1983 NBA Draft

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226 Selections

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226 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	HOU	Ralph Sampson	Virginia	9	456	13591	7039	4011	1038	.486	.172	.661	29.8	15.4	8.8	2.3	20.1	.071	0.0	6.8
2	2	IND	Steve Stipanovich	Missouri	5	403	12591	5323	3131	938	.484	.179	.796	31.2	13.2	7.8	2.3	30.4	.116	1.1	9.9
3	3	HOU	Rodney McCray	Louisville	10	768	24876	9014	5087	2750	.503	.260	.761	32.4	11.7	6.6	3.6	56.0	.108	1.6	23.0
4	4	SDC	Byron Scott	Arizona State	14	1073	30152	15097	2987	2729	.482	.370	.833	28.1	14.1	2.8	2.5	75.2	.120	0.4	18.6
5	5	CHI	Sidney Green	UNLV	10	679	13247	5080	4128	635	.454	.037	.738	19.5	7.5	6.1	0.9	17.4	.063	-2.7	-2.5
6	6	GSW	Russell Cross	Purdue	1	45	354	166	82	22	.571		.418	7.9	3.7	1.8	0.5	0.8	.106	-1.8	0.0
7	7	UTA	Thurl Bailey	NC State	12	928	24873	11834	4718	1298	.473	.114	.812	26.8	12.8	5.1	1.4	45.0	.087	-1.3	4.2
8	8	DET	Antoine Carr	Wichita State	16	987	19780	9176	3384	1086	.503	.130	.780	20.0	9.3	3.4	1.1	42.1	.102	-0.6	7.0
9	9	DAL	Dale Ellis	Tennessee	17	1209	34778	19004	4201	1746	.479	.403	.784	28.8	15.7	3.5	1.4	84.7	.117	0.3	20.5
10	10	WSB	Jeff Malone	Mississippi State	13	905	29660	17231	2364	2154	.484	.268	.871	32.8	19.0	2.6	2.4	54.2	.088	-2.1	-0.9
11	11	DAL	Derek Harper	Illinois	16	1199	37786	16006	2884	6577	.463	.354	.745	31.5	13.3	2.4	5.5	86.8	.110	1.2	30.2
12	12	NYK	Darrell Walker	Arkansas	10	720	18601	6389	3134	3276	.435	.059	.713	25.8	8.9	4.4	4.6	27.4	.071	1.0	14.2
13	13	KCK	Ennis Whatley	Alabama	10	385	7108	2150	679	1754	.468	.097	.755	18.5	5.6	1.8	4.6	9.6	.065	-2.5	-0.8
14	14	POR	Clyde Drexler	Houston	15	1086	37537	22195	6677	6125	.472	.318	.788	34.6	20.4	6.1	5.6	135.6	.173	6.0	75.6
15	15	DEN	Howard Carter	LSU	2	66	754	351	89	75	.440	.227	.774	11.4	5.3	1.3	1.1	0.0	-.002	-5.6	-0.7
16	16	SEA	Jon Sundvold	Missouri	9	502	8811	3886	554	1469	.452	.392	.849	17.6	7.7	1.1	2.9	8.9	.048	-4.8	-6.2
17	17	PHI	Leo Rautins	Syracuse	2	32	208	48	35	32	.350		.600	6.5	1.5	1.1	1.0	-0.1	-.030	-5.3	-0.2
18	18	MIL	Randy Breuer	Minnesota	11	681	12499	4599	2986	616	.467	.000	.628	18.4	6.8	4.4	0.9	20.9	.080	-1.2	2.5
19	19	SAS	John Paxson	Notre Dame	11	772	17257	5560	906	2758	.499	.355	.804	22.4	7.2	1.2	3.6	36.3	.101	-2.6	-2.7
20	20	CLE	Roy Hinson	Rutgers University	8	507	15543	7206	3452	495	.499	.000	.741	30.7	14.2	6.8	1.0	30.2	.093	-0.9	4.3
21	21	BOS	Greg Kite	BYU	12	680	10080	1717	2607	345	.438	.167	.486	14.8	2.5	3.8	0.5	5.6	.027	-3.1	-2.8
22	22	WSB	Randy Wittman	Indiana	9	543	11594	4034	760	1201	.501	.321	.753	21.4	7.4	1.4	2.2	17.2	.071	-1.7	0.8
23	23	IND	Mitchell Wiggins	Florida State	6	389	8105	3877	1235	609	.460	.192	.755	20.8	10.0	3.2	1.6	15.2	.090	-0.8	2.5
24	24	CLE	Stewart Granger	Villanova	3	80	996	316	78	173	.414	.235	.742	12.5	4.0	1.0	2.2	-0.1	-.005	-6.0	-1.0
			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
25	25	CHI	Sidney Lowe	NC State	4	193	3422	562	335	749	.367	.133	.764	17.7	2.9	1.7	3.9	3.9	.055	-3.7	-1.4
26	26	IND	Leroy Combs	Oklahoma State	1	48	446	218	56	38	.497	.000	.615	9.3	4.5	1.2	0.8	0.4	.041	-3.3	-0.1
27	27	CLE	John Garris	Boston College	1	33	267	131	77	10	.510		.794	8.1	4.0	2.3	0.3	0.9	.166	-0.6	0.1
28	28	PHO	Rod Foster	UCLA	3	207	3446	1562	258	479	.440	.298	.768	16.6	7.5	1.2	2.3	2.2	.031	-4.1	-1.8
29	29	CHI	Larry Micheaux	Houston	2	96	897	330	256	49	.567	.000	.610	9.3	3.4	2.7	0.5	2.5	.134	0.9	0.7
30	30	DAL	Mark West	Old Dominion	17	1090	20213	6259	5347	428	.580	.000	.568	18.5	5.7	4.9	0.4	41.9	.100	-0.9	5.6
31	31	ATL	Doc Rivers	Marquette	13	864	23567	9377	2625	4889	.444	.328	.784	27.3	10.9	3.0	5.7	68.2	.139	3.1	30.3
32	32	WSB	Michael Britt	University of the District of Columbia
33	33	DAL	Dirk Minniefield	Kentucky	3	222	3801	1187	367	845	.470	.272	.739	17.1	5.3	1.7	3.8	4.1	.052	-2.6	-0.6
34	34	WSB	Guy Williams	Washington State	2	26	144	68	33	9	.456	.250	.455	5.5	2.6	1.3	0.3	0.2	.055	-3.1	0.0
35	35	SAS	Darrell Lockhart	Auburn	1	2	14	4	3	0	1.000			7.0	2.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	-.048	-10.7	0.0
36	36	SEA	Scooter McCray	Louisville	3	77	892	224	190	74	.423		.611	11.6	2.9	2.5	1.0	0.4	.023	-3.3	-0.3
37	37	DEN	David Russell	St. John's
38	38	KCK	Chris McNealy	San Jose State	3	108	1864	466	494	110	.456		.658	17.3	4.3	4.6	1.0	2.6	.066	-0.7	0.6
39	39	POR	Granville Waiters	Ohio State	5	249	2547	606	540	121	.458	.000	.559	10.2	2.4	2.2	0.5	1.9	.036	-3.0	-0.6
40	40	IND	Jim Thomas	Indiana	4	161	3361	1355	418	377	.471	.170	.763	20.9	8.4	2.6	2.3	4.9	.071	-1.6	0.3
41	41	MIL	Ted Kitchel	Indiana
42	42	MIL	Mike Davis	Alabama
43	43	GSW	Pace Mannion	Utah	6	216	2125	660	259	231	.413	.203	.663	9.8	3.1	1.2	1.1	1.7	.038	-2.9	-0.5
44	44	NJN	Horace Owens	Rhode Island
45	45	PHO	Paul Williams	Arizona State
46	46	SAS	Kevin Williams	St. John's	5	260	2947	1268	356	319	.435	.077	.805	11.3	4.9	1.4	1.2	2.6	.042	-2.8	-0.6
47	47	PHI	Ken Lyons	University of North Texas
			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
48	48	HOU	Craig Ehlo	Washington State	14	873	21071	7492	3139	2456	.453	.369	.689	24.1	8.6	3.6	2.8	41.2	.094	1.2	16.8
49	49	IND	Greg Jones	West Virginia
50	50	CLE	Paul Thompson	Tulane	3	154	3105	1374	533	224	.432	.210	.792	20.2	8.9	3.5	1.5	4.9	.076	-0.4	1.2
51	51	PHO	Derek Whittenburg	NC State
52	52	BOS	Winfred King	East Tennessee State University
53	53	GSW	Mike Holton	UCLA	6	325	5836	2016	459	977	.441	.257	.807	18.0	6.2	1.4	3.0	4.8	.039	-3.9	-2.8
54	54	UTA	Bob Hansen	Iowa	9	575	11104	3952	1282	947	.468	.323	.662	19.3	6.9	2.2	1.6	15.4	.066	-1.3	1.9
55	55	DET	Erich Santifer	Syracuse
56	56	CLE	Larry Anderson	UNLV
57	57	WSB	Darren Daye	UCLA	5	328	5208	2225	844	672	.491	.118	.681	15.9	6.8	2.6	2.0	9.3	.086	-0.8	1.6
58	58	ATL	John Pinone	Villanova	1	7	65	20	10	3	.538		.600	9.3	2.9	1.4	0.4	0.1	.040	-4.9	0.0
59	59	NJN	Bruce Kuczenski	UConn	1	15	119	28	23	8	.270		.667	7.9	1.9	1.5	0.5	-0.4	-.152	-11.6	-0.3
60	60	KCK	Steve Harriel	Washington State
61	61	DEN	David Little	Oklahoma
62	62	POR	Tom Piotrowski	La Salle	1	18	78	30	16	5	.462		1.000	4.3	1.7	0.9	0.3	0.1	.070	-4.0	0.0
63	63	SEA	Frank Burnell	Stetson University
64	64	PHI	Claude Riley	Texas A&M
65	65	MIL	Billy Goodwin	St. John's
66	66	CLE	Les Craft	Kansas State
67	67	CLE	Derrick Hord	Kentucky
68	68	BOS	Craig Robinson	Virginia
69	69	LAL	Orlando Phillips	Pepperdine
70	70	PHI	Dan Ruland	James Madison University
			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
71	71	HOU	Darrell Browder	TCU
72	72	IND	Terry Fair	Georgia
73	73	CLE	Dwight Jones	Cincinnati
74	74	PHI	Kalpatrick Wells	Mississippi State
75	75	CHI	Ron Crevier	Boston College	1	3	4	0	1	0	.000		.000	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	-0.1	-.795	-37.4	0.0
76	76	UTA	Doug Arnold	TCU
77	77	GSW	Peter Thibeaux	Saint Mary's	2	93	992	462	144	45	.453	.286	.626	10.7	5.0	1.5	0.5	0.1	.005	-5.4	-0.9
78	78	DET	Steve Bouchie	Indiana
79	79	DAL	Johnny Martin	Northwestern State University
80	80	WSB	Dan Gay	Louisiana
81	81	ATL	Harry Kelley	Texas Southern University
82	82	NYK	Mark Jones	St. Bonaventure	1	6	16	7	2	5	.500	.000	.500	2.7	1.2	0.3	0.8	0.0	.070	-2.5	0.0
83	83	DEN	York Gross	University of California, Santa Barbara
84	84	KCK	Mike Jackson	Wyoming
85	85	POR	Tim Dunham	Chaminade University of Honolulu
86	86	SEA	Pete DeBisschop	Fairfield University
87	87	NJN	Barney Mines	Bradley
88	88	MIL	Mark Nickens	American University
89	89	PHO	Sam Mosley	Nevada
90	90	SAS	Brant Weidner	College of William & Mary	1	8	38	8	11	0	.222		1.000	4.8	1.0	1.4	0.0	0.0	-.014	-11.3	-0.1
91	91	BOS	Carlos Clark	University of Mississippi	2	93	689	223	86	65	.407	.000	.803	7.4	2.4	0.9	0.7	0.6	.044	-2.8	-0.1
92	92	LAL	Terry Lewis	Mississippi State
93	93	PHI	Craig Robinson	Princeton University
			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
94	94	HOU	Chuck Barnett	Oklahoma
95	95	IND	Roger Stieg	University of Mississippi
96	96	CLE	Chris Logan	Holy Cross
97	97	SDC	Manute Bol		10	624	11698	1599	2647	171	.407	.210	.561	18.7	2.6	4.2	0.3	12.3	.051	-0.6	4.2
98	98	CHI	Tim Andree	Notre Dame
99	99	GSW	Greg Hines	Hampton University
100	100	UTA	Matt Clark	Oklahoma State
101	101	DET	Ken Austin	Rice University	1	7	28	12	3	1	.462			4.0	1.7	0.4	0.1	0.0	-.046	-6.9	0.0
102	102	DAL	Jim Lampley	Little Rock	1	1	16	3	5	0	.333		.500	16.0	3.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	-.003	-12.1	0.0
103	103	WSB	Robin Dixon	University of New Hampshire
104	104	ATL	Charles Jones	Oklahoma
105	105	NYK	Troy Lee Mikell	East Tennessee State University
106	106	KCK	Lorenza Andrews	Oklahoma State
107	107	DEN	James Braddock	UNC
108	108	POR	Gary Monroe	Wright State University
109	109	SEA	Brad Watson	Washington
110	110	NJN	Tyren Naulls	Texas A&M
111	111	MIL	Mark Petteway	University of New Orleans
112	112	SAS	Jeff Pehl	University of Richmond
113	113	PHO	Rick Lamb	Illinois State University
114	114	BOS	Bob Reitz	Stonehill College
115	115	LAL	Danny Dixon	Alabama A&M University
116	116	PHI	Mike Milligan	Tennessee State
			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
117	117	HOU	Jim Stack	Northwestern
118	118	IND	Cliff Pruitt	University of Alabama at Birmingham
119	119	CLE	Mel McLaughlin	Central Michigan University
120	120	MIL	Russell Todd	West Virginia
121	121	CHI	Ernest Patterson	New Mexico State
122	122	UTA	Fred Gilliam	Clemson
123	123	GSW	Tom Heywood	Weber State
124	124	DET	Derek Perry	Michigan State
125	125	DAL	Billy Allen	Nevada
126	126	WSB	Donald Carroll	Saint Augustine's College
127	127	ATL	Tom Bethea	University of Richmond
128	128	NYK	Tony Simms	Boston University
129	129	DEN	Glenn Green	Murray State
130	130	KCK	Alvis Rogers	Wake Forest
131	131	POR	Derrick Pope	University of Montana
132	132	SEA	Tony Wilson	Western Kentucky
133	133	NJN	Oscar Taylor	University of New Orleans
134	134	MIL	Charles Hurt	Kentucky
135	135	PHO	Edward Bona	Fordham
136	136	SAS	Ricky Hooker	St. Mary's University
137	137	BOS	Paul Atkins	Houston Baptist University
138	138	LAL	Mark Steele	Colorado State
139	139	PHI	Sedale Threatt	West Virginia Tech	14	951	22436	9327	1709	3613	.485	.293	.815	23.6	9.8	1.8	3.8	48.0	.103	-0.8	6.8
			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
140	140	HOU	Brian Kellerman	University of Idaho
141	141	IND	Tony Brown	Indiana
142	142	CLE	John Columbo	John Carroll University
143	143	SDC	Dan Evans	Oregon State
144	144	CHI	Jacque Hill	USC
145	145	GSW	Peter Williams	Utah
146	146	UTA	Joe Kazanowski
147	147	DET	Rob Gonzalez	Colorado
148	148	DAL	Terrell Schlundt	Marquette
149	149	WSB	Danny Womack	Winston-Salem State University
150	150	ATL	Lex Drum	University of Alabama at Birmingham
151	151	NYK	Desi Barimore	Fresno State
152	152	KCK	Dane Suttle	Pepperdine	2	46	493	272	49	48	.507	.000	.857	10.7	5.9	1.1	1.0	1.0	.093	-2.2	0.0
153	153	DEN	Maurice McDaniel	Cawtaba College
154	154	POR	Paul Little	University of Pennsylvania
155	155	SEA	Tony Gattis	Mercer University
156	156	NJN	Keith Bennett	Sacred Heart University
157	157	MIL	Anthony Hicks	Xavier
158	158	SAS	Keith Williams	Oklahoma Panhandle State University
159	159	PHO	Fred Brown	Virginia Commonwealth
160	160	BOS	Ron Jackson	Providence
161	161	LAL	Ricky Mixon	California State University, Fullerton
162	162	PHI	Tony Bruin	Syracuse
			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
163	163	HOU	Jeff Bolding	Arkansas State University
164	164	IND	Ray McCallum	Ball State University
165	165	CLE	Larry Tucker	Lewis
166	166	SDC	Mark Gannon	Iowa
167	167	CHI	Terry Bradley	Chicago State University
168	168	UTA	Michael McCombs	College of Santa Fe
169	169	GSW	Doug Harris	Central Washington University
170	170	DET	George Wenzel	Augustana College (IL)
171	171	DAL	Bill Sadler	Pepperdine
172	172	WSB	Bernard Perry	Howard University
173	173	ATL	George Thomas	Georgia Tech
174	174	NYK	Mike Lang	Penn State
175	175	DEN	Cliff Tribus	Davidson
176	176	KCK	Preston Neumayr	University of California, Davis
177	177	POR	Frank Smith	Arizona
178	178	SEA	Ray Smith	Armstrong Atlantic State University
179	179	NJN	Joe Myers	Duquesne
180	180	MIL	Brett Burkholder	DePaul
181	181	PHO	Mike Mulquin	Villanova
182	182	SAS	Norville Brown	Oklahoma Christian University
183	183	BOS	Trent Johnson	Pitt
184	184	PHI	Gordon Austin	American University
			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	HOU	James Campbell	Oklahoma City University
186	186	IND	Lynn Mitchem	Butler
187	187	CLE	Joe Brown	Georgia State University
188	188	SDC	David Maxwell	Fordham
189	189	CHI	Ray Orange	Oklahoma Christian University
190	190	GSW	Greg Goorjiam	Loyola Marymount University
191	191	UTA	Ron Webb	Oklahoma Christian University
192	192	DET	Marlow McLain	Eastern Michigan University
193	193	DAL	Sherrod Arnold	Chicago State University
194	194	WSB	Ricky Moreland	UMBC
195	195	ATL	Wil Kotchery	Rutgers University
196	196	NYK	Charles Jones	Marshall
197	197	KCK	Bernard Hill	Oklahoma Panhandle State University
198	198	DEN	Bobby Van Noy	Cawtaba College
199	199	POR	Phil Hopson	University of Idaho
200	200	SEA	Tony Washington	Hampton University
201	201	NJN	Kevin Black	Rutgers University
202	202	MIL	Bill Varner	Notre Dame
203	203	SAS	Gary Gaspard	St. Mary's University
204	204	PHO	Joe Dykstra	Western Illinois University
205	205	BOS	John Rice	University of Massachusetts Boston
206	206	PHI	Charles Fisher	James Madison University
			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
207	207	IND	Mark Smed	Augustana College (SD)
208	208	CLE	Jon Hanley	Xavier
209	209	SDC	Keith Smith	San Diego State
210	210	CHI	Tom Emma	Duke
211	211	UTA	Odell Mosteller	Auburn
212	212	GSW	Michael Zeno	Cal State Long Beach
213	213	DET	Ike Person	Michigan
214	214	DAL	Clyde Corley	Florida International University
215	215	WSB	Isiah Singletary	Saint Louis University
216	216	ATL	Ronnie Carr	Western Carolina University
217	217	NYK	Bernard Randolph	DePaul
218	218	DEN	Cleveland McCrae	Cawtaba College
219	219	KCK	Aaron Haskins	Washington State
220	220	POR	Russ Christianson	East Oregon University
221	221	SEA	David Binion	NC Central
222	222	NJN	Rich Simkus	Princeton University
223	223	MIL	Bob Kelly	St. John's
224	224	PHO	Bo Overton	Oklahoma
225	225	SAS	Lamar Heard	Georgia
226	226	BOS	Andy Kupec	Bentley College

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