The draft history of the Phoenix Suns.

Key

Abbreviation Meaning Abbreviation Meaning
G Guard PG Point guard
SG Shooting guard F Forward
SF Small forward PF Power forward
C Center
Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer First Overall NBA Draft Pick Selected for an NBA All-Star Game

Selections

Year Round Pick Name Nationality Position From
1968 1 8 Gary Gregor  United States South Carolina
1968 2 21 Dick Cunningham  United States Murray State
1968 3 36 Art Beatty American
1968 4 49 Rich Jones  United States Memphis State
1968 5 64 Harry Holines Denver
1968 6 77 Rod Knowles Davidson
1968 7 92 Charles Parks Idaho State
1968 8 105 Brian Clare Denver
1968 9 120 Merv Jackson  United States Utah
1968 10 133 Lee Davis  United States North Carolina Central
1968 11 147 Ron Boone  United States Idaho State
1968 12 160 Bill Davis Arizona
1968 13 171 Pat Hobart California (Pennsylvania)
1969 1 2 Neal Walk  United States Florida
1969 2 23 Gene Williams Kansas State
1969 3 30 Floyd Kerr Colorado State
1969 3 33 Lamar Green Morehead State
1969 3 39 Lloyd Kerr Colorado State
1969 4 44 Dennis Stewart Michigan
1969 5 58 Rich Jones  United States Michigan
1969 6 72 Dan Sadlier Dayton
1969 7 86 Bill Sweek UCLA
1969 8 100 Bob Edwards Arizona State
1969 9 114 Steve Jennings USC
1969 10 128 Rick Abrahamson Oregon
1969 11 142 Fred Lind Duke
1969 12 156 Bob Miller Toledo
1969 13 169 Andy White UTEP
1969 14 180 Marv Schmidt Western New Mexico
1969 15 189 Bob Beamon  United States UTEP
1969 16 195 Wayne Huckel Davidson
1969 17 201 Howie Dickenman[a] Central Connecticut State
1969 18 207 Al Nuness Minnesota
1969 19 212 Bill Davis Kentucky State
1969 20 216 Jim Plump Northern Arizona
1970 1 10 Greg Howard New Mexico
1970 2 27 Fred Taylor  United States Texas-Pan American
1970 2 29 Joe DePre St. John's
1970 3 44 Greg McDivitt Ohio
1970 3 48 Vann Williford  United States North Carolina State
1970 4 61 Bob Lienhard  United States Georgia
1970 5 78 John Canine Ohio
1970 6 95 Joe Thomas  United States Marquette
1970 7 112 Heyward Dotson Columbia
1970 8 129 Steve Patterson  United States UCLA
1970 9 146 Carl Ashley Wyoming
1970 10 163 Gerhardus Schreur Arizona State
1970 11 178 Jim Walls Clark College
1970 12 190 Ric Cobb Marquette
1970 13 200 Fred Carpenter Hawaii
1970 14 210 Chad Calabria Iowa
1970 15 219 Walt Williams Miami (OH)
1971 1 14 John Roche South Carolina
1971 3 48 Dennis Layton USC
1971 4 65 Walter Szczerbiak George Washington
1971 5 82 Ken Gardner Utah
1971 5 84 Bob Kissane Holy Cross
1971 6 99 William Graham Kentucky State
1971 7 116 Ralph Brateris Trenton State
1971 8 133 Vernell Ellzy Florida State
1971 9 149 Mike Johnson Kansas State
1971 10 165 Tom Newell Hawaii
1971 11 179 Paul Leitz Western Carolina
1971 12 192 Floyd Mason Alcorn State
1971 13 204 Ron Dorsey Tennessee State
1971 14 213 Ken Booker UCLA
1971 15 222 Curtis Carter Bishop College
1972 1 4 Corky Calhoun Pennsylvania
1972 3 33 Scott English UTEP
1972 3 34 Don Buse Evansville
1972 3 42 Claude Terry Stanford
1972 4 59 Matt Gantt St. Bonaventure
1972 5 75 Wardell Dyson Shaw College
1972 6 92 Charles Edge Le Moyne
1972 7 109 Bernie Fryer Brigham Young
1972 8 125 Russell Golden Jackson State
1972 9 140 Bill Kennedy Arizona State
1972 10 153 Al Vilchek Louisville
1972 11 164 John Belcher Arkansas State
1972 12 172 Mark Soderberg Utah
1972 13 179 Kelly Utley Shaw College
1972 14 186 Ray Golson West Texas State
1973 1 8 Mike Bantom St. Joseph's
1973 2 33 Gary Melchionni Duke
1973 3 42 Joe Reaves Bethel
1973 3 43 Steve Mitchell Kansas State
1973 4 60 Ronnie Robinson Memphis State
1973 5 77 Clinton Harris Iowa State
1973 6 94 Gene Doyle Holy Cross
1973 7 111 Jerry Bisbano Southwest Louisiana
1973 8 128 Jim Owens Arizona State
1973 9 144 Sandy Smith Winston-Salem
1973 10 158 Claude White Elmhurst College
1973 11 170 Lynn Greer Virginia State College
1973 12 179 Lyman Williamson Samford College
1973 13 186 Kalevi Sarkalahti  Finland Brigham Young
1974 1 4 John Shumate Notre Dame
1974 2 31 Fred Saunders Syracuse
1974 3 40 George Gervin Eastern Michigan
1974 3 49 Earl Williams Winston-Salem
1974 4 58 Randy Allen Indiana (PA)
1974 5 76 Ralph Bobik Creighton
1974 6 94 Collis Temple LSU
1974 7 112 Clyde Dickey Boise State
1974 8 130 Tom Holland Oklahoma
1974 9 148 Ted Evans Oklahoma
1974 10 165 Mark Wasley Arizona State
1975 1 4 Alvan Adams Oklahoma
1975 1 16 Ricky Sobers UNLV
1975 2 35 Allen Murphy Louisville
1975 2 36 Jimmy Dan Conner Kentucky
1975 3 54 Bayard Forrest Grand Canyon
1975 4 58 Sam McCants Oral Roberts
1975 5 76 Joe Pace Coppin State
1975 6 94 Biff Burrell USC
1975 7 112 Dave Edmunds West Georgia
1975 8 130 Jack Schrader Arizona State
1975 9 147 Owen Brown Maryland
1975 10 163 Mike Moon Arizona State
1976 1 10 Ron Lee Oregon
1976 2 30 Al Fleming Arizona
1976 2 33 Butch Feher Vanderbilt
1976 3 45 Ira Terrell Southern Methodist
1976 4 62 Paul Miller Oregon State
1976 5 79 Ralph Walker St. Mary's (CA)
1976 6 97 Carl Brown Eastern Kentucky
1976 7 115 Brad Warble Eastern Illinois
1976 8 133 Tom DeBerry Northern Arizona
1976 9 150 John Irving Hofstra
1976 10 166 Gary Jackson Arizona State
1977 1 5 Walter Davis North Carolina
1977 3 66 Mike Bratz Stanford
1977 4 71 Greg Griffin Idaho State
1977 5 93 Cecil Rellford St. John's
1977 6 115 Billy McKinney Northwestern
1977 7 136 Alvin Scott Oral Roberts
1977 8 156 Alvin Joseph Oral Roberts
1978 1 19 Marty Byrnes Syracuse
1978 3 63 Joel Kramer San Diego State
1978 4 85 Bob Miller Cincinnati
1978 4 88 Wayne Smith UC-Irvine
1978 5 107 Andre Wakefield Loyola-Chicago
1978 6 128 Charles Thompson Houston
1978 7 149 Steve Malovic San Diego State
1978 8 167 George Fowler Pacific
1978 9 184 Nate Stokes Grand Canyon
1978 10 199 Lewis Cohen PG Cal Poly
1979 1 22 Kyle Macy Kentucky
1979 2 24 Johnny High Nevada-Reno
1979 3 64 Al Green  United States
 Australia 		LSU
1979 4 86 Malcolm Cesare Florida
1979 5 107 Mark Eaton Cypress JC
1979 6 127 Dale Shackelford Syracuse
1979 7 147 Ollie Matson Pepperdine
1979 8 165 Charles Jones Albany State
1979 9 196 Hosea Champine Robert Morris (PA)
1979 10 215 Korky Nelson Santa Clara
1980 2 42 Kimberly Belton Stanford
1980 3 59 John Campbell Clemson
1980 3 65 Doug True UC-Berkeley
1980 4 88 Leroy Stampley Loyola-Illinois
1980 5 111 Mark Stevens Northern Arizona
1980 6 134 Coby Leavitt Utah
1980 7 157 Ron Williams  United States Western Montana
1980 8 175 Jim Connolly La Salle
1980 9 196 Keith French North Park
1980 10 211 Randy Carroll Kansas
1981 1 20 Larry Nance  United States Clemson
1981 3 62 Sam Clancy Pittsburgh
1981 3 66 Craig Dykema Long Beach State
1981 5 112 Paul Heuerman Michigan
1981 6 135 Pete Harris  United States Northeastern
1981 7 158 David Williams  United States Southern
1981 8 180 Steve Risley Indiana
1981 9 200 Brian Johnson Colorado
1981 10 220 Felton Sealey Oregon
1982 1 15 David Thirdkill  United States Bradley
1982 2 39 Kevin Magee  United States UC-Irvine
1982 3 61 Charles Pittman  United States Maryland
1982 4 86 Rory White  United States South Alabama
1982 5 108 Marvin McCrary Missouri
1982 6 130 Jake Bethany Hardin Simmons
1982 7 155 Phil Ward UNC-Charlotte
1982 8 177 Rick Elrod Georgetown (KY)
1982 9 199 Ken Lyles Washington
1982 10 221 Dale Wilkinson  United States Idaho State
1983 2 28 Rod Foster  United States UCLA
1983 2 45 Paul Williams Arizona State
1983 3 51 Dereck Whittenburg N.C. State
1983 4 89 Sam Mosley Nevada-Reno
1983 5 113 Rick Lamb Illinois State
1983 6 135 Edward Bona Fordham
1983 7 159 Fred Brown  United States Virginia Comm.
1983 8 181 Mike Mulquin Villanova
1983 9 204 Joe Dykstra Western Illinois
1983 10 224 Bo Overton  United States Oklahoma
1984 1 13 Jay Humphries  United States Colorado
1984 2 36 Charles Jones  United States Louisville
1984 3 59 Murray Jarman Clemson
1984 4 82 Jeff Collins UNLV
1984 5 105 Bill Flye Richmond
1984 6 128 Herman Veal Maryland
1984 7 151 Raymond Crenshaw Oklahoma State
1984 8 174 Mark Fothergill Maryland
1984 9 196 Buddy Cox Bellarmine
1984 10 218 Ezra Hill Liberty Baptist
1985 1 10 Ed Pinckney  United States Villanova
1985 2 32 Nick Vanos  United States Santa Clara
1985 3 56 Jerry Everett Lamar
1985 4 78 Granger Hall  United States Temple
1985 5 102 Shawn Campbell Weber State
1985 6 124 Charles Rayne Temple
1985 7 148 Georgi Glouchkov  Bulgaria Akademik Varna (Bulgaria)
1986 1 6 William Bedford  United States Memphis State
1986 2 31 Joe Ward  United States Dayton
1986 2 39 Rafael Addison  United States Syracuse
1986 2 46 Jeff Hornacek  United States Iowa State
1986 3 55 Kenny Gattison  United States Old Dominion
1986 4 77 Grant Gondrezick  United States Pepperdine
1986 5 101 Greg Spurling Carson-Newman
1986 6 123 Jim McCaffrey Holy Cross
1986 7 147 Damon Goodwin Dayton
1987 1 2 Armon Gilliam  United States UNLV
1987 2 46 Bruce Dalrymple Georgia Tech
1987 3 53 Winston Crite  United States Texas A&M
1987 4 76 Steve Beck  United States Arizona State
1987 5 99 Brent Counts Pacific
1987 6 122 Marcel Boyce Akron
1987 7 145 Ron Singleton Grand Canyon University
1988 1 7 Tim Perry  United States Temple
1988 1 14 Dan Majerle  United States Central Michigan
1988 2 28 Andrew Lang  United States Arkansas
1988 2 38 Dean Garrett  United States Indiana
1988 2 50 Steve Kerr  United States Arizona
1988 3 55 Rodney Johns Grand Canyon
1989 1 24 Anthony Cook[b]  United States Arizona
1989 2 46 Ricky Blanton  United States LSU
1989 2 51 Mike Morrison Loyola Marymount
1989 2 52 Greg Grant  United States Trenton State
1990 1 21 Jayson Williams  United States St. John's
1990 2 31 Negele Knight  United States Dayton
1990 2 48 Cedric Ceballos  United States Cal State Fullerton
1990 2 50 Miloš Babić[c]  Yugoslavia (now  Serbia) Tennessee Tech
1991 2 32 Chad Gallagher  United States Creighton
1991 2 46 Richard Dumas  United States Oklahoma State
1991 2 50 Joey Wright  United States Texas
1992 1 22 Oliver Miller  United States Arkansas
1992 2 48 Brian Davis  United States Duke
1992 2 49 Ron Ellis Louisiana Tech
1993 1 27 Malcolm Mackey  United States Georgia Tech
1993 2 49 Mark Buford Mississippi Valley State
1993 2 54 Byron Wilson Utah
1994 1 23 Wesley Person  United States Auburn
1994 2 29 Antonio Lang  United States Duke
1994 2 50 Charles Claxton  United States Georgia
1994 2 52 Anthony Goldwire  United States Houston
1995 1 21 Michael Finley  United States Wisconsin
1995 1 27 Mario Bennett  United States Arizona State
1995 2 56 Chris Carr  United States Southern Illinois
1996 1 15 Steve Nash  Canada Santa Clara
1996 2 39 Russ Millard  United States Iowa
1996 2 43 Ben Davis  United States Arizona
1997 2 42 Stephen Jackson  United States Oak Hill High School (VA)
1999 1 9 Shawn Marion  United States UNLV
2000 1 25 Iakovos "Jake" Tsakalidis  Greece
 Georgia 		AEK Athens (Greece)
2001 2 51 Alton Ford  United States Houston
2002 1 9 Amaré Stoudemire  United States Cypress Creek High School (FL)
2002 1 22 Casey Jacobsen  United States Stanford
2003 1 17 Žarko Čabarkapa  Serbia and Montenegro
(now  Serbia &  Montenegro) 		Budućnost Podgorica (Serbia & Montenegro)
2004 1 7 Luol Deng[d]  Sudan (now South Sudan South Sudan[e])
 United Kingdom 		SF Duke
2005 1 21 Nate Robinson[f]  United States PG Washington
2005 2 57 Marcin Gortat  Poland C RheinEnergie Köln (Germany)
2006 1 21 Rajon Rondo[g]  United States PG Kentucky
2006 1 27 Sergio Rodríguez[h]  Spain PG Adecco Estudiantes (Spain)
2007 1 24 Rudy Fernández[i][j]  Spain G Joventut Badalona (Spain)
2007 1 29 Alando Tucker  United States F Wisconsin
2007 2 59 D. J. Strawberry  United States G Maryland
2008 1 15 Robin Lopez[k]  United States F Stanford
2008 2 48 Malik Hairston[l][m]  United States G Oregon
2009 1 14 Earl Clark  United States SF Louisville
2009 2 48 Taylor Griffin  United States SF Oklahoma
2009 2 57 Emir Preldžič[n][o]  Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Slovenia
 Turkey[p] 		SF Fenerbahçe Ülker (Turkey)[10]
2010 2 46 Gani Lawal[q]  United States PF Georgia Tech
2010 2 60 Dwayne Collins[r]  United States PF Miami (FL)
2011 1 13 Markieff Morris  United States PF Kansas
2012 1 13 Kendall Marshall  United States PG North Carolina
2013 1 5 Alex Len  Ukraine C Maryland
2013 1 30 Nemanja Nedović  Serbia SG/PG Liteuvos Rytas (Lithuania)
2013 2 57 Alex Oriakhi  United States PF Missouri
2014 1 14 T. J. Warren  United States SF North Carolina State
2014 1 18 Tyler Ennis  Canada PG Syracuse
2014 1 27 Bogdan Bogdanović  Serbia SG Partizan Belgrade (Serbia)
2014 2 50 Alec Brown  United States C/PF Wisconsin–Green Bay
2015 1 13 Devin Booker  United States SG Kentucky
2015 2 44 Andrew Harrison[s]  United States PG Kentucky
2016 1 4 Dragan Bender  Croatia[t] PF/C Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)
2016 1 13 Georgios Papagiannis  Greece C Panathinaikos Athens (Greece)
2016 1 28 Skal Labissière  Haiti PF/C Kentucky
2016 2 34 Tyler Ulis  United States PG Kentucky
2017 1 4 Josh Jackson  United States SF Kansas
2017 2 32 Davon Reed  United States SG Miami (FL)
2017 2 54 Alec Peters  United States PF/SF Valparaiso
2018 1 1 Deandre Ayton  Bahamas C Arizona
2018 1 16 Zhaire Smith  United States SG Texas Tech
2018 2 31 Élie Okobo  France PG Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez (France)
2018 2 59 George King  United States SG Colorado
2019 1 6 Jarrett Culver  United States SG Texas Tech
2019 2 32 KZ Okpala  United States SF Stanford
2020 1 10 Jalen Smith  United States PF Maryland
2021 1 29 Day'Ron Sharpe  United States C North Carolina

Footnotes

  1. ^ Listed as Howie Dickerman in the 1968 draft.
  2. ^ Cook traded to Detroit for Kenny Battle (#27 overall pick) and Micheal Williams
  3. ^ Traded to Cleveland for Stefano Rusconi.
  4. ^ Traded to Chicago for Jackson Vroman, cash and a 2005 first round pick (Nate Robinson was later selected).
  5. ^ Luol Deng was born in the city of Wau, which at the time of the draft was a part of Sudan. Wau became a part of South Sudan when South Sudan decided to declare for independence in 2011.
  6. ^ Traded to New York with Quentin Richardson and future considerations for Kurt Thomas and the draft rights to Dijon Thompson.
  7. ^ With Brian Grant to Boston Celtics for a 2007 first round pick (Rudy Fernández was later selected).
  8. ^ With James Jones to Portland Trail Blazers for cash.
  9. ^ On June 28, 2006, Phoenix acquired Cleveland's 2007 first-round draft pick from Boston in exchange for Brian Grant, the draft rights to Rajon Rondo and cash considerations.[1] Previously, Boston acquired a 2007 first-round draft pick on February 24, 2005 from Cleveland in exchange for Jiří Welsch.[2] Phoenix used the 24th pick to draft Rudy Fernández.
  10. ^ Portland acquired James Jones and the draft rights to 24th pick Rudy Fernández from Phoenix in exchange for cash considerations. The trade was finalized on July 11, 2007.[3]
  11. ^ On August 19, 2005, Phoenix acquired 2006 and 2008 first-round draft picks and Boris Diaw from Atlanta in exchange for Joe Johnson.[4] Phoenix used the pick to draft Robin Lopez.
  12. ^ San Antonio acquired the draft rights to 48th pick Malik Hairston, a second-round draft pick in 2009, and cash considerations from Phoenix in exchange for the draft rights to 45th pick Goran Dragić.[5]
  13. ^ On September 17, 2002, Phoenix acquired a 2008 second-round draft pick from Cleveland in exchange for Milt Palacio.[6] Phoenix used the pick to draft Malik Hairston.
  14. ^ On July 20, 2007, Phoenix acquired Orlando's 2009 second-round draft pick from Oklahoma City (as Seattle) in exchange for 2008 and 2010 first-round draft picks and Kurt Thomas.[7] Previously, Oklahoma City (as Seattle) acquired a 2009 second-round draft pick on July 11, 2007 from Orlando in exchange for Rashard Lewis.[8] Phoenix used the 57th pick to draft Emir Preldžič.
  15. ^ Cleveland acquired the draft rights to 57th pick Emir Preldžič from Phoenix in exchange for cash considerations.[9]
  16. ^ Emir Preldžič was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also has Slovenian citizenship and originally competed internationally for Slovenia. However, as of 2014, he has also gained Turkish citizenship and has competed internationally for Turkey instead.[10]
  17. ^ On December 10, 2008, Phoenix acquired Jason Richardson, Jared Dudley and a 2010 second-round pick from Charlotte in exchange for Raja Bell, Boris Diaw and Sean Singletary.[11] The Suns used the 46th pick to draft Gani Lawal.
  18. ^ On June 25, 2009, Phoenix acquired Ben Wallace, Aleksandar Pavlović, a 2010 second-round pick and cash considerations from Cleveland in exchange for Shaquille O'Neal.[12] The Suns used the 60th pick to draft Dwayne Collins.
  19. ^ On June 26, 2015, Phoenix acquired Jon Leuer from the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for the draft rights of Andrew Harrison.
  20. ^ Dragan Bender was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but competes internationally for Croatia.

References

  1. ^ "Celtics Acquire draft Rights to Rajon Rondo and Brian Grant". NBA.com/Celtics. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. June 28, 2006. Retrieved May 2, 2009.
  2. ^ "Cavaliers Acquire Jiri Welsch from Celtics". NBA.com/Cavaliers. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. February 24, 2005. Retrieved May 2, 2009.
  3. ^ "Trail Blazers Acquire James Jones and draft Rights to Rudy Fernandez, Waive Steve Francis". NBA.com/Blazers. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. July 11, 2007. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
  4. ^ "Johnson Trade to Atlanta Completed". NBA.com/Suns. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. August 19, 2005. Retrieved March 29, 2009.
  5. ^ Schuhmann, John (June 26, 2008). "The Deals of the draft". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved March 29, 2009.
  6. ^ "Suns Trade Milt Palacio". NBA.com/Suns. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. September 17, 2002. Retrieved March 29, 2009.
  7. ^ "Suns Trade Kurt Thomas to Seattle". NBA.com/Suns. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. July 20, 2007. Retrieved April 18, 2009.
  8. ^ "Magic Acquire Rashard Lewis is a Sign-and-Trade Deal with Seattle". NBA.com/Magic. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. July 11, 2007. Retrieved April 18, 2009.
  9. ^ "Cavaliers Acquire the Rights to Emir Preldzic". NBA.com/Cavaliers. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. June 25, 2009. Retrieved June 27, 2009.
  10. ^ a b "NBA.com - draft 2009 Prospects - Emir Preldzic". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
  11. ^ Swiat, Stefan (December 10, 2008). "Suns Trade for Richardson, Dudley and 2010 Second-Round Pick". NBA.com/Suns. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved May 19, 2010.
  12. ^ "Suns Complete Trade With Cavs, Send Shaq to Cleveland". NBA.com/Suns. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. June 25, 2009. Retrieved May 19, 2010.
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