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1988 NBA Draft Results

1988 NBA Draft results with every pick in order, led by No. 1 pick Danny Manning to LA Clippers.

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The 1988 NBA Draft produced 75 selections across 3 rounds, with 25 franchises making at least one pick. LA Clippers held the first overall selection and took Danny Manning out of Kansas.

Phoenix Suns made the most selections that year with 6. 56 different colleges and programs were represented across the board, led by Kentucky with 4 players drafted.

Pick Team Player College
Round 1
1 LA Clippers Danny Manning Kansas
2 Indiana Pacers Rik Smits Marist College
3 Philadelphia 76ers Charles Smith Pitt
4 New Jersey Nets Chris Morris Auburn
5 Golden State Warriors Mitch Richmond Kansas State
6 LA Clippers Hersey Hawkins Bradley
7 Phoenix Suns Tim Perry Temple
8 Charlotte Hornets Rex Chapman Kentucky
9 Miami Heat Rony Seikaly Syracuse
10 San Antonio Spurs Willie Anderson Georgia
11 Chicago Bulls Will Perdue Vanderbilt
12 Washington Bullets Harvey Grant Oklahoma
13 Milwaukee Bucks Jeff Grayer Iowa State
14 Phoenix Suns Dan Majerle Central Michigan University
15 Seattle SuperSonics Gary Grant Michigan
16 Houston Rockets Derrick Chievous Missouri
17 Utah Jazz Eric Leckner Wyoming
18 Sacramento Kings Ricky Berry San Jose State
19 New York Knicks Rod Strickland DePaul
20 Miami Heat Kevin Edwards DePaul
21 Portland Trail Blazers Mark Bryant Seton Hall
22 Cleveland Cavaliers Randolph Keys Southern Miss
23 Denver Nuggets Jerome Lane Pitt
24 Boston Celtics Brian Shaw UC Santa Barbara
25 Los Angeles Lakers David Rivers Notre Dame
Round 2
26 Portland Trail Blazers Rolando Ferreira Houston
27 San Antonio Spurs Shelton Jones St. John's
28 Phoenix Suns Andrew Lang Arkansas
29 Sacramento Kings Vinny Del Negro NC State
30 Detroit Pistons Fennis Dembo Wyoming
31 Philadelphia 76ers Everette Stephens Purdue
32 New Jersey Nets Charles Shackleford NC State
33 Miami Heat Grant Long Eastern Michigan
34 Charlotte Hornets Tom Tolbert Arizona
35 Miami Heat Sylvester Gray Memphis
36 Washington Bullets Ledell Eackles New Orleans
37 New York Knicks Greg Butler Stanford
38 Phoenix Suns Dean Garrett Indiana
39 Milwaukee Bucks Tito Horford Miami (FL)
40 Miami Heat Orlando Graham Auburn University at Montgomery
41 Golden State Warriors Keith Smart Indiana
42 Utah Jazz Jeff Moe Iowa
43 Denver Nuggets Todd Mitchell Purdue
44 Atlanta Hawks Anthony Taylor Oregon
45 LA Clippers Tom Garrick Rhode Island
46 Dallas Mavericks Morlon Wiley Cal State Long Beach
47 Denver Nuggets Vernon Maxwell Florida
48 Detroit Pistons Micheal Williams Baylor
49 Dallas Mavericks José Vargas LSU
50 Phoenix Suns Steve Kerr Arizona
Round 3
51 LA Clippers Rob Lock Kentucky
52 New Jersey Nets Derrek Hamilton Southern Miss
53 Portland Trail Blazers Anthony Mason Tennessee State
54 Atlanta Hawks Jorge Gonzalez None listed
55 Phoenix Suns Rodney Johns Grand Canyon University
56 San Antonio Spurs Barry Sumpter Austin Peay State University
57 Philadelphia 76ers Hernán Montenegro LSU
58 Charlotte Hornets Jeff Moore Auburn
59 Miami Heat Nate Johnston University of Tampa
60 Washington Bullets Ed Davender Kentucky
61 Indiana Pacers Herbert Crook Louisville
62 Chicago Bulls Derrick Lewis Maryland
63 Milwaukee Bucks Mike Jones Auburn
64 Cleveland Cavaliers Winston Bennett Kentucky
65 Seattle SuperSonics Corey Gaines Loyola Marymount
66 Denver Nuggets Dwight Boyd Memphis
67 Utah Jazz Ricky Grace Oklahoma
68 Atlanta Hawks Darryl Middleton Baylor
69 New York Knicks Phil Stinnie VCU
70 Dallas Mavericks Jerry Johnson Florida Southern College
71 Portland Trail Blazers Craig Neal Georgia Tech
72 Detroit Pistons Lee Johnson Norfolk State
73 Indiana Pacers Michael Anderson Drexel
74 Boston Celtics Gerald Paddio UNLV
75 San Antonio Spurs Archie Marshall Kansas

Selections by franchise

The same 75 selections arranged by the club that made them, using the franchise name as it stood in 1988.

  • Miami Heat 6 No. 9 Rony Seikaly, No. 20 Kevin Edwards, No. 33 Grant Long, No. 35 Sylvester Gray, No. 40 Orlando Graham, No. 59 Nate Johnston
  • Phoenix Suns 6 No. 7 Tim Perry, No. 14 Dan Majerle, No. 28 Andrew Lang, No. 38 Dean Garrett, No. 50 Steve Kerr, No. 55 Rodney Johns
  • Denver Nuggets 4 No. 23 Jerome Lane, No. 43 Todd Mitchell, No. 47 Vernon Maxwell, No. 66 Dwight Boyd
  • LA Clippers 4 No. 1 Danny Manning, No. 6 Hersey Hawkins, No. 45 Tom Garrick, No. 51 Rob Lock
  • Portland Trail Blazers 4 No. 21 Mark Bryant, No. 26 Rolando Ferreira, No. 53 Anthony Mason, No. 71 Craig Neal
  • San Antonio Spurs 4 No. 10 Willie Anderson, No. 27 Shelton Jones, No. 56 Barry Sumpter, No. 75 Archie Marshall
  • Atlanta Hawks 3 No. 44 Anthony Taylor, No. 54 Jorge Gonzalez, No. 68 Darryl Middleton
  • Charlotte Hornets 3 No. 8 Rex Chapman, No. 34 Tom Tolbert, No. 58 Jeff Moore
  • Dallas Mavericks 3 No. 46 Morlon Wiley, No. 49 José Vargas, No. 70 Jerry Johnson
  • Detroit Pistons 3 No. 30 Fennis Dembo, No. 48 Micheal Williams, No. 72 Lee Johnson
  • Indiana Pacers 3 No. 2 Rik Smits, No. 61 Herbert Crook, No. 73 Michael Anderson
  • Milwaukee Bucks 3 No. 13 Jeff Grayer, No. 39 Tito Horford, No. 63 Mike Jones
  • New Jersey Nets 3 No. 4 Chris Morris, No. 32 Charles Shackleford, No. 52 Derrek Hamilton
  • New York Knicks 3 No. 19 Rod Strickland, No. 37 Greg Butler, No. 69 Phil Stinnie
  • Philadelphia 76ers 3 No. 3 Charles Smith, No. 31 Everette Stephens, No. 57 Hernán Montenegro
  • Utah Jazz 3 No. 17 Eric Leckner, No. 42 Jeff Moe, No. 67 Ricky Grace
  • Washington Bullets 3 No. 12 Harvey Grant, No. 36 Ledell Eackles, No. 60 Ed Davender
  • Boston Celtics 2 No. 24 Brian Shaw, No. 74 Gerald Paddio
  • Chicago Bulls 2 No. 11 Will Perdue, No. 62 Derrick Lewis
  • Cleveland Cavaliers 2 No. 22 Randolph Keys, No. 64 Winston Bennett
  • Golden State Warriors 2 No. 5 Mitch Richmond, No. 41 Keith Smart
  • Sacramento Kings 2 No. 18 Ricky Berry, No. 29 Vinny Del Negro
  • Seattle SuperSonics 2 No. 15 Gary Grant, No. 65 Corey Gaines
  • Houston Rockets 1 No. 16 Derrick Chievous
  • Los Angeles Lakers 1 No. 25 David Rivers

Colleges and programs represented

56 programs produced at least one selection in the 1988 draft.

  • Kentucky4
  • Auburn3
  • Arizona2
  • Baylor2
  • DePaul2
  • Indiana2
  • Kansas2
  • LSU2
  • Memphis2
  • NC State2
  • Oklahoma2
  • Pitt2
  • Purdue2
  • Southern Miss2
  • Wyoming2
  • Arkansas
  • Auburn University at Montgomery
  • Austin Peay State University
  • Bradley
  • Cal State Long Beach
  • Central Michigan University
  • Drexel
  • Eastern Michigan
  • Florida
  • Florida Southern College
  • Georgia
  • Georgia Tech
  • Grand Canyon University
  • Houston
  • Iowa
  • Iowa State
  • Kansas State
  • Louisville
  • Loyola Marymount
  • Marist College
  • Maryland
  • Miami (FL)
  • Michigan
  • Missouri
  • New Orleans
  • Norfolk State
  • Notre Dame
  • Oregon
  • Rhode Island
  • San Jose State
  • Seton Hall
  • St. John's
  • Stanford
  • Syracuse
  • Temple
  • Tennessee State
  • UC Santa Barbara
  • University of Tampa
  • UNLV
  • Vanderbilt
  • VCU

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