1987 NBA Draft Recap

The 1987 NBA Draft took place in New York on June 22, 1987

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First Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
1 David Robinson SAN C 7-1 250 21 14 Navy Sr United States
2 Armen Gilliam PHX PF 6-9 230 23 13 UNLV Sr United States
3 Dennis Hopson NJN GF 6-5 200 22 5 Ohio State Sr United States
4 Reggie Williams LAC GF 6-7 190 23 10 Georgetown Sr United States
5 Scottie Pippen SEA SEA to CHI SF 6-8 228 21 18 Central Arkansas Sr United States
6 Kenny Smith SAC PG 6-3 170 22 11 North Carolina Sr United States
7 Kevin Johnson CLE PG 6-1 180 21 12 California Sr United States
8 Olden Polynice CHI CHI to SEA C 6-11 220 22 16 RivieraBanca Rimini (Italy) 1964 DOB * Haiti
9 Derrick McKey SEA SF 6-9 205 20 15 Alabama Jr * United States
10 Horace Grant CHI PF 6-10 255 21 17 Clemson Sr United States
11 Reggie Miller IND SG 6-7 185 21 18 UCLA Sr United States
12 Muggsy Bogues WAS PG 5-3 136 22 15 Wake Forest Sr United States
13 Joe Wolf LAC C 6-11 230 22 11 North Carolina Sr United States
14 Tellis Frank GOS FC 6-10 225 22 5 Western Kentucky Sr United States
15 Jose Rafael Ortiz-Rijos UTH C 6-11 264 23 2 Oregon State Sr Puerto Rico / United States
16 Chris Welp PHL C 7-0 245 23 4 Washington Sr Germany
17 Ronnie Murphy POR F 6-5 225 22 2 Jacksonville Sr United States
18 Mark Jackson NYK PG 6-1 180 22 17 St. John's Sr United States
19 Ken Norman LAC F 6-8 215 22 10 Illinois Jr United States
20 Jim Farmer DAL G 6-4 190 22 5 Alabama Sr United States
21 Dallas Comegys ATL PF 6-9 205 22 3 DePaul Sr United States
22 Reggie Lewis BOS SF 6-7 195 21 6 Northeastern Sr United States
23 Cadillac Anderson SAN PF 6-10 230 22 10 Houston Sr United States

Second Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
24 Freddie Banks DET G 6-2 185 22 0 UNLV Sr United States
25 Ron Moore NYK C 7-0 260 25 2 West Virginia State Sr United States
26 Steve Alford DAL G 6-2 183 22 4 Indiana Sr United States
27 Nate Blackwell SAN G 6-4 170 22 1 Temple Sr United States
28 Rickie Winslow CHI F 6-8 225 22 2 Houston Sr United States
29 Lester Fonville POR C 7-2 245 24 1 Jackson State Sr United States
30 Nikita Wilson POR F 6-8 200 23 1 LSU Sr United States
31 Andre Moore DEN PF 6-9 215 22 2 Loyola (IL) Sr United States
32 Bob McCann MIL SF 6-6 244 23 9 Morehead State Sr United States
33 Tony White CHI G 6-2 170 22 1 Tennessee Sr United States
34 Brian Rowsom IND PF 6-9 220 21 3 UNC Wilmington Sr United States
35 Doug Lee HOU GF 6-5 200 22 6 Purdue Sr United States
36 Duane Washington WAS G 6-4 195 22 2 Middle Tennessee State Sr Germany
37 Derrick Dowell WAS F 6-6 210 21 0 USC Sr United States
38 Norris Coleman LAC F 6-8 210 25 1 Kansas State So * United States
39 Vincent Askew PHL GF 6-6 210 21 10 Memphis Jr * United States
40 Winston Garland MIL G 6-2 170 22 7 Missouri State Sr United States
41 Kannard Johnson CLE F 6-9 220 21 2 Western Kentucky Sr United States
42 Terrance Bailey ATL G 6-2 180 21 1 Wagner Sr United States
43 Andrew Kennedy PHL F 6-7 - 21 1 Virginia Sr Jamaica
44 Terry Coner ATL PG 6-3 170 22 1 Alabama Sr United States
45 Brad Lohaus BOS FC 6-11 230 22 12 Iowa Sr United States
46 Bruce Dalrymple PHX SG 6-4 210 23 1 Georgia Tech Sr United States

Third Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
47 Tim McCalister LAC G 6-4 - 22 1 Oklahoma Sr United States
48 Jamie Waller NJN G 6-4 215 22 2 Virginia Union Sr United States
49 Jerome Batiste NYK PF 6-8 225 23 0 McNeese State Sr United States
50 Phil Zevenbergen SAN FC 6-10 230 23 1 Washington Sr United States
51 Sven Myer SAC C 6-11 235 23 0 Oregon Sr Germany
52 Donald Royal CLE PF 6-8 210 21 10 Notre Dame Sr United States
53 Winston Crite PHX F 6-7 233 22 2 Texas A&M Sr United States
54 Tom Schafer DEN SF 6-7 200 N/A 0 Iowa State Sr United States
55 Tommy Amaker SEA PG 6-0 155 22 1 Duke Sr United States
56 John Fox CHI F 6-9 - N/A 1 Millersville University Sr United States
57 Hansi Gnad PHL C 6-10 220 24 1 Alaska - Anchorage Sr Germany
58 Darryl Johnson GOS PG 6-1 170 21 2 Michigan State Sr United States
59 Danny Pearson WAS SF 6-6 210 N/A 0 Jacksonville Sr United States
60 Sean Couch IND - - N/A 1 Columbia Sr United States
61 Clarence Martin UTH FC 6-8 - N/A 0 Western Kentucky Sr United States
62 Eric Riggins PHL PF 6-8 211 N/A 0 Rutgers Sr United States
63 Kevin Gamble POR SF 6-5 210 21 11 Iowa Sr United States
64 J. J. Weber MIL PF 6-7 230 N/A 1 Wisconsin Sr United States
65 Eric White DET F 6-8 200 21 2 Pepperdine Sr United States
66 Mike Richmond DAL C 6-9 220 N/A 0 UTEP Sr United States
67 Song Tao ATL C 6-10 200 21 0   1965 DOB China
68 Billy Donovan UTH G 5-11 171 22 1 Providence Sr United States
69 Willie Glass LAL SG 6-5 205 N/A 1 St. John's Sr United States

Fourth Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
70 Tom Sheehey BOS SF 6-7 225 N/A 1 Virginia Sr United States
71 Mike Morgan NYK C - - N/A 0 Drake Sr United States
72 Andrew Moten NJN PG 6-0 175 N/A 0 Florida Sr United States
73 Todd May SAN PF 6-8 225 22 0 Pikeville Sr United States
74 Joe Arlauckas SAC F 6-9 230 21 1 Niagara Sr United States
75 Chris Dudley CLE C 6-11 235 22 16 Yale Sr United States
76 Steve Beck PHX SG 6-3 185 N/A 1 Arizona State Sr United States
77 David Boone DEN SF 6-6 215 N/A 0 Marquette Sr United States
78 Todd Linder SEA F 6-7 205 N/A 0 Tampa Sr United States
79 Jack Haley CHI FC 6-10 240 23 11 UCLA Sr United States
80 Carven Holcomb CLE SG 6-5 202 N/A 0 TCU Sr United States
81 Scott Thompson WAS C 7-0 260 N/A 0 San Diego Sr United States
82 Joe Niego HOU SF 6-7 200 N/A 0 Lewis Sr United States
83 Benny Bolton GOS FC 6-8 220 N/A 0 NC State Sr United States
84 Reuben Holmes UTH C 6-11 200 22 0 Alabama State Sr United States
85 Brian Rahilly PHL FC 6-10 230 22 1 Tulsa Sr United States
86 Norwood Barber POR PG 5-11 175 N/A 0 Florida State Sr United States
87 Darryl Bedford MIL PF 6-8 260 23 0 Austin Peay Sr United States
88 Dave Popson DET FC 6-10 220 23 4 North Carolina Sr United States
89 David Johnson DET F 6-7 265 22 0 Oklahoma Sr United States
90 Theofanis Christodoulou ATL PF 6-8 242 22 0 Panionios BC (Greece) 1965 DOB Greece
91 Darryl Kennedy BOS SF 6-5 224 22 1 Oklahoma Sr United States
92 Ralph Tally LAL PG 6-1 170 N/A 2 Norfolk State Sr United States

Fifth Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
93 Chad Kessler LAC F - - N/A 1 Georgia Sr United States
94 James Blackmon NJN G 6-3 180 22 0 Kentucky Sr United States
95 Glenn Clem NYK GF 6-5 - N/A 0 Vanderbilt Sr United States
96 Dennis Williams SAN - - N/A 1 Georgia United States
97 Vernon Carr SAC GF 6-6 185 N/A 1 Michigan State Sr United States
98 Carl Lott CLE - - N/A 0 TCU Sr United States
99 Brent Counts PHX - - N/A 0 Pacific Sr United States
100 Ronnie Grandison DEN F 6-6 215 22 10 New Orleans Sr United States
101 Michael Tait SEA - - N/A 1 Clemson Sr United States
102 Anthony Wilson CHI G - - N/A 1 LSU Sr United States
103 Mike Milling IND - - N/A 0 Charlotte Sr United States
104 Andre LaFleur HOU PG - - 22 1 Northeastern Sr United States
105 Terry Williams GOS - - N/A 0 Southern Methodist Sr United States
106 Patrick Fairs WAS G 6-5 - N/A 1 Texas Sr United States
107 Bart Kofoed UTH G 6-4 210 23 5 Nebraska-Kearney Sr United States
108 Frank Ross PHL - - N/A 0 American University Sr United States
109 David Moss POR - - N/A 0   1940 DOB United States
110 Brian Vaughns MIL F - - N/A 0 UC Santa Barbara Sr United States
111 Gerry Wright DET - - N/A 0 Iowa Sr United States
112 Sam Hill DAL F 6-8 - N/A 0 Iowa State Sr United States
113 Jose Antonio Montero ATL G 6-3 200 22 0   1965 DOB Spain
114 Dave Butler BOS F 6-8 - N/A 0 California Sr United States

Sixth Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
115 Kenny Travis LAL G - - N/A 1 New Mexico State Sr United States
116 Martin Nessley LAC C 7-2 260 22 1 Duke Sr United States
117 Howard Triche NYK F 6-5 195 N/A 1 Syracuse Sr United States
118 Perry Bromwell NJN PG 6-2 - N/A 0 Pennsylvania Sr United States
119 Ricky Brown SAN - - N/A 0 South Alabama Jr * United States
120 Darryl Thomas SAC FC 6-7 240 N/A 0 Indiana Sr United States
121 Harold Jensen CLE SG 6-5 185 N/A 1 Villanova Sr United States
122 Marcel Boyce PHX F - - N/A 0 Akron Sr United States
123 Kelvin Scarborough DEN G 6-1 - N/A 0 New Mexico Sr United States
124 Tom Gneiting SEA C 6-10 220 N/A 0 Brigham Young Sr United States
125 Doug Altenberger CHI G 6-1 179 N/A 1 Illinois Sr United States
126 Gary Graham IND G 6-4 - N/A 1 UNLV Sr United States
127 Sarunas Marciulionis GOS GF 6-4 209 23 8 Lietuvos Rytas (Lithuania) 1964 DOB Lithuania
128 Dwayne Scholten WAS C - - N/A 0 Washington State Sr United States
129 Fred Jenkins HOU G - - N/A 0 Tennessee Sr United States
130 Art Sabb UTH - - N/A 1 Bloomfield Sr United States
131 Tracy Foster PHL F 6-4 - N/A 0 UAB Sr United States
132 Bernard Johnson POR - - N/A 0 Loyola (IL) Sr United States
133 Gay Elmore MIL SF - - N/A 0 Virginia Military Sr United States
134 Antoine Joubert DET G 6-5 190 N/A 0 Michigan Sr United States
135 Quintan Gates DAL SF 6-7 - N/A 0 UTEP Sr United States
136 Riccardo Morandou ATL F 6-6 220 21 0   1965 DOB Italy
137 Tim Naegeli BOS - - N/A 0 Wisconsin-Stevens Point Sr United States
138 Frank Ford LAL GF 6-4 220 N/A 1 Auburn Sr United States

Seventh Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
139 Henry Carr LAC FC 6-9 - N/A 0 Wichita State Sr United States
140 Frank Booker NJN - - N/A 0 Bowling Green Sr United States
141 Wayne Williams NYK G - - N/A 0 Saint Joseph's Sr United States
142 Raynard Davis SAN C - - N/A 1 Texas Sr United States
143 Scott Adubato SAC - - N/A 0 Upsala College Sr United States
144 Michael Foster CLE G 6-2 - N/A 0 South Carolina Sr United States
145 Roy Singleton PHX - - N/A 0 Grand Canyon Sr United States
146 Rowan Gomes DEN - - N/A 0 Hampton Sr United States
147 Mike Giomi SEA F 6-8 - N/A 1 NC State Sr United States
148 Earvin Leavy CHI G 6-3 175 N/A 1 Central Michigan Sr United States
149 Montel Hatcher IND G - - N/A 1 UCLA Sr United States
150 Jamie Dixon WAS - - 21 0 TCU Sr United States
151 Clarence Grier HOU F - - N/A 0 Campbell Sr United States
152 Ronnie Leggette GOS - - N/A 0 West Virginia State Sr United States
153 Keith Webster UTH PG 5-11 - N/A 1 Harvard Sr United States
154 Eric Semisc PHL C 6-8 220 N/A 0 West Virginia Sr United States
155 Kenny Stone POR - - N/A 0 George Fox Sr United States
156 Curtis Hunter DEN F 6-5 - N/A 0 North Carolina Sr United States
157 Mark Gottfried DET SG - - 23 0 Alabama Sr United States
158 Gerald White DAL G - - N/A 0 Auburn Sr United States
159 Franjo Arapovic ATL C 6-11 265 22 0 KK Cibona (Croatia) 1965 DOB Bosnia and Herzegovina / Croatia
160 Jerry Corcoran BOS - - N/A 1 Northeastern Sr United States
161 Ron Vanderschaaf LAL FC 6-8 215 N/A 1 Central Washington Sr Netherlands

Undrafted Players

Player Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
Scott Brooks PG 5-11 165 21 13 UC Irvine Sr United States
Randy Allen F 6-8 220 22 4 Florida State Sr United States
Mark Wade G 5-11 160 21 3 UNLV Sr United States
Mike Champion PF 6-10 230 23 2 Gonzaga Sr United States
A.J. Wynder G 6-2 180 22 2 Fairfield Sr United States
Serguei Bazarevitch SG 6-3 176 22 1 CSKA Moscow (Russia) 1965 DOB Russia
Tom Copa C 6-10 275 22 1 Marquette Sr United States
Radisav Curcic C 6-10 275 21 1   1965 DOB Serbia
Cedric Hunter G 6-0 180 22 1 Kansas Sr United States

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