1989 NBA draft
1989 NBA draft | |
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General information | |
Date(s) | June 27, 1989 |
Time | 7:35 pm EDT |
Location | Felt Forum, New York City, New York |
Network(s) (US) | TBS |
First selection | Pervis Ellison, Sacramento Kings |
← 1988 NBA draft1990 → | |
1989 NBA expansion draft |
The 1989 NBA draft took place on June 27, 1989, in New York City, New York, USA. Despite eight of the top ten picks being considered busts, including the first two picks Pervis Ellison and Danny Ferry, the draft did produce a lot of talented players such as Shawn Kemp, Glen Rice, Sean Elliott, Nick Anderson, Dana Barros, Tim Hardaway, Vlade Divac, Cliff Robinson, B. J. Armstrong and Mookie Blaylock, The draft was reduced from three rounds in the previous year to the two-round format still in use.[1][2]
This was also the first draft televised prime time on national television.[3]
Draft selections
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 |
x | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-NBA Team |
# | Denotes player who never played in the NBA regular season or playoffs |
Notable undrafted players
Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club team |
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Chris Childs | SG | Boise State (Sr.) | |
Tom Hovasse | SF | Penn State (Sr.) | |
Jaren Jackson | SG | Georgetown (Sr.) | |
Notes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ At the time, Prijepolje was part of Yugoslavia, now it is Serbian territory.
- ↑ At the time, Split was part of Yugoslavia, now it is Croatian territory.
References
- ↑ https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1989.html
- ↑ http://basketball.realgm.com/nba/draft/past_drafts/1989
- ↑ "NBA Draft Will Move To Prime-Time on TBS". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. March 15, 1989. pp. D4.
- 1 2 The Pistons traded the rights to Kenny Battle and Micheal Williams to the Suns for rights to Anthony Cook on the draft day.
Berry, Walter (June 28, 1989). "Associatred Press sports news". Associated Press.
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