1982 NBA draft

Basketball player selection August 2023 1982 NBA draft Basketball June 29, 1982 Felt Forum, Madison Square Garden (New York City, New York)Bradley Robert D. The Basketball Draft Fact Book: A History of Professional Basketball's College Drafts 2013 Scarecrow Press 9780810890695 USA Network NBA 225 10 James Worthy (Los Angeles Lakers) 2 SF James Worthy SF Dominique Wilkins 1981 1983 The 1982 NBA draft took place on June 29, 1982, at the Felt Forum at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. The #1 selection from this year's draft, future Hall of Fame small forward James Worthy, was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers despite them winning the NBA championship the previous season. Their #1 selection in 1982 came from a 1979 trade the team had made with the Cleveland Cavaliers, in which Cleveland had traded their first-round pick for journeyman power forward Don Ford. Worthy would help turn LA into the Showtime Lakers dynasty of the 1980s. Meanwhile, what proved to be reckless trades of first round draft picks by then Cavaliers' owner Ted Stepien led to the NBA creating the "Ted Stepien Rule" forbidding teams from trading first round draft picks in back-to-back years unless they had a different first-round pick that they kept during that time. Draft PG Point guard SG Shooting guard SF Small forward PF Power forward C Center y y y y y y upright|thumb|150px|alt=A man, wearing a gray suit, a shirt and a tie, is clapping his hands while looking up.|Hall of Famer James Worthy was selected first overall by the Los Angeles Lakers. upright|thumb|150px|Dubbed "The Human Highlight Film", Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins was selected third overall by the Atlanta Hawks. upright|thumb|150px|Two-time All-Star Fat Lever was selected eleventh overall by the Portland Trail Blazers. thumb|upright|150px|7'4" Mark Eaton was selected 72nd overall by the Utah Jazz, and holds both the all-time season and career NBA blocks-per-game records Round Pick Player Pos. Nationality Team School/club team11 James Worthy^ SF United States Los Angeles Lakers (from Cleveland) North Carolina (Jr.)12 Terry Cummings*~ PF United States San Diego Clippers DePaul (Jr.)13 Dominique Wilkins^ SF United States Utah Jazz (traded to Atlanta) Georgia (Jr.)14 Bill Garnett SF United States Dallas Mavericks Wyoming (Sr.)15 LaSalle Thompson C/PF United States Kansas City Kings Texas (Jr.)16 Trent Tucker SG United States New York Knicks Minnesota (Sr.)17 Quintin Dailey SG United States Chicago Bulls San Francisco (Jr.)18 Clark Kellogg PF United States Indiana Pacers Ohio State (Jr.)19 Cliff Levingston PF United States Detroit Pistons Wichita State (Jr.)110 Keith Edmonson SG United States Atlanta Hawks Purdue (Sr.)111 Fat Lever* PG United States Portland Trail Blazers Arizona State (Sr.)112 John Bagley John Bagley (basketball) PG United States Cleveland Cavaliers (from Washington via Detroit) Boston College (Jr.)113 Sleepy Floyd+ SG United States New Jersey Nets Georgetown (Sr.)114 Lester Conner PG United States Golden State Warriors Oregon State (Sr.)115 David Thirdkill SF United States Phoenix Suns (from Denver) Bradley (Sr.)116 Terry Teagle SG United States Houston Rockets Baylor (Sr.)117 Brook Steppe SG United States Kansas City Kings (from Phoenix via New Jersey) Georgia Tech (Sr.)118 Ricky Pierce+ SF United States Detroit Pistons (from San Antonio via Portland) Rice (Sr.)119 Rob Williams Rob Williams (basketball) PG United States Denver Nuggets (from Seattle) Houston (Jr.)120 Paul Pressey SF United States Milwaukee Bucks Tulsa (Sr.)121 Eddie Phillips Eddie Phillips (basketball) SF United States New Jersey Nets (from Los Angeles) Alabama (Sr.)122 Mark McNamara C United States Philadelphia 76ers California (Sr.)123 Darren Tillis C United States Boston Celtics Cleveland State (Sr.)224 Oliver Robinson SG United States San Antonio Spurs UAB (Sr.)225 Bryan Warrick SG United States Washington Bullets Saint Joseph's (Sr.)226 Ricky Frazier# SF United States Chicago Bulls Missouri (Sr.)227 Fred Roberts PF United States Milwaukee Bucks BYU (Sr.)228 Dave Magley PF United States Cleveland Cavaliers Kansas (Sr.)229 Scott Hastings Scott Hastings (basketball) F/C United States New York Knicks Arkansas (Sr.)230 Wallace Bryant C United States Chicago Bulls San Francisco (Sr.)231 Rod Higgins F United States Chicago Bulls Fresno State (Sr.)232 Richard Anderson Richard Anderson (basketball) PF United States San Diego Clippers UC Santa Barbara (Sr.)233 Linton Townes SF United States Portland Trail Blazers James Madison (Sr.)234 Vince Taylor Vince Taylor (basketball) SF United States New York Knicks Duke (Sr.)235 Derek Smith Derek Smith (basketball) SG United States Golden State Warriors Louisville (Sr.)236 J. 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Anderson SF United States Philadelphia 76ers Bradley (Sr.)237 Audie Norris C United States Portland Trail Blazers Jackson State (Sr.)238 Wayne Sappleton F Jamaica Golden State Warriors (traded to New Jersey) Loyola (IL) (Sr.)239 Kevin Magee Kevin Magee (basketball)# PF United States Phoenix Suns UC Irvine (Sr.)240 Guy Morgan Guy Morgan (basketball) G United States Indiana Pacers Wake Forest (Sr.)241 Dwight Anderson basketball G United States Washington Bullets USC (Sr.)242 Jeff Taylor Jeff Taylor (basketball) SG United States Houston Rockets Texas Tech (Sr.)243 Jose Slaughter SG United States Indiana Pacers Portland (Sr.)244 Mike Gibson Mike Gibson (basketball) F United States Washington Bullets USC Upstate (Sr.)245 Russ Schoene F/C United States Philadelphia 76ers Chattanooga (Sr.)246 Tony Guy# G United States Boston Celtics Kansas (Sr.)347Mike Wilson basketballGUnited StatesCleveland CavaliersMarquette (Sr.)348 Craig Hodges SG United States San Diego Clippers Long Beach State 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the NBA draft as a college underclassman (in this case, a Nigerian born player from Sam Houston State University named Yommy Sangodeyi) would later withdraw his entry into the draft pool. He would become the only underclassman player to officially withdraw his name from an NBA draft during the 1980s decade, though he would appear in the draft. The following twelve college basketball players successfully applied for early draft entrance otherwise.1982 Underclassmen https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3029:1982-underclassmen&catid=136&Itemid=384 The Draft Review August 4, 2007 December 13, 2022 USA John Bagley – G, Boston College (junior) USA Terry Cummings – F, DePaul (junior) USA Quintin Dailey – G, San Francisco (junior) USA Ollie Johnson – F, Washington State (junior) USA Clark Kellogg – F, Ohio State (junior) USA Cliff Levingston – F, Wichita State (junior) USA Michael McDuffen – G, Murray State (junior) USA LaSalle Thompson – F/C, Texas (junior) USA Dominique Wilkins – F, Georgia (junior) USA Rob Williams – G, Houston (junior) USA James Worthy – F, North Carolina (junior) USA Victor Mitchell – C, Kansas (junior) Invited attendees The 1982 NBA draft is considered to be the fifth NBA draft to have utilized what's properly considered the "green room" experience for NBA prospects. The NBA's green room is a staging area where anticipated draftees often sit with their families and representatives, waiting for their names to be called on draft night. Often being positioned either in front of or to the side of the podium (in this case, located in the Madison Square Garden's Felt Forum, a first at the Garden),https://www.thedraftreview.com/historical-draft-events/green-room/1982-green-room-invites 1982 Green Room Invites - The Draft Review Matthew Maurer September 16, 2023 The Draft Review), once a player heard his name, he would walk to the podium to shake hands and take promotional photos with the NBA commissioner. From there, the players often conducted interviews with various media outlets while backstage. However, once the NBA draft started to air nationally on TV starting with the 1980 NBA draft, the green room evolved from players waiting to hear their name called and then shaking hands with these select players who were often called to the hotel to take promotional pictures with the NBA commissioner a day or two after the draft concluded to having players in real-time waiting to hear their names called up and then shaking hands with Larry O'Brien, the NBA's commissioner.https://www.thedraftreview.com/404 Error 404 - The Draft Review The Draft Review June 18, 2024 The Draft Review The NBA compiled its list of green room invites through collective voting by the NBA's team presidents and general managers alike, which in this year's case belonged to only what they believed were the top 14 prospects at the time.https://www.thedraftreview.com/historical-draft-events/green-room Green Room - The Draft Review The Draft Review However, they inexplicably did not give an invite to the actual #1 pick of the draft there, All-American, ACC Player of the Year, and NCAA Tournament MVP on the championship North Carolina Tarheels James Worthy. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Scott Hastings would be the first invited green room player to stay there beyond the first round of the draft, falling into the second round and languishing to overall pick #29. The following players were invited to attend the 1982 NBA draft festivities: USA Terry Cummings – PF, DePaul USA Quintin Dailey – SG, San Francisco USA Keith Edmonson – SG, Purdue USA Sleepy Floyd – PG/SG, Georgetown USA Bill Garnett – PF, Wyoming USA Scott Hastings – PF/C, Arkansas USA Clark Kellogg – PF, Ohio State USA Fat Lever – PG, Arizona State USA Cliff Levingston – PF, Wichita State USA Brook Steppe – SG/SF, Georgia Tech USA LaSalle Thompson – PF/C, Texas USA Trent Tucker – SG, Minnesota USA/FRA Dominique Wilkins – SF, Georgia USA Rob Williams – PG, Houston See also List of first overall NBA draft picks References General http://www.nba.com/history/draft_round1_1980s.html Complete First Round Results 1980–89 NBA.com Turner Sports Interactive, Inc December 11, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100321192607/http://www.nba.com/history/draft_round1_1980s.html March 21, 2010 dead https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1982.html 1982 NBA Draft basketball-reference.com December 11, 2010 https://www.apbr.org/8286drft.html 1982–1986 NBA Drafts The Association for Professional Basketball Research December 11, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101116182918/http://apbr.org/8286drft.html 16 November 2010 live Specific External links NBA.com NBA.com: NBA Draft History Draft Category:NBA draft NBA draft NBA draft Category:1980s in Manhattan Category:Basketball in New York City Category:Sporting events in New York City Category:Sports in Manhattan