NBA Draft 1981

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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	Mark Aguirre	DePaul	Dallas Mavericks
2	Isiah Thomas	Indiana	Detroit Pistons
3	Buck Williams	Maryland	New Jersey Nets
4	Al Wood	North Carolina	Atlanta Hawks
5	Danny Vranes	Utah	Seattle SuperSonics
6	Orlando Woolridge	Notre Dame	Chicago Bulls
7	Steve Johnson	Oregon State	Kansas City Kings
8	Tom Chambers	Utah	San Diego Clippers
9	Rolando Blackman	Kansas State	Dallas Mavericks
10	Albert King	Maryland	New Jersey Nets
11	Frank Johnson	Wake Forest	Washington Bullets
12	Kelly Tripucka	Notre Dame	Detroit Pistons
13	Danny Schayes	Syracuse	Utah Jazz
14	Herb Williams	Ohio State	Indiana Pacers
15	Jeff Lamp	Virginia	Portland Trail Blazers
16	Darnell Valentine	Kansas	Portland Trail Blazers
17	Kevin Loder	Alabama State	Kansas City Kings
18	Ray Tolbert	Indiana	New Jersey Nets
19	Mike McGee	Michigan	Los Angeles Lakers
20	Larry Nance	Clemson	Phoenix Suns
21	Alton Lister	Arizona State	Milwaukee Bucks
22	Franklin Edwards	Cleveland State	Philadelphia 76ers
23	Charles Bradley	Wyoming	Boston Celtics

Second Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Jay Vincent	Michigan State	Dallas Mavericks
2	Tracy Jackson	Notre Dame	Boston Celtics
3	Brian Jackson	Utah State	Portland Trail Blazers
4	Howard Wood	Tennessee	Utah Jazz
5	Gene Banks	Duke	San Antonio Spurs
6	Eddie Johnson	Illinois	Kansas City Kings
7	Ed Rains	South Alabama	San Antonio Spurs
8	Danny Ainge	Brigham Young	Boston Celtics
9	Mike Olliver	Lamar	Chicago Bulls
10	Sam Williams	Arizona State	Golden State Warriors
11	Kenneth Green	Pan American	Denver Nuggets
12	Charles Davis	Vanderbilt	Washington Bullets
13	Ray Blume	Oregon State	Indiana Pacers
14	Al Leslie	Bucknell	Indiana Pacers
15	Clyde Bradshaw	DePaul	Atlanta Hawks
16	Harvey Knuckles	Toledo	Los Angeles Lakers
17	Greg Cook	Louisiana State	New York Knicks
18	Claude Gregory	Wisconsin	Washington Bullets
19	Elvis Rolle	Florida State	Los Angeles Lakers
20	Elston Turner	Mississippi	Dallas Mavericks
21	Steve Lingenfelter	South Dakota State	Washington Bullets
22	Ed Turner	Texas A&I	Houston Rockets
23	Vernon Smith	Texas A&M	Philadelphia 76ers

Third Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Art Housey	Kansas	Dallas Mavericks
2	Mike Ferrara	Colgate	Washington Bullets
3	David Burns	St. Louis	New Jersey Nets
4	Derek Holcomb	Illinois	Portland Trail Blazers
5	Zam Fredrick	South Carolina	Los Angeles Lakers
6	Rudy Macklin	Louisiana State	Atlanta Hawks
7	Mark Radford	Oregon State	Seattle SuperSonics
8	Jim Smith	Ohio State	San Diego Clippers
9	Mickey Dillard	Florida State	Cleveland Cavaliers
10	Carlton Neverson	Pittsburgh	Golden State Warriors
11	Frank Brickowski	Penn State	New York Knicks
12	Curtis Berry	Missouri	Kansas City Kings
13	Russell Bowers	American	Cleveland Cavaliers
14	Purvis Miller	USC	Indiana Pacers
15	Petur Gudmundsson	Washington	Portland Trail Blazers
16	Sam Clancy	Pittsburgh	Phoenix Suns
17	Wayne McKoy	St. John’s	New York Knicks
18	Tom Baker	Eastern Kentucky	San Antonio Spurs
19	Ron Cornelius	Pacific	Los Angeles Lakers
20	Craig Dykema	Long Beach State	Phoenix Suns
21	Mark Smith	Illinois	Milwaukee Bucks
22	Ernest Graham	Maryland	Philadelphia 76ers
23	John Johnson	Michigan	Boston Celtics

Fourth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Eddie Moss	Syracuse	Dallas Mavericks
2	John May	South Alabama	Detroit Pistons
3	Edmund Sherod	Virginia Commonwealth	New Jersey Nets
4	George Torres	Bethany Nazarene	Utah Jazz
5	Ethan Martin	Louisiana State	Cleveland Cavaliers
6	Kevin Figaro	SW Louisiana	Atlanta Hawks
7	Lewis Lloyd	Drake	Golden State Warriors
8	Lee Raker	Virginia	San Diego Clippers
9	Kenny Dennard	Duke	Kansas City Kings
10	Ron Davis	Arizona	Washington Bullets
11	Terry Adolph	West Texas State	Golden State Warriors
12	Larry Spriggs	Howard	Houston Rockets
13	B.B. Davis	Lamar	Kansas City Kings
14	Rolando Frazier	Briarcliff	Indiana Pacers
15	Oliver Lee	Marquette	Chicago Bulls
16	Peter Verhoeven	Fresno State	Portland Trail Blazers
17	Alex Bradley	Villanova	New York Knicks
18	Earl Belcher	St. Bonaventure	San Antonio Spurs
19	Kevin McKenna	Creighton	Los Angeles Lakers
20	Don Koonce	North Carolina–Charlotte	Detroit Pistons
21	Kris Anderson	Florida State	Milwaukee Bucks
22	Stanley Williams	La Salle	Boston Celtics
23	Rynn Wright	Texas A&M	Philadelphia 76ers

Fifth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Pete Budko	North Carolina	Dallas Mavericks
2	George DeVone	North Carolina–Charlotte	Detroit Pistons
3	Joe Cooper	Colorado	New Jersey Nets
4	Ken Page	New Mexico	Cleveland Cavaliers
5	Mike Clark	Oregon	Utah Jazz
6	Steve Krafscisin	Iowa	Atlanta Hawks
7	Andra Griffin	Washington	Seattle SuperSonics
8	Dennis Isbell	Memphis State	San Diego Clippers
9	Willie Sims	Louisiana State	Denver Nuggets
10	Hank McDowell	Memphis State	Golden State Warriors
11	Garry Witts	Holy Cross	Washington Bullets
12	U.S. Reed	Arkansas	Kansas City Kings
13	Hasan Houston	Bradley	Houston Rockets
14	George Peterson	Jersey City State	Indiana Pacers
15	Herb Andrew	South Alabama	Portland Trail Blazers
16	Johnny Nash	Arizona State	Chicago Bulls
17	Jim Wright	Rhode Island	New York Knicks
18	Mike Rhodes	Vanderbilt	San Antonio Spurs
19	Craig Watts	North Carolina State	Los Angeles Lakers
20	Paul Heuerman	Michigan	Phoenix Suns
21	Kelvin Troy	Rutgers	Milwaukee Bucks
22	Steve Craig	Brigham Young	Philadelphia 76ers
23	Glen Grunwald	Indiana	Boston Celtics

Sixth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Karl Bakowski	Utah	Dallas Mavericks
2	Vince Brookins	Iowa	Detroit Pistons
3	Kevin Lynam	La Salle	New Jersey Nets
4	Kevin Sprewer	Loyola (Ill.)	Utah Jazz
5	Aaron Strayhorn	Hawaii	Cleveland Cavaliers
6	Darryl Warwick	Hampton Institute	Atlanta Hawks
7	Earl Banks	Auburn	Seattle SuperSonics
8	Mike Pepper	North Carolina	San Diego Clippers
9	Alonzo Weatherley	Denver	Denver Nuggets
10	Robert Williams	Grambling	Washington Bullets
11	Carter Scott	Ohio State	Golden State Warriors
12	Fred Cowan	Kentucky	Houston Rockets
13	Brian Walker	Purdue	Kansas City Kings
14	Robert Fronk	Washington	Indiana Pacers
15	Roger Burkman	Louisville	Chicago Bulls
16	Roshern Arnie	Texas–El Paso	Portland Trail Blazers
17	John Blair	Monmouth	New York Knicks
18	Norman Shavers	Jackson State	San Antonio Spurs
19	Kevin Singleton	California	Los Angeles Lakers
20	Pete Harris	Northeastern	Phoenix Suns
21	Jo Jo Hunter	Colorado	Milwaukee Bucks
22	Steve Waite	Iowa	Boston Celtics
23	Michael Thomas	North Park	Philadelphia 76ers

Seventh Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Danny Davis	North Carolina–Wilmington	Dallas Mavericks
2	Greg Nance	West Virginia	Detroit Pistons
3	Rod Robertson	Northwestern	New Jersey Nets
4	Andre Smith	Nebraska	Cleveland Cavaliers
5	Mike Robinson	Central Michigan	Utah Jazz
6	Kevin Vesey	Iona	Atlanta Hawks
7	Tom Sienkiewicz	Villanova	Seattle SuperSonics
8	Randy Johnson	Southern Colorado	San Diego Clippers
9	Greg Manning	Maryland	Denver Nuggets
10	Robby Dosty	Arizona	Golden State Warriors
11	Randy Martel	Houston Baptist	Washington Bullets
12	Clinton Wheeler	William Paterson	Kansas City Kings
13	Joe Faine	Bowling Green	Houston Rockets
14	Larry McKinney	Boise State	Indiana Pacers
15	Julius Wayne	Texas–El Paso	Portland Trail Blazers
16	Scott Williams	South Alabama	Chicago Bulls
17	Terry Cramer	Ripon	New York Knicks
18	Mark Minderman	Northern Michigan	San Antonio Spurs
19	Larry Petty	Wisconsin	Los Angeles Lakers
20	David Williams	Southern	Phoenix Suns
21	Lewis Latimore	Virginia	Milwaukee Bucks
22	John Crawford	Kansas	Philadelphia 76ers
23	Tom Seaman	Holy Cross	Boston Celtics

Eighth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	David Kennedy	Cincinnati	Dallas Mavericks
2	Joe Schoen	St. Francis (Pa.)	Detroit Pistons
3	Ken Webb	Fairleigh Dickinson	New Jersey Nets
4	Bob Cattage	Auburn	Utah Jazz
5	Glen Marcus	Alabama–Birmingham	Cleveland Cavaliers
6	Gilbert Salinas	Notre Dame	Atlanta Hawks
7	Todd Haynes	Davidson	San Diego Clippers
8	Curtis Redding	St. John’s	Denver Nuggets
9	Mike Howard	Wofford	Washington Bullets
10	Yasutaka Okayama	Japan	Golden State Warriors
11	Stanley Brewer	Western Georgia	Houston Rockets
12	Randy Smithson	Wichita State	Kansas City Kings
13	Len Hatzenbeller	Drexel	Indiana Pacers
14	Ben Mitchell	Alabama–Huntsville	Chicago Bulls
15	John Smith	St. Joseph’s	Portland Trail Blazers
16	Brian O'Connor	Thomas More (Ky.)	New York Knicks
17	Bob Bartholomew	San Diego	San Antonio Spurs
18	Jay Triano	Simon Fraser (Canada)	Los Angeles Lakers
19	Steve Risley	Indiana	Phoenix Suns
20	Mike Brkovich	Michigan State	Milwaukee Bucks
21	George Morrow	Creighton	Boston Celtics
22	Frank Gilroy	St. John’s	Philadelphia 76ers

Ninth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	John Hollinden	Indiana State–Evansville	Dallas Mavericks
2	Eddie Baker	Alcorn State	Detroit Pistons
3	Rudy Williams	Providence	New Jersey Nets
4	Paul Roba	Cleveland State	Cleveland Cavaliers
5	Ken Ollie	Wyoming	Utah Jazz
6	Howard Thompkins	Wagner	Atlanta Hawks
7	Art Jones	North Carolina State	San Diego Clippers
8	Andrew Burton	Austin Peay	Denver Nuggets
9	Doug Murrey	San Jose State	Golden State Warriors
10	Eddie Brown	Valdosta State	Washington Bullets
11	Michael Perry	Richmond	Kansas City Kings
12	Scott Whitley	William & Mary	Indiana Pacers
13	Sid Williams	San Jose State	Portland Trail Blazers
14	Terry Martin	Lambuth (Tenn.)	Chicago Bulls
15	Marty Headd	Syracuse	New York Knicks
16	Leonel Marquetti	Hampton Institute	San Antonio Spurs
17	Brian Johnson	Colorado	Phoenix Suns
18	Chip Rucker	Northeastern	Milwaukee Bucks
19	Ron Wister	Temple	Philadelphia 76ers
20	Greg McCray	Virginia Commonwealth	Boston Celtics

Tenth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Scott Bolanko	Northern State College	Dallas Mavericks
2	Melvin Maxwell	Western Michigan	Detroit Pistons
3	Vic Sison	UCLA	New Jersey Nets
4	Joe Merten	Wisconsin–Eau Claire	Utah Jazz
5	Greg Boone	Augsburg (Minn.)	Cleveland Cavaliers
6	Mike Frazier	Georgetown	Atlanta Hawks
7	Tony Gwynn	San Diego State	San Diego Clippers
8	Derrick Rowland	Potsdam State	Denver Nuggets
9	Ralton Way	Houston Baptist	Washington Bullets
10	Barry Brooks	USC	Golden State Warriors
12	Mark Wilson	Fort Hays State	Kansas City Kings
13	Rodney Benson	Wright State	Indiana Pacers
14	Kenny Easley	UCLA	Chicago Bulls
15	Steve Cochran	Lewis & Clark	Portland Trail Blazers
16	Kevin Rogers	St. Peter’s	New York Knicks
17	Alvin Brooks	Lamar	San Antonio Spurs
19	Felton Sealey	Oregon	Phoenix Suns
20	Artie Green	Marquette	Milwaukee Bucks
21	Ken Matthews	NC State	Boston Celtics
22	Pete Mullenberg	Delaware	Philadelphia 76ers