1986 NBA draft
| 1986 NBA draft | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Date(s) | June 17, 1986 | ||||
| Time | 7:35 pm EDT | ||||
| Location | Felt Forum, New York City, New York | ||||
| Network(s) (US) | TBS Superstation | ||||
| First selection | Brad Daugherty | ||||
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The 1986 NBA draft was held on June 17, 1986.
Overview and aftermath
This draft holds the record for the most players (out of prospects chosen) who later debuted in the NBA, with 66.
Drug and health issues involving drafted players
There were various drug-related problems that plagued players in the 1986 NBA draft. Most notable was the death of highly touted Len Bias. Bias died less than two days after being selected second overall by the defending champion Boston Celtics. His death was ruled an overdose that resulted from the abuse of the drug cocaine. Other problems involving drugs hampered the careers of Chris Washburn, Roy Tarpley, and William Bedford.
Successful second-round players
While a number of first-round selections were unable to make an impact in the league, this draft did feature a number of talented second-round selections. Dennis Rodman, who became one of the leading defenders and rebounders in NBA history, was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in August 2011. Mark Price, Kevin Duckworth, and Jeff Hornacek also went on to have successful careers, and each made the NBA All-Star Game. Three others – Johnny Newman, Nate McMillan, and David Wingate – had long, productive careers as role players.
International draftees
This draft contained two exceptional international players, both of whom had shortened careers for unusual reasons. Third-round selection Dražen Petrović was coming off an All-Star caliber fourth season when he was killed in an automobile accident in 1993. He has since been elected to both the Naismith Hall of Fame and the FIBA Hall of Fame. The other, Arvydas Sabonis, was not permitted to play in the United States because of the dangerous political climate in the Soviet Union. He won two Olympic medals before his arrival in the NBA—a gold in 1988 with the USSR, and a bronze in 1992 with Lithuania. After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, Sabonis had a very successful career in Europe before finally joining the Portland Trail Blazers in 1995. Sabonis had lost much of his mobility by the time he joined the team because of a string of knee and Achilles tendon injuries. He finished second in both the Sixth Man Award and Rookie of the Year voting; after the 1995–96 season, he won a second Olympic bronze medal with Lithuania. He played seven seasons with Portland before returning to his homeland of Lithuania where he finished his career. Sabonis entered the FIBA Hall in 2010 and the Naismith Hall in 2011.
Other draftee contributions to the game
This draft is also known for the number of players who made important contributions to the sport of basketball outside of the court. For example, Nate McMillan had a highly successful run with the Seattle SuperSonics as a player and then as head coach, and then spent seven seasons as head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers. Scott Skiles was the former coach of the Milwaukee Bucks and also the first coach to lead the Chicago Bulls to the playoffs in the post-Jordan era. Larry Krystkowiak, a former Bucks head coach, was hired in April 2011 as the new head coach at the University of Utah. John Salley won four championship rings with three different NBA teams (Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers) before becoming one of the hosts of The Best Damn Sports Show Period on Fox Sports Network. Mark Price served as an assistant coach at Georgia Tech, a shooting consultant with Memphis (one season) and Atlanta (two seasons), a shooting coach for Golden State (one season), and in December 2011 was named Player Development Coach for the Orlando Magic.[1] Jeff Hornacek would also be a full-time assistant head coach for the Utah Jazz for two seasons before accepting a job as the head coach for the Phoenix Suns in the 2013–14 NBA season. Pete Myers, selected in the sixth round as the 120th overall pick, was an assistant coach for the Chicago Bulls from 2001 to 2010 and Golden State Warriors since 2011. Jim Les, the 70th overall pick, was an assistant coach for the WNBA's Sacramento Monarchs from 1999 to 2001 then was head coach at Bradley University from 2002 to 2011 and UC Davis since 2011.
Jay Bilas, who was selected in the fifth round as the 108th overall pick but never played in the NBA, is an ESPN college basketball analyst.
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 never played in the NBA regular season or playoffs |
.JPG)
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality[n 1] | NBA Team | School/Club Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Daugherty, BradBrad Daugherty* | C |  United States |
Cleveland Cavaliers (from L.A. Clippers via Philadelphia) | North Carolina (Sr.) |
| 1 | 2 | Bias, LenLen Bias# | SF | United States |
Boston Celtics (from Seattle) | Maryland (Sr.) |
| 1 | 3 | Washburn, ChrisChris Washburn | C | United States |
Golden State Warriors | NC State (So.) |
| 1 | 4 | Person, ChuckChuck Person | SF | United States |
Indiana Pacers | Auburn (Sr.) |
| 1 | 5 | Walker, KennyKenny Walker | SF | United States |
New York Knicks | Kentucky (Sr.) |
| 1 | 6 | Bedford, WilliamWilliam Bedford | C | United States |
Phoenix Suns | Memphis State (Jr.) |
| 1 | 7 | Tarpley, RoyRoy Tarpley | C | United States |
Dallas Mavericks (from Cleveland) | Michigan (Sr.) |
| 1 | 8 | Harper, RonRon Harper | SF | United States |
Cleveland Cavaliers * | Miami (OH) (Sr.) |
| 1 | 9 | Sellers, BradBrad Sellers | C | United States |
Chicago Bulls | Ohio State (Sr.) |
| 1 | 10 | Dawkins, JohnnyJohnny Dawkins | PG | United States |
San Antonio Spurs | Duke (Sr.) |
| 1 | 11 | Salley, JohnJohn Salley | PF | United States |
Detroit Pistons (from Sacramento) | Georgia Tech (Sr.) |
| 1 | 12 | Williams, JohnJohn Williams | PF | United States |
Washington Bullets | LSU (So.) |
| 1 | 13 | Washington, DwayneDwayne Washington | PG | United States |
New Jersey Nets | Syracuse (Sr.) |
| 1 | 14 | Berry, WalterWalter Berry | SF/PF | United States |
Portland Trail Blazers | St. John's (Sr.) |
| 1 | 15 | Curry, DellDell Curry | SG/SF | United States |
Utah Jazz | Virginia Tech (Sr.) |
| 1 | 16 | Martin, MauriceMaurice Martin | SF | United States |
Denver Nuggets (from Dallas) | Saint Joseph's (Sr.) |
| 1 | 17 | Pressley, HaroldHarold Pressley | SF | United States |
Sacramento Kings (from Detroit) | Villanova (Sr.) |
| 1 | 18 | Alarie, MarkMark Alarie | PF | United States |
Denver Nuggets | Duke (Sr.) |
| 1 | 19 | Thompson, BillyBilly Thompson | SF | United States |
Atlanta Hawks | Louisville (Sr.) |
| 1 | 20 | Johnson, BuckBuck Johnson | SF | United States |
Houston Rockets | Alabama (Sr.) |
| 1 | 21 | Jones, AnthonyAnthony Jones | SF | United States |
Washington Bullets (from Philadelphia) | UNLV (Sr.) |
| 1 | 22 | Skiles, ScottScott Skiles | PG | United States |
Milwaukee Bucks | Michigan State (Sr.) |
| 1 | 23 | Barlow, KenKen Barlow# | PF | United States |
Los Angeles Lakers | Notre Dame (Sr.) |
| 1 | 24 | Sabonis, ArvydasArvydas Sabonis^ | C |  Soviet Union(  Lithuania) |
Portland Trail Blazers (from Boston via L.A. Clippers) | Zalgiris (Soviet Union) |
| 2 | 25 | Price, MarkMark Price* | PG | United States |
Dallas Mavericks, traded on draft day to the Cleveland Cavaliers | Georgia Tech (Sr.) |
| 2 | 26 | Dreiling, GregGreg Dreiling | C | United States |
Indiana Pacers | Kansas (Sr.) |
| 2 | 27 | Rodman, DennisDennis Rodman^ | PF | United States |
Detroit Pistons | Southeastern Oklahoma State (Sr.) |
| 2 | 28 | Krystkowiak, LarryLarry Krystkowiak | PF | United States |
Chicago Bulls | Montana (Sr.) |
| 2 | 29 | Newman, JohnnyJohnny Newman | SF | United States |
Cleveland Cavaliers | Richmond (Sr.) |
| 2 | 30 | McMillan, NateNate McMillan | PG | United States |
Seattle SuperSonics | NC State (Sr.) |
| 2 | 31 | Ward, JoeJoe Ward# | SF | United States |
Phoenix Suns | Georgia (Sr.) |
| 2 | 32 | Henderson, CedricCedric Henderson | PF | United States |
Atlanta Hawks | Georgia (Sr.) |
| 2 | 33 | Duckworth, KevinKevin Duckworth+ | C | United States |
San Antonio Spurs | Eastern Illinois (Sr.) |
| 2 | 34 | Rogers, JohnnyJohnny Rogers | PF |  Spain[2] |
Sacramento Kings | UC Irvine (Sr.) |
| 2 | 35 | Wagner, MiltMilt Wagner | SG | United States |
Dallas Mavericks | Louisville (Sr.) |
| 2 | 36 | Mitchell, SteveSteve Mitchell# | PG | United States |
Washington Bullets | UAB (Sr.) |
| 2 | 37 | Fasoulas, PanagiotisPanagiotis Fasoulas# | C |  Greece |
Portland Trail Blazers | NC State (Sr.) |
| 2 | 38 | Lampley, LemoneLemone Lampley# | C | United States |
Seattle SuperSonics | DePaul (Sr.) |
| 2 | 39 | Addison, RafaelRafael Addison | SF | United States |
Phoenix Suns | Syracuse (Sr.) |
| 2 | 40 | Binelli, AugustoAugusto Binelli# | C |  Italy |
Atlanta Hawks | Virtus Bologna (Italy) |
| 2 | 41 | Smith, OtisOtis Smith | SG | United States |
Denver Nuggets | Jacksonville (Sr.) |
| 2 | 42 | Kellogg, RonRon Kellogg# | SF | United States |
Atlanta Hawks | Kansas (Sr.) |
| 2 | 43 | Feitl, DaveDave Feitl | C | United States |
Houston Rockets | UTEP (Sr.) |
| 2 | 44 | Wingate, DavidDavid Wingate | SG | United States |
Philadelphia 76ers | Georgetown (Sr.) |
| 2 | 45 | Smith, KeithKeith Smith | PG | United States |
Milwaukee Bucks | Loyola Marymount (Sr.) |
| 2 | 46 | Hornacek, JeffJeff Hornacek+ | SG | United States |
Phoenix Suns | Iowa State (Sr.) |
| 2 | 47 | Jackson, MichaelMichael Jackson | PG | United States |
New York Knicks | Georgetown (Sr.) |
Notable post-second round picks
These players selected after the second round have played at least one game in the NBA.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School/club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 48 | McKenzie, ForrestForrest McKenzie | SF | United States |
San Antonio Spurs | Loyola Marymount (Sr.) |
| 3 | 50 | Henderson, KevinKevin Henderson | PG | United States |
Cleveland Cavaliers | Cal State Fullerton (Sr.) |
| 3 | 51 | Williams, MikeMike Williams | PF/SF | United States |
Golden State Warriors | Bradley (Sr.) |
| 3 | 52 | Wilson, RickyRicky Wilson | PG | United States |
Chicago Bulls | George Mason (Sr.) |
| 3 | 53 | Murphy, TodTod Murphy | PF | United States |
Seattle SuperSonics | UC Irvine (Sr.) |
| 3 | 54 | Polee, DwayneDwayne Polee | SG | United States |
Los Angeles Clippers | Pepperdine (Sr.) |
| 3 | 55 | Gattison, KennyKenny Gattison | PF | United States |
Phoenix Suns | Old Dominion (Sr.) |
| 3 | 57 | Douglas, BruceBruce Douglas | SG | United States |
Sacramento Kings | Illinois (Sr.) |
| 3 | 58 | Henderson, DavidDavid Henderson | PG | United States |
Washington Bullets | Duke (Sr.) |
| 3 | 59 | Alexis, WendellWendell Alexis | PF | United States |
Golden State Warriors | Syracuse (Sr.) |
| 3 | 60 | Petrović, DraženDražen Petrović^ | SG |  Yugoslavia(  Croatia) |
Portland Trail Blazers | Cibona (Yugoslavia) |
| 3 | 61 | Shasky, JohnJohn Shasky | C | United States |
Utah Jazz | Minnesota (Sr.) |
| 3 | 65 | Hoppen, DaveDave Hoppen | C | United States |
Atlanta Hawks | Nebraska (Sr.) |
| 3 | 66 | Bowie, AnthonyAnthony Bowie | SG | United States |
Houston Rockets | Oklahoma (Sr.) |
| 3 | 67 | Rowan, RonRon Rowan | SG | United States |
Philadelphia 76ers | St. John's (Sr.) |
| 3 | 69 | Turner, AndreAndre Turner | PG | United States |
Los Angeles Lakers | Memphis State (Sr.) |
| 3 | 70 | Les, JimJim Les | PG | United States |
Atlanta Hawks | Bradley (Sr.) |
| 4 | 74 | Meents, ScottScott Meents | PF | United States |
Chicago Bulls | Illinois (Sr.) |
| 4 | 77 | Gondrezick, GrantGrant Gondrezick | SG | United States |
Phoenix Suns | Pepperdine (Sr.) |
| 4 | 85 | Jackson, MyronMyron Jackson | PG | United States |
Dallas Mavericks | Arkansas–Little Rock (Sr.) |
| 4 | 89 | Henry, ConnerConner Henry | SG | United States |
Houston Rockets | UC Santa Barbara (Sr.) |
| 5 | 95 | Rellford, RichardRichard Rellford | SF | United States |
Indiana Pacers | Michigan (Sr.) |
| 5 | 97 | Smith, ClintonClinton Smith | SG | United States |
Golden State Warriors | Cleveland State (Sr.) |
| 5 | 99 | Pressley, DominicDominic Pressley | PG | United States |
Seattle SuperSonics | Boston College (Sr.) |
| 5 | 100 | Johnson, SteffondSteffond Johnson | PF | United States |
Los Angeles Clippers | San Diego State (Sr.) |
| 6 | 120 | Myers, PetePete Myers | G/SF | United States |
Chicago Bulls | Arkansas–Little Rock (Sr.) |
| 6 | 122 | Kitchen, CurtisCurtis Kitchen | PF | United States |
Seattle SuperSonics | South Florida (Sr.) |
| 6 | 124 | Kempton, TimTim Kempton | PF | United States |
Los Angeles Clippers | Notre Dame (Sr.) |
| 6 | 133 | Frederick, AnthonyAnthony Frederick | SF | United States |
Denver Nuggets | Pepperdine (Sr.) |
| 6 | 134 | Volkov, AlexanderAlexander Volkov | C | Soviet Union (  Ukraine) |
Atlanta Hawks | Budivelnik Kiev (USSR) |
* compensation for draft choices traded away by Ted Stepien
Notable undrafted players
These players who declared or were automatically eligible for the 1986 draft were not selected but played in the NBA.
| Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rose, RobertRobert Rose | SG | United States |
George Mason (Sr.) |
| Spencer, AndreAndre Spencer | SF | United States |
Northern Arizona (Sr.) |
| Upshaw, KelvinKelvin Upshaw | SG | United States |
Utah (Sr.) |
| Vranković, StojkoStojko Vranković | C | Yugoslavia ( Croatia) |
KK Zadar (Croatia) |
References
- ↑ "Magic Name Mark Price Player Development Coach". NBA.com. 9 December 2011.
- ↑ Rogers was born in the United States, but represents Spain internationally.