1982 NBA draft

The 1982 NBA draft took place on June 29, 1982, at the Felt Forum at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. Brent Musburger reported for CBS in the days leading up to the draft that the Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks were working on a wider-ranging deal that would have sent Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to New York, Bill Cartwright to the Utah Jazz, and either the #1 or #2 pick from Utah to Los Angeles (which was guaranteed one of those picks anyway due to a 1980 trade with Cleveland), with the Lakers then planning to select both Ralph Sampson and James Worthy. When Sampson decided to forgo entering the draft and to return for another season at the University of Virginia, the deal fell apart and the Lakers picked Worthy with the #1 overall choice.^{[citation needed]}

1982 NBA draft
General information
Sport	Basketball
Date(s)	June 29, 1982
Location	Felt Forum (New York City, New York)
Network(s)	USA Network
Overview
225 total selections in 10 rounds
League	NBA
First selection	James Worthy (Los Angeles Lakers)
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Draft

PG

Point guard

SG

Shooting guard

SF

Small forward

PF

Power forward

C

Center

^	Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
*	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-NBA Team
^+	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game
^#	Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff game

 

James Worthy was selected first overall by the Los Angeles Lakers.

 

Dominique Wilkins was selected third overall by the Utah Jazz (traded to Atlanta Hawks).

 

Clark Kellogg was selected eighth overall by the Indiana Pacers.

 

Fat Lever was selected eleventh overall by the Portland Trail Blazers.

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team	School/club team
1	1	James Worthy^	SF	United States	Los Angeles Lakers (from Cleveland)	North Carolina (Jr.)
1	2	Terry Cummings*	PF	United States	San Diego Clippers	DePaul (Jr.)
1	3	Dominique Wilkins^	SF	United States	Utah Jazz (traded to Atlanta)	Georgia (Jr.)
1	4	Bill Garnett	SF	United States	Dallas Mavericks	Wyoming (Sr.)
1	5	LaSalle Thompson	C/PF	United States	Kansas City Kings	Texas (Jr.)
1	6	Trent Tucker	SG	United States	New York Knicks	Minnesota (Sr.)
1	7	Quintin Dailey	SG	United States	Chicago Bulls	San Francisco (Jr.)
1	8	Clark Kellogg	PF	United States	Indiana Pacers	Ohio State (Jr.)
1	9	Cliff Levingston	PF	United States	Detroit Pistons	Wichita State (Jr.)
1	10	Keith Edmonson	SG	United States	Atlanta Hawks	Purdue (Sr.)
1	11	Fat Lever*	PG	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	Arizona State (Sr.)
1	12	John Bagley	PG	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers (from Washington via Detroit)	Boston College (Jr.)
1	13	Sleepy Floyd^+	SG	United States	New Jersey Nets	Georgetown (Sr.)
1	14	Lester Conner	PG	United States	Golden State Warriors	Oregon State (Sr.)
1	15	David Thirdkill	SF	United States	Phoenix Suns (from Denver)	Bradley (Sr.)
1	16	Terry Teagle	SG	United States	Houston Rockets	Baylor (Sr.)
1	17	Brook Steppe	SG	United States	Kansas City Kings (from Phoenix via New Jersey)	Georgia Tech (Sr.)
1	18	Ricky Pierce^+	SF	United States	Detroit Pistons (from San Antonio via Portland)	Rice (Sr.)
1	19	Rob Williams	PG	United States	Denver Nuggets (from Seattle)	Houston (Jr.)
1	20	Paul Pressey	SF	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	Tulsa (Sr.)
1	21	Eddie Phillips	SF	United States	New Jersey Nets (from Los Angeles)	Alabama (Sr.)
1	22	Mark McNamara	C	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	California (Sr.)
1	23	Darren Tillis	C	United States	Boston Celtics	Cleveland State (Sr.)
2	24	Oliver Robinson	SG	United States	San Antonio Spurs	UAB (Sr.)
2	25	Bryan Warrick	SG	United States	Washington Bullets	Saint Joseph's (Sr.)
2	26	Ricky Frazier^#	SF	United States	Chicago Bulls	Missouri (Sr.)
2	27	Fred Roberts	PF	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	BYU (Sr.)
2	28	Dave Magley	PF	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	Kansas (Sr.)
2	29	Scott Hastings	F/C	United States	New York Knicks	Arkansas (Sr.)
2	30	Wallace Bryant	C	United States	Chicago Bulls	San Francisco (Sr.)
2	31	Rod Higgins	F/C	United States	Chicago Bulls	Fresno State (Sr.)
2	32	Richard Anderson	PF	United States	San Diego Clippers	UC Santa Barbara (Sr.)
2	33	Linton Townes	SF	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	James Madison (Sr.)
2	34	Vince Taylor	SF	United States	New York Knicks	Duke (Sr.)
2	35	Derek Smith	SG	United States	Golden State Warriors	Louisville (Sr.)
2	36	J. J. Anderson	SF	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	Bradley (Sr.)
2	37	Audie Norris	C	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	Jackson State (Sr.)
2	38	Wayne Sappleton	F	Jamaica	Golden State Warriors (traded to New Jersey)	Loyola (IL) (Sr.)
2	39	Kevin Magee^#	PF	United States	Phoenix Suns	UC Irvine (Sr.)
2	40	Guy Morgan	G	United States	Indiana Pacers	Wake Forest (Sr.)
2	41	Dwight Anderson	G	United States	Washington Bullets	USC (Sr.)
2	42	Jeff Taylor	SG	United States	Houston Rockets	Texas Tech (Sr.)
2	43	Jose Slaughter	SG	United States	Indiana Pacers	Portland (Sr.)
2	44	Mike Gibson	F	United States	Washington Bullets	USC Upstate (Sr.)
2	45	Russ Schoene	F/C	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	Chattanooga (Sr.)
2	46	Tony Guy^#	G	United States	Boston Celtics	Kansas (Sr.)

Notable post-second round picks

 

Corny Thompson was selected 50th overall by the Dallas Mavericks.

 

Mark Eaton was selected 72nd overall by the Utah Jazz.

 

Tony Brown was selected 82nd overall by the New Jersey Nets.

These post-second round picks have appeared in at least one regular or postseason game in the NBA.^[1][2]

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team	School/club team
3	47	Mike Wilson	G	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	Marquette (Sr.)
3	48	Craig Hodges	SG	United States	San Diego Clippers	Long Beach State (Sr.)
3	50	Corny Thompson	PF	United States	Dallas Mavericks	Connecticut (Sr.)
3	51	Jim Johnstone	PF/C	United States	Kansas City Kings	Wake Forest (Sr.)
3	54	Hutch Jones	PG	United States	San Diego Clippers	Vanderbilt (Sr.)
3	55	Jerry Eaves	PG	United States	Utah Jazz	Louisville (Sr.)
3	56	Joe Kopicki	PF	United States	Atlanta Hawks	Detroit (Sr.)
3	60	Chris Engler	C	United States	Golden State Warriors	Wyoming (Sr.)
3	63	Chuck Nevitt	C	United States	Houston Rockets	NC State (Sr.)
3	65	John Greig	SF	United States	Seattle SuperSonics	Oregon (Sr.)
3	69	Perry Moss	PG	United States	Boston Celtics	Northeastern (Sr.)
4	72	Mark Eaton^+	C	United States	Utah Jazz	UCLA (Sr.)
4	74	Mike Sanders	SG	United States	Kansas City Kings	UCLA (Sr.)
4	76	Chuck Aleksinas	C	United States	Chicago Bulls	Connecticut (Sr.)
4	78	Walker Russell	SG	United States	Detroit Pistons	Western Michigan (Sr.)
4	82	Tony Brown	SF/SG	United States	New Jersey Nets	Arkansas (Sr.)
4	86	Rory White	PF	United States	Phoenix Suns	South Alabama (Sr.)
6	138	John Schweitz	SG	United States	Boston Celtics	Richmond (Sr.)
7	140	Eddie Hughes	PG	United States	San Diego Clippers	Colorado State (Sr.)
8	166	Ed Nealy	PF	United States	Kansas City Kings	Kansas State (Sr.)
10	221	Dale Wilkinson	F	United States	Phoenix Suns	Idaho State (Sr.)

Early entrants

College underclassmen

The following college basketball players successfully applied for early draft entrance.^[3]

•   John Bagley – G, Boston College (junior)
•   Terry Cummings – F, DePaul (junior)
•   Quintin Dailey – G, San Francisco (junior)
•   Ollie Johnson – F, Washington State (junior)
•   Clark Kellogg – F, Ohio State (junior)
•   Cliff Levingston – F, Wichita State (junior)
•   Michael McDuffen – G, Murray State (junior)
•   LaSalle Thompson – F/C, Texas (junior)
•   Dominique Wilkins – F, Georgia (junior)
•   Rob Williams – G, Houston (junior)
•   James Worthy – F, North Carolina (junior)
•   Victor Mitchell – C, Kansas (junior)

See also

• List of first overall NBA draft picks

References

General

• . NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on March 21, 2010. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
• "1982 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
• "1982–1986 NBA Drafts". The Association for Professional Basketball Research. from the original on November 16, 2010. Retrieved December 11, 2010.

Specific

1. "1982 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
2. "NBA Past Drafts - RealGM". Basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
3. "1982 Underclassmen". The Draft Review. Retrieved December 13, 2022.

External links

• NBA.com