1987 NBA Draft

The 1987 NBA Draft was carried out on June 22, 1987 in New York City ( New York , USA ). There were a total of seven rounds with 23 picks each.

David Robinson of the San Antonio Spurs was elected in first position .

Round 1

= All-Star

Pick	Player (position)	nationality	NBA team	previous team / college
1	David Robinson (C)	United States	San Antonio Spurs	United States Naval Academy
2	Armon Gilliam (PF)	United States	Phoenix Suns	University of Nevada, Las Vegas
3	Dennis Hopson (SF)	United States	New Jersey Nets	Ohio State University
4th	Reggie Williams (SF)	United States	Los Angeles Clippers	Georgetown University
5	Scottie Pippen (SF)	United States	Seattle SuperSonics	University of Central Arkansas
6th	Kenny Smith (PG)	United States	Sacramento Kings	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
7th	Kevin Johnson (PG)	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	University of California, Berkeley
8th	Olden Polynice (C)	Haiti	Chicago Bulls	University of Virginia
9	Derrick McKey (SF / PF)	United States	Seattle SuperSonics	University of Alabama
10	Horace Grant (PF / C)	United States	Chicago Bulls	Clemson University
11	Reggie Miller (SG)	United States	Indiana Pacers	University of California, Los Angeles
12	Muggsy Bogues (PG)	United States	Washington Bullets	Wake Forest University
13	Joe Wolf (C)	United States	Los Angeles Clippers	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
14th	Tellis Frank (PF)	United States	Golden State Warriors	Western Kentucky University
15th	José Ortiz (PF)	Puerto Rico	Utah Jazz	Oregon State University
16	Christian Welp (C)	BR Germany	Philadelphia 76ers	University of Washington
17th	Ronnie Murphy (SG)	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	Jacksonville University
18th	Mark Jackson (PG)	United States	New York Knicks	St. John's University, New York
19th	Ken Norman (SF)	United States	Los Angeles Clippers	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
20th	Jim Farmer (SG)	United States	Dallas Mavericks	University of Alabama
21st	Dallas Comegys (F)	United States	Atlanta Hawks	DePaul University
22nd	Reggie Lewis (SG)	United States	Boston Celtics	Northeastern University
23	Greg Anderson (PF)	United States	San Antonio Spurs	University of Houston

Other important picks

Pick	Player (position)	nationality	NBA team	previous team / college
24	Fred Banks	United States	Detroit Pistons	University of Nevada, Las Vegas
25th	Ron Moore (C)	United States	New York Knicks	West Virginia State University
26th	Steve Alford (SG)	United States	Dallas Mavericks	Indiana University Bloomington
39	Vincent Askew (SG / SF)	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	Memphis State University
40	Winston Garland (PG)	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	Southwest Missouri State University
41	Kannard Johnson (PF)	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	Western Kentucky University
45	Brad Lohaus (PF / C)	United States	Boston Celtics	University of Iowa
51	Sven Meyer (C)	BR Germany	Sacramento Kings	University of Oregon
52	Donald Royal (SF)	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	University of Notre Dame
57	Hansi Gnad (C)	BR Germany	Philadelphia 76ers	University of Alaska Anchorage
63	Kevin Gamble (SG)	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	University of Iowa
68	Billy Donovan (PG)	United States	Utah Jazz	Providence College
75	Chris Dudley (C)	United States	San Antonio Spurs	Yale University
79	Jack Haley (C / F)	United States	Chicago Bulls	University of California, Los Angeles
90	Theofanis Christodoulou (F)	Greece	Atlanta Hawks	Panionios Athens ( Greece )
127	Šarūnas Marčiulionis (SG)	Soviet Union ( Lithuania )	Golden State Warriors	Statyba Vilnius ( Soviet Union )

Disregarded players

• Scott Brooks (PG), UC-Irvine
• David Wood (F), Nevada

See also

• Entry Draft