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1979 NBA Draft

Round 1
#	Team	Name	College/HS/Country
1	LAL	Earvin Johnson	Michigan State
2	CHI	David Greenwood	UCLA
3	NYK	Bill Cartwright	San Francisco
4	DET	Greg Kelser	Michigan State
5	MIL	Sidney Moncrief	Arkansas
6	SEA	James Bailey	Rutgers
7	SEA	Vinnie Johnson	Baylor
8	NJN	Calvin Natt	NE Louisiana
9	NYK	Larry Demic	Arizona
10	DET	Roy Hamilton	UCLA
11	NJN	Cliff Robinson	USC
12	POR	Jim Paxson	Dayton
13	IND	Dudley Bradley	North Carolina
14	LAL	Brad Holland	UCLA
15	DET	Phil Hubbard	Michigan
16	PHI	Jim Spanarkel	Duke
17	HOU	Lee Johnson	East Texas State
18	KCK	Reggie King	Alabama
19	SAS	Wiley Peck	Mississippi State
20	UTA	Larry Knight	Loyola (IL)
21	NYK	Sylvester Williams	Rhode Island
22	PHO	Kyle Macy	Kentucky
Round 2
#	Team	Name	College/HS/Country
1	UTA	Tico Brown	Georgia Tech
2	PHO	Johnny High	Nevada-Reno
3	LAL	Oliver Mack	East Carolina
4	CLE	Bruce Flowers	Notre Dame
5	NYK	Reggie Carter	St. John's
6	GSW	Danny Salisbury	Pan American
7	DET	Tony Price	Penn
8	DEN	Gary Garland	DePaul
9	MIL	Edgar Jones	Nevada-Reno
10	IND	Tony Zeno	Arizona State
11	CHI	Lawrence Butler	Idaho State
12	NYK	Kim Goetz	San Diego State
13	ATL	James Bradley	Memphis State
14	PHI	Clint Richardson	Seattle
15	PHI	Bernard Toone	Marquette
16	ATL	Larry Wilson	Nicholls State
17	LAL	Victor King	Louisiana Tech
18	POR	Andrew Fields	Cheyney State
19	LAL	Mark Young	Fairfield
20	HOU	Paul Mokeski	Kansas
21	SEA	John Moore	Texas
22	WA1	Joe DeSantis	Fairfield
Round 3
#	Team	Name	College/HS/Country
1	UTA	Arvid Kramer	Augustana (SD)
2	WA1	Andrew Parker	Iowa State
3	CHI	Calvin Garrett	Oral Roberts
4	DET	Terry Duerod	Detroit
5	CHI	Cedrick Hordges	South Carolina
6	NYK	Geoff Huston	Texas Tech
7	NJN	John Gerdy	Davidson
8	MIL	Larry Gibson	Maryland
9	BOS	Wayne Kreklow	Drake
10	GSW	Lynbert Johnson	Wichita State
11	SDC	Tom Channel	Boston U
12	POR	Mickey Fox	St. Mary's (Canada)
13	ATL	Don March	Franklin & Marshall
14	PHI	Earl Cureton	Detroit
15	HOU	Ricardo Brown	Pepperdine
16	LAL	Walter Daniels	Georgia
17	BOS	Ernesto Malcolm	Briarcliff
18	KCK	Terry Crosby	Tennessee
19	SAS	Sylvester Norris	Jackson State
20	PHO	Al Green	Louisiana State
21	CLE	Bill Laimbeer	Notre Dame
22	WA1	Charles Floyd	High Point
Round 4
#	Team	Name	College/HS/Country
1	UTA	Greg Deane	Utah
2	BOS	Nick Galis	Seton Hall
3	MIL	Eugene Robinson	NE Louisiana
4	CLE	Rick Swing	Citadel
5	NYK	Larry Rogers	SE Missouri State
6	CHI	George Maynor	East Carolina
7	SEA	James Donaldson	Washington State
8	IND	Don Newman	Idaho
9	GSW	Ron Ripley	Wisconsin-Green Bay
10	HOU	Sammy Drummer	Georgia Tech
11	SDC	Lionel Garrett	Southern
12	POR	Daryll Robinson	Appalachian State
13	LAL	Ray White	Mississippi State
14	HOU	Lionel Green	Louisiana State
15	LAL	Ricky Reed	Temple
16	GSW	Jerry Sichting	Purdue
17	PHI	Mike Niles	Cal State-Fullerton
18	SAS	Al Daniel	Furman
19	KCK	John McCullough	Oklahoma
20	PHO	Malcolm Cesare	Florida
21	SEA	Richie Allen	Cal State-Dominguez Hills
22	WA1	Lamont Reid	Oral Roberts
Round 5
#	Team	Name	College/HS/Country
1	UTA	Perry Wolfe	Stanford
2	BOS	Jimmy Allen	New Haven
3	CLE	Matt Simpkins	Georgia Southern
4	DET	Flintie Williams	Nevada-Las Vegas
5	CHI	Larry Washington	Drury (MO)
6	NYK	Johnny Green	California-Riverside
7	NJN	Joe Abramaitis	Connecticut
8	GSW	George Lett	Centenary
9	MIL	Jim Tillman	Eastern Kentucky
10	IND	Billy Reid	San Francisco
11	SDC	Greg Joyner	Middle Tennessee State
12	POR	Matt White	Penn
13	ATL	Tiny Pinder	North Carolina State
14	DEN	Larry Williams	Louisville
15	PHI	Carl McPipe	Nebraska
16	HOU	Allen Leavell	Oklahoma City
17	KCK	Curtis Watkins	DePaul
18	SAS	Steve Schall	Arkansas
19	PHO	Mark Eaton	Cypress JC
20	WA1	Marshall Ashford	Virginia Tech
Round 6
#	Team	Name	College/HS/Country
1	UTA	Ernie Cobb	Boston U
2	BOS	Marvin Delph	Arkansas
3	DET	Truman Clayton	Kentucky
4	CLE	Joe Manning	North Texas State
5	NYK	Phil Abney	New Mexico
6	CHI	Steve Smith	USC
7	NJN	Tony Smith	Nevada-Las Vegas
8	MIL	Derrick Mayes	Illinois State
9	IND	Greg Guye	Stetson
10	GSW	Jim Mitchem	DePaul
11	SDC	Bob Bender	Duke
12	POR	Ray Ellis	Pepperdine
13	ATL	Dwight Williams	Gardner-Webb
14	DEN	Odell Ball	Marquette
15	PHI	Dan Hartshorne	Oregon
16	HOU	Collie Davis	Southern
17	SAS	Terry Knight	Pittsburgh
18	KCK	Bob Roma	Princeton
19	PHO	Dale Shackelford	Syracuse
20	WA1	Garcia Hopkins	Morgan State
Round 7
#	Team	Name	College/HS/Country
1	UTA	Paul Poe	Louisiana
2	BOS	Steve Castellan	Virginia
3	CLE	Steve Skaggs	Ohio
4	DET	Ken Jones	St. Mary's (CA)
5	CHI	Mike Eversley	Chicago State
6	NYK	Marc Coleman	Seton Hall
7	NJN	Jim Strickland	South Carolina
8	IND	Dirk Ewing	Stetson
9	GSW	Ren Watson	Virginia Commonwealth
10	MIL	Stan Ray	Cal State-Fullerton
11	SDC	Jene Grey	LeMoyne
12	POR	Jeff Tropf	Central Michigan
13	ATL	Tim Waterman	St. Bonaventure
14	PHI	Bobby Willis	Penn
15	HOU	Rich Valavicius	Auburn
16	DEN	John Johnson	Creighton
17	KCK	Nick Daniels	Xavier (OH)
18	SAS	Tyrone Branyan	Texas
19	PHO	Ollie Matson	Pepperdine
Round 8
#	Team	Name	College/HS/Country
1	UTA	Keith McDonald	Utah State
2	BOS	Glenn Sudhop	North Carolina State
3	DET	Rodney Lee	Memphis State
4	CLE	Mark Haymore	Massachusetts
5	NYK	Billy Tucker	Tennessee State
6	CHI	Tony Warren	North Carolina State
7	NJN	Henry Hollingsworth	Hofstra
8	GSW	Mario Butler	Briarcliff
9	MIL	Larry Spicer	Alabama-Birmingham
10	IND	Brian Magid	George Washington
11	SDC	Renaldo Lawrence	Appalachian State
12	POR	Willie Pounds	Chaminade
13	ATL	John Goedeke	Maryland-Baltimore County
14	HOU	Delbert Watson	East Tennessee State
15	DEN	Matt Teahan	Denver
16	PHI	Rick Raivio	Portland
17	KCK	Tony Vann	Alabama-Huntsville
18	PHO	Charles Jones	Albany State
19	WA1	Jo Jo Walters	Manhattan
Round 9
#	Team	Name	College/HS/Country
1	UTA	Milt Huggins	Southern Illinois
2	BOS	Kevin Sinnett	Navy
3	CLE	Tim Joyce	Ohio
4	DET	Val Bracey	Central Michigan
5	CHI	James Jackson	Minnesota
6	NYK	Brett Wyatt	Jersey City State
7	NJN	Ricky Free	Columbia
8	MIL	Roger Lapham	Maine
9	GSW	Gene Ransom	California
10	SDC	Mike Dodd	San Diego State
11	POR	Stan Eckwood	Harding (AR)
12	ATL	Cedric Oliver	Hamilton
13	DEN	Emmett Lewis	Colorado
14	PHI	Coby Leavitt	Utah
15	KCK	Gary Wilson	Southern Illinois
16	SAS	Eddie McLeod	Nevada-Las Vegas
17	PHO	Hosea Champine	Robert Morris
18	WA1	Ray Hooker	Murray State
Round 10
#	Team	Name	College/HS/Country
1	UTA	Paul Dawkins	Northern Illinois
2	BOS	Alton Byrd	Columbia
3	DET	Willie Polk	Grand Canyon
4	CLE	Terry Peavy	Point Park
5	NYK	Gordon Thomas	St. John's
6	CHI	Marvin Thoms	UCLA
7	NJN	Eric Fleisher	Tulane
8	GSW	Kevin Heenan	Cal State-Fullerton
9	MIL	Chris Fahrbach	North Dakota
10	SDC	Greg Hunter	Loyola Marymount
11	POR	Kelvin Small	Oregon
12	ATL	Chad Nelson	Drake
13	CHI	Cortez Collins	Indiana State-Evansville
14	PHI	Keith McCord	Alabama-Birmingham
15	SAS	Glen Fine	Harvard
16	KCK	Russell Saunders	New Mexico
17	PHO	Korky Nelson	Santa Clara
18	WA1	Steve Martin	Georgetown

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