1973–74 rookie class

1973 NBA Draft

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

211selections

20rounds

17teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #1

Philadelphia 76ers

Doug Collins

Illinois State

Pick #2

Cleveland Cavaliers

Jim Brewer

Minnesota

Pick #3

Buffalo Braves

Ernie DiGregorio

Providence

Pick #4

Seattle SuperSonics

Mike Green

Louisiana Tech

Pick #5

Los Angeles Lakers

Kermit Washington

American

Complete draft board

Every pick

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

Round 118 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
1	Doug Collins	Philadelphia 76ers	Illinois State	1
2	Jim Brewer	Cleveland Cavaliers	Minnesota	2
3	Ernie DiGregorio	Buffalo Braves	Providence	3
4	Mike Green	Seattle SuperSonics	Louisiana Tech	4
5	Kermit Washington	Los Angeles Lakers	American	5
6	Ed Ratleff	Houston Rockets	Long Beach State	6
7	Ron Behagen	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Minnesota	7
8	Mike Bantom	Phoenix Suns	Saint Joseph's	8
9	Dwight Jones	Atlanta Hawks	Houston	9
10	John Brown	Atlanta Hawks	Missouri	10
11	Kevin Joyce	Golden State Warriors	South Carolina	11
12	Kevin Kunnert	Chicago Bulls	Iowa	12
13	Nick Weatherspoon	Capital Bullets	Illinois	13
14	Mel Davis	New York Knicks	St. John's (NY)	14
15	Barry Parkhill	Portland Trail Blazers	Virginia	15
16	Swen Nater	Milwaukee Bucks	California-Los Angeles	16
17	Steve Downing	Boston Celtics	Indiana	17
18	Raymond Lewis	Philadelphia 76ers	Cal State-Los Angeles	18

Round 217 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
19	Louie Nelson	Capital Bullets	Washington	1
20	Mike D'Antoni	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Marshall	2
21	Allan Bristow	Philadelphia 76ers	Virginia Tech	3
22	George McGinnis	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana	4
23	Billy Schaeffer	Los Angeles Lakers	St. John's (NY)	5
24	Kevin Stacom	Chicago Bulls	Providence	6
25	Larry McNeill	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Marquette	7
26	Allan Hornyak	Cleveland Cavaliers	Ohio State	8
27	Tom Ingelsby	Atlanta Hawks	Villanova	9
28	Patrick McFarland	New York Knicks	Saint Joseph's	10
29	Derrek Dickey	Golden State Warriors	Cincinnati	11
30	Wendell Hudson	Chicago Bulls	Alabama	12
31	Jim Chones	Los Angeles Lakers	Marquette	13
32	Caldwell Jones	Philadelphia 76ers	Albany State (GA)	14
33	Gary Melchionni	Phoenix Suns	Duke	15
34	John Perry	Los Angeles Lakers	Texas-Pan American	16
35	Phil Hankinson	Boston Celtics	Pennsylvania	17

Round 317 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
36	Ted Manakas	Atlanta Hawks	Princeton	1
37	Jim O'Brien	Cleveland Cavaliers	Maryland	2
38	Ken Charles	Buffalo Braves	Fordham	3
39	Martin Terry	Chicago Bulls	Arkansas	4
40	Ozzie Edwards	Cleveland Cavaliers	Oklahoma City	5
41	James Lister	Cleveland Cavaliers	Sam Houston State	6
42	Joe Reaves	Phoenix Suns	Bethel (TN)	7
43	Steve Mitchell	Phoenix Suns	Kansas State	8
44	Bo Lamar	Detroit Pistons	Louisiana-Lafayette	9
45	Leonard Gray	Atlanta Hawks	Long Beach State	10
46	Jim Retseck	Golden State Warriors	Auburn	11
47	Steve Newsome	Chicago Bulls	Houston	12
48	Tom Kozelko	Capital Bullets	Toledo	13
49	Allie McGuire	New York Knicks	Marquette	14
50	Larry Kenon	Detroit Pistons	Memphis	15
51	E.C. Coleman	Houston Rockets	Houston Baptist	16
52	Martinez Denmon	Boston Celtics	Iowa State	17

Round 417 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
53	Darrel Minniefield	Philadelphia 76ers	New Mexico	1
54	Doug Little	Buffalo Braves	Oregon	2
55	William Averitt	Portland Trail Blazers	Pepperdine	3
56	June Harris	Seattle SuperSonics	North Carolina A&T	4
57	Luke Witte	Cleveland Cavaliers	Ohio State	5
58	Lee Colburn	Houston Rockets	South Dakota State	6
59	Clyde Turner	Milwaukee Bucks	Minnesota	7
60	Ronnie Robinson	Phoenix Suns	Memphis	8
61	Ken Brady	Detroit Pistons	Michigan	9
62	James Brown	Atlanta Hawks	Harvard	10
63	Ron King	Golden State Warriors	Florida State	11
64	Mark Sibley	Chicago Bulls	Northwestern	12
65	Aaron Stewart	Capital Bullets	Richmond	13
66	George Karl	New York Knicks	North Carolina	14
67	Harry Rogers	Milwaukee Bucks	Saint Louis	15
68	Larry Finch	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis	16
69	Richie Fuqua	Boston Celtics	Oral Roberts	17

Round 517 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
70	Reggie Royals	Philadelphia 76ers	Florida State	1
71	Fran Costello	Portland Trail Blazers	Providence	2
72	Randy Noll	Buffalo Braves	Marshall	3
73	Chuck Iverson	Seattle SuperSonics	South Dakota	4
74	John Coughran	Cleveland Cavaliers	California	5
75	Gary Rhoades	Houston Rockets	Colorado State	6
76	M.L. Carr	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Guilford	7
77	Clinton Harris	Phoenix Suns	Iowa State	8
78	Henry Wilmore	Detroit Pistons	Michigan	9
79	Dave Winfield	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota	10
80	Nate Stephens	Golden State Warriors	Long Beach State	11
81	Ray Simpson	Chicago Bulls	Furman	12
82	Danny Traylor	Capital Bullets	South Carolina	13
83	Dennis Bell	New York Knicks	Drake	14
84	Kresimir Cosic	Los Angeles Lakers	Brigham Young	15
85	Larry Jackson	Milwaukee Bucks	Northern Illinois	16
86	Byron Jones	Boston Celtics	San Francisco	17

Round 617 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
87	Sterling Wright	Philadelphia 76ers	Lincoln (MO)	1
88	Mike Macaluso	Buffalo Braves	Canisius	2
89	Neal Jurgensen	Portland Trail Blazers	Oregon State	3
90	Bill McCoy	Seattle SuperSonics	Northern Iowa	4
91	Willie Calvert	Cleveland Cavaliers	Abilene Christian	5
92	Tom Peck	Houston Rockets	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	6
93	Mike Quick	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	San Francisco	7
94	Gene Doyle	Phoenix Suns	Holy Cross	8
95	Dennis Johnson	Detroit Pistons	Ferris State	9
96	John Williamson	Atlanta Hawks	New Mexico State	10
97	Bob Lauriski	Golden State Warriors	Utah State	11
98	Johnny Neumann	Chicago Bulls	Mississippi	12
99	Mike Allocco	Capital Bullets	Stonehill	13
100	Lawrence Lilly	New York Knicks	Alabama State	14
101	James Floyd	Milwaukee Bucks	Shaw	15
102	David Brent	Los Angeles Lakers	Jacksonville	16
103	Joe Cafferky	Boston Celtics	North Carolina State	17

Round 717 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
104	James Greene	Philadelphia 76ers	Kentucky Wesleyan	1
105	Larry Hollyfield	Portland Trail Blazers	California-Los Angeles	2
106	Tim Bassett	Buffalo Braves	Georgia	3
107	Jim Andrews	Seattle SuperSonics	Kentucky	4
108	Larry Farmer	Cleveland Cavaliers	California-Los Angeles	5
109	Fred DeVaughn	Houston Rockets	Westmont	6
110	Mike Jeffries	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Missouri	7
111	Jerry Bisbano	Phoenix Suns	Louisiana-Lafayette	8
112	Fred Smiley	Detroit Pistons	Northwood (MI)	9
113	Pete Harris	Atlanta Hawks	Stephen F. Austin	10
114	Steve Smith	Golden State Warriors	Loyola-Marymount	11
115	Billy Harris	Chicago Bulls	Northern Illinois	12
116	Rod Hogue	Capital Bullets	Georgia	13
117	Mike Moore	New York Knicks	Manhattan	14
118	Nate Hawthorne	Los Angeles Lakers	Southern Illinois	15
119	Eddie Childress	Milwaukee Bucks	Austin Peay	16
120	Mike Stewart	Boston Celtics	Santa Clara	17

Round 817 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
121	Dave Langston	Philadelphia 76ers	Drake	1
122	Carl Jackson	Buffalo Braves	St. Bonaventure	2
123	Lendell Resson	Portland Trail Blazers	Eastern Michigan	3
124	Wardell Jeffries	Seattle SuperSonics	Oklahoma Baptist	4
125	John Ritter	Cleveland Cavaliers	Indiana	5
126	John Thomas	Houston Rockets	Missouri Southern State	6
127	Mike Williams	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Kentucky Wesleyan	7
128	Jim Owens	Phoenix Suns	Arizona State	8
129	Ben Kelso	Detroit Pistons	Central Michigan	9
130	Tim Dominey	Atlanta Hawks	Valdosta State	10
131	Jeff Dawson	Golden State Warriors	Illinois	11
132	J. G. Brosterhos	Chicago Bulls	Texas	12
133	Mark Jellison	Capital Bullets	Northeastern	13
134	Steve Rowell	New York Knicks	Rhode Island	14
135	Walt McGrary	Milwaukee Bucks	Tennessee-Chattanooga	15
136	Roy McPipe	Los Angeles Lakers	Montana State	16
137	Robert White	Boston Celtics	Sam Houston State	17

Round 914 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
138	Harvey Catchings	Philadelphia 76ers	Hardin-Simmons	1
139	Mike Contreras	Portland Trail Blazers	Arizona State	2
140	Bob Fullerton	Buffalo Braves	Xavier	3
141	Greg Williams	Seattle SuperSonics	Seattle	4
142	Les Taylor	Cleveland Cavaliers	Murray State	5
143	James Brown	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Dartmouth	6
144	Sandy Smith	Phoenix Suns	Winston-Salem State	7
145	Bill Kelgore	Detroit Pistons	Michigan State	8
146	Everett Fopma	Golden State Warriors	Idaho State	9
147	Rubin Montanez	Chicago Bulls	Duquesne	10
148	Mike Boylan	Capital Bullets	Assumption	11
149	Joe Wise	New York Knicks	Bridgewater State	12
150	Bob Vacca	Milwaukee Bucks	Quinnipiac	13
151	Corky Taylor	Boston Celtics	Minnesota	14

Round 1014 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
152	Abe Steward	Philadelphia 76ers	Jacksonville	1
153	Nick Connor	Buffalo Braves	Illinois	2
154	Sam Whitehead	Portland Trail Blazers	Oregon State	3
155	Bob Bodell	Seattle SuperSonics	Maryland	4
156	Dean Martin	Cleveland Cavaliers	Baldwin Wallace	5
157	Ernie Kusyner	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Kansas State	6
158	Claude White	Phoenix Suns	Elmhurst	7
159	Bob Solomon	Detroit Pistons	Wayne State (MI)	8
160	Fred Lavoroni	Golden State Warriors	Santa Clara	9
161	Russ Hunt	Chicago Bulls	Furman	10
162	Dick Kelly	Capital Bullets	Bay College	11
163	Ed Fields	New York Knicks	Long Island Post	12
164	Ron Battle	Milwaukee Bucks	Sam Houston State	13
165	Steve Turner	Boston Celtics	Vanderbilt	14

Round 119 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
166	Rod Freeman	Philadelphia 76ers	Vanderbilt	1
167	Ed Payne	Portland Trail Blazers	Wake Forest	2
168	Mike Lee	Buffalo Braves	Syracuse	3
169	Floyd Lewis	Cleveland Cavaliers	Harvard	4
170	Lynn Greer	Phoenix Suns	Virginia State	5
171	Len Paul	Detroit Pistons	Akron	6
172	Dale Adams	Capital Bullets	St. Mary's (MD)	7
173	Charles Edge	New York Knicks	LeMoyne-Owen	8
174	Ed Hastings	Boston Celtics	Villanova	9

Round 128 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
175	Connie Warren	Philadelphia 76ers	Xavier	1
176	Aaron Covington	Buffalo Braves	Canisius	2
177	Rick Holdt	Portland Trail Blazers	North Carolina State	3
178	Chris McMurray	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Diego State	4
179	Lyman Williamson	Phoenix Suns	Samford	5
180	Clarence Carlisle	Detroit Pistons	Ferris State	6
181	Mike Battle	Capital Bullets	George Washington	7
182	Bruce Winkler	Boston Celtics	Santa Clara	8

Round 136 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
183	Jim Crawford	Philadelphia 76ers	La Salle	1
184	Bob Vartanian	Buffalo Braves	Buffalo	2
185	John Pennebacker	Cleveland Cavaliers	Hawaii	3
186	Kalevi Sarkalahti	Phoenix Suns	Brigham Young	4
187	Chester Davis	Capital Bullets	Morgan State	5
188	Scott Koelzer	Boston Celtics	Montana State	6

Round 145 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
189	Ernie Johnson	Philadelphia 76ers	Michigan	1
190	Ron Gilliam	Buffalo Braves	SUNY Brockport	2
191	Charles Mitchell	Cleveland Cavaliers	Eastern Kentucky	3
192	Howard White	Capital Bullets	Maryland	4
193	Rick Williams	Boston Celtics	Iowa	5

Round 155 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
194	Lionel Harris	Philadelphia 76ers	Cincinnati	1
195	John Fraley	Buffalo Braves	Georgia	2
196	Reese Stovall	Cleveland Cavaliers	Texas-Pan American	3
197	W. Shorty Simmons	Capital Bullets	St. Mary's (MD)	4
198	James Gilchrist	Boston Celtics	Florida Southern	5

Round 164 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
199	Larry Robinson	Philadelphia 76ers	Tennessee	1
200	John Green	Buffalo Braves	Oregon	2
201	Tom O'Connor	Cleveland Cavaliers	Iowa State	3
202	Sam Barber	Boston Celtics	Bethune-Cookman	4

Round 174 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
203	Tony Prince	Philadelphia 76ers	St. John's (NY)	1
204	Jim Garvin	Buffalo Braves	Boston University	2
205	Phil Elderkin	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston University	3
206	Lamont King	Boston Celtics	Long Beach State	4

Round 182 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
207	Don Johnston	Buffalo Braves	North Carolina	1
208	Peter Gavitt	Boston Celtics	Maine	2

Round 192 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
209	Ron Thornson	Buffalo Braves	British Columbia (CAN)	1
210	Tom Austin	Boston Celtics	Massachusetts	2

Round 201 selection +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
211	Phil Tollestrop	Buffalo Braves	Brigham Young	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.