1985 NBA Draft

The first pick of the draft, Patrick Ewing

The 1985 NBA Draft took place in New York City on June 18, 1985 . A total of 162 players were selected in seven rounds. In the first position was Patrick Ewing of the New York Knicks selected.

Of the 162 players, 66 came to at least one use in the NBA. Ten players from this draft were invited to at least one All-Star Game . Five players were inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame , including first-player selected Patrick Ewing, as well as Chris Mullin , Karl Malone , Joe Dumars and Arvydas Sabonis . With the later all-star Detlef Schrempf , the player came into the NBA, who later became the first German to reach the NBA finals.

sequence

To determine the order in which the teams can choose players, a draft lottery was held for the first time in 1985 . A coin has been tossed beforehand to determine whether the worst team of the preseason from the east or the west has the first choice. This rule has often led to rumors of deliberately losing games to keep promising players in the past. In 1985, the seven franchises that did not qualify for the playoffs had the same chance of the first seven picks. These were the Golden State Warriors , Indiana Pacers , New York Knicks , Los Angeles Clippers , Seattle SuperSonics , Kansas City Kings, and Atlanta Hawks . The Knicks won the lottery and were given first choice, leading to speculation about manipulation that continues to this day. Patrick Ewing was a very promising player and New York was the most important market for the NBA, but the team was in dire need of reinforcement. From the eighth pick and generally from the second draft round, the order was determined exclusively by the result of the previous season, whereby the worst teams were allowed to select first.

Draft picks

• Members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame are highlighted in color

round	Pick	Player (position)	Nat.	NBA team	previous team / college	Games (reg.)	Points	All star	master
1	1	Patrick Ewing (C)		New York Knicks	Georgetown	1,183	24,815	11
1	2	Wayman Tisdale (PF)		Indiana Pacers	Oklahoma	840	12,878
1	3	Benoit Benjamin (C)		Los Angeles Clippers	Creighton	807	9.223
1	4th	Xavier McDaniel (PF)		Seattle SuperSonics	Wichita State	870	13,606	1
1	5	Jon Koncak (C)		Atlanta Hawks	SMU	784	3,520
1	6th	Joe Little (C)		Sacramento Kings	Arkansas	965	4,666
1	7th	Chris Mullin (SF)		Golden State Warriors	St. John's	986	17,911	5
1	8th	Detlef Schrempf (PF / SF)		Dallas Mavericks (from Cleveland )	Washington	1,136	15,761	3
1	9	Charles Oakley (PF)		Cleveland Cavaliers	Virginia Union	1,282	12,417	1
1	10	Ed Pinckney (PF)		Phoenix Suns	Villanova	793	5,378
1	11	Keith Lee (C)		Chicago Bulls	Memphis State	182	1,114
1	12	Kenny Green		Washington Bullets	Wake Forest	60	265
1	13	Karl Malone (PF)		Utah Jazz	Louisiana Tech	1,476	36,928	14th
1	14th	Alfredrick Hughes (SG)		San Antonio Spurs	Loyola (Chicago)	68	356
1	15th	Blair Rasmussen (C)		Denver Nuggets (from Portland )	Oregon	532	5.119
1	16	Bill Wennington (C)		Dallas Mavericks (from New Jersey )	St. John's	720	3,301		3
1	17th	Uwe Blab (C)		Dallas Mavericks	Indiana	235	505
1	18th	Joe Dumars (SG)		Detroit Pistons	McNeese State	1,018	16.401	6th	2
1	19th	Steve Harris (SG)		Houston Rockets	Tulsa	207	1,440
1	20th	Sam Vincent (SG)		Boston Celtics (from Denver via Dallas )	Michigan State	396	3,106		1
1	21st	Terry Catledge (PF)		Philadelphia 76ers	South Alabama	515	6,520
1	22nd	Jerry Reynolds		Milwaukee Bucks	LSU	443	4.036
1	23	AC Green (PF)		Los Angeles Lakers	Oregon State	1,278	12,331	1	3
1	24	Terry Porter (PG)		Portland Trail Blazers (from Boston via Dallas )	Wisconsin-Stevens Point	1,274	15,586	2
2	25th	Mike Smrek (C)		Portland Trail Blazers (by Golden State Warriors )	Canisius	194	554		2
2	26th	Bill Martin		Indiana Pacers	Georgetown	84	397
2	27	Dwayne McClain (SG)		Indiana Pacers (from New York )	Villanova	45	157
2	28	Ken Johnson		Chicago Bulls (from Seattle via Kansas City )	Michigan State	64	263
2	29	Mike Brittain		San Antonio Spurs (from Kansas City via Chicago )	South carolina	38	63
2	30th	Calvin Duncan		Cleveland Cavaliers	Virginia Commonwealth	0
2	31	Manute Bol (C)		Washington Bullets (from Atlanta via San Antonio , Golden State )	Bridgeport	624	1,599
2	32	Nick Vanos		Phoenix Suns	Santa Clara	68	842
2	33	Greg Stokes		Philadelphia 76ers	Iowa	42	130
2	34	Aubrey Sherrod (SG)		Chicago Bulls	Wichita State	0
2	35	Tyrone Corbin (SF / PF)		San Antonio Spurs (from Washington via Houston )	DePaul	1,065	9,766
2	36	Yvon Joseph (C)		New Jersey Nets (from Houston via San Antonio )	Georgia Tech	1	2
2	37	Carey Scurry		Utah Jazz	LIU	180	847
2	38	Fernando Martín (PF)		New Jersey Nets	Real Madrid ( Spain )	24	22nd
2	39	George Montgomery		Portland Trail Blazers	Illinois	0
2	40	Mark Acres		Dallas Mavericks	Oral Roberts	375	1,343
2	41	Lorenzo Charles (PF)		Atlanta Hawks (from Detroit )	NC State	36	122
2	42	Bobby Lee Hurt		Golden State Warriors	Alabama	0
2	43	Barry Stevens		Denver nuggets	Iowa State	2	2
2	44	Voise Winters (SG)		Philadelphia 76ers	Bradley	4th	6th
2	45	John Williams (PF)		Cleveland Cavaliers (from Milwaukee )	Tulane	887	9,784
2	46	Adrian Branch (SF)		Chicago Bulls (from LA Lakers )	Maryland	130	834		1
2	47	Gerald Wilkins (SG)		New York Knicks (from Boston )	Chattanooga	900	11,736
3	49	Brad Wright		Golden State Warriors	UCLA	16	54
3	54	Sam Mitchell (SG)		Houston Rockets (from Atlanta via San Antonio )	Mercer	994	8,636
3	59	Sedric Toney (PG)		Atlanta Hawks (from Utah )	University of Dayton	112	409
3	61	Perry Young		Portland Trail Blazers	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	9	13
3	63	Harold Keeling (PG)		Dallas Mavericks	Santa Clara University	20th	44
3	66	Michael Adams (PG)		Sacramento Kings (from Denver )	Boston College	653	9,621	1
3	69	Mike Brown (PG)		Chicago Bulls (from Los Angeles )	George Washington University	626	3.130
4th	73	Fred Cofield		New York Knicks	Eastern Michigan University	50	169
4th	75	Alex Stivrins (SF)		Seattle SuperSonics	University of Colorado	22nd	44
4th	77	Arvydas Sabonis (C) *		Atlanta Hawks	Žalgiris (USSR)	470	5,629
4th	79	Mark Davis		Cleveland Cavaliers	Old Dominion University	33	127
4th	82	Scott Roth (PF)		San Antonio Spurs	University of Wisconsin	160	751
4th	83	Delaney Rudd (PG)		Utah Jazz	Wake Forest University	239	816
4th	84	John Battle (PG)		Atlanta Hawks (from New Jersey )	Rutgers University	612	5,338
4th	87	Anthony "Spud" Webb (PG)		Detroit Pistons	North Carolina State	814	8,072
4th	89	Pete Williams (F)		Denver nuggets	University of Arizona	58	153
4th	90	Derrick Gervin (SF)		Philadelphia 76ers	University of Texas at San Antonio	77	676
4th	91	Cozell McQueen		Milwaukee Bucks	North Carolina State University	3	6th
4th	92	Dexter Shouse		Los Angeles Lakers	University of South Alabama	3	0
5	101	Gunther Behnke (C)		Cleveland Cavaliers	TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER)	0
6th	139	Ralph Lewis (SG)		Boston Celtics	La Salle University	99	229
7th	144	Michael Phelps (SG)		Seattle SuperSonics	Alcorn State University	132	470
7th	148	Georgi Gluschkow (PF / C)		Phoenix Suns		49	239
7th	150	Keith Gray (SG)		Washington Bullets	Detroit Mercy	0
7th	160	Mario Elie (SG / SF)		Milwaukee Bucks	American International	732	6.265		3

^* The pick was later overturned because the player was under 21 at the time of the draft.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Truth Is Out There: From The 1985 NBA Draft Lottery To The Olympics To Game-Fixing ... Which Conspiracy Theory Can You Believe?

Web links

• Complete draft list 1985
• Draft statistics at basketball-reference.com
• Evolution of the Lottery