| First Round | Player | College |
| 1. Golden State Warriors | Joe Barry Carroll | Purdue |
| 2. Utah Jazz | Darrell Griffith | Louisville |
| 3. Boston Celtics | Kevin McHale | Minnesota |
| 4. Chicago Bulls | Kelvin Ransey | Ohio State |
| 5. Denver Nuggets | James Ray | Jacksonville |
| 6. New Jersey Nets | Mike O'Koren | North Carolina |
| 7. New Jersey Nets | Mike Gminski | Duke |
| 8. Philadelphia 76ers | Andrew Toney | SW Louisiana |
| 9. San Diego Clippers | Michael Brooks | La Salle |
| 10. Portland Trail Blazers | Ronnie Lester | Iowa |
| 11. Dallas Mavericks | Kiki Vandeweghe | UCLA |
| 12. New York Knicks | Mike Woodson | Indiana |
| 13. Golden State Warriors | Rickey Brown | Mississippi State |
| 14. Washington Bullets | Wes Matthews | Wisconsin |
| 15. San Antonio Spurs | Reggie Johnson | Tennessee |
| 16. Kansas City Kings | Hawkeye Whitney | North Carolina State |
| 17. Detroit Pistons | Larry Drew | Missouri |
| 18. Atlanta Hawks | Don Collins | Washington State |
| 19. Utah Jazz | John Duren | Georgetown |
| 20. Seattle SuperSonics | Bill Hanzlik | Notre Dame |
| 21. Philadelphia 76ers | Monti Davis | Tennessee State |
| 22. Cleveland Cavaliers | Chad Kinch | North Carolina-Charlotte |
| 23. Denver Nuggets | Carl Nicks | Indiana State |
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