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1981 NBA Draft

223 picks in 10 rounds · held after the 1980-81 season · from Wikipedia

◀ 1980 1982 ▶

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	Mavericks	Mark Aguirre	DePaul	no NBA games
1	2	Pistons	Isiah Thomas	Indiana	no NBA games
1	3	Nets	Buck Williams	Maryland	2 seasons, 115 games, 5.8 ppg
1	4	Hawks	Al Wood	North Carolina	no NBA games	traded
1	5	SuperSonics	Danny Vranes	Utah	no NBA games	traded
1	6	Bulls	Orlando Woolridge	Notre Dame	no NBA games	traded
1	7	Kings	Steve Johnson	Oregon State	no NBA games	traded
1	8	Clippers	Tom Chambers	Utah	2 seasons, 13 games, 1.9 ppg
1	9	Mavericks	Rolando Blackman	Kansas State	no NBA games	traded
1	10	Nets	Albert King	Maryland	no NBA games	traded
1	11	Bullets	Frank Johnson	Wake Forest	no NBA games
1	12	Pistons	Kelly Tripucka	Notre Dame	no NBA games	traded
1	13	Jazz	Danny Schayes	Syracuse	3 seasons, 138 games, 4.1 ppg	traded
1	14	Pacers	Herb Williams	Ohio State	4 seasons, 55 games, 1.6 ppg
1	15	Trail Blazers	Jeff Lamp	Virginia	no NBA games
1	16	Trail Blazers	Darnell Valentine	Kansas	no NBA games	traded
1	17	Kings	Kevin Loder	Alabama State	no NBA games	traded
1	18	Nets	Ray Tolbert	Indiana	no NBA games	traded
1	19	Lakers	Mike McGee	Michigan	no NBA games
1	20	Suns	Larry Nance	Clemson	no NBA games
1	21	Bucks	Alton Lister	Arizona State	2 seasons, 60 games, 1.6 ppg
1	22	76ers	Franklin Edwards	Cleveland State	no NBA games
1	23	Celtics	Charles Bradley	Wyoming	no NBA games
2	24	Mavericks	Jay Vincent	Michigan State	no NBA games
2	25	Celtics	Tracy Jackson	Notre Dame	no NBA games	traded
2	26	Trail Blazers	Brian Jackson	Utah State		traded
2	27	Jazz	Howard Wood	Tennessee	no NBA games
2	28	Spurs	Gene Banks	Duke	no NBA games	traded
2	29	Kings	Eddie Johnson	Illinois		traded
2	30	Spurs	Ed Rains	South Alabama	no NBA games	traded
2	31	Celtics	Danny Ainge	BYU	no NBA games	traded
2	32	Bulls	Mike Olliver	Lamar		traded
2	33	Warriors	Sam Williams	Arizona State	no NBA games	traded
2	34	Nuggets	Ken Green	Pan American		traded
2	35	Bullets	Charles Davis	Vanderbilt	no NBA games	traded
2	36	Pacers	Ray Blume	Oregon State		traded
2	37	Pacers	Al Leslie	Bucknell
2	38	Hawks	Clyde Bradshaw	DePaul		traded
2	39	Lakers	Harvey Knuckles	Toledo		traded
2	40	Knicks	Greg Cook	LSU
2	41	Bullets	Claude Gregory	Wisconsin		traded
2	42	Lakers	Elvis Rolle	Florida State
2	43	Mavericks	Elston Turner	Ole Miss	no NBA games	traded
2	44	Bullets	Steve Lingenfelter	South Dakota State	no NBA games	traded
2	45	Rockets	Ed Turner	Texas A&I		traded
2	46	76ers	Vernon Smith	Texas A&M
3	47	Mavericks	Art Housey	Kansas
3	48	Bullets	Mike Ferrara	Colgate
3	49	Nets	David Burns	Saint Louis
3	50	Trail Blazers	Derek Holcomb	Illinois
3	51	Lakers	Zam Fredrick	South Carolina
3	52	Hawks	Rudy Macklin	LSU	no NBA games
3	53	SuperSonics	Mark Radford	Oregon State	no NBA games
3	54	Clippers	Jim Smith	Ohio State	no NBA games
3	55	Cavaliers	Mickey Dillard	Florida State	no NBA games	traded
3	56	Warriors	Carlton Neverson	Pittsburgh
3	57	Knicks	Frank Brickowski	Penn State	1 season, 17 games, 4.8 ppg	traded
3	58	Kings	Curtis Berry	Missouri
3	59	Cavaliers	Russell Bowers	American
3	60	Pacers	Purvis Miller	USC
3	61	Trail Blazers	Pétur Guðmundsson	Valur (Iceland)	no NBA games
3	62	Suns	Sam Clancy	Pittsburgh
3	63	Knicks	Wayne McKoy	St. John's
3	64	Spurs	Tom Baker	Eastern Kentucky
3	65	Lakers	Ron Cornelius	Pacific
3	66	Suns	Craig Dykema	Long Beach State	no NBA games
3	67	Bucks	Mark Smith	Illinois
3	68	76ers	Ernest Graham	Maryland
3	69	Celtics	John Johnson	Michigan
4	70	Mavericks	Eddie Moss	Syracuse
4	71	Pistons	John May	South Alabama
4	72	Nets	Ed Sherod	VCU	no NBA games
4	73	Jazz	Georgie Torres	Southern Nazarene
4	74	Cavaliers	Ethan Martin	LSU
4	75	Hawks	Kevin Figaro	Louisiana
4	76	Warriors	Lewis Lloyd	Drake	no NBA games	traded
4	77	Clippers	Lee Raker	Virginia
4	78	Kings	Kenny Dennard	Duke	no NBA games	traded
4	79	Bullets	Ron Davis	Arizona
4	80	Warriors	Terry Adolph	West Texas A&M
4	81	Rockets	Larry Spriggs	Howard	no NBA games
4	82	Kings	B. B. Davis	Lamar
4	83	Pacers	Rolando Frazer	BRIAR CLIFF
4	84	Bulls	Oliver Lee	Marquette
4	85	Trail Blazers	Peter Verhoeven	Fresno State	no NBA games
4	86	Knicks	Alex Bradley	Villanova	no NBA games
4	87	Spurs	Earl Belcher	St. Bonaventure
4	88	Lakers	Kevin McKenna	Creighton	no NBA games
4	89	Pistons	Donnie Koonce	Charlotte
4	90	Bucks	Kris Anderson	Florida State
4	91	Celtics	Stanley Williams	La Salle
4	92	76ers	Rynn Wright	Texas A&M
5	93	Mavericks	Pete Budko	North Carolina
5	94	Pistons	George DeVone	Charlotte
5	95	Nets	Joe Cooper	Colorado	no NBA games
5	96	Cavaliers	Kenny Page	New Mexico
5	97	Jazz	Mike Clark	Oregon
5	98	Hawks	Steve Krafcisin	Iowa
5	99	SuperSonics	Andra Griffin	Washington
5	100	Clippers	Dennis Isbell	Memphis
5	101	Nuggets	Willie Sims	LSU
5	102	Warriors	Hank McDowell	Memphis	no NBA games
5	103	Bullets	Garry Witts	Holy Cross	no NBA games
5	104	Kings	U.S. Reed	Arkansas
5	105	Rockets	Hasan Houston	Bradley
5	106	Pacers	George Peterson	Jersey City State
5	107	Trail Blazers	Herb Andrew	South Alabama
5	108	Bulls	Johnny Nash	Arizona State
5	109	Knicks	Jim Wright	Rhode Island
5	110	Spurs	Mike Rhodes	Vanderbilt
5	111	Lakers	Craig Watts	NC State
5	112	Suns	Paul Heuerman	Michigan
5	113	Bucks	Kelvin Troy	Rutgers
5	114	76ers	Steve Craig	BYU
5	115	Celtics	Glen Grunwald	Indiana
6	116	Mavericks	Karl Bankowski	Utah
6	117	Pistons	Vince Brookins	Iowa
6	118	Nets	Kevin Lynam	La Salle
6	119	Jazz	Kevin Sprewer	Loyola Chicago
6	120	Cavaliers	Aaron Strayhorn	Hawai'i
6	121	Hawks	Darryl Warwick	Hampton
6	122	SuperSonics	Earl Banks	Auburn
6	123	Clippers	Mike Pepper	North Carolina
6	124	Nuggets	Alonzo Weatherly	Denver
6	125	Bullets	Robert Williams	Grambling State	no NBA games
6	126	Warriors	Carter Scott	Ohio State
6	127	Rockets	Fred Cowan	Kentucky
6	128	Kings	Brian Walker	Purdue
6	129	Pacers	Robert Fronk	Washington
6	130	Bulls	Roger Burkman	Louisville
6	131	Trail Blazers	Roshern Amie	UTEP
6	132	Knicks	John Blair	Monmouth
6	133	Spurs	Northern Shavers	Jackson State
6	134	Lakers	Kevin Singleton	California
6	135	Suns	Pete Harris	Northeastern
6	136	Bucks	Jo Jo Hunter	Colorado
6	137	Celtics	Steve Waite	Iowa
6	138	76ers	Michael Thomas	North Park
7	139	Mavericks	Danny Davis	UNC Wilmington
7	140	Pistons	Greg Nance	West Virginia
7	141	Nets	Rod Roberson	Northwestern
7	142	Cavaliers	Andre Smith	Nebraska
7	143	Jazz	Mike Robinson	Central Michigan
7	144	Hawks	Kevin Vesey	Iona
7	145	SuperSonics	Tom Sienkiewicz	Villanova
7	146	Clippers	Randy Johnson	Southern Colorado
7	147	Nuggets	Greg Manning	Maryland
7	148	Warriors	Robbie Dosty	Arizona
7	149	Bullets	Randy Martel	Houston Christian
7	150	Kings	Clinton Wheeler	William Paterson
7	151	Rockets	Joe Faine	Bowling Green
7	152	Pacers	Larry McKinney	Boise State
7	153	Trail Blazers	Julius Wayne	UTEP
7	154	Bulls	Scott Williams	South Alabama	9 seasons, 433 games, 5.2 ppg
7	155	Knicks	Terry Cramer	Ripon
7	156	Spurs	Mark Minderman	Northern Michigan
7	157	Lakers	Larry Petty	Wisconsin
7	158	Suns	David Williams	Southern
7	159	Bucks	Lewis Latimore	Virginia
7	160	76ers	John Crawford	Kansas
7	161	Celtics	Tom Seaman	Holy Cross
8	162	Mavericks	David Kennedy	Cincinnati
8	163	Pistons	Joe Schoen	Saint Francis
8	164	Nets	Ken Webb	Fairleigh Dickinson
8	165	Jazz	Bobby Cattage	Auburn	no NBA games
8	166	Cavaliers	Glenn Marcus	UAB
8	167	Hawks	Gilbert Salinas	Notre Dame
8	168	Clippers	Todd Haynes	Davidson
8	169	Nuggets	Curtis Redding	St. John's
8	170	Bullets	Mike Howard	Wofford
8	171	Warriors	Yasutaka Okayama	Sumitomo Metal Sparks (Japan) International
8	172	Rockets	Stanley Brewer	West Georgia
8	173	Kings	Randy Smithson	Wichita State
8	174	Pacers	Len Hatzenbeller	Drexel
8	175	Bulls	Ben Mitchell	Alabama-Huntsville
8	176	Trail Blazers	John Smith	Saint Joseph's
8	177	Knicks	Brian O'Connor	Thomas More
8	178	Spurs	Bob Bartholomew	San Diego
8	179	Lakers	Jay Triano	Simon Fraser
8	180	Suns	Steve Risley	Indiana
8	181	Bucks	Mike Brkovich	Michigan State
8	182	Celtics	George Morrow	Creighton
8	183	76ers	Frank Gilroy	St. John's
9	184	Mavericks	John Hollinden	Southern Indiana
9	185	Pistons	Eddie Baker	Alcorn State
9	186	Nets	Rudy Williams	Providence
9	187	Cavaliers	Paul Roba	Cleveland State
9	188	Jazz	Ken Ollie	Wyoming
9	189	Hawks	Howard Thompkins	Wagner
9	190	Clippers	Art Jones	NC State
9	191	Nuggets	Andrew Burton	Austin Peay
9	192	Warriors	Doug Murrey	San José State
9	193	Bullets	Eddie Brown	Valdosta State
9	194	Kings	Michael Perry	Richmond
9	195	Pacers	Scott Whitley	William & Mary
9	196	Trail Blazers	Sid Williams	San José State
9	197	Bulls	Terry Martin	Lambuth
9	198	Knicks	Marty Headd	Syracuse
9	199	Spurs	Leonel Marquetti	Hampton
9	200	Suns	Brian Johnson	Colorado
9	201	Bucks	Chip Rucker	Northeastern
9	202	76ers	Ron Wister	Temple
9	203	Celtics	Greg McCray	VCU
10	204	Mavericks	Scott Bolanko	Northern State
10	205	Pistons	Melvin Maxwell	Western Michigan
10	206	Nets	Vic Sison	UCLA
10	207	Jazz	Joe Merten	Wisconsin–Eau Claire
10	208	Cavaliers	Greg Boone	Augsburg
10	209	Hawks	Mike Frazier	Georgetown
10	210	Clippers	Tony Gwynn	San Diego State
10	211	Nuggets	Derrick Rowland	Potsdam State
10	212	Bullets	Ralton Way	Houston Christian
10	213	Warriors	Barry Brooks	USC
10	214	Kings	Mark Wilson	Fort Hays State
10	215	Pacers	Rodney Benson	Wright State
10	216	Bulls	Kenny Easley	UCLA
10	217	Trail Blazers	Steve Cochran	Lewis & Clark
10	218	Knicks	Kevin Rogers	Saint Peter's
10	219	Spurs	Alvin Brooks	Lamar
10	220	Suns	Felton Sealey	Oregon
10	221	Bucks	Artie Green	Marquette
10	222	Celtics	Kenny Matthews	NC State
10	223	76ers	Pete Mullenberg	Delaware

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