1972–73 rookie class

1972 NBA Draft

Every selection in order, with the drafting team, player affiliation and a direct path into each available Athlore career profile.

198selections

18rounds

17teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #1

Portland Trail Blazers

Larue Martin

Loyola-Chicago

Pick #2

Buffalo Braves

Bob McAdoo

North Carolina

Pick #3

Cleveland Cavaliers

Double D Davis

Houston

Pick #4

Phoenix Suns

Corky Calhoun

Pennsylvania

Pick #5

Philadelphia 76ers

Fred Boyd

Oregon State

Complete draft board

Every pick

Round one is open. Expand any later round to continue through the class.

Round 113 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
1	Larue Martin	Portland Trail Blazers	Loyola-Chicago	1
2	Bob McAdoo	Buffalo Braves	North Carolina	2
3	Double D Davis	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston	3
4	Corky Calhoun	Phoenix Suns	Pennsylvania	4
5	Fred Boyd	Philadelphia 76ers	Oregon State	5
6	Russell Lee	Milwaukee Bucks	Marshall	6
7	Isaac Stallworth	Seattle SuperSonics	Kansas	7
8	Tom Riker	New York Knicks	South Carolina	8
9	Bob Nash	Detroit Pistons	Hawaii	9
10	Paul Westphal	Boston Celtics	Southern California	10
11	Ralph Simpson	Chicago Bulls	Michigan State	11
12	Julius Erving	Milwaukee Bucks	Massachusetts	12
13	Travis Grant	Los Angeles Lakers	Kentucky State	13

Round 217 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
14	Bob Davis	Portland Trail Blazers	Weber State	1
15	Harold Fox	Buffalo Braves	Jacksonville	2
16	Jim Price	Los Angeles Lakers	Louisville	3
17	Chris Ford	Detroit Pistons	Villanova	4
18	Joby Wright	Seattle SuperSonics	Indiana	5
19	Sam Sibert	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Kentucky State	6
20	John Gianelli	Houston Rockets	Pacific	7
21	Steve Bracey	Atlanta Hawks	Tulsa	8
22	Paul Stovall	Los Angeles Lakers	Arizona State	9
23	Brian Taylor	Seattle SuperSonics	Princeton	10
24	Steve Hawes	Cleveland Cavaliers	Washington	11
25	Tommy Patterson	Baltimore Bullets	Ouachita Baptist	12
26	Dave Twardzik	Portland Trail Blazers	Old Dominion	13
27	Dennis Wuycik	Boston Celtics	North Carolina	14
28	Mike Ratliff	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	15
29	Chuck Terry	Milwaukee Bucks	Long Beach State	16
30	Ollie Johnson	Portland Trail Blazers	Temple	17

Round 317 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
31	Lloyd Neal	Portland Trail Blazers	Tennessee State	1
32	Bob Morse	Buffalo Braves	Pennsylvania	2
33	Scott English	Phoenix Suns	Texas-El Paso	3
34	Don Buse	Phoenix Suns	Evansville	4
35	Frank Russell	Chicago Bulls	Detroit Mercy	5
36	Charlie Tharpe	Philadelphia 76ers	Belhaven	6
37	Eric McWilliams	Houston Rockets	Long Beach State	7
38	Ron Riley	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Southern California	8
39	Kevin Porter	Baltimore Bullets	Saint Francis (PA)	9
40	Jim Creighton	Seattle SuperSonics	Colorado	10
41	Ansley Truitt	New York Knicks	California	11
42	Claude Terry	Phoenix Suns	Stanford	12
43	Bill Chamberlain	Golden State Warriors	North Carolina	13
44	Wayne Grabiec	Boston Celtics	Michigan	14
45	Chuck Jura	Chicago Bulls	Nebraska	15
46	George Adams	Milwaukee Bucks	Gardner-Webb	16
47	Gregg Northington	Los Angeles Lakers	Alabama State	17

Round 416 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
48	Gary Stewart	Portland Trail Blazers	Canisius	1
49	George Bryant	Buffalo Braves	Eastern Kentucky	2
50	Hank Siemiontkowski	Cleveland Cavaliers	Villanova	3
51	Ernie Fleming	Detroit Pistons	Jacksonville	4
52	Marshall Wingate	Philadelphia 76ers	Niagara	5
53	Frank Schade	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	6
54	Wilbert Robinson	Houston Rockets	West Virginia	7
55	Reggie Bird	Atlanta Hawks	Princeton	8
56	Al Saunders	Baltimore Bullets	Louisiana State	9
57	Joe Mackey	Seattle SuperSonics	Southern California	10
58	Henry Bibby	New York Knicks	California-Los Angeles	11
59	Matt Gantt	Phoenix Suns	St. Bonaventure	12
60	John Tshogl	Golden State Warriors	California-Santa Barbara	13
61	Nate Stephens	Boston Celtics	Long Beach State	14
62	Ted Martiniuk	Chicago Bulls	St. Peter's	15
63	Art White	Milwaukee Bucks	Georgetown	16

Round 517 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
64	Mike Reid	Portland Trail Blazers	California-Riverside	1
65	Arnie Berman	Buffalo Braves	Brown	2
66	Sam Cash	Cleveland Cavaliers	California-Riverside	3
67	Ernest Pettis	Detroit Pistons	Western Michigan	4
68	David Bustion	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Denver	5
69	Joe Bynes	Philadelphia 76ers	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	6
70	James Silas	Houston Rockets	Stephen F. Austin	7
71	Bob Lackey	Atlanta Hawks	Marquette	8
72	Walter Jones	Baltimore Bullets	Long Island-Brooklyn	9
73	Gary Ladd	Seattle SuperSonics	Seattle	10
74	Bob Ford	New York Knicks	Purdue	11
75	Wardell Dyson	Phoenix Suns	Shaw	12
76	Charles Dudley	Golden State Warriors	Washington	13
77	Bryan Adrian	Boston Celtics	Davidson	14
78	Rowland Garrett	Chicago Bulls	Florida State	15
79	Ron Harris	Milwaukee Bucks	Wichita State	16
80	Glen Summors	Los Angeles Lakers	Gannon	17

Round 617 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
81	Joe Gaines	Portland Trail Blazers	Belmont	1
82	Ed Czernota	Buffalo Braves	Sacred Heart	2
83	Tom Parker	Cleveland Cavaliers	Kentucky	3
84	Terry Benton	Detroit Pistons	Wichita State	4
85	John Glover	Philadelphia 76ers	Wiley	5
86	Jerry Crocker	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Guilford	6
87	Mike Collins	Houston Rockets	Seattle	7
88	Randy Noll	Atlanta Hawks	Marshall	8
89	Dwaine Dillard	Baltimore Bullets	Eastern Michigan	9
90	Ronald Thomas	Seattle SuperSonics	Louisville	10
91	Greg Cleuss	New York Knicks	St. John's (NY)	11
92	Charles Edge	Phoenix Suns	LeMoyne-Owen	12
93	Henry Bacon	Golden State Warriors	Louisville	13
94	Doug Holcomb	Boston Celtics	Memphis	14
95	Mike Stewart	Chicago Bulls	Santa Clara	15
96	Wally Wright	Boston Celtics	Pine Manor	16
97	Sam Simmons	Los Angeles Lakers	Bradley	17

Round 716 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
98	Bob Lynn	Portland Trail Blazers	Long Beach State	1
99	Greg Kohls	Buffalo Braves	Syracuse	2
100	Steve Davidson	Cleveland Cavaliers	West Texas A&M	3
101	Bruce Anderson	Detroit Pistons	Arizona	4
102	Mike Sneed	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Fayetteville State	5
103	Curtis Pritchett	Philadelphia 76ers	Saint Augustine's	6
104	Mike Jackson	Houston Rockets	Cal State-Los Angeles	7
105	Billy Pleas	Atlanta Hawks	Detroit Mercy	8
106	Marvin Brown	Baltimore Bullets	Jackson State	9
107	Jerry Dunn	Seattle SuperSonics	Western Kentucky	10
108	Tracy Tripucka	New York Knicks	Lafayette	11
109	Bernie Fryer	Phoenix Suns	Brigham Young	12
110	William Franklin	Golden State Warriors	Purdue	13
111	Stephen Previs	Boston Celtics	North Carolina	14
112	Jerry Pender	Chicago Bulls	Fresno State	15
113	Edward Davis	Milwaukee Bucks	Duquesne	16

Round 816 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
114	Ruben Vance	Portland Trail Blazers	Kent State	1
115	Andy Denny	Buffalo Braves	South Alabama	2
116	Roger Evans	Cleveland Cavaliers	Kent State	3
117	Ben Kelso	Detroit Pistons	Central Michigan	4
118	Jim Kopp	Philadelphia 76ers	Rockhurst	5
119	Jerry Clack	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Oklahoma	6
120	Henry Harris	Houston Rockets	Auburn	7
121	Oscar Evans	Atlanta Hawks	Butler	8
122	Jim Floyd	Baltimore Bullets	Shaw	9
123	Willy Stoudamire	Seattle SuperSonics	Portland State	10
124	Tom Corde	New York Knicks	Ohio	11
125	Russell Golden	Phoenix Suns	Jackson State	12
126	John Burks	Golden State Warriors	San Francisco	13
127	Sam McCarney	Boston Celtics	Oral Roberts	14
128	Cavin Anderson	Chicago Bulls	Valley City State	15
129	Charles Kirkland	Milwaukee Bucks	Cheyney	16

Round 914 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
130	Scott McCandlish	Portland Trail Blazers	Virginia	1
131	John Collins	Buffalo Braves	SUNY Brockport	2
132	Greg Starrick	Cleveland Cavaliers	Southern Illinois	3
133	Kessie Mangam	Detroit Pistons	Ferris State	4
134	Steve McMahon	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Merrimack	5
135	Rod Murray	Philadelphia 76ers	Cal State-Los Angeles	6
136	Larry Strozier	Atlanta Hawks	Morehouse	7
137	Ruppert Breedlove	Baltimore Bullets	Oglethorpe	8
138	Dwight Holliday	Seattle SuperSonics	Hawaii	9
139	Tom Sullivan	New York Knicks	Fordham	10
140	Bill Kennedy	Phoenix Suns	Arizona	11
141	Bill Duey	Golden State Warriors	California	12
142	Ralph Houston	Chicago Bulls	West Texas A&M	13
143	Jim Regenold	Milwaukee Bucks	Ball State	14

Round 1013 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
144	Kresimir Cosic	Portland Trail Blazers	Brigham Young	1
145	Kent Martens	Cleveland Cavaliers	Abilene Christian	2
146	Kent Hollenbeck	Detroit Pistons	Kentucky	3
147	Gary Watson	Philadelphia 76ers	Wisconsin	4
148	David Hall	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Kansas State	5
149	Jim Clesson	Atlanta Hawks	Tulsa	6
150	Will Loftin	Baltimore Bullets	Louisiana-Lafayette	7
151	Dan Stewart	Seattle SuperSonics	Washington State	8
152	Richie Garner	New York Knicks	Manhattan	9
153	Al Vilcheck	Phoenix Suns	Louisville	10
154	Marty Hunt	Boston Celtics	Kenyon	11
155	Chuck Taylor	Chicago Bulls	West Liberty	12
156	Jolly Spight	Milwaukee Bucks	Santa Clara	13

Round 1110 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
157	Jimmy Wilkins	Portland Trail Blazers	San Diego State	1
158	Jim Prokell	Buffalo Braves	Edinboro	2
159	Floyd Mathew	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Northern Arizona	3
160	Charles Allen	Atlanta Hawks	Texas Southern	4
161	Marvin Watkins	Baltimore Bullets	Jackson State	5
162	Steve Turner	Seattle SuperSonics	Vanderbilt	6
163	Chic Downing	New York Knicks	Benedictine (IL)	7
164	John Belcher	Phoenix Suns	Arkansas State	8
165	Mark Minor	Boston Celtics	Ohio State	9
166	Jackie Young	Chicago Bulls	Rocky Mountain	10

Round 128 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
167	Frank Dewitt	Buffalo Braves	Virginia	1
168	Len Baltimore	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	George Washington	2
169	James Green	Atlanta Hawks	Paine	3
170	Lloyd Adams	Baltimore Bullets	Rhode Island	4
171	Gregg Daust	Seattle SuperSonics	Missouri-St. Louis	5
172	Mark Soderberg	Phoenix Suns	Utah	6
173	Phil Stephens	Boston Celtics	South Carolina State	7
174	Al Cotler	Chicago Bulls	Pennsylvania	8

Round 136 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
175	Larry Morris	Portland Trail Blazers	Tulsa	1
176	Kim Huband	Buffalo Braves	North Carolina	2
177	Kent Scott	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Pittsburgh	3
178	Mike Krawzyk	Baltimore Bullets	Loyola-Maryland	4
179	Kelly Utley	Phoenix Suns	Shaw	5
180	Mike Barr	Chicago Bulls	Duquesne	6

Round 147 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
181	Paul Kelley	Portland Trail Blazers	Shaw	1
182	Greg Corson	Buffalo Braves	North Carolina	2
183	Bob Allen	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Missouri	3
184	Aubrey Nash	Baltimore Bullets	Kansas	4
185	Cleveland Hill	Seattle SuperSonics	Nicholls State	5
186	Ray Golson	Phoenix Suns	West Texas A&M	6
187	Andrew Pettes	Chicago Bulls	Oklahoma	7

Round 155 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
188	Rich Haubeggar	Portland Trail Blazers	Wake Forest	1
189	Paul Hoffman	Buffalo Braves	St. Bonaventure	2
190	Mike Jefferies	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Oklahoma State	3
191	Gary Handleman	Baltimore Bullets	Johns Hopkins	4
192	Greg Lowery	Chicago Bulls	Texas Tech	5

Round 164 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
193	Mose Adolph	Portland Trail Blazers	Cal State-Los Angeles	1
194	Norman Bounds	Buffalo Braves	SUNY Brockport	2
195	Mike Peterson	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Nebraska	3
196	Charles Hall	Chicago Bulls	Montana Western	4

Round 171 selection +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
197	John Thornton	Chicago Bulls	South Carolina State	1

Round 181 selection +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
198	Ron Manning	Chicago Bulls	Manhattan	1

Source: NBA.com Draft History. Draft-night trades can cause the team attached to a selection to differ from the player’s eventual rookie team.