1989 NBA draft
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox sports draft The 1989 NBA draft took place on June 27, 1989, in New York City. Despite eight of the top ten picks being considered busts, including the first two picks Pervis Ellison and Danny Ferry, the draft produced many talented players such as Shawn Kemp, Glen Rice, Sean Elliott, Nick Anderson, Dana Barros, Tim Hardaway, Vlade Divac, Clifford Robinson, B. J. Armstrong and Mookie Blaylock.[1][2]
The draft was reduced from three rounds in the previous year to the two-round format that is still in use to the present day.[3][2] As a result, NBA drafts from this season until 1995 produced the lowest number of total draft picks selected at 54 overall selections.
This was the first draft for the Minnesota Timberwolves and Orlando Magic, prior to their inaugural season. This was also the first draft televised prime time on U.S. national television.[4]
Draft selections
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| PG | Point guard | SG | Shooting guard | SF | Small forward | PF | Power forward | C | Center |
| Round | Pick | Player | Pos. | NationalityTemplate:Refn | NBA team | School/Club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF | Template:Flagu | Sacramento Kings | Louisville (Sr.) |
| 1 | 2 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF | Template:Flagu | Los Angeles Clippers | Duke (Sr.) |
| 1 | 3 | Script error: No such module "Sort".+ | SF/SG | Template:Flagu | San Antonio Spurs | Arizona (Sr.) |
| 1 | 4 | Script error: No such module "Sort".* | SF | Template:Flagu | Miami Heat | Michigan (Sr.) |
| 1 | 5 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF/C | Template:Flagu | Charlotte Hornets | North Carolina (Jr.) |
| 1 | 6 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | C | Template:Flagu | Chicago Bulls (from New Jersey) | Oklahoma (Sr.) |
| 1 | 7 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | SG/SF | Template:Flagu | Indiana Pacers | Florida State (Sr.) |
| 1 | 8 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF | Template:Flagu | Dallas Mavericks | Louisiana Tech (Sr.) |
| 1 | 9 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF/C | Template:Flagu | Washington Bullets | Georgia Tech (Sr.) |
| 1 | 10 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PG | Template:Flagu | Minnesota Timberwolves | UCLA (Sr.) |
| 1 | 11 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | SF/SG | Template:Flagu | Orlando Magic | Illinois (Jr.) |
| 1 | 12 | Script error: No such module "Sort".+ | PG | Template:Flagu | New Jersey Nets (from Portland) | Oklahoma (Sr.) |
| 1 | 13 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF | Template:Flagu | Boston Celtics | BYU (Sr.) |
| 1 | 14 | Script error: No such module "Sort".^ | PG | Template:Flagu | Golden State Warriors | UTEP (Sr.) |
| 1 | 15 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | SG | Template:Flagu | Denver Nuggets | Stanford (Sr.) |
| 1 | 16 | Script error: No such module "Sort".+ | PG | Template:Flagu | Seattle SuperSonics (from Houston via Golden State) | Boston College (Sr.) |
| 1 | 17 | Script error: No such module "Sort".* | PF/C | Template:Flagu | Seattle SuperSonics (from Philadelphia) | Concord HS (Elkhart, Indiana) |
| 1 | 18 | Script error: No such module "Sort".+ | PG | Template:Flagu | Chicago Bulls | Iowa (Sr.) |
| 1 | 19 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF | Template:Flagu | Philadelphia 76ers (from Seattle) | Louisville (Sr.) |
| 1 | 20 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF/C | Template:Flagu | Chicago Bulls (from Milwaukee via Seattle) | Georgia Southern (Sr.) |
| 1 | 21 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | SF/SG | Template:Flagu | Utah Jazz | East Carolina (Sr.) |
| 1 | 22 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | SG | Template:Flagu | Portland Trail Blazers (from New York) | Missouri (Sr.) |
| 1 | 23 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | SG/SF | Template:Flagu | Atlanta Hawks | Iowa (Sr.) |
| 1 | 24 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF/C | Template:Flagu | Phoenix Suns (traded to Detroit)[5] | Arizona (Sr.) |
| 1 | 25 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PG | Template:Flagu | Cleveland Cavaliers | Seton Hall (Sr.) |
| 1 | 26 | Script error: No such module "Sort".^ | C | Script error: No such module "flag". | Los Angeles Lakers | KK Partizan (Yugoslavia) |
| 1 | 27 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF | Template:Flagu | Detroit Pistons (traded to Phoenix)[5] | Illinois (Sr.) |
| 2 | 28 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | G | Template:Flagu | Miami Heat | Syracuse (Sr.) |
| 2 | 29 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | F | Template:Flagu | Charlotte Hornets | Tennessee (Sr.) |
| 2 | 30 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | F | Template:Flagu | Milwaukee Bucks | Vanderbilt (Sr.) |
| 2 | 31 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | G | Template:Flagu | Los Angeles Clippers | Murray State (Sr.) |
| 2 | 32 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | F | Template:Flagu | New Jersey Nets | DePaul (Sr.) |
| 2 | 33 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | G | Template:Flagu | Los Angeles Clippers | Indiana (So.) |
| 2 | 34 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | C | Template:Flagu | Minnesota Timberwolves | Missouri (Sr.) |
| 2 | 35 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | F | Template:Flagu | Dallas Mavericks | Colorado State (Sr.) |
| 2 | 36 | Script error: No such module "Sort".+ | PF/C | Template:Flagu | Portland Trail Blazers | Connecticut (Sr.) |
| 2 | 37 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | F | Template:Flagu | Orlando Magic | Alabama (Sr.) |
| 2 | 38 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | G/F | Template:Flagu | Minnesota Timberwolves | Villanova (Sr.) |
| 2 | 39 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF/C | Template:Flagu | Washington Bullets | Iowa (Sr.) |
| 2 | 40 | Script error: No such module "Sort".^ | PF | Script error: No such module "flag". | Boston Celtics | KK Split (Yugoslavia) |
| 2 | 41 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | C | Template:Flagu | Washington Bullets | Tennessee (Sr.) |
| 2 | 42 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | SG | Template:Flagu | Denver Nuggets | McNeese State (Sr.) |
| 2 | 43 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF | Template:Flagu | Cleveland Cavaliers | NC State (Sr.) |
| 2 | 44 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | PF | Template:Flagu | Philadelphia 76ers | Hawaii (Sr.) |
| 2 | 45 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | G | Template:Flagu | Miami Heat | Evansville (Sr.) |
| 2 | 46 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | F | Template:Flagu | Phoenix Suns | LSU (Sr.) |
| 2 | 47 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | SF | Template:Flagu | Denver Nuggets | UAB (Sr.) |
| 2 | 48 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | PG | Template:Flagu | Utah Jazz | South Alabama (Sr.) |
| 2 | 49 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | G | Template:Flagu | Atlanta Hawks | Oral Roberts (Sr.) |
| 2 | 50 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | F | Template:Flagu | New York Knicks | Washington State (Sr.) |
| 2 | 51 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | G | Template:Flagu | Phoenix Suns | Loyola (MD) (Sr.) |
| 2 | 52 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | G | Template:Flagu | Phoenix Suns | Trenton State (Sr.) |
| 2 | 53 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | SG | Template:Flagu | Dallas Mavericks | South Alabama (Sr.) |
| 2 | 54 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | SG | Template:Flagu | Philadelphia 76ers | Georgia (Jr.) |
Notable undrafted players
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| Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF | Template:Flagu | Idaho (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF/C | Script error: No such module "flag". | Texas State (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | SG/SF | Script error: No such module "flag". | North Carolina (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF | Template:Flagu | Lamar (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | SG | Template:Flagu | Boise State (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | SG | Template:Flagu Script error: No such module "flag". |
Georgia State (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF/C | Template:Flagu | Virginia Union (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | SF | Template:Flagu | Florida State (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | PG | Template:Flagu | Charlotte (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | SG | Script error: No such module "flag". | Partizan Belgrade (Yugoslavia) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | SF | Template:Flagu | South Carolina (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | F | Template:Flagu | Seton Hall (Fr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | SG/SF | Template:Flagu | Ohio (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | SF | Template:Flagu | Texas (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF | Template:Flagu Script error: No such module "flag". |
Northern Colorado (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | SF | Template:Flagu | Penn State (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | SG | Template:Flagu | Georgetown (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | PG | Template:Flagu Script error: No such module "flag". |
Nebraska (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF | Template:Flagu | Oklahoma State (So.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | PG | Template:Flagu | Xavier (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | SG | Template:Flagu | North Carolina (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | PG | Template:Flagu | Florida (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | SF/PF | Template:Flagu | Purdue (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | PG/SG | Template:Flagu | Georgetown (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | SG/SF | Template:Flagu | Eastern Illinois (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF | Template:Flagu | California (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | SG/SF | Script error: No such module "flag". | VEF Rīga (Soviet Union) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | SF/SG | Template:Flagu | Averett (Sr.) |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | SF/PF | Template:Flagu | Stanford (Sr.) |
Early entrants
College underclassmen
For the seventh year in a row and the eleventh time in twelve years, no college underclassman would withdraw their entry into the NBA draft. Not only that, but this would be the fourth year in a row where a player that qualified for the status of a "college underclassman" would be playing professional basketball overseas, with the French-born Rudy Bourgarel playing for the Boulogne-Levallois in France after leaving Marist College. In addition to that, this would also be the first year where an international player would be considered a direct underclassman to participate in an NBA draft, with Vlade Divac from the KK Partizan Belgrade of the Eastern Bloc nation known as SFR Yugoslavia (now since separated, with Divac representing Serbia) being the first ever international underclassman to be taken directly from an overseas team without previously going to an American college or playing for any prior American institution. Including those two players and Andrew Gaze, who had previously played in Australia for multiple years before playing only one season at Seton Hall University while being over the age of 22 by that time, the number of underclassmen would officially be considered a grand total of fourteen players instead of eleven (or twelve including Gaze). Regardless, the following college basketball players successfully applied for early draft entrance.[6]
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- Template:Flagicon Nick Anderson – G, Illinois (junior)
- Template:Flagicon Martin Den Hengst – C, Sheridan (freshman)
- Template:Flagicon Jay Edwards – G, Indiana (sophomore)
- Template:Flagicon Andrew Gaze – Seton Hall (freshman)
- Template:Flagicon Benny Green – G, Tennessee–Chattanooga (junior)
- Template:Flagicon Shawn Kemp – F, Trinity Valley CC (freshman)
- Template:Flagicon Toney Mack – G, Georgia (junior)
- Template:Flagicon J. R. Reid – F, North Carolina (junior)
- Template:Flagicon Maurice Selvin – G, Puget Sound (sophomore)
- Template:Flagicon Alex Soyebo – C, Northland Pioneer (freshman)
- Template:Flagicon Johnny Steptoe – F, Southern (sophomore)
- Template:Flagicon Richard Whitmore – G, Brown (junior)
International players
This would be the first time in NBA history where an international born and raised player would be considered an underclassman in an NBA draft. The following international player successfully applied for early draft entrance.[6]
Other eligible players
This would be the fourth year in a row with at least one player that previously played in college entering the NBA draft as an underclassman. It was also the second year in a row where a player would qualify as an eligible underclassman for the NBA draft while previously playing for a French-based team in order to do so.
| Player | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />TeamScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Note | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Flagicon Rudy Bourgarel | Boulogne-Levallois (France) | Left Marist in 1988; playing professionally since the 1988–89 season | [7] |
Invited attendees
The 1989 NBA draft is considered to be the twelfth NBA draft to have utilized what's properly considered the "green room" experience for NBA prospects. The NBA's green room is a staging area where anticipated draftees often sit with their families and representatives, waiting for their names to be called on draft night. Often being positioned either in front of or to the side of the podium (in this case, being positioned in the Madison Square Garden's Felt Forum for the eighth year in a row[8]), once a player heard his name, he would walk to the podium to shake hands and take promotional photos with the NBA commissioner. From there, the players often conducted interviews with various media outlets while backstage. From there, the players often conducted interviews with various media outlets while backstage. However, once the NBA draft started to air nationally on TV starting with the 1980 NBA draft, the green room evolved from players waiting to hear their name called and then shaking hands with these select players who were often called to the hotel to take promotional pictures with the NBA commissioner a day or two after the draft concluded to having players in real-time waiting to hear their names called up and then shaking hands with David Stern, the NBA's newest commissioner at the time.[9] The NBA compiled its list of green room invites through collective voting by the NBA's team presidents and general managers alike, which in this year's case belonged to only what they believed were the top 16 prospects at the time.[10] Despite the large amount of invites that held some very successful players (including the first truly international born, raised, and developed prospect in Vlade Divac), some notable absences from this group outside of future Hall of Famer Dino Rada include Dana Barros from Boston College and power forward Shawn Kemp, with Gary Leonard and Clifford Robinson both waiting into the second round themselves. Even so, the following players were invited to attend this year's draft festivities live and in person.[8]
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- Template:Flagicon Nick Anderson – SG/SF, Illinois
- Template:Flagicon B. J. Armstrong – PG, Iowa
- Template:Flagicon Mookie Blaylock – PG, Oklahoma
- Template:Flagicon/Template:Flagicon Vlade Divac – C, KK Partizan (Yugoslavia)
- Template:Flagicon Sean Elliott – SG/SF, Arizona
- Template:Flagicon Pervis Ellison – PF, Louisville
- Template:Flagicon Danny Ferry – PF, Duke
- Template:Flagicon Tom Hammonds – PF/C, Georgia Tech
- Template:Flagicon Tim Hardaway – PG, UTEP
- Template:Flagicon Stacey King – C, Oklahoma
- Template:Flagicon Gary Leonard – C, Missouri
- Template:Flagicon George McCloud – SG/SF, Florida State
- Template:Flagicon John Morton – PG, Seton Hall
- Template:Flagicon Glen Rice – SF, Michigan
- Template:Flagicon Clifford Robinson – PF/C, Connecticut
- Template:Flagicon Randy White – PF, Louisiana Tech
Notes
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See also
References
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External links
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