| 1982 NBA draft | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Date(s) | June 29, 1982 |
| Location | Felt Forum (New York City, New York) |
| Network(s) | USA Network |
| Overview | |
| 225 total selections in 10 rounds | |
| League | NBA |
| First selection | James Worthy (Los Angeles Lakers) |
The 1982 NBA draft took place on June 29, 1982, at the Felt Forum at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. Brent Musburger reported for CBS in the days leading up to the draft that the Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks were working on a wider-ranging deal that would have sent Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to New York, Bill Cartwright to the Utah Jazz, and either the #1 or #2 pick from Utah to Los Angeles (which was guaranteed one of those picks anyway due to a 1980 trade with Cleveland), with the Lakers then planning to select both Ralph Sampson and James Worthy. When Sampson decided to forgo entering the draft and to return for another season at the University of Virginia, the deal fell apart and the Lakers picked Worthy with the #1 overall choice.
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 has never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff game |
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James Worthy was selected first overall by the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Dominique Wilkins was selected third overall by the Utah Jazz.
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Clark Kellogg was selected eighth overall by the Indiana Pacers.
| Round | Pick | Player | Pos. | Nationality | Team | School/club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | James Worthy^ | SF |  United States | Los Angeles Lakers (from Cleveland) | North Carolina (Jr.) |
| 1 | 2 | Terry Cummings* | PF | United States | San Diego Clippers | DePaul (Jr.) |
| 1 | 3 | Dominique Wilkins^ | SF | United States | Utah Jazz | Georgia (Jr.) |
| 1 | 4 | Bill Garnett | SF | United States | Dallas Mavericks | Wyoming (Sr.) |
| 1 | 5 | LaSalle Thompson | C/PF | United States | Kansas City Kings | Texas (Jr.) |
| 1 | 6 | Trent Tucker | SG | United States | New York Knicks | Minnesota (Sr.) |
| 1 | 7 | Quintin Dailey | SG | United States | Chicago Bulls | San Francisco (Jr.) |
| 1 | 8 | Clark Kellogg | PF | United States | Indiana Pacers | Ohio State (Jr.) |
| 1 | 9 | Cliff Levingston | PF | United States | Detroit Pistons | Wichita State (Jr.) |
| 1 | 10 | Keith Edmonson | SG | United States | Atlanta Hawks | Purdue (Sr.) |
| 1 | 11 | Fat Lever* | PG | United States | Portland Trail Blazers | Arizona State (Sr.) |
| 1 | 12 | John Bagley | PG | United States | Cleveland Cavaliers (from Washington via Detroit) | Boston College (Jr.) |
| 1 | 13 | Sleepy Floyd+ | SG | United States | New Jersey Nets | Georgetown (Sr.) |
| 1 | 14 | Lester Conner | PG | United States | Golden State Warriors | Oregon State (Sr.) |
| 1 | 15 | David Thirdkill | SF | United States | Phoenix Suns (from Denver) | Bradley (Sr.) |
| 1 | 16 | Terry Teagle | SG | United States | Houston Rockets | Baylor (Sr.) |
| 1 | 17 | Brook Steppe | SG | United States | Kansas City Kings (from Phoenix via New Jersey) | Georgia Tech (Sr.) |
| 1 | 18 | Ricky Pierce+ | SF | United States | Detroit Pistons (from San Antonio via Portland) | Rice (Sr.) |
| 1 | 19 | Rob Williams | PG | United States | Denver Nuggets (from Seattle) | Houston (Jr.) |
| 1 | 20 | Paul Pressey | SF | United States | Milwaukee Bucks | Tulsa (Sr.) |
| 1 | 21 | Eddie Phillips | SF | United States | New Jersey Nets (from Los Angeles) | Alabama (Sr.) |
| 1 | 22 | Mark McNamara | C | United States | Philadelphia 76ers | California (Sr.) |
| 1 | 23 | Darren Tillis | C | United States | Boston Celtics | Cleveland State (Sr.) |
| 2 | 24 | Oliver Robinson | SG | United States | San Antonio Spurs | UAB (Sr.) |
| 2 | 25 | Bryan Warrick | SG | United States | Washington Bullets | Saint Joseph's (Sr.) |
| 2 | 26 | Ricky Frazier# | SF | United States | Chicago Bulls | Missouri (Sr.) |
| 2 | 27 | Fred Roberts | PF | United States | Milwaukee Bucks | BYU (Sr.) |
| 2 | 28 | Dave Magley | PF | United States | Cleveland Cavaliers | Kansas (Sr.) |
| 2 | 29 | Scott Hastings | F/C | United States | New York Knicks | Arkansas (Sr.) |
| 2 | 30 | Wallace Bryant | C | United States | Chicago Bulls | San Francisco (Sr.) |
| 2 | 31 | Rod Higgins | F/C | United States | Chicago Bulls | Fresno State (Sr.) |
| 2 | 32 | Richard Anderson | PF | United States | San Diego Clippers | UC Santa Barbara (Sr.) |
| 2 | 33 | Linton Townes | SF | United States | Portland Trail Blazers | James Madison (Sr.) |
| 2 | 34 | Vince Taylor | SF | United States | New York Knicks | Duke (Sr.) |
| 2 | 35 | Derek Smith | SG | United States | Golden State Warriors | Louisville (Sr.) |
| 2 | 36 | J. J. Anderson | SF | United States | Philadelphia 76ers | Bradley (Sr.) |
| 2 | 37 | Audie 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 | Kevin Magee# | PF | United States | Phoenix Suns | UC Irvine (Sr.) |
| 2 | 40 | Guy Morgan | G | United States | Indiana Pacers | Wake Forest (Sr.) |
| 2 | 41 | Dwight Anderson | G | United States | Washington Bullets | USC (Sr.) |
| 2 | 42 | Jeff Taylor | SG | United States | Houston Rockets | Texas Tech (Sr.) |
| 2 | 43 | Jose Slaughter | SG | United States | Indiana Pacers | Portland (Sr.) |
| 2 | 44 | Mike Gibson | F | United States | Washington Bullets | USC Upstate (Sr.) |
| 2 | 45 | Russ Schoene | F/C | United States | Philadelphia 76ers | Chattanooga (Sr.) |
| 2 | 46 | Tony Guy# | G | United States | Boston Celtics | Kansas (Sr.) |
Notable post-second round picks
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Corny Thompson was selected 50th overall by the Dallas Mavericks.
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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.[1][2]
| Round | Pick | Player | Pos. | Nationality | Team | School/club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 47 | Mike Wilson | G | United States | Cleveland Cavaliers | Marquette (Sr.) |
| 3 | 48 | Craig Hodges | SG | United States | San Diego Clippers | Long Beach State (Sr.) |
| 3 | 50 | Corny Thompson | PF | United States | Dallas Mavericks | Connecticut (Sr.) |
| 3 | 51 | Jim Johnstone | PF/C | United States | Kansas City Kings | Wake Forest (Sr.) |
| 3 | 54 | Hutch Jones | PG | United States | San Diego Clippers | Vanderbilt (Sr.) |
| 3 | 55 | Jerry Eaves | PG | United States | Utah Jazz | Louisville (Sr.) |
| 3 | 56 | Joe Kopicki | PF | United States | Atlanta Hawks | Detroit (Sr.) |
| 3 | 60 | Chris Engler | C | United States | Golden State Warriors | Wyoming (Sr.) |
| 3 | 63 | Chuck Nevitt | C | United States | Houston Rockets | NC State (Sr.) |
| 3 | 65 | John Greig | SF | United States | Seattle SuperSonics | Oregon (Sr.) |
| 3 | 69 | Perry Moss | PG | United States | Boston Celtics | Northeastern (Sr.) |
| 4 | 72 | Mark Eaton+ | C | United States | Utah Jazz | UCLA (Sr.) |
| 4 | 74 | Mike Sanders | SG | United States | Kansas City Kings | UCLA (Sr.) |
| 4 | 76 | Chuck Aleksinas | C | United States | Chicago Bulls | Connecticut (Sr.) |
| 4 | 78 | Walker Russell | SG | United States | Detroit Pistons | Western Michigan (Sr.) |
| 4 | 82 | Tony Brown | SF/SG | United States | New Jersey Nets | Arkansas (Sr.) |
| 4 | 86 | Rory White | PF | United States | Phoenix Suns | South Alabama (Sr.) |
| 6 | 138 | John Schweitz | SG | United States | Boston Celtics | Richmond (Sr.) |
| 7 | 140 | Eddie Hughes | PG | United States | San Diego Clippers | Colorado State (Sr.) |
| 8 | 166 | Ed Nealy | PF | United States | Kansas City Kings | Kansas State (Sr.) |
| 10 | 221 | Dale Wilkinson | F | United States | Phoenix Suns | Idaho State (Sr.) |
References
- General
- "Complete First Round Results 1980–89". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on March 21, 2010. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
- "1982 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.com. 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
- ^ "1982 NBA Draft". Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "NBA Past Drafts - RealGM". Basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved 1 April 2019.