1989 NBA Draft

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Date: Tuesday, June 27, 1989

Location: New York, New York

Number of Picks: 54 (48 played in NBA)

First Overall Pick: Pervis Ellison (21.8 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: V. Divac (96.4), C. Robinson (89.7) and S. Kemp (89.5)

All-Stars: 9 (B. Armstrong, D. Barros, M. Blaylock, V. Divac, S. Elliott, T. Hardaway, S. Kemp, G. Rice and C. Robinson)

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54 Selections

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54 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	SAC	Pervis Ellison	Louisville	11	474	11593	4494	3170	691	.510	.050	.689	24.5	9.5	6.7	1.5	21.8	.090	-0.5	4.4
2	2	LAC	Danny Ferry	Duke	13	917	18133	6439	2550	1185	.446	.393	.840	19.8	7.0	2.8	1.3	34.8	.092	-0.9	4.9
3	3	SAS	Sean Elliott	Arizona	12	742	24502	10544	3204	1897	.465	.375	.799	33.0	14.2	4.3	2.6	55.7	.109	0.2	13.5
4	4	MIA	Glen Rice	Michigan	15	1000	34985	18336	4387	2097	.456	.400	.846	35.0	18.3	4.4	2.1	88.7	.122	0.8	24.9
5	5	CHH	J.R. Reid	UNC	11	672	15370	5680	3381	639	.472	.135	.716	22.9	8.5	5.0	1.0	22.5	.070	-2.9	-3.7
6	6	CHI	Stacey King	Oklahoma	8	438	7406	2819	1460	387	.478	.235	.707	16.9	6.4	3.3	0.9	10.9	.071	-3.4	-2.7
7	7	IND	George McCloud	Florida State	12	766	17429	6925	2342	1769	.402	.358	.810	22.8	9.0	3.1	2.3	24.6	.068	-0.8	5.3
8	8	DAL	Randy White	Louisiana Tech	5	281	5382	2083	1366	175	.401	.193	.707	19.2	7.4	4.9	0.6	1.9	.017	-5.0	-4.0
9	9	WSB	Tom Hammonds	Georgia Tech	12	687	10419	3617	2243	378	.480	.000	.691	15.2	5.3	3.3	0.6	14.7	.068	-3.8	-4.7
10	10	MIN	Pooh Richardson	UCLA	10	639	19399	7083	1807	4180	.444	.329	.652	30.4	11.1	2.8	6.5	26.7	.066	0.2	10.5
11	11	ORL	Nick Anderson	Illinois	13	800	24922	11529	4064	2087	.446	.356	.667	31.2	14.4	5.1	2.6	55.3	.106	1.9	24.7
12	12	NJN	Mookie Blaylock	Oklahoma	13	889	31026	11962	3659	5972	.409	.336	.736	34.9	13.5	4.1	6.7	71.8	.111	3.0	39.2
13	13	BOS	Michael Smith	BYU	3	141	1328	698	212	142	.474	.150	.835	9.4	5.0	1.5	1.0	1.4	.049	-3.6	-0.5
14	14	GSW	Tim Hardaway	Texas-El Paso	13	867	30626	15373	2855	7095	.431	.355	.782	35.3	17.7	3.3	8.2	85.0	.133	3.1	39.6
15	15	DEN	Todd Lichti	Stanford	5	237	4240	1870	505	325	.460	.244	.789	17.9	7.9	2.1	1.4	5.6	.063	-2.5	-0.5
16	16	SEA	Dana Barros	Boston College	14	850	19480	8901	1609	2837	.460	.411	.858	22.9	10.5	1.9	3.3	49.6	.122	1.7	18.1
17	17	SEA	Shawn Kemp	Trinity Valley CC	14	1051	29293	15347	8834	1704	.488	.277	.741	27.9	14.6	8.4	1.6	89.5	.147	0.6	19.4
18	18	CHI	B.J. Armstrong	Iowa	11	747	17790	7320	1321	2479	.477	.425	.856	23.8	9.8	1.8	3.3	45.0	.121	-0.2	8.1
19	19	PHI	Kenny Payne	Louisville	4	144	1167	508	170	61	.410	.293	.859	8.1	3.5	1.2	0.4	-0.1	-.005	-4.9	-0.9
20	20	CHI	Jeff Sanders	Georgia Southern University	4	55	462	112	103	25	.395		.609	8.4	2.0	1.9	0.5	-0.1	-.008	-6.3	-0.5
21	21	UTA	Blue Edwards	East Carolina University	10	704	18409	7585	2376	1409	.475	.335	.779	26.1	10.8	3.4	2.0	24.2	.063	-1.6	1.9
22	22	POR	Byron Irvin	Missouri	3	87	849	451	123	73	.471	.350	.722	9.8	5.2	1.4	0.8	2.1	.121	0.6	0.6
23	23	ATL	Roy Marble	Iowa	2	29	194	55	32	12	.257	.000	.594	6.7	1.9	1.1	0.4	-0.5	-.122	-8.8	-0.3
24	24	PHO	Anthony Cook	Arizona	4	116	1499	418	428	34	.439	.000	.524	12.9	3.6	3.7	0.3	1.0	.033	-3.7	-0.7
25	25	CLE	John Morton	Seton Hall	3	128	1879	609	161	342	.386	.224	.787	14.7	4.8	1.3	2.7	0.5	.013	-3.0	-0.5
26	26	LAL	Vlade Divac		16	1134	33838	13398	9326	3541	.495	.235	.692	29.8	11.8	8.2	3.1	96.4	.137	2.3	36.3
27	27	DET	Kenny Battle	Illinois	4	134	1795	627	327	106	.504	.133	.725	13.4	4.7	2.4	0.8	3.7	.098	-0.4	0.7
			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
28	28	MIA	Sherman Douglas	Syracuse	12	765	21148	8425	1672	4536	.484	.267	.678	27.6	11.0	2.2	5.9	32.9	.075	-0.3	9.2
29	29	CHH	Dyron Nix	Tennessee	1	20	109	39	26	5	.359		.688	5.5	2.0	1.3	0.3	0.0	-.015	-5.8	-0.1
30	30	MIL	Frank Kornet	Vanderbilt	2	89	595	171	95	30	.369	.263	.596	6.7	1.9	1.1	0.3	0.0	-.004	-6.2	-0.6
31	31	LAC	Jeff Martin	Murray State	2	143	2685	956	290	109	.417	.282	.694	18.8	6.7	2.0	0.8	2.1	.038	-3.2	-0.8
32	32	NJN	Stanley Brundy	DePaul	1	16	128	37	26	3	.500		.389	8.0	2.3	1.6	0.2	0.2	.057	-3.1	0.0
33	33	LAC	Jay Edwards	Indiana	1	4	26	7	2	4	.429	.000	.333	6.5	1.8	0.5	1.0	0.0	.022	-4.0	0.0
34	34	MIN	Gary Leonard	Missouri	3	31	149	44	34	2	.459	.000	.500	4.8	1.4	1.1	0.1	0.1	.029	-6.9	-0.2
35	35	DAL	Pat Durham	Colorado State	2	64	930	323	108	57	.469	.192	.667	14.5	5.0	1.7	0.9	0.7	.037	-2.0	0.0
36	36	POR	Clifford Robinson	UConn	18	1380	42561	19591	6306	3094	.438	.356	.689	30.8	14.2	4.6	2.2	89.7	.101	0.5	26.6
37	37	ORL	Michael Ansley	Alabama	3	149	2143	1026	621	67	.513		.722	14.4	6.9	4.2	0.4	6.4	.142	-1.0	0.6
38	38	MIN	Doug West	Villanova	12	676	16649	6477	1670	1292	.481	.191	.801	24.6	9.6	2.5	1.9	17.7	.051	-3.0	-4.2
39	39	WSB	Ed Horton	Iowa	1	45	374	202	108	19	.494	.000	.609	8.3	4.5	2.4	0.4	0.4	.050	-4.9	-0.3
40	40	BOS	Dino Radja		4	224	7308	3733	1883	356	.497	.000	.735	32.6	16.7	8.4	1.6	14.3	.094	-0.4	3.0
41	41	WSB	Doug Roth	Tennessee	1	42	412	81	120	20	.430	.000	.500	9.8	1.9	2.9	0.5	0.4	.052	-5.3	-0.3
42	42	DEN	Michael Cutright	McNeese State University
43	43	CLE	Chucky Brown	NC State	13	694	11962	4125	2148	549	.491	.227	.699	17.2	5.9	3.1	0.8	19.0	.076	-2.7	-2.0
44	44	PHI	Reggie Cross	Hawaii
45	45	MIA	Scott Haffner	University of Evansville	2	50	609	213	55	89	.403	.130	.667	12.2	4.3	1.1	1.8	-0.1	-.012	-5.1	-0.5
46	46	PHO	Ricky Blanton	LSU	1	2	13	6	3	1	.429			6.5	3.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	.088	-0.3	0.0
47	47	DEN	Reggie Turner	UAB
48	48	UTA	Junie Lewis	University of South Alabama
49	49	ATL	Haywoode Workman	Oral Roberts	8	359	7202	1967	819	1410	.419	.323	.764	20.1	5.5	2.3	3.9	10.7	.071	-0.7	2.4
50	50	NYK	Brian Quinnett	Washington State	3	138	1530	474	224	76	.414	.326	.677	11.1	3.4	1.6	0.6	0.9	.027	-3.7	-0.6
51	51	PHO	Mike Morrison	Loyola (MD)	1	36	153	72	20	11	.338	.286	.800	4.3	2.0	0.6	0.3	-0.3	-.106	-10.5	-0.3
52	52	PHO	Greg Grant	Trenton State University	6	274	3350	767	248	751	.383	.281	.710	12.2	2.8	0.9	2.7	1.6	.023	-2.9	-0.8
53	53	DAL	Jeff Hodge	University of South Alabama
54	54	PHI	Toney Mack	Georgia

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