NBA Team's First-Round Draft Choices 1985-99

Basketball Digest, Summer, 2000

Atlanta Hawks

Year   Pick   Player                                       School

1985     5    Jon Koncak                       Southern Methodist
1986    19    Billy Thompson                           Louisville
1987    21    Dallas Comegys                               DePaul
1988          No first-round selection
1989    23    Roy Marble                                     Iowa
1990    10    Rumeal Robinson                            Michigan
1991     9    Stacey Augmon                                  UNLV
        15    Anthony Avent                            Seton Hall
1992    10    Adam Keefe                                 Stanford
1993    15    Doug Edwards                          Florida State
1994          No first-round selection
1995    16    Alan Henderson                              Indiana
1996    28    Priest Lauderdale              Central State (Ohio)
1997    22    Ed Gray                                  California
1998    20    Roshown McLeod                                 Duke
1999    10    Jason Terry                                 Arizona
        17    Cal Bowlder                            Old Dominion
        20    Dion Clover                            Georgia Tech
        27    Jumaine Jones                               Georgia

Boston Celtics

Year   Pick   Player                                       School

1985    20    Sam Vincent                          Michigan State
1986     2    Len Bias                                   Maryland
1987    22    Reggie Lewis                           Northeastern
1988    24    Brian Shaw                       Cal.-Santa Barbara
1989    13    Michael Smith                         Brigham Young
1990    19    Dee Brown                              Jacksonville
1991    24    Rick Fox                             North Carolina
1992    21    Jon Barry                              Georgia Tech
1993    19    Acie Earl                                      Iowa
1994     8    Eric Montross                        North Carolina
1995    14    Eric Williams                            Providence
1996     6    Antoine Walker                             Kentucky
1997     3    Chauncey Billups                           Colorado
         6    Ron Mercer                                 Kentucky
1998    10    Paul Pierce                                  Kansas
1999          No first-round selection

Charlotte Hornets

Year   Pick   Player                                       School

1988     8    Rex Chapman                                Kentucky
1989     5    J.R. Reid                            North Carolina
1990     5    Kendall Gill                               Illinois
1991     1    Larry Johnson                                  UNLV
1992     2    Alonzo Mourning                          Georgetown
1993    17    Greg Graham                                 Indiana
        20    Scott Burrell                           Connecticut
1994    38    Damn Hancock                                 Kansas
1995    22    George Zidek                                   UCLA
1996    13    Kobe Bryant                 Lower Merion (Pa.) H.S.
        16    Tony Delk                                  Kentucky
1997          No first-round selection
1998    21    Ricky Davis                                    Iowa
1999     3    Baron Davis                                    UCLA

Chicago Bulls

Year   Pick   Player                                       School

1985    11    Keith Lee                             Memphis State
1986     9    Brad Sellers                             Ohio State
1987     8    Olden Polynice                             Virginia
        10    Horace Grant                                Clemson
1988    11    Will Perdue                              Vanderbilt
1989     6    Stacey King                                Oklahoma
        18    B.J. Armstrong                                 Iowa
        20    Jeff Sanders                       Georgia Southern
1990          No first-round selection
1991    26    Mark Randall                                 Kansas
1992    27    Byron Houston                        Oklahoma State
1993    25    Corie Blount                             Cincinnati
1994    21    Dickey Simpkins                          Providence
1995    20    Jason Caffey                                Alabama
1996    29    Travis Knight                           Connecticut
1997    28    Keith Booth                                Maryland
1998    28    Corey Benjamin                         Oregon State
1999     1    Elton Brand                                    Duke
        16    Ron Artest                               St. Jonn's

Cleveland

Year   Pick   Player                                       School

1985     9    Charles Oakley                       Virginia Union
1986     1    Brad Daugherty                       North Carolina
         8    Ron Harper                             Miami (Ohio)
1987     7    Kevin Johnson                            California
1988    22    Randolph Keys                  Southern Mississippi
1989    25    John Morton                              Seton Hall
1990          No first-round selection
1991    11    Terrell Brandon                              Oregon
1992          No first-round selection
1993    22    Chris Mills                                 Arizona
1994          No first-round selection
1995    17    Bob Sura                              Florida State
1996    12    Vitaly Potapenko                       Wright State
        20    Zydrunas Ilgauskas              Atletas (Lithuania)
1997    13    Derek Anderson                             Kentucky
        16    Brevin Knight                              Stanford
1998          No first-round selection
1999     8    Andre Miller                                   Utah
        11    Trajan Langdon                                 Duke

Dallas Mavericks

Year   Pick   Player                                       School

1985     8    Detlef Schrempf                          Washington
        16    Bill Wennington                          St. John's
        17    Uwe Blab                                    Indiana
1986     7    Roy Tarpley                                Michigan
1987          No first-round selection
1988          No first-round selection
1989     8    Randy White                          Louisiana Tech
1990          No first-round selection
1991     6    Doug Smith                                 Missouri
1992     4    Jim Jackson                              Ohio State
1993     4    Jamal Mashburn                             Kentucky
1994     2    Jason Kidd                               California
        19    Tony Dumas                     Missouri-Kansas City
1995    12    Cherokee Parks                                 Duke
        24    Loren Meyer                              Iowa State
1996     9    Samaki Walker                            Louisville
1997    15    Kelvin Cato                              Iowa State
1998     6    Robert Traylor                             Michigan
1999          No first-round selection

Denver Nuggets

Year   Pick   Player                                       School

1985    15    Blair Rasmussen                              Oregon
1986    16    Maurice Martin                         St. Joseph's
        18    Mark Alarie                                    Duke
1987          No first-round selection
1988    23    Jerome Lane                              Pittsburgh
1989    15    Todd Lichti                                Stanford
1990     3    Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf                  Louisiana State
1991     4    Dikembe Mutombo                          Georgetown
         8    Mark Macon                                   Temple
1992     5    LaPhonso Ellis                           Notre Dame
        13    Bryant Stith                               Virginia
1993     9    Rodney Rogers                           Wake Forest
1994    13    Jalen Rose                                     Utah
1995    15    Brent Barry                            Oregon State
1996    23    Efthimios Rentzias                    PAOK (Greece)
1997     5    Tony Battie                              Texas Tech
1998     3    Raef LaFrentz                                Kansas
1999    18    James Posey                                  Xavier

Detroit Pistons

Year   Pick   Player                                       School

1985    18    Joe Dumars                            McNeese State
1986    11    John Salley                            Georgia Tech
1987          No first-round selection
1988          No first-round selection
1989    27    Kenny Battle                               Illinois
1990    26    Lance Blanks                                  Texas
1991          No first-round selection
1992    19    Don McLean                                     UCLA
1993    10    Lindsey Hunter                        Jackson State
        11    Allan Houston                             Tennessee
1994     3    Grant Hill                                     Duke
1995    18    Theo Ratliff                                Wyoming
        19    Randolph Childress                      Wake Forest
1996    26    Jerome Williams                          Georgetown
1997    19    Scot Pollard                                 Kansas
1998    11    Bonzi Wells                              Ball State
1999          No first-round selection

Golden State Warriors

Year   Pick   Player                                       School

1985     7    Chris Mullin                             St. John's
1986     3    Chris Washburn                 North Carolina State
1987    14    Tellis Frank                       Western Kentucky
1988     5    Mitch Richmond                         Kansas State
1989    14    Tim Hardaway                          Texas-El Paso
1990    11    Tyrone Hill                                  Xavier
1991    16    Chris Gatling                          Old Dominion
        17    Victor Alexander                         Iowa State
        25    Shaun Vandiver                             Colorado
1992    24    Latrell Sprewell                            Alabama
1993     3    Anfernee Hardaway                     Memphis State
1994    16    Clifford Rozier                          Louisville
1995     1    Joe Smith                                  Maryland
1996    11    Todd Fuller                    North Carolina State
1997     8    Adonal Foyle                                Colgate
1998     5    Vince Carter                         North Carolina
1999    21    Jeff Foster                              Pittsburgh

Houston Rockets

Year   Pick   Player                                       School

1985    19    Steve Harris                                  Tulsa
1986    20    Buck Johnson                                Alabama
1987          No first-round selection
1988    16    Derrick Chievous                           Missouri
1989          No first-round selection
1990    12    Alec Kessler                                Georgia
1991    20    John Turner                                Phillips
1992    11    Robert Horry                                Alabama
1993    24    Sam Cassell                           Florida State
1994          No first-round selection
1995          No first-round selection
1996          No first-round selection
1997    24    Rodrick Rhodes                  Southern California
1998    14    Michael Dickerson                           Arizona
        16    Bryce Drew                               Valparaiso
        18    Mirsad Turkan                  Efes Pilsen (Turkey)
1999    22    Kenny Thomas                             New Mexico

Indiana Pacers

Year   Pick   Player                                       School

1985     2    Wayman Tisdale                             Oklahoma
1986     4    Chuck Person                                 Auburn
1987    11    Reggie Miller                                  UCLA
1988     2    Rik Smits                                    Marist
1989     7    George McCloud                        Florida State
1990          No first-round selection
1991    13    Dale Davis                                  Clemson
1992    14    Malik Sealy                              St. John's
1993    14    Scott Haskin                           Oregon State
1994    15    Eric Piatkowski                            Nebraska
1995    23    Travis Best                            Georgia Tech
1996    10    Erick Dampier                     Mississippi State
1997    12    Austin Croshere                          Providence
1998    25    Al Harrington                    St. Patrick's H.S.
1999    26    Vonteego Cummings                        Pittsburgh

Los Angeles Clippers

Year   Pick   Player                                       School

1985     3    Benoit Benjamin                           Creighton
1986          No first-round selection
1987     4    Reggie Williams                          Georgetown
        13    Joe Wolf                             North Carolina
        19    Ken Norman                                 Illinois
1988     1    Danny Manning                                Kansas
         6    Horsey Hawkins                              Bradley
1989     2    Danny Ferry                                    Duke
1990     8    Bo Kimble                          Loyola Marymount
        13    Loy Vaught                                 Michigan
1991    22    LeRon Ellis                                Syracuse
1992    16    Randy Woods                                 LaSalle
        25    Elmore Spencer                                 UNLV
1993    13    Terry Dehere                             Seton Hall
1994     7    Lamond Murray                            California
        25    Greg Minor                               Louisville
1995     2    Antonio McDyess                             Alabama
1996     7    Lorenzen Wright                             Memphis
1997    14    Maurice Taylor                             Michigan
1998     1    Michael Olowokandi                          Pacific
1999     4    Lamar Odom                             Rhode Island

Los Angeles Lakers

Year   Pick   Player                                       School

1985    23    A.C. Green                             Oregon State
1986    23    Ken Barlow                               Notre Dame
1987          No first-round selection
1988    25    David Rivers                             Notre Dame
1989    26    Vlade Divac                              Yugoslavia
1990    27    Elden Campbell                              Clemson
1991          No first-round selection
1992    15    Anthony Peeler                             Missouri
1993    12    George Lynch                         North Carolina
1994    10    Eddie Jones                                  Temple
1995          No first-round selection
1996    24    Derek Fisher                   Arkansas-Little Rock
1997          No first-round selection
1998    26    Sam Jacobson                              Minnesota
1999    23    Devean George                      Augsburg (Minn.)

Miami Heat

Year   Pick   Player                                       School

1988     9    Rony Seikaly                               Syracuse
        20    Kevin Edwards                                DePaul
1989     4    Glen Rice                                  Michigan
1990     9    Willie Burton                             Minnesota
        15    Dave Jamerson                            Ohio State
1991     5    Steve Smith                          Michigan State
1992    12    Harold Miner                    Southern California
1993          No first-round selection
1994    12    Khalid Reeves                               Arizona
1995    10    Kurt Thomas                         Texas Christian
1996          No first-round selection
1997    26    Charles Smith                            New Mexico
1998          No first-round selection
1999    25    Tim James                                     Miami

Milwaukee Bucks

Year   Pick   Player                                       School

1985    22    Jerry Reynolds                      Louisiana State
1986    22    Scott Skiles                         Michigan State
1987          No first-round selection
1988    13    Jeff Grayer                              Iowa State
1989          No first-round selection
1990    16    Terry Mills                                Michigan
1991    18    Kevin Brooks                    Southwest Louisiana
1992     8    Todd Day                                   Arkansas
        23    Lee Mayberry                               Arkansas
1993     8    Vin Baker                                  Hartford
1994     1    Glenn Robinson                               Purdue
        18    Eric Mobley                              Pittsburgh
1995    11    Gary Trent                                     Ohio
1996     4    Stephon Marbury                        Georgia Tech
1997    10    Danny Fortson                            Cincinnati
1998     9    Dirk Nowitzki                          DJK Wurzburg
                                                        (Germany)
        19    Pat Garrity                              Notre Dame
1999          No first-round selection

Minnesota Timberwolves

Year   Pick   Player                                       School

1989    10    Pooh Richardson                                UCLA
1990     6    Felton Spencer                           Louisville
        20    Gerald Glass                            Mississippi
1991     7    Luc Longley                              New Mexico
1992     3    Christian Laettner                             Duke
1993     5    Isaiah Rider                                   UNLV
1994     4    Donyell Marshall                        Connecticut
1995     5    Kevin Garnett                      Farragut Academy
1996     5    Ray Allen                               Connecticut
1997    20    Paul Grant                                Wisconsin
1998    17    Radoslav Nesterovic          Kinder Bologna (Italy)
1999     6    Wally Szczerbiak                       Miami (Ohio)
        14    William Avery                                  Duke

New Jersey Nets

Year   Pick   Player                                       School

1985          No first-round selection
1986    12    Dwayne Washington                          Syracuse
1987     3    Dennis Hopson                            Ohio State
1988     4    Chris Morris                                 Auburn
1989    12    Mookie Blaylock                            Oklahoma
1990     1    Derrick Coleman                            Syracuse
        22    Tate George                             Connecticut
1991     2    Kenny Anderson                         Georgia Tech
1992          No first-round selection
1993    16    Rex Walters                                  Kansas
1994    14    Yinka Dare                        George Washington
1995     9    Ed O'Bannon                                    UCLA
1996     8    Kerry Kittles                             Villanova
1997     7    Tim Thomas                                Villanova
        21    Anthony Parker                              Bradley
1998          No first-round selection
1999          No first-round selection

New York Knicks

Year   Pick   Player                                       School

1985     1    Patrick Ewing                            Georgetown
1986     5    Kenny Walker                               Kentucky
1987    18    Mark Jackson                             St. John's
1988    19    Rod Strickland                               DePaul
1989          No first-round selection
1990    17    Jerrod Mustaf                              Maryland
1991    12    Greg Anthony                                   UNLV
1992    20    Hubert Davis                         North Carolina
1993          No first-round selection
1994    24    Monty Williams                           Notre Dame
        26    Charlie Ward                          Florida State
1995          No first-round selection
1996    18    John Wallace                               Syracuse
        19    Walter McCarty                             Kentucky
        21    Dontae Jones                      Mississippi State
1997    25    John Thomas                               Minnesota
1998          No first-round selection
1999    15    Frederic Weis                                France

Orlando Magic

Year   Pick   Player                                       School

1989    11    Nick Anderson                              Illinois
1990     4    Dennis Scott                           Georgia Tech
1991    10    Brian Williams                              Arizona
        23    Stanley Roberts                      Louisiana Tech
1992     1    Shaquille O'Neal                    Louisiana State
1993     1    Chris Webber                               Michigan
        26    Geert Hammink                       Louisiana State
1994    27    Brooks Thompson                      Oklahoma State
1995    25    David Vaughn                                Memphis
1996    27    Brian Evans                                 Indiana
1997    17    Johnny Taylor                 Tennessee-Chattanooga
1998    12    Michael Doleac                                 Utah
        13    Keon Clark                                     UNLV
        15    Matt Harping                           Georgia Tech
1999          No first-round selection

Philadelphia 76ers

Year   Pick   Player                                       School

1985    21    Terry Catledge                        South Alabama
1986          No first-round selection
1987    16    Christian Welp                           Washington
1988     3    Charles Smith                            Pittsburgh
1989    19    Kenny Payne                              Louisville
1990          No first-round selection
1991          No first-round selection
1992     9    Clarence Weatherspoon                S. Mississippi
1993     2    Shawn Bradley                         Brigham Young
1994     6    Sharone Wright                              Clemson
        20    B.J. Tyler                                    Texas
1995     3    Jerry Stackhouse                     North Carolina
1996     1    Allen Iverson                            Georgetown
1997     2    Keith Van Horn                                 Utah
1998     8    Larry Hughes                              St. Louis
1999          No first-round selection

Phoenix Suns

Year   Pick   Player                                       School

1985    10    Ed Pickney                                Villanova
1986     6    William Bedford                             Memphis
1987     2    Armen Gilliam                                  UNLV
1988     7    Tim Perry                                    Temple
        14    Dan Majerle                        Central Michigan
1989    24    Anthony Cook                                Arizona
1990    21    Jayson Williams                          St. John's
1991          No first-round selection
1992    22    Oliver Miller                              Arkansas
1993    27    Malcolm Mackey                         Georgia Tech
1994    23    Wesley Person                                Auburn
1995    21    Michael Finley                            Wisconsin
        27    Mario Bennett                         Arizona State
1996    15    Steve Nash                              Santa Clara
1997          No first-round selection
1998          No first-round selection
1999     9    Shawn Marion                                   UNLV

Portland Trail Blazers

Year   Pick   Player                                       School

1985    24    Terry Porter                     Wis.-Stevens Point
1986    14    Walter Berry                             St. John's
        24    Arvydas Sabonis                           Lithuania
1987    17    Ronnie Murphy                          Jacksonville
1988    21    Mark Bryant                              Seton Hall
1989    22    Byron Irvin                                Missouri
1990    25    Alaa Abdelnaby                                 Duke
1991          No first-round selection
1992    26    Dave Johnson                               Syracuse
1993    21    James Robinson                              Alabama
1994    17    Aaron McKie                                  Temple
1995     8    Shawn Respert                        Michigan State
1996    17    Jermaine O'Neal              Eau Claire (S.C.) H.S.
1997    18    Chris Anstey               SE Melbourne (Australia)
1998          No first-round selection
1999          No first-round selection

Sacramento Kings

Year   Pick   Player                                       School

1985     6    Joe Kleine                                 Arkansas
1986    17    Harold Pressley                           Villanova
1987     6    Kenny Smith                          North Carolina
1988    18    Ricky Berry                          San Jose State
1989     1    Pervis Ellison                           Louisville
1990     7    Lionel Simmons                              LaSalle
        14    Travis Mays                                   Texas
        18    Duane Causwell                               Temple
        23    Anthony Bonner                            St. Louis
1991     3    Billy Owens                                Syracuse
        27    Pete Chilcutt                        North Carolina
1992     7    Walt Williams                              Maryland
1993     7    Bobby Hurley                                   Duke
1994     8    Brian Grant                                  Xavier
1995    13    Corliss Williamson                         Arkansas
1996    14    Predrag Stojakovic                    PAOK (Greece)
1997    11    Olivier Saint-Jean                   San Jose State
1998     7    Jason Williams                              Florida
1999          No first-round selection

San Antonio Spurs

Year   Pick   Player                                       School

1985    14    Alfredrick Hughes                    Loyola-Chicago
1986    10    Johnny Dawkins                                 Duke
1987     1    David Robinson                                 Navy
        23    Greg Anderson                               Houston
1988    10    Willie Anderson                             Georgia
1989     3    Sean Elliott                                Arizona
1990    24    Dwayne Schintzius                           Florida
1991          No first-round selection
1992    18    Tracy Murray                                   UCLA
1993          No first-round selection
1994    22    Bill Curley                          Boston College
1995    29    Cory Alexander                             Virginia
1996          No first-round selection
1997     1    Tim Duncan                              Wake Forest
1998    24    Felipe Lopez                             St. John's
1999    29    Leon Smith                         King High School

Seattle SuperSonics

Year   Pick   Player                                       School

1985     4    Xavier McDaniel                       Wichita State
1986          No first-round selection
1987     5    Scottie Pippen                     Central Arkansas
         9    Derrick McKey                               Alabama
1988    15    Gary Grant                                 Michigan
1989    16    Dana Barros                          Boston College
        17    Shawn Kemp                      Concord High School
1990     2    Gary Payton                            Oregon State
1991    14    Rich King                                  Nebraska
1992    17    Doug Christie                            Pepperdine
1993    23    Ervin Johnson                           New Orleans
1994    11    Carlos Rogers                       Tennessee State
1995    26    Sherrell Ford                      Illinois-Chicago
1996          No first-round selection
1997    23    Bobby Jackson                             Minnesota
1998    27    Vladimir Stepania                Olympia (Slovenia)
1999    13    Corey Maggette                                 Duke

Toronto Raptors

Year   Pick   Player                                       School

1995     7    Damon Stoudamire                            Arizona
1996     2    Marcus Camby                          Massachusetts
1997     9    Tracy McGrady                    Mt. Zion Christian
                                                   Academy (N.C.)
1998     4    Antawn Jamison                       North Carolina
1999     5    Jonathan Bender                       Picayune H.S.
        13    Alek Radojevic                        Barton County
                                                Community College
Utah Jazz

Year   Pick   Player                                       School

1985    13    Karl Malone                          Louisiana Tech
1986    15    Dell Curry                            Virginia Tech
1987    15    Jose Ortiz                             Oregon State
1988    17    Eric Leckner                                Wyoming
1989    21    Blue Edwards                          East Carolina
1990          No first-round selection
1991    21    Eric Murdock                             Providence
1992          No first-round selection
1993    18    Luther Wright                            Seton Hall
1994          No first-round selection
1995    28    Greg Ostertag                                Kansas
1996    25    Martin Muursepp                             Estonia
1997    27    Jacque Vaughn                                Kansas
1998    29    Nazr Mohammed                              Kentucky
1999    19    Quincy Lewis                              Minnesota
        28    Scott Padgett                              Kentucky

Vancouver Grizzlies

Year   Pick   Player                                       School

1995     6    Bryant Reeves                        Oklahoma State
1996     3    Shareef Abdur-Rahim                      California
        22    Roy Rogers                                  Alabama
1997     4    Antonio Daniels                       Bowling Green
1998     2    Mike Bibby                                  Arizona
1999     2    Steve Francis                              Maryland

Washington Wizards

Year   Pick   Player                                       School

1985    12    Kenny Green                             Wake Forest
1986    12    John Williams                       Louisiana State
        21    Anthony Jones                                  UNLV
1987    12    Tyrone Bogues                           Wake Forest
1988    12    Harvey Grant                               Oklahoma
1989     9    Tom Hammonds                           Georgia Tech
1990          No first-round selection
1991    19    LaBradford Smith                         Louisville
1992     6    Tom Gugliotta                  North Carolina State
1993     6    Calbert Cheaney                             Indiana
1994     5    Juwan Howard                               Michigan
1995     4    Rasheed Wallace                      North Carolina
1996          No first-round selection
1997          No first-round selection
1998          No first-round selection
1999     7    Richard Hamilton                        Connecticut