1979 NBA draft picks Full list

First round of the 1979 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
1	Magic Johnson	Michigan State	Los Angeles Lakers
2	David Greenwood	UCLA	Chicago Bulls
3	Bill Cartwright	San Francisco	New York Knicks
4	Greg Kelser	Michigan State	Detroit Pistons
5	Sidney Moncrief	Arkansas	Milwaukee Bucks
6	James Bailey	Rutgers	Seattle SuperSonics
7	Vinnie Johnson	Baylor	Seattle SuperSonics
8	Calvin Natt	UL Monroe	New Jersey Nets
9	Larry Demic	Arizona	New York Knicks
10	Roy Hamilton	UCLA	Detroit Pistons
11	Cliff Robinson	USC	New Jersey Nets
12	Jim Paxson	Dayton	Portland Trail Blazers
13	Dudley Bradley	North Carolina	Indiana Pacers
14	Brad Holland	UCLA	Los Angeles Lakers
15	Phil Hubbard	Michigan	Detroit Pistons
16	Jim Spanarkel	Duke	Philadelphia 76ers
17	Lee Johnson	Texas A&M-Commerce	Houston Rockets
18	Reggie King	Alabama	Kansas City Kings
19	Wiley Peck	Mississippi State	San Antonio Spurs
20	Larry Knight	Loyola Chicago	Utah Jazz
21	Sly Williams	Rhode Island	New York Knicks
22	Kyle Macy	Kentucky	Phoenix Suns

Second round of the 1979 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
23	Tico Brown	Georgia Tech	Utah Jazz
24	Johnny High	Nevada	Phoenix Suns
25	Oliver Mack	East Carolina	Los Angeles Lakers
26	Bruce Flowers	Notre Dame	Cleveland Cavaliers
27	Reggie Carter	St. John's	New York Knicks
28	Danny Salisbury	UT Rio Grande Valley	Golden State Warriors
29	Tony Price	Pennsylvania	Detroit Pistons
30	Gary Garland	DePaul	Denver Nuggets
31	Edgar Jones	Nevada	Milwaukee Bucks
32	Tony Zeno	Arizona State	Indiana Pacers
33	Lawrence Butler	Idaho State	Chicago Bulls
34	Kim Goetz	San Diego State	New York Knicks
35	James Bradley	Memphis	Atlanta Hawks
36	Clint Richardson	Seattle	Philadelphia 76ers
37	Bernard Toone	Marquette	Philadelphia 76ers
38	Larry Wilson	Nicholls State	Atlanta Hawks
39	Victor King	Louisiana Tech	Los Angeles Lakers
40	Andrew Fields	Cheyney State	Portland Trail Blazers
41	Mark Young	Fairfield	Los Angeles Lakers
42	Paul Mokeski	Kansas	Houston Rockets
43	Johnny Moore	Texas	Seattle SuperSonics
44	Joe DeSantis	Fairfield	Washington Bullets

Third round of the 1979 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
45	Arvid Kramer	Augustana College (SD)	Utah Jazz
46	Andrew Parker	Iowa State	Washington Bullets
47	Calvin Garrett	Oral Roberts	Chicago Bulls
48	Terry Duerod	Detroit Mercy	Detroit Pistons
49	Cedrick Hordges	South Carolina	Chicago Bulls
50	Geoff Huston	Texas Tech	New York Knicks
51	John Gerdy	Davidson	New Jersey Nets
52	Larry Gibson	Maryland	Milwaukee Bucks
53	Wayne Kreklow	Drake	Boston Celtics
54	Cheese Johnson	Wichita State	Golden State Warriors
55	Tom Channel	Boston University	San Diego Clippers
56	Mickey Fox	Saint Mary's	Portland Trail Blazers
57	Don March	Franklin & Marshall	Atlanta Hawks
58	Earl Cureton	Detroit Mercy	Philadelphia 76ers
59	Ricardo Brown	Pepperdine	Houston Rockets
60	Walter Daniels	Georgia	Los Angeles Lakers
61	Ernesto Malcolm	Briar Cliff	Boston Celtics
62	Terry Crosby	Tennessee	Kansas City Kings
63	Sylvester Norris	Jackson State	San Antonio Spurs
64	Al Green	LSU	Phoenix Suns
65	Bill Laimbeer	Notre Dame	Cleveland Cavaliers
66	Charles Floyd	High Point	Washington Bullets

4th round of the 1979 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
67	Greg Deane	Utah	Utah Jazz
68	Nick Galis	Seton Hall	Boston Celtics
69	Eugene Robinson	UL Monroe	Milwaukee Bucks
70	Rick Swing	The Citadel	Cleveland Cavaliers
71	Larry Rogers	SE Missouri State	New York Knicks
72	George Maynor	East Carolina	Chicago Bulls
73	James Donaldson	Washington State	Seattle SuperSonics
74	Don Newman	Idaho	Indiana Pacers
75	Ron Ripley	Green Bay	Golden State Warriors
76	Sammy Drummer	Georgia Tech	Houston Rockets
77	Lionel Garrett	Southern	San Diego Clippers
78	Daryll Robinson	Appalachian State	Portland Trail Blazers
79	Ray White	Mississippi State	Los Angeles Lakers
80	Lionel Green	LSU	Houston Rockets
81	Ricky Reed	Temple	Los Angeles Lakers
82	Jerry Sichting	Purdue	Golden State Warriors
83	Mike Niles	CSU Fullerton	Philadelphia 76ers
84	Al Daniel	Furman	San Antonio Spurs
85	John McCullough	Oklahoma	Kansas City Kings
86	Malcolm Cesare	Florida	Phoenix Suns
87	Richie Allen	Cal State-Dominguez Hills	Seattle SuperSonics
88	Lamont Reid	Oral Roberts	Washington Bullets

5th round of the 1979 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
89	Perry Wolfe	Stanford	Utah Jazz
90	Jimmy Allen	New Haven	Boston Celtics
91	Matt Simpkins	Georgia Southern	Cleveland Cavaliers
92	Flintie Ray Williams	UNLV	Detroit Pistons
93	Larry Washington	Drury	Chicago Bulls
94	Johnny Green	UC Riverside	New York Knicks
95	Jim Abromaitis	Uconn	New Jersey Nets
96	George Lett	Centenary College (LA)	Golden State Warriors
97	Jim Tillman	Eastern Kentucky	Milwaukee Bucks
98	Billy Reid	San Francisco	Indiana Pacers
99	Greg Joyner	Middle Tennessee State	San Diego Clippers
100	Matt White	Pennsylvania	Portland Trail Blazers
101	Tiny Pinder	NC State	Atlanta Hawks
102	Larry Williams	Louisville	Denver Nuggets
103	Carl McPipe	Nebraska	Philadelphia 76ers
104	Allen Leavell	Oklahoma City	Houston Rockets
105	Curtis Watkins	DePaul	Kansas City Kings
106	Steve Schall	Arkansas	San Antonio Spurs
107	Mark Eaton	Cypress CC	Phoenix Suns
108	Marshall Ashford	Virginia Tech	Washington Bullets

6th round of the 1979 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
109	Ernie Cobb	Boston University	Utah Jazz
110	Marvin Delph	Arkansas	Boston Celtics
111	Truman Clayton	Kentucky	Detroit Pistons
112	Joe Manning	North Texas	Cleveland Cavaliers
113	Phil Abney	New Mexico	New York Knicks
114	Steve Smith	USC	Chicago Bulls
115	Tony Smith	UNLV	New Jersey Nets
116	Derrick Mayes	Illinois State	Milwaukee Bucks
117	Greg Guye	Stetson	Indiana Pacers
118	Jim Mitchem	DePaul	Golden State Warriors
119	Bob Bender	Duke	San Diego Clippers
120	Ray Ellis	Pepperdine	Portland Trail Blazers
121	Dwight Williams	Gardner-Webb	Atlanta Hawks
122	Odell Ball	Marquette	Denver Nuggets
123	Dan Hartshorne	Oregon	Philadelphia 76ers
124	Collie Davis	Southern	Houston Rockets
125	Terry Knight	Pittsburgh	San Antonio Spurs
126	Bob Roma	Princeton	Kansas City Kings
127	Dale Shackelford	Syracuse	Phoenix Suns
128	Garcia Hopkins	Morgan State	Washington Bullets

7th round of the 1979 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
129	Paul Poe	Louisiana College	Utah Jazz
130	Steve Castellan	Virginia	Boston Celtics
131	Steve Skaggs	Ohio	Cleveland Cavaliers
132	Ken Jones	Saint Mary's	Detroit Pistons
133	Mike Eversley	Chicago State	Chicago Bulls
134	Marc Coleman	Seton Hall	New York Knicks
135	Jim Strickland	South Carolina	New Jersey Nets
136	Dirk Ewing	Stetson	Indiana Pacers
137	Ren Watson	VCU	Golden State Warriors
138	Stan Ray	CSU Fullerton	Milwaukee Bucks
139	Jene Grey	Le Moyne	San Diego Clippers
140	Jeff Tropf	Central Michigan	Portland Trail Blazers
141	Tim Waterman	St. Bonaventure	Atlanta Hawks
142	Bobby Willis	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia 76ers
143	Rich Valavicius	Auburn	Houston Rockets
144	John Johnson	Creighton	Denver Nuggets
145	Nick Daniels	Xavier	Kansas City Kings
146	Tyrone Branyan	Texas	San Antonio Spurs
147	Ollie Matson	Pepperdine	Phoenix Suns

8th round of the 1979 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
148	Keith McDonald	Utah State	Utah Jazz
149	Glenn Sudhop	NC State	Boston Celtics
150	Rodney Lee	Memphis	Detroit Pistons
151	Mark Haymore	Massachusetts	Cleveland Cavaliers
152	Billy Tucker	Tennessee State	New York Knicks
153	Tony Warren	NC State	Chicago Bulls
154	Henry Hollingsworth	Hofstra	New Jersey Nets
155	Mario Butler	Briar Cliff	Golden State Warriors
156	Larry Spicer	UAB	Milwaukee Bucks
157	Brian Magid	George Washington	Indiana Pacers
158	Renaldo Lawrence	Appalachian State	San Diego Clippers
159	Willie Pounds	Chaminade	Portland Trail Blazers
160	John Goedeke	UMBC	Atlanta Hawks
161	Delbert Watson	East Tennessee State	Houston Rockets
162	Matt Teahan	Denver	Denver Nuggets
163	Rick Raivio	Portland	Philadelphia 76ers
164	Tony Vann	Alabama A&M	Kansas City Kings
165	Charles Jones	Albany State (GA)	Phoenix Suns
166	Jo Jo Walters	Manhattan	Washington Bullets

9th round of the 1979 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
167	Milt Huggins	Southern Illinois	Utah Jazz
168	Kevin Sinnett	Navy	Boston Celtics
169	Tim Joyce	Ohio	Cleveland Cavaliers
170	Val Bracey	Central Michigan	Detroit Pistons
171	James Jackson	Minnesota	Chicago Bulls
172	Brett Wyatt	New Jersey City	New York Knicks
173	Ricky Free	Columbia	New Jersey Nets
174	Roger Lapham	Maine	Milwaukee Bucks
175	Gene Ransom	California	Golden State Warriors
176	Mike Dodd	San Diego State	San Diego Clippers
177	Stan Eckwood	Harding	Portland Trail Blazers
178	Cedric Oliver	Hamilton	Atlanta Hawks
179	Emmett Lewis	Colorado	Denver Nuggets
180	Coby Leavitt	Utah	Philadelphia 76ers
181	Gary Wilson	Southern Illinois	Kansas City Kings
182	Eddie McLeod	UNLV	San Antonio Spurs
183	Hosea Champine	Robert Morris	Phoenix Suns
184	Ray Hooker	Murray State	Washington Bullets

10th round of the 1979 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
185	Paul Dawkins	Northern Illinois	Utah Jazz
186	Alton Byrd	Columbia	Boston Celtics
187	Willie Polk	Grand Canyon	Detroit Pistons
188	Terry Peavy	Point Park	Cleveland Cavaliers
189	Gordon Thomas	St. John's	New York Knicks
190	Marvin Thoms	UCLA	Chicago Bulls
191	Eric Fleisher	Tulane	New Jersey Nets
192	Kevin Heenan	CSU Fullerton	Golden State Warriors
193	Chris Fahrbach	North Dakota	Milwaukee Bucks
194	Greg Hunter	Loyola Marymount	San Diego Clippers
195	Kelvin Small	Oregon	Portland Trail Blazers
196	Chad Nelson	Drake	Atlanta Hawks
197	Cortez Collins	Southern Indiana	Chicago Bulls
198	Keith McCord	UAB	Philadelphia 76ers
199	Glen Fine	Harvard	San Antonio Spurs
200	Russell Saunders	New Mexico	Kansas City Kings
201	Korky Nelson	Santa Clara	Phoenix Suns
202	Steve Martin	Georgetown	Washington Bullets

(1) Non NCAA international players are listed by the country in which they were playing when drafted or signed if undrafted.