1985 NBA draft

1985 NBA draft
General information
Date(s)	June 18, 1985
Time	7:35 pm EDT
Location	Felt Forum, New York City, New York
Network(s) (US)	TBS Superstation
First selection	Patrick Ewing, New York Knicks
NBA draft < 1984 1986 >

The 1985 NBA draft took place on June 18, 1985. It was also the first NBA draft of the "lottery" era. A total of 162 players were selected over 7 rounds by the league's 23 teams.^[1] The New York Knicks were awarded the first overall pick by winning the first-ever NBA draft lottery, which was held in May of that year. The Knicks ultimately used it on Georgetown's Patrick Ewing.

Draft selections

Patrick Ewing, the 1st pick Wayman Tisdale, the 2nd pick Chris Mullin, the 7th pick Charles Oakley, the 9th pick Karl Malone, the 13th pick Bill Wennington, the 16th pick Joe Dumars, the 18th pick A. C. Green, the 23rd pick Terry Porter, the 24th pick Sam Mitchell, the 54th pick Mario Elie, the 160th pick

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
^x	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-NBA Team
^#	Denotes player who never played in the NBA regular season or playoffs

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Nationality[n 1]	Team	School/club team
1	1	Ewing, PatrickPatrick Ewing^	C	Jamaica  United States[2]	New York Knicks	Georgetown (Sr.)
1	2	Tisdale, WaymanWayman Tisdale	PF	United States	Indiana Pacers	Oklahoma (Jr.)
1	3	Benjamin, BenoitBenoit Benjamin	C	United States	Los Angeles Clippers	Creighton (Jr.)
1	4	McDaniel, XavierXavier McDaniel^+	PF	United States	Seattle SuperSonics	Wichita State (Sr.)
1	5	Koncak, JonJon Koncak	C	United States	Atlanta Hawks	SMU (Sr.)
1	6	Kleine, JoeJoe Kleine	C	United States	Sacramento Kings	Arkansas (Sr.)
1	7	Mullin, ChrisChris Mullin^	SF	United States	Golden State Warriors	St. John's (Sr.)
1	8	Schrempf, DetlefDetlef Schrempf*	SF/PF	West Germany	Dallas Mavericks (from Cleveland)	Washington (Sr.)
1	9	Oakley, CharlesCharles Oakley^+	PF	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers *	Virginia Union (Sr.)
1	10	Pinckney, EdEd Pinckney	PF	United States	Phoenix Suns	Villanova (Sr.)
1	11	Lee, KeithKeith Lee	C	United States	Chicago Bulls	Memphis State (Sr.)
1	12	Green, KennyKenny Green	F	United States	Washington Bullets	Wake Forest (Jr.)
1	13	Malone, KarlKarl Malone^	PF	United States	Utah Jazz	Louisiana Tech (Jr.)
1	14	Hughes, AlfredrickAlfredrick Hughes	SG	United States	San Antonio Spurs	Loyola (IL) (Sr.)
1	15	Rasmussen, BlairBlair Rasmussen	C	United States	Denver Nuggets (from Portland)	Oregon (Sr.)
1	16	Wennington, BillBill Wennington	C	Canada	Dallas Mavericks (from New Jersey)	St. John's (Sr.)
1	17	Blab, UweUwe Blab	C	West Germany	Dallas Mavericks	Indiana (Sr.)
1	18	Dumars, JoeJoe Dumars^	SG	United States	Detroit Pistons	McNeese State (Sr.)
1	19	Harris, SteveSteve Harris	SG	United States	Houston Rockets	Tulsa (Sr.)
1	20	Vincent, SamSam Vincent	SG	United States	Boston Celtics (from Denver via Dallas)	Michigan State (Sr.)
1	21	Catledge, TerryTerry Catledge	PF	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	South Alabama (Sr.)
1	22	Reynolds, JerryJerry Reynolds	G/F	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	LSU (Jr.)
1	23	Green, A. C.A. C. Green^+	SF/PF	United States	Los Angeles Lakers	Oregon State (Sr.)
1	24	Porter, TerryTerry Porter^+	PG	United States	Portland Trail Blazers (from Boston via Dallas)	Wisconsin–Stevens Point (Sr.)
2	25	Smrek, MikeMike Smrek	C	Canada	Portland Trail Blazers	Canisius (Sr.)
2	26	Martin, BillBill Martin	F	United States	Indiana Pacers	Georgetown (Sr.)
2	27	McClain, DwayneDwayne McClain	SG	United States	Indiana Pacers	Villanova (Sr.)
2	28	Johnson, KenKen Johnson	F	United States	Chicago Bulls	Michigan State (Sr.)
2	29	Brittain, MikeMike Brittain	C	United States	San Antonio Spurs	South Carolina (Sr.)
2	30	Duncan, CalvinCalvin Duncan^#	G	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	VCU (Sr.)
2	31	Bol, ManuteManute Bol	C	Sudan	Washington Bullets	Bridgeport (Fr.)
2	32	Vanos, NickNick Vanos	C	United States	Phoenix Suns	Santa Clara (Sr.)
2	33	Stokes, GregGreg Stokes	F/C	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	Iowa (Sr.)
2	34	Sherrod, AubreyAubrey Sherrod^#	SG	United States	Chicago Bulls	Wichita State (Sr.)
2	35	Corbin, TyroneTyrone Corbin	SF/PF	United States	San Antonio Spurs	DePaul (Sr.)
2	36	Joseph, YvonYvon Joseph	C	Haiti	New Jersey Nets	Georgia Tech (Sr.)
2	37	Scurry, CareyCarey Scurry	F	United States	Utah Jazz	LIU Brooklyn (Sr.)
2	38	Martín, FernandoFernando Martín	PF	Spain	New Jersey Nets	Real Madrid (Spain)
2	39	Montgomery, GeorgeGeorge Montgomery^#	F	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	Illinois (Sr.)
2	40	Acres, MarkMark Acres	F/C	United States	Dallas Mavericks	Oral Roberts (Sr.)
2	41	Charles, LorenzoLorenzo Charles	PF	United States	Atlanta Hawks	NC State (Sr.)
2	42	Hurt, Bobby LeeBobby Lee Hurt^#	C/F	United States	Golden State Warriors	Alabama (Sr.)
2	43	Stevens, BarryBarry Stevens	G/F	United States	Denver Nuggets	Iowa State (Sr.)
2	44	Winters, VoiseVoise Winters	SG	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	Bradley (Sr.)
2	45	Williams, John "Hot Rod"John "Hot Rod" Williams	PF	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	Tulane (Sr.)
2	46	Branch, AdrianAdrian Branch	SF	United States	Chicago Bulls (from L.A. Lakers)	Maryland (Sr.)
2	47	Wilkins, GeraldGerald Wilkins	SG	United States	New York Knicks (from Boston)	Chattanooga (Sr.)

* compensation for draft choices traded away by Ted Stepien

Notable post-second round picks

This list includes only players who appeared in at least one NBA game but were not selected in the first or second rounds of the 1985 NBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team	School/club team
3	49	Wright, BradBrad Wright	PF	United States	Golden State Warriors	UCLA (Sr.)
3	54	Mitchell, SamSam Mitchell	SF/PF	United States	Houston Rockets (from San Antonio via Atlanta)***	Mercer (Sr.)
3	59	Toney, SedricSedric Toney	PG	United States	Atlanta Hawks*	Dayton (Sr.)
3	61	Young, PerryPerry Young	SG	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	Virginia Tech (Sr.)
3	63	Keeling, HaroldHarold Keeling	SG	United States	Dallas Mavericks	Santa Clara (Sr.)
3	66	Adams, MichaelMichael Adams^+	PG	United States	Kansas City Kings (from Denver)	Boston College (Sr.)
3	69	Brown, MikeMike Brown	C	United States	Chicago Bulls**	George Washington (Sr.)
4	73	Cofield, FredFred Cofield	PG	United States	New York Knicks	Eastern Michigan (Sr.)
4	75	Stivrins, AlexAlex Stivrins	F	United States	Seattle SuperSonics	Colorado (Sr.)
4	77	Sabonis, ArvydasArvydas Sabonis^+	C	Lithuania	Atlanta Hawks (pick voided because Sabonis was not yet 21 at the time of the draft)[3]	Žalgiris Kaunas (Lithuania)
4	79	Davis, MarkMark Davis	SF	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	Old Dominion (Sr.)
4	82	Roth, ScottScott Roth	SF	United States	San Antonio Spurs	Wisconsin (Sr.)
4	83	Rudd, DelaneyDelaney Rudd	G	United States	Utah Jazz	Wake Forest (Sr.)
4	84	Battle, JohnJohn Battle	SG	United States	Atlanta Hawks (from New Jersey)	Rutgers (Sr.)
4	87	Webb, SpudSpud Webb	PG	United States	Detroit Pistons	NC State (Sr.)
4	89	Williams, PetePete Williams	PF	United States	Denver Nuggets	Arizona (So.)
4	90	Gervin, DerrickDerrick Gervin	PF	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	UTSA (Jr.)
4	91	McQueen, CozellCozell McQueen	PF	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	NC State (Sr.)
4	92	Shouse, DexterDexter Shouse	PG	United States	Los Angeles Lakers	South Alabama (Sr.)
6	139	Lewis, RalphRalph Lewis	SG	United States	Boston Celtics	La Salle (Sr.)
7	144	Phelps, MikeMike Phelps	SG	United States	Seattle SuperSonics	Alcorn State (Sr.)
7	148	Glouchkov, GeorgiGeorgi Glouchkov	PF	Bulgaria	Phoenix Suns	Akademik Varna (Bulgaria)
7	160	Elie, MarioMario Elie	SF/SG	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	American International (Sr.)

1. Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.

* Compensation for the Utah Jazz signing Billy Paultz
** Compensation for the Los Angeles Lakers signing Larry Spriggs
*** Compensation for the Atlanta Hawks signing Billy Paultz

Controversy

Some have argued that NBA Commissioner David Stern fixed the first overall pick to help his hometown team, the struggling New York Knicks. When an accountant from Ernst & Whinney inserted the seven envelopes into the glass drum, some have claimed that he banged the fourth one against the side of the drum to create a creased corner, thereby making it easier for Stern to determine which envelope to choose: the envelope containing the Knicks logo.^[4]

See also

• NBA draft conspiracy

References

1. "1985 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
2. Ewing was born in  Jamaica, but had become a naturalized United States citizen while at Georgetown, as evidenced by his selection to the USA team at the 1984 Olympics.
3. McCallum, Jack (August 11, 2011). "Hoops giant Sabonis was a mystery man with indisputable talent". SI.com. Retrieved January 4, 2014. Sabonis was subsequently selected in the first round (24th overall) of the 1986 NBA draft.
4. Rosenberg, Michael (29 October 2010). "Viewpoint: Sports conspiracy theories". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 18 August 2011.