1982 NBA Draft Pick Transactions
yellow = data that is incomplete or uncertain
| Overall # | Round # | Team | Transactions | Player Drafted | ||
| Round 1 | ||||||
| 1 | 1-1 | Cavaliers | > Lakers — Traded Don Ford, 1980 first round pick (#22-Chad Kinch) to Cavaliers for Butch Lee, 1982 first round pick (#1-James Worthy) on 1980-02-15 | James Worthy | ||
| 2 | 1-2 | Clippers | Terry Cummings | |||
| 3 | 1-3 | Jazz | Dominique Wilkins | |||
| 4 | 1-4 | Mavs | Bill Garnett | |||
| 5 | 1-5 | Kings | LaSalle Thompson | |||
| 6 | 1-6 | Knicks | Trent Tucker | |||
| 7 | 1-7 | Bulls | Quintin Dailey | |||
| 8 | 1-8 | Pacers | Clark Kellogg | |||
| 9 | 1-9 | Pistons | Cliff Levingston | |||
| 10 | 1-10 | Hawks | Keith Edmonson | |||
| 11 | 1-11 | Blazers | Lafayette Lever | |||
| 12 | 1-12 | Bullets | > Pistons — Received 1980 first round pick (#13-Rickey Brown), 1982 first round pick (#12-John Bagley) from Bullets on 1979-07-12 as compensation for the Bullets signing of free agent Kevin Porter | > Cavaliers — Traded Kenny Carr, Bill Laimbeer to Pistons for Phil Hubbard, Paul Mokeski, 1982 first round pick (#12-John Bagley), 1982 second round pick (#28-David Magley) on 1982-02-16 | John Bagley | |
| 13 | 1-13 | Nets | Eric `Sleepy` Floyd | |||
| 14 | 1-14 | Warriors | Lester Conner | |||
| 15 | 1-15 | Nuggets | > Suns — Traded Rich Kelley to Nuggets for 1982 first round pick (#15-David Thirdkill) on 1982-06-21 | David Thirdkill | ||
| 16 | 1-16 | Rockets | Terry Teagle | |||
| 17 | 1-17 | Suns | > Nets — Traded Rich Kelley to Suns for 1982 first round pick (#17-Brook Steppe), 1983 second round pick (#43-Pace Mannion) on 1980-02-15 | > Kings — Traded Sam Lacey to Nets for Mike Woodson, 1982 first round pick (#17-Brook Steppe) on 1981-11-12 | Brook Steppe | |
| 18 | 1-18 | Spurs | > Blazers — Traded Ron Brewer to Spurs for Mike Gale, 1992 first round pick (#18-Ricky Pierce) on 1980-12-19 | > Pistons — Traded Kenny Carr to Blazers for 1982 first round pick (#18-Ricky Pierce) on 1982-06-23 | Ricky Pierce | |
| 19 | 1-19 | Sonics | > Nuggets — Traded David Thompson to Sonics for Bill Hanzlik, 1982 first round pick (#19-Rob Williams) on 1982-06-17 [Note: Wally Walker had originally been included in the trade instead of Hanzlik, but after an arbitrator ruled that a team could not trade a free agent's right of first refusal on 1982-07-16, the Sonics replaced him in the deal with Bill Hanzlik on 1982-07-20] | Rob Williams | ||
| 20 | 1-20 | Bucks | Paul Pressey | |||
| 21 | 1-21 | Lakers | > Nets — Traded Eddie Jordan to Lakers for 1982 first round pick (#21-Eddie Phillips) on 1980-11-20 | Eddie Phillips | ||
| 22 | 1-22 | 76ers | Mark McNamara | |||
| 23 | 1-23 | Celtics | Darren Tillis | |||
| Round 2 | ||||||
| 24 | 2-1 | Sonics | > Spurs — Traded James Silas, rights to Rich Yonakor to Sonics for 1982 second round pick (#24-Oliver Robinson), cash on 1981-06-16 | Oliver Robinson | ||
| 25 | 2-2 | Clippers | > Bullets — Traded Steve Malovic to Clippers for 1982 second round pick (#25-Bryan Warrick), future considerations (?) on 1979-11-21 | Bryan Warrick | ||
| 26 | 2-3 | Jazz | > Hawks — Traded Terry Furlow to Jazz for 1981 second round pick (#29-Eddie Johnson), 1982 second round pick (#26-Ricky Frazier), future considerations (?) on 1979-11-23 |
> Bulls — Traded 1981 first round pick (#4-Al Wood), 1981 second round pick (#38-Clyde Bradshaw) to Hawks for 1981 first round pick (#6-Orlando Woolridge), 1982 second round pick (#26-Ricky Frazier), option to swap first round picks in 1982 (not exercised) on 1981-06-08 | Ricky Frazier | |
| 27 | 2-4 | Mavericks | > Bucks — Traded Pat Cummings to Mavericks for 1982 second round pick (#27-Fred Roberts) on 1982-06-28 | Fred Roberts | ||
| 28 | 2-5 | Kings | > Pistons — Traded Larry Drew to Kings for 1982 second round pick (#28-David Magley), 1984 second round pick (#34-Tony Costner) on 1981-08-26 | > Cavaliers — Traded Kenny Carr, Bill Laimbeer to Pistons for Phil Hubbard, Paul Mokeski, 1982 first round pick (#12-John Bagley), 1982 second round pick (#28-David Magley) on 1982-02-16 | David Magley | |
| 29 | 2-6 | Knicks | Scott Hastings | |||
| 30 | 2-7 | Bulls | Wallace Bryant | |||
| 31 | 2-8 | Pacers | > Bulls — Traded Mike Olliver to Pacers for rights to Ray Blume, 1982 second round pick (#31-Rod Higgins) on 1981-06-10 | Rod Higgins | ||
| 32 | 2-9 | Pistons | > Rockets — Traded Paul Mokeski to Pistons for 1982 second round pick (#32-Richard Anderson) on 1980-10-07 | > Clippers — Traded Joe Bryant, 1982 second round pick (#42-Jeff Taylor) to Rockets for 1982 second round pick (#32-Richard Anderson) on 1982-06-28 | Richard Anderson | |
| 33 | 2-10 | Blazers | Linton Townes | |||
| 34 | 2-11 | Hawks | > Knicks — Agreed not to exercise their right of first refusal over restricted free agent Mike Glenn (who had recently signed an offer sheet with Hawks) in exchange for 1982 second round pick (#34-Vince Taylor) on 1982-10-26 |
Vince Taylor | ||
| 35 | 2-12 | Bullets | > Warriors — Traded John Lucas to Bullets for 1982 second round pick (#35-Derek Smith), 1984 second round pick (#30-Steve Burtt) on 1981-10-19 | Derek Smith | ||
| 36 | 2-13 | Nets | > 76ers — Traded Wilson Washington to Nets for future draft considerations (1979 #36-Clint Richardson) (1982 #36-Mitchell Anderson) (1983 #64-Claude Riley) on 1978-01-31 |
Mitchell Anderson | ||
| 37 | 2-14 | Warriors | > Blazers — Traded Mike Gale to Warriors for 1982 second round pick (#37-Audie Norris), 1985 second round pick (#25-Mike Smrek) on 1981-06-08 | Audie Norris | ||
| 38 | 2-15 | Rockets | > Bulls — Traded rights to Calvin Garrett to Rockets for 1982 second round pick (#38-Wayne Sappleton) on 1980-06-10
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> Warriors — Traded 1983 second round pick (#31-Glenn "Doc" Rivers) to Bulls for 1982 second round pick (#38-Wayne Sappleton) on 1982-06-23 | Wayne Sappleton | |
| 39 | 2-16 | Suns | Kevin Magee | |||
| 40 | 2-17 | Nuggets | > Cavaliers — Traded Dave Robisch to Nuggets for Kim Hughes, 1981 third round pick (#55-Mickey Dillard), 1982 second round pick (#40-Guy Morgan), future considerations (?) on 1980-10-30 | > Pacers — Agreed not to exercise their right of first refusal over restricted free agent James Edwards (who had recently signed an offer sheet with Cavaliers) for 1981 second round pick (#36-Ray Blume), 1982 second round pick (#40-Guy Morgan) on 1981-06-08 | Guy Morgan | |
| 41 | 2-18 | Sonics | > Bullets — Traded Dave Corzine to Spurs for 1981 second round pick (#41-Claude Gregory), 1982 second round pick (#41-Dwight Anderson) on 1980-09-26 | Dwight Anderson | ||
| 42 | 2-19 | Sonics | > Clippers — Traded Phil Smith to Sonics for Armond Hill, 1982 second round pick (#42-Jeff Taylor), cash on 1982-02-12 |
> Rockets — Traded 1982 second round pick (#32-Richard Anderson) to Clippers for Joe Bryant, 1982 second round pick (#42-Jeff Taylor) on 1982-06-28 | Jeff Taylor | |
| 43 | 2-20 | Bucks | > Pacers — Traded Mickey Johnson to Bucks for George Johnson, second round pick (1982 #43-Jose Slaughter) on 1980-09-11 | > Suns — Traded Don Buse to Pacers for 1981 second round pick (#37-Al Leslie), 1982 second round pick (#43-Jose Slaughter) on 1980-11-25 | > Pacers — Traded Dudley Bradley to Suns for 1981 second round pick (#37-Al Leslie), 1982 second round pick (#43-Jose Slaughter) on 1981-06-08 | Jose Slaughter |
| 44 | 2-21 | Lakers | > Bullets — Agreed not to exercise their right of first refusal over restricted free agent Mitch Kupchak (who had recently signed an offer sheet with the Lakers) for Jim Chones, Brad Holland, 1982 second round pick (#44-Mike Gibson), 1983 first round pick (#22-Randy Wittman) on 1981-08-05 | Mike Gibson | ||
| 45 | 2-22 | 76ers | Russ Schoene | |||
| 46 | 2-23 | Celtics | Tony Guy | |||
| Round 3 | ||||||
| 47 | 3-1 | Cavaliers | Michael Wilson | |||
| 48 | 3-2 | Clippers | Craig Hodges | |||
| 49 | 3-3 | Utah | Steve Trumbo | |||
| 50 | 3-4 | Mavericks | Corny Thompson | |||
| 51 | 3-5 | Kings | Jim Johnstone | |||
| 52 | 3-6 | Knicks | Dan Caldwell | |||
| 53 | 3-7 | Bulls | Tyrone Adams | |||
| 54 | 3-8 | Pacers | > Lakers — Traded Butch Carter to Pacers for third round pick (1982 #54-Willie Jones) on 1981-10-15 | Willie Jones | ||
| 55 | 3-9 | Pistons | > Jazz — Traded Jeff Judkins to Pistons for 1982 third round pick (#55-Jerry Eaves), future considerations (?) on 1981-10-01 | Jerry Eaves | ||
| 56 | 3-10 | Hawks | Joe Kopicki | |||
| 57 | 3-11 | Blazers | > Knicks — Traded the rights to Tom Barker to Blazers in exchange for a 1982 third round pick (#57-Craig Tucker) on 1981-08-04 | Craig Tucker | ||
| 58 | 3-12 | Bullets | Mike Largey | |||
| 59 | 3-13 | Nets | Jimmy Black | |||
| 60 | 3-14 | Warriors | Chris Engler | |||
| 61 | 3-15 | Suns | Charles Pittman | |||
| 62 | 3-16 | Nuggets | Roylin Bond | |||
| 63 | 3-17 | Rockets | Chuck Nevitt | |||
| 64 | 3-18 | Spurs | Willie Redden | |||
| 65 | 3-19 | Sonics | John Greig | |||
| 66 | 3-20 | Bucks | > Blazers — Traded Geoff Crompton to Bucks for a 1982 third round pick (#66-Phillip Lockett) on 1981-09-24 | Phillip Lockett | ||
| 67 | 3-21 | Lakers | Mike Hackett | |||
| 68 | 3-22 | 76ers | Dale Solomon | |||
| 69 | 3-23 | Celtics | Perry Moss | |||
| Round 4 | ||||||
| 70 | 4-1 | Cavaliers | Reggie Hannah | |||
| 71 | 4-2 | Clippers | Darius Clemons | |||
| 72 | 4-3 | Utah | Mark Eaton | |||
| 73 | 4-4 | Mavericks | Rudy Woods | |||
| 74 | 4-5 | Kings | Mike Sanders | |||
| 75 | 4-6 | Knicks | Norm Anchrum | |||
| 76 | 4-7 | Bulls | Chuck Aleksinas | |||
| 77 | 4-8 | Pacers | Jeff Jones | |||
| 78 | 4-9 | Pistons | Walker Russell | |||
| 79 | 4-10 | Blazers | Eric Smith | |||
| 80 | 4-11 | Hawks | > Nets — Traded Rory Sparrow to Hawks for fourth round pick (1982 #80-James Griffin) on 1981-08-12 | James Griffin | ||
| 81 | 4-12 | Bullets | Dino Gregory | |||
| 82 | 4-13 | Nets | Tony Brown | |||
| 83 | 4-14 | Warriors | Ken Stancell | |||
| 84 | 4-15 | Nuggets | Alford Turner | |||
| 85 | 4-16 | Rockets | Andre Gaddy | |||
| 86 | 4-17 | Suns | Rory White | |||
| 87 | 4-18 | Spurs | Tony Grier | |||
| 88 | 4-19 | Sonics | Ken Owens | |||
| 89 | 4-20 | Bucks | Jerry Beck | |||
| 90 | 4-21 | Lakers | Craig McCormick | |||
| 91 | 4-22 | 76ers | Bruce Atkins | |||
| 92 | 4-23 | Celtics | Greg Stewart | |||
| Round 5 | ||||||
| 93 | 5-1 | Cavaliers | Terry White | |||
| 94 | 5-2 | Clippers | Gary Carter | |||
| 95 | 5-3 | Utah | Mike McKay | |||
| 96 | 5-4 | Mavericks | Ken Arnold | |||
| 97 | 5-5 | Kings | Ken Simpson | |||
| 98 | 5-6 | Knicks | Aaron Howard | |||
| 99 | 5-7 | Bulls | Rubin Jackson | |||
| 100 | 5-8 | Pacers | Rich DiBenedetto | |||
| 101 | 5-9 | Pistons | John Ebeling | |||
| 102 | 5-10 | Hawks | Mark Hall | |||
| 103 | 5-11 | Blazers | Cherokee Rhone | |||
| 104 | 5-12 | Bullets | Clarence Dickerson | |||
| 105 | 5-13 | Nets | Chris Giles | |||
| 106 | 5-14 | Warriors | Albert Irving | |||
| 107 | 5-15 | Rockets | Jeff Schneider | |||
| 108 | 5-16 | Suns | Marvin McCrary | |||
| 109 | 5-17 | Nuggets | Bill Duffy | |||
| 110 | 5-18 | Spurs | Clarence Swannegan | |||
| 111 | 5-19 | Sonics | Rod Camp | |||
| 112 | 5-20 | Bucks | > Bullets — Agreed not to exercise their right of first refusal over restricted free agent Bob Dandridge (who had recently signed an offer sheet with the Bucks) for 1982 fifth round pick (#112-Jerry Davis), cash on 1981-11-02 | Jerry Davis | ||
| 113 | 5-21 | Lakers | Howard McNeill | |||
| 114 | 5-22 | 76ers | Donald Mason | |||
| 115 | 5-23 | Celtics | William Brown | |||
| Round 6 | ||||||
| 116 | 6-1 | Cavaliers | Vince Reynolds | |||
| 117 | 6-2 | Clippers | Eric Marbury | |||
| 118 | 6-3 | Utah | Alvin Jackson | |||
| 119 | 6-4 | Mavericks | Wayne Waggoner | |||
| 120 | 6-5 | Kings | Poncho Wright | |||
| 121 | 6-6 | Knicks | Mike Kanieski | |||
| 122 | 6-7 | Bulls | B.B. Fontenet | |||
| 123 | 6-8 | Pacers | Jeff Clark | |||
| 124 | 6-9 | Pistons | Gary Holmes | |||
| 125 | 6-10 | Blazers | Leo Cunningham | |||
| 126 | 6-11 | Hawks | Jay Bruchak | |||
| 127 | 6-12 | Bullets | Byron Williams | |||
| 128 | 6-13 | Nets | Mel Daniel | |||
| 129 | 6-14 | Warriors | David Vann | |||
| 130 | 6-15 | Suns | Jake Bethany | |||
| 131 | 6-16 | Nuggets | Chris Brust | |||
| 132 | 6-17 | Rockets | Don Wilson | |||
| 133 | 6-18 | Spurs | Jaime Pena | |||
| 134 | 6-19 | Sonics | Bobby Potts | |||
| 135 | 6-20 | Bucks | Tony Carr | |||
| 136 | 6-21 | Lakers | Lynden Rose | |||
| 137 | 6-22 | 76ers | Kevin Boyle | |||
| 138 | 6-23 | Celtics | John Schweitz | |||
| Round 7 | ||||||
| 139 | 7-1 | Cavaliers | Randy Reed | |||
| 140 | 7-2 | Clippers | Ed Hughes | |||
| 141 | 7-3 | Utah | Thad Gardner | |||
| 142 | 7-4 | Mavericks | Bob Grady | |||
| 143 | 7-5 | Kings | Perry Range | |||
| 144 | 7-6 | Knicks | Phil Seymore | |||
| 145 | 7-7 | Bulls | Chuck Verderber | |||
| 146 | 7-8 | Pacers | Brad Leaf | |||
| 147 | 7-9 | Pistons | Dean Marquardt | |||
| 148 | 7-10 | Hawks | Horace Wyatt | |||
| 149 | 7-11 | Blazers | Terry Long | |||
| 150 | 7-12 | Bullets | Wendell Gibson | |||
| 151 | 7-13 | Nets | Tony Anderson | |||
| 152 | 7-14 | Warriors | Matt Waldron | |||
| 153 | 7-15 | Nuggets | Jeb Barlow | |||
| 154 | 7-16 | Rockets | Mike Helms | |||
| 155 | 7-17 | Suns | Phil Ward | |||
| 156 | 7-18 | Spurs | Delonte Taylor | |||
| 157 | 7-19 | Sonics | Allen Rayhorn | |||
| 158 | 7-20 | Bucks | Bobby Austin | |||
| 159 | 7-21 | Lakers | Maurice Williams | |||
| 160 | 7-22 | 76ers | Keith Hilliard | |||
| 161 | 7-23 | Celtics | Phil Collins | |||
| Round 8 | ||||||
| 162 | 8-1 | Cavaliers | Monty Knight | |||
| 163 | 8-2 | Clippers | Jacques Tuz | |||
| 164 | 8-3 | Utah | Rick Campbell | |||
| 165 | 8-4 | Mavericks | Keith Peterson | |||
| 166 | 8-5 | Kings | Ed Nealy | |||
| 167 | 8-6 | Knicks | Dan Terwilliger | |||
| 168 | 8-7 | Bulls | Mike Burns | |||
| 169 | 8-8 | Pacers | Donald Reese | |||
| 170 | 8-9 | Pistons | Brian Nyenhuis | |||
| 171 | 8-10 | Blazers | Dave Porter | |||
| 172 | 8-11 | Hawks | James Ratiff | |||
| 173 | 8-12 | Bullets | Ken Luck | |||
| 174 | 8-13 | Nets | Otis Jackson | |||
| 175 | 8-14 | Warriors | Mark King | |||
| 176 | 8-15 | Rockets | Dan Callandrillo | |||
| 177 | 8-16 | Suns | Rick Elrod | |||
| 178 | 8-17 | Nuggets | Donny Speer | |||
| 179 | 8-18 | Spurs | Chris Faggi | |||
| 180 | 8-19 | Sonics | Steve Burks | |||
| 181 | 8-20 | Bucks | Bryan Leonard | |||
| 182 | 8-21 | Lakers | Micah Blunt | |||
| 183 | 8-22 | 76ers | Donald Seals | |||
| 184 | 8-23 | Celtics | Ed Spriggs | |||
| Round 9 | ||||||
| 185 | 9-1 | Cavaliers | Tony Hafley | |||
| 186 | 9-2 | Clippers | John Hegwood | |||
| 187 | 9-3 | Utah | Riley Clarida | |||
| 188 | 9-4 | Mavericks | Ralph McPherson | |||
| 189 | 9-5 | Kings | Jack Moore | |||
| 190 | 9-6 | Knicks | Merle Scott | |||
| 191 | 9-7 | Bulls | Skip Dillard | |||
| 192 | 9-8 | Pacers | Mike Scearce | |||
| 193 | 9-9 | Pistons | Kevin Smith | |||
| 194 | 9-10 | Hawks | Pierre Bland | |||
| 195 | 9-11 | Blazers | Mark Dearborn | |||
| 196 | 9-12 | Bullets | James Terry | |||
| 197 | 9-13 | Nets | Gary Johnson | |||
| 198 | 9-14 | Warriors | Nick Morken | |||
| 199 | 9-15 | Suns | Ken Lyles | |||
| 200 | 9-16 | Nuggets | Dean Sears | |||
| 201 | 9-17 | Spurs | Harry O'Brien | |||
| 202 | 9-18 | Bucks | Robert Tate | |||
| 203 | 9-19 | Lakers | Tim Byrne | |||
| 204 | 9-20 | 76ers | George Melton | |||
| 205 | 9-21 | Celtics | Panayoti Giannakis | |||
| Round 10 | ||||||
| 206 | 10-1 | Cavaliers | Durand Walker | |||
| 207 | 10-2 | Clippers | Daryl Stovall | |||
| 208 | 10-3 | Utah | Michael Edwards | |||
| 209 | 10-4 | Mavericks | Albert Culton | |||
| 210 | 10-5 | Kings | Robert Estes | |||
| 211 | 10-6 | Knicks | John Leonard | |||
| 212 | 10-7 | Bulls | Tony Britto | |||
| 213 | 10-8 | Pacers | Craig Summers | |||
| 214 | 10-9 | Pistons | David Coulthard | |||
| 215 | 10-10 | Blazers | Grant Taylor | |||
| 216 | 10-11 | Hawks | Ronnie McAdoo | |||
| 217 | 10-12 | Bullets | Donald Sinclair | |||
| 218 | 10-13 | Nets | Sean Tuohy | |||
| 219 | 10-14 | Warriors | Randy Whieldon | |||
| 220 | 10-15 | Nuggets | Mike Phillips | |||
| 221 | 10-16 | Suns | Dale Wilkinson | |||
| 222 | 10-17 | Spurs | Keith White | |||
| 223 | 10-18 | Bucks | Bob Coenen | |||
| 224 | 10-19 | 76ers | Randy Burkert | |||
| 225 | 10-20 | Celtics | Landon Turner | |||