1982 NBA Draft Recap

The 1982 NBA Draft took place in New York on June 29, 1982

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First Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
1 James Worthy LAL SF 6-9 225 21 12 North Carolina Jr * United States
2 Terry Cummings SDC PF 6-9 220 21 19 DePaul Jr * United States
3 Dominique Wilkins UTH UTH to ATL SF 6-7 200 22 16 Georgia Jr * United States
4 Bill Garnett DAL F 6-9 225 22 4 Wyoming Sr United States
5 LaSalle Thompson KCK C 6-10 245 21 15 Texas Jr * United States
6 Trent Tucker NYK G 6-5 193 22 11 Minnesota Sr United States
7 Quintin Dailey CHI G 6-3 180 21 10 San Francisco Jr * United States
8 Clark Kellogg IND F 6-7 225 20 5 Ohio State Jr * United States
9 Cliff Levingston ATL F 6-8 210 21 11 Wichita State Jr * United States
10 Keith Edmonson ATL G 6-5 195 21 2 Purdue Sr United States
11 Fat Lever POR PG 6-3 170 21 12 Arizona State Sr United States
12 John Bagley CLE G 6-0 185 22 12 Boston College Jr * United States
13 Sleepy Floyd NJN PG 6-3 170 22 13 Georgetown Sr United States
14 Lester Conner GOS G 6-4 180 22 12 Oregon State Sr United States
15 David Thirdkill PHX GF 6-7 195 22 5 Bradley Sr United States
16 Terry Teagle HOU SG 6-5 195 22 11 Baylor Sr United States
17 Brook Steppe KCK GF 6-5 195 22 5 Georgia Tech Sr United States
18 Ricky Pierce DET SG 6-4 205 22 16 Rice Sr United States
19 Rob Williams DEN G 6-2 175 21 2 Houston Jr * United States
20 Paul Pressey MIL SF 6-5 185 23 11 Tulsa Sr United States
21 Eddie Phillips NJN F 6-7 225 20 1 Alabama Sr United States
22 Mark McNamara PHL C 6-11 235 23 8 California Sr United States
23 Darren Tillis BOS FC 6-11 215 22 3 Cleveland State Sr United States

Second Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
24 Oliver Robinson SAN SG 6-4 180 22 1 UAB Sr United States
25 Bryan Warrick WAS G 6-5 195 22 6 Saint Joseph's Sr United States
26 Ricky Frazier CHI SF 6-6 185 24 1 Missouri Sr United States
27 Fred Roberts MIL MIL to NJN
NJN to SAN		 FC 6-10 218 21 14 Brigham Young Sr United States
28 Dave Magley CLE SF 6-8 202 22 1 Kansas Sr United States
29 Scott Hastings NYK FC 6-10 235 22 11 Arkansas Sr United States
30 Wallace Bryant CHI C 7-0 245 22 4 San Francisco Sr United States
31 Rod Higgins CHI FC 6-7 200 22 13 Fresno State Sr United States
32 Richard Anderson SDC FC 6-10 240 21 7 UC Santa Barbara Sr United States
33 Linton Townes POR GF 6-7 190 22 3 James Madison Sr United States
34 Vince Taylor NYK SG 6-5 180 21 2 Duke Sr United States
35 Derek Smith GOS SG 6-6 205 20 9 Louisville Sr United States
36 J.J. Anderson PHL F 6-8 195 21 3 Bradley Sr United States
37 Audie Norris POR C 6-9 230 21 3 Jackson State Sr United States
38 Wayne Sappleton GOS GOS to NJN F 6-9 215 21 1 Loyola (IL) Sr Jamaica
39 Kevin Magee PHX PF 6-8 230 23 1 UC Irvine Sr United States
40 Guy Morgan IND GF 6-8 205 21 1 Wake Forest Sr United States
41 Dwight Anderson WAS PG 6-3 185 21 3 USC Sr United States
42 Jeff Taylor HOU G 6-4 175 22 3 Texas Tech Sr United States
43 Jose Slaughter IND SG 6-5 205 21 3 Portland Sr United States
44 Mike Gibson WAS PF 6-10 205 21 3 USC Upstate Sr United States
45 Russ Schoene PHL FC 6-10 210 22 5 Chattanooga Sr United States
46 Tony Guy BOS SG 6-6 203 22 2 Kansas Sr United States

Third Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
47 Michael Wilson CLE G 6-4 175 22 5 Marquette Sr United States
48 Craig Hodges SDC G 6-2 190 22 10 Long Beach State Sr United States
49 Steve Trumbo UTH PF 6-8 240 22 1 Brigham Young Jr United States
50 Corny Thompson DAL F 6-8 225 22 2 Connecticut Sr United States
51 Jim Johnstone KCK KCK to ATL C 6-11 245 21 1 Wake Forest Sr United States
52 Dan Caldwell NYK F 6-8 215 22 0 Washington Sr United States
53 Tyrone Adams CHI SG 6-6 195 23 0 Kansas State Sr United States
54 Hutch Jones LAL F 6-8 195 22 0 Vanderbilt Jr United States
55 Jerry Eaves UTH G 6-4 180 23 4 Louisville Sr United States
56 Joe Kopicki ATL PF 6-9 240 22 3 Detroit-Mercy Sr United States
57 Craig Tucker NYK PG 6-1 175 21 0 Illinois Sr United States
58 Mike Largey WAS PF 6-8 230 21 0 Upsala College Sr United States
59 Jimmy Black NJN PG 6-2 160 21 0 North Carolina Sr United States
60 Chris Engler GOS C 6-11 245 23 6 Wyoming Sr United States
61 Charles Pittman PHX F 6-8 220 24 4 Maryland Sr United States
62 Roylin Bond DEN SG 6-3 175 21 0 Pepperdine Sr United States
63 Chuck Nevitt HOU C 7-5 217 23 11 NC State Sr United States
64 Willie Redden SAN C 6-11 225 21 1 South Florida Sr United States
65 John Greig SEA SG 6-7 215 21 1 Oregon Sr United States
66 Phillip Lockett POR PF 6-9 225 22 0 Alabama Sr United States
67 Mike Hackett LAL GF 6-6 210 22 0 Jacksonville Sr United States
68 Dale Solomon PHL PF 6-8 220 23 0 Virginia Tech Sr United States
69 Perry Moss BOS G 6-2 185 23 6 Northeastern Sr United States

Fourth Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
70 Reggie Hannah CLE PF 6-9 215 N/A 0 South Alabama Sr United States
71 Darius Clemons SDC PG 6-3 210 N/A 0 Loyola (IL) Sr United States
72 Mark Eaton UTH C 7-4 275 25 12 UCLA Sr United States
73 Rudy Woods DAL C 6-11 220 22 0 Texas A&M Sr United States
74 Mike Sanders KCK GF 6-6 210 22 11 UCLA Sr United States
75 Norm Anchrum NYK C 6-11 225 N/A 0 UAB Sr United States
76 Chuck Aleksinas CHI C 6-11 260 23 1 Connecticut Sr United States
77 Jeff Jones IND SG 6-3 180 21 1 Virginia Sr United States
78 Walker Russell, Sr. DET GF 6-5 195 21 6 Western Michigan Jr United States
79 Eric Smith POR GF 6-5 185 N/A 0 Georgetown Sr United States
80 James Griffin NJN PF 6-10 200 N/A 0 Illinois Sr United States
81 Dino Gregory WAS PF 6-8 210 N/A 0 Long Beach State Sr United States
82 Tony Brown NJN GF 6-6 185 21 10 Arkansas Sr United States
83 Ken Stancell GOS PF 6-9 225 N/A 1 VCU Sr United States
84 Alford Turner DEN SG 6-3 190 N/A 0 Louisiana-Lafayette Sr United States
85 Andre Gaddy HOU PF 6-10 200 N/A 0 George Mason Sr United States
86 Rory White PHX PF 6-8 210 22 5 South Alabama Sr United States
87 Tony Grier SAN SG 6-3 215 N/A 0 South Florida Sr United States
88 Ken Owens SEA PG 6-0 180 23 0 Idaho Sr United States
89 Jerry Beck MIL PF 6-7 200 N/A 0 Middle Tennessee State Sr United States
90 Craig McCormick LAL FC 6-10 - N/A 0 Western Kentucky Sr United States
91 Bruce Atkins PHL PF 6-7 235 21 0 Duquesne Sr United States
92 Greg Stewart BOS PF 6-8 225 21 0 Tulsa Sr United States

Fifth Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
93 Terry White CLE - - N/A 1 UTEP Sr United States
94 Gary Carter SDC PG 6-0 - N/A 0 Tennessee Sr United States
95 Mike McKay UTH F 6-5 - N/A 0 Connecticut Sr United States
96 Ken Arnold DAL - - N/A 0 Iowa Sr United States
97 Ken Simpson KCK G - - N/A 0 Grambling State Sr United States
98 Aaron Howard NYK - - N/A 0 Villanova Sr United States
99 Rubin Jackson CHI F 6-6 - N/A 0 Oklahoma City Sr United States
100 Rich DiBenedetto IND - - N/A 0 Wisconsin-Eau Claire Sr United States
101 John Ebeling DET - - N/A 0 Florida Southern Sr United States
102 Mark Hall ATL G - - N/A 0 Minnesota Sr United States
103 Cherokee Rhone POR FC 6-8 215 N/A 0 Centenary Sr United States
104 Clarence Dickerson WAS - - N/A 0 Hawaii Sr United States
105 Chris Giles NJN - - N/A 0 UAB Sr United States
106 Albert Irving GOS - - N/A 0 Alcorn State Sr United States
107 Jeff Schneider HOU - - N/A 0 Virginia Tech Sr United States
108 Marvin McCrary PHX - - N/A 0 Missouri Sr United States
109 Bill Duffy DEN - - N/A 0 Santa Clara Sr United States
110 Clarence Swannegan SAN - - N/A 0 Texas Tech Sr United States
111 Rod Camp SEA - - N/A 0 Southern Illinois Sr United States
112 Jerry Davis WAS - - N/A 0 Detroit-Mercy Sr United States
113 Howard McNeill LAL - - N/A 0 Seton Hall Sr United States
114 Donald Mason PHL - - N/A 0 Fresno State Sr United States
115 William Brown BOS - - N/A 0 Saint Peter's Sr United States

Sixth Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
116 Vince Reynolds CLE F - - N/A 0 South Florida Sr United States
117 Eric Marbury SDC G 6-2 - N/A 0 Georgia Sr United States
118 Alvin Jackson UTH G - - N/A 0 Southern Sr United States
119 Wayne Waggoner DAL - - N/A 0 Northwestern State Sr United States
120 Poncho Wright KCK GF 6-5 195 N/A 0 Louisville Sr United States
121 Mike Kanieski NYK - - N/A 0 Dayton Sr United States
122 B.B. Fontenet CHI - - N/A 0 Nevada Sr United States
123 Jeff Clark IND G - - N/A 0 Saint Joseph's Sr United States
124 Gary Holmes DET FC 6-10 240 N/A 0 Minnesota Sr United States
125 Leo Cunningham POR - - N/A 0 Utah State Sr United States
126 Jay Bruchak ATL GF - - N/A 0 Mount Saint Mary College Sr United States
127 Byron Williams WAS - - N/A 0 Idaho State Sr United States
128 Mel Daniel NJN - - N/A 0 Furman Sr United States
129 David Vann GOS - - N/A 0 Saint Mary's Sr United States
130 Jake Bethany PHX - - N/A 0 Hardin-Simmons Sr United States
131 Chris Brust DEN FC 6-9 - N/A 0 North Carolina Sr United States
132 Don Wilson HOU - - N/A 0 Louisiana-Monroe Sr United States
133 Jaime Pena SAN - - N/A 0 New Mexico State Sr United States
134 Bobby Potts SEA - - N/A 0 Charlotte Sr United States
135 Tony Carr MIL - - N/A 0 Wisconsin-Eau Claire Sr United States
136 Lynden Rose LAL G 6-3 175 N/A 1 Houston Sr Bahamas
137 Kevin Boyle PHL - - N/A 1 Iowa Sr United States
138 John Schweitz BOS GF 6-6 210 22 4 Richmond Sr United States

Seventh Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
139 Randy Reed CLE F - - N/A 0 Kansas State Sr United States
140 Eddie Hughes SDC G 5-10 165 22 6 Colorado State Sr United States
141 Thad Gardner UTH F 6-7 - N/A 0 Michigan Sr United States
142 Bob Grady DAL - - N/A 0 Northwestern Sr United States
143 Perry Range KCK G - - N/A 0 Illinois Sr United States
144 Phil Seymore NYK - - N/A 0 Canisius Sr United States
145 Chuck Verderber CHI F 6-6 220 22 0 Kentucky Sr United States
146 Brad Leaf IND - - N/A 0 Evansville Sr United States
147 Dean Marquardt DET C 6-9 215 N/A 1 Marquette Sr United States
148 Horace Wyatt ATL F 6-10 185 N/A 0 Clemson Sr United States
149 Terry Long POR - - N/A 0 Lamar Sr United States
150 Wendell Gibson WAS - - N/A 0 USC Upstate Sr United States
151 Tony Anderson NJN - - N/A 0 UCLA Sr United States
152 Matt Waldron GOS F - - N/A 0 Pacific Sr United States
153 Jeb Barlow DEN F 6-7 - N/A 0 North Carolina Sr United States
154 Mike Helms HOU FC 6-10 - N/A 0 Wake Forest Sr United States
155 Phil Ward PHX - - N/A 0 Charlotte Sr United States
156 Delonte Taylor SAN - - N/A 0 North Texas Sr United States
157 Allen Rayhorn SEA PF 6-9 202 N/A 0 Northern Illinois Sr United States
158 Bobby Austin MIL - - N/A 0 Cincinnati Sr United States
159 Maurice Williams LAL - - N/A 0 USC Sr United States
160 Keith Hilliard PHL - - N/A 0 Missouri State Sr United States
161 Phil Collins BOS - - N/A 0 West Virginia Sr United States

Eighth Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
162 Monty Knight CLE - - N/A 0 VCU Sr United States
163 Jacques Tuz SDC F - - N/A 0 Colorado Sr United States
164 Rick Campbell UTH SG - - N/A 0 Middle Tennessee State Sr United States
165 Keith Peterson DAL - - N/A 0 Arkansas Sr United States
166 Ed Nealy KCK F 6-7 238 22 10 Kansas State Sr United States
167 Dan Terwilliger NYK - - N/A 0 Siena Sr United States
168 Mike Burns CHI - - N/A 0 UNLV Sr United States
169 Donald Reese IND F 6-9 - N/A 0 Bradley Sr United States
170 Brian Nyenhuis DET C 6-10 - N/A 0 Marquette Sr United States
171 Dave Porter POR - - N/A 0 Western Oregon Sr United States
172 James Ratiff ATL PF 6-8 - N/A 0 Howard Sr United States
173 Ken Luck WAS F - - N/A 0 Delaware Sr United States
174 Otis Jackson NJN - - N/A 0 Memphis Sr United States
175 Mark King GOS - - N/A 0 Florida Southern Sr United States
176 Dan Callandrillo HOU - - N/A 2 Seton Hall Sr United States
177 Rick Elrod PHX - - N/A 0 Georgetown College (Kentucky) Sr United States
178 Donny Speer DEN - - N/A 0 UAB Sr United States
179 Chris Faggi SAN - - N/A 0 Memphis Sr United States
180 Steve Burks SEA G - - N/A 1 Washington Sr United States
181 Bryan Leonard MIL F 6-10 210 N/A 0 Illinois Sr United States
182 Micah Blunt LAL PF 6-9 210 N/A 0 Tulane Sr United States
183 Donald Seals PHL - - N/A 0 Jackson State Sr United States
184 Ed Spriggs BOS C 6-9 240 N/A 0 Georgetown Sr United States

Ninth Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
185 Tony Hafley CLE - - N/A 0 South Alabama Sr United States
186 John Hegwood SDC - - N/A 0 San Francisco Sr United States
187 Riley Clarida UTH - - N/A 0 Long Island Sr United States
188 Ralph McPherson DAL - - N/A 2 Texas-Arlington Sr United States
189 Jack Moore KCK PG 5-9 175 22 0 Nebraska Sr United States
190 Merle Scott NYK - - N/A 0 South Carolina State Sr United States
191 Skip Dillard CHI - - N/A 0 DePaul Sr United States
192 Mike Scearce IND F - - N/A 0 Purdue Sr United States
193 Kevin Smith DET G 6-2 - N/A 0 Michigan State Sr United States
194 Pierre Bland ATL G 6-2 - N/A 0 Elizabeth City State Sr United States
195 Mark Dearborn POR F - - N/A 0 Saint Joseph's Sr United States
196 James Terry WAS - - N/A 0 Howard Sr United States
197 Gary Johnson NJN G - - N/A 0 Oral Roberts Sr United States
198 Nick Morken GOS - - N/A 1 Tennessee Sr United States
199 Ken Lyles PHX - - N/A 0 Washington Sr United States
200 Dean Sears DEN - - N/A 0 UCLA Sr United States
201 Harry O'Brien SAN - - N/A 0 St. Mary's (TX) Sr United States
202 Robert Tate MIL - - N/A 0 Idaho State Sr United States
203 Tim Byrne LAL - - N/A 0 Rutgers Sr United States
204 George Melton PHL - - N/A 0 Cheyney Sr United States
205 Panayoti Giannakis BOS SG 6-3 216 23 1 Ionikos Nikaias BC (Greece) 1959 DOB Greece

Tenth Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
206 Durand Walker CLE G 6-4 - N/A 0 Marian College Sr United States
207 Daryl Stovall SDC F - - N/A 0 Creighton Sr United States
208 Michael Edwards UTH - - N/A 0 New Orleans Sr United States
209 Albert Culton DAL - - N/A 1 Texas-Arlington Sr United States
210 Robert Estes KCK - - N/A 0 Iowa Sr United States
211 John Leonard NYK - - N/A 0 Manhattan Sr United States
212 Tony Britto CHI - - N/A 0 Campbell Sr United States
213 Craig Summers IND - - N/A 0 Wisconsin-Stout Sr United States
214 David Coulthard DET G - - N/A 0 York (Canada) Sr N/A
215 Grant Taylor POR - - N/A 0 UC Irvine Sr United States
216 Ronnie McAdoo ATL - - N/A 0 Old Dominion Sr United States
217 Donald Sinclair WAS - - N/A 0 North Carolina Central Sr United States
218 Sean Tuohy NJN PG 6-0 175 22 0 Ole Miss Sr United States
219 Randy Whieldon GOS G - - N/A 0 UC Irvine Sr United States
220 Mike Phillips DEN - - N/A 0 Niagara Sr N/A
221 Dale Wilkinson PHX F 6-10 220 22 2 Idaho State Sr United States
222 Keith White SAN - - N/A 0 McMurry Sr United States
223 Bob Coenen MIL - - N/A 0 McMurry Sr United States
224 Randy Burkert PHL - - N/A 0 Drexel Sr United States
225 Landon Turner BOS FC 6-10 235 N/A 0 Indiana Sr United States

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