Round 1 (24 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CLE | Brad Daugherty | C | 7-0 / 245 | North Carolina | College | Senior |
| 2 | BOS | Len Bias | SF | 6-8 / 210 | Maryland | College | Senior |
| 3 | GSW | Chris Washburn | PF | 6-11 / 255 | N.C. State | College | Sophomore |
| 4 | IND | Chuck Person | PF | 6-8 / 220 | Auburn | College | Senior |
| 5 | NYK | Kenny Walker | PF | 6-8 / 210 | Kentucky | College | Senior |
| 6 | PHO | William Bedford | C | 7-0 / 225 | Memphis | College | Junior |
| 7 | DAL | Roy Tarpley | PF | 6-11 / 230 | Michigan | College | Senior |
| 8 | CLE | Ron Harper | SG | 6-6 / 185 | Miami (Ohio) | College | Senior |
| 9 | CHI | Brad Sellers | PF | 7-0 / 210 | Ohio State | College | Senior |
| 10 | SAS | Johnny Dawkins | SG | 6-2 / 165 | Duke | College | Senior |
| 11 | DET | John Salley | PF | 7-0 / 230 | Georgia Tech | College | Senior |
| 12 | WSB | John Williams | PF | 6-8 / 235 | Louisiana State | College | Sophomore |
| 13 | NJN | Pearl Washington | — | — | Syracuse | College | — |
| 14 | POR | Walter Berry | PF | 6-9 / 215 | St. Johns | College | Junior |
| 15 | UTA | Dell Curry | SG | 6-4 / 190 | Virginia Tech | College | Senior |
| 16 | DEN | Maurice Martin | SG | 6-6 / 200 | St. Josephs | College | Senior |
| 17 | SAC | Harold Pressley | SF | 6-7 / 210 | Villanova | College | Senior |
| 18 | DEN | Mark Alarie | PF | 6-8 / 225 | Duke | College | Senior |
| 19 | ATL | Billy Thompson | SF | 6-7 / 195 | Louisville | College | Senior |
| 20 | HOU | Buck Johnson | SF | 6-7 / 190 | Alabama | College | Senior |
| 21 | WSB | Anthony Jones | SG | 6-6 / 190 | UNLV | College | Senior |
| 22 | MIL | Scott Skiles | PG | 6-1 / 190 | Michigan State | College | Senior |
| 23 | LAL | Ken Barlow | PF | 6-10 / 220 | Notre Dame | College | Senior |
| 24 | POR | Arvydas Sabonis | C | 7-4 / 292 | — | International | — |
Round 2 (23 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | DAL | Mark Price | PG | 6-1 / 175 | Georgia Tech | College | Senior |
| 26 | IND | Greg Dreiling | C | 7-1 / 250 | Kansas | College | Senior |
| 27 | DET | Dennis Rodman | PF | 6-8 / 210 | Southeastern Oklahoma | College | Senior |
| 28 | CHI | Larry Krystkowiak | PF | 6-9 / 220 | Montana | College | Senior |
| 29 | CLE | Johnny Newman | SF | 6-7 / 190 | Richmond | College | Senior |
| 30 | SEA | Nate McMillan | PG | 6-5 / 195 | N.C. State | College | Senior |
| 31 | PHO | Joe Ward | SF | 6-6 / 210 | Georgia | College | Senior |
| 32 | ATL | Cedric Henderson | PF | 6-8 / 210 | Georgia | College | — |
| 33 | SAS | Kevin Duckworth | C | 7-0 / 280 | Eastern Illinois | College | Senior |
| 34 | SAC | Johnny Rogers | PF | 6-10 / 225 | UC Irvine | College | Senior |
| 35 | DAL | Milt Wagner | SG | 6-5 / 185 | Louisville | College | Senior |
| 36 | WSB | Steve Mitchell | PG | 6-1 / 185 | UAB | College | Senior |
| 37 | POR | Panagiotis Fasoulas | C | 7-0 / 220 | N.C. State | College | Senior |
| 38 | SEA | Lemone Lampley | C | 6-11 / 205 | DePaul | College | Senior |
| 39 | PHO | Rafael Addison | SF | 6-7 / 215 | Syracuse | College | Senior |
| 40 | ATL | Augusto Binelli | C | 7-0 / 255 | — | International | — |
| 41 | DEN | Otis Smith | SF | 6-5 / 210 | Jacksonville | College | Senior |
| 42 | ATL | Ron Kellogg | SF | 6-5 / 190 | Kansas | College | Senior |
| 43 | HOU | Dave Feitl | C | 6-11 / 235 | Texas-El Paso | College | Senior |
| 44 | PHI | David Wingate | SF | 6-5 / 185 | Georgetown | College | Senior |
| 45 | MIL | Keith Smith | SG | 6-3 / 180 | Loyola Marymount | College | Senior |
| 46 | PHO | Jeff Hornacek | SG | 6-3 / 195 | Iowa State | College | Senior |
| 47 | NYK | Michael Jackson | PG | 6-2 / 185 | Georgetown | College | Senior |
Round 3 (23 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | SAS | Forrest McKenzie | — | — | Loyola Marymount | College | — |
| 49 | POR | Juden Smith | — | — | Texas-El Paso | College | — |
| 50 | CLE | Kevin Henderson | — | — | Cal State-Fullerton | College | — |
| 51 | GSW | Mike Williams | — | — | Bradley | College | — |
| 52 | CHI | Ricky Wilson | — | — | George Mason | College | — |
| 53 | SEA | Tod Murphy | — | — | UC Irvine | College | — |
| 54 | LAC | Dwayne Polee | — | — | Pepperdine | College | — |
| 55 | PHO | Kenny Gattison | — | — | Old Dominion | College | — |
| 56 | PHI | Keith Colbert | — | — | Virginia Tech | College | — |
| 57 | SAC | Bruce Douglas | — | — | Illinois | College | — |
| 58 | WSB | Dave Henderson | — | — | Duke | College | — |
| 59 | GSW | Wendell Alexis | — | — | Syracuse | College | — |
| 60 | POR | Dražen Petrović | — | — | — | High School | — |
| 61 | UTA | John Shasky | — | — | Minnesota | College | — |
| 62 | DAL | Anthony Welch | — | — | Illinois | College | — |
| 63 | UTA | Bill Breeding | — | — | Rocky Mountain | — | — |
| 64 | DEN | Don Redden | — | — | Louisiana State | College | — |
| 65 | ATL | Dave Hoppen | — | — | Nebraska | College | — |
| 66 | HOU | Anthony Bowie | — | — | Oklahoma | College | — |
| 67 | PHI | Ron Rowan | — | — | St. Johns | College | — |
| 68 | MIL | Baskerville Holmes | — | — | Memphis | College | — |
| 69 | LAL | Andre Turner | — | — | Memphis | College | — |
| 70 | ATL | Jim Les | — | — | Bradley | College | — |
Round 4 (23 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | NYK | Calvin Thompson | — | — | Kansas | College | — |
| 72 | IND | Derrick Taylor | — | — | Louisiana State | College | — |
| 73 | CLE | Warren Martin | — | — | North Carolina | College | — |
| 74 | CHI | Scott Meents | — | — | Illinois | College | — |
| 75 | GSW | Dan Bingenheimer | — | — | Missouri | College | — |
| 76 | SEA | Michael Graham | — | — | Georgetown | College | — |
| 77 | PHO | Grant Gondrezick | — | — | Pepperdine | College | — |
| 78 | LAC | John Brownlee | — | — | Texas | College | — |
| 79 | SAS | Carlos Briggs | — | — | Baylor | College | — |
| 80 | SAC | Alvin Franklin | — | — | Houston | College | — |
| 81 | NJN | Steve Hale | — | — | North Carolina | College | — |
| 82 | WSB | Barry Mungar | — | — | St. Bonaventure | College | — |
| 83 | POR | David Shaffer | — | — | Florida State | College | — |
| 84 | UTA | Marty Embry | — | — | DePaul | College | — |
| 85 | DAL | Myron Jackson | — | — | Assumption | College | — |
| 86 | DET | Chauncey Robinson | — | — | Mississippi State | College | — |
| 87 | DEN | Anthony Watson | — | — | San Diego State | College | — |
| 88 | ATL | Efrem Winters | — | — | Illinois | College | — |
| 89 | HOU | Conner Henry | — | — | Cal-Santa Barbara | College | — |
| 90 | PHI | Wes Stallings | — | — | East Tennessee State | — | — |
| 91 | SAC | Bob Beecher | — | — | Virginia Tech | College | — |
| 92 | LAL | Dale Blaney | — | — | West Virginia | College | — |
| 93 | BOS | Tony Benford | — | — | Texas Tech | College | — |
Round 5 (23 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94 | NYK | Jerome Mincey | — | — | UAB | College | — |
| 95 | IND | Richard Rellford | — | — | Michigan | College | — |
| 96 | CLE | Ben Davis | — | — | Gardner-Webb | College | — |
| 97 | GSW | Clinton Smith | — | — | Cleveland State | College | — |
| 98 | CHI | Jimmy Gilbert | — | — | Texas A&M | College | — |
| 99 | SEA | Dominic Pressley | — | — | Boston College | College | — |
| 100 | LAC | Steffond Johnson | — | — | San Diego State | College | — |
| 101 | PHO | Greg Spurling | — | — | Carson-Newman | — | — |
| 102 | SAS | Earl Kelley | — | — | Connecticut | College | — |
| 103 | SAC | Keith Morrison | — | — | Washington State | College | — |
| 104 | WSB | Paul Fortier | — | — | Washington | College | — |
| 105 | NJN | Archie Johnson | — | — | UAB | College | — |
| 106 | POR | Jerry Adams | — | — | Oregon | College | — |
| 107 | UTA | Kerry Boagni | — | — | Cal State-Fullerton | College | — |
| 108 | DAL | Jay Bilas | — | — | Duke | College | — |
| 109 | DET | Clarence Hanley | — | — | Old Dominion | College | — |
| 110 | DEN | Jon Collins | — | — | Eastern Illinois | College | — |
| 111 | ATL | Nicky Jones | — | — | VCU | College | — |
| 112 | HOU | Andre Banks | — | — | Iowa | College | — |
| 113 | PHI | Kevin Holmes | — | — | DePaul | College | — |
| 114 | MIL | Bobby Deaton | — | — | Southwestern | — | — |
| 115 | LAL | Roger Harden | — | — | Kentucky | College | — |
| 116 | BOS | Dave Colbert | — | — | Dayton | College | — |
Round 6 (23 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 117 | NYK | Butch Wade | — | — | Michigan | College | — |
| 118 | IND | Jeff Hall | — | — | Louisville | College | — |
| 119 | CLE | Gilbert Wilburn | — | — | New Mexico State | College | — |
| 120 | CHI | Pete Myers | — | — | Assumption | College | — |
| 121 | GSW | Bobby Lee Hurt | — | — | Alabama | College | — |
| 122 | SEA | Curtis Kitchen | — | — | South Florida | College | — |
| 123 | PHO | Jim McCaffrey | — | — | Holy Cross | College | — |
| 124 | LAC | Tim Kempton | — | — | Notre Dame | College | — |
| 125 | SAS | Kevin Lewis | — | — | Southern Methodist | College | — |
| 126 | SAC | John Flowers | — | — | UNLV | College | — |
| 127 | NJN | Troy Webster | — | — | George Washington | College | — |
| 128 | WSB | Lorenzo Duncan | — | — | Sam Houston State | — | — |
| 129 | POR | Tony Hampton | — | — | Montana State | College | — |
| 130 | UTA | Chuck Everson | — | — | Villanova | College | — |
| 131 | DAL | Greg Anderson | — | — | Lamar | College | — |
| 132 | DET | Greg Grant | — | — | Utah State | College | — |
| 133 | DEN | Anthony Frederick | — | — | Pepperdine | College | — |
| 134 | ATL | Alexander Volkov | — | — | — | High School | — |
| 135 | HOU | Robert Worthy | — | — | Chancellor | — | — |
| 136 | PHI | Andre McCloud | — | — | Seton Hall | College | — |
| 137 | MIL | John Kimbrell | — | — | Lipscomb | — | — |
| 138 | LAL | Walter Downing | — | — | Marquette | College | — |
| 139 | BOS | Greg Wendt | — | — | Detroit Mercy | College | — |
Round 7 (23 picks)
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | Ht/Wt | School | Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 140 | NYK | Duane Kendall | — | — | South Carolina | College | — |
| 141 | IND | Steve Woodside | — | — | Oregon State | College | — |
| 142 | CLE | Ralph Dalton | — | — | Georgetown | College | — |
| 143 | GSW | Steve Kenilvort | — | — | Santa Clara | College | — |
| 144 | CHI | Robert Henderson | — | — | Michigan | College | — |
| 145 | SEA | Glen McCants | — | — | Clemson | College | — |
| 146 | LAC | Johnny Brown | — | — | New Mexico | College | — |
| 147 | PHO | Damon Goodwin | — | — | Dayton | College | — |
| 148 | SAS | Michael Anderson | — | — | Rio Grande | College | — |
| 149 | SAC | Ron Rankin | — | — | Southeast Missouri State | — | — |
| 150 | WSB | Joe Price | — | — | Notre Dame | College | — |
| 151 | NJN | Jim Dolan | — | — | Notre Dame | College | — |
| 152 | POR | Randy Schiff | — | — | Linfield | — | — |
| 153 | UTA | Mark Mitchell | — | — | Hartford | College | — |
| 154 | DAL | Kim Cooksey | — | — | Middle Tennessee State | College | — |
| 155 | DET | Larry Polec | — | — | Michigan State | College | — |
| 156 | DEN | Mike Marshall | — | — | McNeese State | College | — |
| 157 | ATL | Valeri Tikhonenko | — | — | — | High School | — |
| 158 | HOU | Rick Olson | — | — | Wisconsin | College | — |
| 159 | PHI | Dan Palombizio | — | — | Ball State | College | — |
| 160 | MIL | Jeff Strong | — | — | Missouri | College | — |
| 161 | LAL | Mark Coleman | — | — | Mississippi Valley State | College | — |
| 162 | BOS | Tom Ivey | — | — | Boston University | College | — |
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