The 1983 NBA Draft took place on June 28, 1983 in New York City. A total of 226 players were selected over 10 rounds by the league's 23 teams. At least four players from the 1983 draft now serve as coaches. Two serve at major-college programs—Sidney Lowe at North Carolina State and Craig Robinson (who never played in the NBA) at Oregon State—and two in the NBA—Doc Rivers for the Boston Celtics, and Byron Scott for the New Orleans Hornets. While Scott won the Coach of the Year award in 2008, Rivers won an NBA Championship with the Celtics on that same year (it could be also noted that Rivers won that award prior to Scott, in 2000, while he was still coaching the Orlando Magic). Robinson, who led the Beavers to the 2009 College Basketball Invitational title, has an additional claim to fame as the older brother of current First Lady Michelle Obama.
Names in bold had been selected into All-NBA Team. Names with asterisk had been inducted into Hall of Fame.
Round one
* compensation for draft choices traded away by Ted Stepien
Notable post-first round picks