Dallas Mavericks draft history

In their 44-year history, the Dallas Mavericks have selected the following players in the National Basketball Association draft.

Key

Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer	First Overall NBA Draft Pick	Selected for an NBA All-Star Game

Draft selections

Year	Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/High School/Club
1980	1	11	Kiki Vandeweghe	United States	University of California, Los Angeles
1980	2	34	Roosevelt Bouie	United States	Syracuse University
1980	3	57	Dave Britton	United States	Texas A&M University
1980	4	80	Avery Klask	United States	Weber State University
1980	5	103	Darrell Allums	United States	UCLA
1980	6	126	Leroy Jackson	United States	Cameron University
1980	7	149	Tony Forch	United States	Midwestern State University
1980	8	169	Clarence Kea	United States	Lamar University
1980	9	189	Ken Williams	United States	University of Houston
1980	10	206	Tom Morgan	United States	California State University, Fullerton
1981	1	1	Mark Aguirre	United States	DePaul University
1981	1	9	Rolando Blackman	United States^[a]	Kansas State University
1981	2	24	Jay Vincent	United States	Michigan State University
1981	2	43	Elston Turner	United States	University of Mississippi
1981	3	47	Art Housey	United States	University of Kansas
1981	4	70	Eddie Moss	United States	Syracuse University
1981	5	93	Pete Budko	United States	University of North Carolina
1981	6	116	Karl Bakowski	United States	University of Utah
1981	7	139	Danny Davis	United States	UNC Wilmington
1981	8	162	David Kennedy	United States	University of Cincinnati
1981	9	184	John Hollinden	United States	Indiana State Evansville^[b]
1981	10	204	Scott Bosanko^[c]	United States	Northern State College^[d]
1982	1	4	Bill Garnett	United States	University of Wyoming
1982	3	50	Corny Thompson	United States	University of Connecticut
1982	4	73	Rudy Woods	United States	Texas A&M University
1982	5	96	Ken Arnold	United States	University of Iowa
1982	6	119	Wayne Waggoner	United States	Northwestern State University
1982	7	142	Bob Grady	United States	Northwestern University
1982	8	165	Keith Peterson	United States	University of Arkansas
1982	9	188	Ralph McPherson	United States	University of Texas at Arlington
1982	10	209	Albert Culton	United States	University of Texas at Arlington
1983	1	9	Dale Ellis	United States	University of Tennessee
1983	1	11	Derek Harper	United States	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
1983	2	30	Mark West	United States	Old Dominion University
1983	2	33	Dirk Minniefield	United States	University of Minnesota
1983	4	79	Johnny Martin	United States	Northwestern State University
1983	5	102	Jim Lampley	United States	University of Arkansas at Little Rock
1983	6	125	Billy Allen	United States	University of Nevada, Reno
1983	7	148	Terrell Schlundt	United States	Marquette University
1983	8	171	Bill Sadler	United States	Pepperdine University
1983	9	193	Sherrod Arnold	United States	Chicago State University
1983	10	214	Clyde Corley	United States	Florida International University
1984	1	4	Sam Perkins	United States	University of North Carolina
1984	1	15	Terence Stansbury	United States	Temple University
1984	2	38	Charlie Sitton	United States	Northwestern State University
1984	2	40	Anthony Teachey	United States	Wake Forest University
1984	2	41	Tom Sluby	United States	University of Notre Dame
1984	3	61	Jeff Cross	United States	University of Maine
1984	4	84	John Horrocks	United States	University of North Texas^[e]
1984	5	107	Dave Williams	United States	University of Illinois at Chicago
1984	6	130	LaVerne Evans	United States	Marshall University
1984	7	153	George Turner	United States	University of California, Irvine
1984	8	176	Leroy Sutton	United States	University of Arkansas
1984	9	198	John Tudor	United States	Louisiana State University
1984	10	220	Napoleon Johnson	United States	Grambling State University
1985	1	8	Detlef Schrempf	West Germany	University of Washington
1985	1	16	Bill Wennington	Canada	St. John's University (NY)
1985	1	17	Uwe Blab	West Germany	Indiana University
1985	2	40	Mark Acres	United States	Oral Roberts University
1985	3	50	Leonard Allen	United States	San Diego State University
1985	3	63	Harold Keeling	United States	Santa Clara University
1985	4	86	Bubba Jennings	United States	Texas Tech University
1985	5	109	Tommy Davis	United States	University of Minnesota
1985	6	132	Carlton Cooper	United States	University of Texas at Austin
1985	7	155	Ed Catchings	United States	University of Nevada, Las Vegas
1986	1	7	Roy Tarpley	United States	University of Michigan
1986	2	25	Mark Price	United States	Georgia Institute of Technology
1986	2	35	Milt Wagner	United States	University of Louisville
1986	3	62	Anthony Welch	United States	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
1986	4	85	Myron Jackson	United States	University of Arkansas at Little Rock
1986	5	108	Jay Bilas	United States	Duke University
1986	6	131	Greg Anderson	United States	Lamar University
1986	7	154	Kim Cooksey	United States	Middle Tennessee State University
1987	1	20	Jim Farmer	United States	University of Alabama
1987	2	20	Steve Alford	United States	Indiana University
1987	3	66	Mike Richmond	United States	University of Texas at El Paso
1987	4	89	David Johnson	United States	University of Oklahoma
1987	5	112	Sam Hill	United States	University of Iowa
1987	6	135	Quintan Gates	United States	University of Texas at El Paso
1987	7	158	Gerald White	United States	Auburn University
1988	2	46	Morlon Wiley	United States	California State University, Long Beach
1988	2	49	José Vargas	Dominican Republic	Louisiana State University
1988	3	70	Jerry Johnson	United States	Florida Southern College
1989	1	8	Randy White	United States	Louisiana Tech University
1989	2	35	Pat Durham	United States	Colorado State University
1989	2	53	Jeff Hodge	United States	University of South Alabama
1990	2	49	Phil Henderson	United States	Duke University
1991	1	6	Doug Smith	United States	University of Missouri
1991	2	33	Donald Hodge	United States	Temple University
1991	2	35	Mike Iuzzolino	United States Italy	Saint Francis University
1992	1	4	Jim Jackson	United States	Ohio State University
1992	2	30	Sean Rooks	United States	University of Arizona
1993	1	4	Jamal Mashburn	United States	University of Kentucky
1993	2	28	Lucious Harris	United States	California State University, Long Beach
1993	2	33	Eric Riley	United States	University of Michigan
1994	1	2	Jason Kidd	United States	University of California
1994	1	19	Tony Dumas	United States	University of Missouri–Kansas City
1994	2	28	Deon Thomas	United States Israel	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
1995	1	12	Cherokee Parks	United States	Duke University
1995	2	24	Loren Meyer	United States	Iowa State University
1996	1	9	Samaki Walker	United States	University of Louisville
1996	2	34	Shawn Harvey	United States	West Virginia State University
1996	2	58	Darnell Robinson	United States	University of Arkansas
1997	1	15	Kelvin Cato	United States	Iowa State University
1997	2	34	Bubba Wells	United States	Austin Peay State University
1998	1	6	Robert Traylor	United States	University of Michigan
1998	2	30	Ansu Sesay	United States	University of Mississippi
1998	2	35	Bruno Šundov	Croatia	KK Split (Croatia)
1998	2	53	Greg Buckner	United States	Clemson University
1999	2	36	Wang Zhizhi	China	Bayi Rockets (China)
1999	2	40	Gordan Giriček	Croatia	KK Cibona (Croatia)
2000	1	16	Etan Thomas	United States	Syracuse University
2000	2	31	Dan Langhi	United States	Vanderbilt University
2000	2	58	Pete Mickeal	United States	University of Cincinnati
2001	2	43	Kyle Hill	United States	Eastern Illinois University
2001	2	53	Kenny Satterfield	United States	University of Cincinnati
2002	2	54	Mladen Šekularac	Serbia and Montenegro	FMP (Serbia)
2003	1	29	Josh Howard	United States	Wake Forest University
2003	2	57	Xue Yuyang	China	Hong Kong Flying Dragons (China)
2004	2	50	Vassilis Spanoulis	Greece	Maroussi B.C. (Greece)
2006	1	28	Maurice Ager	United States	Michigan State University
2006	2	58	J. R. Pinnock	United States Panama	George Washington University
2007	2	34	Nick Fazekas	United States	University of Nevada, Reno
2007	2	50	Renaldas Seibutis	Lithuania	Olympiacos B.C. (Greece)
2007	2	60	Milovan Raković	Serbia	Mega Basket (Serbia)
2008	2	51	Shan Foster	United States	Vanderbilt University
2009	1	24	Byron Mullens	United States United Kingdom	Ohio State University
2009	2	56	Ahmad Nivins	United States	Saint Joseph's University
2010	2	50	Solomon Alabi	Nigeria	Florida State University
2011	1	26	Jordan Hamilton	United States	University of Texas at Austin
2011	2	57	Tanguy Ngombo^[f]	Congo Qatar	Al Rayan SC Basketball Team (Qatar)
2012	1	17	Tyler Zeller	United States	University of North Carolina
2012	2	55	Darius Johnson-Odom	United States	Marquette University
2013	1	13	Kelly Olynyk	Canada	Gonzaga University
2013	2	44	Mike Muscala	United States	Bucknell University
2015	1	21	Justin Anderson	United States	University of Virginia
2015	2	52	Satnam Singh Bhamara	India	IMG Academy (Bradenton, Florida)
2016	2	46	A. J. Hammons	United States	Purdue University
2017	1	9	Dennis Smith Jr.	United States	NC State University
2018	1	5	Trae Young	United States	University of Oklahoma
2018	2	33	Jalen Brunson	United States	Villanova University
2018	2	56	Shake Milton	United States	Southern Methodist University
2019	2	45	Isaiah Roby	United States	University of Nebraska–Lincoln
2020	1	18	Josh Green	Australia	University of Arizona
2020	2	31	Tyrell Terry	United States	Stanford University
2022	1	26	Wendell Moore Jr.	United States	Duke University
2023	1	10	Cason Wallace	United States	Kentucky

Notes

^ Rolando Blackman was born in Panama, but grew up in the United States and has represented the United States national team.
^ Granted independence from Indiana State University in 1985 and adopted the name University of Southern Indiana.
^ Scott Bosanko's surname is also listed as Bofanko (sic)^[1] and Bolanko (according to various sources concerning the 1981 draft).
^ Granted university status in 1989 and changed name to Northern State University.
^ Previously known as North Texas State University from 1961 to 1988.
^ Erroneously listed as Targuy Ngombo in the 2007 draft.

References

^ Zander Hollander, ed. (1981). The complete handbook of pro basketball (1982 season). New York, New York: Signet Books (New American Library, Inc.). p. 298. ISBN 0-451-11091-9.

Dallas Mavericks Draft at Basketball-Reference.com
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[1] Rolando Blackman was born in Panama, but grew up in the United States and has represented the United States national team.

[2] Granted independence from Indiana State University in 1985 and adopted the name University of Southern Indiana.

[4] Scott Bosanko's surname is also listed as Bofanko (sic)^[1] and Bolanko (according to various sources concerning the 1981 draft).

[5] Granted university status in 1989 and changed name to Northern State University.

[6] Previously known as North Texas State University from 1961 to 1988.

[7] Erroneously listed as Targuy Ngombo in the 2007 draft.

[3] Zander Hollander, ed. (1981). The complete handbook of pro basketball (1982 season). New York, New York: Signet Books (New American Library, Inc.). p. 298. ISBN 0-451-11091-9.

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