   1970's
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1979 | 1978
| 1977 | 1976 | 1975
| 1974 | 1973 | 1972
| 1971 | 1970
| 1979 |
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| First Round |
Player |
College |
| 1. Los Angeles Lakers |
Earvin Johnson |
Michigan State |
| 2. Chicago Bulls |
David Greenwood |
UCLA |
| 3. New York Knicks |
Bill Cartwright |
San Francisco |
| 4. Detroit Pistons |
Greg Kelser |
Michigan State |
| 5. Milwaukee Bucks |
Sidney Moncrief |
Arkansas |
| 6. Seattle SuperSonics |
James Bailey |
Rutgers |
| 7. Seattle SuperSonics |
Vinnie Johnson |
Baylor |
| 8. New Jersey Nets |
Calvin Natt |
NE Louisiana |
| 9. New York Knicks |
Larry Demic |
Arizona |
| 10. Detroit Pistons |
Roy Hamilton |
UCLA |
| 11. New Jersey Nets |
Cliff Robinson |
USC |
| 12. Portland Trail Blazers |
Jim Paxson |
Dayton |
| 13. Indiana Pacers |
Dudley Bradley |
North Carolina |
| 14. Los Angeles Lakers |
Brad Holland |
UCLA |
| 15. Detroit Pistons |
Phil Hubbard |
Michigan |
| 16. Philadelphia 76ers |
Jim Spanarkel |
Duke |
| 17. Houston Rockets |
Lee Johnson |
East Texas State |
| 18. Kansas City Kings |
Reggie King |
Alabama |
| 19. San Antonio Spurs |
Wiley Peck |
Mississippi State |
| 20. Utah Jazz |
Larry Knight |
Loyola (Ill.) |
| 21. New York Knicks |
Sylvester Williams |
Rhode Island |
| 22. Phoenix Suns |
Kyle Macy |
Kentucky |
| 1978 |
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| First Round |
Player |
College |
| 1. Portland Trail Blazers |
Mychal Thompson |
Minnesota |
| 2. Kansas City Kings |
Phil Ford |
North Carolina |
| 3. Indiana Pacers |
Rick Robey |
Kentucky |
| 4. New York Knicks |
Michael Ray Richardson |
Montana |
| 5. Golden State Warriors |
Purvis Short |
Jackson State |
| 6. Boston Celtics |
Larry Bird |
Indiana State |
| 7. Portland Trail Blazers |
Ron Brewer |
Arkansas |
| 8. Boston Celtics |
Freeman Williams |
Portland State |
| 9. Chicago Bulls |
Reggie Theus |
Nevada-Las Vegas |
| 10. Atlanta Hawks |
Butch Lee |
Marquette |
| 11. New Orleans Jazz |
James Hardy |
San Francisco |
| 12. Milwaukee Bucks |
George Johnson |
St. John's |
| 13. New Jersey Nets |
Winford Boynes |
San Francisco |
| 14. Washington Bullets |
Roger Phegley |
Bradley |
| 15. Cleveland Cavaliers |
Mike Mitchell |
Auburn |
| 16. Atlanta Hawks |
Jack Givens |
Kentucky |
| 17. Denver Nuggets |
Rod Griffin |
Wake Forest |
| 18. Washington Bullets |
Dave Corzine |
DePaul |
| 19. Phoenix Suns |
Marty Byrnes |
Syracuse |
| 20. San Antonio Spurs |
Frank Sanders |
Southern |
| 21. Denver Nuggets |
Mike Evans |
Kansas State |
| 22. Golden State Warriors |
Ray Townsend |
UCLA |
| 1977 |
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| First Round |
Player |
College |
| 1. Milwaukee Bucks |
Kent Benson |
Indiana |
| 2. Kansas City Kings |
Otis Birdsong |
Houston |
| 3. Milwaukee Bucks |
Marques Johnson |
UCLA |
| 4. Washington Bullets |
Greg Ballard |
Oregon |
| 5. Phoenix Suns |
Walter Davis |
North Carolina |
| 6. Los Angeles Lakers |
Kenny Carr |
North Carolina State |
| 7. New York Nets |
Bernard King |
Tennessee |
| 8. Seattle SuperSonics |
Jack Sikma |
Illinois Wesleyan |
| 9. Denver Nuggets |
Tom LaGarde |
North Carolina |
| 10. New York Knicks |
Ray Williams |
Minnesota |
| 11. Milwaukee Bucks |
Ernie Grunfeld |
Tennessee |
| 12. Boston Celtics |
Cedric Maxwell |
North Carolina-Charlotte |
| 13. Chicago Bulls |
Tate Armstrong |
Duke |
| 14. Atlanta Hawks |
Tree Rollins |
Clemson |
| 15. Los Angeles Lakers |
Brad Davis |
Maryland |
| 16. Golden State Warriors |
Rickey Green |
Michigan |
| 17. Washington Bullets |
Bo Ellis |
Marquette |
| 18. Golden State Warriors |
Wesley Cox |
Louisville |
| 19. Portland Trail Blazers |
Rich Laurel |
Hofstra |
| 20. Philadelphia 76ers |
Glenn Mosley |
Seton Hall |
| 21. Denver Nuggets |
Anthony Roberts |
Oral Roberts |
| 22. Los Angeles Lakers |
Norm Nixon |
Duquesne |
| 1976 |
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| First Round |
Player |
College |
| 1. Houston Rockets |
John Lucas |
Maryland |
| 2. Chicago Bulls |
Scott May |
Indiana |
| 3. Kansas City Kings |
Richard Washington |
UCLA |
| 4. Detroit Pistons |
Leon Douglas |
Alabama |
| 5. Portland Trail Blazers |
Wally Walker |
Virginia |
| 6. Buffalo Braves |
Adrian Dantley |
Notre Dame |
| 7. Milwaukee Bucks |
Quinn Buckner |
Indiana |
| 8. Golden State Warriors |
Robert Parish |
Centenary |
| 9. Atlanta Hawks |
Armond Hill |
Princeton |
| 10. Phoenix Suns |
Ron Lee |
Oregon |
| 11. Seattle SuperSonics |
Bob Wilkerson |
Indiana |
| 12. Philadelphia 76ers |
Terry Furlow |
Michigan State |
| 13. Washington Bullets |
Mitch Kupchak |
North Carolina |
| 14. Washington Bullets |
Larry Wright |
Grambling |
| 15. Cleveland Cavaliers |
Chuckie Williams |
Kansas State |
| 16. Boston Celtics |
Norman Cook |
Kansas |
| 17. Golden State Warriors |
Sonny Parker |
Texas A&M |
| 1975 |
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| First Round |
Player |
College |
| 1. Atlanta Hawks |
David Thompson |
North Carolina State |
| 2. Los Angeles Lakers |
David Meyers |
UCLA |
| 3. Atlanta Hawks |
Marvin Webster |
Morgan State |
| 4. Phoenix Suns |
Alvan Adams |
Oklahoma |
| 5. Philadelphia 76ers |
Darryl Dawkins |
None |
| 6. Portland Trail Blazers |
Lionel Hollins |
Arizona State |
| 7. New Orleans Jazz |
Rich Kelley |
Stanford |
| 8. Los Angeles Lakers |
Junior Bridgeman |
Louisville |
| 9. New York Knicks |
Eugene Short |
Jackson State |
| 10. KC-Omaha Kings |
Bill Robinzine |
DePaul |
| 11. Houston Rockets |
Joe Meriweather |
Southern Illinois |
| 12. Seattle SuperSonics |
Frank Oleynick |
Seattle |
| 13. KC-Omaha Kings |
Bob Bigelow |
Penn |
| 14. Golden State Warriors |
Joe Bryant |
La Salle |
| 15. Cleveland Cavaliers |
John Lambert |
USC |
| 16. Phoenix Suns |
Ricky Sobers |
Nevada-Las Vegas |
| 17. Boston Celtics |
Tom Boswell |
South Carolina |
| 18. Washington Bullets |
Kevin Grevey |
Kentucky |
| 1974 |
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| First Round |
Player |
College |
| 1. Portland Trail Blazers |
Bill Walton |
UCLA |
| 2. Philadelphia 76ers |
Marvin Barnes |
Providence |
| 3. Seattle SuperSonics |
Tom Burleson |
North Carolina State |
| 4. Phoenix Suns |
John Shumate |
Notre Dame |
| 5. Houston Rockets |
Bobby Jones |
North Carolina |
| 6. KC-Omaha Kings |
Scott Wedman |
Colorado |
| 7. Atlanta Hawks |
Tom Henderson |
Hawaii |
| 8. Cleveland Cavaliers |
Campy Russell |
Michigan |
| 9. Buffalo Braves |
Tom McMillen |
Maryland |
| 10. Atlanta Hawks |
Mike Sojourner |
Utah |
| 11. Golden State Warriors |
Keith Wilkes |
UCLA |
| 12. Los Angeles Lakers |
Brian Winters |
South Carolina |
| 13. Washington Bullets |
Len Elmore |
Maryland |
| 14. Chicago Bulls |
Maurice Lucas |
Marquette |
| 15. Detroit Pistons |
Al Eberhard |
Missouri |
| 16. Chicago Bulls |
Cliff Pondexter |
Long Beach State |
| 17. Boston Celtics |
Glenn McDonald |
Long Beach State |
| 18. Milwaukee Bucks |
Gary Brokaw |
Notre Dame |
| 1973 |
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| First Round |
Player |
College |
| 1. Philadelphia 76ers |
Doug Collins |
Illinois State |
| 2. Cleveland Cavaliers |
Jim Brewer |
Minnesota |
| 3. Buffalo Braves |
Ernie DiGregorio |
Providence |
| 4. Seattle SuperSonics |
Mike Green |
Louisiana Tech |
| 5. Los Angeles Lakers |
Kermit Washington |
American |
| 6. Houston Rockets |
Ed Ratleff |
Long Beach State |
| 7. KC-Omaha Kings |
Ron Behagen |
MInnesota |
| 8. Phoenix Suns |
Mike Bantom |
St. Joseph's |
| 9. Atlanta Hawks |
Dwight Jones |
Houston |
| 10. Atlanta Hawks |
John Brown |
Missouri |
| 11. Golden State Warriors |
Kevin Joyce |
South Carolina |
| 12. Chicago Bulls |
Kevin Kunnert |
Iowa |
| 13. Capital Bullets |
Nick Weatherspoon |
Illinois |
| 14. New York Knicks |
Mel Davis |
St. John's |
| 15. Portland Trail Blazers |
Barry Parkhill |
Virginia |
| 16. Milwaukee Bucks |
Swen Nater |
UCLA |
| 17. Boston Celtics |
Steve Downing |
Indiana |
| 18. Philadelphia 76ers |
Raymond Lewis |
Cal State-Los Angeles |
| 1972 |
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| First Round |
Player |
College |
| 1. Portland Trail Blazers |
LaRue Martin |
Loyola (Ill.) |
| 2. Buffalo Braves |
Bob McAdoo |
North Carolina |
| 3. Cleveland Cavaliers |
Dwight Davis |
Houston |
| 4. Phoenix Suns |
Corky Calhoun |
Penn |
| 5. Philadelphia 76ers |
Fred Boyd |
Oregon State |
| 6. Milwaukee Bucks |
Russell Lee |
Marshall |
| 7. Seattle SuperSonics |
Bud Stallworth |
Kansas |
| 8. New York Knicks |
Tom Riker |
South Carolina |
| 9. Detroit Pistons |
Bob Nash |
Hawaii |
| 10. Boston Celtics |
Paul Westphal |
USC |
| 11. Chicago Bulls |
Ralph Simpson |
Michigan State |
| 12. Milwaukee Bucks |
Julius Erving |
Massachusetts |
| 13. Los Angeles Lakers |
Travis Grant |
Kentucky State |
| 1971 |
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| First Round |
Player |
College |
| 1. Cleveland Cavaliers |
Austin Carr |
Notre Dame |
| 2. Portland Trail Blazers |
Sidney Wicks |
UCLA |
| 3. Buffalo Braves |
Elmore Smith |
Kentucky State |
| 4. Cincinnati Royals |
Ken Durrett |
La Salle |
| 5. Atlanta Hawks |
George Trapp |
Long Beach State |
| 6. Seattle SuperSonics |
Fred Brown |
Iowa |
| 7. San Diego Rockets |
Cliff Meely |
Colorado |
| 8. San Francisco Warriors |
Darnell Hillman |
San Jose State |
| 9. Baltimore Bullets |
Stan Love |
Oregon |
| 10. Boston Celtics |
Clarence Glover |
Western Kentucky |
| 11. Detroit Pistons |
Curtis Rowe |
UCLA |
| 12. Philadelphia 76ers |
Dana Lewis |
Tulsa |
| 13. Los Angeles Lakers |
Jim Cleamons |
Ohio State |
| 14. Phoenix Suns |
John Roche |
South Carolina |
| 15. Chicago Bulls |
Kennedy McIntosh |
Eastern Michigan |
| 16. New York Knicks |
Dean Meminger |
Marquette |
| 17. Milwaukee Bucks |
Collis Jones |
Notre Dame |
| 1970 |
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| First Round |
Player |
College |
| 1. Detroit Pistons |
Bob Lanier |
St. Bonaventure |
| 2. San Diego Rockets |
Rudy Tomjanovich |
Michigan |
| 3. Atlanta Hawks |
Pete Maravich |
Louisiana State |
| 4. Boston Celtics |
Dave Cowens |
Florida State |
| 5. Cincinnati Royals |
Sam Lacey |
New Mexico State |
| 6. Seattle SuperSonics |
Jim Ard |
Cincinnati |
| 7. Cleveland Cavaliers |
John Johnson |
Iowa |
| 8. Portland Trail Blazers |
Geoff Petrie |
Princeton |
| 9. Baltimore Bullets |
George Johnson |
Stephen F. Austin |
| 10. Phoenix Suns |
Greg Howard |
New Mexico |
| 11. Chicago Bulls |
Jimmy Collins |
New Mexico State |
| 12. Philadelphia 76ers |
Al Henry |
Wisconsin |
| 13. Los Angeles Lakers |
Jim McMillian |
Columbia |
| 14. Atlanta Hawks |
John Vallely |
UCLA |
| 15. Buffalo Braves |
John Hummer |
Princeton |
| 16. Milwaukee Bucks |
Gary Freeman |
Oregon State |
| 17. New York Knicks |
Mike Price |
Illinois |
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