1989 NBA Draft Recap

The 1989 NBA Draft took place in New York on June 27, 1989

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First Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
1 Pervis Ellison SAC C 206cm 95kg 22 12 Louisville Sr United States
2 Danny Ferry LAC LAC to CLE PF 208cm 104kg 22 14 Duke Sr United States
3 Sean Elliott SAN SF 203cm 93kg 21 12 Arizona Sr United States
4 Glen Rice MIA SF 203cm 103kg 22 15 Michigan Sr United States
5 J.R. Reid CHA PF 206cm 112kg 21 11 North Carolina Jr * United States
6 Stacey King CHI PF 211cm 113kg 22 10 Oklahoma Sr United States
7 George McCloud IND SF 198cm 93kg 22 13 Florida State Sr United States
8 Randy White DAL PF 203cm 109kg 21 6 Louisiana Tech Sr United States
9 Tom Hammonds WAS PF 206cm 98kg 22 13 Georgia Tech Sr United States
10 Pooh Richardson MIN PG 185cm 82kg 23 11 UCLA Sr United States
11 Nick Anderson ORL GF 198cm 103kg 21 14 Illinois So * United States
12 Mookie Blaylock NJN PG 185cm 86kg 22 13 Oklahoma Sr United States
13 Michael Smith BOS F 208cm 102kg 24 5 Brigham Young Sr United States
14 Tim Hardaway GOS PG 183cm 79kg 22 14 UTEP Sr United States
15 Todd Lichti DEN G 193cm 93kg 22 5 Stanford Sr United States
16 Dana Barros SEA PG 180cm 75kg 22 14 Boston College Sr United States
17 Shawn Kemp SEA C 208cm 127kg 19 14 Trinity Valley CC Fr * United States
18 B.J. Armstrong CHI G 188cm 79kg 21 11 Iowa Sr United States
19 Kenny Payne PHL F 203cm 88kg 22 4 Louisville Sr United States
20 Jeff Sanders CHI F 203cm 102kg 23 5 Georgia Southern Sr United States
21 Blue Edwards UTH SG 193cm 91kg 23 10 East Carolina Sr United States
22 Byron Irvin POR G 196cm 86kg 22 4 Missouri Sr United States
23 Roy Marble ATL GF 198cm 86kg 22 3 Iowa Sr United States
24 Anthony Cook PHX POR to DET
DET to DEN		 FC 206cm 93kg 22 5 Arizona Sr United States
25 John Morton CLE G 191cm 82kg 22 6 Seton Hall Sr United States
26 Vlade Divac LAL C 216cm 118kg 21 16 KK Partizan (Serbia) 1968 DOB * Serbia
27 Kenny Battle DET DET to PHX SF 198cm 95kg 24 4 Illinois Sr United States

Second Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
28 Sherman Douglas MIA PG 183cm 82kg 22 12 Syracuse Sr United States
29 Dyron Nix CHA CHA to IND F 201cm 95kg 22 1 Tennessee Sr United States
30 Frank Kornet MIL F 206cm 102kg 22 3 Vanderbilt Sr United States
31 Jeff Martin LAC GF 196cm 88kg 22 3 Murray State Sr United States
32 Stanley Brundy NJN F 198cm 95kg 21 2 DePaul Sr United States
33 Jay Edwards LAC SG 193cm 84kg 20 2 Indiana So * United States
34 Gary Leonard MIN C 216cm 113kg 22 3 Missouri Sr United States
35 Pat Durham DAL DAL to MIL F 201cm 95kg 22 4 Colorado State Sr United States
36 Cliff Robinson POR PF 208cm 102kg 22 18 UConn Sr United States
37 Michael Ansley ORL F 201cm 102kg 22 3 Alabama Sr United States
38 Doug West MIN G-F 198cm 91kg 22 12 Villanova Sr United States
39 Ed Horton WAS PF 203cm 104kg 21 2 Iowa Sr United States
40 Dino Radja BOS PF 211cm 116kg 22 4 KK Split (Croatia) 1967 DOB Croatia
41 Doug Roth WAS C 211cm 116kg 21 3 Tennessee Sr United States
42 Michael Cutright DEN DEN to NJN SG 193cm 95kg 22 0 McNeese State Sr United States
43 Chucky Brown CLE SF 201cm 97kg 21 13 NC State Sr United States
44 Reggie Cross PHL PF 203cm 111kg 22 2 Hawaii Sr United States
45 Scott Haffner MIA G 191cm 82kg 23 2 Evansville Sr United States
46 Ricky Blanton PHX F 201cm 98kg 23 3 LSU Sr United States
47 Reggie Turner DEN F 201cm 102kg 23 0 UAB Sr United States
48 Junie Lewis UTH G 185cm 82kg 23 1 South Alabama Sr United States
49 Haywoode Workman ATL G 188cm 82kg 23 10 Oral Roberts Sr United States
50 Brian Quinnett NYK PF 203cm 107kg 23 4 Washington State Sr United States
51 Mike Morrison PHX GF 193cm 88kg 21 3 Loyola Marymount Sr United States
52 Greg Grant PHX PG 170cm 64kg 22 6 The College of New Jersey Jr United States
53 Jeff Hodge DAL G 188cm 79kg 22 0 South Alabama Sr United States
54 Toney Mack PHL G 193cm 93kg 22 1 Georgia RS-Jr * United States

Undrafted Players

Player Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
Terry Davis F 206cm 102kg 22 12 Virginia Union Sr United States
Chris Childs SG 191cm 88kg 21 11 Boise State Sr United States
Jaren Jackson SG 193cm 86kg 21 11 Georgetown Sr United States
Adrian Caldwell PF 203cm 120kg 22 8 Lamar Sr United States
Paul Graham F 198cm 91kg 21 6 Ohio Sr United States
Mike Higgins F 206cm 100kg 22 5 Northern Colorado Sr United States
Byron Dinkins G 185cm 77kg 22 4 Charlotte Sr United States
Lanard Copeland G 198cm 86kg 23 3 Georgia State Sr United States / Australia
Mark Hughes C 208cm - 22 3 Michigan Sr United States
Eric Johnson G 188cm 93kg 23 3 Nebraska Sr United States
Stan Kimbrough G 180cm 69kg 23 3 Xavier Sr United States
Clifford Lett G 191cm 77kg 23 3 Florida Sr United States
Charles Edward Smith G 185cm 73kg 21 3 Georgetown Sr United States
Howard Wright F 203cm 100kg 21 3 Stanford Sr United States
Steve Bucknall GF 198cm 98kg 23 2 North Carolina Sr England
Tony Dawson F 201cm 98kg 21 2 Florida State Sr United States
Sasa Djordjevic SG 188cm 90kg 21 2 KK Partizan (Serbia) 1967 DOB Serbia
Mel McCants F 203cm 109kg 21 2 Purdue Sr United States
Jay Taylor GF 191cm 86kg 21 2 Eastern Illinois Sr United States
Raymond Brown PF 203cm 100kg 23 1 Idaho Sr United States
Torgeir Bryn FC 206cm 113kg 24 1 Texas State Sr Norway
Terry Dozier F 206cm 95kg 22 1 South Carolina Sr United States
Tom Hovasse F 203cm 93kg 22 1 Penn State Sr United States
Leonard Taylor F 203cm 100kg 23 1 California Sr United States
Gundars Vetra SF 198cm 89kg 22 1 BS Riga (Latvia) 1967 DOB Latvia
Jeff Lebo G 188cm 82kg 22 0 North Carolina Sr United States
Ramon Ramos 203cm 105kg 21 0 Seton Hall Sr Puerto Rico / United States
Andrew Gaze F 201cm 96kg 23 2 Melbourne South (Australia) 1965 DOB * Australia

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