| First Round | Player | College |
| 1. Atlanta Hawks | David Thompson | North Carolina State |
| 2. Los Angeles Lakers | David Meyers | UCLA |
| 3. Atlanta Hawks | Marvin Webster | Morgan State |
| 4. Phoenix Suns | Alvan Adams | Oklahoma |
| 5. Philadelphia 76ers | Darryl Dawkins | None |
| 6. Portland Trail Blazers | Lionel Hollins | Arizona State |
| 7. New Orleans Jazz | Rich Kelley | Stanford |
| 8. Los Angeles Lakers | Junior Bridgeman | Louisville |
| 9. New York Knicks | Eugene Short | Jackson State |
| 10. KC-Omaha Kings | Bill Robinzine | DePaul |
| 11. Houston Rockets | Joe Meriweather | Southern Illinois |
| 12. Seattle SuperSonics | Frank Oleynick | Seattle |
| 13. KC-Omaha Kings | Bob Bigelow | Penn |
| 14. Golden State Warriors | Joe Bryant | La Salle |
| 15. Cleveland Cavaliers | John Lambert | USC |
| 16. Phoenix Suns | Ricky Sobers | Nevada-Las Vegas |
| 17. Boston Celtics | Tom Boswell | South Carolina |
| 18. Washington Bullets | Kevin Grevey | Kentucky |
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