| First Round | Player | College |
| 1. Houston Rockets | John Lucas | Maryland |
| 2. Chicago Bulls | Scott May | Indiana |
| 3. Kansas City Kings | Richard Washington | UCLA |
| 4. Detroit Pistons | Leon Douglas | Alabama |
| 5. Portland Trail Blazers | Wally Walker | Virginia |
| 6. Buffalo Braves | Adrian Dantley | Notre Dame |
| 7. Milwaukee Bucks | Quinn Buckner | Indiana |
| 8. Golden State Warriors | Robert Parish | Centenary |
| 9. Atlanta Hawks | Armond Hill | Princeton |
| 10. Phoenix Suns | Ron Lee | Oregon |
| 11. Seattle SuperSonics | Bob Wilkerson | Indiana |
| 12. Philadelphia 76ers | Terry Furlow | Michigan State |
| 13. Washington Bullets | Mitch Kupchak | North Carolina |
| 14. Washington Bullets | Larry Wright | Grambling |
| 15. Cleveland Cavaliers | Chuckie Williams | Kansas State |
| 16. Boston Celtics | Norman Cook | Kansas |
| 17. Golden State Warriors | Sonny Parker | Texas A&M |
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