1982 NBA Draft

1982 NBA Draft
General information
Date(s)	June 29, 1982
Location	Madison Square Garden in New York City
Network(s) (US)	USA Network
First selection	James Worthy, Los Angeles Lakers
NBA Draft  < 1981 1983 >

James Worthy was selected first overall by the Los Angeles Lakers.

Dominique Wilkins was selected third overall by the Utah Jazz.

The 1982 NBA Draft took place on June 29, 1982 at the Felt Forum at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.

Key

Pos.	G	F	C
Position	Guard	Forward	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

Draft

Pick	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team	School/club team
1	James Worthy^	SF	United States	Los Angeles Lakers (from Cleveland)	North Carolina (Jr.)
2	Terry Cummings*	PF	United States	San Diego Clippers	DePaul (Jr.)
3	Dominique Wilkins^	SF	United States	Utah Jazz	Georgia (Jr.)
4	Bill Garnett	SF	United States	Dallas Mavericks	Wyoming (Sr.)
5	LaSalle Thompson	C	United States	Kansas City Kings	Texas (Jr.)
6	Trent Tucker	SG	United States	New York Knicks	Minnesota (Sr.)
7	Quintin Dailey	SG	United States	Chicago Bulls	San Francisco (Jr. )
8	Clark Kellogg	PF	United States	Indiana Pacers	Ohio State (Jr.)
9	Cliff Levingston	PF	United States	Detroit Pistons	Wichita State (Jr.)
10	Keith Edmonson	SG	United States	Atlanta Hawks	Purdue (Sr.)
11	Lafayette Lever*	PG	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	Arizona State (Sr.)
12	John Bagley	PG	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers (from Washington via Detroit)	Boston College (Jr.)
13	Eric "Sleepy" Floyd+	SG	United States	New Jersey Nets	Georgetown (Sr.)
14	Lester Conner	PG	United States	Golden State Warriors	Oregon State (Sr.)
15	David Thirdkill	SF	United States	Phoenix Suns (from Denver)	Bradley (Sr.)
16	Terry Teagle	SG	United States	Houston Rockets	Baylor (Sr.)
17	Brook Steppe	SG	United States	Kansas City Kings (from Phoenix via New Jersey)	Georgia Tech (Sr.)
18	Ricky Pierce+	SG	United States	Detroit Pistons (from San Antonio via Portland)	Rice (Sr.)
19	Rob Williams	PG	United States	Denver Nuggets (from Seattle)	Houston (Jr.)
20	Paul Pressey	SF	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	Tulsa (Sr.)
21	Eddie Phillips	SF	United States	New Jersey Nets (from Los Angeles)	Alabama (Sr.)
22	Mark McNamara	C	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	California (Sr.)
23	Darren Tillis	C	United States	Boston Celtics	Cleveland State (Sr.)
24	Oliver Robinson	SG	United States	San Antonio Spurs	Alabama-Birmingham (Sr.)
25	Bryan Warrick	SG	United States	Washington Bullets	Saint Joseph's (Sr.)
26	Ricky Frazier	SF	United States	Chicago Bulls	Missouri (Sr.)
27	Fred Roberts	PF	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	Brigham Young (Sr.)
28	David Magley	PF	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	Kansas (Sr.)
29	Scott Hastings	F/C	United States	New York Knicks	Arkansas (Sr.)
30	Wallace Bryant	C	United States	Chicago Bulls	San Francisco (Sr.)
31	Rod Higgins	F/C	United States	Chicago Bulls	Fresno State (Sr.)
32	Richard Anderson	PF	United States	San Diego Clippers	UC Barbara (Sr.)
33	Linton Townes	SF	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	James Madison (Sr.)
34	Vince Taylor	SF	United States	New York Knicks	Duke (Sr.)
35	Derek Smith	SG	United States	Golden State Warriors	Louisville (Sr.)
36	J. J. Anderson	SF	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	Bradley (Sr.)
37	Audie Norris	C	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	Jackson State (Sr.)
38	Wayne Sappleton	F	United States	Golden State Warriors (traded to New Jersey	Loyola University Chicago (Sr.)
39	Kevin Magee	PF	United States	Phoenix Suns	UC Irvine (Sr.)
40	Guy Morgan	G	United States	Indiana Pacers	Wake Forest (Sr.)
41	Dwight Anderson	G	United States	Washington Bullets	USC (Sr.)
42	Jeff Taylor	SG	United States	Houston Rockets	Texas Tech (Sr.)
43	Jose Slaughter	SG	United States	Indiana Pacers	Portland (Sr.)
44	Mike Gibson	F	United States	Washington Bullets	South Carolina Upstate (Sr.)
45	Russ Schoene	F/C	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	Tennessee at Chattanooga (Sr.)
46	Tony Guy	G	United States	Boston Celtics	Kansas (Sr.)

Other picks

Pick	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team	School/club team
48	Craig Hodges	SG	United States	San Diego Clippers	Long Beach State
63	Chuck Nevitt	C	United States	Houston Rockets	North Carolina State
72	Mark Eaton+	C	United States	Utah Jazz	UCLA
207	Panagiotis Giannakis	PG	Greece	Boston Celtics	Ionikos Nikaias BC
220	Sean Tuohy	PG	United States	New Jersey Nets	University of Mississippi

References

General

• "Complete First Round Results 1980-89". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/history/draft_round1_1980s.html. Retrieved December 11, 2010. 
• "1982 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1982.html. Retrieved December 11, 2010. 
• "1982–1986 NBA Drafts". The Association for Professional Basketball Research. http://www.apbr.org/8286drft.html. Retrieved December 11, 2010. 

Specific

External links

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