National Basketball Association - 1979-80 NBA Draft Picks

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Year	Draft	Round	Pick	Player	Pos	playerSlug	From	To	Notes	ROY	HOF	Allstar	Heismann
1980	1980	1	1	Joe Carroll		joe-carroll	Purdue	Golden State
1980	1980	1	2	Darrell Griffith		darrell-griffith	Louisville	Utah	!	1981
1980	1980	1	3	Kevin McHale		kevin-mchale	Minnesota	Boston
1980	1980	1	4	Kelvin Ransey		kelvin-ransey	Ohio State	Chicago
1980	1980	1	5	James Ray		james-ray	Jacksonville	Denver
1980	1980	1	6	Mike OKoren		mike-okoren	North Carolina	New Jersey
1980	1980	1	7	Mike Gminski		mike-gminski	Duke	New Jersey
1980	1980	1	8	Andrew Toney		andrew-toney	SW Louisiana	Philadelphia
1980	1980	1	9	Michael Brooks		michael-brooks	La Salle	San Diego
1980	1980	1	10	Ronnie Lester		ronnie-lester	Iowa	Portland
1980	1980	1	11	Kiki Vandeweghe		kiki-vandeweghe	UCLA	Dallas
1980	1980	1	12	Mike Woodson		mike-woodson	Indiana	New York
1980	1980	1	13	Rickey Brown		rickey-brown	Mississippi State	Golden State
1980	1980	1	14	Wes Matthews		wes-matthews	Wisconsin	Washington
1980	1980	1	15	Reggie Johnson		reggie-johnson	Tennessee	San Antonio
1980	1980	1	16	Hawkeye Whitney		hawkeye-whitney	North Carolina State	Kansas City
1980	1980	1	17	Larry Drew		larry-drew	Missouri	Detroit
1980	1980	1	18	Don Collins		don-collins	Washington State	Atlanta
1980	1980	1	19	John Duren		john-duren	Georgetown	Utah
1980	1980	1	20	Bill Hanzlik		bill-hanzlik	Notre Dame	Seattle
1980	1980	1	21	Monti Davis		monti-davis	Tennessee State	Philadelphia
1980	1980	1	22	Chad Kinch		chad-kinch	North Carolina-Charlotte	Cleveland
1980	1980	1	23	Carl Nicks		carl-nicks	Indiana State	Denver
1980	1980	2	24	Larry Smith		larry-smith	Alcorn State	Golden State
1980	1980	2	25	Jeff Ruland		jeff-ruland	Iona	Golden State
1980	1980	2	26	Sam Worthen		sam-worthen	Marquette	Chicago
1980	1980	2	27	John Stroud		john-stroud	Mississippi	Houston
1980	1980	2	28	Craig Shelton		craig-shelton	Georgetown	Atlanta
1980	1980	2	29	Louis Orr		louis-orr	Syracuse	Indiana
1980	1980	2	30	Kenny Natt		kenny-natt	NE Louisiana	Indiana
1980	1980	2	31	Wayne Robinson		wayne-robinson	Virginia Tech	LA Lakers
1980	1980	2	32	David Lawrence			McNeese State	Portland
1980	1980	2	33	Bruce Collins			Weber State	Portland
1980	1980	2	34	Roosevelt Bouie			Syracuse	Dallas
1980	1980	2	35	Ricky Mahorn			Hampton Institute	Washington
1980	1980	2	36	DeWayne Scales		dewayne-scales	Louisiana State	New York
1980	1980	2	37	Butch Carter		butch-carter	Indiana	LA Lakers
1980	1980	2	38	Terry Stotts		terry-stotts	Oklahoma	Houston
1980	1980	2	39	Michael Wiley		michael-wiley	Long Beach State	San Antonio
1980	1980	2	40	Dick Miller		dick-miller	Toledo	Indiana
1980	1980	2	41	Jawann Oldham		jawann-oldham	Seattle	Denver
1980	1980	2	42	Kimberly Belton			Stanford	Phoenix
1980	1980	2	43	Billy Williams		billy-williams	Clemson	Houston
1980	1980	2	44	Clyde Austin			North Carolina State	Philadelphia
1980	1980	2	45	Brad Branson		brad-branson	Southern Methodist	Detroit
1980	1980	2	46	Arnette Hallman			Purdue	Boston
1980	1980	3	47	Kurt Nimphius		kurt-nimphius	Arizona State	Denver
1980	1980	3	48	Eddie Lee			Cincinnati	Denver
1980	1980	3	49	John Virgil			North Carolina	Golden State
1980	1980	3	50	James Wilkes		james-wilkes	UCLA	Chicago
1980	1980	3	51	Ron Valentine			Old Dominion	Denver
1980	1980	3	52	Lowes Moore		lowes-moore	West Virginia	New Jersey
1980	1980	3	53	Stuart House			Washington State	Cleveland
1980	1980	3	54	Ron Perry		ron-perry	Holy Cross	Boston
1980	1980	3	55	Wayne Abrams			Southern Illinois	Cleveland
1980	1980	3	56	Mike Harper		mike-harper	North Park	Portland
1980	1980	3	57	Dave Britton			Texas A&M	Dallas
1980	1980	3	58	Kurt Rambis		kurt-rambis	Santa Clara	New York
1980	1980	3	59	John Campbell		john-campbell	Clemson	Phoenix
1980	1980	3	60	Lavon Mercer			Georgia	San Antonio
1980	1980	3	61	Rich Yonakor		rich-yonakor	North Carolina	San Antonio
1980	1980	3	62	Tony Murphy		tony-murphy	Southern	Kansas City
1980	1980	3	63	Al Beal			Oklahoma	Milwaukee
1980	1980	3	64	Jonathan Moore			Furman	Detroit
1980	1980	3	65	Doug TRUE			California	Phoenix
1980	1980	3	66	Carl Bailey		carl-bailey	Tuskegee	Seattle
1980	1980	3	67	Reggie Gaines			Winston-Salem	Philadelphia
1980	1980	3	68	Ron Jones		ron-jones	Illinois State	Cleveland
1980	1980	3	69	Donald Newman			Idaho	Boston
1980	1980	4	70	Darwin Cook		darwin-cook	Portland	Detroit
1980	1980	4	71	Robert Scott			Alabama	Golden State
1980	1980	4	72	Alan Taylor			Brigham Young	Utah
1980	1980	4	73	Sammie Ellis			Pittsburgh	Denver
1980	1980	4	74	Ron Charles			Michigan State	Chicago
1980	1980	4	75	Rory Sparrow		rory-sparrow	Villanova	New Jersey
1980	1980	4	76	Ed Odom			Oklahoma State	San Diego
1980	1980	4	77	Murray Brown			Florida State	Cleveland
1980	1980	4	78	Rich Branning			Notre Dame	Indiana
1980	1980	4	79	Kelvin Henderson			St. Louis	Portland
1980	1980	4	80	David Johnson		david-johnson	Weber State	Dallas
1980	1980	4	81	Francois Wise			Long Beach State	Washington
1980	1980	4	82	Joseph Chmelich			Wisconsin	New York
1980	1980	4	83	Calvin Roberts			Cal State-Fullerton	San Antonio
1980	1980	4	84	Dean Hunger			Utah State	Houston
1980	1980	4	85	Billy Bryant			Western Kentucky	Philadelphia
1980	1980	4	86	Jeff Wolf			North Carolina	Milwaukee
1980	1980	4	87	Tony Jackson		tony-jackson	Florida State	LA Lakers
1980	1980	4	88	Leroy Stampley			Loyola (IL)	Phoenix
1980	1980	4	89	Gary Hooker			Murray State	Seattle
1980	1980	4	90	Harold Hubbard			Savannah State	Philadelphia
1980	1980	4	91	Ron Baxter			Texas	LA Lakers
1980	1980	4	92	Kevin Hamilton			Iona	Boston
1980	1980	5	93	Tony Fuller		tony-fuller	Pepperdine	Detroit
1980	1980	5	94	Wally West			Boston U	Utah
1980	1980	5	95	Don Carlino			USC	Golden State
1980	1980	5	96	Mike Campbell		mike-campbell	Northwestern	Chicago
1980	1980	5	97	James Patrick		james-patrick	SW Texas State	Denver
1980	1980	5	98	Aaron Curry		aaron-curry	Oklahoma	New Jersey
1980	1980	5	99	Wally Rank		wally-rank	San Jose State	San Diego
1980	1980	5	100	Joe Galvin			Illinois State	Indiana
1980	1980	5	101	LaVon Williams			Kentucky	Cleveland
1980	1980	5	102	Larry Belin			New Mexico	Portland
1980	1980	5	103	Darrell Allums		darrell-allums	UCLA	Dallas
1980	1980	5	104	William Carey			Albright	New York
1980	1980	5	105	Daryl Strickland			Rutgers	Washington
1980	1980	5	106	Albert Jones			New Mexico	Houston
1980	1980	5	107	Gib Hinz			Wisconsin-Eau Claire	San Antonio
1980	1980	5	108	Kevin Blakley			Eastern Michigan	Kansas City
1980	1980	5	109	Ken Jones		ken-jones	Virginia Commonwealth	Milwaukee
1980	1980	5	110	Mike Doyle			South Carolina	Atlanta
1980	1980	5	111	Mark Stevens		mark-stevens	Northern Arizona	Phoenix
1980	1980	5	112	Lenny Horton			Georgia Tech	Seattle
1980	1980	5	113	Jim Swaney			Toledo	Philadelphia
1980	1980	5	114	Rick Raivio			Portland	LA Lakers
1980	1980	5	115	Rufus Harris			Maine	Boston
1980	1980	6	116	Tony Turner			Alaska-Anchorage	Detroit
1980	1980	6	117	Neil Bresnahan			Illinois	Golden State
1980	1980	6	118	Ken Cunningham			Western Michigan	Utah
1980	1980	6	119	Ernie Hill			Oklahoma City	Denver
1980	1980	6	120	Bernard Rencher			St. John's	Chicago
1980	1980	6	121	Rick Mattick			Louisiana State	New Jersey
1980	1980	6	122	Londale Theus			Santa Clara	San Diego
1980	1980	6	123	Antonio Martin			Oral Roberts	Cleveland
1980	1980	6	124	Randy Owens			Philadelphia Textile	Indiana
1980	1980	6	125	Perry Mirkovich			Lethbridge (Canada)	Portland
1980	1980	6	126	Leroy Jackson		leroy-jackson	Cameron	Dallas
1980	1980	6	127	Ken Dancy			Chicago State	Washington
1980	1980	6	128	Kelvin Hicks			New York Tech	New York
1980	1980	6	129	Dean Uthoff			Iowa State	San Antonio
1980	1980	6	130	Everette Jefferson			New Mexico	Houston
1980	1980	6	131	Kent Grooms			Kent State	Kansas City
1980	1980	6	132	Alex Gilbert			Indiana State	Milwaukee
1980	1980	6	133	Mike Zagardo			George Washington	Atlanta
1980	1980	6	134	Coby Leavitt			Utah	Phoenix
1980	1980	6	135	Jim Strickland		jim-strickland	South Carolina	Seattle
1980	1980	6	136	Donald Cooper			St. Augustine	Philadelphia
1980	1980	6	137	Odis Boddie			North Alabama	LA Lakers
1980	1980	6	138	Kenny Evans			Norfolk State	Boston
1980	1980	7	139	Carl Pierce			Gonzaga	Detroit
1980	1980	7	140	Dave Colescott			North Carolina	Utah
1980	1980	7	141	Lorenzo Romar		lorenzo-romar	Washington	Golden State
1980	1980	7	142	Robert Byrd			Marquette	Chicago
1980	1980	7	143	Tommy Springer			Vanderbilt	Denver
1980	1980	7	144	Larry Spicer			Alabama-Birmingham	New Jersey
1980	1980	7	145	Paul Anderson		paul-anderson	USC College	San Diego
1980	1980	7	146	Charles Naddaff			Lafayette	Indiana
1980	1980	7	147	Leroy Berry			Wilmington (OH)	Cleveland
1980	1980	7	148	Gig Sims			UCLA	Portland
1980	1980	7	149	Tony Forch			Midwestern	Dallas
1980	1980	7	150	Bobby Turner			Louisville	New York
1980	1980	7	151	Karl Godine			Stephen F. Austin	Washington
1980	1980	7	152	Joe Nehls			Arizona	Houston
1980	1980	7	153	Allan Zahn			Arkansas	San Antonio
1980	1980	7	154	Arnold McDowell			Montana State	Kansas City
1980	1980	7	155	Ron White			Furman	Milwaukee
1980	1980	7	156	Charles Hightower			Dillard	Atlanta
1980	1980	7	157	Ron Williams		ron-williams	Western Montana	Phoenix
1980	1980	7	158	Carl Ervin			Seattle	Seattle
1980	1980	7	159	Richard Smith		richard-smith	Weber State	Philadelphia
1980	1980	7	160	Les Hanson			Virginia Tech	Boston
1980	1980	8	161	Leroy Loggins			Fairmont State	Detroit
1980	1980	8	162	Kurt Kanaskie			La Salle	Golden State
1980	1980	8	163	Jim Brandon			St. Peter's	Utah
1980	1980	8	164	Modzel Greer			North Park	Chicago
1980	1980	8	165	Lloyd Terry			New Orleans	New Jersey
1980	1980	8	166	Jim Ellinghausen			Ohio State	Cleveland
1980	1980	8	167	Steve Stielper			James Madison	Indiana
1980	1980	8	168	John Stroeder		john-stroeder	Montana	Portland
1980	1980	8	169	Clarence Kea		clarence-kea	Lamar	Dallas
1980	1980	8	170	Rich Valavicious			Auburn	Washington
1980	1980	8	171	James Salters			Penn	New York
1980	1980	8	172	Bill Bailey		bill-bailey	Pan American	San Antonio
1980	1980	8	173	Rosie Barnes			Bowling Green	Houston
1980	1980	8	174	Keith Valentine			Virginia Union	Milwaukee
1980	1980	8	175	Jim Conolly			La Salle	Phoenix
1980	1980	8	176	Al Dutch			Georgetown	Seattle
1980	1980	8	177	Martin Lemelle			Grambling	Philadelphia
1980	1980	8	178	Melvin Hooker			Edinboro State	LA Lakers
1980	1980	8	179	Steve Wright		steve-wright	Boston U	Boston
1980	1980	9	180	Terry Dupris			Huron	Detroit
1980	1980	9	181	Paul Renfro			Texas-Arlington	Utah
1980	1980	9	182	Billy Reid		billy-reid	San Francisco	Golden State
1980	1980	9	183	Jay Shidler			Kentucky	Chicago
1980	1980	9	184	Jim Graziano			South Carolina	Denver
1980	1980	9	185	Barry Young			Colorado State	New Jersey
1980	1980	9	186	Scott Rogers			Kenyon	Indiana
1980	1980	9	187	Melvin Crafter			Central State (OH)	Cleveland
1980	1980	9	188	Rich Boucher			Maine	Portland
1980	1980	9	189	Ken Williams		ken-williams	Houston	Dallas
1980	1980	9	190	Don Wiley			Monmouth	New York
1980	1980	9	191	Clinton Wyatt			Alcorn State	Washington
1980	1980	9	192	Al Williams		al-williams	North Texas State	San Antonio
1980	1980	9	193	Charley Cole			Delta State	Kansas City
1980	1980	9	194	Del Yarbrough			Illinois State	Milwaukee
1980	1980	9	195	Stanley Lamb			Steubenville	Atlanta
1980	1980	9	196	Keith French			North Park	Phoenix
1980	1980	9	197	Jim Tillman			Eastern Kentucky	Seattle
1980	1980	9	198	Luke Griffin			St. Joseph's	Philadelphia
1980	1980	9	199	Brian Jung			Northwestern	Boston
1980	1980	10	200	Tim Higgins		tim-higgins	Kearney State	Golden State
1980	1980	10	201	Leroy Coleman			Middle Tennessee	Utah
1980	1980	10	202	Earl Sango			Regis	Denver
1980	1980	10	203	Billy Foster			Eastern Montana	Chicago
1980	1980	10	204	John Bates		john-bates	West Virginia	Indiana
1980	1980	10	205	Dave Kufeld			Yeshiva	Portland
1980	1980	10	206	Tom Morgan		tom-morgan	Cal State-Fullerton	Dallas
1980	1980	10	207	Don Youman			Oklahoma State	Washington
1980	1980	10	208	Gerald Ross			Grand Canyon	New York
1980	1980	10	209	Steve Schall			Arkansas	San Antonio
1980	1980	10	210	Melvin Crayton			Alabama State	Milwaukee
1980	1980	10	211	Randy Carroll			Kansas	Phoenix
1980	1980	10	212	Kent Williams			Texas Tech	Seattle
1980	1980	10	213	Joe Hand			Kings (PA)	Philadelphia
1980	1980	10	214	John Nolan		john-nolan	Providence	Boston
1980	1980	1		Del Beshore	G	del-beshore	Chicago Bulls	Dallas
1980	1980	1		Winford Boynes	G/F	winford-boynes	New Jersey Nets	Dallas
1980	1980	1		Alonzo Bradley	F	alonzo-bradley	Houston Rockets	Dallas
1980	1980	1		Mike Bratz	G	mike-bratz	Phoenix Suns	Dallas
1980	1980	1		Marty Byrnes	F	marty-byrnes	Los Angeles Lakers	Dallas
1980	1980	1		Austin Carr	G	austin-carr	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dallas
1980	1980	1		Jim Cleamons	G	jim-cleamons	Washington Bullets	Dallas
1980	1980	1		Terry Duerod	G	terry-duerod	Detroit Pistons	Dallas
1980	1980	1		Jack Givens	G/F	jack-givens	Atlanta Hawks	Dallas
1980	1980	1		Joe Hassett	G	joe-hassett	Indiana Pacers	Dallas
1980	1980	1		Geoff Huston	G	geoff-huston	New York Knicks	Dallas
1980	1980	1		Abdul Jeelani	F/C	abdul-jeelani	Portland Trail Blazers	Dallas
1980	1980	1		Jeff Judkins	G/F	jeff-judkins	Boston Celtics	Dallas
1980	1980	1		Arvid Kramer	C	arvid-kramer	Denver Nuggets	Dallas
1980	1980	1		Tom LaGarde	F/C	tom-lagarde	Seattle SuperSonics	Dallas
1980	1980	1		Billy McKinney	G	billy-mckinney	Kansas City Kings	Dallas
1980	1980	1		Wiley Peck	G	wiley-peck	San Antonio Spurs	Dallas
1980	1980	1		Bingo Smith	G/F	bingo-smith	San Diego Clippers	Dallas
1980	1980	1		Jim Spanarkel	G/F	jim-spanarkel	Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas
1980	1980	1		Raymond Townsend	G	raymond-townsend	Golden State Warriors	Dallas
1980	1980	1		Richard Washington	F/C	richard-washington	Milwaukee Bucks	Dallas
1980	1980	1		Jerome Whitehead	F/C	jerome-whitehead	Utah Jazz	Dallas

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February 28, 2022 at 6:43 am

I sincerely appreciate the research work, and the information being shared. It is important and interesting history.

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