1989 NBA expansion draft
The 1989 NBA Expansion Draft was held so the Minnesota Timberwolves and Orlando Magic, expansion teams for the 1989–90 National Basketball Association season, could fill their rosters with players from existing NBA teams. The draft took place June 15, 1989 and each expansion team chose 12 unprotected players from existing NBA teams.[1][2]
Selections
| Orlando Magic | Minnesota Timberwolves | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Position | Team | Number | Player | Position | Team |
| 1 | Sidney Green | PF/C | New York Knicks | 2 | Rick Mahorn | Power forward | Detroit Pistons |
| 3 | Reggie Theus | Shooting guard | Atlanta Hawks | 4 | Tyrone Corbin | Small forward | Phoenix Suns |
| 5 | Terry Catledge | Washington Bullets | 6 | Steve Johnson | PF/C | Portland Trail Blazers | |
| 7 | Sam Vincent | Chicago Bulls | 8 | Brad Lohaus | Guard | Sacramento Kings | |
| 9 | Otis Smith | SG/SF | Golden State Warriors | 10 | David Rivers | Center | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 11 | Scott Skiles | Indiana Pacers | 12 | Mark Davis | Guard | Milwaukee Bucks | |
| 13 | Jerry Reynolds | Seattle SuperSonics | 14 | Scott Roth | Center | San Antonio Spurs | |
| 15 | Mark Acres | Boston Celtics | 16 | Shelton Jones | Guard | Philadelphia 76ers | |
| 17 | Morlon Wiley | Dallas Mavericks | 18 | Eric White | Center | Los Angeles Clippers | |
| 19 | Jim Farmer | Utah Jazz | 20 | Maurice Martin | Guard | Denver Nuggets | |
| 21 | Keith Lee | New Jersey Nets | 22 | Gunther Behnke | Guard | Cleveland Cavaliers | |
| 23 | Frank Johnson | Houston Rockets | |||||