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National Basketball Association (NBA) - 1981 Draft

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National Basketball Association (NBA) - 1981 Draft

Pick	Team	Player Name	College
1	Dallas Mavericks	Mark Aguirre	DePaul
2	Detroit Pistons	Isiah Thomas	Indiana
3	Brooklyn Nets	Buck Williams	Maryland
4	Atlanta Hawks	Al Wood	UNC
5	Seattle SuperSonics	Danny Vranes	Utah
6	Chicago Bulls	Orlando Woolridge	Notre Dame
7	Kansas City Kings	Steve Johnson	Oregon State
8	San Diego Clippers	Tom Chambers	Utah
9	Dallas Mavericks	Rolando Blackman	Kansas State
10	Brooklyn Nets	Albert King	Maryland
11	Washington Bullets	Frank Johnson	Wake Forest
12	Detroit Pistons	Kelly Tripucka	Notre Dame
13	Utah Jazz	Danny Schayes	Syracuse
14	Indiana Pacers	Herb Williams	Ohio State
15	Portland Trail Blazers	Jeff Lamp	Virginia
16	Portland Trail Blazers	Darnell Valentine	Kansas
17	Kansas City Kings	Kevin Loder	Alabama State University
18	Brooklyn Nets	Ray Tolbert	Indiana
19	Los Angeles Lakers	Mike McGee	Michigan
20	Phoenix Suns	Larry Nance	Clemson
21	Milwaukee Bucks	Alton Lister	Arizona State
22	Philadelphia 76ers	Franklin Edwards	Cleveland State University
23	Boston Celtics	Charles Bradley	Wyoming
24	Dallas Mavericks	Jay Vincent	Michigan State
25	Boston Celtics	Tracy Jackson	Notre Dame
26	Portland Trail Blazers	Brian Jackson	Utah State University
27	Utah Jazz	Howard Wood	Tennessee
28	San Antonio Spurs	Gene Banks	Duke
29	Kansas City Kings	Eddie Johnson	Illinois
30	San Antonio Spurs	Ed Rains	University of South Alabama
31	Boston Celtics	Danny Ainge	BYU
32	Chicago Bulls	Mike Olliver	Lamar
33	Golden State Warriors	Sam Williams	Arizona State
34	Denver Nuggets	Ken Green	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
35	Washington Bullets	Charles Davis	Vanderbilt
36	Indiana Pacers	Ray Blume	Oregon State
37	Indiana Pacers	Al Leslie	Bucknell
38	Atlanta Hawks	Clyde Bradshaw	DePaul
39	Los Angeles Lakers	Harvey Knuckles	Toledo
40	New York Knicks	Greg Cook	LSU
41	Washington Bullets	Claude Gregory	Wisconsin
42	Los Angeles Lakers	Elvis Rolle	Florida State
43	Dallas Mavericks	Elston Turner	Ole Miss
44	Washington Bullets	Steve Lingenfelter	South Dakota State
45	Houston Rockets	Ed Turner
46	Philadelphia 76ers	Vernon Smith	Texas A&M
47	Dallas Mavericks	Art Housey	Kansas
48	Washington Bullets	Mike Ferrara	Colgate
49	Brooklyn Nets	David Burns	Saint Louis
50	Portland Trail Blazers	Derek Holcomb	Illinois
51	Los Angeles Lakers	Zam Fredrick	South Carolina
52	Atlanta Hawks	Rudy Macklin	LSU
53	Seattle SuperSonics	Mark Radford	Oregon State
54	San Diego Clippers	Jim Smith	Ohio State
55	Cleveland Cavaliers	Mickey Dillard	Florida State
56	Golden State Warriors	Carlton Neverson	Pitt
57	New York Knicks	Frank Brickowski	Penn State
58	Kansas City Kings	Curtis Berry	Missouri
59	Cleveland Cavaliers	Russell Bowers	American University
60	Indiana Pacers	Purvis Miller	USC
61	Portland Trail Blazers	P?tur Gu?mundsson	Washington
62	Phoenix Suns	Sam Clancy	Pitt
63	New York Knicks	Wayne McKoy	St. John's
64	San Antonio Spurs	Tom Baker	Eastern Kentucky University
65	Los Angeles Lakers	Ron Cornelius	University of the Pacific
66	Phoenix Suns	Craig Dykema	Cal State Long Beach
67	Milwaukee Bucks	Mark Smith	Illinois
68	Philadelphia 76ers	Ernest Graham	Maryland
69	Boston Celtics	John Johnson	Michigan
70	Dallas Mavericks	Eddie Moss	Syracuse
71	Detroit Pistons	John May	University of South Alabama
72	Brooklyn Nets	Ed Sherod	VCU
73	Utah Jazz	Georgie Torres	Southern Nazarene University
74	Cleveland Cavaliers	Ethan Martin	LSU
75	Atlanta Hawks	Kevin Figaro	Louisiana
76	Golden State Warriors	Lewis Lloyd	Drake University
77	San Diego Clippers	Lee Raker	Virginia
78	Kansas City Kings	Kenny Dennard	Duke
79	Washington Bullets	Ron Davis	Arizona
80	Golden State Warriors	Terry Adolph	West Texas A&M University
81	Houston Rockets	Larry Spriggs	Howard University
82	Kansas City Kings	B.B. Davis	Lamar
83	Indiana Pacers	Rolando Frazer	Briar Cliff University
84	Chicago Bulls	Oliver Lee	Marquette
85	Portland Trail Blazers	Pete Verhoeven	Fresno State
86	New York Knicks	Alex Bradley	Villanova
87	San Antonio Spurs	Earl Belcher	St. Bonaventure
88	Los Angeles Lakers	Kevin McKenna	Creighton
89	Detroit Pistons	Don Koonce	UNC Charlotte
90	Milwaukee Bucks	Kris Anderson	Florida State
91	Boston Celtics	Stanley Williams	La Salle
92	Philadelphia 76ers	Rynn Wright	Texas A&M
93	Dallas Mavericks	Pete Budko	UNC
94	Detroit Pistons	George DeVone	UNC Charlotte
95	Brooklyn Nets	Joe Cooper	Colorado
96	Cleveland Cavaliers	Kenny Page	New Mexico
97	Utah Jazz	Mike Clark	Oregon
98	Atlanta Hawks	Steve Krafcisin	Iowa
99	Seattle SuperSonics	Andra Griffin	Washington
100	San Diego Clippers	Dennis Isbell	Memphis
101	Denver Nuggets	Willie Sims	LSU
102	Golden State Warriors	Hank McDowell	Memphis
103	Washington Bullets	Garry Witts	Holy Cross
104	Kansas City Kings	U.S. Reed	Arkansas
105	Houston Rockets	Hasan Houston	Bradley
106	Indiana Pacers	George Peterson	New Jersey City University
107	Portland Trail Blazers	Herb Andrew	University of South Alabama
108	Chicago Bulls	Johnny Nash	Arizona State
109	New York Knicks	Jim Wright	Rhode Island
110	San Antonio Spurs	Mike Rhodes	Vanderbilt
111	Los Angeles Lakers	Craig Watts	NC State
112	Phoenix Suns	Paul Heuerman	Michigan
113	Milwaukee Bucks	Kelvin Troy	Rutgers University
114	Philadelphia 76ers	Steve Craig	BYU
115	Boston Celtics	Glen Grunwald	Indiana
116	Dallas Mavericks	Karl Bankowski	Utah
117	Detroit Pistons	Vince Brookins	Iowa
118	Brooklyn Nets	Kevin Lynam	La Salle
119	Utah Jazz	Kevin Sprewer	Loyola Chicago
120	Cleveland Cavaliers	Aaron Strayhorn	Hawaii
121	Atlanta Hawks	Darryl Warwick	Hampton
122	Seattle SuperSonics	Earl Banks	Auburn
123	San Diego Clippers	Mike Pepper	UNC
124	Denver Nuggets	Alonzo Weatherly	Denver
125	Washington Bullets	Robert Williams	Grambling State University
126	Golden State Warriors	Carter Scott	Ohio State
127	Houston Rockets	Fred Cowan	Kentucky
128	Kansas City Kings	Brian Walker	Purdue
129	Indiana Pacers	Robert Fronk	Washington
130	Chicago Bulls	Roger Burkman	Louisville
131	Portland Trail Blazers	Roshern Amie	Texas-El Paso
132	New York Knicks	John Blair	Monmouth University
133	San Antonio Spurs	Northern Shavers	Jackson State University
134	Los Angeles Lakers	Kevin Singleton	California
135	Phoenix Suns	Pete Harris	Northeastern University
136	Milwaukee Bucks	Jo Jo Hunter	Colorado
137	Boston Celtics	Steve Waite	Iowa
138	Philadelphia 76ers	Michael Thomas	North Park University
139	Dallas Mavericks	Danny Davis	UNC Wilmington
140	Detroit Pistons	Greg Nance	West Virginia
141	Brooklyn Nets	Rod Roberson	Northwestern
142	Cleveland Cavaliers	Andre Smith	Nebraska
143	Utah Jazz	Mike Robinson	Central Michigan University
144	Atlanta Hawks	Kevin Vesey	Iona College
145	Seattle SuperSonics	Tom Sienkiewicz	Villanova
146	San Diego Clippers	Randy Johnson	University of Southern Colorado
147	Denver Nuggets	Greg Manning	Maryland
148	Golden State Warriors	Robbie Dosty	Arizona
149	Washington Bullets	Randy Martel	Houston Baptist University
150	Kansas City Kings	Clinton Wheeler	William Paterson University
151	Houston Rockets	Joe Faine	Bowling Green
152	Indiana Pacers	Larry McKinney	Boise State
153	Portland Trail Blazers	Julius Wayne	Texas-El Paso
154	Chicago Bulls	Scott Williams	University of South Alabama
155	New York Knicks	Terry Cramer	Ripon College
156	San Antonio Spurs	Mark Minderman	Northern Michigan University
157	Los Angeles Lakers	Larry Petty	Wisconsin
158	Phoenix Suns	David Williams	Southern University and A&M College
159	Milwaukee Bucks	Lewis Latimore	Virginia
160	Philadelphia 76ers	John Crawford	Kansas
161	Boston Celtics	Tom Seaman	Holy Cross
162	Dallas Mavericks	David Kennedy	Cincinnati
163	Detroit Pistons	Joe Schoen	Saint Francis University
164	Brooklyn Nets	Ken Webb	Fairleigh Dickinson University
165	Utah Jazz	Bobby Cattage	Auburn
166	Cleveland Cavaliers	Glenn Marcus	UAB
167	Atlanta Hawks	Gilbert Salinas	Notre Dame
168	San Diego Clippers	Todd Haynes	Davidson
169	Denver Nuggets	Curtis Redding	St. John's
170	Washington Bullets	Mike Howard	Wofford College
171	Golden State Warriors	Yasutaka Okayama
172	Houston Rockets	Stanley Brewer	West Georgia
173	Kansas City Kings	Randy Smithson	Wichita State
174	Indiana Pacers	Len Hatzenbeller	Drexel
175	Chicago Bulls	Ben Mitchell
176	Portland Trail Blazers	John Smith	Saint Joseph's
177	New York Knicks	Brian O'Connor	Thomas More College
178	San Antonio Spurs	Bob Bartholomew	University of San Diego
179	Los Angeles Lakers	Jay Triano	Simon Fraser University
180	Phoenix Suns	Steve Risley	Indiana
181	Milwaukee Bucks	Mike Brkovich	Michigan State
182	Boston Celtics	George Morrow	Creighton
183	Philadelphia 76ers	Frank Gilroy	St. John's
184	Dallas Mavericks	John Hollinden	Southern Indiana
185	Detroit Pistons	Eddie Baker	Alcorn State
186	Brooklyn Nets	Rudy Williams	Providence
187	Cleveland Cavaliers	Paul Roba	Cleveland State University
188	Utah Jazz	Ken Ollie	Wyoming
189	Atlanta Hawks	Howard Thompkins	Wagner College
190	San Diego Clippers	Art Jones	NC State
191	Denver Nuggets	Andrew Burton	Austin Peay State University
192	Golden State Warriors	Doug Murrey	San Jose State
193	Washington Bullets	Eddie Brown	Valdosta State University
194	Kansas City Kings	Mike Perry	Richmond
195	Indiana Pacers	Scott Whitley	William & Mary
196	Portland Trail Blazers	Sid Williams	San Jose State
197	Chicago Bulls	Terry Martin	Lambuth University
198	New York Knicks	Marty Headd	Syracuse
199	San Antonio Spurs	Leonel Marquetti	Hampton
200	Phoenix Suns	Brian Johnson	Colorado
201	Milwaukee Bucks	Chip Rucker	Northeastern University
202	Philadelphia 76ers	Ron Wister	Temple
203	Boston Celtics	Greg McCray	VCU
204	Dallas Mavericks	Scott Bolanko	Northern State University
205	Detroit Pistons	Melvin Maxwell	Western Michigan
206	Brooklyn Nets	Vic Sison	UCLA
207	Utah Jazz	Joe Merten	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
208	Cleveland Cavaliers	Greg Boone	Augsburg College
209	Atlanta Hawks	Mike Frazier	Georgetown
210	San Diego Clippers	Tony Gwynn	San Diego State
211	Denver Nuggets	Derrick Rowland	State University of New York at Potsdam
212	Washington Bullets	Ralton Way	Houston Baptist University
213	Golden State Warriors	Barry Brooks	USC
214	Kansas City Kings	Mark Wilson	Fort Hays State University
215	Indiana Pacers	Rodney Benson	Wright State University
216	Chicago Bulls	Kenny Easley	UCLA
217	Portland Trail Blazers	Steve Cochran	Lewis and Clark College
218	New York Knicks	Kevin Rogers	Saint Peter's College
219	San Antonio Spurs	Alvin Brooks	Lamar
220	Phoenix Suns	Felton Sealey	Oregon
221	Milwaukee Bucks	Artie Green	Marquette
222	Boston Celtics	Kenny Matthews	NC State
223	Philadelphia 76ers	Pete Mullenberg	University of Delaware