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1979 NBA Draft

202 picks — 176 college · 0 international

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Round 1 (22 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
1 LAL Magic Johnson — — Michigan State College —
2 CHI Dave Greenwood — — UCLA College —
3 NYK Bill Cartwright C 7-1 / 245 San Francisco College Senior
4 DET Greg Kelser SF 6-7 / 190 Michigan State College Senior
5 MIL Sidney Moncrief SG 6-3 / 180 Arkansas College Senior
6 SEA James Bailey PF 6-9 / 220 Rutgers College Senior
7 SEA Vinnie Johnson SG 6-2 / 200 Baylor College Senior
8 NJN Calvin Natt SF/PF 6-6 / 220 Louisiana-Monroe College Senior
9 NYK Larry Demic PF 6-9 / 225 Arizona College Senior
10 DET Roy Hamilton PG 6-2 / 180 UCLA College Senior
11 NJN Cliff Robinson PF 6-9 / 220 Southern California College Sophomore
12 POR Jim Paxson — — Dayton College —
13 IND Dudley Bradley SF 6-6 / 195 North Carolina College Senior
14 LAL Brad Holland SG 6-3 / 180 UCLA College Senior
15 DET Phil Hubbard PF 6-8 / 215 Michigan College Senior
16 PHI Jim Spanarkel SG 6-5 / 190 Duke College Senior
17 HOU Lee Johnson C 6-11 / 205 East Texas A&M College Senior
18 KCK Reggie King SF 6-6 / 225 Alabama College Senior
19 SAS Wiley Peck PF 6-7 / 220 Mississippi State College Senior
20 UTA Larry Knight PF 6-8 / 220 Loyola, Chicago College Senior
21 NYK Sly Williams — — Rhode Island College —
22 PHO Kyle Macy PG 6-3 / 175 Kentucky College Senior
Round 2 (22 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
23 UTA Tico Brown — — Georgia Tech College —
24 PHO Johnny High SG 6-3 / 185 Nevada College Senior
25 LAL Ollie Mack — — East Carolina College —
26 CLE Bruce Flowers PF 6-8 / 225 Notre Dame College Senior
27 NYK Reggie Carter SG 6-3 / 175 St. Johns College Senior
28 GSW Danny Salisbury — — Rio Grande College —
29 DET Tony Price SF 6-6 / 190 Pennsylvania College Senior
30 DEN Gary Garland SG 6-4 / 180 DePaul College Senior
31 MIL Edgar Jones C 6-10 / 225 Nevada College Senior
32 IND Tony Zeno PF 6-8 / 210 Arizona State College Senior
33 CHI Lawrence Butler SG 6-3 / 180 Idaho State College Senior
34 NYK Kim Goetz SF 6-7 / 195 San Diego State College Senior
35 ATL James Bradley PF 6-8 / 202 Memphis College Senior
36 PHI Clint Richardson SG 6-3 / 195 Seattle College Senior
37 PHI Bernard Toone PF 6-9 / 210 Marquette College Senior
38 ATL Larry Wilson SF 6-5 / 200 Nicholls State College Senior
39 LAL Victor King PF 6-9 / 210 Louisiana Tech College Senior
40 POR Andrew Fields PF 6-8 / 200 Cheyney College Senior
41 LAL Mark Young PF 6-10 / 238 Fairfield College Senior
42 HOU Paul Mokeski C 7-0 / 250 Kansas College Senior
43 SEA Johnny Moore — — Texas College —
44 WSB Joe DeSantis PG 6-2 / 180 Fairfield College Senior
Round 3 (22 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
45 UTA Arvid Kramer — — Augustana (S.D.) — —
46 WSB Andrew Parker — — Iowa State College —
47 CHI Calvin Garrett — — Oral Roberts College —
48 DET Terry Duerod — — Detroit Mercy College —
49 CHI Cedrick Hordges — — South Carolina College —
50 NYK Geoff Huston — — Texas Tech College —
51 NJN John Gerdy — — Davidson College —
52 MIL Larry Gibson — — Maryland College —
53 BOS Wayne Kreklow — — Drake College —
54 GSW Cheese Johnson — — Wichita State College —
55 SDC Tom Channel — — Boston University College —
56 POR Mickey Fox — — St. Mary's (Calif.) — —
57 ATL Don Marsh — — Franklin & Marshall — —
58 PHI Earl Cureton — — Detroit Mercy College —
59 HOU Ricardo Brown — — Pepperdine College —
60 LAL Walter Daniels — — Georgia College —
61 BOS Ernesto Malcolm — — Briarcliff — —
62 KCK Terry Crosby — — Tennessee College —
63 SAS Sylvester Norris — — Jackson State College —
64 PHO Al Green — — Louisiana State College —
65 CLE Bill Laimbeer — — Notre Dame College —
66 WSB Charles Floyd — — High Point — —
Round 4 (22 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
67 UTA Greg Deane — — Utah College —
68 BOS Nick Galis — — Seton Hall College —
69 MIL Eugene Robinson — — Louisiana-Monroe College —
70 CLE Rick Swing — — The Citadel College —
71 NYK Larry Rogers — — Southeast Missouri State — —
72 CHI George Maynor — — East Carolina College —
73 SEA James Donaldson — — Washington State College —
74 IND Don Newman — — Idaho College —
75 GSW Ron Ripley — — Wisconsin-Green Bay College —
76 HOU Sammy Drummer — — Georgia Tech College —
77 SDC Lionel Garrett — — Southern College —
78 POR Darryl Robinson — — Appalachian State — —
79 LAL Ray White — — Mississippi State College —
80 HOU Lionel Green — — Louisiana State College —
81 LAL Ricky Reed — — Temple College —
82 GSW Jerry Sichting — — Purdue College —
83 PHI Mike Niles — — Cal State-Fullerton College —
84 SAS Al Daniel — — Furman College —
85 KCK John McCullough — — Oklahoma College —
86 PHO Malcolm Cesare — — Florida College —
87 SEA Richie Allen — — Cal State-Dominguez Hills — —
88 WSB Lamont Reid — — Oral Roberts College —
Round 5 (20 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
89 UTA Perry Wolfe — — Stanford College —
90 BOS Jimmy Allen — — New Haven State — —
91 CLE Matt Simpkins — — Georgia Southern College —
92 DET Flintie Ray Williams — — UNLV College —
93 CHI Larry Washington — — Drury — —
94 NYK Johnny Green — — California-Riverside — —
95 NJN Jim Abromaitis — — Connecticut College —
96 GSW George Lett — — Centenary College —
97 MIL Jim Tillman — — Eastern Kentucky College —
98 IND Billy Reid — — San Francisco College —
99 SDC Greg Joyner — — Middle Tennessee State College —
100 POR Matt White — — Pennsylvania College —
101 ATL Tiny Pinder — — N.C. State College —
102 DEN Larry Williams — — Louisville College —
103 PHI Carl McPipe — — Nebraska College —
104 HOU Allen Leavell — — Oklahoma City College —
105 KCK Curtis Watkins — — DePaul College —
106 SAS Steve Schall — — Arkansas College —
107 PHO Mark Eaton — — UCLA College —
108 WSB Marshall Ashford — — Virginia Tech College —
Round 6 (20 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
109 UTA Ernie Cobb — — Boston University College —
110 BOS Marvin Delph — — Arkansas College —
111 DET Truman Claytor — — Kentucky College —
112 CLE Jon Manning — — North Texas College —
113 NYK Phil Abney — — New Mexico College —
114 CHI Steve Smith — — Southern California College —
115 NJN Tony Smith — — UNLV College —
116 MIL Derrick Mayes — — Illinois State College —
117 IND Greg Guye — — Stetson — —
118 GSW Jim Mitchem — — DePaul College —
119 SDC Bob Bender — — Duke College —
120 POR Ray Ellis — — Pepperdine College —
121 ATL Dwight Williams — — Gardner-Webb College —
122 DEN Odell Ball — — Marquette College —
123 PHI Dan Hartshorne — — Oregon College —
124 HOU Collie Davis — — Southern College —
125 SAS Terry Knight — — Pittsburgh College —
126 KCK Bob Roma — — Princeton College —
127 PHO Dale Shackleford — — Syracuse College —
128 WSB Garcia Hopkins — — Morgan State College —
Round 7 (19 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
129 UTA Paul Poe — — Louisiana College College —
130 BOS Steve Castellan — — Virginia College —
131 CLE Steve Skaggs — — Ohio College —
132 DET Ken Jones — — St. Mary's (Calif.) College —
133 CHI Mike Eversley — — Chicago State — —
134 NYK Marc Coleman — — Seton Hall College —
135 NJN Jim Strickland — — South Carolina College —
136 IND Dirk Ewing — — Stetson — —
137 GSW Ren Watson — — VCU College —
138 MIL Stan Ray — — Cal State-Fullerton College —
139 SDC Jene Grey — — LeMoyne College —
140 POR Jeff Tropf — — Central Michigan College —
141 ATL Tim Waterman — — St. Bonaventure College —
142 PHI Bobby Willis — — Pennsylvania College —
143 HOU Rich Valavicius — — Auburn College —
144 DEN John Johnson — — Creighton College —
145 KCK Nick Daniels — — Xavier College —
146 SAS Tyrone Branyan — — Texas College —
147 PHO Ollie Matson Jr. — — Pepperdine College —
Round 8 (19 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
148 UTA Keith McDonald — — Utah State College —
149 BOS Glenn Sudhop — — N.C. State College —
150 DET Rodney Lee — — Memphis College —
151 CLE Mark Haymore — — Massachusetts College —
152 NYK Billy Tucker — — Tennessee State College —
153 CHI Tony Warren — — N.C. State College —
154 NJN Henry Hollingsworth — — Hofstra College —
155 GSW Mario Butler — — Briarcliff — —
156 MIL Larry Spicer — — UAB College —
157 IND Brian Magid — — George Washington College —
158 SDC Renaldo Lawrence — — Appalachian State — —
159 POR Willie Pounds — — Chaminade — —
160 ATL John Goedeke — — Maryland-Baltimore County — —
161 HOU Delbert Watson — — East Tennessee State — —
162 DEN Matt Teahan — — Denver College —
163 PHI Rick Raivio — — Portland College —
164 KCK Tony Vann — — Alabama-Huntsville — —
165 PHO Charles Jones — — Albany College —
166 WSB Jo Jo Walters — — Manhattan College —
Round 9 (18 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
167 UTA Milt Huggins — — Southern Illinois College —
168 BOS Kevin Sinnett — — Navy College —
169 CLE Tim Joyce — — Ohio College —
170 DET Val Bracey — — Central Michigan College —
171 CHI James Jackson — — Minnesota College —
172 NYK Brett Wyatt — — New Jersey City — —
173 NJN Ricky Free — — Columbia College —
174 MIL Roger Lapham — — Maine — —
175 GSW Gene Ransom — — California College —
176 SDC Mike Dodd — — San Diego State College —
177 POR Stan Eckwood — — Harding — —
178 ATL Cedric Oliver — — Hamilton — —
179 DEN Emmett Lewis — — Colorado College —
180 PHI Coby Leavitt — — Utah College —
181 KCK Gary Wilson — — Southern Illinois College —
182 SAS Eddie McLeod — — UNLV College —
183 PHO Hosea Champine — — Robert Morris — —
184 WSB Gary Ray Hooker — — Murray State College —
Round 10 (18 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
185 UTA Paul Dawkins — — Northern Illinois College —
186 BOS Alton Byrd — — Columbia College —
187 DET Willie Polk — — Grand Canyon College —
188 CLE Terry Peavy — — Point Park — —
189 NYK Gordon Thomas — — St. Johns College —
190 CHI Marvin Thomas — — UCLA College —
191 NJN Eric Fleisher — — Tulane College —
192 GSW Kevin Heenan — — Cal State-Fullerton College —
193 MIL Chris Fahrbach — — North Dakota College —
194 SDC Greg Hunter — — Loyola Marymount College —
195 POR Kelvin Small — — Oregon College —
196 ATL Chad Nelson — — Drake College —
197 CHI Cortez Collins — — Southern Indiana College —
198 PHI Keith McCord — — UAB College —
199 SAS Glenn Fine — — Harvard College —
200 KCK Russell Saunders — — New Mexico College —
201 PHO Korky Nelson — — Santa Clara College —
202 WSB Steve Martin — — Georgetown College —

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