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	1979 NBA Draft Pick Transactions
		Data that is incomplete or that we are unsure of is highlighted in yellow.
		The 1979 and 1980 draft coverage issues of TSN each show a pick going from Pistons to Nuggets, which contradicts the singular draft choice mentioned in the Register.
		Tony Robertson — The 1978-79 NBA Guide says Roberston was traded for a draft choice [singular], but the 1979 and 1980 TSN draft coverage issues both show picks going from Hawks to Lakers for him.
	n-c-systems.com /hoops/DraftTrades/1979.html (1656 words)

	Search for Top 100 Players All Time
		NBA careerFirst stint in Phoenix Nash was selected 15th overall by the Phoenix Suns in the first round of the 1996 NBA Draft.
		Drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers with the first pick in the second round of the 1985 NBA Draft out of Canisius College, he played as rookie with the Chicago Bulls, appearing in 38 games and averaged around his career totals.
		NBA Brown was selected with the 40th pick in the 2nd round in the 2006 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics.
	www.frozenhoops.com /id224.html (7867 words)

	Earvin"Magic"Johnson Biography (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The first overall pick in the 1979 NBA draft, Johnson was an immediate superstar, leading the Lakers to the 1980 NBA championship (the first of his five: 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988) over the Philadelphia 76ers.
		In the NBA Finals, the rookie played all five positions – scored 42 points – and was named the NBA Finals MVP, the first of three selections (1980, 1982, 1987).
		The all-time assist (10,141) and steals (1,724) leader in Laker history, Johnson was the NBA's all-time leader in assists until the record was broken by Utah's John Stockton in 1995.
	www.hoophall.com /halloffamers/johnson_magic.htm (643 words)

	2000 NBA Draft Review \| The Draft Review
		The NBA Draft of 2000 may be viewed as one of the worst in recent history, maybe even in the same class as the drug infested 1986 NBA draft.
		Darius Miles was the highest among high schoolers ever taken in the NBA Draft by going to the Los Angeles Clippers with the third pick.
		As an underclassman, Jamaal Magloire declared for the 1999 NBA draft.
	thedraftreview.com /history/drafted2000/index.htm (1265 words)

	NBA Draft: Mock Draft This - HoopsVibe
		Son of Ron Brewer, who was drafted 7th in the 1979 draft for the Portland Trailblazers, Ronnie has been around basketball all his life.
		Whether NBA GMs are smart enough to overlook his lack of great athleticism and size, I can’t be sure, but I’ve been paying close attention to this kid since he was a freshmen and I can say with confidence he’s one of the better guards I’ve seen play college basketball.
		Honestly I don’t expect McNamara to be drafted high, or even in the first round, but that’s only due to the fallacies of the NBA draft.
	www.hoopsvibe.com /nba/nba-articles/nba-draft-mock-draft-this-ar32826.html (3480 words)

	Larry Bird Biography (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1979, when Bird joined the Celtics, he launched an era both in Boston and throughout the NBA that may never again be duplicated.
		A 12-time NBA All-Star and MVP of the 1982 All-Star Game, Bird was selected as the sixth overall pick in the 1978 draft.
		His first season, Bird was named NBA Rookie of the Year and the Celtics advanced to the conference finals, the start of 13 straight postseason appearances.
	www.hoophall.com /halloffamers/bird.htm (636 words)

	NBA Team History - History of NBA Basketball Teams, NBA History
		The league granted the draft rights to UCLA standout Lew Alcindor (the future Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) to the newly renamed New York Nets, reasoning that Alcindor had grown up in New York and the ABA needed to generate some interest and excitement in the prime New York market.
		On June 17 the long-awaited merger of the NBA and the ABA was made official, and New York, San Antonio, Denver, and Indiana were granted admission into the new league.
		Buck Williams finished among the NBA's top three in rebounding (12.3 rpg) for the third consecutive season and became the ninth player in NBA history to pull down at least 1,000 boards in each of his first three seasons.
	www.hollywoodsportsbook.com /basketball_history/nbahistory_nets.cfm (8510 words)

	SWAC.org - SWAC Basketball (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The keynote speaker for the dinner is former NBA standout Sidney Moncrief.
		The NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award was seemingly created just for him in 1982; he won the award its first two years of existence.
		In 1979 the Milwaukee Bucks and fourth-year coach Don Nelson were looking for a strong guard to complement the powerful tandem of Marques Johnson and Junior Bridgeman.
	swac.org /06-07/basketball/tipoffbqt0306.htm (639 words)

	FOX Sports on MSN - NBA - Don't bet against Vegas getting an NBA team (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The years of condemnation over the gambling and how it would never become an NBA city have slowly given way to a warming that now makes it more likely that a franchise could end up there after all — and perhaps sooner than later.
		Furthermore, Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman is promising free land to any NBA owner — or an owner in any other sport for that matter — just to put a franchise in his town.
		NBA analyst Greg Anthony, a first-round pick of the New York Knicks in 1991 after winning the NCAA title at UNLV, has been mentioned as someone very interested in being part of bringing a team to Las Vegas.
	msn.foxsports.com /nba/story/6466164 (1608 words)

	Magic Johnson - Offical NBA Basketball
		The first overall pick in the 1979 NBA draft, Johnson was an immediate superstar, leading the Lakers to the 1980 NBA championship (the first of his five: 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988) over the Philadelphia 76ers.
		A 12-time NBA All-Star in his 13-year career and MVP of the 1990 and 1992 games, Johnson was also named NBA MVP three times, in 1987, 1989 and 1990.
		The all-time assist (10,141) and steals (1,724) leader in Laker history, Johnson was the NBA's all-time leader in assists until the record was broken by Utah's John Stockton in 1995.
	www.championsoftheturf.com.au /sports/USA/johnson_ball.php (592 words)

	InsideHoops.com - 1979 NBA Draft
		1979 NBA Draft results, listing the number of each 1979 NBA draft pick, the teams, the players selected and what college, high school or country (if outside of the USA) this year's drafted players came from.
		InsideHoops.com is your home for 1979 NBA Draft info and previews and full coverage of the event each year.
		PHO Kyle Macy, Kentucky ROUND 2 / 1979 NBA DRAFT 1.
	www.insidehoops.com /nba-draft/1979.shtml (165 words)

	Opinion: 2003 draft could be best ever - NBA - MSNBC.com
		Both entered the NBA in 1979, though Bird was drafted in 1978.
		He chose to remain in college an extra year since he was a transfer student and still could play, and both joined the NBA in 1979 and began a run of championships that effectively dominated the 1980s.
		The 1984 draft was even deeper in talent with Sam Perkins starting on the 1991 Los Angeles Lakers team that lost to the Bulls and playing sixth man on the 1996 Seattle Sonics team that also lost to Chicago, and Otis Thorpe playing the running mate role for Olajuwon on the 1994 Rockets.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/15403154 (1057 words)

	Magic Johnson - Biography (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Holds NBA Finals single-series record for highest assist per game average with 14.0 in 1985; and highest assists per game average by a rookie with 8.7 in 1980.
		Holds NBA Finals single-game records for most points by a rookie with 42 on May 6, 1980 vs. Philadelphia; and most assists in one half with 14 on June 19, 1988 vs. Detroit.
		NBA All-Star-Holds career record for most assists with 127; holds career record for most three-point field goals made with 10; and hold single game record for most assists with 22 (1984, OT).
	imdb.com /name/nm0005059/bio (604 words)

	Magic Johnson Profile, Career Highs, Highlights and Pictures - Lakers Web
		Career: Drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1979 NBA draft...
		Considered one of the best players ever, he was the model of the perfect basketball player: team play, talent, fun, and he seemed to do everything right, he could score, assist, rebound and be the man to go in clutch time, whatever his team needed to win.
		When he retired in 1996 he was the NBA's all-time leader in assists in the regular season and in the playoffs.
	www.nbahoy.com.ar /players/magic_johnson_profile.htm (853 words)

	NBA: Find Professional Basketball News, Videos and Photos Online \| NBCSports.com
		The Sonics made it to the NBA Finals twice, winning it all in 1979 when DJ was the MVP.
		That was, until Thursday, the dumbest trade in NBA history (today the Sixers sent Alan Henderson to the Utah Jazz for the rights to swap 2nd-round draft picks this summer; What were the Jazz thinking?).
		Still, there are few moments in NBA history--no, in all of sports--that shock you as much as the final seconds of Game 5 of the 1987 Eastern Conference Finals (the final play of this year's Fiesta Bowl is the latest entry).
	www.nbcsports.com /nba/1100521/detail.html (1279 words)

	Magic Johnson Jerseys & T-Shirts For Sale
		Johnson, the overall first pick in the 1979 NBA draft, along with Larry Bird were almost exclusively responsible for the NBA's tremendous surge in the early 1980's.
		During his celebrated career, he led the Lakers to nine appearances in the NBA Finals and 5 Championships.
		The team from the land of 10,000 lakes became the first NBA dynasty winning five championships between 1949 and 1954.
	www.oddball-mall.com /johnsonejsy.htm (394 words)

	NBA.com: History
		Study the history surrounding All-Star Weekend and the NBA Draft, including all first-round picks.
		The 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, were selected during 'NBA at 50' in 1996-97.
		Hall of Famer George Mikan, the NBA's first superstar, died June 1, 2005, at the age of 80.
	www.nba.com /history (500 words)

	Joe Netsfan History 1976 - 1981
		Here now is the short version of Nets history, the NBA years, 1976 – present.
		Draft Benard King, one of the many good Nets players to be haunted by bad luck and/or shortened careers.
		Joe Netsfan’s memory banks are still seared with the visions of bad basketball from the Rutgers Athletic Center on the 5 inch fl and white TV.
	www.joenetsfan.com /joe_netsfan_history_page1.html (370 words)

	Green, Hawes remain in NBA draft - Boston.com
		Jeff Green is headed to the NBA, rather than trying to take Georgetown to another Final Four.
		Green is staying in the draft, instead of returning to school for his senior season.
		Underclassmen had to declare for the draft by 11:59 p.m.
	www.boston.com /sports/basketball/articles/2007/06/18/green_hawes_remain_in_nba_draft (569 words)

	1979 NBA Draft Pick Transactions
		The 1980-81 NBA Register says Simpson and a draft choice (singular) for Price and draft choices (plural) [neither Simpson nor Price lasted in the NBA to the point where the NBA Register began specifying the year and round of draft choices in its trade descriptions].
		The 1979 and 1980 draft coverage issues of TSN each show a pick going from Pistons to Nuggets, which contradicts the singular draft choice mentioned in the Register.
		Tony Robertson — The 1978-79 NBA Guide says Roberston was traded for a draft choice [singular], but the 1979 and 1980 TSN draft coverage issues both show picks going from Hawks to Lakers for him.
	www.n-c-systems.com /hoops/DraftTrades/1979.html (1594 words)

	CollegeHoops.net - 2007 NBA Draft
		With the Third Pick in the 2007 Draft..
		All-Time NBA Draft Studs and Duds: Part 2
		All-Time NBA Draft Studs and Duds: Part 1
	www.collegehoopsnet.com /Draft (275 words)

	The Los Angeles Lakers - The Lake Show (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Retired on November 9, 1983 in honor of Wilt Chamberlain, a memeber of the 1971-72 championship team that won an NBA record 33 consecutive games and a then-NBA record 69 contests overall (averaged 14.8 points and team-leading 19.2 rebounds that season)...
		led the NBA in assists five consecutive seasons (1982-83 thru 1986-87), highlighted by a career-high and single-season club record of 13.1 during the 1983-84 campaign...
		was the first-ever draft choice in L.A. Lakers history (second pick overall in the 1960 NBA Draft)...
	www.lakerhoops.net /retired.html (1287 words)

	HNT2000: Rutgers Basketball All-Century Team (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Was the sixth player chosen in the 1979 NBA draft.
		Scored more than 3,000 points in the NBA and one year led the league in assists.
		Member of the Rutgers Basketball Hall of Fame and a first round draft pick in the NBA draft.
	www.injersey.com /hnt2000/story/0,2561,237812,00.html (1261 words)

	Columbia College Today
		In 1979, he won the award given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to the best college player in the nation under six feet.
		Selected by the Boston Celtics in the 10th round in the 1979 NBA Draft, Byrd reported to camp injured and was soon cut.
		In 1999, 20 years after he was drafted as a player, Byrd finally made it to the NBA, as vice president of corporate partnerships for Maloof Sports and Entertainment, which owns the Sacramento Kings.
	www.college.columbia.edu /cct/feb01/feb01_feature_byrd.html (1442 words)

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		Prior to last night’s NBA Draft the New York Knicks were an under-sized veteran ball club who failed to qualify for the playoffs the last two seasons.
		In the 2003 NBA Draft General Manager Scott Layden drafted three players who fill the Knicks need for size and youth.
		The Knicks and their fans should be extremely pleased with the team’s draft, and can look forward to the team returning to playoff contention in the near future.
	www.nyc.gov /html/sports/html/nbadraft_2003.html (443 words)

	Magic Johnson
		Johnson entered the 1979 NBA draft with two years of eligibility left, and was selected by the Lakers with the first pick overall.
		Magic was the first-ever rookie NBA Finals MVP in 1980.
		In the late eighties, Magic was diagnosed with the virus called HIV, and was forced to retire, after opponents was feared of the tought of being infected.
	www.angelfire.com /ca5/lakershowtime/32.html (345 words)

	Magic Johnson - Lakers Players Magic Johnson
		The 1979 National Championship between Michigan State and Larry Bird's Indiana State, with Michigan State winning the NCAA Championship, was the most watched college basketball game in history.
		Throughout the 1970s the NBA suffered through low attendance and minimal television viewership, interest in the NBA had declined to the point where it was common opinion that the team-oriented college game was more exciting than the individual superstar-emphasized, and violently physical pro game of the era.
		The NBA was a distant third in popularity among pro-sports behind the NFL and Major League Baseball.
	www.lakersplayers.org /magic-johnson.php (3295 words)

	Earvin "Magic" Johnson St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture - Find Articles
		The 6'9" point guard decided to turn pro after his second year at Michigan State and was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers as the first overall pick in the 1979 NBA draft.
		He led the team to four additional NBA titles, with the Lakers' 1987 victory against Bird and the Boston Celtics especially sweet.
		Johnson joined Jordan, Bird and other NBA stars as a member of the U.S. Olympic Dream Team, which drubbed opponents by an average of 43.8 points per game, earned a Gold Medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and helped to escalate the sport's popularity across the globe.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419200603 (993 words)

	Classical Net - Bach Cantatas - Listener's Guide
		Whittaker died in 1945, leaving the book in draft form, but luckily for us it was prepared for publication by Harold Thomson and finally appeared in 1959.
		However, this means that it was written well before the chronological discoveries of the 1950's that so altered our perception of the cantatas, so you should be wary about any of the historical contents, but if you're able to find a copy of the 1978 paperback reprint, you'll find an appendix containing the new chronology.
		The edition of BWV 140 is by Alfred Dürr for the NBA and is supplemented by a detailed chronology of the cantatas based on that by Dürr and von Dadelson.
	www.classical.net /music/comp.lst/works/bachjs/cantatas.html (2933 words)

	Who's the Head of the Class? - Pick the Best NBA Draft Class
		The NBA is still living on their rivalry in the 80's.
		June 28, 2006 08:54 PM A draft class with Magic Johnson and Larry Bird would be quite impressive and merit consideration in the poll, but the two were not drafted in the same year.
		Bird was eligible for the draft after his junior season because he had transferred to Indiana State.
	blog.washingtonpost.com /nbadraftclass/2006/06/whos_the_head_of_the_class.html (1373 words)

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		Magic had a great college career and that is where his rivalry with Celtics Legend Larry Bird began as his team beat Bird’s Indiana State team in the 1979 title game (hoophall.com) Having accomplished what he wanted at the college level he gave up his remaining two years of eligibility and entered the NBA Draft.
		Magic Johnson was the first overall pick in the 1979 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Lakers.
		He was named NBA MVP 3 times (1987, 1989, 1990), and was awarded the IBM Award for all around contributions to his team’s success in 1994.
	www.wvu.edu /~physed/blacksports/fall2002/magicjohnson.htm (708 words)

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