1990 NBA Draft

The 1990 NBA Draft took place on June 27, 1990 in New York City, New York. This draft produced only one perennial All-Star (Gary Payton). Among the 54 picks, Payton is the only player to appear in more than one All-Star game, and he is a likely candidate for the Hall of Fame. Names in bold represent players who have been selected for the All-NBA Team.

The player projected to be the top pick by many media outlets and draft analysts was Loyola Marymount's Hank Gathers. Gathers died of a heart attack while playing in the West Coast Conference semifinal game on March 4, 1990.

Round one

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	School/Club Team
1	Derrick Coleman (PF/C)	United States	New Jersey Nets	Syracuse-Sr.
2	Gary Payton (PG)	United States	Seattle SuperSonics	Oregon State-Sr.
3	Chris Jackson (PG)	United States	Denver Nuggets (from Miami)	LSU-So.
4	Dennis Scott (SG/SF)	United States	Orlando Magic	Georgia Tech-Jr.
5	Kendall Gill (SG)	United States	Charlotte Hornets	Illinois-Sr.
6	Felton Spencer (C)	United States	Minnesota Timberwolves	Louisville-Sr.
7	Lionel Simmons (SF)	United States	Sacramento Kings	La Salle-Sr.
8	Bo Kimble (SG)	United States	Los Angeles Clippers	Loyola Marymount-Sr.
9	Willie Burton (SG)	United States	Miami Heat (from Washington via Dallas and Denver)	Minnesota-Sr.
10	Rumeal Robinson (PG)	United States	Atlanta Hawks (from Golden State)	Michigan-Sr.
11	Tyrone Hill (PF)	United States	Golden State Warriors (from Atlanta)	Xavier-Sr.
12	Alec Kessler (PF)	United States	Houston Rockets (traded to Miami for Carl Herrera and the rights to Dave Jamerson)	Georgia-Sr.
13	Loy Vaught (PF)	United States	Los Angeles Clippers (from Cleveland)	Michigan-Sr.
14	Travis Mays (PG)	United States	Sacramento Kings (from Indiana)	Texas-Sr.
15	Dave Jamerson (SG)	United States	Miami Heat (from Denver; traded with Carl Herrera to Houston for the rights to Alec Kessler)	Ohio-Sr.
16	Terry Mills (SF)	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	Michigan-Sr.
17	Jerrod Mustaf	United States	New York Knicks	Maryland-Sr.
18	Duane Causwell (C)	United States	Sacramento (from Dallas)	Temple-Sr.
19	Dee Brown (SG)	United States	Boston Celtics	Jacksonville-Sr.
20	Gerald Glass (SF/SG)	United States	Minnesota Timberwolves (from Philadelphia)	Ole Miss-Sr.
21	Jayson Williams (PF/C)	United States	Phoenix Suns	St. John's-Sr.
22	Tate George (SG)	United States	New Jersey Nets (from Chicago)	Connecticut-Sr.
23	Anthony Bonner	United States	Sacramento Kings (from Utah)	Saint Louis-Sr.
24	Dwayne Schintzius (C)	United States	San Antonio Spurs	Florida-Sr.
25	Alaa Abdelnaby (PF)	Egypt  United States	Portland Trail Blazers	Duke-Sr.
26	Lance Blanks	United States	Detroit Pistons	Texas-Sr.
27	Elden Campbell (PF/C)	United States	Los Angeles Lakers	Clemson-Sr.

Round two

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	School/Club Team
28	Les Jepsen (C)	United States	Golden State Warriors	Iowa
29	Toni Kukoč (SF)	Yugoslavia ( Croatia)	Chicago Bulls (from Orlando)	KK Split (Yugoslavia, now Croatia)
30	Carl Herrera (PF)	Venezuela	Miami Heat	Houston
31	Negele Knight (G)	United States	Phoenix Suns	Dayton
32	Brian Oliver (G)	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	Georgia Tech
33	Walter Palmer (C/F)	United States	Utah Jazz	Dartmouth
34	Kevin Pritchard (G)	United States	Golden State Warriors	Kansas
35	Greg Foster (F/C)	United States	Washington Bullets	UTEP
36	Trevor Wilson (F)	United States	Atlanta Hawks	UCLA
37	A.J. English (G)	United States	Washington Bullets	Virginia Union
38	Jud Buechler (F/G)	United States	Seattle SuperSonics	Arizona
39	Steve Scheffler (C/F)	United States	Charlotte Hornets	Purdue
40	Bimbo Coles (G)	United States	Sacramento Kings	Virginia Tech
41	Steve Bardo (G)	United States	Atlanta Hawks	Illinois
42	Marcus Liberty (F)	United States	Denver Nuggets	Illinois
43	Tony Massenburg (F)	United States	San Antonio Spurs	Maryland
44	Steve Henson (G)	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	Kansas State
45	Antonio Davis (F/C)	United States	Indiana Pacers	UTEP
46	Kenny Williams (F)	United States	Indiana Pacers	Elizabeth City State
47	Derek Strong (F)	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	Xavier
48	Cedric Ceballos (F)	United States	Phoenix Suns	Cal State Fullerton
49	Phil Henderson (SG)	United States	Dallas Mavericks	Duke
50	Miloš Babić (C)	Yugoslavia ( Serbia)	Phoenix Suns	Tennessee Tech
51	Tony Smith (C)	United States	Los Angeles Lakers (from San Antonio)	Marquette
52	Stefano Rusconi (PF/C)	Italy	Cleveland Cavaliers	Ranger Varese(Italy)
53	Abdul Shamsid-Deen (C)	United States	Seattle SuperSonics	Providence
54	Sean Higgins (G/F)	United States	San Antonio Spurs (from L.A. Lakers)	Michigan

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