1980 NBA DRAFT

to 1979——————–to 1981

1st round

First Round Pick 1

From Detroit Pistons (1979-09-06)
Detroit traded the rights to M.L. Carr, and two 1980 1st rd picks (01-Joe Barry Carroll & 13-Rickey Brown) to Boston for Bob McAdoo.

From Boston Celtics (1980-06-09)
Boston traded two 1980 1st rd picks (01-Joe Barry Carroll & 13-Rickey Brown) to Golden State for Robert Parish and a 1980 1st rd pick (03-Kevin McHale).

Golden State Warriors – Joe Barry Carroll – 7’1 C Purdue

First Round Pick 2

Utah Jazz – Darrell Griffith – 6’4 GF Louisville

First Round Pick 3

From Golden State Warriors (1980-06-09)
Golden State traded Robert Parish and a 1980 1st rd pick (03-Kevin McHale) to Boston for a 1980 1st rd pick (01-Joe Barry Carroll).

Boston Celtics – Kevin McHale – 6’10 FC Minnesota

First Round Pick 4

Chicago Bulls – Kelvin Ransey – 6’1 – G Ohio State

First Round Pick 5

Denver Nuggets – James Ray – 6’9 F Jacksonville

First Round Pick 6

New Jersey Nets – Mike O’Koren – 6’7 F North Carolina

First Round Pick 7

From San Diego Clippers (1979-09-18)
San Diego traded Kevin Kunnert, Kermit Washington, a 1980 1st rd pick (07-Mike Gminski), and cash to Portland as compensation for signing free agent Bill Walton.

From Portland Trailblazers (1980-02-08)
Portland traded Maurice Lucas, a 1980 1st rd pick (07-Mike Gminski), and a 1981 1st rd pick (10-Albert King) to New Jersey for Calvin Natt.

New Jersey Nets – Mike Gminski – 6’11 C Duke

First Round Pick 8

From Indiana Pacers (1976-11-02)
Indiana traded a 1980 first rd pick (08-Andrew Toney) to Philadelphia for Mel Bennett.

Philadelphia 76ers – Andrew Toney – 6’3 G Southwestern Louisiana

First Round Pick 9

From Cleveland Cavaliers (1979-09-21)
Cleveland traded a 1980 first rd pick (09-Michael Brooks) to San Diego for Randy Smith.

San Diego Clippers – Michael Brooks – 6’7 F LaSalle

First Round Pick 10

Portland Trailblazers – Ronnie Lester – 6’2 G Iowa

First Round Pick 11

Dallas Mavericks – Kiki Vandeweghe – 6’8 SF UCLA

First Round Pick 12

New York Knicks -Mike Woodson – 6’5 GF Indiana

First Round Pick 13

From Washington Bullets (1979-07-12)
Washington traded a 1980 1st rd pick (13-Rickey Brown), a 1982 1st rd draft choice (12-John Bagley) to Detroit as compensation for signing free agent Kevin Porter.

From Detroit Pistons (1979-09-06)
Detroit traded the rights to M.L. Carr, and two 1980 1st rd picks (01-Joe Barry Carroll & 13-Rickey Brown) to Boston for Bob McAdoo.

From Boston Celtics (1980-06-09)
Boston traded two 1980 1st rd picks (01-Joe Barry Carroll & 13-Rickey Brown) to Golden State for Robert Parish and a 1980 1st rd pick (03-Kevin McHale).

Golden State Warriors – Rickey Brown – 6’10 FC Mississippi State

First Round Pick 14

From Houston Rockets (1979-07-16)
Houston traded a 1980 1st rd pick (14-Wes Matthews) to Washington as compensation for Rockets signing of free agent Tom Henderson.

Washington Bullets – Wes Matthews – 6’1 G Wisconsin (Jr)

First Round Pick 15

San Antonio Spurs – Reggie Johnson – 6’9 F Tennessee

First Round Pick 16

Kansas City Kings – Charles Whitney – 6’5 GF NC State

First Round Pick 17

From Milwaukee Bucks (1980-02-04)
Milwaukee traded Kent Benson and a 1980 1st rd pick (17-Larry Drew) to Detroit for Bob Lanier.

Detroit Pistons – Larry Drew – 6’1 G Missouri

First Round Pick 18

Atlanta Hawks – Don Collins – 6’6 GF Washington State

First Round Pick 19

From Phoenix Suns (1979-01-12)
Phoenix traded Marty Byrnes, Ron Lee, a 1979 1st rd pick (20-Larry Knight), a 1980 first rd pick (19-John Duren), and cash to Utah for Len Robinson.

Utah Jazz – John Duren – 6’3 G Georgetown

First Round Pick 20

Seattle Supersonics – Bill Hanzlik – 6’7 SG Notre Dame

First Round Pick 21

Philadelphia 76ers – Monti Davis – 6’7 F Tennessee State

First Round Pick 22

From Los Angeles Lakers (1980-02-15)
LA Lakers traded Don Ford, and a 1980 1st rd pick (22-Chad Kinch) to Cleveland for Butch Lee and a 1982 first rd pick (01-James Worthy).

Cleveland Cavaliers – Chad Kinch – 6’4 G UNC-Charlotte

First Round Pick 23

From Boston Celtics (1979-07-19)
Boston traded a 1980 1st rd pick (23-Carl Nicks) to Indiana for Earl Tatum and cash.

From Indiana Pacers (1980-02-01)
Indiana traded Alex English, a 1980 1st rd pick (23-Carl Nicks) to Denver for George McInnis.

Denver Nuggets – Carl Nicks – 6’1 G Indiana State

2nd Round

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