1987
Draft
1. San Antonio: 
David Robinson (Navy)
2. Phoenix: Armon Gilliam (UNLV)
Armon puts up impressive numbers year
after year, but for losing teams, and in the insignificant games. He was
drafted by Phoenix with high hopes, then traded in his third year to
Charlotte for Kurt Rambis. In January of 1991 he was traded to the Sixers
with Dave Hoppen for Mike Gminski. He was waved by the Sixers and signed
as a free agent with the Nets in 1993. He was an NBA All-Rookie first
team selection amd a stand out collegiate athlete, who was a Consensus
Second Team All-American in 1987. He was Red-Shirted his first year at
UNLV as a transfer student from a junior college. After being named Net
of the Year in 1995, 1995-96 saw Armon taking control of a weak New Jersey
team, becoming the go-to guy and putting up career numbers. He has a
dangerous jump hoop and can score equally well from the inside with the
ball in either his left or his right hand. He learned how to shoot with
his left hand by tying his right hand behind his back while he ate dinner.
He signed a four year contract with the Bucks after buying out the last
year of his contract with the Nets. On August 19, 1999, Milwaukee traded
Chris Gatling and Armon Gilliam to Orlando for
Danny Manning and Dale Ellis. He retired following the 1997-98 season.
Gilliam's Stats: PPG RPG
College 17.3 5.3
Rookie 14.8 7.9
1988-89 15.9 7.3
1989-90 16.7 7.9
1990-91 16.6 8.0
1991-92 16.9 8.1
1992-93 12.4 5.9
1993-94 11.8 6.1
1994-95 14.8 7.5
1995-96 18.3 9.1
1996-97 8.6 6.2
1997-98 9.2 5.2
Career (thru '98) 14.3 7.2
3. New Jersey: Dennis Hopson (Ohio State)
4. LA Clippers: Reggie Williams (Georgetown)
5. Seattle (traded to Chicago): 
Scottie Pippen (Central Arkansas)
6. Sacramento: 
Kenny Smith (UNC)
Kenny has contributed to several teams, including the 2-time champion
Rockets, yet he still has not taken control of a team like the league's
top point guards. Drafted by Sacramento, he came to Atlanta in 1990 along
with Roy Marble for Tim McCormick and John Lucas. He was a Unanimous
First Team All-American in 1987 out of Carolina where he was the school's all-time
assist leader. He was named to the NBA Rookie First Team. He is a
premier free-throw shooter and watch out when he gets hot...he won't
miss from downtown. Kenny is often accused of not being a true point
guard, and rightfully so. In 1990-91 for the Rockets, he had his best
year as a pro. In 1996 he signed a one year deal to move over to the
Detroit Pistons to give them another SG disguised as a PG, but he was
later released by the team. In December of '96, he was picked up by the
Orlando Magic to fill in for the injured Anfernee Hardaway. He was cut by
the team, and was shortly signed by the Denver Nuggets for the rest of the
season to fill in for the loss of Mark Jackson. In 1997 he made the
Training Camp roster for the NJ Nets, but was cut in preseason.
You can now see Kenny on TBS and TNT!
Smith's Stats: PPG RPG APG
College 12.9 2.2 6.0
Rookie 13.8 2.3 7.1
1988-89 17.3 2.8 7.7
1989-90 11.9 2.0 5.6
1990-91 17.7 2.1 7.1
1991-92 14.0 2.2 6.9
1992-93 13.0 2.0 5.4
1993-94 11.6 1.8 4.2
1994-95 10.4 1.9 4.0
1995-96 8.5 1.4 3.6
1996-97 6.3 0.9 2.4
Career thru '97 12.8 2.0 5.5
7. Cleveland: 
Kevin Johnson (UC Berkley)
8. Chicago 
(traded to Seattle): Olden Polynice (Virginia)
Olden Polynice was drafted at number eight by the Chicago Bulls after
leaving Virginia as a junior in 1986 and playing in Italy for the
1986-87 season where he average 17.3 points and 11 rebounds a game. He
was immediately traded by the Bull's along with a 1988 or 1989 second
round draft pick and the option to exchange the 1989 number one pick to
Seattle for Scottie Pippen...did I say Scottie Pippen...yep... This 7-0
project didn't do much for the Sonics. He didn't get the time or
put up the numbers as a backup center for 4 seasons. He was
traded to the LA Clippers on 2/20/91 for Benoit Benjamin in a swap of
under-achieving centers. On 6/24/92 he was traded to the Pistons along
with a second round choice, for William Bedford and Don MacLean. In
Detroit he got the chance to be a full-time starter for the 1993-94
season. On 2/20/94 he once again switched teams, going to the Kings for
Pete Chilcutt and a conditional First and a Second Round Pick. He has
also started with the Kings, putting up better career numbers. Polynice
averaged 16.1 points and 8 rebounds as a junior at Virginia. He also
played in the Final Four in 1984. He seems to be imroving each year in
the NBA, becoming a good rebounder, with limited offensive skills, but he
at least doesn't take shots he can't make. He signed a one year deal
worth one million dollars to join the Seattle Supersonic on January 24,
1999. He played for Utah during the 1999-2000 season.
Polynice's Stats: PPG RPG APG
Rookie 4.1 4.0 0.4
1990-91 9.8 7.0 0.5
1991-92 8.1 7.1 0.6
1992-93 7.3 6.2 0.4
1993-94 11.6 11.9 0.6
1994-95 10.8 9.0 0.8
1995-96 12.2 9.4 0.7
1996-97 12.5 9.4 2.2
1997-98 7.9 6.3 1.5
1998-99 7.7 8.9 0.9
1999-00 5.3 5.5 0.5
2000-01 5.3 4.7 0.4
Career (thru 2000) 8.0 6.9 0.7
9. Seattle: 
Derrick McKey (Alabama)
Derrick was
selected by the Sonics and contributed to their team for many years as a
good, but not great, player. He is an all-around player, but not in the
same league as Scottie Pippen. He has a nice array of inside moves,
including the hook shot, and can hit the three. The only problem is he
tends to be a reluctant shooter. McKey was traded to Indiana with Gerald
Paddio for Detlef Schrempf on 11/1/93. He is a tremendous, although
underrated, defensive presence on the court, able to shut down the
Derek was a Second Team All-American (UPI) in 1987 ar Alabama. His
success carried over to the NBA as he was named to the
All-Rookie First Team.
McKey's Stats: PPG RPG APG
College 12.4 6.5 1.3
Rookie 8.5 4.0 1.3
1988-89 15.9 5.7 2.7
1989-90 15.7 6.1 2.3
1990-91 15.3 5.8 2.3
1991-92 14.9 5.2 2.3
1992-93 13.4 4.2 2.6
1993-94 12.0 5.3 4.3
1994-95 13.3 4.9 3.4
1995-96 11.7 4.8 3.5
1996-97 8.0 4.8 2.7
1997-98 6.3 3.7 1.5
1998-99 4.6 3.2 1.0
1999-00 4.3 4.2 1.1
2000-01 2.2 2.7 1.1
2001-02 2.9 3.1 4.4
Career (thru '02) 11.0 4.7 2.4
10. Chicago: 
Horace Grant (Clemson)
Horace comes to play the game, and
win. He will often fire up his teammates with
controversial remarks, but he gets results. He has three championship
rings with the Bulls and now is looking to get one with the Magic. Horace
has also played on an All-Star Team in 1994. He is a four time All-NBA
Defensive Team member from 1993-96. He was ACC player of
the year at Clemson in 1987. He was also named to the AP All-American
2nd. Team that year. His twin brother Harvey plays for the
TrailBlazers. Horace can block, play defense and rebound...but also score
when called upon and make the good pass. He signed a 5 year, 50 million
dollar contract with the Orlando Magic to start the 1996 season. On
July 19, 2001 Orlando signed Horace Grant to a 3 year, $7,425,000
contract with the 3rd
year at the team's option. On the verge of retirement, after not contributing to the Magic during the 2002-2003 season, the LA Lakers signed Grant to a one year minimum contract, returning him to the city where he one an NBA Championship.
Horace's Stats: PPG RPG APG
College 13.9 8.0 1.7
Rookie 7.7 5.5 1.1
1988-89 12.0 8.6 2.1
1989-90 13.4 7.9 2.8
1990-91 12.8 8.4 2.3
1991-92 14.2 10.0 2.7
1992-93 13.2 9.5 2.6
1993-94 15.1 11.0 3.4
1994-95 12.8 9.7 2.3
1995-96 13.4 9.2 2.7
1996-97 12.6 9.0 2.4
1997-98 12.1 8.1 2.3
1998-99 8.9 7.0 1.8
1999-00 8.1 7.8 2.5
2000-01 8.5 7.1 1.6
2001-02 8.0 6.3 1.4
2002-03 5.2 1.6 1.4
2003-04 4.1 4.2 1.3
Career (thru 2004) 11.2 8.1 2.2
11. Indiana: 
Reggie Miller (UCLA)
12. Washington: 
Muggsy Bogues (Wake Forest)
Muggsy was a surprise early
draft pick by Washington joining the NBA with
the distinction of being the smallest player in league history. He has
lived up to more than his 5'3'' potential, though. Consistently being one
of the best point guards in the league. In 1990 he led the league in
assist-to-turnover ratio. Only Bogues and Stockton have dished out over
600 assists over the past 7 seasons (his streak ended in 1995-96). He
was an original Hornet coming to them in the expansion draft from
Washington. He is the Hornets' all time leader in steals and assists. At
Wake Forest, he finished his career as the ACC's all-time leader
in assists and steals. Muggsy joined Reggie Lewis and Reggie Williams as
1987 first round selections all coming from Baltimore's Dunbar High
School. This is the first draft in which 3 players who attended the same
high school were drafted in the first round. After an injury plagued
1995-96, Mugsy started 1996 as the Hornets number one point guard
again. ON 11-7-97, he was traded along with Tony Delk to Golden
State for BJ Armstrong. Bogues is currently Number 12 on the All-Time
assists list, but Derek Harper is right behind him. On September 23,
1999, Bogues signed a one year one million dollar contract (league
minimum) to play for Toronto. Then prior to the 2000-2001 season,
Toronto re-signed Muggsy Bogues to a reported 4 year, $8 million
contract. Toronto has an option for the 4th year. On August 10, 2001 in
a 3-team trade, New York traded away Glen Rice and Muggsy Bogues and
received Shandon Anderson and Howard Eisley, Houston traded away Shandon
Anderson and received Glen Rice and the
rights to 2nd round draft pick Kyle Hill (#44), and Dallas traded away
Howard Eisley and the rights to Kyle Hill and received Muggsy Bogues.
Bogues' Stats: PPG RPG APG StlPG
College 8.3 2.5 6.6 2.3
Rookie 5.0 1.7 5.1 1.6
1988-89 5.4 2.1 7.8 1.4
1989-90 9.4 2.6 10.7 2.1
1990-91 7.0 2.7 8.3 1.7
1991-92 8.9 2.9 9.1 2.1
1992-93 10.0 3.7 8.8 2.0
1993-94 10.8 4.1 10.1 1.7
1994-95 11.1 3.3 8.7 1.3
1995-96 (6 gms) 2.3 1.2 3.2 0.3
1996-97 8.0 2.2 7.2 1.3
1997-98 5.7 2.2 5.4 1.1
1998-99 5.1 2.0 3.7 1.2
1999-00 5.1 1.7 3.7 0.8
Career (thru 2000) 7.7 2.6 7.6 1.6
13. LA Clippers: Joe Wolf (UNC)
14. Golden State: Tellis Frank (Western Kentucky)
15. Utah: Jose Ortiz (Oregon State)
16. Philadelphioa: Christian Welp (Washington)
17. Portland: Ronnie Murphy (Jacksonville)
18. New York: 
Mark Jackson (St. John's)
Mark is a scrappy point guard who
is consistently one of the best pure point guards
in the league. David Robinson took 2 years
before joining the NBA and consequently Mark Jackson, drafted by the
Knicks, was named rookie of the year, but his career has gone down hill
ever since. He is the second leading assist man in Knicks history
though, with over 3,000. He holds the record for assists by a rookie with
an average of 8.6 per game. He was also an All-Star in his first season.
As a Senior at St. John's in 1987 he was a Consensus 2nd Team
All-American. After leaving New York, he found some degree of success
playing for the Clippers and Indiana. He was traded to the Denver
Nuggets along with Ricky Pierce for Jalen Rose and the tenth pick in the
1996 draft in the 1996 off-season just prior to the draft. He was leading
the NBA in assists for the Nuggets in 1996-97 with better than 12 per
game, but he was traded back to his old team, the Pacers, just prior to
the trading deadline on February 20, 1997. The Pacers seem to have gotten
the better deal, acquiring Jackson and veteran ex-Pacer LaSalle Thompson
for Eddie Johnson, Vincent Askew and second round picks in 1997 and 1998.
The Pacers were struggling at point guard using Travis
Best, Jalen Rose and Jerome Allen. None of them could fill Jackson's
shoes. Mark Jackson dethroned John Stockton
as the assists leader in 1996-97 averaging 11.4 assists per game. On
August 11, 2000 Toronto signed Mark Jackson to a 4 year, $16.4 million
contract, meaning they finally get the PG that they have been looking for
since Stoudamire left. On February 20, 2001, Mark Jackson had 12
against the Golden State Warriors, to push his career total to
9,065 assists to surpass Isiah Thomas (9,061 assists) for 4th place on the
NBA's all-time assists leaders list. John Stockton (14,266), Magic
Johnson (10,141), and Oscar Robertson (9,887) are ahead of Jackson. Mark
returned to the Big Apple in a trading deadline beating deal on February
22, 2001, New York traded Chris Childs and a 1st round draft pick to
Toronto for Jackson and Muggsy Bogues. On October 2, 2002 Utah signed
Mark Jackson to a 1 year, minimum contract. He came out of retirement to play for the Houston Rockets in 2003-2004
Jackson's Stats: PPG RPG APG StlPG
College 10.1 2.6 5.6 1.3
Rookie 13.6 4.8 10.6 2.5
1988-89 16.9 4.7 8.6 1.9
1989-90 9.9 3.9 7.4 1.3
1990-91 8.8 2.7 6.3 0.8
1991-92 11.3 3.8 8.6 1.4
1992-93 14.4 4.7 8.8 1.7
1993-94 10.9 4.4 8.6 1.5
1994-95 7.6 3.7 7.5 1.3
1995-96 10.0 3.8 7.8 1.2
1996-97 9.9 4.8 11.4 1.2
1997-98 8.3 3.9 8.7 1.0
1998-99 7.6 3.8 7.9 0.9
1999-00 8.1 3.7 8.0 0.9
2000-01 7.6 3.7 8.0 1.0
2001-02 8.4 3.8 7.4 0.9
2002-03 4.7 2.1 4.6 0.6
2003-04 2.5 1.7 2.8 0.4
Career (thru 2004) 9.6 3.8 8.0 1.2
19. LA Clippers: Ken Norman (Illinois)
20. Dallas: Jim Farmer (Alabama)
21. Atlanta: Dallas Comegys (DePaul)
22. Boston: Reggie Lewis (Northeastern)
Reggie Lewis, had the skills to be a superstar, but tragically died on the
basketball court from a heart attack in July 1993. He got his first
chance to start during Larry Bird's Injury in 1989.
Lewis' Stats: PPG RPG APG BlkPG StlPG
College 22.2 7.9 1.7 1.3 1.9
Rookie 4.5 1.3 0.5 0.3 0.3
23. San Antonio: Greg Anderson (Houston)
24. Detroit: Freddie Banks (UNLV)
25. New York: Ron Moore (West Virginia St.)
26. Dallas: Steve Alford (Indiana)
27. San Antonio: Nate Blackwell (Temple)
28. Chicago: Ricky Winslow (Houston)
29. Portland: Lester Fonville (Jackson State)
30. Portland: Nikita Wilson (Louisiana State)
31. Denver: Andre Moore (Loyola-Chicago)
32. Milwaukee: Bob McCann (Morehead State)
33. Chicago: Norris Coleman (Kansas State)
34. Indiana: Brian Rowsom (UNC-Wilmington)
35. Houston: Doug Lee (Purdue)
36. Washington: Duane Washington (Middle Tenn. St.)
37. Washington: Derrick Dowell (So. California)
38. LA Clippers: Norris Coleman (Kansas State)
39. Philadelphia: Vincent Askew (Memphis State)
40. Milwaukee: Winston Garland (SW Missouri St.)
41. Cleveland: Kannard Johnson (W. Kentucky)
42. Atlanta: Terrence Bailey (Wagner)
43. Philadelphia: Andrew Kennedy (Virginia)
44. Atlanta: Terry Coner (Alabama)
45. Boston: Brad Lohaus (Iowa)
46. Phoenix: Bruce Dalrymple (Georgia Tech)
52. Cleveland: Donald Royal (Notre Dame)
63. Portland: Kevin Gamble (Iowa)
75. Cleveland: Chris Dudley (Yale)
79. Chicago: Jack Haley (UCLA)
127. Golden State: Sarunas Marciulionis (Soviet Union)