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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	7.4	80.9
2	2	PHO	Armen Gilliam	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	13	929	26421	12700	6401	1088	.489	.000	.776	28.4	13.7	6.9	1.2	58.1	.106	-1.1	6.2
3	3	NJN	Dennis Hopson	Ohio State University	5	334	7509	3633	939	539	.431	.271	.765	22.5	10.9	2.8	1.6	7.1	.046	-2.1	-0.3
4	4	LAC	Reggie Williams	Georgetown University	10	599	16013	7508	2393	1492	.437	.298	.784	26.7	12.5	4.0	2.5	26.0	.078	0.5	10.3
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	4.7	69.6
6	6	SAC	Kenny Smith	University of North Carolina	10	737	22213	9397	1454	4073	.480	.399	.829	30.1	12.8	2.0	5.5	46.8	.101	-1.2	4.4
7	7	CLE	Kevin Johnson	University of California	12	735	25061	13127	2404	6711	.493	.305	.841	34.1	17.9	3.3	9.1	92.8	.178	2.4	28.0
8	8	CHI	Olden Polynice	University of Virginia	15	1058	24884	8265	7110	744	.505	.192	.535	23.5	7.8	6.7	0.7	46.8	.090	-1.6	2.7
9	9	SEA	Derrick McKey	University of Alabama	15	937	27229	10266	4387	2254	.486	.316	.779	29.1	11.0	4.7	2.4	61.8	.109	2.0	27.3
10	10	CHI	Horace Grant	Clemson University	17	1165	38621	12996	9443	2575	.509	.063	.692	33.2	11.2	8.1	2.2	118.2	.147	2.6	44.4
11	11	IND	Reggie Miller	University of California, Los Angeles	18	1389	47619	25279	4182	4141	.471	.395	.888	34.3	18.2	3.0	3.0	174.4	.176	3.3	63.2
12	12	WSB	Muggsy Bogues	Wake Forest University	14	889	25429	6858	2318	6726	.458	.278	.827	28.6	7.7	2.6	7.6	54.0	.102	-1.2	5.2
13	13	LAC	Joe Wolf	University of North Carolina	11	592	9636	2485	1933	596	.423	.164	.770	16.3	4.2	3.3	1.0	3.5	.017	-4.1	-5.2
14	14	GSW	Tellis Frank	Western Kentucky University	5	264	4703	1710	1022	276	.439	.000	.741	17.8	6.5	3.9	1.0	4.0	.041	-3.0	-1.2
15	15	UTA	Jose Ortiz	Oregon State University	2	64	391	183	73	18	.443	.333	.596	6.1	2.9	1.1	0.3	0.0	.002	-5.4	-0.3
16	16	PHI	Chris Welp	University of Washington	3	109	1173	359	265	43	.446	.000	.681	10.8	3.3	2.4	0.4	1.0	.042	-3.5	-0.4
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	-10.7	-0.2
18	18	NYK	Mark Jackson	St. John's University	17	1296	39121	12489	4963	10334	.447	.332	.770	30.2	9.6	3.8	8.0	91.8	.113	0.7	27.1
19	19	LAC	Ken Norman	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	10	646	18992	8717	3949	1355	.486	.312	.567	29.4	13.5	6.1	2.1	27.1	.069	-0.6	6.5
20	20	DAL	Jim Farmer	University of Alabama	5	136	1454	715	186	111	.428	.282	.730	10.7	5.3	1.4	0.8	0.7	.024	-5.0	-1.1
21	21	ATL	Dallas Comegys	DePaul University	2	142	2241	856	452	95	.457	.000	.682	15.8	6.0	3.2	0.7	1.1	.024	-3.8	-1.0
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	1.5	13.1
23	23	SAS	Greg Anderson	University of Houston	10	680	14040	4953	4246	385	.492	.087	.557	20.6	7.3	6.2	0.6	18.7	.064	-2.7	-2.6
			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	Fred Banks	University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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	-12.0	-0.1
26	26	DAL	Steve Alford	Indiana University	4	169	1641	744	144	176	.459	.324	.870	9.7	4.4	0.9	1.0	3.2	.093	-2.4	-0.2
27	27	SAS	Nate Blackwell	Temple University	1	10	112	37	6	18	.366	.182	.833	11.2	3.7	0.6	1.8	-0.1	-.045	-8.6	-0.2
28	28	CHI	Rickie Winslow	University of Houston	1	7	45	7	7	2	.231	.000	.500	6.4	1.0	1.0	0.3	-0.2	-.165	-11.0	-0.1
29	29	POR	Lester Fonville	Jackson State University
30	30	POR	Nikita Wilson	Louisiana State University	1	15	54	19	11	3	.304		.833	3.6	1.3	0.7	0.2	-0.1	-.099	-13.0	-0.2
31	31	DEN	Andre Moore	Loyola University of Chicago	1	10	50	24	14	6	.333		.750	5.0	2.4	1.4	0.6	0.0	-.013	-4.1	0.0
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	-3.3	-0.8
33	33	CHI	Tony White	University of Tennessee	1	49	581	261	31	59	.446	.000	.722	11.9	5.3	0.6	1.2	-0.3	-.025	-7.5	-0.8
34	34	IND	Brian Rowsom	University of North Carolina at Wilmington	3	82	1092	457	273	47	.455	.667	.818	13.3	5.6	3.3	0.6	2.4	.107	-2.1	0.0
35	35	HOU	Doug Lee	Purdue University	3	73	415	168	42	32	.412	.310	.700	5.7	2.3	0.6	0.4	0.7	.086	-2.9	-0.1
36	36	WSB	Duane Washington	Middle Tennessee State University	2	19	184	54	24	39	.383	.500	.800	9.7	2.8	1.3	2.1	0.4	.092	-1.7	0.0
37	37	WSB	Derrick Dowell	University of Southern California
38	38	LAC	Norris Coleman	Kansas State University	1	29	431	153	81	13	.346	.500	.556	14.9	5.3	2.8	0.4	-0.4	-.046	-8.3	-0.7
39	39	PHI	Vincent Askew	University of Memphis	9	467	9361	3311	1176	1017	.479	.300	.754	20.0	7.1	2.5	2.2	22.1	.113	-0.5	3.6
40	40	MIL	Winston Garland	Missouri State University	7	511	13391	4799	1433	2421	.430	.281	.830	26.2	9.4	2.8	4.7	14.2	.051	-1.8	0.5
41	41	CLE	Kannard Johnson	Western Kentucky University	1	4	12	2	0	0	.333			3.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.1	-.238	-12.2	0.0
42	42	ATL	Terence Bailey	Wagner College
43	43	PHI	Andrew Kennedy	University of Virginia
44	44	ATL	Terry Coner	University of Alabama
45	45	BOS	Brad Lohaus	University of Iowa	11	656	10378	3854	1869	714	.440	.361	.733	15.8	5.9	2.8	1.1	15.2	.070	-1.0	2.5
46	46	PHO	Bruce Dalrymple	Georgia Institute of Technology
			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	University of 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	-8.9	-0.2
49	49	NYK	Jerome Batiste	McNeese State University
50	50	SAS	Phil Zevenbergen	University of Washington	1	8	58	30	13	3	.556		.000	7.3	3.8	1.6	0.4	0.0	.041	-4.0	0.0
51	51	SAC	Sven Myer	University of Oregon
52	52	CLE	Donald Royal	University of Notre Dame	8	504	8442	3161	1431	500	.473	.000	.770	16.8	6.3	2.8	1.0	19.1	.109	-1.7	0.7
53	53	PHO	Winston Crite	Texas A&M University	2	31	264	87	65	15	.479		.760	8.5	2.8	2.1	0.5	0.1	.012	-4.4	-0.2
54	54	DEN	Tom Schafer	Iowa State University
55	55	SEA	Tommy Amaker	Duke University
56	56	CHI	John Fox	Millersville University of Pennsylvania
57	57	PHI	Hansi Gnad	University of Alaska Anchorage
58	58	GSW	Darryl Johnson	Michigan State University	1	11	28	12	2	1	.417	.000	1.000	2.5	1.1	0.2	0.1	0.0	.010	-10.1	-0.1
59	59	WSB	Danny Pearson	Jacksonville University
60	60	IND	Sean Couch	Columbia University
61	61	UTA	Clarence Martin	Western Kentucky University
62	62	PHI	Eric Riggins	Rutgers University
63	63	POR	Kevin Gamble	University of Iowa	10	649	14508	6154	1457	1300	.502	.360	.810	22.4	9.5	2.2	2.0	33.3	.110	0.1	7.8
64	64	MIL	J. J. Weber	University of Wisconsin
65	65	DET	Eric White	Pepperdine University	2	55	788	336	132	26	.525	1.000	.798	14.3	6.1	2.4	0.5	1.3	.079	-3.9	-0.4
66	66	DAL	Mike Richmond	University of Texas at El Paso
67	67	ATL	Song Tao
68	68	UTA	Billy Donovan	Providence College	1	44	364	105	25	87	.404	.000	.810	8.3	2.4	0.6	2.0	-0.1	-.009	-7.4	-0.5
69	69	LAL	Willie Glass	St. John's 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
70	70	BOS	Tom Sheehey	University of Virginia
71	71	NYK	Mike Morgan	Drake University
72	72	NJN	Andrew Moten	University of 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	-6.5	-0.1
75	75	CLE	Chris Dudley	Yale University	16	886	16321	3473	5457	375	.412	.000	.458	18.4	3.9	6.2	0.4	26.2	.077	-1.9	0.6
76	76	PHO	Steve Beck	Arizona State University
77	77	DEN	David Boone	Marquette University
78	78	SEA	Todd Linder	University of Tampa
79	79	CHI	Jack Haley	University of California, Los Angeles	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 Holcomb	Texas Christian University
81	81	WSB	Scott Thompson	University of San Diego
82	82	HOU	Joe Niego	Lewis University
83	83	GSW	Benny Bolton	North Carolina State University
84	84	UTA	Reuben Holmes	Alabama State University
85	85	PHI	Brian Rahilly	University of Tulsa
86	86	POR	Norwood Barber	Florida State University
87	87	MIL	Darryl Bedford	Austin Peay State University
88	88	DET	Dave Popson	University of North Carolina	3	41	196	76	46	13	.405	.000	.750	4.8	1.9	1.1	0.3	-0.1	-.033	-7.4	-0.3
89	89	DAL	David Johnson	University of Oklahoma
90	90	ATL	Theofanis Christodoulou
91	91	BOS	Darryl Kennedy	University of Oklahoma
92	92	LAL	Ralph Tally	Norfolk State 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
93	93	LAC	Chad Kessler	University of Georgia
94	94	NJN	James Blackmon	University of Kentucky
95	95	NYK	Glenn Clem	Vanderbilt University
96	96	SAS	Dennis Williams	University of Georgia
97	97	SAC	Vernon Carr	Michigan State University
98	98	CLE	Carl Lott	Texas Christian University
99	99	PHO	Brent Counts	University of the Pacific
100	100	DEN	Ron Grandison	University of New Orleans	4	105	872	254	163	58	.404	.167	.713	8.3	2.4	1.6	0.6	1.2	.064	-2.4	-0.1
101	101	SEA	Michael Tait	Clemson University
102	102	CHI	Anthony Wilson	Louisiana State University
103	103	IND	Mike Milling	University of North Carolina at Charlotte
104	104	HOU	Andre LaFleur	Northeastern University
105	105	GSW	Terry Williams	Southern Methodist University
106	106	WSB	Patrick Fairs	University of Texas at Austin
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	-6.0	-0.7
108	108	PHI	Frank Ross	American University
109	109	POR	David Moss	University of Tulsa
110	110	MIL	Brian Vaughns	University of California, Santa Barbara
111	111	DET	Gerry Wright	University of Iowa
112	112	DAL	Sam Hill	Iowa State University
113	113	ATL	Jose Antonio Montero
114	114	BOS	Dave Butler	University of 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 University
116	116	LAC	Martin Nessley	Duke University	1	44	336	48	82	16	.385		.444	7.6	1.1	1.9	0.4	-0.1	-.014	-6.2	-0.4
117	117	NYK	Howard Triche	Syracuse University
118	118	NJN	Perry Bromwell	University of Pennsylvania
119	119	SAS	Ricky Brown	University of South Alabama
120	120	SAC	Darryl Thomas	Indiana University
121	121	CLE	Harold Jensen	Villanova University
122	122	PHO	Marcel Boyce	University of Akron
123	123	DEN	Kelvin Scarborough	University of New Mexico
124	124	SEA	Tom Gneiting	Brigham Young University
125	125	CHI	Doug Altenberger	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
126	126	IND	Gary Graham	University of Nevada, Las Vegas
127	127	GSW	Sarunas Marciulionis		7	363	8123	4631	819	807	.505	.369	.768	22.4	12.8	2.3	2.2	20.0	.118	-0.2	3.7
128	128	WSB	Dwayne Scholten	Washington State University
129	129	HOU	Fred Jenkins	University of Tennessee
130	130	UTA	Art Sabb	Bloomfield College
131	131	PHI	Tracy Foster	University of Alabama at Birmingham
132	132	POR	Bernard Johnson	Loyola University of Chicago
133	133	MIL	Gay Elmore	Virginia Military Institute
134	134	DET	Antoine Joubert	University of Michigan
135	135	DAL	Quintan Gates	University of Texas at El Paso
136	136	ATL	Riccardo Morandotti
137	137	BOS	Tim Naegeli	University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
138	138	LAL	Frank Ford	Auburn 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	LAC	Henry Carr	Wichita State University
140	140	NJN	Frank Booker	Bowling Green State University
141	141	NYK	Wayne Williams	Saint Joseph's University
142	142	SAS	Raynard Davis	University of Texas at Austin
143	143	SAC	Scott Adubato	Upsala College
144	144	CLE	Michael Foster	University of South Carolina
145	145	PHO	Roy Singleton	Grand Canyon University
146	146	DEN	Rowan Gomes	Hampton University
147	147	SEA	Mike Giomi	North Carolina State University
148	148	CHI	Earvin Leavy	Central Michigan University
149	149	IND	Montel Hatcher	University of California, Los Angeles
150	150	WSB	Jamie Dixon	Texas Christian University
151	151	HOU	Clarence Grier	Campbell University
152	152	GSW	Ronnie Leggette	West Virginia State University
153	153	UTA	Keith Webster	Harvard University
154	154	PHI	Eric Semisch	West Virginia University
155	155	POR	Kenny Stone	George Fox University
156	156	DEN	Curtis Hunter	University of North Carolina
157	157	DET	Mark Gottfried	University of Alabama
158	158	DAL	Gerald White	Auburn University
159	159	ATL	Franjo Arapovic
160	160	BOS	Jerry Corcoran	Northeastern University
161	161	LAL	Ron Vanderschaaf	Central Washington University

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