1988_NBA_draft

1988 NBA draft

1988 NBA draft

Basketball player selection

The 1988 NBA draft took place on June 28, 1988, in New York City, New York. The length was reduced from seven rounds in the previous year to three rounds.[1][2] This was also the first draft for the Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat, prior to their inaugural season.

Not to be confused with 1988 NBA Expansion Draft.
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Draft

PGPoint guard SGShooting guard SFSmall forward PFPower forward CCenter
^ Denotes player who has been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame
* Denotes player who has been selected for (an) All-Star Game(s) and (an) All-NBA Team(s)
+ Denotes player who has been selected for (an) All-Star Game(s)
x Denotes player who has been selected for (an) All-NBA Team(s)
# Denotes player who has never played in the NBA
Rik Smits, the 2nd pick
Rod Strickland, the 19th pick
Brian Shaw, the 24th pick
Keith Smart, the 41st pick
Steve Kerr, the 50th pick
Craig Neal, the 71st pick
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    Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.

Notable undrafted players

This section is for players who were eligible for the 1988 NBA draft, did not get selected, but still later appeared in at least one NBA regular season or postseason game.

John Starks was undrafted but had a successful career, including an appearance in the 1994 NBA All-Star Game.
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Notes

  • c On June 23, 1988, the Heat received the 1988 NBA Draft second-round draft pick from the Seattle SuperSonics for not selecting guard Danny Young in the 1988 NBA Expansion Draft.[3]

Early entrants

College underclassmen

The following college basketball players successfully applied for early draft entrance.[4]

Other eligible players

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "1988 NBA draft".
  2. [2]
    "NBA Past Drafts - RealGM".
  3. [3]
    "HEAT: Key Dates and Transactions: 1988". NBA.com. Archived from the original on November 8, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
  4. [4]
    "1988 Underclassmen". The Draft Review. August 4, 2007. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  5. [5]
    Ross, Helen (January 28, 2015). "Rebounding: Gaters' Star On His Way Back". News & Record. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  6. [6]
    "Eddie Pope 1988 Underclassmen". The Draft Review. March 28, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
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