1989 NBA draft

The 1989 NBA draft took place on June 27, 1989 in New York City, New York, USA. It has been regarded as one of the worst drafts in NBA history, along with the 1986 NBA Draft and the 2000 NBA Draft. Though the draft produced talented players such as Shawn Kemp, Glen Rice, Sean Elliott, Nick Anderson, Dana Barros, Tim Hardaway, Vlade Divac, Cliff Robinson, B. J. Armstrong and Mookie Blaylock, eight of the top ten picks were considered busts, including the first two picks Pervis Ellison and Danny Ferry. The draft was reduced from three rounds in the previous year to the two-round format still in use.

This was the first draft televised prime time on national television.^[1]

Round one

Glen Rice, the 4th pick

Shawn Kemp, the 17th pick

Vlade Divac, the 26th pick

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	School/Club Team
1	Pervis Ellison (C)	USA	Sacramento Kings	Louisville
2	Danny Ferry (PF)	USA	Los Angeles Clippers	Duke
3	Sean Elliott+ (SF/SG)	USA	San Antonio Spurs	Arizona
4	Glen Rice* (SF)	USA	Miami Heat	Michigan
5	J. R. Reid (PF/C)	USA	Charlotte Hornets	North Carolina
6	Stacey King (C)	USA	Chicago Bulls (from New Jersey)	Oklahoma
7	George McCloud (SG/SF)	USA	Indiana Pacers	Florida State
8	Randy White (PF)	USA	Dallas Mavericks	Louisiana Tech
9	Tom Hammonds (PF/C)	USA	Washington Bullets	Georgia Tech
10	Pooh Richardson (PG)	USA	Minnesota Timberwolves	UCLA
11	Nick Anderson (SF/SG)	USA	Orlando Magic	Illinois
12	Mookie Blaylock+ (PG)	USA	New Jersey Nets (from Portland)	Oklahoma
13	Michael Smith (PF)	USA	Boston Celtics	Brigham Young
14	Tim Hardaway* (PG)	USA	Golden State Warriors	Texas–El Paso
15	Todd Lichti (SG)	USA	Denver Nuggets	Stanford
16	Dana Barros+ (PG)	USA	Seattle SuperSonics (from Houston via Golden State)	Boston College
17	Shawn Kemp* (PF/C)	USA	Seattle SuperSonics (from Philadelphia)	Trinity Valley CC
18	B. J. Armstrong+ (PG)	USA	Chicago Bulls (from Milwaukee via Seattle)	Iowa
19	Kenny Payne (PF)	USA	Philadelphia 76ers (from Seattle)	Louisville
20	Jeff Sanders (PF/C)	USA	Chicago Bulls	Georgia Southern
21	Blue Edwards (SF/SG)	USA	Utah Jazz	East Carolina
22	Byron Irvin (SG)	USA	Portland Trail Blazers (from New York)	Missouri
23	Roy Marble (SG/SF)	USA	Atlanta Hawks	Iowa
24	Anthony Cook (PF/C)	USA	Phoenix Suns (traded to Detroit)[2]	Arizona
25	John Morton (PG)	USA	Cleveland Cavaliers	Seton Hall
26	Vlade Divac+ (C)	Yugoslavia ( Serbia)	Los Angeles Lakers	KK Partizan (Yugoslavia, now Serbia)
27	Kenny Battle (PF)	USA	Detroit Pistons (traded to Phoenix)[2]	Illinois

Round two

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	School/Club Team
28	Sherman Douglas (G)	USA	Miami Heat	Syracuse
29	Dyron Nix (F)	USA	Charlotte Hornets	Tennessee
30	Frank Kornet (F)	USA	Milwaukee Bucks	Vanderbilt
31	Jeff Martin (G)	USA	Los Angeles Clippers	Murray State
32	Stanley Brundy (F)	USA	New Jersey Nets	DePaul
33	Jay Edwards (G)	USA	Los Angeles Clippers	Indiana
34	Gary Leonard (C)	USA	Minnesota Timberwolves	Missouri
35	Pat Durham (F)	USA	Dallas Mavericks	Colorado State
36	Cliff Robinson+ (PF/C)	USA	Portland Trail Blazers	Connecticut
37	Michael Ansley (F)	USA	Orlando Magic	Alabama
38	Doug West (G/F)	USA	Minnesota Timberwolves	Villanova
39	Ed Horton (PF/C)	USA	Washington Bullets	Iowa
40	Dino Rađa (PF)	Yugoslavia ( Croatia)	Boston Celtics	KK Split (Yugoslavia, now Croatia)
41	Doug Roth (C)	USA	Washington Bullets	Tennessee
42	Michael Cutright (SG)	USA	Denver Nuggets	McNeese State
43	Chucky Brown (PF)	USA	Cleveland Cavaliers	North Carolina State
44	Reggie Cross (PF)	USA	Philadelphia 76ers	Hawaii
45	Scott Haffner (G)	USA	Miami Heat	Evansville
46	Ricky Blanton (F)	USA	Phoenix Suns	LSU
47	Reggie Turner (SF)	USA	Denver Nuggets	UAB
48	Junie Lewis (PG)	USA	Utah Jazz	South Alabama
49	Haywoode Workman (G)	USA	Atlanta Hawks	Oral Roberts
50	Brian Quinnett (F)	USA	New York Knicks	Washington State
51	Mike Morrison (G)	USA	Phoenix Suns	Loyola (MD)
52	Greg Grant (G)	USA	Phoenix Suns	Trenton State
53	Jeff Hodge (SG)	USA	Dallas Mavericks	South Alabama
54	Toney Mack (SG)	USA	Philadelphia 76ers	Georgia

References

External links

• 1989 NBA Draft