1983 NBA draft
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| 1983 NBA draft | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| DateTemplate:Pluralize from text | June 28, 1983 |
| Location | Felt Forum, Madison Square Garden (New York City, New York)[1] |
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| Overview | |
| 226 total selections in 10 rounds | |
| League | NBA |
| First selection | Ralph Sampson (Houston Rockets) |
| Hall of Famers | 2 |
| Template:Succession links | |
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The 1983 NBA draft took place on June 28, 1983, in New York City. A total of 226 players were selected over 10 rounds by the league's 23 teams.
The first overall pick of this draft was 7’4” center Ralph Sampson, predicted as an NBA superstar since high school. The three-time College Player of the Year had spent all four years of his college career at the University of Virginia, and was taken first by the Houston Rockets. Displaying his skilled above-the-rim game and ability to run the court like a guard, he got off to a certain Hall of Fame bound start as an NBA All-Star and NBA Rookie of the Year before injuries several seasons in derailed his career.
Sampson was joined in the Hall by University of Houston Cougars standout Clyde “The Glide” Drexler, taken number 14 by the Portland Trail Blazers. Despite there being only 23 teams at the time of the draft, the Cleveland Cavaliers were awarded the 24th pick out of courtesy. Then-owner Ted Stepien was infamous for repeatedly trading first-round picks in the late 1970s and early 1980s, which, considering Cleveland's morose records in that time period, eventually culminated in the NBA creating a rule banning teams from dealing all of their first-round picks in consecutive years.
Four players from the 1983 draft later served or now serve as coaches—Doc Rivers for the Philadelphia 76ers, Randy Wittman for the Washington Wizards, Byron Scott for the Los Angeles Lakers from 2014 to 2016, and point guard of the 1983 NCAA championship North Carolina State Wolfpack Sidney Lowe. While Scott won the Coach of the Year award in 2008, Rivers won an NBA Championship with the Celtics in that same year.
7’7” Manute Bol was selected in the 5th round by the Clippers, but the NBA rejected the pick on technicalities. Manute had never filed draft paperwork, and his passport listed him at 19 (at the time, 19 years was too young to be drafted).[2]
Florida State star Mitchell Wiggins, father of future No. 1 overall draft pick Andrew Wiggins, was drafted 23rd by the Indiana Pacers.
Draft
| PG | Point guard | SG | Shooting guard | SF | Small forward | PF | Power forward | C | Center |
| ^ | Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
| * | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-NBA Team |
| + | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game |
| # | Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular-season or playoff game |
| ~ | Denotes player who has been selected as Rookie of the Year |
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| 1 | 1 | Script error: No such module "Sort".^~ | C | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Houston Rockets | Virginia (Sr.) |
| 1 | 2 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | C | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Indiana Pacers | Missouri (Sr.) |
| 1 | 3 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | SF | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Houston Rockets (from Cleveland via Philadelphia) | Louisville (Sr.) |
| 1 | 4 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | SG | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | San Diego Clippers (traded to Los Angeles) | Arizona State (Jr.) |
| 1 | 5 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Chicago Bulls | UNLV (Sr.) |
| 1 | 6 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | C | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Golden State Warriors | Purdue (Jr.) |
| 1 | 7 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Utah Jazz | NC State (Sr.) |
| 1 | 8 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Detroit Pistons | Wichita State (Sr.) |
| 1 | 9 | Script error: No such module "Sort".* | SG | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Dallas Mavericks | Tennessee (Sr.) |
| 1 | 10 | Script error: No such module "Sort".+ | SG | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Washington Bullets | Mississippi State (Sr.) |
| 1 | 11 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PG/SG | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Dallas Mavericks (from Atlanta via Cleveland) | Illinois (Jr.) |
| 1 | 12 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | SG | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | New York Knicks | Arkansas (Sr.) |
| 1 | 13 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PG | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Kansas City Kings | Alabama (So.) |
| 1 | 14 | Script error: No such module "Sort".^ | SG | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Portland Trail Blazers | Houston (Jr.) |
| 1 | 15 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | SG | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Denver Nuggets | LSU (Sr.) |
| 1 | 16 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PG | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Seattle SuperSonics | Missouri (Sr.) |
| 1 | 17 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | SF | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | Philadelphia 76ers (from New Jersey) | Syracuse (Sr.) |
| 1 | 18 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | C | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Milwaukee Bucks | Minnesota (Sr.) |
| 1 | 19 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PG | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | San Antonio Spurs | Notre Dame (Sr.) |
| 1 | 20 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | C | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Cleveland Cavaliers (from Phoenix) | Rutgers (Sr.) |
| 1 | 21 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | C | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Boston Celtics | BYU (Sr.) |
| 1 | 22 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | SG | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Washington Bullets (from Los Angeles) | Indiana (Sr.) |
| 1 | 23 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | SG | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Indiana Pacers (from Philadelphia) | Florida State (Sr.) |
| 1 | 24 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PG | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | Cleveland Cavaliers * | Villanova (Sr.) |
| 2 | 25 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PG | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Chicago Bulls | NC State (Sr.) |
| 2 | 26 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | SF | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Indiana Pacers | Oklahoma State (Sr.) |
| 2 | 27 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Cleveland Cavaliers | Boston College (Sr.) |
| 2 | 28 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PG | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Phoenix Suns | UCLA (Sr.) |
| 2 | 29 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Chicago Bulls | Houston (Sr.) |
| 2 | 30 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | C | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Dallas Mavericks | Old Dominion (Sr.) |
| 2 | 31 | Script error: No such module "Sort".+[n 2] | PG | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Atlanta Hawks | Marquette (Jr.) |
| 2 | 32 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | SF | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Washington Bullets | UDC (Sr.) |
| 2 | 33 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PG | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Dallas Mavericks | Kentucky (Sr.) |
| 2 | 34 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Washington Bullets | Washington State (Sr.) |
| 2 | 35 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | C | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | San Antonio Spurs | Auburn (Sr.) |
| 2 | 36 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Seattle SuperSonics | Louisville (Sr.) |
| 2 | 37 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | SF | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Denver Nuggets | St. John's (Sr.) |
| 2 | 38 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Kansas City Kings | San Jose State (Sr.) |
| 2 | 39 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | C | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Portland Trail Blazers | Ohio State (Sr.) |
| 2 | 40 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | SG | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Indiana Pacers | Indiana (Sr.) |
| 2 | 41 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | SF | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Milwaukee Bucks | Indiana (Sr.) |
| 2 | 42 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | SG | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Milwaukee Bucks | Alabama (Sr.) |
| 2 | 43 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | SF | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Golden State Warriors | Utah (Sr.) |
| 2 | 44 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | SG | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | New Jersey Nets | Rhode Island (Sr.) |
| 2 | 45 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | SF | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Phoenix Suns | Arizona State (Sr.) |
| 2 | 46 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PG | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | San Antonio Spurs | St. John's (Sr.) |
| 2 | 47 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | PF | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Philadelphia 76ers | North Texas State (Sr.) |
| 3 | 48 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | SG | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Houston Rockets | Washington State (Sr.) |
| 3 | 49 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Indiana Pacers | West Virginia (Sr.) |
| 3 | 50 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | SF | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Cleveland Cavaliers | Tulane (Sr.) |
| 3 | 51 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Phoenix Suns | NC State (Sr.) |
| 3 | 52 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Indiana Pacers | East Tennessee State (Sr.) |
| 3 | 53 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | SG | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Golden State Warriors | UCLA (Sr.) |
| 3 | 54 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | SG | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Utah Jazz | Iowa (Sr.) |
| 3 | 55 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Detroit Pistons | Syracuse (Sr.) |
| 3 | 56 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | SG | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Cleveland Cavaliers | UNLV (Sr.) |
| 3 | 57 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | SF | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Washington Bullets | UCLA (Sr.) |
| 3 | 58 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | SF | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Atlanta Hawks | Villanova (Sr.) |
| 3 | 59 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | New Jersey Nets | Connecticut (Sr.) |
| 3 | 60 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Kansas City Kings | Washington State (Sr.) |
| 3 | 61 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Denver Nuggets | Oklahoma (Sr.) |
| 3 | 62 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | C | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Portland Trail Blazers | La Salle (Sr.) |
| 3 | 63 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Seattle SuperSonics | Stetson (Sr.) |
| 3 | 64 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Philadelphia 76ers | Texas A&M (Sr.) |
| 3 | 65 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Milwaukee Bucks | St. John's (Sr.) |
| 3 | 66 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | C | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Cleveland Cavaliers | Kansas State (Sr.) |
| 3 | 67 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Cleveland Cavaliers | Kentucky (Sr.) |
| 3 | 68 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Boston Celtics | Virginia (Sr.) |
| 3 | 69 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Los Angeles Lakers | Pepperdine (Sr.) |
| 3 | 70 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Philadelphia 76ers | James Madison (Sr.) |
| 4 | 71 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Houston Rockets | TCU (Sr.) |
| 4 | 72 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | C | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Indiana Pacers | Georgia (Sr.) |
| 4 | 73 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Cleveland Cavaliers | Cincinnati (Sr.) |
| 4 | 74 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Philadelphia 76ers | Mississippi State (Sr.) |
| 4 | 75 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | C | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | Chicago Bulls | Boston College (Sr.) |
| 4 | 76 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Utah Jazz | TCU (Sr.) |
| 4 | 77 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | SF | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Golden State Warriors | Saint Mary's (Sr.) |
| 4 | 78 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Detroit Pistons | Indiana (Sr.) |
| 4 | 79 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Dallas Mavericks | Northwestern State (Sr.) |
| 4 | 80 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Washington Bullets | Southwestern Louisiana (Sr.) |
| 4 | 81 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Atlanta Hawks | Texas Southern (Sr.) |
| 4 | 82 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PG | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | New York Knicks | St. Bonaventure (Sr.) |
| 4 | 83 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Denver Nuggets | UC Santa Barbara (Sr.) |
| 4 | 84 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Kansas City Kings | Wyoming (Sr.) |
| 4 | 85 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Portland Trail Blazers | Chaminade (Sr.) |
| 4 | 86 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | C | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Seattle SuperSonics | Fairfield (Sr.) |
| 4 | 87 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | New Jersey Nets | Bradley (Sr.) |
| 4 | 88 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Milwaukee Bucks | American (Sr.) |
| 4 | 89 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Phoenix Suns | Nevada (Sr.) |
| 4 | 90 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | San Antonio Spurs | William & Mary (Sr.) |
| 4 | 91 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | SG | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Boston Celtics | Ole Miss (Sr.) |
| 4 | 92 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Los Angeles Lakers | Mississippi State (Sr.) |
| 4 | 93 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Philadelphia 76ers | Princeton (Sr.) |
| 5 | 94 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Houston Rockets | Oklahoma (Sr.) |
| 5 | 95 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Indiana Pacers | Ole Miss (Sr.) |
| 5 | 96 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Cleveland Cavaliers | Holy Cross (Sr.) |
| 5 | 97 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | C | Script error: No such module "flag". | San Diego Clippers (Pick voided on technicalities)[2] | (Sudan) |
| 5 | 98 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | C | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Chicago Bulls | Notre Dame (Sr.) |
| 5 | 99 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Golden State Warriors | Hampton (Sr.) |
| 5 | 100 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Utah Jazz | Oklahoma State (Sr.) |
| 5 | 101 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | PF | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Detroit Pistons | Rice (Sr.) |
| 5 | 102 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | C | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Dallas Mavericks | Arkansas–Little Rock (Sr.) |
| 5 | 103 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Washington Bullets | New Hampshire (Sr.) |
| 5 | 104 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Atlanta Hawks | Oklahoma (Sr.) |
| 5 | 105 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | New York Knicks | East Tennessee State (Sr.) |
| 5 | 106 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Kansas City Kings | Oklahoma State (Sr.) |
| 5 | 107 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Denver Nuggets | North Carolina (Sr.) |
| 5 | 108 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Portland Trail Blazers | Wright State (Sr.) |
| 5 | 109 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Seattle SuperSonics | Washington (Sr.) |
| 5 | 110 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | New Jersey Nets | Texas A&M (Sr.) |
| 5 | 111 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Milwaukee Bucks | New Orleans (Sr.) |
| 5 | 112 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | San Antonio Spurs | Richmond (Sr.) |
| 5 | 113 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | C | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Phoenix Suns | Illinois State (Sr.) |
| 5 | 114 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Boston Celtics | Stonehill (Sr.) |
| 5 | 115 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Los Angeles Lakers | Alabama A&M (Sr.) |
| 5 | 116 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Philadelphia 76ers | Tennessee State (Sr.) |
| 6 | 117 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Houston Rockets | Northwestern (Sr.) |
| 6 | 118 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Indiana Pacers | UAB (Sr.) |
| 6 | 119 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Cleveland Cavaliers | Central Michigan (Sr.) |
| 6 | 120 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Milwaukee Bucks | West Virginia (Sr.) |
| 6 | 121 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Chicago Bulls | New Mexico State (Sr.) |
| 6 | 122 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Utah Jazz | Clemson (Sr.) |
| 6 | 123 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | C | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Golden State Warriors | Weber State (Sr.) |
| 6 | 124 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Detroit Pistons | Michigan State (Sr.) |
| 6 | 125 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Dallas Mavericks | Nevada (Sr.) |
| 6 | 126 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Washington Bullets | St. Augustine's (Sr.) |
| 6 | 127 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Atlanta Hawks | Richmond (Sr.) |
| 6 | 128 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | New York Knicks | Boston University (Sr.) |
| 6 | 129 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Denver Nuggets | Murray State (Sr.) |
| 6 | 130 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Kansas City Kings | Wake Forest (Sr.) |
| 6 | 131 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Portland Trail Blazers | Montana (Sr.) |
| 6 | 132 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Seattle SuperSonics | Western Kentucky (Sr.) |
| 6 | 133 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | New Jersey Nets | New Orleans (Sr.) |
| 6 | 134 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Milwaukee Bucks | Kentucky (Sr.) |
| 6 | 135 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan | Phoenix Suns | Fordham (Sr.) |
| 6 | 136 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | San Antonio Spurs | St. Mary's (Texas) (Sr.) |
| 6 | 137 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Boston Celtics | Dallas Baptist (Sr.) |
| 6 | 138 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Los Angeles Lakers | Colorado State (Sr.) |
| 6 | 139 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | SG | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Philadelphia 76ers | West Virginia Tech (Sr.) |
| 7 | 140 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Houston Rockets | Idaho (Sr.) |
| 7 | 141 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Indiana Pacers | Indiana (Sr.) |
| 7 | 142 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Cleveland Cavaliers | John Carroll (Sr.) |
| 7 | 143 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | San Diego Clippers | Oregon State (Sr.) |
| 7 | 144 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Chicago Bulls | USC (Sr.) |
| 7 | 145 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Golden State Warriors | Utah (Sr.) |
| 7 | 146 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | Utah Jazz | Victoria (Sr.) |
| 7 | 147 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Detroit Pistons | Colorado (Sr.) |
| 7 | 148 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Dallas Mavericks | Marquette (Sr.) |
| 7 | 149 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Washington Bullets | Winston-Salem State (Sr.) |
| 7 | 150 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | C | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Atlanta Hawks | UAB (Sr.) |
| 7 | 151 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel | New York Knicks | Fresno State (Sr.) |
| 7 | 152 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | SG | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Kansas City Kings | Pepperdine (Sr.) |
| 7 | 153 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | C | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Denver Nuggets | Catawba (Sr.) |
| 7 | 154 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Portland Trail Blazers | Penn (Sr.) |
| 7 | 155 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Seattle SuperSonics | Mercer (Sr.) |
| 7 | 156 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel |
New Jersey Nets | Sacred Heart (Sr.) |
| 7 | 157 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Milwaukee Bucks | Xavier (Sr.) |
| 7 | 158 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | C | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | San Antonio Spurs | Oklahoma Panhandle State (Sr.) |
| 7 | 159 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Phoenix Suns | VCU (Sr.) |
| 7 | 160 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Boston Celtics | Providence (Sr.) |
| 7 | 161 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Los Angeles Lakers | Cal State Fullerton (Sr.) |
| 7 | 162 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Philadelphia 76ers | Syracuse (Sr.) |
| 8 | 163 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Houston Rockets | Arkansas State (Sr.) |
| 8 | 164 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Indiana Pacers | Ball State (Sr.) |
| 8 | 165 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Cleveland Cavaliers | Lewis (Sr.) |
| 8 | 166 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | San Diego Clippers | Iowa (Sr.) |
| 8 | 167 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Milwaukee Bucks | Chicago State (Sr.) |
| 8 | 168 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Utah Jazz | Santa Fe (New Mexico) (Sr.) |
| 8 | 169 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Golden State Warriors | Central Washington (Sr.) |
| 8 | 170 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Detroit Pistons | Augustana College (Illinois) (Sr.) |
| 8 | 171 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Dallas Mavericks | Pepperdine (Sr.) |
| 8 | 172 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Washington Bullets | Howard (Sr.) |
| 8 | 173 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Atlanta Hawks | Georgia Tech (Sr.) |
| 8 | 174 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | New York Knicks | Penn Staet (Sr.) |
| 8 | 175 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Milwaukee Bucks | Davidson (Sr.) |
| 8 | 176 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Kansas City Kings | UC Davis (Sr.) |
| 8 | 177 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | C | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Portland Trail Blazers | Arizona (Sr.) |
| 8 | 178 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Seattle SuperSonics | Armstrong Atlantic State (Sr.) |
| 8 | 179 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | New Jersey Nets | Duquesne (Sr.) |
| 8 | 180 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | C | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Milwaukee Bucks | DePaul (Sr.) |
| 8 | 181 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Phoenix Suns | Villanova (Sr.) |
| 8 | 182 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | San Antonio Spurs | Oklahoma Christian (Sr.) |
| 8 | 183 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Boston Celtics | Pittsburgh (Sr.) |
| 8 | 184 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Philadelphia 76ers | American (Sr.) |
| 9 | 185 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Houston Rockets | Oklahoma Christian (Sr.) |
| 9 | 186 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Indiana Pacers | Butler (Sr.) |
| 9 | 187 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Cleveland Cavaliers | Georgia State (Sr.) |
| 9 | 188 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | San Diego Clippers | Fordham (Sr.) |
| 9 | 189 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | C | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Chicago Bulls | Oklahoma Christian (Sr.) |
| 9 | 190 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Golden State Warriors | Loyola Marymount (Sr.) |
| 9 | 191 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Utah Jazz | Oklahoma Christian (Sr.) |
| 9 | 192 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Detroit Pistons | Eastern Michigan (Sr.) |
| 9 | 193 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Dallas Mavericks | Chicago State (Sr.) |
| 9 | 194 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Washington Bullets | UMBC (Sr.) |
| 9 | 195 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Atlanta Hawks | West Alabama (Sr.) |
| 9 | 196 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | C | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | New York Knicks | Marshall (Sr.) |
| 9 | 197 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Kansas City Kings | Oklahoma Panhandle State (Sr.) |
| 9 | 198 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Denver Nuggets | Catawba (Sr.) |
| 9 | 199 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Portland Trail Blazers | Idaho (Sr.) |
| 9 | 200 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Seattle SuperSonics | Hampton (Sr.) |
| 9 | 201 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | New Jersey Nets | Rutgers (Sr.) |
| 9 | 202 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Milwaukee Bucks | Notre Dame (Sr.) |
| 9 | 203 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | San Antonio Spurs | St. Mary's (Texas) (Sr.) |
| 9 | 204 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Phoenix Suns | Western Illinois (Sr.) |
| 9 | 205 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Boston Celtics | UMass Boston (Sr.) |
| 9 | 206 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Philadelphia 76ers | James Madison (Sr.) |
| 10 | Houston Rockets (forfeited due to selection of ineligible player)[n 3] | |||||
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Indiana Pacers | Augustana College (South Dakota) (Sr.) |
| 10 | 208 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Cleveland Cavaliers | Xavier (Sr.) |
| 10 | 209 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | San Diego Clippers | San Diego State (Sr.) |
| 10 | 210 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Chicago Bulls | Duke (Sr.) |
| 10 | 211 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Utah Jazz | Auburn (Sr.) |
| 10 | 212 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | C | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Golden State Warriors | Long Beach State (Sr.) |
| 10 | 213 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Detroit Pistons | Michigan (Sr.) |
| 10 | 214 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Dallas Mavericks | FIU (Sr.) |
| 10 | 215 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Washington Bullets | Saint Louis (Sr.) |
| 10 | 216 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Atlanta Hawks | Western Carolina (Sr.) |
| 10 | 217 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | New York Knicks | DePaul (Sr.) |
| 10 | 218 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Denver Nuggets | Catawba (Sr.) |
| 10 | 219 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Kansas City Kings | Washington State (Sr.) |
| 10 | 220 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Portland Trail Blazers | Eastern Oregon (Sr.) |
| 10 | 221 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Seattle SuperSonics | North Carolina Central (Sr.) |
| 10 | 222 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | C | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | New Jersey Nets | Princeton (Sr.) |
| 10 | 223 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Milwaukee Bucks | St. John's (Sr.) |
| 10 | 224 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Phoenix Suns | Oklahoma (Sr.) |
| 10 | 225 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | San Antonio Spurs | Georgia (Sr.) |
| 10 | 226 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Milwaukee Bucks | Bentley (Sr.) |
| 10 | Philadelphia 76ers (forfeited due to selection of ineligible player)[n 4] | |||||
*Compensation for draft choices previously traded away by Ted Stepien.
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- ^ Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.
- ^ Rivers will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2026 as a coach.
- ^ The Rockets selected Darrell Johnson of the San Jose State Spartans who was a junior and ineligible for the draft because he had not declared hardship status.[3]
- ^ The 76ers selected Norman Horvitz, the medical director of Nutrisystem and a friend of 76ers owner Harold Katz. Horvitz had graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science in 1956 and was declared ineligible by the NBA because he had been out of college for more than 27 years. Excluding later draft selections of players from the Soviet Union, Horvitz would be the last person the NBA considered to be an ineligible draft selection.[4]
Early entrants
College underclassmen
For the fifth time in six years, no college underclassman would withdraw their entry into the NBA draft. This time, only six college underclassmen would declare their entry into the draft. The following college basketball players successfully applied for early draft entrance.[5]
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- Template:Flagicon Russell Cross – F, Purdue (junior)
- Template:Flagicon Clyde Drexler – G/F, Houston (junior)
- Template:Flagicon Derek Harper – G, Illinois (junior)
- Template:Flagicon Doc Rivers – G, Marquette (junior)
- Template:Flagicon Byron Scott – G, Arizona State (junior)
- Template:Flagicon Ennis Whatley – G, Alabama (sophomore)
Invited attendees
The 1983 NBA draft is considered to be the sixth NBA draft to have utilized what's properly considered the "green room" experience for NBA prospects. The NBA's green room is a staging area where anticipated draftees often sit with their families and representatives, waiting for their names to be called on draft night. Often being positioned either in front of or to the side of the podium (in this case, being positioned in the Madison Square Garden's Felt Forum for the second year in a row[6]), once a player heard his name, he would walk to the podium to shake hands and take promotional photos with the NBA commissioner. From there, the players often conducted interviews with various media outlets while backstage. However, once the NBA draft started to air nationally on TV starting with the 1980 NBA draft, the green room evolved from players waiting to hear their name called and then shaking hands with these select players who were often called to the hotel to take promotional pictures with the NBA commissioner a day or two after the draft concluded to having players in real-time waiting to hear their names called up and then shaking hands with Larry O'Brien, the NBA's commissioner at the time.[7] The NBA compiled its list of green room invites through collective voting by the NBA's team presidents and general managers alike, which in this year's case belonged to only what they believed were the top 13 prospects at the time.[8] However, two of the invitations to the draft in Sidney Lowe and Dereck Whittenburg would end up staying in the green room by not just the second round, but by as late as the third round at the 51st round, with Whittenburg being the latest selection for a natural, day one draftee invite as of 2025. Not only that, but Whittenburg would be the first invite to never play a single NBA game after being drafted following his invitation, as well as be the only invite drafted into the third round back when the NBA draft would go beyond just two rounds starting in 1989. Even so, the following players were invited to attend this year's draft festivities live and in person.[6]
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- Template:Flagicon Thurl Bailey – PF, North Carolina State
- Template:Flagicon Antoine Carr – PF, Wichita State
- Template:Flagicon Clyde Drexler – SG, Houston
- Template:Flagicon Stewart Granger – PG, Villanova
- Template:Flagicon Sidney Green – PG, UNLV
- Template:Flagicon Roy Hinson – C, Rutgers
- Template:Flagicon Sidney Lowe – PG, North Carolina State
- Template:Flagicon Rodney McCray – SF, Louisville
- Template:Flagicon Ralph Sampson – C, Virginia
- Template:Flagicon Steve Stipanovich – C, Missouri
- Template:Flagicon Darrell Walker – SG, Arkansas
- Template:Flagicon Dereck Whittenburg – PG, North Carolina State
- Template:Flagicon Randy Wittman – SG, Indiana
See also
References
- General
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Complete First Round Results 1980-89". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on March 21, 2010. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."1983 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."1982–1986 NBA Drafts". The Association for Professional Basketball Research. Archived from the original on November 16, 2010. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
- Specific
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bradley, Robert D. (2013). The Basketball Draft Fact Book: A History of Professional Basketball's College Drafts. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810890695.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."A Gift From On High". CNN. June 28, 2010. Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Darrell Johnson -Ineligible Draftee". The Draft Review. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Norman Horvitz - Ineligible Draftee". The Draft Review. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."1983 Underclassmen". The Draft Review. August 4, 2007. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
- ^ a b https://www.thedraftreview.com/historical-draft-events/green-room/1983-green-room-invites
- ^ https://www.thedraftreview.com/sundry/sundry-articles/draft-broadcasts
- ^ https://www.thedraftreview.com/historical-draft-events/green-room
External links
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