1985 NBA draft
| 1985 NBA Draft | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Date(s) | June 18, 1985 | ||||
| Time | 7:35 pm EDT | ||||
| Location | Felt Forum in New York, NY | ||||
| Network(s) (US) | TBS Superstation | ||||
| First selection | Patrick Ewing, New York Knicks | ||||
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The 1985 NBA draft took place on June 18, 1985. It was also the first NBA Draft of the "Lottery" era. A total of 162 players were selected over 7 rounds by the league's 23 teams.[1] The New York Knicks were awarded the first overall pick by winning the first-ever NBA Draft Lottery, which was held in May of that year. The Knicks ultimately used it on Georgetown's Patrick Ewing.
Draft selections
 Patrick Ewing, the 1st pick  Wayman Tisdale, the 2nd pick  Chris Mullin, the 7th pick  Charles Oakley, the 9th pick  Karl Malone, the 13th pick .jpg) Bill Wennington, the 16th pick  Joe Dumars, the 18th pick  A. C. Green, the 23rd pick  Terry Porter, the 24th pick  Sam Mitchell, the 54th pick  Mario Elie, the 160th pick |
| PG | Point guard | SG | Shooting guard | SF | Small forward | PF | Power forward | C | Center |
| ^ | Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
| * | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-NBA Team |
| + | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game |
| x | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-NBA Team |
| # | Denotes player who never played in the NBA regular season and playoffs |
* compensation for draft choices traded away by Ted Stepien
Notable post-second round picks
This list includes only players who appeared in at least one NBA game but were not selected in the first or second rounds of the 1985 NBA draft.
* Compensation for the Utah Jazz signing Billy Paultz
** Compensation for the Los Angeles Lakers signing Larry Spriggs
*** Compensation for the Atlanta Hawks signing Billy Paultz
See also
References
- ↑ "1985 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- ↑ Ewing was born in
Jamaica, but had become a naturalized United States citizen while at Georgetown, as evidenced by his selection to the USA team at the 1984 Olympics. - ↑ McCallum, Jack (August 11, 2011). "Hoops giant Sabonis was a mystery man with indisputable talent". SI.com. Retrieved January 4, 2014. Sabonis was subsequently selected in the first round (24th overall) of the 1986 NBA draft.
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