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1987 NBA draft
1987 NBA draft
General information
Sport	Basketball
Date(s)	June 22, 1987
Location	Felt Forum (New York City, New York)
Network(s)	TBS Superstation
Overview
	161 total selections in 7 rounds
League	NBA
First selection	David Robinson (San Antonio Spurs)
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The 1987 NBA draft was held on June 22, 1987, in New York City.

This draft included two future members of the NBA 50 Greatest Players list, David Robinson and Scottie Pippen, as well as fellow Hall of Famer Reggie Miller. Other notable selections include Kevin Johnson, Kenny Smith, Horace Grant, Reggie Lewis, Muggsy Bogues, Mark Jackson, and Šarūnas Marčiulionis. Also in this draft, former Florida Gators men's basketball head coach Billy Donovan (drafted 68th by the Utah Jazz), who led that program to NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championships in 2006 and in 2007.

David Robinson did not join the NBA until the 1989–90 season due to his service commitment with the United States Navy. This was the last NBA draft to go over three rounds, as it was reduced to exactly three next year and later to two since 1989.

Draft selections

PG	Point guard	SG	Shooting guard	SF	Small forward	PF	Power forward	C	Center

^	Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
*	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-NBA Team
⁺	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game
^x	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-NBA Team
^#	Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff game

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality^{[n 1]}	Team	School/club team
1	1	David Robinson^	C	United States	San Antonio Spurs	Navy (Sr.)
1	2	Armen Gilliam	PF	United States	Phoenix Suns	UNLV (Sr.)
1	3	Dennis Hopson	SF	United States	New Jersey Nets	Ohio State (Sr.)
1	4	Reggie Williams	SF	United States	Los Angeles Clippers	Georgetown (Sr.)
1	5	Scottie Pippen^	SF	United States	Seattle SuperSonics (from New York, traded to Chicago for Olden Polynice)	Central Arkansas (Sr.)
1	6	Kenny Smith	PG	United States	Sacramento Kings	North Carolina (Sr.)
1	7	Kevin Johnson*	PG	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	California (Sr.)
1	8	Olden Polynice	C	Haiti	Chicago Bulls (from Denver via New York, traded to Seattle for Scottie Pippen)	Hamby Rimini (Italy)
1	9	Derrick McKey	SF/PF	United States	Seattle SuperSonics	Alabama (Jr.)
1	10	Horace Grant⁺	PF/C	United States	Chicago Bulls	Clemson (Sr.)
1	11	Reggie Miller^	SG	United States	Indiana Pacers	UCLA (Sr.)
1	12	Muggsy Bogues	PG	United States	Washington Bullets	Wake Forest (Sr.)
1	13	Joe Wolf	C	United States	Los Angeles Clippers (from Houston)	North Carolina (Sr.)
1	14	Tellis Frank	PF	United States	Golden State Warriors	WKU (Sr.)
1	15	José Ortiz	PF	Puerto Rico	Utah Jazz	Oregon State (Sr.)
1	16	Christian Welp	C	West Germany	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington (Sr.)
1	17	Ronnie Murphy	SG	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	Jacksonville (Sr.)
1	18	Mark Jackson⁺	PG	United States	New York Knicks (from Milwaukee via Seattle)	St. John's (Sr.)
1	19	Ken Norman	SF	United States	Los Angeles Clippers (from Detroit)	Illinois (Sr.)
1	20	Jim Farmer	SG	United States	Dallas Mavericks	Alabama (Sr.)
1	21	Dallas Comegys	C	United States	Atlanta Hawks	DePaul (Sr.)
1	22	Reggie Lewis⁺	SG	United States	Boston Celtics	Northeastern (Sr.)
1	23	Greg "Cadillac" Anderson	PF	United States	San Antonio Spurs (from L.A. Lakers)	Houston (Sr.)
2	24	Freddie Banks^#	SG	United States	Detroit Pistons	UNLV (Sr.)
2	25	Ron Moore	C	United States	New York Knicks	West Virginia State (Sr.)
2	26	Steve Alford	SG	United States	Dallas Mavericks	Indiana (Sr.)
2	27	Nate Blackwell	PG	United States	San Antonio Spurs	Temple (Sr.)
2	28	Rickie Winslow	SF	United States	Chicago Bulls	Houston (Sr.)
2	29	Lester Fonville^#	C	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	Jackson State (Sr.)
2	30	Nikita Wilson	SF	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	LSU (Sr.)
2	31	Andre Moore	PF	United States	Denver Nuggets	Loyola (IL) (Jr.)
2	32	Bob McCann	SF	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	Morehead State (Sr.)
2	33	Tony White	PG	United States	Chicago Bulls	Tennessee (Sr.)
2	34	Brian Rowsom	PF	United States	Indiana Pacers	UNC Wilmington (Sr.)
2	35	Doug Lee	SG	United States	Houston Rockets	Purdue (Sr.)
2	36	Duane Washington	SG	United States	Washington Bullets	Middle Tennessee (Sr.)
2	37	Derrick Dowell^#	SF	United States	Washington Bullets	USC (Sr.)
2	38	Norris Coleman	SF	United States	Los Angeles Clippers	Kansas State (So.)
2	39	Vincent Askew	SG/SF	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	Memphis State (Jr.)
2	40	Winston Garland	PG	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	Southwest Missouri State (Sr.)
2	41	Kannard Johnson	SF	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	WKU (Sr.)
2	42	Terrance Bailey^#	SG	United States	Atlanta Hawks	Wagner (Sr.)
2	43	Andrew Kennedy^#	F	Jamaica	Philadelphia 76ers	Virginia (Sr.)
2	44	Terry Coner^#	PG	United States	Atlanta Hawks	Alabama (Sr.)
2	45	Brad Lohaus	PF/C	United States	Boston Celtics	Iowa (Sr.)
2	46	Bruce Dalrymple^#	G	United States	Phoenix Suns	Georgia Tech (Sr.)

Notable post-second-round picks

These draft picks played at least one game in the NBA but were selected after the second round.^[1]^[2]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School/club team
3	48	Jamie Waller	SG	United States	New Jersey Nets	Virginia Union (Sr.)
3	50	Phil Zevenbergen	C	United States	San Antonio Spurs	Washington (Sr.)
3	53	Winston Crite	SF	United States	Phoenix Suns	Texas A&M (Sr.)
3	58	Darryl Johnson	PG	United States	Golden State Warriors	Michigan State (Sr.)
3	63	Kevin Gamble	SG	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	Iowa (Sr.)
3	65	Eric White	PF	United States	Detroit Pistons	Pepperdine (Sr.)
3	68	Billy Donovan	PG	United States	Utah Jazz	Providence (Sr.)
4	74	Joe Arlauckas	SF	United States	Sacramento Kings	Niagara (Sr.)
4	75	Chris Dudley	C	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	Yale (Sr.)
4	79	Jack Haley	C	United States	Chicago Bulls	UCLA (Sr.)
4	88	Dave Popson	PF	United States	Detroit Pistons	North Carolina (Sr.)
5	100	Ronnie Grandison	SF	United States	Denver Nuggets	New Orleans (Sr.)
5	107	Bart Kofoed	SG	United States	Utah Jazz	Nebraska–Kearney (Sr.)
6	116	Martin Nessley	C	United States	Los Angeles Clippers	Duke (Sr.)
6	127	Šarūnas Marčiulionis	SG	Soviet Union ( Lithuania)	Golden State Warriors	Statyba Vilnius (Soviet Union)

^ Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.

Notable undrafted players

These players were not selected in the draft but still appeared in at least one regular or postseason NBA game.

Player	Position	Nationality	School/club team
Randy Allen	F	United States	Florida State (Sr.)
Sergei Bazarevich	SG	Soviet Union ( Russia)	CSKA Moscow (Soviet Union)
Scott Brooks	PG	United States	UC Irvine (Sr.)
Mike Champion	PF	United States	Gonzaga (Sr.)
Tom Copa	C	United States	Marquette (Sr.)
Radisav Ćurčić	C	Yugoslavia ( Serbia)	Union Olimpija (Yugoslavia)
Andrew Gaze	F	Australia	Melbourne Tigers (Australia)
Cedric Hunter	PG	United States	Kansas (Sr.)
Mark Wade	PG	United States	UNLV (Sr.)
David Wood	F	United States	Nevada (Sr.)
A. J. Wynder	PG	United States	Fairfield (Sr.)

References

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[1] Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.

[2] ttps://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1987.html

[3] ttps://basketball.realgm.com/nba/draft/past_drafts/1987

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 [[File:Kenny Smith crop.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Kenny Smith]], the 6th pick]]
 [[File:Kevin Johnson, Mayor of Sacramento, CA, skyline of Sacramento.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Kevin Johnson (basketball)|Kevin Johnson]], the 7th pick]]
+[[File:Horace Grant (2014).jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Horace Grant]], the 10th pick]]
 [[File:Reggie Miller crop.png|right|thumb|150px|[[Reggie Miller]], the 11th pick]]
 [[File:Muggsy Bogues (cropped).jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Muggsy Bogues]], the 12th pick]]
-[[File:Marquette at North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball 1987-02-15 (ticket) (crop).jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Joe Wolf]], the 13th pick]]
 [[File:Coach Mark Jackson at Warriors open practice Oct 13, 2012.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Mark Jackson]], the 18th pick]]
 [[file:Steve Alford in 2009.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Steve Alford]], the 26th pick]]

v t e 1987 NBA draft
First round	David Robinson Armon Gilliam Dennis Hopson Reggie Williams Scottie Pippen Kenny Smith Kevin Johnson Olden Polynice Derrick McKey Horace Grant Reggie Miller Muggsy Bogues Joe Wolf Tellis Frank José Ortiz Christian Welp Ronnie Murphy Mark Jackson Ken Norman Jim Farmer Dallas Comegys Reggie Lewis Greg Anderson
Second round	Freddie Banks Ron Moore Steve Alford Nate Blackwell Rickie Winslow Lester Fonville Nikita Wilson Andre Moore Bob McCann Tony White Brian Rowsom Doug Lee Duane Washington Derrick Dowell Norris Coleman Vincent Askew Winston Garland Kannard Johnson Terrance Bailey Andrew Kennedy Terry Coner Brad Lohaus Bruce Dalrymple