1st Round --------- 1. Ralph Sampson Virginia Houston 2. Steve Stipanovich Missouri Indiana 3. Rodney McCray Louisville Houston 4. Byron Scott Arizona State San Diego 5. Sidney Green UNLV Chicago 6. Russell Cross Purdue Golden State 7. Thurl Bailey North Carolina State Utah 8. Antoine Carr Wichita State Detroit 9. Dale Ellis Tennessee Dallas 10. Jeff Malone Mississipi State Washington 11. Derek Harper Illinois Dallas 12. Darrell Walker Arkansas New York 13. Ennis Whatley Alabama Kansas City 14. Clyde Drexler Houston Portland 15. Howard Carter Louisiana State Denver 16. Jon Sundvold Missouri Seattle 17. Leo Rautins Syracuse Philadelphia 18. Randy Breuer Minnesota Milwaukee 19. John Paxson Notre Dame San Antonio 20. Roy Hinson Rutgers Cleveland 21. Greg Kite Brigham Young Boston 22. Randy Wittman Indiana Washington 23. Mitchell Wiggins Florida State Indiana 24. Stewart Granger Villanova Cleveland 2nd Round --------- 25. Sidney Lowe North Carolina State Chicago 26. Leroy Combs Oklahoma State Indiana 27. John Garris Boston College Cleveland 28. Rod Foster UCLA Phoenix 29. Larry Micheaux Houston Chicago 30. Mark West Old Dominion Dallas 31. Glenn Rivers Marquette Atlanta 32. Michael Britt District of Columbia Washington 33. Dirk Minniefield Kentucky Dallas 34. Guy Williams Washington State Washington 35. Darrell Lockhart Auburn San Antonio 36. Scooter McCray Louisville Seattle 37. David Russell St. John's Denver 38. Chris McNealy San Jose State Kansas City 39. Granville Waiters Ohio State Portland 40. Jim Thomas Indiana Indiana 41. Ted Kitchel Indiana Milwaukee 42. Mike Davis Alabama Milwaukee 43. Pace Mannion Utah Golden State 44. Horace Owens Rhode Island New Jersey 45. Paul Williams Arizona State Phoenix 46. Kevin Williams St. John's San Antonio 47. Ken Lyons North Texas State Philadelphia Whom would you pick over McCray? Even if we knew what we know now, besides Clyde, it's hard to pick anyone else.
1. Ralph Sampson Virginia Houston 3. Rodney McCray Louisville Houston 8. Antoine Carr Wichita State Detroit 14. Clyde Drexler Houston Portland 23. Mitchell Wiggins Florida State Indiana 29. Larry Micheaux Houston Chicago 33. Dirk Minniefield Kentucky Dallas 39. Granville Waiters Ohio State Portland That is an amazing amount of evntual Rockets to come out of one draft!
People forget that McCray was outstanding on a truly outstanding Louisville team. It's always easy to second guess. For the record, I was jumping up and down going, "No!!! You idiots! Take Clyde!!". I was going to the U. of H. at the time. edit: My Dad was a Prof there... I had already left the U. of H. and moved to Austin. The rest is true.
