1985 NBA Draft Recap

The 1985 NBA Draft took place in New York on June 18, 1985

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First Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
1 Patrick Ewing NYK C 7-0 240 22 17 Georgetown Sr United States / Jamaica
2 Wayman Tisdale IND PF 6-9 240 21 12 Oklahoma Jr * United States
3 Benoit Benjamin LAC C 7-0 250 20 15 Creighton Jr * United States
4 Xavier McDaniel SEA PF 6-7 205 22 13 Wichita State Sr United States
5 Jon Koncak ATL C 7-0 250 22 12 Southern Methodist Sr United States
6 Joe Kleine KCK C 6-11 255 23 16 Arkansas Sr United States
7 Chris Mullin GOS SF 6-7 215 21 16 St. John's Sr United States
8 Detlef Schrempf DAL SF 6-9 214 22 16 Washington Sr Germany / United States
9 Charles Oakley CLE CLE to CHI PF 6-8 225 21 18 Virginia Union Sr United States
10 Ed Pinckney PHX F 6-9 195 22 12 Villanova Sr United States
11 Keith Lee CHI CHI to CLE FC 6-10 215 22 4 Memphis Sr United States
12 Kenny Green WAS F 6-6 210 20 3 Wake Forest Jr * United States
13 Karl Malone UTH PF 6-9 265 21 19 Louisiana Tech Jr * United States
14 Alfredrick Hughes SAN GF 6-5 215 22 2 Loyola (IL) Sr United States
15 Blair Rasmussen DEN C 7-0 250 22 8 Oregon Sr United States
16 Bill Wennington DAL C 7-0 245 21 13 St. John's Sr Canada
17 Uwe Blab DAL C 7-2 243 23 6 Indiana Sr Germany
18 Joe Dumars DET SG 6-3 190 22 14 McNeese State Sr United States
19 Steve Harris HOU G 6-5 185 21 5 Tulsa Sr United States
20 Sam Vincent BOS G 6-2 185 22 8 Michigan State Sr United States
21 Terry Catledge PHL F 6-8 220 21 12 South Alabama Sr United States
22 Jerry Reynolds MIN PF 6-8 200 22 8 LSU Jr * United States
23 A.C. Green LAL PF 6-9 220 21 16 Oregon State Sr United States
24 Terry Porter POR PG 6-3 195 22 17 Wisconsin-Stevens Point Sr United States

Second Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
25 Mike Smrek POR POR to CHI C 7-0 250 22 8 Canisius Sr Canada
26 Bill Martin IND F 6-7 205 22 4 Georgetown Sr United States
27 Dwayne McClain IND GF 6-6 185 22 3 Villanova Sr United States
28 Ken Johnson CHI CHI to POR F 6-8 240 22 1 Michigan State Sr United States
29 Mike Brittain SAN C 7-0 235 21 2 South Carolina Sr United States
30 Calvin Duncan CLE CLE to CHI G 6-4 195 24 1 VCU Sr United States
31 Manute Bol WAS C 7-7 200 22 11 Bridgeport So * South Sudan
32 Nick Vanos PHX C 7-1 255 22 2 Santa Clara Sr United States
33 Greg Stokes PHL FC 6-10 220 21 2 Iowa Sr United States
34 Aubrey Sherrod CHI SG 6-4 195 22 0 Wichita State Sr United States
35 Tyrone Corbin SAN F 6-6 210 22 16 DePaul Sr United States
36 Yvon Joseph NJN C 6-11 245 27 0 Georgia Tech Sr Haiti
37 Carey Scurry UTH F 6-7 188 22 3 Long Island Sr United States
38 Fernando Martin NJN C 6-9 220 23 2 Real Madrid (Spain) 1962 DOB Spain
39 George Montgomery POR PF 6-9 235 23 0 Illinois Sr United States
40 Mark Acres DAL FC 6-11 220 22 6 Oral Roberts Sr United States
41 Lorenzo Charles ATL F 6-7 225 21 2 NC State Sr United States
42 Bobby Lee Hurt GOS PF 6-9 240 23 0 Alabama Sr United States
43 Barry Stevens DEN GF 6-5 195 22 3 Iowa State Sr United States
44 Voise Winters PHL PF 6-8 200 22 1 Bradley Sr United States
45 Hot Rod Williams CLE FC 6-11 215 22 15 Tulane Sr United States
46 Adrian Branch CHI GF 6-7 185 21 6 Maryland Sr United States
47 Gerald Wilkins NYK SG 6-6 185 21 14 Chattanooga Jr United States

Third Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
48 Kenny Patterson IND G 6-1 180 N/A 2 DePaul Sr United States
49 Brad Wright GOS FC 6-11 225 23 2 UCLA Sr United States
50 Leonard Allen DAL PF 6-11 218 N/A 0 San Diego State Sr United States
51 Charles Bradley KCK GF 6-6 185 N/A 1 South Florida Sr United States
52 Anicet Lavodrama LAC PF 6-9 180 21 1 Houston Christian Sr Central African Republic
53 Rolando Lamb SEA PG 6-2 180 N/A 1 VCU Sr United States
54 Sam Mitchell HOU SF 6-6 210 21 15 Mercer Sr United States
55 Herb Johnson CLE PF 6-10 220 N/A 1 Tulsa Sr United States
56 Jerry Everett PHX SG 6-5 200 N/A 0 Lamar Sr United States
57 Michael Payne HOU PF 6-11 195 N/A 1 Iowa Sr United States
58 Vernon Moore WAS PG 6-2 190 N/A 0 Creighton Sr United States
59 Sedric Toney ATL G 6-2 178 23 6 Dayton Sr United States
60 Andre Goode DET PF 6-10 225 N/A 1 Northwestern Sr United States
61 Perry Young POR G 6-5 210 21 2 Virginia Tech Sr United States
62 Nigel Miguel NJN GF 6-5 195 22 0 UCLA Sr Belize
63 Harold Keeling DAL G 6-4 185 21 1 Santa Clara Sr United States
64 Richie Johnson DET PF 6-9 225 N/A 0 Evansville Sr United States
65 Ken Perry WAS PF 6-11 225 N/A 0 Southern Illinois Sr United States
66 Michael Adams KCK PG 5-10 163 22 11 Boston College Sr United States
67 Steve Black PHL G 6-4 185 N/A 0 La Salle Sr United States
68 Eugene McDowell MIA PF 6-8 230 N/A 1 Florida Sr United States
69 Mike Brown CHI PF 6-9 257 21 14 Georgetown Sr United States
70 Andre Battle BOS SG 6-3 195 N/A 1 Loyola (IL) Sr United States

Fourth Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
71 Luster Goodwin GOS SG 6-1 180 N/A 1 UTEP Sr United States
72 Vince Hamilton IND SG 6-4 170 N/A 0 Clemson Sr United States
73 Fred Cofield NYK G 6-3 190 23 2 Eastern Michigan Sr United States
74 Jim Deines LAC PF 6-9 - N/A 0 Arizona State Sr United States
75 Alex Stivrins SEA F 6-8 220 22 2 Colorado Sr United States
76 Willie Simmons KCK C 6-11 215 N/A 0 Louisiana Tech Sr United States
77 Arvydas Sabonis ATL C 7-3 279 20 7 Zalgiris (Lithuania) 1964 DOB Lithuania
78 Granger Hall PHX PF 6-8 200 23 0 Temple Sr United States
79 Mark Davis CLE GF 6-6 195 22 4 Old Dominion Sr United States
80 Craig Beard CHI F 6-6 210 N/A 0 Samford Sr United States
81 Richie Adams WAS PF 6-9 215 N/A 0 UNLV Sr United States
82 Scott Roth SAN F 6-8 212 22 3 Wisconsin Sr United States
83 Delaney Rudd UTH G 6-2 180 22 5 Wake Forest Sr United States
84 John Battle ATL G 6-2 175 22 10 Rutgers Sr United States
85 Joe Atkinson POR F 6-7 206 N/A 1 Oklahoma State Jr * United States
86 Bubba Jennings DAL PG 5-11 - N/A 1 Texas State Sr United States
87 Spud Webb DET G 5-6 133 21 12 NC State Sr United States
88 Mike Brooks HOU G 6-2 170 N/A 0 Tennessee Sr United States
89 Pete Williams DEN F 6-7 190 20 2 Arizona Sr United States
90 Derrick Gervin PHL F 6-8 200 22 3 Texas-San Antonio Jr * United States
91 Cozell McQueen MIL FC 6-11 235 23 1 NC State Sr United States
92 Dexter Shouse LAL G 6-2 200 22 3 South Alabama Sr United States
93 Cliff Webber BOS PF 6-10 - N/A 0 Liberty Sr United States

Fifth Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
94 Kelvin Johnson IND - - N/A 0 Richmond Sr United States
95 Greg Cavener GOS FC 6-9 - N/A 1 Missouri Sr United States
96 Mike Schlegel NYK C 6-8 - N/A 0 VCU Sr United States
97 Lou Stefanovic SEA - - N/A 0 Illinois State Sr United States
98 Bob Lojewski KCK - - N/A 0 Saint Joseph's Sr United States
99 Wayne Carlander LAC PF 6-8 - N/A 0 USC Sr United States
100 Larry Hampton ATL - - N/A 0 Hampton Sr United States
101 Gunther Behnke CLE CLE to MIN C 7-3 251 22 0 Tus Jena (Germany) 1963 DOB Germany
102 Shawn Campbell PHX - - N/A 0 Weber State Sr United States
103 Reid Gettys CHI G 6-6 - N/A 0 Houston Sr United States
104 Dean Shaffer WAS G 6-3 200 N/A 0 Florida State Sr United States
105 Ray Hall UTH - - N/A 2 Canisius Sr United States
106 Clayton Olivier SAN C 6-10 - N/A 0 USC Sr United States
107 James Anderson POR - - N/A 0 Union College (KY) Sr United States
108 Kelly Blaine NJN - - N/A 0 South Alabama Sr United States
109 Tommy Davis DAL - - N/A 1 Minnesota Sr United States
110 Mike Lahm DET - - N/A 0 Murray State Sr United States
111 Ivan Daniels IND - - N/A 0 Illinois-Chicago Sr United States
112 Kenny Brown DEN - - N/A 0 Texas A&M Sr * United States
113 Carl Wright PHL - - N/A 0 Southern Methodist Sr * United States
114 Ray Knight MIL - - N/A 1 Providence Sr United States
115 Timo Saarelainen LAL F 6-6 200 24 0 Brigham Young Sr Finland
116 Albert Butts BOS - - N/A 0 La Salle Sr United States

Sixth Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
117 Gerald Crosby GOS G - - N/A 0 Georgia Sr United States
118 Stu Primus IND G 6-3 - N/A 1 Boston College Sr United States
119 Kent Lockhart NYK GF - - N/A 0 UTEP Sr United States
120 Charles Valentine KCK - - N/A 0 Arkansas Sr United States
121 Malcolm Thomas LAC - - N/A 0 Missouri Sr United States
122 Earl Walker SEA - - N/A 0 Mercer Sr United States
123 Tony Duckett ATL PG - - N/A 0 Lafayette Sr United States
124 Charles Rayne PHX F - - N/A 0 Temple Sr United States
125 Ricky Johnson CLE - - N/A 1 Illinois State Sr United States
126 Dan Meagher CHI F 6-7 215 22 0 Duke Sr Canada
127 Matt England WAS - - N/A 0 Houston Christian Sr United States
128 Chris Harper SAN - - N/A 0 Oregon Sr United States
129 Jim Miller UTH - - N/A 0 Virginia Sr United States
130 George Almones NJN G 6-3 188 N/A 1 Louisiana Jr * United States
131 Curtis Moore POR - - N/A 0 Nebraska Sr United States
132 Carlton Cooper DAL - - N/A 0 Texas Sr United States
133 Vincent Giles DET - - N/A 0 Eastern Michigan Sr United States
134 Sam Potter HOU F 6-7 - N/A 0 Oral Roberts Sr United States
135 Joe Carrabino DEN F - - N/A 0 Harvard Sr United States
136 Daryl Lloyd PHL - - N/A 1 Drake Sr United States
137 Quentin Anderson MIL - - N/A 0 Texas Tech Sr United States
138 Tony Neal LAL - - N/A 0 Cal State Fullerton Sr United States
139 Ralph Lewis BOS G 6-6 200 22 3 La Salle Sr United States

Seventh Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
140 Jeff Acres IND - - N/A 0 Oral Roberts Sr United States
141 Eric Boyd GOS G 6-4 - N/A 0 North Carolina A&T Sr United States
142 Ken Bantum NYK C 6-7 - N/A 0 Cornell Sr United States
143 Gary Maloncon LAC PF 6-8 - N/A 0 UCLA Sr United States
144 Michael Phelps SEA G 6-4 180 23 3 Alcorn State Sr United States
145 Alton Lee Gipson KCK - - N/A 0 Florida State Sr United States
146 Bob Ferry, Jr. WAS - - N/A 0 Harvard Sr United States
147 Buzz Peterson CLE G 6-3 175 22 1 North Carolina Sr United States
148 Georgi Glouchkov PHX PF 6-8 235 25 1 Euroins Cherno More (Bulgaria) 1960 DOB Bulgaria
149 Jeff Adkins CHI G 6-5 185 N/A 0 Maryland Sr United States
150 Keith Gray WAS - - N/A 0 Detroit-Mercy Sr United States
151 Mike Wacker UTH F 6-8 - N/A 0 Texas Sr United States
152 Al Young SAN - - N/A 0 Virginia Tech Sr United States
153 Mark Owen POR - - N/A 0 College of Idaho Sr United States
154 Gary McLain NJN PG - - N/A 0 Villanova Sr United States
155 Ed Catchings DAL - - N/A 0 UNLV Sr United States
156 Frank James DET - - N/A 0 UNLV Sr United States
157 Don Turney IND - - N/A 0 Marshall Sr United States
158 Eddie Smith DEN - - N/A 1 Arizona Sr United States
159 Jaye Andrews PHL - - N/A 0 Bucknell Sr United States
160 Mario Elie MIL SG 6-5 210 21 11 American International Sr United States
161 Keith Cleplicki LAL - - N/A 0 William & Mary Sr United States
162 Chris Remly BOS - - N/A 0 Rutgers Sr United States

Undrafted Players

Player Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
Dennis Nutt G 6-2 170 22 5 TCU Sr United States
Johnny Rogers PF 6-10 225 21 2 UC Irvine Jr United States / Spain
David Cooke F 6-8 230 21 1 Saint Mary's Sr United States
Pipoka Vianna PF 6-8 220 21 1   1963 DOB Brazil

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