NBA Draft 1980

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Contents 1 First Round 2 Second Round 3 Third Round 4 Fourth Round 5 Fifth Round 6 Sixth Round 7 Seventh Round 8 Eighth Round 9 Ninth Round 10 Tenth Round

First Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Joe Barry Carroll	Purdue	Golden State Warriors
2	Darrell Griffith	Louisville	Utah Jazz
3	Kevin McHale	Minnesota	Boston Celtics
4	Kelvin Ransey	Ohio State	Chicago Bulls
5	James Ray	Jacksonville	Denver Nuggets
6	Mike O'Koren	North Carolina	New Jersey Nets
7	Mike Gminski	Duke	New Jersey Nets
8	Andrew Toney	SW Louisiana	Philadelphia 76ers
9	Michael Brooks	La Salle	San Diego Clippers
10	Ronnie Lester	Iowa	Portland Trail Blazers
11	Kiki Vandeweghe	UCLA	Dallas Mavericks
12	Mike Woodson	Indiana	New York Knicks
13	Rickey Brown	Mississippi State	Golden State Warriors
14	Wes Matthews	Wisconsin	Washington Bullets
15	Reggie Johnson	Tennessee	San Antonio Spurs
16	Hawkeye Whitney	NC State	Kansas City Kings
17	Larry Drew	Missouri	Detroit Pistons
18	Don Collins	Washington State	Atlanta Hawks
19	John Duren	Georgetown	Utah Jazz
20	Bill Hanzlik	Notre Dame	Seattle SuperSonics
21	Monti Davis	Tennessee State	Philadelphia 76ers
22	Chad Kinch	North Carolina–Charlotte	Cleveland Cavaliers
23	Carl Nicks	Indiana State	Denver Nuggets

Second Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Larry Smith	Alcorn State	Golden State Warriors
2	Jeff Ruland	Iona	Golden State Warriors
3	Sam Worthen	Marquette	Chicago Bulls
4	John Stroud	Mississippi	Houston Rockets
5	Craig Shelton	Georgetown	Atlanta Hawks
6	Louis Orr	Syracuse	Indiana Pacers
7	Kenny Natt	NE Louisiana	Indiana Pacers
8	Wayne Robinson	Virginia Tech	Los Angeles Lakers
9	David Lawrence	McNeese State	Portland Trail Blazers
10	Bruce Collins	Weber State	Portland Trail Blazers
11	Roosevelt Bouie	Syracuse	Dallas Mavericks
12	Rick Mahorn	Hampton Institute	Washington Bullets
13	DeWayne Scales	Louisiana State	New York Knicks
14	Butch Carter	Indiana	Los Angeles Lakers
15	Terry Stotts	Oklahoma	Houston Rockets
16	Michael Wiley	Long Beach State	San Antonio Spurs
17	Dick Miller	Toledo	Indiana Pacers
18	Jawann Oldham	Seattle	Denver Nuggets
19	Kimberly Belton	Stanford	Phoenix Suns
20	Billy Williams	Clemson	Houston Rockets
21	Clyde Austin	NC State	Philadelphia 76ers
22	Brad Branson	Southern Methodist	Detroit Pistons
23	Arnette Hallman	Purdue	Boston Celtics

Third Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Kurt Nimphius	Arizona State	Denver Nuggets
2	Eddie Lee	Cincinnati	Denver Nuggets
3	John Virgil	North Carolina	Golden State Warriors
4	James Wilkes	UCLA	Chicago Bulls
5	Ron Valentine	Old Dominion	Denver Nuggets
6	Lowes Moore	West Virginia	New Jersey Nets
7	Stuart House	Washington State	Cleveland Cavaliers
8	Ron Perry	Holy Cross	Boston Celtics
9	Wayne Abrams	Southern Illinois	Cleveland Cavaliers
10	Mike Harper	North Park	Portland Trail Blazers
11	Dave Britton	Texas A&M	Dallas Mavericks
12	Kurt Rambis	Santa Clara	New York Knicks
13	John Campbell	Clemson	Phoenix Suns
14	Lavon Mercer	Georgia	San Antonio Spurs
15	Rich Yonakor	North Carolina	San Antonio Spurs
16	Tony Murphy	Southern	Kansas City Kings
17	Al Beal	Oklahoma	Milwaukee Bucks
18	Jonathan Moore	Furman	Detroit Pistons
19	Doug True	California	Phoenix Suns
20	Carl Bailey	Tuskegee	Seattle SuperSonics
21	Reggie Gaines	Winston-Salem	Philadelphia 76ers
22	Ron Jones	Illinois State	Cleveland Cavaliers
23	Donald Newman	Idaho	Boston Celtics

Fourth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Darwin Cook	Portland	Detroit Pistons
2	Robert Scott	Alabama	Golden State Warriors
3	Alan Taylor	Brigham Young	Utah Jazz
4	Sammie Ellis	Pittsburgh	Denver Nuggets
5	Ron Charles	Michigan State	Chicago Bulls
6	Rory Sparrow	Villanova	New Jersey Nets
7	Ed Odom	Oklahoma State	San Diego Clippers
8	Murray Brown	Florida State	Cleveland Cavaliers
9	Rich Branning	Notre Dame	Indiana Pacers
10	Kelvin Henderson	St. Louis	Portland Trail Blazers
11	David Johnson	Weber State	Dallas Mavericks
12	Francois Wise	Long Beach State	Washington Bullets
13	Joseph Chmelich	Wisconsin	New York Knicks
14	Calvin Roberts	Cal State–Fullerton	San Antonio Spurs
15	Dean Hunger	Utah State	Houston Rockets
16	Billy Bryant	Western Kentucky	Philadelphia 76ers
17	Jeff Wolf	North Carolina	Milwaukee Bucks
18	Tony Jackson	Florida State	Los Angeles Lakers
19	Leroy Stampley	Loyola (Ill.)	Phoenix Suns
20	Gary Ray Hooker	Murray State	Seattle SuperSonics
21	Harold Hubbard	Savannah State	Philadelphia 76ers
22	Ron Baxter	Texas	Los Angeles Lakers
23	Kevin Hamilton	Iona	Boston Celtics

Fifth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Tony Fuller	Pepperdine	Detroit Pistons
2	Wally West	Boston Univ.	Utah Jazz
3	Don Carlino	USC	Golden State Warriors
4	Mike Campbell	Northwestern	Chicago Bulls
5	James Patrick	SW Texas State	Denver Nuggets
6	Aaron Curry	Oklahoma	New Jersey Nets
7	Wally Rank	San Jose State	San Diego Clippers
8	Joe Galvin	Illinois State	Indiana Pacers
9	LaVon Williams	Kentucky	Cleveland Cavaliers
10	Larry Belin	New Mexico	Portland Trail Blazers
11	Darrell Allums	UCLA	Dallas Mavericks
12	William Carey	Albright	New York Knicks
13	Daryl Strickland	Rutgers	Washington Bullets
14	Albert Jones	New Mexico State	Houston Rockets
15	Gib Hinz	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	San Antonio Spurs
16	Kevin Blakley	Eastern Michigan	Kansas City Kings
17	Ken Jones	Virginia Commonwealth	Milwaukee Bucks
18	Mike Doyle	South Carolina	Atlanta Hawks
19	Mark Stevens	Northern Arizona	Phoenix Suns
20	Lenny Horton	Georgia Tech	Seattle SuperSonics
21	Jim Swaney	Toledo	Philadelphia 76ers
22	Rick Raivio	Portland	Los Angeles Lakers
23	Rufus Harris	Maine	Boston Celtics

Sixth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Tony Turner	Alaska-Anchorage	Detroit Pistons
2	Neil Bresnahan	Illinois	Golden State Warriors
3	Ken Cunningham	Western Michigan	Utah Jazz
4	Ernie Hill	Oklahoma City	Denver Nuggets
5	Bernard Rencher	St. John’s	Chicago Bulls
6	Rick Mattick	Louisiana State	New Jersey Nets
7	Londale Theus	Santa Clara	San Diego Clippers
8	Antonio Martin	Oral Roberts	Cleveland Cavaliers
9	Randy Owens	Philadelphia Textile	Indiana Pacers
10	Perry Mirkovich	Lethbridge (Canada)	Portland Trail Blazers
11	Leroy Jackson	Cameron	Dallas Mavericks
12	Ken Dancy	Chicago State	Washington Bullets
13	Kelvin Hicks	New York Tech	New York Knicks
14	Dean Uthoff	Iowa State	San Antonio Spurs
15	Everette Jefferson	New Mexico	Houston Rockets
16	Kent Grooms	Kent State	Kansas City Kings
17	Alex Gilbert	Indiana State	Milwaukee Bucks
18	Mike Zagardo	George Washington	Atlanta Hawks
19	Coby Leavitt	Utah	Phoenix Suns
20	Jim Strickland	South Carolina	Seattle SuperSonics
21	Donald Cooper	St. Augustine’s	Philadelphia 76ers
22	Odis Boddie	North Alabama	Los Angeles Lakers
23	Kenny Evans	Norfolk State	Boston Celtics

Seventh Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Carl Pierce	Gonzaga	Detroit Pistons
2	Dave Colescott	North Carolina	Utah Jazz
3	Lorenzo Romar	Washington	Golden State Warriors
4	Robert Byrd	Marquette	Chicago Bulls
5	Tommy Springer	Vanderbilt	Denver Nuggets
6	Larry Spicer	Alabama–Birmingham	New Jersey Nets
7	Paul Anderson	USC	San Diego Clippers
8	Charles Naddaff	Lafayette	Indiana Pacers
9	Leroy Berry	Wilmington (Ohio)	Cleveland Cavaliers
10	Gig Sims	UCLA	Portland Trail Blazers
11	Tony Forch	Midwestern	Dallas Mavericks
12	Bobby Turner	Louisville	New York Knicks
13	Karl Godine	Stephen F. Austin	Washington Bullets
14	Joe Nehls	Arizona	Houston Rockets
15	Allan Zahn	Arkansas	San Antonio Spurs
16	Arnold McDowell	Montana State	Kansas City Kings
17	Ron White	Furman	Milwaukee Bucks
18	Charles Hightower	Dillard	Atlanta Hawks
19	Ron Williams	Western Montana	Phoenix Suns
20	Carl Ervin	Seattle	Seattle SuperSonics
21	Richard Smith	Weber State	Philadelphia 76ers
22	Les Hanson	Virginia Tech	Boston Celtics

Eighth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Leroy Loggins	Fairmont State	Detroit Pistons
2	Kurt Kanaskie	La Salle	Golden State Warriors
3	Jim Brandon	St. Peter’s	Utah Jazz
4	Modzel Greer	North Park	Chicago Bulls
5	Lloyd Terry	New Orleans	New Jersey Nets
6	Jim Ellinghausen	Ohio State	Cleveland Cavaliers
7	Steve Stielper	James Madison	Indiana Pacers
8	John Stroeder	Montana	Portland Trail Blazers
9	Clarence Kea	Lamar	Dallas Mavericks
10	Rich Valavicious	Auburn	Washington Bullets
11	James Salters	Penn	New York Knicks
12	Bill Bailey	Pan American	San Antonio Spurs
13	Rosie Barnes	Bowling Green	Houston Rockets
14	Keith Valentine	Virginia Union	Milwaukee Bucks
15	Jim Conolly	La Salle	Phoenix Suns
16	Al Dutch	Georgetown	Seattle SuperSonics
17	Martin Lemelle	Grambling	Philadelphia 76ers
18	Melvin Hooker	Edinboro State	Los Angeles Lakers
19	Steve Wright	Boston Univ.	Boston Celtics

Ninth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Terry Dupris	Huron	Detroit Pistons
2	Paul Renfro	Texas–Arlington	Utah Jazz
3	Billy Reid	San Francisco	Golden State Warriors
4	Jay Shidler	Kentucky	Chicago Bulls
5	Jim Graziano	South Carolina	Denver Nuggets
6	Barry Young	Colorado State	New Jersey Nets
7	Scott Rogers	Kenyon	Indiana Pacers
8	Melvin Crafter	Central State (Ohio)	Cleveland Cavaliers
9	Rich Boucher	Maine	Portland Trail Blazers
10	Ken Williams	Houston	Dallas Mavericks
11	Don Wiley	Monmouth	New York Knicks
12	Clinton Wyatt	Alcorn State	Washington Bullets
13	Al Williams	North Texas State	San Antonio Spurs
14	Charley Cole	Delta State University	Kansas City Kings
15	Del Yarbrough	Illinois State	Milwaukee Bucks
16	Stanley Lamb	Steubenville	Atlanta Hawks
17	Keith French	North Park	Phoenix Suns
18	Jim Tillman	Eastern Kentucky	Seattle SuperSonics
19	Luke Griffin	St. Joseph’s	Philadelphia 76ers
20	Brian Jung	Northwestern	Boston Celtics

Tenth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Tim Higgins	Kearney State	Golden State Warriors
2	Leroy Coleman	Middle Tennessee	Utah Jazz
3	Earl Sango	Regis	Denver Nuggets
4	Billy Foster	Eastern Montana	Chicago Bulls
5	John Bates	West Virginia	Indiana Pacers
6	Dave Kufeld	Yeshiva University	Portland Trail Blazers
7	Tom Morgan	Cal State–Fullerton	Dallas Mavericks
8	Don Youman	Oklahoma State	Washington Bullets
9	Gerald Ross	Grand Canyon	New York Knicks
10	Steve Schall	Arkansas	San Antonio Spurs
11	Melvin Crayton	Alabama State	Milwaukee Bucks
12	Randy Carroll	Kansas	Phoenix Suns
13	Kent Williams	Texas Tech	Seattle SuperSonics
14	Joe Hand	Kings (Pa.)	Philadelphia 76ers
15	John Nolan	Providence	Boston Celtics