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1987 NBA Draft

1986 NBA Draft 1988 NBA Draft

Date: Monday, June 22, 1987

Location: New York, New York

Number of Picks: 161 (55 played in NBA)

First Overall Pick: David Robinson (178.7 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: D. Robinson (178.7), R. Miller (174.4) and S. Pippen (125.1)

All-Stars: 7 (H. Grant, M. Jackson, K. Johnson, R. Lewis, R. Miller, S. Pippen and D. Robinson)

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Matthew Maurer of TheDraftReview is an NBA Draft historian who has researched and collected the data on the entire history of the NBA Draft. Much of the biographical and draft data of the later rounds is thanks to his investigative research and work.

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161 Selections

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161 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	SAS	David Robinson	United States Naval Academy	14	987	34271	20790	10497	2441	.518	.250	.736	34.7	21.1	10.6	2.5	178.7	.250	7.5	81.9
2	2	PHO	Armen Gilliam	UNLV	13	929	26421	12700	6401	1088	.489	.000	.776	28.4	13.7	6.9	1.2	58.1	.106	-0.7	8.8
3	3	NJN	Dennis Hopson	Ohio State	5	334	7509	3633	939	539	.431	.271	.765	22.5	10.9	2.8	1.6	7.1	.046	-1.7	0.7
4	4	LAC	Reggie Williams	Georgetown	10	599	16013	7508	2393	1492	.437	.298	.784	26.7	12.5	4.0	2.5	26.0	.078	0.2	9.0
5	5	SEA	Scottie Pippen	University of Central Arkansas	17	1178	41069	18940	7494	6135	.473	.326	.704	34.9	16.1	6.4	5.2	125.1	.146	4.1	63.2
6	6	SAC	Kenny Smith	UNC	10	737	22213	9397	1454	4073	.480	.399	.829	30.1	12.8	2.0	5.5	46.8	.101	0.0	11.2
7	7	CLE	Kevin Johnson	California	12	735	25061	13127	2404	6711	.493	.305	.841	34.1	17.9	3.3	9.1	92.8	.178	3.9	37.3
8	8	CHI	Olden Polynice	Virginia	15	1058	24884	8265	7110	744	.505	.192	.535	23.5	7.8	6.7	0.7	46.8	.090	-2.3	-1.8
9	9	SEA	Derrick McKey	Alabama	15	937	27229	10266	4387	2254	.486	.316	.779	29.1	11.0	4.7	2.4	61.8	.109	1.0	20.4
10	10	CHI	Horace Grant	Clemson	17	1165	38621	12996	9443	2575	.509	.063	.692	33.2	11.2	8.1	2.2	118.2	.147	1.4	33.0
11	11	IND	Reggie Miller	UCLA	18	1389	47619	25279	4182	4141	.471	.395	.888	34.3	18.2	3.0	3.0	174.4	.176	3.5	66.1
12	12	WSB	Muggsy Bogues	Wake Forest	14	889	25429	6858	2318	6726	.458	.278	.827	28.6	7.7	2.6	7.6	54.0	.102	0.8	17.9
13	13	LAC	Joe Wolf	UNC	11	592	9636	2485	1933	596	.423	.164	.770	16.3	4.2	3.3	1.0	3.5	.017	-4.8	-6.7
14	14	GSW	Tellis Frank	Western Kentucky	5	264	4703	1710	1022	276	.439	.000	.741	17.8	6.5	3.9	1.0	4.0	.041	-4.1	-2.5
15	15	UTA	José Ortiz	Oregon State	2	64	391	183	73	18	.443	.333	.596	6.1	2.9	1.1	0.3	0.0	.002	-6.4	-0.4
16	16	PHI	Chris Welp	Washington	3	109	1173	359	265	43	.446	.000	.681	10.8	3.3	2.4	0.4	1.0	.042	-5.0	-0.9
17	17	POR	Ronnie Murphy	Jacksonville University	1	18	89	36	11	6	.286	.250	.636	4.9	2.0	0.6	0.3	-0.2	-.130	-11.5	-0.2
18	18	NYK	Mark Jackson	St. John's	17	1296	39121	12489	4963	10334	.447	.332	.770	30.2	9.6	3.8	8.0	91.8	.113	1.8	37.5
19	19	LAC	Ken Norman	Illinois	10	646	18992	8717	3949	1355	.486	.312	.567	29.4	13.5	6.1	2.1	27.1	.069	-1.0	4.9
20	20	DAL	Jim Farmer	Alabama	5	136	1454	715	186	111	.428	.282	.730	10.7	5.3	1.4	0.8	0.7	.024	-4.3	-0.8
21	21	ATL	Dallas Comegys	DePaul	2	142	2241	856	452	95	.457	.000	.682	15.8	6.0	3.2	0.7	1.1	.024	-3.6	-0.9
22	22	BOS	Reggie Lewis	Northeastern University	6	450	14676	7902	1938	1153	.488	.200	.824	32.6	17.6	4.3	2.6	38.9	.127	1.4	12.4
23	23	SAS	Greg Anderson	Houston	10	680	14040	4953	4246	385	.492	.087	.557	20.6	7.3	6.2	0.6	18.7	.064	-3.0	-3.7
			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	DET	Freddie Banks	UNLV
25	25	NYK	Ron Moore	West Virginia State University	1	14	59	24	8	1	.310		.750	4.2	1.7	0.6	0.1	-0.1	-.074	-12.5	-0.2
26	26	DAL	Steve Alford	Indiana	4	169	1641	744	144	176	.459	.324	.870	9.7	4.4	0.9	1.0	3.2	.093	-0.9	0.5
27	27	SAS	Nate Blackwell	Temple	1	10	112	37	6	18	.366	.182	.833	11.2	3.7	0.6	1.8	-0.1	-.045	-7.2	-0.1
28	28	CHI	Rickie Winslow	Houston	1	7	45	7	7	2	.231	.000	.500	6.4	1.0	1.0	0.3	-0.2	-.165	-14.8	-0.1
29	29	POR	Lester Fonville	Jackson State University
30	30	POR	Nikita Wilson	LSU	1	15	54	19	11	3	.304		.833	3.6	1.3	0.7	0.2	-0.1	-.099	-11.3	-0.1
31	31	DEN	Andre Moore	Loyola Chicago	1	10	50	24	14	6	.333		.750	5.0	2.4	1.4	0.6	0.0	-.013	-6.0	-0.1
32	32	MIL	Bob McCann	Morehead State University	5	178	2385	739	468	104	.479	.200	.577	13.4	4.2	2.6	0.6	2.0	.041	-3.8	-1.1
33	33	CHI	Tony White	Tennessee	1	49	581	261	31	59	.446	.000	.722	11.9	5.3	0.6	1.2	-0.3	-.025	-5.4	-0.5
34	34	IND	Brian Rowsom	UNC Wilmington	3	82	1092	457	273	47	.455	.667	.818	13.3	5.6	3.3	0.6	2.4	.107	-1.6	0.1
35	35	HOU	Doug Lee	Purdue	3	73	415	168	42	32	.412	.310	.700	5.7	2.3	0.6	0.4	0.7	.086	-2.4	0.0
36	36	WSB	Duane Washington	Middle Tennessee	2	19	184	54	24	39	.383	.500	.800	9.7	2.8	1.3	2.1	0.4	.092	0.4	0.1
37	37	WSB	Derrick Dowell	USC
38	38	LAC	Norris Coleman	Kansas State	1	29	431	153	81	13	.346	.500	.556	14.9	5.3	2.8	0.4	-0.4	-.046	-7.1	-0.6
39	39	PHI	Vincent Askew	Memphis	9	467	9361	3311	1176	1017	.479	.300	.754	20.0	7.1	2.5	2.2	22.1	.113	0.0	4.7
40	40	MIL	Winston Garland	Missouri State	7	511	13391	4799	1433	2421	.430	.281	.830	26.2	9.4	2.8	4.7	14.2	.051	-1.6	1.3
41	41	CLE	Kannard Johnson	Western Kentucky	1	4	12	2	0	0	.333			3.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.1	-.238	-9.7	0.0
42	42	ATL	Terrance Bailey	Wagner College
43	43	PHI	Andrew Kennedy	Virginia
44	44	ATL	Terry Coner	Alabama
45	45	BOS	Brad Lohaus	Iowa	11	656	10378	3854	1869	714	.440	.361	.733	15.8	5.9	2.8	1.1	15.2	.070	-0.7	3.5
46	46	PHO	Bruce Dalrymple	Georgia Tech
			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	LAC	Tim McCalister	Oklahoma
48	48	NJN	Jamie Waller	Virginia Union University	1	9	91	42	13	3	.400	.000	.556	10.1	4.7	1.4	0.3	-0.2	-.097	-7.1	-0.1
49	49	NYK	Jerome Batiste	McNeese State University
50	50	SAS	Phil Zevenbergen	Washington	1	8	58	30	13	3	.556		.000	7.3	3.8	1.6	0.4	0.0	.041	-2.4	0.0
51	51	SAC	Sven Meyer	Oregon
52	52	CLE	Donald Royal	Notre Dame	8	504	8442	3161	1431	500	.473	.000	.770	16.8	6.3	2.8	1.0	19.1	.109	-1.6	0.9
53	53	PHO	Winston Crite	Texas A&M	2	31	264	87	65	15	.479		.760	8.5	2.8	2.1	0.5	0.1	.012	-5.5	-0.2
54	54	DEN	Tom Schafer	Iowa State
55	55	SEA	Tommy Amaker	Duke
56	56	CHI	John Fox	Millersville
57	57	PHI	Hansi Gnad	University of Alaska Anchorage
58	58	GSW	Darryl Johnson	Michigan State	1	11	28	12	2	1	.417	.000	1.000	2.5	1.1	0.2	0.1	0.0	.010	-8.4	0.0
59	59	WSB	Danny Pearson	Jacksonville University
60	60	IND	Sean Couch	Columbia University
61	61	UTA	Clarence Martin	Western Kentucky
62	62	PHI	Eric Riggins	Rutgers University
63	63	POR	Kevin Gamble	Iowa	10	649	14508	6154	1457	1300	.502	.360	.810	22.4	9.5	2.2	2.0	33.3	.110	0.2	8.1
64	64	MIL	J. J. Weber	Wisconsin
65	65	DET	Eric White	Pepperdine	2	55	788	336	132	26	.525	1.000	.798	14.3	6.1	2.4	0.5	1.3	.079	-3.1	-0.2
66	66	DAL	Mike Richmond	Texas-El Paso
67	67	ATL	Song Tao
68	68	UTA	Billy Donovan	Providence	1	44	364	105	25	87	.404	.000	.810	8.3	2.4	0.6	2.0	-0.1	-.009	-3.7	-0.2
69	69	LAL	Willie Glass	St. John's
			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	BOS	Tom Sheehey	Virginia
71	71	NYK	Mike Morgan	Drake University
72	72	NJN	Andrew Moten	Florida
73	73	SAS	Todd May	Pikeville College
74	74	SAC	Joe Arlauckas	Niagara University	1	9	85	34	13	8	.326		.750	9.4	3.8	1.4	0.9	-0.1	-.045	-6.8	-0.1
75	75	CLE	Chris Dudley	Yale	16	886	16321	3473	5457	375	.412	.000	.458	18.4	3.9	6.2	0.4	26.2	.077	-3.0	-4.2
76	76	PHO	Steve Beck	Arizona State
77	77	DEN	David Boone	Marquette
78	78	SEA	Todd Linder	University of Tampa
79	79	CHI	Jack Haley	UCLA	9	341	3288	1180	922	82	.425	.000	.655	9.6	3.5	2.7	0.2	2.9	.042	-6.7	-3.9
80	80	CLE	Carven Holcombe	TCU
81	81	WSB	Scott Thompson	University of San Diego
82	82	HOU	Joe Niego	Lewis (IL)
83	83	GSW	Bennie Bolton	NC State
84	84	UTA	Reuben Holmes	Alabama State University
85	85	PHI	Brian Rahilly	Tulsa
86	86	POR	Norwood Barber	Florida State
87	87	MIL	Darryl Bedford	Austin Peay State University
88	88	DET	Dave Popson	UNC	3	41	196	76	46	13	.405	.000	.750	4.8	1.9	1.1	0.3	-0.1	-.033	-7.7	-0.3
89	89	DAL	David Johnson	Oklahoma
90	90	ATL	Theofanis Christodoulou
91	91	BOS	Darryl Kennedy	Oklahoma
92	92	LAL	Ralph Tally	Norfolk State
			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	LAC	Chad Kessler	Georgia
94	94	NJN	James Blackmon	Kentucky
95	95	NYK	Glen Clem	Vanderbilt
96	96	SAS	Dennis Willliams	Georgia
97	97	SAC	Vernon Carr	Michigan State
98	98	CLE	Carl Lott	TCU
99	99	PHO	Brent Counts	University of the Pacific
100	100	DEN	Ron Grandison	New Orleans	4	105	872	254	163	58	.404	.167	.713	8.3	2.4	1.6	0.6	1.2	.064	-2.6	-0.1
101	101	SEA	Michael Tait	Clemson
102	102	CHI	Anthony Wilson	LSU
103	103	IND	Mike Milling	UNC Charlotte
104	104	HOU	Andre LaFleur	Northeastern University
105	105	GSW	Terry Williams	SMU
106	106	WSB	Patrick Fairs	Texas
107	107	UTA	Bart Kofoed	University of Nebraska at Kearney	5	111	702	162	56	108	.387	.188	.614	6.3	1.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	.002	-5.1	-0.6
108	108	PHI	Frank Ross	American University
109	109	POR	David Moss	Tulsa
110	110	MIL	Brian Vaughns	UC Santa Barbara
111	111	DET	Gerry Wright	Iowa
112	112	DAL	Sam Hill	Iowa State
113	113	ATL	Jose Antonio Montero
114	114	BOS	Dave Butler	California
			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
115	115	LAL	Kenny Travis	New Mexico State
116	116	LAC	Martin Nessley	Duke	1	44	336	48	82	16	.385		.444	7.6	1.1	1.9	0.4	-0.1	-.014	-8.2	-0.5
117	117	NYK	Howard Triche	Syracuse
118	118	NJN	Perry Bromwell	Penn
119	119	SAS	Ricky Brown	University of South Alabama
120	120	SAC	Daryl Thomas	Indiana
121	121	CLE	Harold Jensen	Villanova
122	122	PHO	Marcel Boyce	University of Akron
123	123	DEN	Kelvin Scarborough	New Mexico
124	124	SEA	Tom Gneiting	BYU
125	125	CHI	Doug Altenberger	Illinois
126	126	IND	Gary Graham	UNLV
127	127	GSW	Šarūnas Marčiulionis		7	363	8123	4631	819	807	.505	.369	.768	22.4	12.8	2.3	2.2	20.0	.118	0.3	4.7
128	128	WSB	Dwayne Scholten	Washington State
129	129	HOU	Fred Jenkins	Tennessee
130	130	UTA	Art Sabb	Bloomfield College
131	131	PHI	Tracy Foster	UAB
132	132	POR	Bernard Jackson	Loyola Chicago
133	133	MIL	Gay Elmore	Virginia Military Institute
134	134	DET	Antoine Joubert	Michigan
135	135	DAL	Quintan Gates	Texas-El Paso
136	136	ATL	Riccardo Morandou
137	137	BOS	Tim Naegeli	University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
138	138	LAL	Frank Ford	Auburn
			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	LAC	Henry Carr	Wichita State
140	140	NJN	Frank Booker	Bowling Green
141	141	NYK	Wayne Williams	Saint Joseph's
142	142	SAS	Raynard Davis	Texas
143	143	SAC	Scott Adubato	Upsala College
144	144	CLE	Michael Foster	South Carolina
145	145	PHO	Roy Singleton	Grand Canyon University
146	146	DEN	Rowan Gomes	Hampton
147	147	SEA	Mike Giomi	NC State
148	148	CHI	Ervin Leavy	Central Michigan University
149	149	IND	Montel Hatcher	UCLA
150	150	WSB	Jamie Dixon	TCU
151	151	HOU	Clarence Grier	Campbell
152	152	GSW	Ronnie Leggette	West Virginia State University
153	153	UTA	Keith Webster	Harvard University
154	154	PHI	Eric Semisch	West Virginia
155	155	POR	Kenny Stone	George Fox University
156	156	DEN	Curtis Hunter	UNC
157	157	DET	Mark Gottfried	Alabama
158	158	DAL	Gerald White	Auburn
159	159	ATL	Franjo Arapovic
160	160	BOS	Gerry Corcoran	Northeastern University
161	161	LAL	Ron Vanderschaaf	Central Washington University

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