The 1986 NBA draft was held on June 17, 1986.
Brad Daugherty was selected 1st overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Chuck Person was selected 4th overall by the Indiana Pacers.
Roy Tarpley was selected 7th overall by the Dallas Mavericks.
Ron Harper was selected 8th overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Leonard Kevin Bias was an American college basketball player for the Maryland Terrapins. In the last of his four years playing for Maryland, he was named a consensus first-team All-American. Two days after being selected by the Boston Celtics with the second overall pick in the 1986 NBA draft, Bias died from cardiac arrhythmia induced by a cocaine overdose. In 2021, Bias was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame.
Bias after being selected in the 1986 NBA draft