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1979 NBA Draft

204 picks in 10 rounds · held after the 1978-79 season · from Wikipedia

◀ 1978 1980 ▶

All Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Round 10

Rd	Pick	Team	Player	From	NBA career
1	1	Lakers	Magic Johnson	Michigan State	no NBA games	traded
1	2	Bulls	David Greenwood	UCLA	no NBA games
1	3	Knicks	Bill Cartwright	San Francisco	no NBA games	traded
1	4	Pistons	Greg Kelser	Michigan State	no NBA games
1	5	Bucks	Sidney Moncrief	Arkansas	no NBA games	traded
1	6	SuperSonics	James Bailey	Rutgers	no NBA games	traded
1	7	SuperSonics	Vinnie Johnson	Baylor	no NBA games	traded
1	8	Nets	Calvin Natt	Northeast Louisiana	no NBA games	traded
1	9	Knicks	Larry Demic	Arizona	no NBA games	traded
1	10	Pistons	Roy Hamilton	UCLA	no NBA games	traded
1	11	Nets	Cliff Robinson	USC	no NBA games	traded
1	12	Trail Blazers	Jim Paxson	Dayton	no NBA games
1	13	Pacers	Dudley Bradley	North Carolina	no NBA games	traded
1	14	Lakers	Brad Holland	UCLA	no NBA games
1	15	Pistons	Phil Hubbard	Michigan	no NBA games	traded
1	16	76ers	Jim Spanarkel	Duke	no NBA games
1	17	Rockets	Lee Johnson	East Texas State
1	18	Kings	Reggie King	Alabama	no NBA games
1	19	Spurs	Wiley Peck	Mississippi State	no NBA games
1	20	Jazz	Larry Knight	Loyola (IL)		traded
1	21	Knicks	Sly Williams	Rhode Island	no NBA games	traded
1	22	Suns	Kyle Macy	Kentucky	no NBA games	traded
2	23	Jazz	Tico Brown	Georgia Tech
2	24	Suns	Johnny High	Nevada	no NBA games	traded
2	25	Lakers	Oliver Mack	East Carolina	no NBA games	traded
2	26	Cavaliers	Bruce Flowers	Notre Dame	no NBA games
2	27	Knicks	Reggie Carter	St. John's	no NBA games
2	28	Warriors	Danny Salisbury	Pan American		traded
2	29	Pistons	Tony Price	Pennsylvania	no NBA games	traded
2	30	Nuggets	Gary Garland	DePaul	no NBA games	traded
2	31	Bucks	Edgar Jones	Nevada	no NBA games
2	32	Pacers	Tony Zeno	Arizona State	no NBA games
2	33	Bulls	Lawrence Butler	Idaho State		traded
2	34	Knicks	Kim Goetz	San Diego State		traded
2	35	Hawks	James Bradley	Memphis
2	36	76ers	Clint Richardson	Seattle	no NBA games	traded
2	37	76ers	Bernard Toone	Marquette	no NBA games
2	38	Hawks	Larry Wilson	Nicholls State		traded
2	39	Lakers	Victor King	Louisiana Tech
2	40	Trail Blazers	Andrew Fields	Cheyney State		traded
2	41	Lakers	Mark Young	Fairfield		traded
2	42	Rockets	Paul Mokeski	Kansas	no NBA games	traded
2	43	SuperSonics	Johnny Moore	Texas	no NBA games
2	44	Bullets	Joe DeSantis	Fairfield
3	45	Jazz	Arvid Kramer	Augustana (IL)	no NBA games
3	46	Bullets	Andrew Parker	Iowa State
3	47	Bulls	Calvin Garrett	Oral Roberts	no NBA games	traded
3	48	Pistons	Terry Duerod	Detroit	no NBA games
3	49	Bulls	Cedrick Hordges	South Carolina	no NBA games
3	50	Knicks	Geoff Huston	Texas Tech	no NBA games
3	51	Nets	John Gerdy	Davidson
3	52	Bucks	Larry Gibson	Maryland
3	53	Celtics	Wayne Kreklow	Drake	no NBA games	traded
3	54	Warriors	Lynbert Johnson	Wichita State
3	55	Clippers	Tom Channel	Boston University
3	56	Trail Blazers	Mickey Fox	Saint Mary's University (Canada)
3	57	Hawks	Donnie Marsh	Franklin & Marshall
3	58	76ers	Earl Cureton	Detroit	1 season, 9 games, 0.8 ppg
3	59	Rockets	Ricardo Brown	Pepperdine
3	60	Lakers	Walter Daniels	Georgia
3	61	Celtics	Ernesto Malcolm	BRIAR CLIFF
3	62	Kings	Terry Crosby	Tennessee
3	63	Spurs	Sylvester Norris	Jackson State	no NBA games
3	64	Suns	Al Green	LSU
3	65	Cavaliers	Bill Laimbeer	Notre Dame	no NBA games	traded
3	66	Bullets	Charles Floyd	High Point
4	67	Jazz	Greg Deane	Utah
4	68	Celtics	Nikos Galis	Seton Hall
4	69	Bucks	Eugene Robinson	Louisiana–Monroe
4	70	Cavaliers	Rick Swing	The Citadel
4	71	Knicks	Larry Rogers	U.S. Armed Forces (AAU)
4	72	Bulls	George Maynor	East Carolina
4	73	SuperSonics	James Donaldson	Washington State	no NBA games	traded
4	74	Pacers	Don Newman	Idaho
4	75	Warriors	Ron Ripley	Green Bay
4	76	Rockets	Sammy Drummer	Georgia Tech
4	77	Clippers	Lionel Garrett	Southern
4	78	Trail Blazers	Darryl Robinson	Appalachian State
4	79	Lakers	Ray White	Mississippi State
4	80	Rockets	Lionel Green	LSU
4	81	Lakers	Ricky Reed	Temple
4	82	Warriors	Jerry Sichting	Purdue	no NBA games	traded
4	83	76ers	Mike Niles	Cal State Fullerton	no NBA games
4	84	Spurs	Al Daniel	Furman
4	85	Kings	John McCullough	Oklahoma	no NBA games
4	86	Suns	Malcolm Cesare	Florida
4	87	SuperSonics	Richie Allen	Cal State Dominguez Hills
4	88	Bullets	Lamont Reid	Oral Roberts
5	89	Jazz	Wolfe Perry	Stanford
5	90	Celtics	Jimmy Allen	New Haven
5	91	Cavaliers	Matt Simpkins	Georgia Southern
5	92	Pistons	Flintie Ray Williams	UNLV
5	93	Bulls	Larry Washington	Drury
5	94	Knicks	Johnny Green	UC Riverside
5	95	Nets	Jim Abromaitis	UConn
5	96	Warriors	George Lett	Centenary (LA)
5	97	Bucks	Jim Tillman	Eastern Kentucky
5	98	Pacers	Billy Reid	San Francisco	no NBA games
5	99	Clippers	Greg Joyner	Middle Tennessee
5	100	Trail Blazers	Matthew White	Penn
5	101	Hawks	Kendal Pinder	NC State
5	102	Nuggets	Larry Williams	Louisville
5	103	76ers	Carl McPipe	Nebraska
5	104	Rockets	Allen Leavell	Oklahoma City	no NBA games
5	105	Kings	Curtis Watkins	DePaul
5	106	Spurs	Steve Schall	Arkansas
5	107	Suns	Mark Eaton	Cypress JC	no NBA games
5	108	Bullets	Marshall Ashford	Virginia Tech
6	109	Jazz	Ernie Cobb	Boston College
6	110	Celtics	Marvin Delph	Athletes in Action
6	111	Pistons	Truman Claytor	Kentucky
6	112	Cavaliers	Jon Manning	North Texas
6	113	Knicks	Phil Abney	New Mexico
6	114	Bulls	Steve Smith	USC
6	115	Nets	Tony Smith	UNLV
6	116	Bucks	Derrick Mayes	Illinois State
6	117	Pacers	Greg Guye	Stetson
6	118	Warriors	Jim Mitchem	DePaul
6	119	Clippers	Bob Bender	Duke
6	120	Trail Blazers	Ray Ellis	Pepperdine
6	121	Hawks	Dwight Williams	Gardner-Webb
6	122	Nuggets	Odell Ball	Marquette
6	123	76ers	Dan Hartshorne	Oregon
6	124	Rockets	Collie Davis	Southern
6	125	Spurs	Terry Knight	Pittsburgh
6	126	Kings	Bob Roma	Princeton
6	127	Suns	Dale Shackleford	Syracuse
6	128	Bullets	Garcia Hopkins	Morgan State
7	129	Jazz	Paul Poe	Louisiana College
7	130	Celtics	Steve Castellan	Virginia
7	131	Cavaliers	Steve Skaggs	Ohio
7	132	Pistons	Ken Jones	Saint Mary's
7	133	Bulls	Mike Eversley	Chicago State
7	134	Knicks	Marc Coleman	Seton Hall
7	135	Nets	Jim Strickland	South Carolina
7	136	Pacers	Dirk Ewing	Stetson
7	137	Warriors	Ren Watson	VCU
7	138	Bucks	Stan Ray	Cal State Fullerton
7	139	Clippers	Jene Grey	Le Moyne
7	140	Trail Blazers	Jeff Tropf	Central Michigan
7	141	Hawks	Tim Waterman	St. Bonaventure
7	142	76ers	Bobby Willis	Penn
7	143	Rockets	Rich Valavicius	Auburn
7	144	Nuggets	John Johnson	Creighton
7	145	Kings	Nick Daniels	Xavier
7	146	Spurs	Tyrone Branyan	Texas
7	147	Suns	Ollie Matson Jr.	Pepperdine
8	148	Jazz	Keith McDonald	Utah State
8	149	Celtics	Glenn Sudhop	NC State
8	150	Pistons	Rodney Lee	Memphis
8	151	Cavaliers	Mark Haymore	UMass
8	152	Knicks	Billy Tucker	Tennessee State
8	153	Bulls	Tony Warren	NC State
8	154	Nets	Henry Hollingsworth	Hofstra
8	155	Warriors	Mario Butler	BRIAR CLIFF
8	156	Bucks	Larry Spicer	UAB
8	157	Pacers	Brian Magid	George Washington
8	158	Clippers	Renaldo Lawrence	Appalachian State
8	159	Trail Blazers	Willie Pounds	Chaminade
8	160	Hawks	John Goedeke	UMBC
8	161	Rockets	Delbert Watson	East Tennessee State
8	162	Nuggets	Matt Teahan	Denver
8	163	76ers	Rick Raivio	Portland
8	164	Kings	Tony Vann	Alabama-Huntsville
8	165	Suns	Charles Jones	Albany State (GA)	2 seasons, 36 games, 0.5 ppg
8	166	Bullets	Jo Jo Walters	Manhattan
9	167	Jazz	Milt Huggins	Southern Illinois
9	168	Celtics	Kevin Sinnett	Navy
9	169	Cavaliers	Tim Joyce	Ohio
9	170	Pistons	Val Bracey	Central Michigan
9	171	Bulls	James Jackson	Minnesota
9	172	Knicks	Brett Wyatt	New Jersey City
9	173	Nets	Ricky Free	Columbia
9	174	Bucks	Roger Lapham	Maine
9	175	Warriors	Gene Ransom	California
9	176	Clippers	Mike Dodd	San Diego State
9	177	Trail Blazers	Stan Eckwood	Harding
9	178	Hawks	Cedric Oliver	Hamilton
9	179	Nuggets	Emmett Lewis	Colorado
9	180	76ers	Coby Leavitt	Utah
9	181	Kings	Gary Wilson	Southern Illinois
9	182	Spurs	Eddie McLeod	UNLV
9	183	Suns	Hosea Champine	Robert Morris
9	184	Bullets	Gary Hooker	Murray State
10	185	Jazz	Paul Dawkins	Northern Illinois	no NBA games
10	186	Celtics	Alton Byrd	Columbia
10	187	Pistons	Willie Polk	Grand Canyon
10	188	Cavaliers	Terry Peavy	Point Park
10	189	Knicks	Gordon Thomas	St. John's
10	190	Bulls	Marvin Thomas	UCLA
10	191	Nets	Eric Fleisher	Tulane
10	192	Warriors	Kevin Heenan	Cal State Fullerton
10	193	Bucks	Chris Fahrbach	North Dakota
10	194	Clippers	Greg Hunter	Loyola Marymount
10	195	Trail Blazers	Kelvin Small	Oregon
10	196	Hawks	Chad Nelson	Drake
10	197	Bulls	Cortez Collins	Southern Indiana
10	198	76ers	Keith McCord	UAB
10	199	Spurs	Glenn Fine	Harvard
10	200	Kings	Russell Saunders	New Mexico
10	201	Suns	Korky Nelson	Santa Clara
10	202	Bullets	Steve Martin	Georgetown
7	20	Bullets	Washington Bullets (forfeited due to selection of ineligible player)	Washington Bullets (forfeited due to selection of ineligible player) International
8	17	Spurs	San Antonio Spurs (forfeited due to selection of ineligible player)	San Antonio Spurs (forfeited due to selection of ineligible player) International

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1979 NBA Draft