1979 NBA Draft Class

Round 1

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 1Round 1, pick 1	M Magic Johnson	Los Angeles Lakers	Michigan State	—
No. 2Round 1, pick 2	D David Greenwood	Chicago Bulls	California-Los Angeles	—
No. 3Round 1, pick 3	B Bill Cartwright	New York Knicks	San Francisco	—
No. 4Round 1, pick 4	G Greg Kelser	Detroit Pistons	Michigan State	—
No. 5Round 1, pick 5	S Sidney Moncrief	Milwaukee Bucks	Arkansas	—
No. 6Round 1, pick 6	J James Bailey	Seattle SuperSonics	Rutgers	—
No. 7Round 1, pick 7	V Vinnie Johnson	Seattle SuperSonics	Baylor	—
No. 8Round 1, pick 8	C Calvin Natt	New Jersey Nets	Louisiana-Monroe	—
No. 9Round 1, pick 9	L Larry Demic	New York Knicks	Arizona	—
No. 10Round 1, pick 10	R Roylee Hamilton	Detroit Pistons	California-Los Angeles	—
No. 11Round 1, pick 11	C Cliff T. Robinson	New Jersey Nets	Southern California	—
No. 12Round 1, pick 12	J Jim Paxson	Portland Trail Blazers	Dayton	—
No. 13Round 1, pick 13	D Dudley Bradley	Indiana Pacers	North Carolina	—
No. 14Round 1, pick 14	B Brad Holland	Los Angeles Lakers	California-Los Angeles	—
No. 15Round 1, pick 15	P Phil Hubbard	Detroit Pistons	Michigan	—
No. 16Round 1, pick 16	J Jim Spanarkel	Philadelphia 76ers	Duke	—
No. 17Round 1, pick 17	L Lee Johnson	Houston Rockets	Texas A&M-Commerce	—
No. 18Round 1, pick 18	R Reggie King	Kansas City Kings	Alabama	—
No. 19Round 1, pick 19	W Wiley Peck	San Antonio Spurs	Mississippi State	—
No. 20Round 1, pick 20	L Larry Knight	Utah Jazz	Loyola-Chicago	—
No. 21Round 1, pick 21	S Sly Williams	New York Knicks	Rhode Island	—
No. 22Round 1, pick 22	K Kyle Macy	Phoenix Suns	Kentucky	—

Round 2

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 23Round 2, pick 1	T Tico Brown	Utah Jazz	Georgia Tech	—
No. 24Round 2, pick 2	J Johnny High	Phoenix Suns	Nevada-Reno	—
No. 25Round 2, pick 3	O Ollie Mack	Los Angeles Lakers	East Carolina	—
No. 26Round 2, pick 4	B Bruce Flowers	Cleveland Cavaliers	Notre Dame	—
No. 27Round 2, pick 5	R Reggie Carter	New York Knicks	St. John's (NY)	—
No. 28Round 2, pick 6	D Danny Salisbury	Golden State Warriors	Texas-Pan American	—
No. 29Round 2, pick 7	T Tony Price	Detroit Pistons	Pennsylvania	—
No. 30Round 2, pick 8	G Gary Garland	Denver Nuggets	DePaul	—
No. 31Round 2, pick 9	E Edgar Jones	Milwaukee Bucks	Nevada-Reno	—
No. 32Round 2, pick 10	T Tony Zeno	Indiana Pacers	Arizona State	—
No. 33Round 2, pick 11	L Lawrence Butler	Chicago Bulls	Idaho State	—
No. 34Round 2, pick 12	K Kim Goetz	New York Knicks	San Diego State	—
No. 35Round 2, pick 13	J James Bradley	Atlanta Hawks	Memphis	—
No. 36Round 2, pick 14	C Clint Richardson	Philadelphia 76ers	Seattle	—
No. 37Round 2, pick 15	B Bernard Toone	Philadelphia 76ers	Marquette	—
No. 38Round 2, pick 16	L Larry Wilson	Atlanta Hawks	Nicholls State	—
No. 39Round 2, pick 17	V Victor King	Los Angeles Lakers	Louisiana Tech	—
No. 40Round 2, pick 18	A Andrew Fields	Portland Trail Blazers	Cheyney	—
No. 41Round 2, pick 19	M Mark Young	Los Angeles Lakers	Fairfield	—
No. 42Round 2, pick 20	P Paul Mokeski	Houston Rockets	Kansas	—
No. 43Round 2, pick 21	J Johnny Moore	Seattle SuperSonics	Texas	—
No. 44Round 2, pick 22	J Joe DeSantis	Washington Bullets	Fairfield	—

Round 3

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 45Round 3, pick 1	A Arvid Kramer	Utah Jazz	Augustana (SD)	—
No. 46Round 3, pick 2	A Andrew Parker	Washington Bullets	Iowa State	—
No. 47Round 3, pick 3	C Calvin Garrett	Chicago Bulls	Oral Roberts	—
No. 48Round 3, pick 4	T Terry Duerod	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Mercy	—
No. 49Round 3, pick 5	C Cedrick Hordges	Chicago Bulls	South Carolina	—
No. 50Round 3, pick 6	G Geoff Huston	New York Knicks	Texas Tech	—
No. 51Round 3, pick 7	J John Gerdy	New Jersey Nets	Davidson	—
No. 52Round 3, pick 8	L Larry Gibson	Milwaukee Bucks	Maryland	—
No. 53Round 3, pick 9	W Wayne Kreklow	Boston Celtics	Drake	—
No. 54Round 3, pick 10	L Lynbert Johnson	Golden State Warriors	Wichita State	—
No. 55Round 3, pick 11	T Tom Channel	San Diego Clippers	Boston University	—
No. 56Round 3, pick 12	M Mickey Fox	Portland Trail Blazers	Saint Mary's (CAN)	—
No. 57Round 3, pick 13	D Don March	Atlanta Hawks	Franklin & Marshall	—
No. 58Round 3, pick 14	E Earl Cureton	Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Mercy	—
No. 59Round 3, pick 15	R Ricardo Brown	Houston Rockets	Pepperdine	—
No. 60Round 3, pick 16	W Walter Daniels	Los Angeles Lakers	Georgia	—
No. 61Round 3, pick 17	E Ernesto Malcolm	Boston Celtics	Briar Cliff	—
No. 62Round 3, pick 18	T Terry Crosby	Kansas City Kings	Tennessee	—
No. 63Round 3, pick 19	S Sylvester Norris	San Antonio Spurs	Jackson State	—
No. 64Round 3, pick 20	A Al Green	Phoenix Suns	Louisiana State	—
No. 65Round 3, pick 21	B Bill Laimbeer	Cleveland Cavaliers	Notre Dame	—
No. 66Round 3, pick 22	C Charles Floyd	Washington Bullets	High Point	—

Round 4

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 67Round 4, pick 1	G Greg Deane	Utah Jazz	Utah	—
No. 68Round 4, pick 2	N Nick Galis	Boston Celtics	Seton Hall	—
No. 69Round 4, pick 3	E Eugene Robinson	Milwaukee Bucks	Louisiana-Monroe	—
No. 70Round 4, pick 4	R Rick Swing	Cleveland Cavaliers	Citadel	—
No. 71Round 4, pick 5	L Larry Rogers	New York Knicks	Southeast Missouri State	—
No. 72Round 4, pick 6	G George Maynor	Chicago Bulls	East Carolina	—
No. 73Round 4, pick 7	J James Donaldson	Seattle SuperSonics	Washington State	—
No. 74Round 4, pick 8	D Don Newman	Indiana Pacers	Idaho	—
No. 75Round 4, pick 9	R Ron Ripley	Golden State Warriors	Wisconsin-Green Bay	—
No. 76Round 4, pick 10	S Sammy Drummer	Houston Rockets	Georgia Tech	—
No. 77Round 4, pick 11	L Lionel Garrett	San Diego Clippers	Southern University	—
No. 78Round 4, pick 12	D Daryll Robinson	Portland Trail Blazers	Appalachian State	—
No. 79Round 4, pick 13	R Ray White	Los Angeles Lakers	Mississippi State	—
No. 80Round 4, pick 14	L Lionel Green	Houston Rockets	Louisiana State	—
No. 81Round 4, pick 15	R Ricky Reed	Los Angeles Lakers	Temple	—
No. 82Round 4, pick 16	J Jerry Sichting	Golden State Warriors	Purdue	—
No. 83Round 4, pick 17	M Mike Niles	Philadelphia 76ers	Cal State-Fullerton	—
No. 84Round 4, pick 18	A Al Daniel	San Antonio Spurs	Furman	—
No. 85Round 4, pick 19	J John McCullough	Kansas City Kings	Oklahoma	—
No. 86Round 4, pick 20	M Malcolm Cesare	Phoenix Suns	Florida	—
No. 87Round 4, pick 21	R Richie Allen	Seattle SuperSonics	Cal State Dominguez Hills	—
No. 88Round 4, pick 22	L Lamont Reid	Washington Bullets	Oral Roberts	—

Round 5

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 89Round 5, pick 1	W Wolfe Perry	Utah Jazz	Stanford	—
No. 90Round 5, pick 2	J Jimmy Allen	Boston Celtics	New Haven	—
No. 91Round 5, pick 3	M Matt Simpkins	Cleveland Cavaliers	Georgia Southern	—
No. 92Round 5, pick 4	F Flintie Ray Williams	Detroit Pistons	Nevada-Las Vegas	—
No. 93Round 5, pick 5	L Larry Washington	Chicago Bulls	Drury	—
No. 94Round 5, pick 6	J Johnny Green	New York Knicks	California-Riverside	—
No. 95Round 5, pick 7	J Jim Abromaitis	New Jersey Nets	Connecticut	—
No. 96Round 5, pick 8	G George Lett	Golden State Warriors	Centenary (LA)	—
No. 97Round 5, pick 9	J Jim Tillman	Milwaukee Bucks	Eastern Kentucky	—
No. 98Round 5, pick 10	B Billy Reid	Indiana Pacers	San Francisco	—
No. 99Round 5, pick 11	G Greg Joyner	San Diego Clippers	Middle Tennessee State	—
No. 100Round 5, pick 12	M Matt White	Portland Trail Blazers	Pennsylvania	—
No. 101Round 5, pick 13	T Tiny Pinder	Atlanta Hawks	North Carolina State	—
No. 102Round 5, pick 14	L Larry Williams	Denver Nuggets	Louisville	—
No. 103Round 5, pick 15	C Carl McPipe	Philadelphia 76ers	Nebraska	—
No. 104Round 5, pick 16	A Allen Leavell	Houston Rockets	Oklahoma City	—
No. 105Round 5, pick 17	C Curtis Watkins	Kansas City Kings	DePaul	—
No. 106Round 5, pick 18	S Steve Schall	San Antonio Spurs	Arkansas	—
No. 107Round 5, pick 19	M Mark Eaton	Phoenix Suns	California-Los Angeles	—
No. 108Round 5, pick 20	M Marshall Ashford	Washington Bullets	Virginia Tech	—

Round 6

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 109Round 6, pick 1	E Ernie Cobb	Utah Jazz	Boston University	—
No. 110Round 6, pick 2	M Marvin Delph	Boston Celtics	Arkansas	—
No. 111Round 6, pick 3	T Truman Claytor	Detroit Pistons	Kentucky	—
No. 112Round 6, pick 4	J Joe Manning	Cleveland Cavaliers	North Texas	—
No. 113Round 6, pick 5	P Phil Abney	New York Knicks	New Mexico	—
No. 114Round 6, pick 6	S Steve Smith	Chicago Bulls	Southern California	—
No. 115Round 6, pick 7	T Tony Smith	New Jersey Nets	Nevada-Las Vegas	—
No. 116Round 6, pick 8	D Derrick Mayes	Milwaukee Bucks	Illinois State	—
No. 117Round 6, pick 9	G Greg Guye	Indiana Pacers	Stetson	—
No. 118Round 6, pick 10	J Jim Mitchem	Golden State Warriors	DePaul	—
No. 119Round 6, pick 11	B Bob Bender	San Diego Clippers	Duke	—
No. 120Round 6, pick 12	R Ray Ellis	Portland Trail Blazers	Pepperdine	—
No. 121Round 6, pick 13	D Dwight Williams	Atlanta Hawks	Gardner-Webb	—
No. 122Round 6, pick 14	O Odell Ball	Denver Nuggets	Marquette	—
No. 123Round 6, pick 15	D Dan Hartshorne	Philadelphia 76ers	Oregon	—
No. 124Round 6, pick 16	C Collie Davis	Houston Rockets	Southern University	—
No. 125Round 6, pick 17	T Terry Knight	San Antonio Spurs	Pittsburgh	—
No. 126Round 6, pick 18	B Bob Roma	Kansas City Kings	Princeton	—
No. 127Round 6, pick 19	D Dale Shackelford	Phoenix Suns	Syracuse	—
No. 128Round 6, pick 20	G Garcia Hopkins	Washington Bullets	Morgan State	—

Round 7

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 129Round 7, pick 1	P Paul Poe	Utah Jazz	Louisiana College	—
No. 130Round 7, pick 2	S Steve Castellan	Boston Celtics	Virginia	—
No. 131Round 7, pick 3	S Steve Skaggs	Cleveland Cavaliers	Ohio	—
No. 132Round 7, pick 4	K Ken Jones	Detroit Pistons	St. Mary's (CA)	—
No. 133Round 7, pick 5	M Mike Eversley	Chicago Bulls	Chicago State	—
No. 134Round 7, pick 6	M Marc Coleman	New York Knicks	Seton Hall	—
No. 135Round 7, pick 7	J Jim Strickland	New Jersey Nets	South Carolina	—
No. 136Round 7, pick 8	D Dirk Ewing	Indiana Pacers	Stetson	—
No. 137Round 7, pick 9	R Ren Watson	Golden State Warriors	Virginia Commonwealth	—
No. 138Round 7, pick 10	S Stan Ray	Milwaukee Bucks	Cal State-Fullerton	—
No. 139Round 7, pick 11	J Jene Grey	San Diego Clippers	Le Moyne	—
No. 140Round 7, pick 12	J Jeff Tropf	Portland Trail Blazers	Central Michigan	—
No. 141Round 7, pick 13	T Tim Waterman	Atlanta Hawks	St. Bonaventure	—
No. 142Round 7, pick 14	B Bobby Willis	Philadelphia 76ers	Pennsylvania	—
No. 143Round 7, pick 15	R Rich Valavicius	Houston Rockets	Auburn	—
No. 144Round 7, pick 16	J John Johnson	Denver Nuggets	Creighton	—
No. 145Round 7, pick 17	N Nick Daniels	Kansas City Kings	Xavier	—
No. 146Round 7, pick 18	T Tyrone Branyan	San Antonio Spurs	Texas	—
No. 147Round 7, pick 19	O Ollie Matson	Phoenix Suns	Pepperdine	—

Round 8

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 148Round 8, pick 1	K Keith McDonald	Utah Jazz	Utah State	—
No. 149Round 8, pick 2	G Glenn Sudhop	Boston Celtics	North Carolina State	—
No. 150Round 8, pick 3	R Rodney Lee	Detroit Pistons	Memphis	—
No. 151Round 8, pick 4	M Mark Haymore	Cleveland Cavaliers	Massachusetts	—
No. 152Round 8, pick 5	B Billy Tucker	New York Knicks	Tennessee State	—
No. 153Round 8, pick 6	T Tony Warren	Chicago Bulls	North Carolina State	—
No. 154Round 8, pick 7	H Henry Hollingsworth	New Jersey Nets	Hofstra	—
No. 155Round 8, pick 8	M Mario Butler	Golden State Warriors	Briar Cliff	—
No. 156Round 8, pick 9	L Larry Spicer	Milwaukee Bucks	Alabama-Birmingham	—
No. 157Round 8, pick 10	B Brian Magid	Indiana Pacers	George Washington	—
No. 158Round 8, pick 11	R Renaldo Lawrence	San Diego Clippers	Appalachian State	—
No. 159Round 8, pick 12	W Willie Pounds	Portland Trail Blazers	Chaminade	—
No. 160Round 8, pick 13	J John Goedeke	Atlanta Hawks	Maryland-Baltimore County	—
No. 161Round 8, pick 14	D Delbert Watson	Houston Rockets	East Tennessee State	—
No. 162Round 8, pick 15	M Matt Teahan	Denver Nuggets	Denver	—
No. 163Round 8, pick 16	R Rick Raivio	Philadelphia 76ers	Portland	—
No. 164Round 8, pick 17	T Tony Vann	Kansas City Kings	Alabama-Huntsville	—
No. 165Round 8, pick 18	C Charles Jones	Phoenix Suns	Albany State (GA)	—
No. 166Round 8, pick 19	J Jo Jo Walters	Washington Bullets	Manhattan	—

Round 9

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 167Round 9, pick 1	M Milt Huggins	Utah Jazz	Southern Illinois	—
No. 168Round 9, pick 2	K Kevin Sinnett	Boston Celtics	Navy	—
No. 169Round 9, pick 3	T Tim Joyce	Cleveland Cavaliers	Ohio	—
No. 170Round 9, pick 4	V Val Bracey	Detroit Pistons	Central Michigan	—
No. 171Round 9, pick 5	J James Jackson	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota	—
No. 172Round 9, pick 6	B Brett Wyatt	New York Knicks	New Jersey City	—
No. 173Round 9, pick 7	R Ricky Free	New Jersey Nets	Columbia	—
No. 174Round 9, pick 8	R Roger Lapham	Milwaukee Bucks	Maine	—
No. 175Round 9, pick 9	G Gene Ransom	Golden State Warriors	California	—
No. 176Round 9, pick 10	M Mike Dodd	San Diego Clippers	San Diego State	—
No. 177Round 9, pick 11	S Stan Eckwood	Portland Trail Blazers	Harding	—
No. 178Round 9, pick 12	C Cedric Oliver	Atlanta Hawks	Hamilton	—
No. 179Round 9, pick 13	E Emmett Lewis	Denver Nuggets	Colorado	—
No. 180Round 9, pick 14	C Coby Leavitt	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah	—
No. 181Round 9, pick 15	G Gary Wilson	Kansas City Kings	Southern Illinois	—
No. 182Round 9, pick 16	E Eddie McLeod	San Antonio Spurs	Nevada-Las Vegas	—
No. 183Round 9, pick 17	H Hosea Champine	Phoenix Suns	Robert Morris	—
No. 184Round 9, pick 18	R Ray Hooker	Washington Bullets	Murray State	—

Round 10

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 185Round 10, pick 1	P Paul Dawkins	Utah Jazz	Northern Illinois	—
No. 186Round 10, pick 2	A Alton Byrd	Boston Celtics	Columbia	—
No. 187Round 10, pick 3	W Willie Polk	Detroit Pistons	Grand Canyon	—
No. 188Round 10, pick 4	T Terry Peavy	Cleveland Cavaliers	Point Park	—
No. 189Round 10, pick 5	G Gordon Thomas	New York Knicks	St. John's (NY)	—
No. 190Round 10, pick 6	M Marvin Thoms	Chicago Bulls	California-Los Angeles	—
No. 191Round 10, pick 7	E Eric Fleisher	New Jersey Nets	Tulane	—
No. 192Round 10, pick 8	K Kevin Heenan	Golden State Warriors	Cal State-Fullerton	—
No. 193Round 10, pick 9	C Chris Fahrbach	Milwaukee Bucks	North Dakota	—
No. 194Round 10, pick 10	G Greg Hunter	San Diego Clippers	Loyola-Marymount	—
No. 195Round 10, pick 11	K Kelvin Small	Portland Trail Blazers	Oregon	—
No. 196Round 10, pick 12	C Chad Nelson	Atlanta Hawks	Drake	—
No. 197Round 10, pick 13	C Cortez Collins	Chicago Bulls	Southern Indiana	—
No. 198Round 10, pick 14	K Keith McCord	Philadelphia 76ers	Alabama-Birmingham	—
No. 199Round 10, pick 15	G Glen Fine	San Antonio Spurs	Harvard	—
No. 200Round 10, pick 16	R Russell Saunders	Kansas City Kings	New Mexico	—
No. 201Round 10, pick 17	K Korky Nelson	Phoenix Suns	Santa Clara	—
No. 202Round 10, pick 18	S Steve Martin	Washington Bullets	Georgetown	—