1981NBA Draft - 9 June1981 See also: 1980 in sports, 1982 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto Racing Stock car racing: NASCAR Championship - Darrell Waltrip Richard Petty won the Daytona 500 CART Racing - Rick Mears won the season championship Indianapolis 500 - Bobby Unser Formula One Champion - Brazil 24 hours of Le... The National Basketball Associations Draft is an annual event in which the 30 NBA Teams can select young players who wish to join the league. ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
See also: List of NBA Drafts, NBA Draft 1980 NBA Draft - 10 June 1980 See also: List of NBA Drafts, NBA Draft Categories: NBA Draft ... NBA logo, depicting former star Jerry West The National Basketball Association, more popularly known as simply the NBA, is the worlds premier mens professional basketball league and one of the major professional sports leagues of North America. ... The National Basketball Associations Draft is an annual event in which the 30 NBA Teams can select young players who wish to join the league. ... This is a list of NBA drafts. ... The National Basketball Associations Draft is an annual event in which the 30 NBA Teams can select young players who wish to join the league. ...
The Lakers won a coin flip with Chicago for the first selection in the 1979 NBADraft.
The third-leading rebounder and fifth-leading scorer in NBA history, he was honored in 1996-97 as a member of the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team.
At the age of 19, when he was a lean and lanky 6-10 man-child, Malone had no trouble making the jump from Petersburg (Va.) High School to the Utah Stars of the ABA.