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The Happy Prince and Other Tales (sometimes called The Happy Prince and Other Stories) is a collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde first published in May 1888. It contains five stories: "The Happy Prince", "The Nightingale and the Rose", "The Selfish Giant", "The Devoted Friend", and "The Remarkable Rocket".
Contents
1 "The Happy Prince"
1.1 Adaptations
2 "The Nightingale and the Rose"
2.1 Adaptations
3 "The Selfish Giant"
3.1 Adaptations
4 "The Devoted Friend"
5 "The Remarkable Rocket"
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
"The Happy Prince"[edit]
Plate 1 for the first edition by Walter Crane
In a town where a lot of poor people suffer and where there are a lot of miseries, a swallow who was left behind after his flock flew off to Egypt for the winter, meets the statue of the late "Happy Prince," who in reality has never experienced true sorrow, for he lived in a palace where sorrow was not allowed to enter. Viewing various scenes of people suffering in poverty from his tall monument, the Happy Prince asks the swallow to take the ruby from his hilt, the sapphires from his eyes, and the golden leaf covering his body to give to the poor. As the winter comes and the Happy Prince is stripped of all of his beauty, his lead heart breaks when the swallow dies as a result of his selfless deeds and severe cold. The statue is then brought down from the pillar and melted in a furnace leaving behind the broken heart and the dead swallow, and they are thrown in a dust heap. These are taken up to heaven by an angel that has deemed them the two most precious things in the city. This is affirmed by God and they live forever in his city of gold and garden of paradise.
Adaptations[edit]
A radio drama adaption by Columbia Workshop was broadcast on 26 December 1936.
Another radio version was broadcast in the Philco Radio Hall of Fame on 24 December 1944. This featured Orson Welles (narrator), Bing Crosby (as The Prince) and Lureen Tuttle as The Swallow.[1]
A record album called The Happy Prince was recorded on August 21, 1945[2] and issued in 1946 by American Decca Records, with Orson Welles narrating and Bing Crosby as the Prince.[3]
In 1968 the British group Bee Gees publish the song "When the Swallows fly" with clear references to The Happy Prince tale.
In 1969 New Zealand group The La De Das recorded and performed a rock opera based on the story. Band members Bruce Howard and Trevor Wilson conceived the idea in 1967, composing the music with Australian poet Adrian Rawlins narrating the story.
An animated film adaptation of the story was produced in 1974, starring Glynis Johns as the swallow and Christopher Plummer as the Prince.[4]
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child presented a version of the title story set in New York City featuring Ed Koch as the Happy Prince (who was the statue of the city's previous mayor) and Cyndi Lauper as a streetwise pigeon named "Pidge" (in place of the Swallow).
Leo the Lion Records released a reading of the story performed by Richard Kiley on a recording (#GD01603) including a dramatization of "The Magic Fishbone" by Charles Dickens featuring Julie Harris and Ian Martin and a reading of Rudyard Kipling's story "The Potted Princess" performed by Ms. Harris.
McDull, Prince de la Bun was partially based on this story.
In 2012 the Irish composer Vincent Kennedy and playwright John Nee adapted the story for narrator, chorus and orchestra. The Happy Prince was premiered in County Donegal, Ireland in April 2012 with John Nee narrating and acting and Vincent Kennedy conducting and performing. It was broadcast on RTÉ Junior.[5]
A 1992 musical written by Sue Casson based on the story.[6]
In 2014, composer Stephen DeCesare released and published his adaption of the "Happy Prince" as a children's musical. "The Happy Prince Home Page". Retrieved 2005-01-07.
In 2015, Irish singer/songwriter Oliver Cole released a song called "The Happy Prince" with vocals from Gemma Hayes on his album "Year of the Bird". "Year of the Bird – Oliver Cole". Retrieved 2015-01-08.
In 2014, Brisbane composer Simon Chan recorded his production as a children's musical featuring members of Opera Queensland Meg Kiddle (the Narrator), D'Arne Sleeman (Chorus), Bernard Wheaton (the Swallow), Patrick Oxley (the Happy Prince), and accompanied by Mark Leung.
In 2016, British-Canadian composer Tony Matthews composed an operetta version for children which premiered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on December 4, 2016. "The Happy Prince".
"The Nightingale and the Rose"[edit]
A nightingale overhears a student complaining that the professor's daughter will not dance with him, as he is unable to give her a red rose. The nightingale visits all the rose-trees in the garden, and one of the roses tells her there is a way to produce a red rose, but only if the nightingale is prepared to sing the sweetest song for the rose all night with her heart pressing into a thorn, sacrificing her life. Seeing the student in tears, and valuing his human life above her bird life, the nightingale carries out the ritual. She impales herself on the rose-tree's thorn so that her heart's blood can stain the rose. The student takes the rose to the professor's daughter, but she again rejects him because another man has sent her some real jewels and "everybody knows that jewels cost far more than flowers." The student angrily throws the rose into the gutter, returns to his study of metaphysics, and decides not to believe in true love anymore.
Adaptations[edit]
Main article: Music based on the works of Oscar Wilde
There are many adaptations of this story in the form of operas and ballets. These include:
One-act opera by Renzo Bossi, an Italian composer, in one act, Op. 18, 1910 (libretto by Bossi, after Wilde,: The Nightingale and the Rose), Italian Radio Turin, 9 August 1938; staged Parma, Teatro Regio, 9 January 1940).
A cantata by Henry Hadley, an American composer and conductor, The Nightingale and the Rose, (libretto E.W. Grant), Op. 54, S, SSAA, orchestra (New York, 1911)
An opera by Hooper Brewster-Jones, an Australian composer, The Nightingale and the Rose, 1927 (after Wilde of which only an orchestral suite survives.
A ballet by Harold Fraser-Simson, an English composer, The Nightingale and the Rose, (based on Wilde) (1927).
A ballet by Janis Kalnins, a Canadian composer and conductor of Latvian parentage. Lakstigala un roze [The Nightingale and the Rose], (after Oscar Wilde), Riga, 1938.
A ballet by Friedrich Voss, a German composer and pianist Die Nachtigall und die Rose (G. Furtwängler, after Oscar Wilde), 1961; Oberhausen, 5 January 1962.
An opera by Jonathan Rutherford, a British composer – The Nightingale and the Rose, (after Wilde, 1966.
One-act opera by Margaret Garwood, an American composer The Nightingale and the Rose, (libretto by Garwood, after Oscar Wilde, Chester, Widener College Alumni Auditorium, 21 Oct 1973
One-act chamber opera by Elena Firsova, a Russian composer, Op. 46 (1991) The Nightingale and the Rose, (libretto by Firsova, after Oscar Wilde, premiered on 8 July 1994 at Almeida Theatre, Almeida Opera.
One-act ballet by David Earl, a South African composer – The Nightingale and the Rose, 1983
A short film adaptation by Del Kathryn Barton with filmmaker Brenda Fletcher in 2015 that was screened at the Melbourne Writer's Festival.
"The Selfish Giant"[edit]
Plate 2 for the first edition by Walter Crane
The Selfish Giant owns a beautiful garden which has 12 peach trees and lovely fragrant flowers, in which children love to play after returning from the school. On the giant's return from seven years visiting his friend the Cornish Ogre, he takes offence at the children and builds a wall to keep them out. He put a notice board "TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED". The garden falls into perpetual winter. One day, the giant is awakened by a linnet, and discovers that spring has returned to the garden, as the children have found a way in through a gap in the wall. He sees the error of his ways, and resolves to destroy the wall. However, when he emerges from his castle, all the children run away except for one boy who was trying to climb a tree. The giant helps this boy into the tree and announces: "It is your garden now, little children," and knocks down the wall. The children once more play in the garden, and spring returns. But the boy that the Giant helped does not return and the Giant is heartbroken. Many years later after happily playing with the children all the time, the Giant is old and feeble. One winter morning, he awakes to see the trees in one part of his garden in full blossom. He descends from the castle to discover the boy that he once helped lying beneath a beautiful white tree that the Giant has never seen before. The Giant sees that the boy bears the stigmata. He does not realise that the boy is actually the Christ Child and is furious that somebody has wounded him.
“ "Who hath dared to wound thee?" cried the Giant; "tell me, that I may take my big sword and slay him."
"Nay!" answered the child; "but these are the wounds of Love."
"Who are you?" said the Giant, and a strange awe fell on him, and he knelt before the little child.
And the child smiled on the Giant, and said to him, "You let Me play once in your garden, to-day you shall come with Me to My garden, which is Paradise." ”
Shortly afterwards, the happy giant dies. That same afternoon, his body is found lying under the tree, covered in blossoms.
Adaptations[edit]
English singer and composer Liza Lehmann wrote the recitation The Selfish Giant in 1911.[7]
English light music composer Eric Coates wrote the orchestral Phantasy The Selfish Giant in 1925.[8] In 1933–1934, violinist-composer Jenő Hubay adapted the story into a Hungarian language opera, Az önző óriás (Der selbstsüchtige Riese), Op. 124. The libretto was written by László Márkus and Jenő Mohácsi.
A record album was produced in the 1940s by American Decca, narrated by Fredric March, with a full unnamed supporting cast.
In 1971, Peter Sander wrote and produced an animated version of The Selfish Giant for CTV in Canada. The music was by Ron Goodwin. It was nominated at the 44th Academy Awards (1972) in the Animated Short Subject category, one of only three films to receive a nomination. It was first broadcast in November that year.[9]
In the 1990s, the Australian team of composer Graeme Koehne and choreographer Graeme Murphy created a children's ballet based on The Selfish Giant.
In the 1997 film Wilde, based on the life of the author, portions of The Selfish Giant are woven in, with Wilde and his wife telling the story to their children, the portions reflecting on his relationship with them and others: the sadness of the children who can no longer play in the giant's garden is reflected in that of Wilde's sons as their beloved father spends more time with his lovers than with them.
In 2009, composer Stephen DeCesare adapted the "Selfish Giant" as a musical.
In 2010, composer Dan Goeller wrote an orchestral interpretation of the story. That same year Chris Beatrice created new illustrations for the story. In 2011 they released a combination of a CD containing the orchestration and new narration by Martin Jarvis, plus the newly illustrated book.
In 2010, UK composer Howard Goodall wrote a version, to a commission from the Brighton Festival, for narrator, children's choir and orchestra.
An illustrated and abridged version was published in 2013 by Alexis Deacon.
The Selfish Giant is a 2013 British drama film directed by Clio Barnard, inspired by and loosely based on the Oscar Wilde story.
"The Devoted Friend"[edit]
Hans was a little man who owned a beautiful garden where he grew flowers of all kinds and colours which were sold in the market to make some money. He enjoyed the company of another man called Hugh, a miller who used to visit Hans very often during the summer time and with whom he shared thoughts about friendship and loyalty. Hans was so devoted to Hugh that he even gifted him whole bunches of flowers from his own garden. However, when winter came Hans found himself in a very difficult situation as his flowers wouldn't flourish anymore until the following spring. Since his main source of money wasn't available he lived off the profits he had made during the summer, but one winter was so stark that he had to sell some of his useful gardening tools, including his wheelbarrow and some silver buttons. Meanwhile, the miller lived comfortably in his own house and avoided visiting his friend or helping him in any way not to make him jealous and spoil, if not break, their friendship. Finally a new season came and it was time for Hans to pick some of his newly flowered roses and daffodils and sell them. Nevertheless, he couldn't because he had sold his wheelbarrow. Hugh finally visited him after a long time and hearing about his problem he decides to kindly gift him one of his old wheelbarrows in exchange of a few favours. Hans accepted the deal but the unceasing requests of the miller kept him so busy that he couldn't even take care of his own garden! One day Hans was asked to go and seek a doctor for Hugh's son who had hurt himself, but it was a stormy and rainy night and he could barely see where he was going. After finding the doctor, on the way back home he got lost and drowned in a hole full of water. Hugh, of course, attended Hans's funeral and concluded with the following sentence: “A great loss to me at any rate," answered the Miller; "why, I had as good as given him my wheelbarrow, and now I really don't know what to do with it. It is very much in my way at home, and it is in such bad repair that I could not get anything for it if I sold it. I will certainly take care not to give away anything again. One always suffers for being generous."
"The Remarkable Rocket"[edit]
Main article: The Remarkable Rocket
This story concerns a firework, who is one of many to be let off at the wedding of a prince and princess. The rocket is extremely pompous and self-important, and denigrates all the other fireworks, eventually bursting into tears to demonstrate his "sensitivity". As this makes him wet, he fails to ignite, and, the next day, is thrown away into a ditch. He still believes that he is destined for great public importance, and treats a frog, dragonfly, and duck that meet him with appropriate disdain. Two boys find him, and use him for fuel on their camp-fire. The rocket is finally lit and explodes, but nobody observes him – the only effect he has is to frighten a goose with his falling stick.
"The Remarkable Rocket", unlike the other stories in the collection, contains a large number of Wildean epigrams:
"Conversation, indeed!" said the Rocket. "You have talked the whole time yourself. That is not conversation."
"Somebody must listen," answered the Frog, "and I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments."
"But I like arguments," said the Rocket.
"I hope not," said the Frog complacently. "Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everybody in good society holds exactly the same opinions."
See also[edit]
Oscar Wilde portal
Music based on the works of Oscar Wilde
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Pairpoint, Lionel. "And Here's Bing". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
Jump up ^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Orson Welles & Bing Crosby – The Happy Prince (1946) (Part 1)". YouTube. 2009-06-13. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
Jump up ^ "The Happy Prince". 2 December 1974 – via www.imdb.com.
Jump up ^ "RTĂ‰jr – Listen". Rte.ie. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
Jump up ^ "English Cabaret". www.englishcabaret.co.uk.
Jump up ^ "The Selfish Giant". Chappell & Co. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
Jump up ^ "Orchestral Works of Eric Coates". Musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
Jump up ^ "The Selfish Giant (1972) Theatrical Cartoon". Bcdb.com. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
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1984 NBA draft
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1984 NBA draft
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Date(s)
June 19, 1984
Location
Felt Forum, New York City, New York
Network(s) (US)
USA Network
First selection
Akeem Olajuwon, Houston Rockets
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The 1984 NBA draft was the 37th annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). It was held at the Felt Forum at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, on June 19, 1984, before the 1984–85 season.[1] The draft was broadcast in the United States on the USA Network.[2] In this draft, 23 NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players. The Houston Rockets won the coin flip and were awarded the first overall pick, while the Portland Trail Blazers, who obtained the Indiana Pacers' first-round pick in a trade, were awarded the second pick.[3] The remaining first-round picks and the subsequent rounds were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season. The Cleveland Cavaliers were awarded an extra first-round draft pick as compensation for the draft picks traded away by their previous owner, Ted Stepien.[4] A player who had finished his four-year college eligibility was automatically eligible for selection. Before the draft, five college underclassmen announced that they would leave college early and would be eligible for selection.[5] Prior to the draft, the San Diego Clippers relocated to Los Angeles and became the Los Angeles Clippers.[6] The draft consisted of 10 rounds comprising the selection of 228 players. This draft was the last to be held before the creation of the draft lottery in 1985.[7] It was also the first NBA draft to be overseen by David Stern, who would continue as the commissioner of the league for the following 30 years.
The draft is generally considered to be one of the greatest in NBA history,[8][9] with four Hall of Famers being drafted in the first sixteen picks and five overall.
Contents
1 Selection
2 Notable selections
3 Key
4 Draft selections
4.1 Notable post-second round picks
5 Trades involving draft picks
5.1 Draft-day trades
5.2 Pre-draft trades
6 Notes
7 References
8 External links
Selection[edit]
The Houston Rockets used their first pick to draft Hakeem Olajuwon,[10] a junior center from the University of Houston. The Nigerian-born Olajuwon became the second foreign-born player to be drafted first overall, after Mychal Thompson from the Bahamas in 1978.[11] The Portland Trail Blazers used the second overall pick to draft Sam Bowie from the University of Kentucky. The Chicago Bulls used the third pick to draft Naismith and Wooden College Player of the Year Michael Jordan from the University of North Carolina.[1][12] Jordan went on to win the Rookie of the Year Award and was also selected to the All-NBA Second Team in his rookie season.[13] Jordan's teammate at North Carolina, Sam Perkins, was drafted fourth by the Dallas Mavericks. Charles Barkley, a junior forward from Auburn University, was drafted fifth by the Philadelphia 76ers.
Olajuwon, Jordan and Barkley, along with the 16th pick John Stockton and the 131st pick Oscar Schmidt, have been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.[14] The first four mentioned players were also named in the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History list announced at the league's 50th anniversary in 1996.[15] Olajuwon's achievements include two NBA championships, two Finals Most Valuable Player Awards, one Most Valuable Player Award, two Defensive Player of the Year Awards, twelve All-NBA Team selections, twelve All-Star Game selections and nine All-Defensive Team selections. Olajuwon retired as the all–time league leader in total blocked shots with 3,830 blocks.[16] The third pick, Jordan, achieved even greater success than Olajuwon. He won six NBA championships, six Finals Most Valuable Player Awards, five Most Valuable Player Awards, one Defensive Player of the Year Award, eleven All-NBA Team selections, fourteen All-Star Game selections, three NBA All Star Game MVP Awards, and nine All-Defensive Team selections.[13] Barkley and Stockton never won an NBA championship, but both players received numerous awards and honors. Barkley won the Most Valuable Player in 1993 and was selected to eleven All-NBA Teams, eleven All-Star Games, and was the MVP of the 1991 All Star Game.[17] Stockton was selected to eleven All-NBA Teams, ten All-Star Games and five All-Defensive Teams before retiring as the all–time league leader in assists and steals and was co-MVP of the 1993 All Star Game along with his Utah Jazz teammate Karl Malone.[18] Jordan, Barkley and Stockton would later play as teammates for the 1992 "Dream Team". Alvin Robertson, the seventh pick, is the only other player from this draft who has won annual NBA awards as a player; he won both the Defensive Player of the Year Award and the Most Improved Player Award in 1986. He was also selected to one All-NBA Team, four All-Star Games, six consecutive All-Defensive Teams,[19] Two other players from this draft, ninth pick Otis Thorpe and eleventh pick Kevin Willis, were also selected to one All-Star Game each.[20] Willis also had one selection to the All-NBA Team.[21] Rick Carlisle, the 70th pick, became a coach after ending his playing career and won the Coach of the Year Award in 2002 while coaching the Detroit Pistons. In 2011, he coached the Dallas Mavericks to an NBA Championship.[22]
The Trail Blazers selection of Sam Bowie (left) over future Hall of Famer Michael Jordan (right) would become a noteworthy moment in NBA draft history.
The 1984 draft class is considered to be one of the best in NBA history as it produced five Hall of Famers and seven All-Stars.[23][24][25][26] However, it was also marked by the Blazers' selection of Sam Bowie, considered one of the biggest draft busts in NBA history.[27][28][29][30][31] It is believed that the Blazers picked Bowie over Michael Jordan because they already had an All Star shooting guard in Jim Paxson and a young shooting guard in Clyde Drexler, whom they drafted in the 1983 draft.[13][32] Although Drexler went on to have a successful career, Bowie's career was cut short by injuries; he had missed two of the past three seasons in his college career as well.[12] Despite having a 10-year career in the NBA and averaging 10.9 points and 7.5 rebounds per game, Bowie's career was interrupted by five leg surgeries, which limited him to 139 games in 5 years with the Blazers.[33][34]
Notable selections[edit]
Brazilian Oscar Schmidt was drafted with the 131st pick in the sixth round by the New Jersey Nets. However, Schmidt turned down the offers to play in the NBA and stayed to play in Italy and later in Brazil. He played in five Olympics and was the top scorer in three of them. He finished his career with 49,703 points with various clubs and the Brazilian national team, more than the NBA's career scoring leader, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who scored 38,387 points in his NBA career.[35] In 2010, International Basketball Federation (FIBA) honored Schmidt with an induction to the FIBA Hall of Fame,[36] and Schmidt was inducted by the Naismith Hall in 2013.[37]
University of Houston track and field Olympic Champion Carl Lewis, who had never played college basketball, was drafted by the Chicago Bulls with the 208th pick in the 10th round. Lewis would dominate the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in the summer of 1984. [1][38] Lewis, who had also been drafted in NFL draft of the same year by the Dallas Cowboys, stayed with his athletics career and went on to win nine Olympic gold medals and eight World Championships gold medals.[39]
In the fifth round, the Portland Trail Blazers drafted Mike Whitmarsh, who starred for the University of San Diego in both basketball and volleyball, with the 111th pick. Whitmarsh played professional basketball in Germany for three years, but never played in the NBA. He then left basketball to play beach volleyball, where he achieved greater success, including a silver medal in the Olympics.[40]
The final pick in the 1984 Draft, number 228 by the Boston Celtics was Dan Trant of Clark University. Trant never played in a regular season game for the Celtics. Trant was working in his office at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 and was killed in the terrorist attacks that day.[41]
This draft would be the last of the NBA that would be without any undrafted players entering the NBA. Starting from 1985 onward, multiple undrafted players from each year would enter the NBA, with more of them coming after the league decreased the number of rounds from the draft from 10 to the more current 2.
Key[edit]
Pos. G F C
Position Guard Forward Center
^ Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
* Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-NBA Team
+ Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game
# Denotes player who never played in the NBA regular season or playoffs
Draft selections[edit]
Akeem Olajuwon was selected first overall by the Houston Rockets.
Michael Jordan was selected third overall by the Chicago Bulls.
Charles Barkley was selected fifth overall by the Philadelphia 76ers.
John Stockton was selected sixteenth overall by the Utah Jazz.
Round
Pick
Player
Pos.
Nationality[n 1]
Team
School/club team
1 1 Akeem Olajuwon^
1[›] C Nigeria2[›] Houston Rockets Houston (Jr.)
1 2 Sam Bowie C United States Portland Trail Blazers (from Indiana)[d] Kentucky (Sr.)
1 3 Michael Jordan^ G/F United States Chicago Bulls North Carolina (Jr.)
1 4 Sam Perkins F/C United States Dallas Mavericks (from Cleveland)[e] North Carolina (Sr.)
1 5 Charles Barkley^ F United States Philadelphia 76ers (from L.A. Clippers)[f] Auburn (Jr.)
1 6 Melvin Turpin C United States Washington Bullets (traded to Cleveland)[a] Kentucky (Sr.)
1 7 Alvin Robertson* G United States San Antonio Spurs Arkansas (Sr.)
1 8 Lancaster Gordon G United States Los Angeles Clippers (from Golden State)[g] Louisville (Sr.)
1 9 Otis Thorpe+ F/C United States Kansas City Kings Providence (Sr.)
1 10 Leon Wood G United States Philadelphia 76ers (from Denver)[h] Cal State Fullerton (Sr.)
1 11 Kevin Willis* F/C United States Atlanta Hawks Michigan State (Sr.)
1 12 Tim McCormick C United States Cleveland Cavaliers3[›] (traded to Seattle)[a] Michigan (Sr.)4[›]
1 13 Jay Humphries G United States Phoenix Suns Colorado (Sr.)
1 14 Michael Cage F/C United States Los Angeles Clippers (from Seattle)[i] San Diego State (Sr.)
1 15 Terence Stansbury G United States Dallas Mavericks Temple (Sr.)
1 16 John Stockton^ G United States Utah Jazz Gonzaga (Sr.)
1 17 Jeff Turner F/C United States New Jersey Nets Vanderbilt (Sr.)
1 18 Vern Fleming G United States Indiana Pacers (from New York)[j] Georgia (Sr.)
1 19 Bernard Thompson G/F United States Portland Trail Blazers Fresno State (Sr.)
1 20 Tony Campbell G/F United States Detroit Pistons Ohio State (Sr.)
1 21 Kenny Fields G/F United States Milwaukee Bucks UCLA (Sr.)
1 22 Tom Sewell G United States Philadelphia 76ers (traded to Washington)[b] Lamar (Sr.)
1 23 Earl Jones C United States Los Angeles Lakers UDC (Sr.)
1 24 Michael Young G/F United States Boston Celtics Houston (Sr.)
2 25 Devin Durrant F United States Indiana Pacers Brigham Young (Sr.)
2 26 Victor Fleming# G United States Portland Trail Blazers (from Chicago via Indiana)[k] Xavier (Sr.)
2 27 Ron Anderson G/F United States Cleveland Cavaliers Fresno State (Sr.)
2 28 Cory Blackwell F United States Seattle SuperSonics (from Houston)[l] Wisconsin (Jr.)
2 29 Stuart Gray F/C United States
Panama5[›] Indiana Pacers (from L.A. Clippers via Philadelphia)[m] UCLA (Jr.)
2 30 Steve Burtt G United States Golden State Warriors (from Washington)[n] Iona (Sr.)
2 31 Jay Murphy F United States Golden State Warriors (traded to L.A. Clippers)[c] Boston College (Sr.)
2 32 Eric Turner# G United States Detroit Pistons (from San Antonio)[o] Michigan (Jr.)
2 33 Steve Colter G United States Portland Trail Blazers (from Denver)[p] New Mexico State (Sr.)
2 34 Tony Costner# C United States Washington Bullets (from Kansas City via Detroit and Atlanta)[q] Saint Joseph's (Sr.)
2 35 Othell Wilson G United States Golden State Warriors (from Atlanta)[r] Virginia (Sr.)
2 36 Charles Jones F United States Phoenix Suns Louisville (Sr.)
2 37 Ben Coleman F United States Chicago Bulls (from Seattle via Atlanta and Kansas City)[s] Maryland (Sr.)
2 38 Charlie Sitton F United States Dallas Mavericks Oregon State (Sr.)
2 39 Danny Young G United States Seattle SuperSonics (from New Jersey)[t] Wake Forest (Sr.)
2 40 Anthony Teachey# F United States Dallas Mavericks (from Utah)[u] Wake Forest (Sr.)
2 41 Tom Sluby G United States Dallas Mavericks (from New York via New Jersey)[v] Notre Dame (Sr.)
2 42 Willie White G United States Denver Nuggets (from Portland)[w] Chattanooga (Sr.)
2 43 Greg Wiltjer# C Canada Chicago Bulls (from Detroit via Indiana and Kansas City)[x] Victoria (Canada) (Sr.)
2 44 Fred Reynolds# F United States Washington Bullets (from Milwaukee)[y] UTEP (Sr.)
2 45 Gary Plummer F/C United States Golden State Warriors (from Philadelphia 76ers)[z] Boston University (Sr.)
2 46 Jerome Kersey F United States Portland Trail Blazers (from L.A. Lakers)[aa] Longwood (Sr.)
2 47 Ronnie Williams# F United States Boston Celtics Florida (Sr.)
Notable post-second round picks[edit]
The following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one NBA game.
Round
Pick
Player
Pos.
Team
School/club team
3 50 Ben McDonald F United States Cleveland Cavaliers UC Irvine (Sr.)
3 51 Jim Petersen F/C United States Houston Rockets Minnesota (Sr.)
3 57 Joe Binion F United States San Antonio Spurs (from Denver)[ab] North Carolina A&T (Sr.)
3 61 Jeff Cross F United States Dallas Mavericks Maine (Sr.)
3 62 David Pope F United States Utah Jazz Norfolk State (Sr.)
3 68 Butch Graves G United States Philadelphia 76ers Yale (Sr.)
3 70 Rick Carlisle G United States Boston Celtics Virginia (Sr.)
4 71 Ralph Jackson G United States Indiana Pacers UCLA (Sr.)
4 76 Jim Grandholm F United States Washington Bullets South Florida (Sr.)
4 80 Carl Henry G United States Kansas City Kings Kansas (Sr.)
4 86 Jim Rowinski F United States Utah Jazz Purdue (Sr.)
4 87 Bob Thornton F/C United States New York Knicks UC Irvine (Sr.)
4 90 Ozell Jones F/C United States San Antonio Spurs (from Milwaukee)[ac] Cal State Fullerton (Sr.)
6 120 McKinley Singleton G United States Milwaukee Bucks (from Houston)[ad] UAB (Sr.)
6 133 Eddie Lee Wilkins F/C United States New York Knicks Gardner–Webb (Sr.)
7 140 Kenton Edelin F United States Indiana Pacers Virginia (Sr.)
7 156 Ken Bannister F/C United States New York Knicks St. Augustine's (Sr.)
9 185 Brian Martin F United States Indiana Pacers Kansas (Sr.)
Jump up ^ 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.
Trades involving draft picks[edit]
Draft-day trades[edit]
The following trades involving drafted players were made on the day of the draft.[1]
a 1 2 In a three-team trade, Cleveland acquired the draft rights to sixth pick Melvin Turpin from Washington, Washington acquired Cliff Robinson from Cleveland and Gus Williams from Seattle, and Seattle acquired Ricky Sobers from Washington and the draft rights to 12th pick Tim McCormick from Cleveland.
b Washington acquired the draft rights to 22nd pick Tom Sewell from Philadelphia in exchange for a 1988 first-round pick.
c The L.A. Clippers acquired the draft rights to 31st pick Jay Murphy from Golden State in exchange for Jerome Whitehead.
Pre-draft trades[edit]
Prior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of picks between the teams.
d On June 5, 1981, Portland acquired a first-round pick from Indiana in exchange for Tom Owens.[42] Portland used the pick to draft Sam Bowie.
e On September 16, 1980, Dallas acquired a first-round pick from Cleveland in exchange for Mike Bratz.[43] Dallas used the pick to draft Sam Perkins.
f On October 12, 1978, Philadelphia acquired a first-round pick from the L.A. Clippers (as San Diego) in exchange for World B. Free.[44][45] Philadelphia used the pick to draft Charles Barkley.
g On August 28, 1980, the L.A. Clippers (as San Diego) acquired Phil Smith and a first-round pick from Golden State in exchange for World B. Free.[44][45] The L.A. Clippers used the pick to draft Lancaster Gordon.
h On August 16, 1978, Philadelphia acquired Bobby Jones, Ralph Simpson and a first-round pick from Denver in exchange for George McGinnis and a 1978 first-round pick.[46] Philadelphia used the pick to draft Leon Wood.
i On August 18, 1983, the L.A. Clippers (as San Diego) acquired James Donaldson, Greg Kelser, Mark Radford, a first-round pick and a 1985 second-round pick from Seattle in exchange for Tom Chambers, Al Wood, a third-round pick and a 1987 second-round pick.[44][47] The L.A. Clippers used the pick to draft Michael Cage.
j On September 17, 1983, Indiana acquired Vince Taylor and a first-round pick from New York in a three-team trade with New York and Kansas City.[48] Indiana used the pick to draft Vern Fleming.
k On August 18, 1983, Portland acquired a second-round pick from Indiana in exchange for Granville Waiters.[49] Previously, Indiana acquired the draft rights to Sidney Lowe and the pick on June 28, 1983 from Chicago in exchange for the draft rights to Mitchell Wiggins.[50] Portland used the pick to draft Victor Fleming.
l On October 5, 1982, Seattle acquired a second-round pick from Houston in exchange for Wally Walker.[51] Seattle used the pick to draft Cory Blackwell.
m On February 15, 1983, Indiana acquired Russ Schoene a second-round pick and a 1983 first-round pick from Philadelphia in exchange for Clemon Johnson and a third-round pick.[52] Previously, Philadelphia acquired the pick and a 1983 fourth-round pick on October 27, 1982, from the L.A. Clippers (as San Diego) in exchange for Lionel Hollins.[44][53] Indiana used the pick to draft Stuart Gray.
n On October 19, 1981, Golden State acquired 1982 and 1984 second-round picks from Washington in exchange for John Lucas.[54] Golden State used the pick to draft Steve Burtt.
o On February 10, 1983, Detroit a second-round pick and a 1985 third-round pick from San Antonio in exchange for Edgar Jones.[55][56] Detroit used the pick to draft Eric Turner.
p On August 15, 1980, Portland acquired a second-round pick and a 1983 first-round pick from Denver in exchange for T. R. Dunn and a 1983 first-round pick.[57] Portland used the pick to draft Steve Colter.
q On July 5, 1983, Washington acquired Tom McMillen and a second-round pick from Atlanta in exchange for Randy Wittman.[58] Previously, Atlanta acquired the pick and a 1985 second-round pick on February 13, 1983, from Detroit in a three-team trade with Detroit and Seattle.[55][59] Previously, Detroit acquired the pick and a 1982 second-round pick on August 26, 1981, from Kansas City in exchange for Larry Drew.[55][60] Washington used the pick to draft Tony Costner.
r On February 15, 1983, Golden State acquired a second-round pick from Atlanta in exchange for Rickey Brown.[61] Golden State used the pick to draft Othell Wilson.
s On June 28, 1983, Chicago acquired the draft rights to Ennis Whatley, the draft rights to Chris McNealy and a second-round pick from Kansas City in exchange for Mark Olberding and the draft rights to Larry Micheaux.[62] Previously, Kansas City acquired the pick on June 30, 1982, from Atlanta in exchange for the draft rights to Jim Johnstone.[63] Previously, Atlanta acquired the pick and a 1983 second-round pick on December 2, 1980, from Seattle in exchange for Armond Hill.[64] Chicago used the pick to draft Ben Coleman.
t On November 25, 1981, Seattle acquired Ray Tolbert and a second-round pick from New Jersey in exchange for James Bailey.[65] Seattle used the pick to draft Danny Young.
u On September 11, 1980, Dallas acquired a second-round pick and a 1983 second-round pick from Utah in exchange for Billy McKinney.[66] Dallas used the pick to draft Anthony Teachey.
v On August 12, 1983, Dallas acquired Foots Walker, a second-round pick and a 1985 first-round pick from New Jersey in exchange for Kelvin Ransey.[67] Previously, New Jersey acquired the second-round pick on June 22, 1983 from New York in exchange for Len Elmore.[68] Dallas used the pick to draft Tom Sluby.
w On June 7, 1984, Denver acquired Wayne Cooper, Lafayette Lever, Calvin Natt, a second-round pick and a 1985 first-round pick from Portland in exchange for Kiki Vandeweghe.[69] Denver used the pick to draft Willie White.
x On February 15, 1984, Chicago acquired Steve Johnson, a second-round pick and two 1985 second-round picks from Kansas City in exchange for Reggie Theus.[70] Previously, Kansas City acquired Billy Knight and the pick on September 17, 1983 from Indiana in a three-team trade with Indiana and New York.[71][72] Previously, Indiana acquired the pick on September 22, 1982 from Detroit in exchange for Tom Owens.[42] Chicago used the pick to draft Greg Wiltjer.
y On September 30, 1983, Washington acquired a second-round pick from Milwaukee in exchange for Kevin Grevey.[73] Washington used the pick to draft Fred Reynolds.
z On November 12, 1983, Golden State acquired a second-round pick from Philadelphia in exchange for Sam Williams.[74] Golden State used the pick to draft Gary Plummer.
aa On October 8, 1980, Portland acquired a second-round pick from the L.A. Lakers in exchange for Jim Brewer.[75] Portland used the pick to draft Jerome Kersey.
ab On January 21, 1984, San Antonio acquired a third-round pick from Denver in exchange for Keith Edmonson.[76] San Antonio used the pick to draft Joe Binion.
ac On March 8, 1984, San Antonio acquired a fourth-round pick from Milwaukee as compensation for the signing of Mike Dunleavy as a free agent.[77] San Antonio used the pick to draft Ozell Jones.
ad On October 5, 1983, Milwaukee acquired a sixth-round pick from Houston as compensation for the signing of Phil Ford as a free agent.[78] Milwaukee used the pick to draft McKinley Singleton.
Notes[edit]
^ 1: When Hakeem Olajuwon first arrived in the United States in 1981, his first name was incorrectly spelled as "Akeem". He used that spelling until March 9, 1991, when he announced that he would add an H and changed it to "Hakeem", the original Arabic spelling of his name.[10]
^ 2: Hakeem Olajuwon was born in Nigeria, but became a naturalized United States citizen in 1993. He has represented the United States national team.[16]
^ 3: As compensation for the first-round draft picks traded away by the previous owner, Ted Stepien, the Cleveland Cavaliers were awarded extra first-round draft picks in the 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986 drafts in exchange for cash.[4][79]
^ 4: Even though Tim McCormick was a senior, he had one year of college eligibility remaining and thus had to apply for early entry.[5]
^ 5: Stuart Gray was born in the Panama Canal Zone which was controlled by the United States. He has represented Panama national team.[80]
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