1989 NBA Draft Results
1989 NBA Draft results with every pick in order, led by No. 1 pick Pervis Ellison to Sacramento Kings.
The 1989 NBA Draft produced 54 selections across 2 rounds, with 26 franchises making at least one pick. Sacramento Kings held the first overall selection and took Pervis Ellison out of Louisville.
Phoenix Suns made the most selections that year with 4. 43 different colleges and programs were represented across the board, led by Iowa with 3 players drafted.
| Pick | Team | Player | College |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | |||
| 1 |  Sacramento Kings | Pervis Ellison | Louisville |
| 2 |  LA Clippers | Danny Ferry | Duke |
| 3 |  San Antonio Spurs | Sean Elliott | Arizona |
| 4 |  Miami Heat | Glen Rice | Michigan |
| 5 |  Charlotte Hornets | J.R. Reid | UNC |
| 6 |  Chicago Bulls | Stacey King | Oklahoma |
| 7 |  Indiana Pacers | George McCloud | Florida State |
| 8 |  Dallas Mavericks | Randy White | Louisiana Tech |
| 9 |  Washington Bullets | Tom Hammonds | Georgia Tech |
| 10 |  Minnesota Timberwolves | Pooh Richardson | UCLA |
| 11 |  Orlando Magic | Nick Anderson | Illinois |
| 12 |  New Jersey Nets | Mookie Blaylock | Oklahoma |
| 13 |  Boston Celtics | Michael Smith | BYU |
| 14 |  Golden State Warriors | Tim Hardaway | Texas-El Paso |
| 15 |  Denver Nuggets | Todd Lichti | Stanford |
| 16 |  Seattle SuperSonics | Dana Barros | Boston College |
| 17 | Seattle SuperSonics | Shawn Kemp | Trinity Valley CC |
| 18 | Chicago Bulls | B.J. Armstrong | Iowa |
| 19 |  Philadelphia 76ers | Kenny Payne | Louisville |
| 20 | Chicago Bulls | Jeff Sanders | Georgia Southern University |
| 21 |  Utah Jazz | Blue Edwards | East Carolina University |
| 22 |  Portland Trail Blazers | Byron Irvin | Missouri |
| 23 |  Atlanta Hawks | Roy Marble | Iowa |
| 24 |  Phoenix Suns | Anthony Cook | Arizona |
| 25 |  Cleveland Cavaliers | John Morton | Seton Hall |
| 26 |  Los Angeles Lakers | Vlade Divac | None listed |
| 27 |  Detroit Pistons | Kenny Battle | Illinois |
| Round 2 | |||
| 28 | Miami Heat | Sherman Douglas | Syracuse |
| 29 | Charlotte Hornets | Dyron Nix | Tennessee |
| 30 |  Milwaukee Bucks | Frank Kornet | Vanderbilt |
| 31 | LA Clippers | Jeff Martin | Murray State |
| 32 | New Jersey Nets | Stanley Brundy | DePaul |
| 33 | LA Clippers | Jay Edwards | Indiana |
| 34 | Minnesota Timberwolves | Gary Leonard | Missouri |
| 35 | Dallas Mavericks | Pat Durham | Colorado State |
| 36 | Portland Trail Blazers | Clifford Robinson | UConn |
| 37 | Orlando Magic | Michael Ansley | Alabama |
| 38 | Minnesota Timberwolves | Doug West | Villanova |
| 39 | Washington Bullets | Ed Horton | Iowa |
| 40 | Boston Celtics | Dino Radja | None listed |
| 41 | Washington Bullets | Doug Roth | Tennessee |
| 42 | Denver Nuggets | Michael Cutright | McNeese State University |
| 43 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Chucky Brown | NC State |
| 44 | Philadelphia 76ers | Reggie Cross | Hawaii |
| 45 | Miami Heat | Scott Haffner | University of Evansville |
| 46 | Phoenix Suns | Ricky Blanton | LSU |
| 47 | Denver Nuggets | Reggie Turner | UAB |
| 48 | Utah Jazz | Junie Lewis | University of South Alabama |
| 49 | Atlanta Hawks | Haywoode Workman | Oral Roberts |
| 50 |  New York Knicks | Brian Quinnett | Washington State |
| 51 | Phoenix Suns | Mike Morrison | Loyola (MD) |
| 52 | Phoenix Suns | Greg Grant | Trenton State University |
| 53 | Dallas Mavericks | Jeff Hodge | University of South Alabama |
| 54 | Philadelphia 76ers | Toney Mack | Georgia |
Selections by franchise
The same 54 selections arranged by the club that made them, using the franchise name as it stood in 1989.
- Phoenix Suns 4 No. 24 Anthony Cook, No. 46 Ricky Blanton, No. 51 Mike Morrison, No. 52 Greg Grant
- Chicago Bulls 3 No. 6 Stacey King, No. 18 B.J. Armstrong, No. 20 Jeff Sanders
- Dallas Mavericks 3 No. 8 Randy White, No. 35 Pat Durham, No. 53 Jeff Hodge
- Denver Nuggets 3 No. 15 Todd Lichti, No. 42 Michael Cutright, No. 47 Reggie Turner
- LA Clippers 3 No. 2 Danny Ferry, No. 31 Jeff Martin, No. 33 Jay Edwards
- Miami Heat 3 No. 4 Glen Rice, No. 28 Sherman Douglas, No. 45 Scott Haffner
- Minnesota Timberwolves 3 No. 10 Pooh Richardson, No. 34 Gary Leonard, No. 38 Doug West
- Philadelphia 76ers 3 No. 19 Kenny Payne, No. 44 Reggie Cross, No. 54 Toney Mack
- Washington Bullets 3 No. 9 Tom Hammonds, No. 39 Ed Horton, No. 41 Doug Roth
- Atlanta Hawks 2 No. 23 Roy Marble, No. 49 Haywoode Workman
- Boston Celtics 2 No. 13 Michael Smith, No. 40 Dino Radja
- Charlotte Hornets 2 No. 5 J.R. Reid, No. 29 Dyron Nix
- Cleveland Cavaliers 2 No. 25 John Morton, No. 43 Chucky Brown
- New Jersey Nets 2 No. 12 Mookie Blaylock, No. 32 Stanley Brundy
- Orlando Magic 2 No. 11 Nick Anderson, No. 37 Michael Ansley
- Portland Trail Blazers 2 No. 22 Byron Irvin, No. 36 Clifford Robinson
- Seattle SuperSonics 2 No. 16 Dana Barros, No. 17 Shawn Kemp
- Utah Jazz 2 No. 21 Blue Edwards, No. 48 Junie Lewis
- Detroit Pistons 1 No. 27 Kenny Battle
- Golden State Warriors 1 No. 14 Tim Hardaway
- Indiana Pacers 1 No. 7 George McCloud
- Los Angeles Lakers 1 No. 26 Vlade Divac
- Milwaukee Bucks 1 No. 30 Frank Kornet
- New York Knicks 1 No. 50 Brian Quinnett
- Sacramento Kings 1 No. 1 Pervis Ellison
- San Antonio Spurs 1 No. 3 Sean Elliott
Colleges and programs represented
43 programs produced at least one selection in the 1989 draft.
- Iowa3
- Arizona2
- Illinois2
- Louisville2
- Missouri2
- Oklahoma2
- Tennessee2
- University of South Alabama2
- Alabama
- Boston College
- BYU
- Colorado State
- DePaul
- Duke
- East Carolina University
- Florida State
- Georgia
- Georgia Southern University
- Georgia Tech
- Hawaii
- Indiana
- Louisiana Tech
- Loyola (MD)
- LSU
- McNeese State University
- Michigan
- Murray State
- NC State
- Oral Roberts
- Seton Hall
- Stanford
- Syracuse
- Texas-El Paso
- Trenton State University
- Trinity Valley CC
- UAB
- UCLA
- UConn
- UNC
- University of Evansville
- Vanderbilt
- Villanova
- Washington State