1989 NBA draft

1989 NBA draft
General information
Date(s)	June 27, 1989
Time	7:35 pm EDT
Location	Felt Forum, New York City, New York
Network(s) (US)	TBS
First selection	Pervis Ellison, Sacramento Kings
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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.^[1] Eight of the top ten picks were considered busts, including the first two picks Pervis Ellison and Danny Ferry. The draft did produce talented players such as Shawn Kemp, Glen Rice, Sean Elliott, Nick Anderson, Dana Barros, Tim Hardaway, Vlade Divac, Cliff Robinson, B. J. Armstrong and Mookie Blaylock, 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.^[2]

*	Denotes player who has been selected for (an) All-Star Game(s) and (an) All-NBA Team(s)
^+	Denotes player who has been selected for (an) All-Star Game(s)
^x	Denotes player who has been selected for (an) All-NBA Team(s)

Round one

Sean Elliot, the 3rd pick

Glen Rice, the 4th pick

J.R. Reid, the 5th pick

Shawn Kemp, the 17th pick

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

Round two

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	School/Club Team
28	Sherman Douglas (G)	United States	Miami Heat	Syracuse (Sr.)
29	Dyron Nix (F)	United States	Charlotte Hornets	Tennessee (Sr.)
30	Frank Kornet (F)	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	Vanderbilt (Sr.)
31	Jeff Martin (G)	United States	Los Angeles Clippers	Murray State (Sr.)
32	Stanley Brundy (F)	United States	New Jersey Nets	DePaul (Sr.)
33	Jay Edwards (G)	United States	Los Angeles Clippers	Indiana (So.)
34	Gary Leonard (C)	United States	Minnesota Timberwolves	Missouri (Sr.)
35	Pat Durham (F)	United States	Dallas Mavericks	Colorado State (Sr.)
36	Cliff Robinson^+ (PF/C)	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	Connecticut (Sr.)
37	Michael Ansley (F)	United States	Orlando Magic	Alabama (Sr.)
38	Doug West (G/F)	United States	Minnesota Timberwolves	Villanova (Sr.)
39	Ed Horton (PF/C)	United States	Washington Bullets	Iowa (Sr.)
40	Dino Rađa (PF)	Yugoslavia[5]	Boston Celtics	KK Split (Yugoslavia)
41	Doug Roth (C)	United States	Washington Bullets	Tennessee (Sr.)
42	Michael Cutright (SG)	United States	Denver Nuggets	McNeese State (Sr.)
43	Chucky Brown (PF)	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	North Carolina State (Sr.)
44	Reggie Cross (PF)	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	Hawaii (Sr.)
45	Scott Haffner (G)	United States	Miami Heat	Evansville (Sr.)
46	Ricky Blanton (F)	United States	Phoenix Suns	LSU (Sr.)
47	Reggie Turner (SF)	United States	Denver Nuggets	UAB (Sr.)
48	Junie Lewis (PG)	United States	Utah Jazz	South Alabama (Sr.)
49	Haywoode Workman (G)	United States	Atlanta Hawks	Oral Roberts (Sr.)
50	Brian Quinnett (F)	United States	New York Knicks	Washington State (Sr.)
51	Mike Morrison (G)	United States	Phoenix Suns	Loyola (MD) (Sr.)
52	Greg Grant (G)	United States	Phoenix Suns	Trenton State (Sr.)
53	Jeff Hodge (SG)	United States	Dallas Mavericks	South Alabama (Sr.)
54	Toney Mack (SG)	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	Georgia (Sr.)

1. Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.

References

1. The 10 Worst NBA Drafts in the Lottery Era
2. "NBA Draft Will Move To Prime-Time on TBS". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. March 15, 1989. pp. D4.
3. The Pistons traded the rights to Kenny Battle and Micheal Williams to the Suns for rights to Anthony Cook on the draft day.
   Berry, Walter (June 28, 1989). "Associatred Press sports news". Associated Press.
4. At the time, Prijepolje was part of Yugoslavia, now it is Serbian territory.
5. At the time, Split was part of Yugoslavia, now it is Croatian territory.

External links

• 1989 NBA Draft