1985 NBA Draft

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1985 NBA Draft
General information
Date(s) June 18, 1985
Time 7:35 pm EDT
Location Felt Forum in New York, NY
Network(s) (US) TBS Superstation
First selection Patrick Ewing, New York Knicks
NBA Draft
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The 1985 NBA Draft took place on June 18, 1985. It was also the first NBA Draft of the "Lottery" era. A total of 162 players were selected over 7 rounds by the league's 23 teams.[1] The New York Knicks were awarded the first overall pick, by winning the first-ever NBA Draft Lottery, which was held in May of that year. The Knicks ultimately used it on Georgetown's Patrick Ewing.

Some conspiracy theorists have argued that NBA Commissioner David Stern fixed the first overall pick to help his hometown team, the struggling New York Knicks. When an accountant from Ernst & Whinney inserted the seven envelopes into the glass drum, some have claimed that he banged the fourth one against the side of the drum to create a creased corner, thereby making it easier for Stern to determine which envelope to choose: the envelope containing the Knicks logo.[2]

^ Denotes player who has been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame
* 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)
# Denotes player who never played in the NBA
Contents

Round one

Patrick Ewing, the 1st pick
Wayman Tisdale, the 2nd pick
Chris Mullin, the 7th pick
Pick Player Pos. Nationality Team School/club team
1 Patrick Ewing^ C  United States[3] New York Knicks Georgetown (Sr.)
2 Wayman Tisdale PF  United States Indiana Pacers Oklahoma (Jr.)
3 Benoit Benjamin C  United States Los Angeles Clippers Creighton (Jr.)
4 Xavier McDaniel+ PF  United States Seattle SuperSonics Wichita State (Sr.)
5 Jon Koncak C  United States Atlanta Hawks SMU (Sr.)
6 Joe Kleine C  United States Sacramento Kings Arkansas (Sr.)
7 Chris Mullin^ SF  United States Golden State Warriors St. John's (Sr.)
8 Detlef Schrempf* PF/SF  West Germany Dallas Mavericks (from Cleveland) Washington (Sr.)
9 Charles Oakley+ PF  United States Cleveland Cavaliers * Virginia Union (Sr.)
10 Ed Pinckney PF  United States Phoenix Suns Villanova (Sr.)
11 Keith Lee C  United States Chicago Bulls Memphis State (Sr.)
12 Kenny Green F  United States Washington Bullets Wake Forest (Jr.)
13 Karl Malone^ PF  United States Utah Jazz Louisiana Tech (Jr.)
14 Alfredrick Hughes SG  United States San Antonio Spurs Loyola (Chicago) (Sr.)
15 Blair Rasmussen C  United States Denver Nuggets (from Portland) Oregon (Sr.)
16 Bill Wennington C  Canada Dallas Mavericks (from New Jersey) St. John's (Sr.)
17 Uwe Blab C  West Germany Dallas Mavericks Indiana (Sr.)
18 Joe Dumars^ SG  United States Detroit Pistons McNeese State (Sr.)
19 Steve Harris SG  United States Houston Rockets Tulsa (Sr.)
20 Sam Vincent SG  United States Boston Celtics (from Denver via Dallas) Michigan State (Sr.)
21 Terry Catledge PF  United States Philadelphia 76ers South Alabama (Sr.)
22 Jerry Reynolds G/F  United States Milwaukee Bucks LSU (Jr.)
23 A. C. Green+ PF  United States Los Angeles Lakers Oregon State (Sr.)
24 Terry Porter+ PG  United States Portland Trail Blazers (from Boston via Dallas) Wisconsin–Stevens Point (Sr.)

* compensation for draft choices traded away by Ted Stepien

Round two

Charles Oakley, the 9th pick
Karl Malone, the 13th pick
Joe Dumars, the 18th pick
Terry Porter, the 24th pick
Pick Player Pos. Nationality Team School/club team
25 Mike Smrek C  Canada Portland Trail Blazers Canisius
26 Bill Martin F  United States Indiana Pacers Georgetown
27 Dwayne McClain SG  United States Indiana Pacers Villanova
28 Ken Johnson F  United States Chicago Bulls Michigan State
29 Mike Brittain C  United States San Antonio Spurs South Carolina
30 Calvin Duncan G  United States Cleveland Cavaliers Virginia Commonwealth
31 Manute Bol C  Sudan Washington Bullets Bridgeport
32 Nick Vanos C  United States Phoenix Suns Santa Clara
33 Greg Stokes F/C  United States Philadelphia 76ers Iowa
34 Aubrey Sherrod# SG  United States Chicago Bulls Wichita State
35 Tyrone Corbin SF/PF  United States San Antonio Spurs DePaul
36 Yvon Joseph C  Haiti New Jersey Nets Georgia Tech
37 Carey Scurry F  United States Utah Jazz LIU
38 Fernando Martín PF  Spain New Jersey Nets Real Madrid (Spain)
39 George Montgomery -  United States Portland Trail Blazers Illinois
40 Mark Acres F/C  United States Dallas Mavericks Oral Roberts
41 Lorenzo Charles PF  United States Atlanta Hawks NC State
42 Bobby Lee Hurt# -  United States Golden State Warriors Alabama
43 Barry Stevens G/F  United States Denver Nuggets Iowa State
44 Voise Winters SG  United States Philadelphia 76ers Bradley
45 John "Hot Rod" Williams PF  United States Cleveland Cavaliers Tulane
46 Adrian Branch SF  United States Chicago Bulls (from L.A. Lakers) Maryland
47 Gerald Wilkins SG  United States New York Knicks (from Boston) Chattanooga

Notable post-second round picks

Pick Player Pos. Nationality Team School/club team
54 Sam Mitchell SG  United States Houston Rockets (from Atlanta via San Antonio) Mercer
66 Michael Adams+ PG  United States Sacramento Kings (from Denver) Boston College
77 Arvydas Sabonis^ C  Soviet Union Atlanta Hawks (Pick voided due to Sabonis being under 21 at time of draft) Žalgiris (USSR)
87 Anthony "Spud" Webb PG  United States Detroit Pistons North Carolina State
160 Mario Elie SG/SF  United States Milwaukee Bucks American International

References

  1. ^ "1985 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2011. http://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1985.html. Retrieved 6 August 2011. 
  2. ^ Rosenberg, Michael (29). "Viewpoint: Sports conspiracy theories". Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/michael_rosenberg/10/28/conspiracy.theories/index.html. Retrieved 18 August 2011. 
  3. ^ Ewing was born in  Jamaica, but had become a naturalized United States citizen while at Georgetown, as evidenced by his selection to the USA team at the 1984 Olympics.

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