1980 NBA draft

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This list shows the results of the 1980 NBA draft . This is an NBA basketball league event where the league's teams can acquire the rights to available junior players. Most of the time, the drafted players come straight from college, but also from leagues outside of North America and earlier also from high school.

The most famous players to emerge from the 1980 NBA draft are arguably Kevin McHale , who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame , as well as Joe Barry Carroll , Darrell Griffith , Andrew Toney , Kiki Vandeweghe , Mike O'Koren and Mike Gminski . These players had great successes in their careers and were the best of the draft year.

Round 1

= All-Star
Pick Player (position) nationality NBA team previous team / college
1 Joe Barry Carroll (C) United StatesUnited States United States Golden State Warriors Purdue
2 Darrell Griffith (SG) United StatesUnited States United States Utah Jazz Louisville
3 Kevin McHale (PF) United StatesUnited States United States Boston Celtics Minnesota
4th Kelvin Ransey (PG) United StatesUnited States United States Chicago Bulls Ohio State
5 James Ray (PF) United StatesUnited States United States Denver nuggets Jacksonville
6th Mike O′Koren (SF) United StatesUnited States United States New Jersey Nets North Carolina
7th Mike Gminski (C) United StatesUnited States United States New Jersey Nets Duke
8th Andrew Toney (SG) United StatesUnited States United States Philadelphia 76ers Southwestern Louisiana
9 Michael Brooks (SF) United StatesUnited States United States San Diego Clippers La Salle
10 Ronnie Lester (PG) United StatesUnited States United States Portland Trail Blazers Iowa
11 Kiki Vandeweghe (SF) United StatesUnited States United States Dallas Mavericks UCLA
12 Mike Woodson (SF) United StatesUnited States United States New York Knicks Indiana
13 Rickey Brown (C) United StatesUnited States United States Golden State Warriors Mississippi State
14th Wes Matthews (PG) United StatesUnited States United States Washington Bullets Wisconsin
15th Reggie Johnson (PF) United StatesUnited States United States San Antonio Spurs Tennessee
16 Charles Whitney United StatesUnited States United States Kansas City Kings NC State
17th Larry Drew (PG) United StatesUnited States United States Detroit Pistons Missouri
18th Don Collins (SG) United StatesUnited States United States Atlanta Hawks Washington State
19th John Duren (PG) United StatesUnited States United States Utah Jazz Georgetown
20th Bill Hanzlik United StatesUnited States United States Seattle SuperSonics Notre Dame
21st Monti Davis (SF) United StatesUnited States United States Philadelphia 76ers Tennessee State
22nd Chad Kinch (SG) United StatesUnited States United States Cleveland Cavaliers UNC Charlotte
23 Carl Nicks (PG) United StatesUnited States United States Denver nuggets Indiana State

Other important picks

Pick player position nationality team college
25th Jeff Ruland C. United StatesUnited States United States Golden State Warriors Iona
35 Rick Mahorn PF United StatesUnited States United States Washington Bullets Hampton
38 Terry Stotts SF United StatesUnited States United States Houston Rockets Oklahoma
50 Kurt Rambis PF United StatesUnited States United States New York Knicks Santa Clara
75 Rory Sparrow PG United StatesUnited States United States New Jersey Nets Villanova

See also

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