1980 NBA Draft

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214 Selections

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214 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	GSW	Joe Barry Carroll	Purdue	10	705	22838	12455	5404	1264	.474	.000	.747	32.4	17.7	7.7	1.8	35.6	.075	-0.6	8.2
2	2	UTA	Darrell Griffith	Louisville	10	765	21403	12391	2519	1627	.463	.332	.707	28.0	16.2	3.3	2.1	22.0	.049	-1.4	3.4
3	3	BOS	Kevin McHale	Minnesota	13	971	30118	17335	7122	1670	.554	.261	.798	31.0	17.9	7.3	1.7	113.0	.180	2.5	34.3
4	4	CHI	Kelvin Ransey	Ohio State	6	474	11586	5380	901	2480	.454	.132	.782	24.4	11.4	1.9	5.2	17.9	.074	-0.9	3.3
5	5	DEN	James Ray	Jacksonville University	3	103	843	334	228	76	.428	.333	.629	8.2	3.2	2.2	0.7	-0.3	-.017	-4.5	-0.6
6	6	NJN	Mike O'Koren	UNC	8	407	8810	3355	1391	856	.490	.271	.651	21.6	8.2	3.4	2.1	14.6	.080	-0.6	3.1
7	7	NJN	Mike Gminski	Duke	14	938	24058	10953	6480	1203	.465	.122	.843	25.6	11.7	6.9	1.3	55.9	.111	0.1	12.9
8	8	PHI	Andrew Toney	Louisiana	8	468	12608	7458	1009	1965	.500	.342	.797	26.9	15.9	2.2	4.2	26.9	.103	-0.6	4.4
9	9	SDC	Michael Brooks	La Salle	6	319	9372	4086	2001	818	.486	.152	.714	29.4	12.8	6.3	2.6	16.5	.085	-0.1	4.6
10	10	POR	Ronnie Lester	Iowa	6	250	4959	1816	473	1003	.469	.227	.788	19.8	7.3	1.9	4.0	6.3	.061	-1.3	0.9
11	11	DAL	Kiki Vandeweghe	UCLA	13	810	24521	15980	2785	1668	.525	.368	.872	30.3	19.7	3.4	2.1	75.6	.148	0.9	17.7
12	12	NYK	Mike Woodson	Indiana	11	786	20021	10981	1838	1822	.466	.271	.813	25.5	14.0	2.3	2.3	34.6	.083	-0.3	8.5
13	13	GSW	Rickey Brown	Mississippi State	5	340	4487	1482	1200	119	.464	.000	.667	13.2	4.4	3.5	0.4	4.7	.051	-4.4	-2.8
14	14	WSB	Wes Matthews	Wisconsin	9	465	9305	3654	626	1955	.478	.225	.788	20.0	7.9	1.3	4.2	11.0	.057	-1.3	1.8
15	15	SAS	Reggie Johnson	Tennessee	4	305	5979	2564	1238	262	.505	.143	.716	19.6	8.4	4.1	0.9	11.0	.088	-2.4	-0.5
16	16	KCK	Hawkeye Whitney	NC State	2	70	1048	404	146	87	.462	.286	.750	15.0	5.8	2.1	1.2	1.3	.062	-1.6	0.1
17	17	DET	Larry Drew	Missouri	10	714	18370	8110	1265	3702	.467	.291	.798	25.7	11.4	1.8	5.2	24.4	.064	-0.9	5.0
18	18	ATL	Don Collins	Washington State	6	303	6134	2983	837	546	.485	.069	.749	20.2	9.8	2.8	1.8	10.5	.082	0.2	3.5
19	19	UTA	John Duren	Georgetown	3	201	2947	712	226	411	.435	.120	.750	14.7	3.5	1.1	2.0	-0.8	-.014	-5.4	-2.5
20	20	SEA	Bill Hanzlik	Notre Dame	10	748	15534	5414	2058	2058	.434	.213	.781	20.8	7.2	2.8	2.8	24.7	.076	-1.4	2.2
21	21	PHI	Monti Davis	Tennessee State	1	2	10	3	4	0	.200		.200	5.0	1.5	2.0	0.0	-0.1	-.311	-5.1	0.0
22	22	CLE	Chad Kinch	UNC Charlotte	1	41	353	118	33	45	.369		.778	8.6	2.9	0.8	1.1	-0.5	-.071	-4.8	-0.3
23	23	DEN	Carl Nicks	Indiana State University	3	156	2579	1067	297	249	.462	.000	.570	16.5	6.8	1.9	1.6	-0.4	-.007	-4.5	-1.6
			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
24	24	GSW	Larry Smith	Alcorn State	13	883	22879	5904	8125	941	.531	.000	.531	25.9	6.7	9.2	1.1	46.0	.096	-1.6	2.4
25	25	GSW	Jeff Ruland	Iona College	8	332	11088	5763	3378	1002	.564	.158	.718	33.4	17.4	10.2	3.0	34.3	.149	2.1	11.5
26	26	CHI	Sam Worthen	Marquette	2	69	967	239	116	118	.492	.000	.750	14.0	3.5	1.7	1.7	0.7	.032	-2.0	0.0
27	27	HOU	John Stroud	Ole Miss	1	9	88	25	13	9	.324		.750	9.8	2.8	1.4	1.0	-0.1	-.036	-4.6	-0.1
28	28	ATL	Craig Shelton	Georgetown	2	59	607	240	141	27	.453	.000	.600	10.3	4.1	2.4	0.5	0.0	-.001	-6.4	-0.7
29	29	IND	Louis Orr	Syracuse	8	569	13353	5545	2117	853	.468	.083	.787	23.5	9.7	3.7	1.5	25.7	.093	-0.4	5.5
30	30	IND	Kenny Natt	Louisiana-Monroe	3	49	388	150	40	41	.417	.200	.621	7.9	3.1	0.8	0.8	-0.2	-.026	-5.6	-0.5
31	31	LAL	Wayne Robinson	Virginia Tech	1	81	1592	643	294	112	.460	.000	.729	19.7	7.9	3.6	1.4	1.7	.052	-2.7	-0.3
32	32	POR	David Lawrence	McNeese State University
33	33	POR	Bruce Collins	Weber State
34	34	DAL	Roosevelt Bouie	Syracuse
35	35	WSB	Rick Mahorn	Hampton	18	1117	25779	7763	6957	1082	.493	.132	.704	23.1	6.9	6.2	1.0	51.7	.096	-1.3	4.5
36	36	NYK	DeWayne Scales	LSU	3	49	521	224	140	10	.417	.167	.628	10.6	4.6	2.9	0.2	0.2	.017	-5.5	-0.5
37	37	LAL	Butch Carter	Indiana	6	361	6814	3137	546	683	.475	.307	.788	18.9	8.7	1.5	1.9	8.5	.060	-2.0	0.1
38	38	HOU	Terry Stotts	Oklahoma
39	39	SAS	Michael Wiley	Cal State Long Beach	2	94	1284	692	246	63	.561	.000	.709	13.7	7.4	2.6	0.7	2.9	.107	-0.2	0.6
40	40	IND	Dick Miller	Toledo	1	8	53	8	7	5	.444	.000		6.6	1.0	0.9	0.6	-0.1	-.102	-4.3	-0.1
41	41	DEN	Jawann Oldham	Seattle University	10	329	5241	1455	1353	162	.479	.000	.607	15.9	4.4	4.1	0.5	4.3	.039	-2.4	-0.6
42	42	PHO	Kimberly Belton	Stanford
43	43	HOU	Billy Williams	Clemson
44	44	PHI	Clyde Austin	NC State
45	45	DET	Brad Branson	SMU	2	72	856	391	206	52	.422	.000	.725	11.9	5.4	2.9	0.7	0.9	.053	-2.1	0.0
46	46	BOS	Arnette Hallman	Purdue
			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
47	47	DEN	Kurt Nimphius	Arizona State	8	564	11441	3602	2474	681	.487	.100	.668	20.3	6.4	4.4	1.2	17.5	.074	-1.6	1.3
48	48	DEN	Eddie Lee	Cincinnati
49	49	GSW	John Virgil	UNC
50	50	CHI	James Wilkes	UCLA	3	114	1531	547	274	104	.463	.000	.723	13.4	4.8	2.4	0.9	2.0	.063	-2.0	0.0
51	51	DEN	Ronnie Valentine	Old Dominion	1	24	123	84	30	7	.378	.500	.474	5.1	3.5	1.3	0.3	-0.3	-.128	-7.2	-0.2
52	52	NJN	Lowes Moore	West Virginia	3	112	2118	752	227	316	.442	.200	.750	18.9	6.7	2.0	2.8	1.5	.035	-2.7	-0.3
53	53	CLE	Stuart House	Washington State
54	54	BOS	Ron Perry	Holy Cross
55	55	CLE	Wayne Abrams	Southern Illinois
56	56	POR	Mike Harper	North Park University	2	123	1894	613	432	71	.474	.000	.559	15.4	5.0	3.5	0.6	2.4	.062	-2.4	-0.2
57	57	DAL	Dave Britton	Texas A&M	1	2	9	4	2	3	.667			4.5	2.0	1.0	1.5	0.0	.093	-4.0	0.0
58	58	NYK	Kurt Rambis	Santa Clara	14	880	16299	4603	4961	931	.534	.000	.689	18.5	5.2	5.6	1.1	38.3	.113	0.0	8.1
59	59	PHO	John Campbell	Clemson
60	60	SAS	LaVon Mercer	Georgia
61	61	SAS	Rich Yonakor	UNC	1	10	70	33	27	3	.538		.714	7.0	3.3	2.7	0.3	0.3	.201	-1.8	0.1
62	62	KCK	Tony Murphy	Southern University and A&M College
63	63	MIL	Al Beal	Oklahoma
64	64	DET	Jonathan Moore	Furman University
65	65	PHO	Doug True	California
66	66	SEA	Carl Bailey	Tuskegee University	1	1	7	2	0	0	1.000			7.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-.268	-5.1	0.0
67	67	PHI	Reggie Gaines	Winston-Salem State
68	68	CLE	Ron Jones	Illinois State
69	69	BOS	Don Newman	Idaho
			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
70	70	DET	Darwin Cook	University of Portland	8	612	14156	5820	1308	2248	.453	.196	.764	23.1	9.5	2.1	3.7	22.9	.078	0.6	9.4
71	71	GSW	Robert Scott	Alabama
72	72	UTA	Alan Taylor	BYU
73	73	DEN	Sammie Ellis	Pitt
74	74	CHI	Ron Charles	Michigan State
75	75	NJN	Rory Sparrow	Villanova	12	836	22550	7557	1755	4192	.466	.260	.797	27.0	9.0	2.1	5.0	28.3	.060	-1.5	3.0
76	76	SDC	Ed Odom	Oklahoma State
77	77	CLE	Murray Brown	Florida State
78	78	IND	Rich Branning	Notre Dame
79	79	POR	Kelvin Henderson	Saint Louis
80	80	DAL	David Johnson	Weber State
81	81	WSB	Francois Wise	Cal State Long Beach
82	82	NYK	Joe Chrnelich	Wisconsin
83	83	SAS	Calvin Roberts	Cal State Fullerton
84	84	HOU	Dean Hunger	Utah State University
85	85	PHI	Billy Bryant	Western Kentucky
86	86	MIL	Jeff Wolf	UNC
87	87	LAL	Tony Jackson	Florida State	1	2	14	2	2	2	.333			7.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	.124	-3.6	0.0
88	88	PHO	Leroy Stampley	Loyola Chicago
89	89	SEA	Gary Ray Hooker	Murray State
90	90	PHI	Harold Hubbard	Savannah State University
91	91	LAL	Ron Baxter	Texas
92	92	BOS	Kevin Hamilton	Iona College
			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
93	93	DET	Tony Fuller	Pepperdine	1	15	248	60	42	28	.364	.000	.750	16.5	4.0	2.8	1.9	-0.1	-.021	-4.0	-0.2
94	94	UTA	Wally West	Boston University
95	95	GSW	Don Carfino	USC
96	96	CHI	Mike Campbell	Northwestern
97	97	DEN	James Patrick	Texas State University
98	98	NJN	Aaron Curry	Oklahoma
99	99	SDC	Wally Rank	San Jose State	1	25	153	55	30	17	.368		.464	6.1	2.2	1.2	0.7	-0.4	-.140	-7.5	-0.3
100	100	IND	Joe Galvin	Illinois State
101	101	CLE	LaVon Williams	Kentucky
102	102	POR	Larry Belin	New Mexico
103	103	DAL	Darrell Allums	UCLA	1	22	276	59	65	25	.343	.000	.591	12.5	2.7	3.0	1.1	-0.3	-.054	-5.6	-0.3
104	104	NYK	William Carey	Albright College
105	105	WSB	Daryl Strickland	Rutgers University
106	106	HOU	Albert Jones	New Mexico
107	107	SAS	Gib Hinz	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
108	108	KCK	Kelvin Blakely	Eastern Michigan
109	109	MIL	Ken Jones	VCU
110	110	ATL	Mike Doyle	South Carolina
111	111	PHO	Mark Stevens	Northern Arizona University
112	112	SEA	Lenny Horton	Georgia Tech
113	113	PHI	Jim Swaney	Toledo
114	114	LAL	Rick Raivio	University of Portland
115	115	BOS	Rufus Harris	University of Maine
			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
116	116	DET	Tony Turner	University of Alaska Anchorage
117	117	GSW	Neil Bresnahan	Illinois
118	118	UTA	Kenny Cunningham	Western Michigan
119	119	DEN	Ernie Hill	Oklahoma City University
120	120	CHI	Bernard Rencher	St. John's
121	121	NJN	Rick Mattick	LSU
122	122	SDC	Londale Theus	Santa Clara
123	123	CLE	Antonio Martin	Oral Roberts
124	124	IND	Randy Owens	Philadelphia University
125	125	POR	Perry Mirkovich	University of Lethbridge
126	126	DAL	Leroy Jackson	Cameron University
127	127	WSB	Ken Dancy	Chicago State
128	128	NYK	Kelvin Hicks	New York Institute of Technology
129	129	SAS	Dean Uthoff	Iowa State
130	130	HOU	Everette Jefferson	New Mexico
131	131	KCK	Trent Grooms	Kent State University
132	132	MIL	Alex Gilbert	Indiana State University
133	133	ATL	Mike Zagardo	George Washington
134	134	PHO	Coby Leavitt	Utah
135	135	SEA	Jim Strickland	South Carolina
136	136	PHI	Donald Cooper	Saint Augustine's College
137	137	LAL	Otis Boddie	University of North Alabama
138	138	BOS	Kenny Evans	Norfolk State
			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
139	139	DET	Carl Pierce	Gonzaga
140	140	UTA	Dave Colescott	UNC
141	141	GSW	Lorenzo Romar	Washington	5	291	5188	1731	385	1022	.464	.211	.749	17.8	5.9	1.3	3.5	8.0	.074	-0.6	1.8
142	142	CHI	Robert Byrd	Marquette
143	143	DEN	Tommy Springer	Vanderbilt
144	144	NJN	Larry Spicer	UAB
145	145	SDC	Paul Anderson	Vanguard University of Southern California
146	146	IND	Charles Naddaff	Lafayette College
147	147	CLE	Leroy Berry	Wilmington College
148	148	POR	Gig Sims	UCLA
149	149	DAL	Tony Forch	Midwestern State University
150	150	NYK	Bobby Turner	Louisville
151	151	WSB	Karl Godine	Stephen F. Austin
152	152	HOU	Joe Nehls	Arizona
153	153	SAS	Alan Zahn	Arkansas
154	154	KCK	Arnold McDowell	Montana State
155	155	MIL	Ron White	Furman University
156	156	ATL	Charles Hightower	Dillard University
157	157	PHO	Ron Williams	Montana-Western
158	158	SEA	Carl Ervin	Seattle University
159	159	PHI	Richard Smith	Weber State
160	160	BOS	Les Henson	Virginia Tech
			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
161	161	DET	Leroy Loggins	Fairmont State University
162	162	GSW	Kurt Kanaskie	La Salle
163	163	UTA	Jim Brandon	Saint Peter's College
164	164	CHI	Modzel Greer	North Park University
165	165	NJN	Lloyd Terry	New Orleans
166	166	CLE	Jim Ellinghausen	Ohio State
167	167	IND	Steve Stielper	James Madison University
168	168	POR	John Stroeder	Montana	2	46	293	82	85	23	.369	.000	.667	6.4	1.8	1.8	0.5	-0.1	-.010	-5.9	-0.3
169	169	DAL	Clarence Kea	Lamar	2	51	447	198	128	19	.485	.000	.692	8.8	3.9	2.5	0.4	1.0	.107	-3.6	-0.2
170	170	WSB	Rich Valavicius	Auburn
171	171	NYK	James Salters	Penn
172	172	SAS	Bill Bailey	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
173	173	HOU	Rosie Barnes	Bowling Green
174	174	MIL	Keith Valentine	Virginia Union University
175	175	PHO	Jim Connolly	La Salle
176	176	SEA	Al Dutch	Georgetown
177	177	PHI	Martin Lemelle	Grambling State University
178	178	LAL	Melvin Hooker	Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
179	179	BOS	Steve Wright	Boston University
			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
180	180	DET	Terry DuPris	Huron University
181	181	UTA	Paul Renfro	UT Arlington
182	182	GSW	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
183	183	CHI	Jay Shidler	Kentucky
184	184	DEN	Jim Graziano	South Carolina
185	185	NJN	Barry Young	Colorado State
186	186	IND	Scott Rogers	Kenyon College
187	187	CLE	Melvin Crafter	Central State University
188	188	POR	Rick Boucher	University of Maine
189	189	DAL	Ken Williams	Houston
190	190	NYK	Don Wiley	Monmouth University
191	191	WSB	Clinton Wyatt	Alcorn State
192	192	SAS	Al Williams	University of North Texas
193	193	KCK	Charley Cole	Delta State University
194	194	MIL	Del Yarbrough	Illinois State
195	195	ATL	Stanley Lamb	Franciscan University of Steubenville
196	196	PHO	Keith French	North Park University
197	197	SEA	Jim Tillman	Eastern Kentucky University
198	198	PHI	Luke Griffin	Saint Joseph's
199	199	BOS	Brian Jung	Northwestern
			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
200	200	GSW	Tim Higgins	University of Nebraska at Kearney
201	201	UTA	Leroy Coleman	Middle Tennessee
202	202	DEN	Earl Sango	Regis University
203	203	CHI	Billy Foster	Montana State University, Billings
204	204	IND	John Bates	West Virginia Wesleyan College
205	205	POR	Dave Kufeld	Yeshiva University
206	206	DAL	Tom Morgan	Cal State Fullerton
207	207	WSB	Don Youman	Oklahoma State
208	208	NYK	Gerard Ross	Grand Canyon University
209	209	SAS	Steve Schall	Arkansas
210	210	MIL	Melvin Crayton	Alabama State University
211	211	PHO	Randy Carroll	Kansas
212	212	SEA	Kent Williams	Texas Tech
213	213	PHI	Joe Hand	King's College (Pennsylvania)
214	214	BOS	John Nolan	Providence

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