NBA Draft 1990

The 1990 NBA Draft took place on June 27, 1990 in New York .

The NBA Draft is an event of the NBA basketball league, at which the league's teams can acquire the rights to available young 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.

Round 1

= All-Star

Pick	player	nationality	NBA team	previous team / college
1	Derrick Coleman (PF / C)	United States	New Jersey Nets	Syracuse
2	Gary Payton (PG)	United States	Seattle SuperSonics	Oregon State
3	Chris Jackson (SG)	United States	Denver Nuggets (from Miami )	LSU
4th	Dennis Scott (SG / SF)	United States	Orlando Magic	Georgia Tech
5	Kendall Gill (SG)	United States	Charlotte Hornets	Illinois
6th	Felton Spencer (C)	United States	Minnesota Timberwolves	Louisville
7th	Lionel Simmons (SF)	United States	Sacramento Kings	La Salle
8th	Bo Kimble (SG)	United States	Los Angeles Clippers	Loyola Marymount
9	Willie Burton (SG)	United States	Miami Heat (from Washington via Dallas and Denver )	Minnesota
10	Rumeal Robinson (PG)	United States	Atlanta Hawks (from Golden State )	Michigan
11	Tyrone Hill (PF)	United States	Golden State Warriors (from Atlanta )	Xavier
12	Alec Kessler (PF)	United States	Houston Rockets (traded in Miami for Carl Herrera and the rights of Dave Jamerson )	Georgia
13	Loy Vaught (PF)	United States	Los Angeles Clippers (from Cleveland )	Michigan
14th	Travis Mays (PG)	United States	Sacramento Kings (from Indiana )	Texas
15th	Dave Jamerson (SG)	United States	Miami Heat (from Denver ; traded with Carl Herrera in Houston for the rights of Alec Kessler )	Ohio
16	Terry Mills (SF)	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	Michigan
17th	Jerrod Mustaf	United States	New York Knicks	Maryland
18th	Duane Causwell (C)	United States	Sacramento (from Dallas )	Temple
19th	Dee Brown (SG)	United States	Boston Celtics	Jacksonville
20th	Gerald Glass (SF / SG)	United States	Minnesota Timberwolves (from Philadelphia )	Mississippi
21st	Jayson Williams (PF / C)	United States	Phoenix Suns	St. John's
22nd	Tate George (SG)	United States	New Jersey Nets (from Chicago )	Connecticut
23	Anthony Bonner	United States	Sacramento Kings (of Utah )	Saint Louis
24	Dwayne Schintzius (C)	United States	San Antonio Spurs	Florida
25th	Alaa Abdelnaby (PF)	Egypt United States	Portland Trail Blazers	Duke
26th	Lance Blanks	United States	Detroit Pistons	Texas
27	Elden Campbell (PF / C)	United States	Los Angeles Lakers	Clemson

round 2

Pick	player	nationality	NBA team	previous team / college
28	Les Jepsen (C)	United States	Golden State Warriors	Iowa
29	Toni Kukoč (SF)	Yugoslavia ( Croatia )	Chicago Bulls (from Orlando )	KK Split ( Croatia )
30th	Carl Herrera (PF)	Venezuela	Miami Heat	Houston
31	Negele Knight (G)	United States	Phoenix Suns	Dayton
32	Brian Oliver (G)	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	Georgia Tech
33	Walter Palmer (C / F)	United States	Utah Jazz	Dartmouth
34	Kevin Pritchard (G)	United States	Golden State Warriors	Kansas
35	Greg Foster (F / C)	United States	Washington Bullets	UTEP
36	Trevor Wilson (F)	United States	Atlanta Hawks	UCLA
37	AJ English (G)	United States	Washington Bullets	Virginia Union
38	Jud Buechler (F / G)	United States	Seattle SuperSonics	Arizona
39	Steve Scheffler (C / F)	United States	Charlotte Hornets	Purdue
40	Bimbo Coles (G)	United States	Sacramento Kings	Virginia Tech
41	Steve Bardo (G)	United States	Atlanta Hawks	Illinois
42	Marcus Liberty (F)	United States	Denver nuggets	Illinois
43	Tony Massenburg (F)	United States	San Antonio Spurs	Maryland
44	Steve Henson (G)	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	Kansas State
45	Antonio Davis (F / C)	United States	Indiana Pacers	UTEP
46	Kenny Williams (F)	United States	Indiana Pacers	Elizabeth City State
47	Derek Strong (F)	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	Xavier
48	Cedric Ceballos (F)	United States	Phoenix Suns	Cal State Fullerton
49	Phil Henderson (SG)	United States	Dallas Mavericks	Duke
50	Miloš Babić (C)	Yugoslavia ( Serbia )	Phoenix Suns	Tennessee Tech
51	Tony Smith (C)	United States	Los Angeles Lakers (from San Antonio )	Marquette
52	Stefano Rusconi (PF / C)	Italy	Cleveland Cavaliers	Ranger Varese ( Italy )
53	Abdul Shamsid-Deen (C)	United States	Seattle SuperSonics	Providence
54	Sean Higgins (G / F)	United States	San Antonio Spurs (by LA Lakers )	Michigan

Web links

• NBA Draft 1990