Draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Pos. | Nationality | Team | School/club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Johnson, MagicMagic Johnson^ | G/F | United States | Los Angeles Lakers | Michigan State |
| 1 | 2 | Greenwood, DavidDavid Greenwood | F/C | United States | Chicago Bulls | UCLA |
| 1 | 3 | Cartwright, BillBill Cartwright+ | C | United States | New York Knicks | San Francisco |
| 1 | 4 | Kelser, GregGreg Kelser | F | United States | Detroit Pistons | Michigan State |
| 1 | 5 | Moncrief, SidneySidney Moncrief* | G | United States | Milwaukee Bucks | Arkansas |
| 1 | 6 | Bailey, JamesJames Bailey | F/C | United States | Seattle SuperSonics | Rutgers |
| 1 | 7 | Johnson, VinnieVinnie Johnson | G | United States | Seattle SuperSonics | Baylor |
| 1 | 8 | Natt, CalvinCalvin Natt+ | F | United States | New Jersey Nets | Northeast Louisiana |
| 1 | 9 | Demic, LarryLarry Demic | F/C | United States | New York Knicks | Arizona |
| 1 | 10 | Hamilton, RoyRoy Hamilton | G | United States | Detroit Pistons | UCLA |
| 1 | 11 | Robinson, CliffCliff Robinson | F | United States | New Jersey Nets | USC |
| 1 | 12 | Paxson, JimJim Paxson* | G/F | United States | Portland Trail Blazers | Dayton |
| 1 | 13 | Bradley, DudleyDudley Bradley | G/F | United States | Indiana Pacers | North Carolina |
| 1 | 14 | Holland, BradBrad Holland | G | United States | Los Angeles Lakers | UCLA |
| 1 | 15 | Hubbard, PhilPhil Hubbard | F/C | United States | Detroit Pistons | Michigan |
| 1 | 16 | Spanarkel, JimJim Spanarkel | G/F | United States | Philadelphia 76ers | Duke |
| 1 | 17 | Johnson, LeeLee Johnson | F | United States | Houston Rockets | East Texas State |
| 1 | 18 | King, ReggieReggie King | F | United States | Kansas City Kings | Alabama |
| 1 | 19 | Peck, WileyWiley Peck | G | United States | San Antonio Spurs | Mississippi State |
| 1 | 20 | Knight, LarryLarry Knight# | F | United States | Utah Jazz | Loyola (Illinois) |
| 1 | 21 | Williams, SlySly Williams | G/F | United States | New York Knicks | Rhode Island |
| 1 | 22 | Macy, KyleKyle Macy | G | United States | Phoenix Suns | Kentucky |
| 2 | 23 | Brown, TicoTico Brown# | G | United States | Utah Jazz | Georgia Tech |
| 2 | 24 | High, JohnnyJohnny High | G | United States | Phoenix Suns | Nevada |
| 2 | 25 | Mack, OliverOliver Mack | G | United States | Los Angeles Lakers | East Carolina |
| 2 | 26 | Flowers, BruceBruce Flowers | F | United States | Cleveland Cavaliers | Notre Dame |
| 2 | 27 | Carter, ReggieReggie Carter | G | United States | New York Knicks | St. John's |
| 2 | 28 | Salisbury, DannyDanny Salisbury# | F | United States | Golden State Warriors | Pan American |
| 2 | 29 | Price, TonyTony Price | G | United States | Detroit Pistons | Pennsylvania |
| 2 | 30 | Garland, GaryGary Garland | G | United States | Denver Nuggets | DePaul |
| 2 | 31 | Jones, EdgarEdgar Jones | F/C | United States | Milwaukee Bucks | Nevada |
| 2 | 32 | Zeno, TonyTony Zeno | F | United States | Indiana Pacers | Arizona State |
| 2 | 33 | Butler, LawrenceLawrence Butler# | G | United States | Chicago Bulls | Idaho State |
| 2 | 34 | Goetz, KimKim Goetz# | F | United States | New York Knicks | San Diego State |
| 2 | 35 | Bradley, JamesJames Bradley# | F | United States | Atlanta Hawks | Memphis State |
| 2 | 36 | Richardson, ClintClint Richardson | G | United States | Philadelphia 76ers | Seattle |
| 2 | 37 | Toone, BernardBernard Toone | F | United States | Philadelphia 76ers | Marquette |
| 2 | 38 | Wilson, LarryLarry Wilson# | F | United States | Atlanta Hawks | Nicholls State |
| 2 | 39 | King, VictorVictor King# | F | United States | Los Angeles Lakers | Louisiana Tech |
| 2 | 40 | Fields, AndrewAndrew Fields# | F | United States | Portland Trail Blazers | Cheyney State |
| 2 | 41 | Young, MarkMark Young# | F | United States | Los Angeles Lakers | Fairfield |
| 2 | 42 | Mokeski, PaulPaul Mokeski | F/C | United States | Houston Rockets | Kansas |
| 2 | 43 | Moore, JohnnyJohnny Moore | G | United States | Seattle SuperSonics | Texas |
| 2 | 44 | DeSantis, JoeJoe DeSantis# | G | United States | Washington Bullets | Fairfield |
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