# 1988 NBA draft

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. This was also the first draft for the Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat, prior to their inaugural season.

## Draft

| PG | Point guard | SG | Shooting guard | SF | Small forward | PF | Power forward | C | Center |
| ^ | 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 |
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | School/club team |
| 1 | 1 | Danny Manning$^+$ | PF | United States | Los Angeles Clippers | Kansas (Sr.) |
| 1 | 2 | Rik Smits$^+$ | C | Netherlands | Indiana Pacers | Marist (Sr.) |
| 1 | 3 | Charles Smith | PF | United States | Philadelphia 76ers (traded to L.A. Clippers) | Pittsburgh (Sr.) |
| 1 | 4 | Chris Morris | SF | United States | New Jersey Nets | Auburn (Sr.) |
| 1 | 5 | Mitch Richmond^ | SG | United States | Golden State Warriors | Kansas State (Sr.) |
| 1 | 6 | Hersey Hawkins$^+$ | SG | United States | Los Angeles Clippers (from Sacramento, traded to Philadelphia) | Bradley (Sr.) |
| 1 | 7 | Tim Perry | F | United States | Phoenix Suns | Temple (Sr.) |
| 1 | 8 | Rex Chapman | SG | United States | Charlotte Hornets | Kentucky (So.) |
| 1 | 9 | Rony Seikaly | C | Lebanon | Miami Heat | Syracuse (Sr.) |
| 1 | 10 | Willie Anderson | SG | United States | San Antonio Spurs | Georgia (Sr.) |
| 1 | 11 | Will Perdue | C | United States | Chicago Bulls (from New York) | Vanderbilt (Sr.) |
| 1 | 12 | Harvey Grant | SF | United States | Washington Bullets | Oklahoma (Sr.) |
| 1 | 13 | Jeff Grayer | SG/SF | United States | Milwaukee Bucks | Iowa State (Sr.) |
| 1 | 14 | Dan Majerle$^+$ | SF | United States | Phoenix Suns (from Cleveland) | Central Michigan (Sr.) |
| 1 | 15 | Gary Grant | PG | United States | Seattle SuperSonics | Michigan (Sr.) |
| 1 | 16 | Derrick Chievous | SG | United States | Houston Rockets | Missouri (Sr.) |
| 1 | 17 | Eric Leckner | C | United States | Utah Jazz | Wyoming (Sr.) |
| 1 | 18 | Ricky Berry | SG | United States | Sacramento Kings (from Atlanta) | San Jose State (Sr.) |
| 1 | 19 | Rod Strickland$^x$ | PG | United States | New York Knicks (from Chicago) | DePaul (Jr.) |
| 1 | 20 | Kevin Edwards | SG | United States | Miami Heat (from Dallas) | DePaul (Sr.) |
| 1 | 21 | Mark Bryant | PF | United States | Portland Trail Blazers | Seton Hall (Sr.) |
| 1 | 22 | Randolph Keys | SF | United States | Cleveland Cavaliers (from Detroit via Phoenix) | Southern Miss (Sr.) |
| 1 | 23 | Jerome Lane | PF | United States | Denver Nuggets | Pittsburgh (Jr.) |
| 1 | 24 | Brian Shaw | SG | United States | Boston Celtics | UC Santa Barbara (Sr.) |
| 1 | 25 | David Rivers | PG | United States | Los Angeles Lakers | Notre Dame (Sr.) |
| 2 | 26 | Rolando Ferreira | C | Brazil | Portland Trail Blazers | Houston (Sr.) |
| 2 | 27 | Shelton Jones | F | United States | San Antonio Spurs | St. John's (Sr.) |
| 2 | 28 | Andrew Lang | C | United States | Phoenix Suns | Arkansas (Sr.) |
| 2 | 29 | Vinny Del Negro | SG | United States | Sacramento Kings | NC State (Sr.) |
| 2 | 30 | Fennis Dembo | PF | United States | Detroit Pistons | Wyoming (Sr.) |
| 2 | 31 | Everette Stephens | G | United States | Philadelphia 76ers | Purdue (Sr.) |
| 2 | 32 | Charles Shackleford | F/C | United States | New Jersey Nets | NC State (Sr.) |
| 2 | 33 | Grant Long | F | United States | Miami Heat | Eastern Michigan (Sr.) |
| 2 | 34 | Tom Tolbert | F/C | United States | Charlotte Hornets | Arizona (Sr.) |
| 2 | 35 | Sylvester Gray | F | United States | Miami Heat (from New York via Chicago, Seattle, and Boston) | Memphis State (So.) |
| 2 | 36 | Ledell Eackles | G/F | United States | Washington Bullets | New Orleans (Sr.) |
| 2 | 37 | Greg Butler | C | United States | New York Knicks | Stanford (Sr.) |
| 2 | 38 | Dean Garrett | C | United States | Phoenix Suns (from Cleveland) | Indiana (Sr.) |
| 2 | 39 | Tito Horford | C | Dominican Republic | Milwaukee Bucks | Miami (FL) (So.) |
| 2 | 40 | Orlando Graham | F | United States | Miami Heat (from Seattle) | Auburn-Montgomery (Sr.) |
| 2 | 41 | Keith Smart | G | United States | Golden State Warriors | Indiana (Sr.) |
| 2 | 42 | Jeff Moe$^#$ | SG | United States | Utah Jazz | Iowa (Sr.) |
| 2 | 43 | Todd Mitchell | F | United States | Denver Nuggets | Purdue (Sr.) |
| 2 | 44 | Anthony Taylor | G | United States | Atlanta Hawks | Oregon (Sr) |
| 2 | 45 | Tom Garrick | G | United States | Los Angeles Clippers | Rhode Island (Sr.) |
| 2 | 46 | Morlon Wiley | G | United States | Dallas Mavericks | Long Beach State (Sr.) |
| 2 | 47 | Vernon Maxwell | SG | United States | Denver Nuggets | Florida (Sr.) |
| 2 | 48 | Micheal Williams | G | United States | Detroit Pistons | Baylor (Sr.) |
| 2 | 49 | José Vargas$^#$ | C/PF | Dominican Republic | Dallas Mavericks | LSU (Sr.) |
| 2 | 50 | Steve Kerr | PG | United States | Phoenix Suns | Arizona (Sr.) |
| 3 | 51 | Rob Lock | F | United States | Los Angeles Clippers | Kentucky (Sr.) |
| 3 | 52 | Derrick Hamilton$^#$ | SF | United States | New Jersey Nets | Southern Miss (Sr.) |
| 3 | 53 | Anthony Mason* | SF/PF | United States | Portland Trail Blazers (from Golden State) | Tennessee State (Sr.) |
| 3 | 54 | Jorge González$^#$ | C | Argentina | Atlanta Hawks (from Sacramento) | Sport Club de Cañada de Gómez (Argentina) 1966 |
| 3 | 55 | Rodney Johns$^#$ | PG | United States | Phoenix Suns | Grand Canyon (Sr.) |
| 3 | 56 | Barry Sumpter | F/C | United States | San Antonio Spurs | Austin Peay (Sr.) |
| 3 | 57 | Hernán Montenegro$^#$ | PF/C | Argentina | Philadelphia 76ers | Olimpo (Argentina) |
| 3 | 58 | Jeff Moore$^#$ | PF | United States | Charlotte Hornets | Auburn (Sr.) |
| 3 | 59 | Nate Johnston | F | United States | Miami Heat | Tampa (Sr.) |
| 3 | 60 | Ed Davender$^#$ | PG | United States | Washington Bullets | Kentucky (Sr.) |
| 3 | 61 | Herbert Crook $^#$ | SF/SG | United States | Indiana Pacers | Louisville (Sr.) |
| 3 | 62 | Derrick Lewis$^#$ | PF | United States | Chicago Bulls (from New York) | Maryland (Sr.) |
| 3 | 63 | Mike Jones$^#$ | PF | United States | Milwaukee Bucks | Auburn (Jr.) |
| 3 | 64 | Winston Bennett | F | United States | Cleveland Cavaliers | Kentucky (Sr.) |
| 3 | 65 | Corey Gaines | G | United States | Seattle SuperSonics | Loyola Marymount (Sr.) |
| 3 | 66 | Dwight Boyd$^#$ | SG | United States | Denver Nuggets (from Houston) | Memphis State (Sr.) |
| 3 | 67 | Ricky Grace | G | Australia | Utah Jazz | Oklahoma (Sr.) |
| 3 | 68 | Darryl Middleton$^#$ | PF | United States | Atlanta Hawks | Baylor (Sr.) |
| 3 | 69 | Phil Stinnie$^#$ | PF | United States | New York Knicks (from Chicago) | VCU (Sr.) |
| 3 | 70 | Jerry Johnson$^#$ | PG | United States | Dallas Mavericks | Florida Southern (Sr.) |
| 3 | 71 | Craig Neal | G | United States | Portland Trail Blazers | Georgia Tech (Sr.) |
| 3 | 72 | Lee Johnson | PF | United States | Detroit Pistons | Norfolk State (Sr.) |
| 3 | 73 | Michael Anderson | G | United States | Indiana Pacers (from Denver via L.A. Clippers) | Drexel (Sr.) |
| 3 | 74 | Gerald Paddio | F/G | United States | Boston Celtics | UNLV (Sr.) |
| 3 | 75 | Archie Marshall$^#$ | SF | United States | San Antonio Spurs (from L.A. Lakers) | Kansas (Sr.) |
* ↑ 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.
| Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club team |
| Lloyd Daniels | SG | United States | Waitemata Dolphins (New Zealand) |
| Wayne Engelstad | PF | United States | UC Irvine (Sr.) |
| Duane Ferrell | SF | United States | Georgia Tech (Sr.) |
| Ben Gillery | C | United States | Georgetown (Sr.) |
| Henry James | PF/SF | United States | St. Mary's (TX) (Sr.) |
| Avery Johnson | PG | United States | Southern (Sr.) |
| Bill Jones | PF | United States | Iowa (Sr.) |
| Tim Legler | SG | United States | La Salle (Sr.) |
| Carlton McKinney | SG | United States | SMU (Sr.) |
| Tracy Moore | SG/SF | United States | Tulsa (Sr.) |
| Richard Morton | PG | United States | Cal State Fullerton (Sr.) |
| Žarko Paspalj | SF | Yugoslavia | KK Partizan (Yugoslavia) |
| Ramon Rivas | C | Puerto Rico | Temple (Sr.) |
| John Starks$^+$ | SG | United States | Oklahoma State (Sr.) |
| Henry Turner | SG/SF | United States | Cal State Fullerton (Sr.) |
| Gary Voce | PF | Jamaica | Notre Dame (Sr.) |