1982 NBA draft

1982 NBA draft
General information
Date(s)	June 29, 1982
Location	Felt Forum, New York City, New York
Network(s) (US)	USA Network
First selection	James Worthy, Los Angeles Lakers
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The 1982 NBA draft took place on June 29, 1982 at the Felt Forum at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.

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 never played in the NBA regular season or playoffs

James Worthy was selected first overall by the Los Angeles Lakers. Dominique Wilkins was selected third overall by the Utah Jazz. Clark Kellogg was selected eighth overall by the Indiana Pacers.

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team	School/club team
1	1	Worthy, JamesJames Worthy^	SF	United States	Los Angeles Lakers (from Cleveland)	North Carolina (Jr.)
1	2	Cummings, TerryTerry Cummings*	PF	United States	San Diego Clippers	DePaul (Jr.)
1	3	Wilkins, DominiqueDominique Wilkins^	SF	United States	Utah Jazz	Georgia (Jr.)
1	4	Garnett, BillBill Garnett	SF	United States	Dallas Mavericks	Wyoming (Sr.)
1	5	Thompson, LaSalleLaSalle Thompson	C/PF	United States	Kansas City Kings	Texas (Jr.)
1	6	Tucker, TrentTrent Tucker	SG	United States	New York Knicks	Minnesota (Sr.)
1	7	Dailey, QuintinQuintin Dailey	SG	United States	Chicago Bulls	San Francisco (Jr.)
1	8	Clark Kellogg	PF	United States	Indiana Pacers	Ohio State (Jr.)
1	9	Levingston, CliffCliff Levingston	PF	United States	Detroit Pistons	Wichita State (Jr.)
1	10	Edmonson, KeithKeith Edmonson	SG	United States	Atlanta Hawks	Purdue (Sr.)
1	11	Lafayette Lever*	PG	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	Arizona State (Sr.)
1	12	Bagley, JohnJohn Bagley	PG	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers (from Washington via Detroit)	Boston College (Jr.)
1	13	Floyd, SleepySleepy Floyd^+	SG	United States	New Jersey Nets	Georgetown (Sr.)
1	14	Conner, LesterLester Conner	PG	United States	Golden State Warriors	Oregon State (Sr.)
1	15	Thirdkill, DavidDavid Thirdkill	SF	United States	Phoenix Suns (from Denver)	Bradley (Sr.)
1	16	Teagle, TerryTerry Teagle	SG	United States	Houston Rockets	Baylor (Sr.)
1	17	Steppe, BrookBrook Steppe	SG	United States	Kansas City Kings (from Phoenix via New Jersey)	Georgia Tech (Sr.)
1	18	Pierce, RickyRicky Pierce^+	SG	United States	Detroit Pistons (from San Antonio via Portland)	Rice (Sr.)
1	19	Williams, RobRob Williams	PG	United States	Denver Nuggets (from Seattle)	Houston (Jr.)
1	20	Pressey, PaulPaul Pressey	SF	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	Tulsa (Sr.)
1	21	Phillips, EddieEddie Phillips	SF	United States	New Jersey Nets (from Los Angeles)	Alabama (Sr.)
1	22	McNamara, MarkMark McNamara	C	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	California (Sr.)
1	23	Tillis, DarrenDarren Tillis	C	United States	Boston Celtics	Cleveland State (Sr.)
2	24	Robinson, OliverOliver Robinson	SG	United States	San Antonio Spurs	UAB (Sr.)
2	25	Warrick, BryanBryan Warrick	SG	United States	Washington Bullets	Saint Joseph's (Sr.)
2	26	Frazier, RickyRicky Frazier^#	SF	United States	Chicago Bulls	Missouri (Sr.)
2	27	Roberts, FredFred Roberts	PF	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	BYU (Sr.)
2	28	Magley, DaveDave Magley	PF	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	Kansas (Sr.)
2	29	Hastings, ScottScott Hastings	F/C	United States	New York Knicks	Arkansas (Sr.)
2	30	Bryant, WallaceWallace Bryant	C	United States	Chicago Bulls	San Francisco (Sr.)
2	31	Higgins, RodRod Higgins	F/C	United States	Chicago Bulls	Fresno State (Sr.)
2	32	Anderson, RichardRichard Anderson	PF	United States	San Diego Clippers	UC Santa Barbara (Sr.)
2	33	Townes, LintonLinton Townes	SF	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	James Madison (Sr.)
2	34	Taylor, VinceVince Taylor	SF	United States	New York Knicks	Duke (Sr.)
2	35	Smith, DerekDerek Smith	SG	United States	Golden State Warriors	Louisville (Sr.)
2	36	Anderson, J. J.J. J. Anderson	SF	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	Bradley (Sr.)
2	37	Norris, AudieAudie Norris	C	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	Jackson State (Sr.)
2	38	Wayne Sappleton	F	United States	Golden State Warriors (traded to New Jersey	Loyola (IL) (Sr.)
2	39	Magee, KevinKevin Magee^#	PF	United States	Phoenix Suns	UC Irvine (Sr.)
2	40	Morgan, GuyGuy Morgan	G	United States	Indiana Pacers	Wake Forest (Sr.)
2	41	Anderson, DwightDwight Anderson	G	United States	Washington Bullets	USC (Sr.)
2	42	Taylor, JeffJeff Taylor	SG	United States	Houston Rockets	Texas Tech (Sr.)
2	43	Slaughter, JoseJose Slaughter	SG	United States	Indiana Pacers	Portland (Sr.)
2	44	Gibson, MikeMike Gibson	F	United States	Washington Bullets	USC Upstate (Sr.)
2	45	Schoene, RussRuss Schoene	F/C	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	Chattanooga (Sr.)
2	46	Guy, TonyTony Guy^#	G	United States	Boston Celtics	Kansas (Sr.)

Notable post-second round picks

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

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team	School/club team
3	47	Wilson, MikeMike Wilson	G	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	Marquette (Sr.)
3	48	Hodges, CraigCraig Hodges	SG	United States	San Diego Clippers	Long Beach State (Sr.)
3	50	Thompson, CornyCorny Thompson	PF	United States	Dallas Mavericks	Connecticut (Sr.)
3	51	Johnstone, JimJim Johnstone	PF/C	United States	Kansas City Kings	Wake Forest (Sr.)
3	54	Jones, HutchHutch Jones	PG	United States	San Diego Clippers	Vanderbilt (Sr.)
3	55	Eaves, JerryJerry Eaves	PG	United States	Utah Jazz	Louisville (Sr.)
3	56	Kopicki, JoeJoe Kopicki	PF	United States	Atlanta Hawks	Detroit (Sr.)
3	60	Engler, ChrisChris Engler	C	United States	Golden State Warriors	Wyoming (Sr.)
3	63	Nevitt, ChuckChuck Nevitt	C	United States	Houston Rockets	NC State (Sr.)
3	65	Greig, JohnJohn Greig	SF	United States	Seattle SuperSonics	Oregon (Sr.)
3	69	Moss, PerryPerry Moss	PG	United States	Boston Celtics	Northeastern (Sr.)
4	72	Eaton, MarkMark Eaton^+	C	United States	Utah Jazz	UCLA (Sr.)
4	74	Sanders, MikeMike Sanders	SG	United States	Kansas City Kings	UCLA (Sr.)
4	76	Aleksinas, ChuckChuck Aleksinas	C	United States	Chicago Bulls	Connecticut (Sr.)
4	78	Russell, WalkerWalker Russell	SG	United States	Detroit Pistons	Western Michigan (Sr.)
4	82	Brown, TonyTony Brown	SF/SG	United States	New Jersey Nets	Arkansas (Sr.)
4	86	White, RoryRory White	PF	United States	Phoenix Suns	South Alabama (Sr.)
6	138	Schweitz, JohnJohn Schweitz	SG	United States	Boston Celtics	Richmond (Sr.)
7	140	Hughes, EddieEddie Hughes	PG	United States	San Diego Clippers	Colorado State (Sr.)
8	166	Nealy, EdEd Nealy	PF	United States	Kansas City Kings	Kansas State (Sr.)
10	221	Wilkinson, DaleDale Wilkinson	F	United States	Phoenix Suns	Idaho State (Sr.)

References

General

• "Complete First Round Results 1980-89". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
• "1982 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
• "1982–1986 NBA Drafts". The Association for Professional Basketball Research. Archived from the original on 16 November 2010. Retrieved December 11, 2010.

Specific

External links

• NBA.com
• NBA.com: NBA Draft History