1979 NBA Draft
202 picks · 10 rounds
NBA Draft picks
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| No. | Player | Team | From | Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | ||||
| 1 | LAL | Michigan State | F-G | |
| 2 | CHI | UCLA | F | |
| 3 | NYK | San Francisco | C | |
| 4 | DET | Michigan State | F | |
| 5 | MIL | Arkansas | G | |
| 6 | SEA | Rutgers | F | |
| 7 | SEA | Baylor | G | |
| 8 | NJN | NE Louisiana | F | |
| 9 | NYK | Arizona | F | |
| 10 | DET | UCLA | G | |
| 11 | NJN | USC | F | |
| 12 | POR | Dayton | G | |
| 13 | IND | North Carolina | G | |
| 14 | LAL | UCLA | G | |
| 15 | DET | Michigan | F | |
| 16 | PHI | Duke | G | |
| 17 | HOU | East Texas State | F | |
| 18 | KCK | Alabama | F | |
| 19 | SAS | Mississippi State | G | |
| 20 |
Larry Knight
|
UTA | Loyola (IL) | — |
| 21 | NYK | Rhode Island | F | |
| 22 | PHX | Kentucky | G | |
| Round 2 | ||||
| 23 |
Tico Brown
|
UTA | Georgia Tech | — |
| 24 | PHX | Nevada-Reno | G | |
| 25 | LAL | East Carolina | G | |
| 26 | CLE | Notre Dame | F | |
| 27 | NYK | St. John's | G | |
| 28 |
Danny Salisbury
|
GSW | Pan American | — |
| 29 | DET | Penn | G | |
| 30 | DEN | DePaul | G | |
| 31 | MIL | Nevada-Reno | F | |
| 32 | IND | Arizona State | F | |
| 33 |
Lawrence Butler
|
CHI | Idaho State | — |
| 34 |
Kim Goetz
|
NYK | San Diego State | — |
| 35 |
James Bradley
|
ATL | Memphis State | — |
| 36 | PHI | Seattle | G | |
| 37 | PHI | Marquette | F | |
| 38 |
Larry Wilson
|
ATL | Nicholls State | — |
| 39 |
Victor King
|
LAL | Louisiana Tech | — |
| 40 |
Andrew Fields
|
POR | Cheyney State | — |
| 41 |
Mark Young
|
LAL | Fairfield | — |
| 42 | HOU | Kansas | C | |
| 43 | SEA | Texas | G | |
| 44 |
Joe DeSantis
|
WAS | Fairfield | — |
| Round 3 | ||||
| 45 | UTA | Augustana (SD) | C | |
| 46 |
Andrew Parker
|
WAS | Iowa State | — |
| 47 |
Calvin Garrett
|
CHI | Oral Roberts | — |
| 48 | DET | Detroit | G | |
| 49 | CHI | South Carolina | C | |
| 50 | NYK | Texas Tech | G | |
| 51 |
John Gerdy
|
NJN | Davidson | — |
| 52 |
Larry Gibson
|
MIL | Maryland | — |
| 53 | BOS | Drake | G | |
| 54 |
Lynbert Johnson
|
GSW | Wichita State | — |
| 55 |
Tom Channel
|
SDC | Boston U | — |
| 56 |
Mickey Fox
|
POR | St. Mary's (Canada) | — |
| 57 |
Don March
|
ATL | Franklin & Marshall | — |
| 58 | PHI | Detroit | F | |
| 59 |
Ricardo Brown
|
HOU | Pepperdine | — |
| 60 |
Walter Daniels
|
LAL | Georgia | — |
| 61 |
Ernesto Malcolm
|
BOS | Briarcliff | — |
| 62 |
Terry Crosby
|
KCK | Tennessee | — |
| 63 |
Sylvester Norris
|
SAS | Jackson State | — |
| 64 |
Al Green
|
PHX | Louisiana State | — |
| 65 | CLE | Notre Dame | C | |
| 66 |
Charles Floyd
|
WAS | High Point | — |
| Round 4 | ||||
| 67 | UTA | Utah | G | |
| 68 |
Nick Galis
|
BOS | Seton Hall | — |
| 69 |
Eugene Robinson
|
MIL | NE Louisiana | — |
| 70 |
Rick Swing
|
CLE | Citadel | — |
| 71 |
Larry Rogers
|
NYK | SE Missouri State | — |
| 72 |
George Maynor
|
CHI | East Carolina | — |
| 73 | SEA | Washington State | C | |
| 74 |
Don Newman
|
IND | Idaho | — |
| 75 |
Ron Ripley
|
GSW | Wisconsin-Green Bay | — |
| 76 |
Sammy Drummer
|
HOU | Georgia Tech | — |
| 77 |
Lionel Garrett
|
SDC | Southern | — |
| 78 |
Daryll Robinson
|
POR | Appalachian State | — |
| 79 |
Ray White
|
LAL | Mississippi State | — |
| 80 |
Lionel Green
|
HOU | Louisiana State | — |
| 81 |
Ricky Reed
|
LAL | Temple | — |
| 82 | GSW | Purdue | G | |
| 83 | PHI | Cal State-Fullerton | F | |
| 84 |
Al Daniel
|
SAS | Furman | — |
| 85 | KCK | Oklahoma | G | |
| 86 |
Malcolm Cesare
|
PHX | Florida | — |
| 87 |
Richie Allen
|
SEA | Cal State-Dominguez Hills | — |
| 88 |
Lamont Reid
|
WAS | Oral Roberts | — |
| Round 5 | ||||
| 89 |
Perry Wolfe
|
UTA | Stanford | — |
| 90 |
Jimmy Allen
|
BOS | New Haven | — |
| 91 |
Matt Simpkins
|
CLE | Georgia Southern | — |
| 92 |
Flintie Williams
|
DET | Nevada-Las Vegas | — |
| 93 |
Larry Washington
|
CHI | Drury (MO) | — |
| 94 |
Johnny Green
|
NYK | California-Riverside | — |
| 95 |
Joe Abramaitis
|
NJN | Connecticut | — |
| 96 |
George Lett
|
GSW | Centenary | — |
| 97 |
Jim Tillman
|
MIL | Eastern Kentucky | — |
| 98 |
Billy Reid
|
IND | San Francisco | — |
| 99 |
Greg Joyner
|
SDC | Middle Tennessee State | — |
| 100 |
Matt White
|
POR | Penn | — |
| 101 |
Tiny Pinder
|
ATL | North Carolina State | — |
| 102 |
Larry Williams
|
DEN | Louisville | — |
| 103 |
Carl McPipe
|
PHI | Nebraska | — |
| 104 | HOU | Oklahoma City | G | |
| 105 |
Curtis Watkins
|
KCK | DePaul | — |
| 106 |
Steve Schall
|
SAS | Arkansas | — |
| 107 | PHX | Cypress JC | C | |
| 108 |
Marshall Ashford
|
WAS | Virginia Tech | — |
| Round 6 | ||||
| 109 |
Ernie Cobb
|
UTA | Boston U | — |
| 110 |
Marvin Delph
|
BOS | Arkansas | — |
| 111 |
Truman Clayton
|
DET | Kentucky | — |
| 112 |
Joe Manning
|
CLE | North Texas State | — |
| 113 |
Phil Abney
|
NYK | New Mexico | — |
| 114 |
Steve Smith
|
CHI | USC | — |
| 115 |
Tony Smith
|
NJN | Nevada-Las Vegas | — |
| 116 |
Derrick Mayes
|
MIL | Illinois State | — |
| 117 |
Greg Guye
|
IND | Stetson | — |
| 118 |
Jim Mitchem
|
GSW | DePaul | — |
| 119 |
Bob Bender
|
SDC | Duke | — |
| 120 |
Ray Ellis
|
POR | Pepperdine | — |
| 121 |
Dwight Williams
|
ATL | Gardner-Webb | — |
| 122 |
Odell Ball
|
DEN | Marquette | — |
| 123 |
Dan Hartshorne
|
PHI | Oregon | — |
| 124 |
Collie Davis
|
HOU | Southern | — |
| 125 |
Terry Knight
|
SAS | Pittsburgh | — |
| 126 |
Bob Roma
|
KCK | Princeton | — |
| 127 |
Dale Shackelford
|
PHX | Syracuse | — |
| 128 |
Garcia Hopkins
|
WAS | Morgan State | — |
| Round 7 | ||||
| 129 |
Paul Poe
|
UTA | Louisiana | — |
| 130 |
Steve Castellan
|
BOS | Virginia | — |
| 131 |
Steve Skaggs
|
CLE | Ohio | — |
| 132 |
Ken Jones
|
DET | St. Mary's (CA) | — |
| 133 |
Mike Eversley
|
CHI | Chicago State | — |
| 134 |
Marc Coleman
|
NYK | Seton Hall | — |
| 135 |
Jim Strickland
|
NJN | South Carolina | — |
| 136 |
Dirk Ewing
|
IND | Stetson | — |
| 137 |
Ren Watson
|
GSW | Virginia Commonwealth | — |
| 138 |
Stan Ray
|
MIL | Cal State-Fullerton | — |
| 139 |
Jene Grey
|
SDC | LeMoyne | — |
| 140 |
Jeff Tropf
|
POR | Central Michigan | — |
| 141 |
Tim Waterman
|
ATL | St. Bonaventure | — |
| 142 |
Bobby Willis
|
PHI | Penn | — |
| 143 |
Rich Valavicius
|
HOU | Auburn | — |
| 144 |
John Johnson
|
DEN | Creighton | — |
| 145 |
Nick Daniels
|
KCK | Xavier (OH) | — |
| 146 |
Tyrone Branyan
|
SAS | Texas | — |
| 147 |
Ollie Matson
|
PHX | Pepperdine | — |
| Round 8 | ||||
| 148 |
Keith McDonald
|
UTA | Utah State | — |
| 149 |
Glenn Sudhop
|
BOS | North Carolina State | — |
| 150 |
Rodney Lee
|
DET | Memphis State | — |
| 151 |
Mark Haymore
|
CLE | Massachusetts | — |
| 152 |
Billy Tucker
|
NYK | Tennessee State | — |
| 153 |
Tony Warren
|
CHI | North Carolina State | — |
| 154 |
Henry Hollingsworth
|
NJN | Hofstra | — |
| 155 |
Mario Butler
|
GSW | Briarcliff | — |
| 156 |
Larry Spicer
|
MIL | Alabama-Birmingham | — |
| 157 |
Brian Magid
|
IND | George Washington | — |
| 158 |
Renaldo Lawrence
|
SDC | Appalachian State | — |
| 159 |
Willie Pounds
|
POR | Chaminade | — |
| 160 |
John Goedeke
|
ATL | Maryland-Baltimore County | — |
| 161 |
Delbert Watson
|
HOU | East Tennessee State | — |
| 162 |
Matt Teahan
|
DEN | Denver | — |
| 163 |
Rick Raivio
|
PHI | Portland | — |
| 164 |
Tony Vann
|
KCK | Alabama-Huntsville | — |
| 165 | PHX | Albany State | F-C | |
| 166 |
Jo Jo Walters
|
WAS | Manhattan | — |
| Round 9 | ||||
| 167 |
Milt Huggins
|
UTA | Southern Illinois | — |
| 168 |
Kevin Sinnett
|
BOS | Navy | — |
| 169 |
Tim Joyce
|
CLE | Ohio | — |
| 170 |
Val Bracey
|
DET | Central Michigan | — |
| 171 |
James Jackson
|
CHI | Minnesota | — |
| 172 |
Brett Wyatt
|
NYK | Jersey City State | — |
| 173 |
Ricky Free
|
NJN | Columbia | — |
| 174 |
Roger Lapham
|
MIL | Maine | — |
| 175 |
Gene Ransom
|
GSW | California | — |
| 176 |
Mike Dodd
|
SDC | San Diego State | — |
| 177 |
Stan Eckwood
|
POR | Harding (AR) | — |
| 178 |
Cedric Oliver
|
ATL | Hamilton | — |
| 179 |
Emmett Lewis
|
DEN | Colorado | — |
| 180 |
Coby Leavitt
|
PHI | Utah | — |
| 181 |
Gary Wilson
|
KCK | Southern Illinois | — |
| 182 |
Eddie McLeod
|
SAS | Nevada-Las Vegas | — |
| 183 |
Hosea Champine
|
PHX | Robert Morris | — |
| 184 |
Ray Hooker
|
WAS | Murray State | — |
| Round 10 | ||||
| 185 | UTA | Northern Illinois | F | |
| 186 |
Alton Byrd
|
BOS | Columbia | — |
| 187 |
Willie Polk
|
DET | Grand Canyon | — |
| 188 |
Terry Peavy
|
CLE | Point Park | — |
| 189 |
Gordon Thomas
|
NYK | St. John's | — |
| 190 |
Marvin Thoms
|
CHI | UCLA | — |
| 191 |
Eric Fleisher
|
NJN | Tulane | — |
| 192 |
Kevin Heenan
|
GSW | Cal State-Fullerton | — |
| 193 |
Chris Fahrbach
|
MIL | North Dakota | — |
| 194 |
Greg Hunter
|
SDC | Loyola Marymount | — |
| 195 |
Kelvin Small
|
POR | Oregon | — |
| 196 |
Chad Nelson
|
ATL | Drake | — |
| 197 |
Cortez Collins
|
CHI | Indiana State-Evansville | — |
| 198 |
Keith McCord
|
PHI | Alabama-Birmingham | — |
| 199 |
Glen Fine
|
SAS | Harvard | — |
| 200 |
Russell Saunders
|
KCK | New Mexico | — |
| 201 |
Korky Nelson
|
PHX | Santa Clara | — |
| 202 |
Steve Martin
|
WAS | Georgetown | — |