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1979 NBA draft picks
# | TEAM | First | Last | Height | Weight | From | P | R |
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1 | LAL | Magic | Johnson | 6.9 | 220 | Michigan State | 1 | 1 |
2 | CHI | David | Greenwood | 6.9 | 222 | California-Los Angeles | 2 | 1 |
3 | NYK | Bill | Cartwright | 7.1 | 245 | San Francisco | 3 | 1 |
4 | DET | Greg | Kelser | 6.7 | 190 | Michigan State | 4 | 1 |
5 | MIL | Sidney | Moncrief | 6.4 | 180 | Arkansas | 5 | 1 |
6 | OKC | James | Bailey | 6.9 | 220 | Rutgers | 6 | 1 |
7 | OKC | Vinnie | Johnson | 6.2 | 200 | Baylor | 7 | 1 |
8 | BKN | Calvin | Natt | 6.6 | 220 | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 | 1 |
9 | NYK | Larry | Demic | 6.9 | 225 | Arizona | 9 | 1 |
10 | DET | Roylee | Hamilton | 6.2 | 180 | California-Los Angeles | 10 | 1 |
11 | BKN | Cliff T. | Robinson | 6.9 | 220 | Southern California | 11 | 1 |
12 | POR | Jim | Paxson | 6.6 | 200 | Dayton | 12 | 1 |
13 | IND | Dudley | Bradley | 6.6 | 195 | North Carolina | 13 | 1 |
14 | LAL | Brad | Holland | 6.3 | 180 | California-Los Angeles | 14 | 1 |
15 | DET | Phil | Hubbard | 6.8 | 215 | Michigan | 15 | 1 |
16 | PHI | Jim | Spanarkel | 6.5 | 190 | Duke | 16 | 1 |
17 | HOU | Lee | Johnson | 6.11 | 205 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 17 | 1 |
18 | SAC | Reggie | King | 6.6 | 225 | Alabama | 18 | 1 |
19 | SAS | Wiley | Peck | 6.7 | 220 | Mississippi State | 19 | 1 |
20 | UTA | . | Loyola-Chicago | 20 | 1 | |||
21 | NYK | Sly | Williams | 6.7 | 210 | Rhode Island | 21 | 1 |
22 | PHX | Kyle | Macy | 6.3 | 175 | Kentucky | 22 | 1 |
23 | UTA | . | Georgia Tech | 1 | 2 | |||
24 | PHX | Johnny | High | 6.3 | 185 | Nevada-Reno | 2 | 2 |
25 | LAL | Ollie | Mack | 6.3 | 185 | East Carolina | 3 | 2 |
26 | CLE | Bruce | Flowers | 6.8 | 225 | Notre Dame | 4 | 2 |
27 | NYK | Reggie | Carter | 6.3 | 175 | St. John's (NY) | 5 | 2 |
28 | GSW | . | Texas-Pan American | 6 | 2 | |||
29 | DET | Tony | Price | 6.6 | 190 | Pennsylvania | 7 | 2 |
30 | DEN | Gary | Garland | 6.4 | 180 | DePaul | 8 | 2 |
31 | MIL | Edgar | Jones | 6.10 | 225 | Nevada-Reno | 9 | 2 |
32 | IND | Tony | Zeno | 6.8 | 210 | Arizona State | 10 | 2 |
33 | CHI | . | Idaho State | 11 | 2 | |||
34 | NYK | . | San Diego State | 12 | 2 | |||
35 | ATL | . | Memphis | 13 | 2 | |||
36 | PHI | Clint | Richardson | 6.3 | 195 | Seattle | 14 | 2 |
37 | PHI | Bernard | Toone | 6.9 | 210 | Marquette | 15 | 2 |
38 | ATL | . | Nicholls State | 16 | 2 | |||
39 | LAL | . | Louisiana Tech | 17 | 2 | |||
40 | POR | . | Cheyney | 18 | 2 | |||
41 | LAL | . | Fairfield | 19 | 2 | |||
42 | HOU | Paul | Mokeski | 7.0 | 250 | Kansas | 20 | 2 |
43 | OKC | Johnny | Moore | 6.1 | 175 | Texas | 21 | 2 |
44 | WAS | . | Fairfield | 22 | 2 | |||
45 | UTA | Arvid | Kramer | 6.9 | 220 | Augustana (SD) | 1 | 3 |
46 | WAS | . | Iowa State | 2 | 3 | |||
47 | CHI | Calvin | Garrett | 6.7 | 190 | Oral Roberts | 3 | 3 |
48 | DET | Terry | Duerod | 6.2 | 180 | Detroit Mercy | 4 | 3 |
49 | CHI | Cedrick | Hordges | 6.8 | 220 | South Carolina | 5 | 3 |
50 | NYK | Geoff | Huston | 6.2 | 175 | Texas Tech | 6 | 3 |
51 | BKN | . | Davidson | 7 | 3 | |||
52 | MIL | . | Maryland | 8 | 3 | |||
53 | BOS | Wayne | Kreklow | 6.4 | 175 | Drake | 9 | 3 |
54 | GSW | Lynbert | Johnson | 6.5 | 195 | Wichita State | 10 | 3 |
55 | LAC | . | Boston University | 11 | 3 | |||
56 | POR | . | Saint Mary's (CAN) | 12 | 3 | |||
57 | ATL | . | Franklin & Marshall | 13 | 3 | |||
58 | PHI | Earl | Cureton | 6.9 | 210 | Detroit Mercy | 14 | 3 |
59 | HOU | . | Pepperdine | 15 | 3 | |||
60 | LAL | . | Georgia | 16 | 3 | |||
61 | BOS | . | Briar Cliff | 17 | 3 | |||
62 | SAC | Terry | Crosby | 6.4 | 195 | Tennessee | 18 | 3 |
63 | SAS | Sylvester | Norris | 6.11 | 220 | Jackson State | 19 | 3 |
64 | PHX | . | Louisiana State | 20 | 3 | |||
65 | CLE | Bill | Laimbeer | 6.11 | 245 | Notre Dame | 21 | 3 |
66 | WAS | . | High Point | 22 | 3 | |||
67 | UTA | Greg | Deane | 6.4 | 190 | Utah | 1 | 4 |
68 | BOS | . | Seton Hall | 2 | 4 | |||
69 | MIL | . | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 | 4 | |||
70 | CLE | . | Citadel | 4 | 4 | |||
71 | NYK | . | Southeast Missouri State | 5 | 4 | |||
72 | CHI | . | East Carolina | 6 | 4 | |||
73 | OKC | James | Donaldson | 7.2 | 275 | Washington State | 7 | 4 |
74 | IND | . | Idaho | 8 | 4 | |||
75 | GSW | . | Wisconsin-Green Bay | 9 | 4 | |||
76 | HOU | . | Georgia Tech | 10 | 4 | |||
77 | LAC | . | Southern University | 11 | 4 | |||
78 | POR | . | Appalachian State | 12 | 4 | |||
79 | LAL | . | Mississippi State | 13 | 4 | |||
80 | HOU | . | Louisiana State | 14 | 4 | |||
81 | LAL | . | Temple | 15 | 4 | |||
82 | GSW | Jerry | Sichting | 6.1 | 168 | Purdue | 16 | 4 |
83 | PHI | Mike | Niles | 6.6 | 225 | Cal State-Fullerton | 17 | 4 |
84 | SAS | . | Furman | 18 | 4 | |||
85 | SAC | John | McCullough | 6.4 | 190 | Oklahoma | 19 | 4 |
86 | PHX | . | Florida | 20 | 4 | |||
87 | OKC | . | Cal State Dominguez Hills | 21 | 4 | |||
88 | WAS | . | Oral Roberts | 22 | 4 | |||
89 | UTA | . | Stanford | 1 | 5 | |||
90 | BOS | . | New Haven | 2 | 5 | |||
91 | CLE | . | Georgia Southern | 3 | 5 | |||
92 | DET | . | Nevada-Las Vegas | 4 | 5 | |||
93 | CHI | . | Drury | 5 | 5 | |||
94 | NYK | . | California-Riverside | 6 | 5 | |||
95 | BKN | . | Connecticut | 7 | 5 | |||
96 | GSW | . | Centenary (LA) | 8 | 5 | |||
99 | LAC | . | Middle Tennessee State | 11 | 5 | |||
100 | POR | . | Pennsylvania | 12 | 5 | |||
101 | ATL | . | North Carolina State | 13 | 5 | |||
102 | DEN | . | Louisville | 14 | 5 | |||
103 | PHI | . | Nebraska | 15 | 5 | |||
104 | HOU | Allen | Leavell | 6.1 | 170 | Oklahoma City | 16 | 5 |
105 | SAC | . | DePaul | 17 | 5 | |||
107 | PHX | Mark | Eaton | 7.4 | 275 | California-Los Angeles | 19 | 5 |
108 | WAS | . | Virginia Tech | 20 | 5 | |||
109 | UTA | . | Boston University | 1 | 6 | |||
110 | BOS | . | Arkansas | 2 | 6 | |||
111 | DET | . | Kentucky | 3 | 6 | |||
112 | CLE | . | North Texas | 4 | 6 | |||
113 | NYK | . | New Mexico | 5 | 6 | |||
114 | CHI | . | Southern California | 6 | 6 | |||
115 | BKN | . | Nevada-Las Vegas | 7 | 6 | |||
116 | MIL | . | Illinois State | 8 | 6 | |||
117 | IND | . | Stetson | 9 | 6 | |||
118 | GSW | . | DePaul | 10 | 6 | |||
119 | LAC | . | Duke | 11 | 6 | |||
120 | POR | . | Pepperdine | 12 | 6 | |||
121 | ATL | . | Gardner-Webb | 13 | 6 | |||
122 | DEN | . | Marquette | 14 | 6 | |||
123 | PHI | . | Oregon | 15 | 6 | |||
124 | HOU | . | Southern University | 16 | 6 | |||
125 | SAS | . | Pittsburgh | 17 | 6 | |||
126 | SAC | . | Princeton | 18 | 6 | |||
127 | PHX | . | Syracuse | 19 | 6 | |||
128 | WAS | . | Morgan State | 20 | 6 | |||
129 | UTA | . | Louisiana College | 1 | 7 | |||
130 | BOS | . | Virginia | 2 | 7 | |||
131 | CLE | . | Ohio | 3 | 7 | |||
132 | DET | . | St. Mary's (CA) | 4 | 7 | |||
133 | CHI | . | Chicago State | 5 | 7 | |||
134 | NYK | . | Seton Hall | 6 | 7 | |||
136 | IND | . | Stetson | 8 | 7 | |||
137 | GSW | . | Virginia Commonwealth | 9 | 7 | |||
138 | MIL | . | Cal State-Fullerton | 10 | 7 | |||
139 | LAC | . | Le Moyne | 11 | 7 | |||
140 | POR | . | Central Michigan | 12 | 7 | |||
141 | ATL | . | St. Bonaventure | 13 | 7 | |||
142 | PHI | . | Pennsylvania | 14 | 7 | |||
143 | HOU | . | Auburn | 15 | 7 | |||
144 | DEN | . | Creighton | 16 | 7 | |||
145 | SAC | . | Xavier | 17 | 7 | |||
146 | SAS | . | Texas | 18 | 7 | |||
147 | PHX | . | Pepperdine | 19 | 7 | |||
148 | UTA | . | Utah State | 1 | 8 | |||
149 | BOS | . | North Carolina State | 2 | 8 | |||
150 | DET | . | Memphis | 3 | 8 | |||
151 | CLE | . | Massachusetts | 4 | 8 | |||
152 | NYK | . | Tennessee State | 5 | 8 | |||
153 | CHI | . | North Carolina State | 6 | 8 | |||
154 | BKN | . | Hofstra | 7 | 8 | |||
155 | GSW | . | Briar Cliff | 8 | 8 | |||
157 | IND | . | George Washington | 10 | 8 | |||
158 | LAC | . | Appalachian State | 11 | 8 | |||
159 | POR | . | Chaminade | 12 | 8 | |||
160 | ATL | . | Maryland-Baltimore County | 13 | 8 | |||
161 | HOU | . | East Tennessee State | 14 | 8 | |||
162 | DEN | . | Denver | 15 | 8 | |||
164 | SAC | . | Alabama-Huntsville | 17 | 8 | |||
165 | PHX | Charles | Jones | 6.9 | 215 | Albany State (GA) | 18 | 8 |
166 | WAS | . | Manhattan | 19 | 8 | |||
167 | UTA | . | Southern Illinois | 1 | 9 | |||
168 | BOS | . | Navy | 2 | 9 | |||
169 | CLE | . | Ohio | 3 | 9 | |||
170 | DET | . | Central Michigan | 4 | 9 | |||
171 | CHI | . | Minnesota | 5 | 9 | |||
172 | NYK | . | New Jersey City | 6 | 9 | |||
173 | BKN | . | Columbia | 7 | 9 | |||
174 | MIL | . | Maine | 8 | 9 | |||
175 | GSW | . | California | 9 | 9 | |||
176 | LAC | . | San Diego State | 10 | 9 | |||
177 | POR | . | Harding | 11 | 9 | |||
178 | ATL | . | Hamilton | 12 | 9 | |||
179 | DEN | . | Colorado | 13 | 9 | |||
181 | SAC | . | Southern Illinois | 15 | 9 | |||
182 | SAS | . | Nevada-Las Vegas | 16 | 9 | |||
183 | PHX | . | Robert Morris | 17 | 9 | |||
184 | WAS | . | Murray State | 18 | 9 | |||
185 | UTA | Paul | Dawkins | 6.5 | 190 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 10 |
186 | BOS | . | Columbia | 2 | 10 | |||
187 | DET | . | Grand Canyon | 3 | 10 | |||
188 | CLE | . | Point Park | 4 | 10 | |||
189 | NYK | . | St. John's (NY) | 5 | 10 | |||
190 | CHI | . | California-Los Angeles | 6 | 10 | |||
191 | BKN | . | Tulane | 7 | 10 | |||
192 | GSW | . | Cal State-Fullerton | 8 | 10 | |||
193 | MIL | . | North Dakota | 9 | 10 | |||
194 | LAC | . | Loyola-Marymount | 10 | 10 | |||
195 | POR | . | Oregon | 11 | 10 | |||
196 | ATL | . | Drake | 12 | 10 | |||
197 | CHI | . | Southern Indiana | 13 | 10 | |||
198 | PHI | Keith | McCord | 6.7 | 210 | Alabama-Birmingham | 14 | 10 |
199 | SAS | . | Harvard | 15 | 10 | |||
200 | SAC | . | New Mexico | 16 | 10 | |||
201 | PHX | . | Santa Clara | 17 | 10 | |||
202 | WAS | . | Georgetown | 18 | 10 |