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1990 NBA Draft

1989 NBA Draft 1991 NBA Draft

Date: Wednesday, June 27, 1990

Location: New York, New York

Number of Picks: 54 (52 played in NBA)

First Overall Pick: Derrick Coleman (64.3 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: G. Payton (145.5), D. Coleman (64.3) and E. Campbell (62.8)

All-Stars: 6 (C. Ceballos, D. Coleman, A. Davis, T. Hill, G. Payton and J. Williams)

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54 Selections

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54 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	NJN	Derrick Coleman	Syracuse	15	781	25903	12884	7232	1985	.447	.295	.769	33.2	16.5	9.3	2.5	64.3	.119	1.4	22.3
2	2	SEA	Gary Payton	Oregon State	17	1335	47117	21813	5269	8966	.466	.317	.729	35.3	16.3	3.9	6.7	145.5	.148	3.3	62.5
3	3	DEN	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf	LSU	9	586	15628	8553	1087	2079	.442	.354	.905	26.7	14.6	1.9	3.5	25.2	.077	-0.8	4.5
4	4	ORL	Dennis Scott	Georgia Tech	10	629	17983	8094	1774	1296	.417	.397	.793	28.6	12.9	2.8	2.1	33.4	.089	0.2	9.9
5	5	CHH	Kendall Gill	Illinois	15	966	29481	12914	4002	2945	.434	.300	.754	30.5	13.4	4.1	3.0	47.8	.078	0.1	15.8
6	6	MIN	Felton Spencer	Louisville	12	640	12298	3354	3436	213	.484	.000	.658	19.2	5.2	5.4	0.3	20.9	.081	-4.3	-7.0
7	7	SAC	Lionel Simmons	La Salle	7	454	13472	5833	2833	1498	.433	.305	.771	29.7	12.8	6.2	3.3	16.9	.060	0.0	6.7
8	8	LAC	Bo Kimble	Loyola Marymount	3	105	1336	574	162	98	.386	.291	.728	12.7	5.5	1.5	0.9	0.1	.004	-5.7	-1.2
9	9	MIA	Willie Burton	Minnesota	8	316	6666	3243	932	393	.424	.345	.786	21.1	10.3	2.9	1.2	9.1	.065	-2.5	-0.9
10	10	ATL	Rumeal Robinson	Michigan	6	336	6098	2546	606	1179	.432	.344	.611	18.1	7.6	1.8	3.5	5.2	.041	-1.5	0.8
11	11	GSW	Tyrone Hill	Xavier	14	801	22388	7532	6854	647	.502	.000	.643	28.0	9.4	8.6	0.8	56.2	.120	-1.9	0.8
12	12	HOU	Alec Kessler	Georgia	4	210	2937	1084	751	81	.426	.417	.744	14.0	5.2	3.6	0.4	2.0	.033	-5.9	-2.8
13	13	LAC	Loy Vaught	Michigan	11	689	16993	6984	4881	652	.504	.244	.718	24.7	10.1	7.1	0.9	35.8	.101	-1.5	2.2
14	14	SAC	Travis Mays	Texas	3	115	2964	1273	233	326	.410	.362	.749	25.8	11.1	2.0	2.8	2.4	.039	-2.6	-0.5
15	15	MIA	Dave Jamerson	Ohio University	3	90	594	306	77	61	.392	.277	.860	6.6	3.4	0.9	0.7	0.2	.018	-3.9	-0.3
16	16	MIL	Terry Mills	Michigan	11	678	16422	7175	3680	891	.457	.384	.781	24.2	10.6	5.4	1.3	33.3	.097	-0.6	5.9
17	17	NYK	Jerrod Mustaf	Maryland	4	179	1902	721	452	99	.449	.000	.648	10.6	4.0	2.5	0.6	1.7	.043	-4.1	-1.0
18	18	SAC	Duane Causwell	Temple	11	541	9409	2648	2273	243	.507	.286	.618	17.4	4.9	4.2	0.4	15.8	.081	-2.3	-0.7
19	19	BOS	Dee Brown	Jacksonville University	12	608	16843	6758	1569	2227	.436	.357	.825	27.7	11.1	2.6	3.7	33.4	.095	0.8	11.6
20	20	MIN	Gerald Glass	Ole Miss	4	201	3347	1553	512	298	.433	.236	.643	16.7	7.7	2.5	1.5	1.8	.025	-1.9	0.1
21	21	PHO	Jayson Williams	St. John's	9	475	9805	3472	3584	287	.440	.125	.606	20.6	7.3	7.5	0.6	20.0	.098	-2.8	-2.1
22	22	NJN	Tate George	UConn	4	177	2019	736	180	325	.414	.071	.820	11.4	4.2	1.0	1.8	1.3	.032	-3.5	-0.8
23	23	SAC	Anthony Bonner	Saint Louis	6	318	7372	2199	1726	442	.468	.125	.590	23.2	6.9	5.4	1.4	10.8	.070	-2.0	0.1
24	24	SAS	Dwayne Schintzius	Florida	8	217	1950	587	536	93	.404	.125	.638	9.0	2.7	2.5	0.4	1.0	.024	-5.0	-1.5
25	25	POR	Alaa Abdelnaby	Duke	5	256	3200	1465	846	85	.502	.000	.701	12.5	5.7	3.3	0.3	4.8	.072	-3.8	-1.5
26	26	DET	Lance Blanks	Texas	3	142	1045	289	110	117	.436	.253	.667	7.4	2.0	0.8	0.8	0.7	.031	-3.2	-0.3
27	27	LAL	Elden Campbell	Clemson	15	1044	25776	10805	6116	1199	.460	.054	.699	24.7	10.3	5.9	1.1	62.8	.117	-0.5	9.5
			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
28	28	GSW	Les Jepsen	Iowa	2	52	192	53	67	2	.333	.000	.650	3.7	1.0	1.3	0.0	0.1	.031	-8.0	-0.3
29	29	CHI	Toni Kukoč		13	846	22212	9810	3555	3119	.447	.335	.729	26.3	11.6	4.2	3.7	59.6	.129	2.8	27.2
30	30	MIA	Carl Herrera	Houston	8	465	8042	2481	1690	261	.476	.143	.643	17.3	5.3	3.6	0.6	9.0	.054	-3.7	-3.4
31	31	PHO	Negele Knight	Dayton	6	276	4513	1699	351	780	.436	.263	.730	16.4	6.2	1.3	2.8	4.2	.044	-3.0	-1.1
32	32	PHI	Brian Oliver	Georgia Tech	4	118	1182	389	123	114	.388	.227	.705	10.0	3.3	1.0	1.0	-0.5	-.020	-5.9	-1.2
33	33	UTA	Walter Palmer	Dartmouth College	2	48	209	100	65	11	.412	.000	.667	4.4	2.1	1.4	0.2	-0.1	-.013	-6.7	-0.2
34	34	GSW	Kevin Pritchard	Kansas	4	94	1125	340	90	152	.399	.186	.790	12.0	3.6	1.0	1.6	0.4	.017	-4.0	-0.6
35	35	WSB	Greg Foster	Texas-El Paso	13	656	7974	2538	1691	351	.440	.225	.748	12.2	3.9	2.6	0.5	5.6	.033	-5.5	-7.0
36	36	ATL	Trevor Wilson	UCLA	4	103	1609	591	353	99	.456	.000	.567	15.6	5.7	3.4	1.0	0.8	.023	-3.4	-0.6
37	37	WSB	A.J. English	Virginia Union University	2	151	3108	1502	315	320	.435	.138	.778	20.6	9.9	2.1	2.1	1.1	.017	-3.9	-1.5
38	38	SEA	Jud Buechler	Arizona	12	720	8444	2385	1266	560	.433	.366	.633	11.7	3.3	1.8	0.8	16.5	.094	-0.1	4.0
39	39	CHH	Steve Scheffler	Purdue	7	174	918	331	180	26	.558	.200	.759	5.3	1.9	1.0	0.1	2.9	.153	-1.9	0.0
40	40	SAC	Bimbo Coles	Virginia Tech	14	852	20319	6628	1820	3313	.425	.267	.811	23.8	7.8	2.1	3.9	27.4	.065	-1.6	1.9
41	41	ATL	Steve Bardo	Illinois	3	33	299	73	60	44	.329	.100	.696	9.1	2.2	1.8	1.3	-0.1	-.020	-4.0	-0.2
42	42	DEN	Marcus Liberty	Illinois	4	267	4568	1942	925	244	.417	.340	.664	17.1	7.3	3.5	0.9	4.0	.042	-2.6	-0.7
43	43	SAS	Tony Massenburg	Maryland	13	683	12291	4238	2964	266	.470	.091	.705	18.0	6.2	4.3	0.4	15.6	.061	-4.5	-7.8
44	44	MIL	Steve Henson	Kansas State	7	238	2282	739	176	465	.403	.432	.869	9.6	3.1	0.7	2.0	3.8	.079	-1.8	0.1
45	45	IND	Antonio Davis	Texas-El Paso	13	903	26084	9041	6755	1017	.448	.087	.727	28.9	10.0	7.5	1.1	59.6	.110	-1.3	4.4
46	46	IND	Kenny Williams	Elizabeth City State University	4	260	2918	1247	693	161	.511	.000	.680	11.2	4.8	2.7	0.6	7.4	.122	0.1	1.5
47	47	PHI	Derek Strong	Xavier	10	456	8548	3088	2213	291	.430	.180	.786	18.7	6.8	4.9	0.6	18.5	.104	-2.1	-0.3
48	48	PHO	Cedric Ceballos	Cal State Fullerton	11	609	14712	8693	3258	723	.500	.309	.753	24.2	14.3	5.3	1.2	40.4	.132	0.7	10.1
49	49	DAL	Phil Henderson	Duke
50	50	PHO	Miloš Babić	Tennessee Technological University	2	21	87	37	20	10	.375		.650	4.1	1.8	1.0	0.5	-0.1	-.028	-5.9	-0.1
51	51	LAL	Tony Smith	Marquette	9	457	7295	2504	735	881	.431	.307	.690	16.0	5.5	1.6	1.9	6.7	.044	-2.0	0.0
52	52	CLE	Stefano Rusconi		1	7	30	8	6	3	.333		.400	4.3	1.1	0.9	0.4	-0.1	-.104	-11.4	-0.1
53	53	SEA	Abdul Shamsid-Deen	Providence
54	54	SAS	Sean Higgins	Michigan	6	220	3334	1375	402	226	.428	.321	.850	15.2	6.3	1.8	1.0	0.4	.006	-4.7	-2.3

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