	SAS	Jaime Pena	New Mexico State
134	134	SEA	Bobby Potts	UNC Charlotte
135	135	MIL	Tony Carr	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
136	136	LAL	Lynden Rose	Houston
137	137	PHI	Kevin Boyle	Iowa
138	138	BOS	John Schweitz	University of Richmond	2	22	117	57	22	18	.333	.000	.700	5.3	2.6	1.0	0.8	-0.5	-.207	-10.9	-0.3
			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	CLE	Randy Reed	Kansas State
140	140	SDC	Eddie Hughes	Colorado State	3	97	1158	296	93	159	.416	.364	.692	11.9	3.1	1.0	1.6	1.5	.060	-2.4	-0.1
141	141	UTA	Thad Gardner	Michigan
142	142	DAL	Bob Grady	Northwestern
143	143	KCK	Perry Range	Illinois
144	144	NYK	Phil Seymore	Canisius College
145	145	CHI	Chuck Verderber	Kentucky
146	146	IND	Brad Leaf	University of Evansville
147	147	DET	Dean Marquardt	Marquette
148	148	ATL	Horace Wyatt	Clemson
149	149	POR	Terry Long	Lamar University
150	150	WSB	Wendell Gibson	South Carolina
151	151	NJN	Tony Anderson	UCLA
152	152	GSW	Matt Waldron	University of the Pacific
153	153	DEN	Jeb Barlow	UNC
154	154	HOU	Mike Helms	Wake Forest
155	155	PHO	Phil Ward	UNC Charlotte
156	156	SAS	Delonte Taylor	University of North Texas
157	157	SEA	Allen Rayhorn	Northern Illinois
158	158	MIL	Bobby Austin	Cincinnati
159	159	LAL	Maurice Williams	USC
160	160	PHI	Keith Hilliard	Missouri State University
161	161	BOS	Phil Collins	West Virginia
			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	CLE	Monty Knight	Virginia Commonwealth
163	163	SDC	Jacques Tuz	Colorado
164	164	UTA	Rick Campbell	Middle Tennessee State University
165	165	DAL	Keith Peterson	Arkansas
166	166	KCK	Ed Nealy	Kansas State	10	540	6792	1451	1799	392	.498	.292	.684	12.6	2.7	3.3	0.7	15.2	.107	-0.3	3.0
167	167	NYK	Dan Terwilliger	Siena College
168	168	CHI	Mike Burns	UNLV
169	169	IND	Donald Reese	Bradley
170	170	DET	Brian Nyenhuis	Marquette
171	171	POR	Dave Porter	Western Oregon University
172	172	ATL	James Ratiff	Howard University
173	173	WSB	Ken Luck	University of Delaware
174	174	NJN	Otis Jackson	Memphis
175	175	GSW	Mark King	Florida Southern College
176	176	HOU	Dan Callandrillo	Seton Hall
177	177	PHO	Rick Elrod	Georgetown College
178	178	DEN	Donny Speer	University of Alabama at Birmingham
179	179	SAS	Chris Faggi	Memphis
180	180	SEA	Steve Burks	Washington
181	181	MIL	Bryan Leonard	Illinois
182	182	LAL	Micah Blunt	Tulane
183	183	PHI	Donald Seals	Jackson State University
184	184	BOS	Ed Spriggs	Georgetown
			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
185	185	CLE	Tony Hafley	University of South Alabama
186	186	SDC	John Hegwood	San Francisco
187	187	UTA	Riley Clarida	Long Island University
188	188	DAL	Ralph McPherson	UC Arlington
189	189	KCK	Jack Moore	Nebraska
190	190	NYK	Merle Scott	South Carolina State University
191	191	CHI	Skip Dillard	DePaul
192	192	IND	Mike Scearce	Purdue
193	193	DET	Kevin Smith	Michigan State
194	194	ATL	Pierre Bland	Elizabeth City State University
195	195	POR	Mark Dearborn	Saint Joseph's
196	196	WSB	James Terry	Howard University
197	197	NJN	Gary Johnson	Oral Roberts
198	198	GSW	Nick Morken	Tennessee
199	199	PHO	Ken Lyles	Washington
200	200	DEN	Dean Sears	UCLA
201	201	SAS	Harry O'Brien	St. Mary's University
202	202	MIL	Robert Tate	Idaho State University
203	203	LAL	Tim Byrne	Rutgers University
204	204	PHI	George Melton	Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
205	205	BOS	Panayoti Giannakis
			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
206	206	CLE	Durand Walker	Marion College
207	207	SDC	Daryl Stovall	Creighton
208	208	UTA	Michael Edwards	University of New Orleans
209	209	DAL	Albert Culton	UC Arlington
210	210	KCK	Robert Estes	Iowa State
211	211	NYK	John Leonard	Manhattan College
212	212	CHI	Tony Britto	Campbell
213	213	IND	Craig Summers	University of Wisconsin-Stout
214	214	DET	David Coulthard
215	215	POR	Grant Taylor	University of California, Irvine
216	216	ATL	Ronnie McAdoo	Old Dominion
217	217	WSB	Donald Sinclair	NC Central
218	218	NJN	Sean Tuohy	University of Mississippi
219	219	GSW	Randy Whieldon	University of California, Irvine
220	220	DEN	Mike Phillips	Niagara University
221	221	PHO	Dale Wilkinson	Idaho State University	1	12	45	14	4	2	.250	.000	.857	3.8	1.2	0.3	0.2	-0.1	-.124	-13.4	-0.1
222	222	SAS	Keith White	McMurry University
223	223	MIL	Bob Coenen	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
224	224	PHI	Randy Burkert	Drexel
225	225	BOS	Landon Turner	Indiana

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