1981 NBA Draft Class

Round 1

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 1Round 1, pick 1	M Mark Aguirre	Dallas Mavericks	DePaul	—
No. 2Round 1, pick 2	I Isiah Thomas	Detroit Pistons	Indiana	—
No. 3Round 1, pick 3	B Buck Williams	New Jersey Nets	Maryland	—
No. 4Round 1, pick 4	A Al Wood	Atlanta Hawks	North Carolina	—
No. 5Round 1, pick 5	D Danny Vranes	Seattle SuperSonics	Utah	—
No. 6Round 1, pick 6	O Orlando Woolridge	Chicago Bulls	Notre Dame	—
No. 7Round 1, pick 7	S Steve Johnson	Kansas City Kings	Oregon State	—
No. 8Round 1, pick 8	T Tom Chambers	San Diego Clippers	Utah	—
No. 9Round 1, pick 9	R Rolando Blackman	Dallas Mavericks	Kansas State	—
No. 10Round 1, pick 10	A Albert King	New Jersey Nets	Maryland	—
No. 11Round 1, pick 11	F Frank Johnson	Washington Bullets	Wake Forest	—
No. 12Round 1, pick 12	K Kelly Tripucka	Detroit Pistons	Notre Dame	—
No. 13Round 1, pick 13	D Dan Schayes	Utah Jazz	Syracuse	—
No. 14Round 1, pick 14	H Herb Williams	Indiana Pacers	Ohio State	—
No. 15Round 1, pick 15	J Jeff Lamp	Portland Trail Blazers	Virginia	—
No. 16Round 1, pick 16	D Darnell Valentine	Portland Trail Blazers	Kansas	—
No. 17Round 1, pick 17	K Kevin Loder	Kansas City Kings	Alabama State	—
No. 18Round 1, pick 18	R Ray Tolbert	New Jersey Nets	Indiana	—
No. 19Round 1, pick 19	M Mike McGee	Los Angeles Lakers	Michigan	—
No. 20Round 1, pick 20	L Larry Nance	Phoenix Suns	Clemson	—
No. 21Round 1, pick 21	A Alton Lister	Milwaukee Bucks	Arizona State	—
No. 22Round 1, pick 22	F Franklin Edwards	Philadelphia 76ers	Cleveland State	—
No. 23Round 1, pick 23	C Charles Bradley	Boston Celtics	Wyoming	—

Round 2

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 24Round 2, pick 1	J Jay Vincent	Dallas Mavericks	Michigan State	—
No. 25Round 2, pick 2	T Tracy Jackson	Boston Celtics	Notre Dame	—
No. 26Round 2, pick 3	B Brian Jackson	Portland Trail Blazers	Utah State	—
No. 27Round 2, pick 4	H Howard Wood	Utah Jazz	Tennessee	—
No. 28Round 2, pick 5	G Gene Banks	San Antonio Spurs	Duke	—
No. 29Round 2, pick 6	E Eddie Johnson	Kansas City Kings	Illinois	—
No. 30Round 2, pick 7	E Ed Rains	San Antonio Spurs	South Alabama	—
No. 31Round 2, pick 8	D Danny Ainge	Boston Celtics	Brigham Young	—
No. 32Round 2, pick 9	M Mike Olliver	Chicago Bulls	Lamar	—
No. 33Round 2, pick 10	S Samuel Williams	Golden State Warriors	Arizona State	—
No. 34Round 2, pick 11	K Ken Green	Denver Nuggets	Texas-Pan American	—
No. 35Round 2, pick 12	C Charlie Davis	Washington Bullets	Vanderbilt	—
No. 36Round 2, pick 13	R Ray Blume	Indiana Pacers	Oregon State	—
No. 37Round 2, pick 14	A Al Leslie	Indiana Pacers	Bucknell	—
No. 38Round 2, pick 15	C Clyde Bradshaw	Atlanta Hawks	DePaul	—
No. 39Round 2, pick 16	H Harvey Knuckles	Los Angeles Lakers	Toledo	—
No. 40Round 2, pick 17	G Greg Cook	New York Knicks	Louisiana State	—
No. 41Round 2, pick 18	C Claude Gregory	Washington Bullets	Wisconsin	—
No. 42Round 2, pick 19	E Elvis Rolle	Los Angeles Lakers	Florida State	—
No. 43Round 2, pick 20	E Elston Turner	Dallas Mavericks	Mississippi	—
No. 44Round 2, pick 21	S Steve Lingenfelter	Washington Bullets	South Dakota State	—
No. 45Round 2, pick 22	E Ed Turner	Houston Rockets	Texas A&M-Kingsville	—
No. 46Round 2, pick 23	V Vernon Smith	Philadelphia 76ers	Texas A&M	—

Round 3

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 47Round 3, pick 1	A Art Housey	Dallas Mavericks	Kansas	—
No. 48Round 3, pick 2	M Mike Ferrara	Washington Bullets	Colgate	—
No. 49Round 3, pick 3	D David Burns	New Jersey Nets	Saint Louis	—
No. 50Round 3, pick 4	D Derek Holcomb	Portland Trail Blazers	Illinois	—
No. 51Round 3, pick 5	Z Zam Fredrick	Los Angeles Lakers	South Carolina	—
No. 52Round 3, pick 6	R Rudy Macklin	Atlanta Hawks	Louisiana State	—
No. 53Round 3, pick 7	M Mark Radford	Seattle SuperSonics	Oregon State	—
No. 54Round 3, pick 8	J Jim Smith	San Diego Clippers	Ohio State	—
No. 55Round 3, pick 9	M Mickey Dillard	Cleveland Cavaliers	Florida State	—
No. 56Round 3, pick 10	C Carlton Neverson	Golden State Warriors	Pittsburgh	—
No. 57Round 3, pick 11	F Frank Brickowski	New York Knicks	Penn State	—
No. 58Round 3, pick 12	C Curtis Berry	Kansas City Kings	Missouri	—
No. 59Round 3, pick 13	R Russell Bowers	Cleveland Cavaliers	American	—
No. 60Round 3, pick 14	P Purvis Miller	Indiana Pacers	Southern California	—
No. 61Round 3, pick 15	P Petur Gudmundsson	Portland Trail Blazers	Washington	—
No. 62Round 3, pick 16	S Sam Clancy	Phoenix Suns	Pittsburgh	—
No. 63Round 3, pick 17	W Wayne McKoy	New York Knicks	St. John's (NY)	—
No. 64Round 3, pick 18	T Tom Baker	San Antonio Spurs	Eastern Kentucky	—
No. 65Round 3, pick 19	R Ron Cornelius	Los Angeles Lakers	Pacific	—
No. 66Round 3, pick 20	C Craig Dykema	Phoenix Suns	Long Beach State	—
No. 67Round 3, pick 21	M Mark Smith	Milwaukee Bucks	Illinois	—
No. 68Round 3, pick 22	E Ernest Graham	Philadelphia 76ers	Maryland	—
No. 69Round 3, pick 23	J John Johnson	Boston Celtics	Michigan	—

Round 4

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 70Round 4, pick 1	E Eddie Moss	Dallas Mavericks	Syracuse	—
No. 71Round 4, pick 2	J John May	Detroit Pistons	South Alabama	—
No. 72Round 4, pick 3	E Edmund Sherod	New Jersey Nets	Virginia Commonwealth	—
No. 73Round 4, pick 4	G George Torres	Utah Jazz	Southern Nazarene	—
No. 74Round 4, pick 5	E Ethan Martin	Cleveland Cavaliers	Louisiana State	—
No. 75Round 4, pick 6	K Kevin Figaro	Atlanta Hawks	Louisiana-Lafayette	—
No. 76Round 4, pick 7	L Lewis Lloyd	Golden State Warriors	Drake	—
No. 77Round 4, pick 8	L Lee Raker	San Diego Clippers	Virginia	—
No. 78Round 4, pick 9	K Kenny Dennard	Kansas City Kings	Duke	—
No. 79Round 4, pick 10	R Ron Davis	Washington Bullets	Arizona	—
No. 80Round 4, pick 11	T Terry Adolph	Golden State Warriors	West Texas A&M	—
No. 81Round 4, pick 12	L Larry Spriggs	Houston Rockets	Howard	—
No. 82Round 4, pick 13	B B. B. Davis	Kansas City Kings	Lamar	—
No. 83Round 4, pick 14	R Rolando Frazier	Indiana Pacers	Briar Cliff	—
No. 84Round 4, pick 15	O Oliver Lee	Chicago Bulls	Marquette	—
No. 85Round 4, pick 16	P Peter Verhoeven	Portland Trail Blazers	Fresno State	—
No. 86Round 4, pick 17	A Alex Bradley	New York Knicks	Villanova	—
No. 87Round 4, pick 18	E Earl Belcher	San Antonio Spurs	St. Bonaventure	—
No. 88Round 4, pick 19	K Kevin McKenna	Los Angeles Lakers	Creighton	—
No. 89Round 4, pick 20	D Don Koonce	Detroit Pistons	North Carolina-Charlotte	—
No. 90Round 4, pick 21	K Kris Anderson	Milwaukee Bucks	Florida State	—
No. 91Round 4, pick 22	S Stanley Williams	Boston Celtics	La Salle	—
No. 92Round 4, pick 23	R Rynn Wright	Philadelphia 76ers	Texas A&M	—

Round 5

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 93Round 5, pick 1	P Pete Budko	Dallas Mavericks	North Carolina	—
No. 94Round 5, pick 2	G George DeVone	Detroit Pistons	North Carolina-Charlotte	—
No. 95Round 5, pick 3	J Joe Cooper	New Jersey Nets	Colorado	—
No. 96Round 5, pick 4	K Ken Page	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Mexico	—
No. 97Round 5, pick 5	M Mike Clark	Utah Jazz	Oregon	—
No. 98Round 5, pick 6	S Steve Krafscisin	Atlanta Hawks	Iowa	—
No. 99Round 5, pick 7	A Andra Griffin	Seattle SuperSonics	Washington	—
No. 100Round 5, pick 8	D Dennis Isbell	San Diego Clippers	Memphis	—
No. 101Round 5, pick 9	W Willie Sims	Denver Nuggets	Louisiana State	—
No. 102Round 5, pick 10	H Hank McDowell	Golden State Warriors	Memphis	—
No. 103Round 5, pick 11	G Garry Witts	Washington Bullets	Holy Cross	—
No. 104Round 5, pick 12	U U. S. Reed	Kansas City Kings	Arkansas	—
No. 105Round 5, pick 13	H Hasan Houston	Houston Rockets	Bradley	—
No. 106Round 5, pick 14	G George Peterson	Indiana Pacers	New Jersey City	—
No. 107Round 5, pick 15	H Herb Andrew	Portland Trail Blazers	South Alabama	—
No. 108Round 5, pick 16	J Johnny Nash	Chicago Bulls	Arizona State	—
No. 109Round 5, pick 17	J Jim Wright	New York Knicks	Rhode Island	—
No. 110Round 5, pick 18	M Mike Rhodes	San Antonio Spurs	Vanderbilt	—
No. 111Round 5, pick 19	C Craig Watts	Los Angeles Lakers	North Carolina State	—
No. 112Round 5, pick 20	P Paul Heuerman	Phoenix Suns	Michigan	—
No. 113Round 5, pick 21	K Kelvin Troy	Milwaukee Bucks	Rutgers	—
No. 114Round 5, pick 22	S Steve Craig	Philadelphia 76ers	Brigham Young	—
No. 115Round 5, pick 23	G Glen Grunwald	Boston Celtics	Indiana	—

Round 6

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 116Round 6, pick 1	K Karl Bakowski	Dallas Mavericks	Utah	—
No. 117Round 6, pick 2	V Vince Brookins	Detroit Pistons	Iowa	—
No. 118Round 6, pick 3	K Kevin Lynam	New Jersey Nets	La Salle	—
No. 119Round 6, pick 4	K Kevin Sprewer	Utah Jazz	Loyola-Chicago	—
No. 120Round 6, pick 5	A Aaron Strayhorn	Cleveland Cavaliers	Hawaii	—
No. 121Round 6, pick 6	D Darryl Warwick	Atlanta Hawks	Hampton	—
No. 122Round 6, pick 7	E Earl Banks	Seattle SuperSonics	Auburn	—
No. 123Round 6, pick 8	M Mike Pepper	San Diego Clippers	North Carolina	—
No. 124Round 6, pick 9	A Alonzo Weatherley	Denver Nuggets	Denver	—
No. 125Round 6, pick 10	R Robert Williams	Washington Bullets	Grambling	—
No. 126Round 6, pick 11	C Carter Scott	Golden State Warriors	Ohio State	—
No. 127Round 6, pick 12	F Fred Cowan	Houston Rockets	Kentucky	—
No. 128Round 6, pick 13	B Brian Walker	Kansas City Kings	Purdue	—
No. 129Round 6, pick 14	R Robert Fronk	Indiana Pacers	Washington	—
No. 130Round 6, pick 15	R Roger Burkman	Chicago Bulls	Louisville	—
No. 131Round 6, pick 16	R Roshern Arnie	Portland Trail Blazers	Texas-El Paso	—
No. 132Round 6, pick 17	J John Blair	New York Knicks	Monmouth	—
No. 133Round 6, pick 18	N Norman Shavers	San Antonio Spurs	Jackson State	—
No. 134Round 6, pick 19	K Kevin Singleton	Los Angeles Lakers	California	—
No. 135Round 6, pick 20	P Pete Harris	Phoenix Suns	Northeastern	—
No. 136Round 6, pick 21	J Jo Jo Hunter	Milwaukee Bucks	Colorado	—
No. 137Round 6, pick 22	S Steve Waite	Boston Celtics	Iowa	—
No. 138Round 6, pick 23	M Michael Thomas	Philadelphia 76ers	North Park	—

Round 7

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 139Round 7, pick 1	D Danny Davis	Dallas Mavericks	North Carolina-Wilmington	—
No. 140Round 7, pick 2	G Greg Nance	Detroit Pistons	West Virginia	—
No. 141Round 7, pick 3	R Rod Robertson	New Jersey Nets	Northwestern	—
No. 142Round 7, pick 4	A Andre Smith	Cleveland Cavaliers	Nebraska	—
No. 143Round 7, pick 5	M Mike Robinson	Utah Jazz	Central Michigan	—
No. 144Round 7, pick 6	K Kevin Vesey	Atlanta Hawks	Iona	—
No. 145Round 7, pick 7	T Tom Sienkiewicz	Seattle SuperSonics	Villanova	—
No. 146Round 7, pick 8	R Randy Johnson	San Diego Clippers	Colorado State-Pueblo	—
No. 147Round 7, pick 9	G Greg Manning	Denver Nuggets	Maryland	—
No. 148Round 7, pick 10	R Robby Dosty	Golden State Warriors	Arizona	—
No. 149Round 7, pick 11	R Randy Martel	Washington Bullets	Houston Baptist	—
No. 150Round 7, pick 12	C Clinton Wheeler	Kansas City Kings	William Paterson	—
No. 151Round 7, pick 13	J Joe Faine	Houston Rockets	Bowling Green	—
No. 152Round 7, pick 14	L Larry McKinney	Indiana Pacers	Boise State	—
No. 153Round 7, pick 15	J Julius Wayne	Portland Trail Blazers	Texas-El Paso	—
No. 154Round 7, pick 16	S Scott Williams	Chicago Bulls	South Alabama	—
No. 155Round 7, pick 17	T Terry Cramer	New York Knicks	Ripon	—
No. 156Round 7, pick 18	M Mark Minderman	San Antonio Spurs	Northern Michigan	—
No. 157Round 7, pick 19	L Larry Petty	Los Angeles Lakers	Wisconsin	—
No. 158Round 7, pick 20	D David Williams	Phoenix Suns	Southern University	—
No. 159Round 7, pick 21	L Lewis Latimore	Milwaukee Bucks	Virginia	—
No. 160Round 7, pick 22	J John Crawford	Philadelphia 76ers	Kansas	—
No. 161Round 7, pick 23	T Tom Seaman	Boston Celtics	Holy Cross	—

Round 8

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 162Round 8, pick 1	D David Kennedy	Dallas Mavericks	Cincinnati	—
No. 163Round 8, pick 2	J Joe Schoen	Detroit Pistons	Saint Francis (PA)	—
No. 164Round 8, pick 3	K Ken Webb	New Jersey Nets	Fairleigh Dickinson	—
No. 165Round 8, pick 4	B Bobby Cattage	Utah Jazz	Auburn	—
No. 166Round 8, pick 5	G Glen Marcus	Cleveland Cavaliers	Alabama-Birmingham	—
No. 167Round 8, pick 6	G Gilbert Salinas	Atlanta Hawks	Notre Dame	—
No. 168Round 8, pick 7	T Todd Haynes	San Diego Clippers	Davidson	—
No. 169Round 8, pick 8	C Curtis Redding	Denver Nuggets	St. John's (NY)	—
No. 170Round 8, pick 9	M Mike Howard	Washington Bullets	Wofford	—
No. 171Round 8, pick 10	Y Yasutaka Okayama	Golden State Warriors	Japan Basketball Association (Japan)	—
No. 172Round 8, pick 11	S Stanley Brewer	Houston Rockets	West Georgia	—
No. 173Round 8, pick 12	R Randy Smithson	Kansas City Kings	Wichita State	—
No. 174Round 8, pick 13	L Len Hatzenbeller	Indiana Pacers	Drexel	—
No. 175Round 8, pick 14	B Ben Mitchell	Chicago Bulls	Alabama-Huntsville	—
No. 176Round 8, pick 15	J John Smith	Portland Trail Blazers	Saint Joseph's	—
No. 177Round 8, pick 16	B Brian O'Connor	New York Knicks	Thomas More	—
No. 178Round 8, pick 17	B Bob Bartholomew	San Antonio Spurs	San Diego	—
No. 179Round 8, pick 18	J Jay Triano	Los Angeles Lakers	Simon Fraser (CAN)	—
No. 180Round 8, pick 19	S Steve Risley	Phoenix Suns	Indiana	—
No. 181Round 8, pick 20	M Mike Brkovich	Milwaukee Bucks	Michigan State	—
No. 182Round 8, pick 21	G George Morrow	Boston Celtics	Creighton	—
No. 183Round 8, pick 22	F Frank Gilroy	Philadelphia 76ers	St. John's (NY)	—

Round 9

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 184Round 9, pick 1	J John Hollinden	Dallas Mavericks	Southern Indiana	—
No. 185Round 9, pick 2	E Eddie Baker	Detroit Pistons	Alcorn State	—
No. 186Round 9, pick 3	R Rudy Williams	New Jersey Nets	Providence	—
No. 187Round 9, pick 4	P Paul Roba	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cleveland State	—
No. 188Round 9, pick 5	K Ken Ollie	Utah Jazz	Wyoming	—
No. 189Round 9, pick 6	H Howard Thompkins	Atlanta Hawks	Wagner	—
No. 190Round 9, pick 7	A Art Jones	San Diego Clippers	North Carolina State	—
No. 191Round 9, pick 8	A Andrew Burton	Denver Nuggets	Austin Peay	—
No. 192Round 9, pick 9	D Doug Murrey	Golden State Warriors	San Jose State	—
No. 193Round 9, pick 10	E Eddie Brown	Washington Bullets	Valdosta State	—
No. 194Round 9, pick 11	M Mike Perry	Kansas City Kings	Richmond	—
No. 195Round 9, pick 12	S Scott Whitley	Indiana Pacers	William & Mary	—
No. 196Round 9, pick 13	S Sid Williams	Portland Trail Blazers	San Jose State	—
No. 197Round 9, pick 14	T Terry Martin	Chicago Bulls	Lambuth	—
No. 198Round 9, pick 15	M Marty Headd	New York Knicks	Syracuse	—
No. 199Round 9, pick 16	L Leonel Marquetti	San Antonio Spurs	Hampton	—
No. 200Round 9, pick 17	B Brian Johnson	Phoenix Suns	Colorado	—
No. 201Round 9, pick 18	C Chip Rucker	Milwaukee Bucks	Northeastern	—
No. 202Round 9, pick 19	R Ron Wister	Philadelphia 76ers	Temple	—
No. 203Round 9, pick 20	G Greg McCray	Boston Celtics	Virginia Commonwealth	—

Round 10

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 204Round 10, pick 1	S Scott Bosanko	Dallas Mavericks	Northern State	—
No. 205Round 10, pick 2	M Melvin Maxwell	Detroit Pistons	Western Michigan	—
No. 206Round 10, pick 3	V Vic Sison	New Jersey Nets	California-Los Angeles	—
No. 207Round 10, pick 4	J Joe Merten	Utah Jazz	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	—
No. 208Round 10, pick 5	G Greg Boone	Cleveland Cavaliers	Augsburg	—
No. 209Round 10, pick 6	M Mike Frazier	Atlanta Hawks	Georgetown	—
No. 210Round 10, pick 7	T Tony Gwynn	San Diego Clippers	San Diego State	—
No. 211Round 10, pick 8	D Derrick Rowland	Denver Nuggets	Potsdam	—
No. 212Round 10, pick 9	R Ralton Way	Washington Bullets	Houston Baptist	—
No. 213Round 10, pick 10	B Barry Brooks	Golden State Warriors	Southern California	—
No. 214Round 10, pick 12	M Mark Wilson	Kansas City Kings	Fort Hays State	—
No. 215Round 10, pick 13	R Rodney Benson	Indiana Pacers	Wright State	—
No. 216Round 10, pick 14	K Kenny Easley	Chicago Bulls	California-Los Angeles	—
No. 217Round 10, pick 15	S Steve Cochran	Portland Trail Blazers	Lewis & Clark	—
No. 218Round 10, pick 16	K Kevin Rogers	New York Knicks	St. Peter's	—
No. 219Round 10, pick 17	A Alvin Brooks	San Antonio Spurs	Lamar	—
No. 220Round 10, pick 19	F Felton Sealey	Phoenix Suns	Oregon	—
No. 221Round 10, pick 20	A Artie Green	Milwaukee Bucks	Marquette	—
No. 222Round 10, pick 21	K Ken Matthews	Boston Celtics	North Carolina State	—
No. 223Round 10, pick 22	P Pete Mullenberg	Philadelphia 76ers	Delaware	—