1989 NBA Draft

The 1989 NBA Draft took place on June 27, 1989 in New York City, New York, USA.

It has been regarded as one of the worst drafts in NBA history, along with the 1986 NBA Draft and the 2000 NBA Draft. Though the draft produced talented players such as Shawn Kemp, Glen Rice, Sean Elliott, Nick Anderson, Dana Barros, Tim Hardaway, Sr., Cliff Robinson, B.J. Armstrong and Mookie Blaylock, eight of the top ten picks were considered busts, including the first two picks Pervis Ellison and Danny Ferry. The draft was reduced from three rounds in the previous year to the two-round format still in use.

This was the first draft televised prime time on national television.^[1]

Round one

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	School/Club Team
1	Pervis Ellison (PF)	United States	Sacramento Kings	Louisville
2	Danny Ferry (PF)		Los Angeles Clippers	Duke
3	Sean Elliott+ (SF/SG)		San Antonio Spurs	Arizona
4	Glen Rice* (SF)		Miami Heat	Michigan
5	Herman "J. R." Reid (PF/C)		Charlotte Hornets	North Carolina
6	Stacey King (C)		Chicago Bulls (from New Jersey)	Oklahoma
7	George McCloud (SG/SF)		Indiana Pacers	Florida State
8	Randy White (PF)		Dallas Mavericks	Louisiana Tech
9	Tom Hammonds (PF/C)		Washington Bullets	Georgia Tech
10	Jerome "Pooh" Richardson (PG)		Minnesota Timberwolves	UCLA
11	Nick Anderson (SF/SG)		Orlando Magic	Illinois
12	Daron "Mookie" Blaylock+ (PG)		New Jersey Nets (from Portland)	Oklahoma
13	Michael Smith (PF)		Boston Celtics	BYU
14	Tim Hardaway* (PG)		Golden State Warriors	UTEP
15	Todd Lichti (SG)		Denver Nuggets	Stanford
16	Dana Barros+ (PG)		Seattle SuperSonics (from Houston via Golden State)	Boston College
17	Shawn Kemp* (PF/C)		Seattle SuperSonics (from Philadelphia)	Trinity Valley CC
18	B.J. Armstrong+ (PG)		Chicago Bulls (from Milwaukee via Seattle)	Iowa
19	Kenny Payne (PF)		Philadelphia 76ers (from Seattle)	Louisville
20	Jeff Sanders (PF/C)		Chicago Bulls	Georgia Southern
21	Theodore "Blue" Edwards (SF/SG)		Utah Jazz	East Carolina
22	Byron Irvin (SG)		Portland Trail Blazers (from New York)	Missouri
23	Roy Marble (SG/SF)		Atlanta Hawks	Iowa
24	Anthony Cook (PF/C)		Phoenix Suns (traded to Detroit)[2]	Arizona
25	John Morton (PG)		Cleveland Cavaliers	Seton Hall
26	Vlade Divac+ (C)	Template:YUG (Template:SRB)	Los Angeles Lakers	KK Partizan (Yugoslavia, now Serbia)
27	Kenny Battle (PF)		Detroit Pistons (traded to Phoenix)[2]	Illinois

Round two

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	School/Club Team
28	Sherman Douglas (G)		Miami Heat	Syracuse
29	Dyron Nix (F)		Charlotte Hornets	Tennessee
30	Frank Kornet (F)		Milwaukee Bucks	Vanderbilt
31	Jeff Martin (G)		Los Angeles Clippers	Murray State
32	Stanley Brundy (F)		New Jersey Nets	DePaul
33	Jay Edwards (G)		Los Angeles Clippers	Indiana
34	Gary Leonard (C)		Minnesota Timberwolves	Missouri
35	Pat Durham (F)		Dallas Mavericks	Colorado State
36	Clifford R. Robinson+ (PF/C)		Portland Trail Blazers	Connecticut
37	Michael Ansley (F)		Orlando Magic	Alabama
38	Doug West (G/F)		Minnesota Timberwolves	Villanova
39	Ed Horton (PF/C)		Washington Bullets	Iowa
40	Dino Rađa (PF)	Template:YUG (Template:CRO)	Boston Celtics	KK Split (Yugoslavia, now Croatia)
41	Doug Roth (C)		Washington Bullets	Tennessee
42	Michael Cutright (SG)		Denver Nuggets	McNeese State
43	Chucky Brown (PF)		Cleveland Cavaliers	North Carolina State
44	Reggie Cross (PF)		Philadelphia 76ers	Hawaii
45	Scott Haffner (G)		Miami Heat	Evansville
46	Ricky Blanton (F)		Phoenix Suns	LSU
47	Reggie Turner (SF)		Denver Nuggets	UAB
48	Junie Lewis (PG)		Utah Jazz	Utah
49	Haywoode Workman (G)		Atlanta Hawks	Oral Roberts
50	Brian Quinnett (F)		New York Knicks	Washington State
51	Mike Morrison (G)		Phoenix Suns	Loyola (MD)
52	Greg Grant (G)		Phoenix Suns	Trenton State
53	Jeff Hodge (SG)		Dallas Mavericks	South Alabama
54	Toney Mack (SG)		Philadelphia 76ers	Georgia

References

External links

• 1989 NBA Draft