NBA Draft 1983

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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	Ralph Sampson	Virginia	Houston Rockets
2	Steve Stipanovich	Missouri	Indiana Pacers
3	Rodney McCray	Louisville	Houston Rockets
4	Byron Scott	Arizona State	San Diego Clippers
5	Sidney Green	Nevada–Las Vegas	Chicago Bulls
6	Russell Cross	Purdue	Golden State Warriors
7	Thurl Bailey	North Carolina State	Utah Jazz
8	Antoine Carr	Wichita State	Detroit Pistons
9	Dale Ellis	Tennessee	Dallas Mavericks
10	Jeff Malone	Mississippi State	Washington Bullets
11	Derek Harper	Illinois	Dallas Mavericks
12	Darrell Walker	Arkansas	New York Knicks
13	Ennis Whatley	Alabama	Kansas City Kings
14	Clyde Drexler	Houston	Portland Trail Blazers
15	Howard Carter	Louisiana State	Denver Nuggets
16	Jon Sundvold	Missouri	Seattle SuperSonics
17	Leo Rautins	Syracuse	Philadelphia 76ers
18	Randy Breuer	Minnesota	Milwaukee Bucks
19	John Paxson	Notre Dame	San Antonio Spurs
20	Roy Hinson	Rutgers	Cleveland Cavaliers
21	Greg Kite	Brigham Young	Boston Celtics
22	Randy Wittman	Indiana	Washington Bullets
23	Mitchell Wiggins	Florida State	Indiana Pacers
24	Stewart Granger	Villanova	Cleveland Cavaliers

Second Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Sidney Lowe	North Carolina State	Chicago Bulls
2	Leroy Combs	Oklahoma State	Indiana Pacers
3	John Garris	Boston College	Cleveland Cavaliers
4	Rod Foster	UCLA	Phoenix Suns
5	Larry Micheaux	Houston	Chicago Bulls
6	Mark West	Old Dominion	Dallas Mavericks
7	Glenn Rivers	Marquette	Atlanta Hawks
8	Michael Britt	District of Columbia	Washington Bullets
9	Dirk Minniefield	Kentucky	Dallas Mavericks
10	Guy Williams	Washington State	Washington Bullets
11	Darrell Lockhart	Auburn	San Antonio Spurs
12	Scooter McCray	Louisville	Seattle SuperSonics
13	David Russell	St. John’s	Denver Nuggets
14	Chris McNealy	San Jose State	Kansas City Kings
15	Granville Waiters	Ohio State	Portland Trail Blazers
16	James Thomas	Indiana	Indiana Pacers
17	Ted Kitchel	Indiana	Milwaukee Bucks
18	Mike Davis	Alabama	Milwaukee Bucks
19	Pace Mannion	Utah	Golden State Warriors
20	Horace Owens	Rhode Island	New Jersey Nets
21	Paul Williams	Arizona State	Phoenix Suns
22	Kevin Williams	St. John’s	San Antonio Spurs
23	Ken Lyons	North Texas State	Philadelphia 76ers

Third Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Craig Ehlo	Washington State	Houston Rockets
2	Greg Jones	West Virginia	Indiana Pacers
3	Paul Thompson	Tulane	Cleveland Cavaliers
4	Derek Whittenburg	North Carolina State	Phoenix Suns
5	Winfred King	East Tennessee	Boston Celtics
6	Michael Holton	UCLA	Golden State Warriors
7	Robert Hansen	Iowa	Utah Jazz
8	Erich Santifer	Syracuse	Detroit Pistons
9	Larry Anderson	Nevada–Las Vegas	Cleveland Cavaliers
10	Darren Daye	UCLA	Washington Bullets
11	John Pinone	Villanova	Atlanta Hawks
12	Bruce Kuczenski	Connecticut	New Jersey Nets
13	Steve Harriel	Washington State	Kansas City Kings
14	David Little	Oklahoma	Denver Nuggets
15	Tom Piotrowski	La Salle	Portland Trail Blazers
16	Frank Burnell	Stetson	Seattle SuperSonics
17	Claude Riley	Texas A&M	Philadelphia 76ers
18	Billy Goodwin	St. John’s	Milwaukee Bucks
19	Les Craft	Kansas State	Cleveland Cavaliers
20	Derrick Hord	Kentucky	Cleveland Cavaliers
21	Craig Robinson	Virginia	Boston Celtics
22	Orlando Phillips	Pepperdine	Los Angeles Lakers
23	Dan Ruland	James Madison	Philadelphia 76ers

Fourth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Darrell Browder	Texas Christian	Houston Rockets
2	Terry Fair	Georgia	Indiana Pacers
3	Dwight Jones	Cincinnati	Cleveland Cavaliers
4	Kalpatrick Wells	Mississippi State	Philadelphia 76ers
5	Ron Crevier	Boston College	Chicago Bulls
6	Doug Arnold	Texas Christian	Utah Jazz
7	Pete Thibeaux	St. Mary’s (Cal.)	Golden State Warriors
8	Steve Bouchie	Indiana	Detroit Pistons
9	Johnny Martin	NW Louisiana	Dallas Mavericks
10	Dan Gay	SW Louisiana	Washington Bullets
11	Harry Kelley	Texas Southern	Atlanta Hawks
12	Mark Jones	St. Bonaventure	New York Knicks
13	York Gross	UC Santa Barbara	Denver Nuggets
14	Mike Jackson	Wyoming	Kansas City Kings
15	Tim Dunham	Chaminade	Portland Trail Blazers
16	Pete DeBisschop	Fairfield	Seattle SuperSonics
17	Barney Mines	Bradley	New Jersey Nets
18	Mark Nickens	American	Milwaukee Bucks
19	Sam Mosley	Nevada–Reno	Phoenix Suns
20	Brant Weidner	William & Mary	San Antonio Spurs
21	Carlos Clark	Mississippi	Boston Celtics
22	Terry Lewis	Mississippi State	Los Angeles Lakers
23	Craig Robinson	Princeton	Philadelphia 76ers

Fifth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Chuck Barnett	Oklahoma	Houston Rockets
2	Roger Stieg	Mississippi	Indiana Pacers
3	Chris Logan	Holy Cross	Cleveland Cavaliers
4	Manute Bol	Sudan	San Diego Clippers
5	Tim Andree	Notre Dame	Chicago Bulls
6	Greg Hines	Hampton Institute	Golden State Warriors
7	Mark Clark	Oklahoma	Utah Jazz
8	Ken Austin	Rice	Detroit Pistons
9	Jim Lampley	Arkansas–Little Rock	Dallas Mavericks
10	Robin Dixon	New Hampshire	Washington Bullets
11	Charles Jones	Oklahoma	Atlanta Hawks
12	Troy Lee Mikell	East Tennessee	New York Knicks
13	Lorenza Andrews	Oklahoma State	Kansas City Kings
14	James Braddock	North Carolina	Denver Nuggets
15	Gary Monroe	Wright State	Portland Trail Blazers
16	Brad Watson	Washington	Seattle SuperSonics
17	Tyren Naulls	Texas A&M	New Jersey Nets
18	Mark Petteway	New Orleans	Milwaukee Bucks
19	Jeff Pehl	Richmond	San Antonio Spurs
20	Rick Lamb	Illinois State	Phoenix Suns
21	Bob Reitz	Stonehill	Boston Celtics
22	Danny Dixon	Alabama A&M	Los Angeles Lakers
23	Mike Milligan	Tennessee State	Philadelphia 76ers

Sixth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Jim Stack	Northwestern	Houston Rockets
2	Cliff Pruitt	Alabama–Birmingham	Indiana Pacers
3	Mel McLaughlin	Central Michigan	Cleveland Cavaliers
4	Russell Todd	West Virginia	Milwaukee Bucks
5	Ernest Patterson	New Mexico State	Chicago Bulls
6	Fred Gilliam	Clemson	Utah Jazz
7	Tom Heywood	Weber State	Golden State Warriors
8	Derek Perry	Michigan State	Detroit Pistons
9	Billy Allen	Nevada–Reno	Dallas Mavericks
10	Donald Carroll	St. Augustine’s	Washington Bullets
11	Tom Bethea	Richmond	Atlanta Hawks
12	Tony Simms	Boston Univ.	New York Knicks
13	Glenn Green	Murray State	Denver Nuggets
14	Alvis Rogers	Wake Forest	Kansas City Kings
15	Derrick Pope	Montana	Portland Trail Blazers
16	Tony Wilson	Western Kentucky	Seattle SuperSonics
17	Oscar Taylor	New Orleans	New Jersey Nets
18	Charles Hurt	Kentucky	Milwaukee Bucks
19	Edward Bona	Fordham	Phoenix Suns
20	Ricky Hooker	St. Mary’s (Tex.)	San Antonio Spurs
21	Paul Atkins	Houston Baptist	Boston Celtics
22	Mark Steele	Colorado State	Los Angeles Lakers
23	Sedale Threatt	West Virginia Tech	Philadelphia 76ers

Seventh Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Brian Kellerman	Idaho	Houston Rockets
2	Tony Brown	Indiana	Indiana Pacers
3	John Columbo	John Carroll	Cleveland Cavaliers
4	Dan Evans	Oregon State	San Diego Clippers
5	Jacque Hill	USC	Chicago Bulls
6	Peter Williams	Utah	Golden State Warriors
7	Joe Kazanowski	Victoria (Canada)	Utah Jazz
8	Rob Gonzalez	Colorado	Detroit Pistons
9	Terrell Schlundt	Marquette	Dallas Mavericks
10	Danny Womack	Winston-Salem	Washington Bullets
11	Lex Drum	Alabama–Birmingham	Atlanta Hawks
12	Desi Barimore	Fresno State	New York Knicks
13	Dane Suttle	Pepperdine	Kansas City Kings
14	Maurice McDaniel	Catawba	Denver Nuggets
15	Paul Little	Penn	Portland Trail Blazers
16	Tony Gattis	Mercer	Seattle SuperSonics
17	Keith Bennett	Sacred Heart	New Jersey Nets
18	Anthony Hicks	Xavier (Ohio)	Milwaukee Bucks
19	Keith Williams	Panhandle State	San Antonio Spurs
20	Fred Brown	Virginia Commonwealth	Phoenix Suns
21	Roy Jackson	Providence	Boston Celtics
22	Ricky Mixon	Cal State–Fullerton	Los Angeles Lakers
23	Tony Bruin	Syracuse	Philadelphia 76ers

Eighth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Jeff Bolding	Arkansas State	Houston Rockets
2	Ray McCallum	Ball State	Indiana Pacers
3	Larry Tucker	Lewis (Ill.)	Cleveland Cavaliers
4	Mark Gannon	Iowa	San Diego Clippers
5	Terry Bradley	Chicago State	Chicago Bulls
6	Michael McCombs	Santa Fe	Utah Jazz
7	Doug Harris	Central Washington	Golden State Warriors
8	George Wenzel	Augustana (IL)	Detroit Pistons
9	Bill Sadler	Pepperdine	Dallas Mavericks
10	Bernard Perry	Howard	Washington Bullets
11	George Thomas	Georgia Tech	Atlanta Hawks
12	Mike Lang	Penn State	New York Knicks
13	Cliff Tribus	Davidson	Denver Nuggets
14	Preston Neumayr	Cal State–Davis	Kansas City Kings
15	Frank Smith	Arizona	Portland Trail Blazers
16	Ray Smith	Armstrong State	Seattle SuperSonics
17	Joe Myers	Duquesne	New Jersey Nets
18	Brett Burkholder	DePaul	Milwaukee Bucks
19	Mike Mulquin	Villanova	Phoenix Suns
20	Norville Brown	Oklahoma Christian	San Antonio Spurs
21	Trent Johnson	Pittsburgh	Boston Celtics
22	Gordon Austin	American	Philadelphia 76ers

Ninth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	James Campbell	Oklahoma City	Houston Rockets
2	Lynn Mitchem	Butler	Indiana Pacers
3	Joe Brown	Georgia State	Cleveland Cavaliers
4	David Maxwell	Fordham	San Diego Clippers
5	Ray Orange	Oklahoma Christian	Chicago Bulls
6	Greg Goorjiam	Loyola Marymount	Golden State Warriors
7	Ron Webb	Oklahoma Christian	Utah Jazz
8	Marlow McLain	Eastern Michigan	Detroit Pistons
9	Sherrod Arnold	Chicago State	Dallas Mavericks
10	Ricky Moreland	Maryland–Baltimore	Washington Bullets
11	Wil Kotchery	Livingston State	Atlanta Hawks
12	Charles Jones	Marshall	New York Knicks
13	Bernard Hill	Panhandle State	Kansas City Kings
14	Bobby Van Noy	Catawba	Denver Nuggets
15	Phil Hopson	Idaho	Portland Trail Blazers
16	Tony Washington	Hampton Institute	Seattle SuperSonics
17	Kevin Black	Rutgers	New Jersey Nets
18	Bill Varner	Notre Dame	Milwaukee Bucks
19	Gary Gaspard	St. Mary’s (Tex.)	San Antonio Spurs
20	Joe Dykstra	Western Illinois	Phoenix Suns
21	John Rice	Massachusetts–Boston	Boston Celtics
22	Charles Fisher	James Madison	Philadelphia 76ers

Tenth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Mark Smed	Augustana (S.D.)	Indiana Pacers
2	Jon Hanley	Xavier (Ohio)	Cleveland Cavaliers
3	Keith Smith	San Diego State	San Diego Clippers
4	Tom Emma	Duke	Chicago Bulls
5	Odell Mosteller	Auburn	Utah Jazz
6	Michael Zeno	Long Beach State	Golden State Warriors
7	Ike Person	Michigan	Detroit Pistons
8	Clyde Corley	Florida International	Dallas Mavericks
9	Isiah Singletary	St. Louis	Washington Bullets
10	Ronnie Carr	Western Carolina	Atlanta Hawks
11	Bernard Randolph	DePaul	New York Knicks
12	Cleveland McCrae	Catawba	Denver Nuggets
13	Aaron Haskins	Washington State	Kansas City Kings
14	Russ Christianson	East Oregon State	Portland Trail Blazers
15	David Binion	North Carolina Central	Seattle SuperSonics
16	Rich Simkus	Princeton	New Jersey Nets
17	Bob Kelly	St. John’s	Milwaukee Bucks
18	Bo Overton	Oklahoma	Phoenix Suns
19	Lamar Heard	Georgia	San Antonio Spurs
20	Andy Kupec	Bentley	Boston Celtics