1979 NBA Draft

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202 Selections

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202 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	LAL	Magic Johnson	Michigan State	13	906	33245	17707	6559	10141	.520	.303	.848	36.7	19.5	7.2	11.2	155.8	.225	7.5	80.0
2	2	CHI	Dave Greenwood	UCLA	12	823	23370	8428	6537	1614	.477	.138	.765	28.4	10.2	7.9	2.0	46.4	.095	-0.7	7.4
3	3	NYK	Bill Cartwright	San Francisco	15	963	27491	12713	6106	1390	.525	.000	.771	28.5	13.2	6.3	1.4	72.8	.127	-0.6	9.7
4	4	DET	Greg Kelser	Michigan State	6	305	6032	2961	1402	411	.486	.167	.686	19.8	9.7	4.6	1.3	8.6	.069	-1.7	0.4
5	5	MIL	Sidney Moncrief	Arkansas	11	767	23150	11931	3575	2793	.502	.284	.831	30.2	15.6	4.7	3.6	90.3	.187	3.7	33.1
6	6	SEA	James Bailey	Rutgers University	9	595	11625	5246	2988	488	.484	.077	.703	19.5	8.8	5.0	0.8	16.3	.067	-2.9	-2.6
7	7	SEA	Vinnie Johnson	Baylor	13	984	24308	11825	3109	3212	.464	.254	.740	24.7	12.0	3.2	3.3	50.8	.100	0.7	16.4
8	8	NJN	Calvin Natt	Louisiana-Monroe	11	599	18818	10291	4070	1306	.528	.219	.768	31.4	17.2	6.8	2.2	57.2	.146	1.2	15.4
9	9	NYK	Larry Demic	Arizona	3	206	3192	976	805	106	.459	.000	.580	15.5	4.7	3.9	0.5	1.4	.022	-5.6	-2.9
10	10	DET	Roy Hamilton	UCLA	2	73	1121	336	110	192	.400	.000	.684	15.4	4.6	1.5	2.6	-0.4	-.017	-4.3	-0.7
11	11	NJN	Cliff Robinson	USC	11	629	19284	10823	5237	1249	.468	.184	.722	30.7	17.2	8.3	2.0	30.5	.076	-0.6	6.9
12	12	POR	Jim Paxson	Dayton	11	784	21357	11199	1593	2300	.498	.225	.807	27.2	14.3	2.0	2.9	53.7	.121	0.5	13.3
13	13	IND	Dudley Bradley	UNC	9	600	10192	3131	1098	1147	.440	.293	.730	17.0	5.2	1.8	1.9	16.5	.078	0.7	7.0
14	14	LAL	Brad Holland	UCLA	3	93	686	293	59	63	.403	.190	.746	7.4	3.2	0.6	0.7	0.4	.026	-3.5	-0.3
15	15	DET	Phil Hubbard	Michigan	10	665	15863	7228	3538	857	.495	.038	.706	23.9	10.9	5.3	1.3	29.0	.088	-1.7	1.4
16	16	PHI	Jim Spanarkel	Duke	5	259	5290	2505	652	572	.470	.250	.855	20.4	9.7	2.5	2.2	12.3	.112	0.7	3.7
17	17	HOU	Lee Johnson		1	12	90	17	22	1	.280		.600	7.5	1.4	1.8	0.1	-0.2	-.095	-6.4	-0.2
18	18	KCK	Reggie King	Alabama	6	438	11345	3898	2707	691	.514	.000	.699	25.9	8.9	6.2	1.6	24.8	.105	-0.4	4.6
19	19	SAS	Wiley Peck	Mississippi State	1	52	628	180	183	33	.432	.000	.618	12.1	3.5	3.5	0.6	0.3	.023	-4.2	-0.4
20	20	UTA	Larry Knight	Loyola Chicago
21	21	NYK	Sly Williams	Rhode Island	7	305	6617	3327	1287	603	.478	.162	.692	21.7	10.9	4.2	2.0	13.4	.097	0.6	4.2
22	22	PHO	Kyle Macy	Kentucky	7	551	14246	5259	1214	2198	.501	.337	.873	25.9	9.5	2.2	4.0	36.0	.121	0.7	9.6
			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
23	23	UTA	Tico Brown	Georgia Tech
24	24	PHO	Johnny High	Nevada	4	274	4538	1396	617	525	.435	.105	.619	16.6	5.1	2.3	1.9	4.7	.050	-1.6	0.5
25	25	LAL	Ollie Mack	East Carolina University	3	128	2513	916	319	230	.458	.000	.674	19.6	7.2	2.5	1.8	2.5	.048	-1.5	0.3
26	26	CLE	Bruce Flowers	Notre Dame	1	53	699	261	180	47	.534	.000	.774	13.2	4.9	3.4	0.9	1.7	.119	0.2	0.4
27	27	NYK	Reggie Carter	St. John's	2	135	1459	471	164	206	.388	.000	.772	10.8	3.5	1.2	1.5	0.4	.014	-3.5	-0.6
28	28	GSW	Danny Salisbury	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
29	29	DET	Tony Price	Penn	1	5	29	4	0	3	.286			5.8	0.8	0.0	0.6	-0.1	-.089	-4.3	0.0
30	30	DEN	Gary Garland	DePaul	1	78	1106	334	138	145	.435	.316	.692	14.2	4.3	1.8	1.9	0.5	.020	-2.6	-0.2
31	31	MIL	Edgar Jones	Nevada	6	363	6960	3257	1745	331	.506	.262	.710	19.2	9.0	4.8	0.9	15.0	.103	-0.7	2.2
32	32	IND	Tony Zeno	Arizona State	1	8	59	14	14	1	.286		1.000	7.4	1.8	1.8	0.1	-0.2	-.160	-6.5	-0.2
33	33	CHI	Lawrence Butler	Idaho State University
34	34	NYK	Kim Goetz	San Diego State
35	35	ATL	James Bradley	Memphis
36	36	PHI	Clint Richardson	Seattle University	8	586	11818	4084	1378	1461	.463	.244	.770	20.2	7.0	2.4	2.5	16.6	.067	-1.5	1.6
37	37	PHI	Bernard Toone	Marquette	1	23	124	55	34	12	.359	.143	.800	5.4	2.4	1.5	0.5	-0.1	-.036	-5.4	-0.1
38	38	ATL	Larry Wilson	Nicholls State
39	39	LAL	Victor King	Louisiana Tech
40	40	POR	Andrew Fields	Cheyney (PA)
41	41	LAL	Mark Young	Fairfield
42	42	HOU	Paul Mokeski	Kansas	12	694	9739	2764	2342	500	.451	.216	.694	14.0	4.0	3.4	0.7	13.5	.067	-3.3	-3.3
43	43	SEA	Johnny Moore	Texas	9	520	13430	4890	1548	3866	.460	.251	.712	25.8	9.4	3.0	7.4	30.1	.108	2.2	14.4
44	44	WSB	Joe DeSantis	Fairfield
			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
45	45	UTA	Arvid Kramer	Augustana College (SD)	1	8	45	16	12	3	.318		1.000	5.6	2.0	1.5	0.4	-0.1	-.102	-5.4	-0.1
46	46	WSB	Andrew Parker	Iowa State
47	47	CHI	Calvin Garrett	Oral Roberts	4	166	3008	855	436	242	.457	.300	.767	18.1	5.2	2.6	1.5	2.6	.042	-2.7	-0.6
48	48	DET	Terry Duerod	Detroit Mercy	4	143	1977	961	160	170	.462	.329	.672	13.8	6.7	1.1	1.2	1.0	.023	-3.0	-0.5
49	49	CHI	Cedrick Hordges	South Carolina	2	145	2971	1099	853	169	.475	.188	.639	20.5	7.6	5.9	1.2	2.2	.036	-4.1	-1.6
50	50	NYK	Geoff Huston	Texas Tech	8	496	12252	4380	684	2509	.483	.254	.708	24.7	8.8	1.4	5.1	11.9	.047	-2.0	0.0
51	51	NJN	John Gerdy	Davidson
52	52	MIL	Larry Gibson	Maryland
53	53	BOS	Wayne Kreklow	Drake University	1	25	100	30	12	9	.234	.250	.700	4.0	1.2	0.5	0.4	-0.3	-.167	-8.8	-0.3
54	54	GSW	Cheese Johnson	Wichita State	1	9	53	27	14	2	.400		.600	5.9	3.0	1.6	0.2	0.0	-.033	-5.5	-0.1
55	55	SDC	Tom Channel	Boston University
56	56	POR	Mickey Fox	Saint Mary's University
57	57	ATL	Don Marsh	Franklin & Marshall College
58	58	PHI	Earl Cureton	Detroit Mercy	12	674	12420	3620	3172	678	.473	.000	.538	18.4	5.4	4.7	1.0	14.4	.056	-2.7	-2.1
59	59	HOU	Ricardo Brown	Pepperdine
60	60	LAL	Walter Daniels	Georgia
61	61	BOS	Ernesto Malcolm	Briar Cliff University
62	62	KCK	Terry Crosby	Tennessee	1	4	28	6	1	7	.500		1.000	7.0	1.5	0.3	1.8	0.0	-.051	-4.8	0.0
63	63	SAS	Sylvester Norris	Jackson State University	1	17	189	40	43	6	.419		.667	11.1	2.4	2.5	0.4	-0.2	-.055	-6.2	-0.3
64	64	PHO	Al Green	LSU
65	65	CLE	Bill Laimbeer	Notre Dame	14	1068	33956	13790	10400	2184	.498	.326	.837	31.8	12.9	9.7	2.0	105.6	.149	1.4	29.3
66	66	WSB	Charles Floyd	High Point 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
67	67	UTA	Greg Deane	Utah	1	7	48	10	6	6	.182	1.000	.714	6.9	1.4	0.9	0.9	-0.1	-.070	-4.8	-0.1
68	68	BOS	Nick Galis	Seton Hall
69	69	MIL	Eugene Robinson	Louisiana-Monroe
70	70	CLE	Rick Swing	The Citadel
71	71	NYK	Larry Rogers	SE Missouri State
72	72	CHI	George Maynor	East Carolina University
73	73	SEA	James Donaldson	Washington State	14	957	26222	8203	7492	765	.571		.732	27.4	8.6	7.8	0.8	62.3	.114	-0.1	12.4
74	74	IND	Don Newman	Idaho
75	75	GSW	Ron Ripley	Green Bay
76	76	HOU	Sammy Drummer	Georgia Tech
77	77	SDC	Lionel Garrett	Southern University and A&M College
78	78	POR	Darryl Robinson	Appalachian State University
79	79	LAL	Ray White	Mississippi State
80	80	HOU	Lionel Green	LSU
81	81	LAL	Ricky Reed	Temple
82	82	GSW	Jerry Sichting	Purdue	10	598	12732	4141	817	1962	.507	.271	.857	21.3	6.9	1.4	3.3	21.2	.080	-1.6	1.4
83	83	PHI	Mike Niles	Cal State Fullerton	1	44	231	115	58	15	.348	.500	.459	5.3	2.6	1.3	0.3	-0.3	-.062	-8.8	-0.5
84	84	SAS	Al Daniel	Furman University
85	85	KCK	John McCullough	Oklahoma	1	8	23	21	4	3	.692		.600	2.9	2.6	0.5	0.4	0.1	.239	-2.4	0.1
86	86	PHO	Malcolm Cesare	Florida
87	87	SEA	Richie Allen	Cal State Dominguez Hills
88	88	WSB	Lamont Reid	Oral Roberts
			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
89	89	UTA	Perry Wolfe	Stanford
90	90	BOS	Jimmy Allen	University of New Haven
91	91	CLE	Matt Simpkins	Georgia Southern University
92	92	DET	Flintie Ray Williams	UNLV
93	93	CHI	Larry Washington	Drury University
94	94	NYK	Johnny Green	University of California, Riverside
95	95	NJN	Jim Abromaitis	UConn
96	96	GSW	George Lett	Centenary (LA)
97	97	MIL	Jim Tillman	Eastern Kentucky University
98	98	IND	Billy Reid	San Francisco	1	59	597	190	60	71	.454	.000	.564	10.1	3.2	1.0	1.2	-0.6	-.050	-5.6	-0.5
99	99	SDC	Greg Joyner	Middle Tennessee
100	100	POR	Matt White	Penn
101	101	ATL	Tiny Pinder	NC State
102	102	DEN	Larry Williams	Louisville
103	103	PHI	Carl McPipe	Nebraska
104	104	HOU	Allen Leavell	Oklahoma City University	10	700	16248	6684	1164	3339	.450	.234	.834	23.2	9.5	1.7	4.8	29.9	.088	0.4	9.8
105	105	KCK	Curtis Watkins	DePaul
106	106	SAS	Steve Schall	Arkansas
107	107	PHO	Mark Eaton	UCLA	11	875	25169	5216	6939	840	.458	.000	.649	28.8	6.0	7.9	1.0	44.8	.085	-0.1	11.8
108	108	WSB	Marshall Ashford	Virginia Tech
			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
109	109	UTA	Ernie Cobb	Boston University
110	110	BOS	Marvin Delph	Arkansas
111	111	DET	Truman Claytor	Kentucky
112	112	CLE	Jon Manning	University of North Texas
113	113	NYK	Phil Abney	New Mexico
114	114	CHI	Steve Smith	USC
115	115	NJN	Tony Smith	UNLV
116	116	MIL	Derrick Mayes	Illinois State
117	117	IND	Greg Guye	Stetson University
118	118	GSW	Jim Mitchem	DePaul
119	119	SDC	Bob Bender	Duke
120	120	POR	Ray Ellis	Pepperdine
121	121	ATL	Dwight Williams	Gardner-Webb University
122	122	DEN	Odell Ball	Marquette
123	123	PHI	Dan Hartshorne	Oregon
124	124	HOU	Collie Davis	Southern University and A&M College
125	125	SAS	Terry Knight	Pitt
126	126	KCK	Bob Roma	Princeton
127	127	PHO	Dale Shackleford	Syracuse
128	128	WSB	Garcia Hopkins	Morgan State 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
129	129	UTA	Paul Poe	Louisiana College
130	130	BOS	Steve Castellan	Virginia
131	131	CLE	Steve Skaggs	Ohio University
132	132	DET	Ken Jones	Saint Mary's
133	133	CHI	Mike Eversley	Chicago State
134	134	NYK	Marc Coleman	Seton Hall
135	135	NJN	Jim Strickland	South Carolina
136	136	IND	Dirk Ewing	Stetson University
137	137	GSW	Ren Watson	VCU
138	138	MIL	Stan Ray	Cal State Fullerton
139	139	SDC	Jene Grey	LeMoyne College
140	140	POR	Jeff Tropf	Central Michigan University
141	141	ATL	Tim Waterman	St. Bonaventure
142	142	PHI	Bobby Willis	Penn
143	143	HOU	Rich Valavicius	Auburn
144	144	DEN	John Johnson	Creighton
145	145	KCK	Nick Daniels	Xavier
146	146	SAS	Tyrone Branyan	Texas
147	147	PHO	Ollie Matson Jr.	Pepperdine
			Round 8			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
148	148	UTA	Keith McDonald	Utah State University
149	149	BOS	Glenn Sudhop	NC State
150	150	DET	Rodney Lee	Memphis
151	151	CLE	Mark Haymore	UMass
152	152	NYK	Billy Tucker	Tennessee State
153	153	CHI	Tony Warren	NC State
154	154	NJN	Henry Hollingsworth	Hofstra
155	155	GSW	Mario Butler	Briar Cliff University
156	156	MIL	Larry Spicer	UAB
157	157	IND	Brian Magid	George Washington
158	158	SDC	Renaldo Lawrence	Appalachian State University
159	159	POR	Willie Pounds	Chaminade University of Honolulu
160	160	ATL	John Goedeke	UMBC
161	161	HOU	Delbert Watson	East Tennessee State University
162	162	DEN	Matt Teahan	Denver
163	163	PHI	Rick Raivio	University of Portland
164	164	KCK	Tony Vann
165	165	PHO	Charles Jones	Albany State University	15	726	14095	1826	3253	623	.480	.000	.618	19.4	2.5	4.5	0.9	24.6	.084	-0.9	4.0
166	166	WSB	Jo Jo Walters	Manhattan College
			Round 9			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
167	167	UTA	Milt Huggins	Southern Illinois
168	168	BOS	Kevin Sinnett	United States Naval Academy
169	169	CLE	Tim Joyce	Ohio University
170	170	DET	Val Bracey	Central Michigan University
171	171	CHI	James Jackson	Minnesota
172	172	NYK	Brett Wyatt	New Jersey City University
173	173	NJN	Ricky Free	Columbia University
174	174	MIL	Roger Lapham	University of Maine
175	175	GSW	Gene Ransom	California
176	176	SDC	Mike Dodd	San Diego State
177	177	POR	Stan Eckwood	Harding University
178	178	ATL	Cedric Oliver	Hamilton College
179	179	DEN	Emmett Lewis	Colorado
180	180	PHI	Coby Leavitt	Utah
181	181	KCK	Gary Wilson	Southern Illinois
182	182	SAS	Eddie McLeod	UNLV
183	183	PHO	Hosea Champine	Robert Morris University (PA)
184	184	WSB	Gary Ray Hooker	Murray State
			Round 10			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
185	185	UTA	Paul Dawkins	Northern Illinois	1	57	776	316	125	77	.470	.200	.688	13.6	5.5	2.2	1.4	-0.1	-.009	-4.2	-0.4
186	186	BOS	Alton Byrd	Columbia University
187	187	DET	Willie Polk	Grand Canyon University
188	188	CLE	Terry Peavy	Point Park University
189	189	NYK	Gordon Thomas	St. John's
190	190	CHI	Marvin Thomas	UCLA
191	191	NJN	Eric Fleisher	Tulane
192	192	GSW	Kevin Heenan	Cal State Fullerton
193	193	MIL	Chris Fahrbach	University of North Dakota
194	194	SDC	Greg Hunter	Loyola Marymount
195	195	POR	Kelvin Small	Oregon
196	196	ATL	Chad Nelson	Drake University
197	197	CHI	Cortez Collins	Southern Indiana
198	198	PHI	Keith McCord	UAB	1	2	9	4	2	1	.500			4.5	2.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	-.136	-4.6	0.0
199	199	SAS	Glenn Fine	Harvard University
200	200	KCK	Russell Saunders	New Mexico
201	201	PHO	Korky Nelson	Santa Clara
202	202	WSB	Steve Martin	Georgetown

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