1974–75 rookie class

1974 NBA Draft

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

178selections

10rounds

18teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #1

Portland Trail Blazers

Bill Walton

California-Los Angeles

Pick #2

Philadelphia 76ers

Marvin Barnes

Providence

Pick #3

Seattle SuperSonics

Tom Burleson

North Carolina State

Pick #4

Phoenix Suns

John Shumate

Notre Dame

Pick #5

Houston Rockets

Bobby Jones

North Carolina

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	Bill Walton	Portland Trail Blazers	California-Los Angeles	1
2	Marvin Barnes	Philadelphia 76ers	Providence	2
3	Tom Burleson	Seattle SuperSonics	North Carolina State	3
4	John Shumate	Phoenix Suns	Notre Dame	4
5	Bobby Jones	Houston Rockets	North Carolina	5
6	Scott Wedman	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Colorado	6
7	Tom Henderson	Atlanta Hawks	Hawaii	7
8	Campy Russell	Cleveland Cavaliers	Michigan	8
9	Tom McMillen	Buffalo Braves	Maryland	9
10	Mike Sojourner	Atlanta Hawks	Utah	10
11	Jamaal Wilkes	Golden State Warriors	California-Los Angeles	11
12	Brian Winters	Los Angeles Lakers	South Carolina	12
13	Len Elmore	Washington Bullets	Maryland	13
14	Maurice Lucas	Chicago Bulls	Marquette	14
15	Al Eberhard	Detroit Pistons	Missouri	15
16	Cliff Pondexter	Chicago Bulls	Long Beach State	16
17	Glenn McDonald	Boston Celtics	Long Beach State	17
18	Gary Brokaw	Milwaukee Bucks	Notre Dame	18

Round 218 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
19	Don Smith	Philadelphia 76ers	Dayton	1
20	Jan Van Breda Kolff	Portland Trail Blazers	Vanderbilt	2
21	Billy Knight	Los Angeles Lakers	Pittsburgh	3
22	Truck Robinson	Washington Bullets	Tennessee State	4
23	Gus Bailey	Houston Rockets	Texas-El Paso	5
24	Len Kosmalski	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Tennessee	6
25	John Drew	Atlanta Hawks	Gardner-Webb	7
26	Leonard Gray	Seattle SuperSonics	Long Beach State	8
27	Leon Benbow	Chicago Bulls	Jacksonville	9
28	Aaron James	New Orleans Jazz	Grambling	10
29	Phil Smith	Golden State Warriors	San Francisco	11
30	Dennis DuVal	Washington Bullets	Syracuse	12
31	Fred Saunders	Phoenix Suns	Syracuse	13
32	Jesse Dark	New York Knicks	Virginia Commonwealth	14
33	Eric Money	Detroit Pistons	Arizona	15
34	Phil Lumpkin	Portland Trail Blazers	Miami (OH)	16
35	Kevin Stacom	Boston Celtics	Providence	17
36	Rubin Collins	Portland Trail Blazers	Maryland-Eastern Shore	18

Round 318 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
37	Connie Norman	Philadelphia 76ers	Arizona	1
38	Foots Walker	Cleveland Cavaliers	West Georgia	2
39	Kevin Restani	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Francisco	3
40	George Gervin	Phoenix Suns	Eastern Michigan	4
41	Robert Wilson	Houston Rockets	Iowa State	5
42	Harvey Catchings	Philadelphia 76ers	Hardin-Simmons	6
43	Darrell Elston	Atlanta Hawks	North Carolina	7
44	Talvin Skinner	Seattle SuperSonics	Maryland-Eastern Shore	8
45	Kim Hughes	Buffalo Braves	Wisconsin	9
46	Bruce King	New Orleans Jazz	Texas-Pan American	10
47	Frank Kendrick	Golden State Warriors	Purdue	11
48	Jim Bradley	Los Angeles Lakers	Northern Illinois	12
49	Earl Williams	Phoenix Suns	Winston-Salem State	13
50	Rudy Jackson	New York Knicks	Hutchinson Community College	14
51	Roland Grant	Detroit Pistons	New Mexico State	15
52	Bobby Wilson	Chicago Bulls	Wichita State	16
53	Roscoe Pondexter	Boston Celtics	Long Beach State	17
54	Greg McDougald	Milwaukee Bucks	Oral Roberts	18

Round 418 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
55	Butch Taylor	Philadelphia 76ers	Jacksonville	1
56	Mickey Johnson	Portland Trail Blazers	Aurora	2
57	James Foster	Cleveland Cavaliers	Connecticut	3
58	Randy Allen	Phoenix Suns	Indiana (PA)	4
59	Larry Robinson	Houston Rockets	Texas	5
60	Lloyd Batts	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Cincinnati	6
61	Ed Palubinskas	Atlanta Hawks	Louisiana State	7
62	William Gordon	Seattle SuperSonics	Maryland-Eastern Shore	8
63	Bernie Harris	Buffalo Braves	Virginia Commonwealth	9
64	Ray Price	New Orleans Jazz	Washington	10
65	Willie Biles	Golden State Warriors	Tulsa	11
66	Stan Washington	Washington Bullets	San Diego	12
67	Ron de Vries	Los Angeles Lakers	Illinois State	13
68	Roy Ebron	New York Knicks	Louisiana-Lafayette	14
69	Mickey Martin	Detroit Pistons	Pittsburgh	15
70	Jim Forbes	Chicago Bulls	Texas-El Paso	16
71	Lerman Battle	Boston Celtics	Fairmont State	17
72	Lionel Billingy	Milwaukee Bucks	Duquesne	18

Round 518 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
73	Gary Crowthers	Philadelphia 76ers	Hardin-Simmons	1
74	Bernard Hardin	Portland Trail Blazers	New Mexico	2
75	Gary Novak	Cleveland Cavaliers	Notre Dame	3
76	Ralph Bobik	Phoenix Suns	Creighton	4
77	Owen Wells	Houston Rockets	Detroit Mercy	5
78	Terry Compton	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Vanderbilt	6
79	Tyrone Medley	Atlanta Hawks	Utah	7
80	Dean Tolson	Seattle SuperSonics	Arkansas	8
81	Tony Byers	Buffalo Braves	Wake Forest	9
82	Ed Searcy	New Orleans Jazz	St. John's (NY)	10
83	Steve Erickson	Golden State Warriors	Oregon	11
84	Seymour Reed	Los Angeles Lakers	Bradley	12
85	Gary Anderson	Washington Bullets	Washington	13
86	Greg Jackson	New York Knicks	Guilford	14
87	Joe Newman	Detroit Pistons	Temple	15
88	Randy Knowles	Chicago Bulls	Texas A&M	16
89	Ben Clyde	Boston Celtics	Florida State	17
90	John Johnson	Milwaukee Bucks	Denver	18

Round 618 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
91	Mark Westra	Philadelphia 76ers	Southern California	1
92	Daniel Anderson	Portland Trail Blazers	Southern California	2
93	Aron Stewart	Cleveland Cavaliers	Richmond	3
94	Collis Temple	Phoenix Suns	Louisiana State	4
95	Lawrence Johnson	Houston Rockets	Prairie View A&M	5
96	Ron Kennedy	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Arizona	6
97	Sam Hervey	Atlanta Hawks	Southern Methodist	7
98	Wardell Jackson	Seattle SuperSonics	Ohio State	8
99	Gary Link	Buffalo Braves	Missouri	9
100	Lawrence McCray	New Orleans Jazz	Florida State	10
101	John Errecart	Golden State Warriors	Pacific	11
102	Roy McPipe	Washington Bullets	Montana State	12
103	Billy Morris	Los Angeles Lakers	Saint Louis	13
104	Terry Mikan	New York Knicks	St. Thomas (FL)	14
105	Mike Sylvester	Detroit Pistons	Dayton	15
106	Robert Rosier	Chicago Bulls	St. Thomas (FL)	16
107	Gene Harmon	Boston Celtics	Creighton	17
108	Larry Williams	Milwaukee Bucks	Kansas State	18

Round 718 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
109	Dave Stoczynski	Philadelphia 76ers	Gannon	1
110	Doug Richards	Portland Trail Blazers	Brigham Young	2
111	Mike Robinson	Cleveland Cavaliers	Michigan State	3
112	Clyde Dickey	Phoenix Suns	Boise State	4
113	Kevin Fitzgerald	Houston Rockets	Oklahoma	5
114	Mark Browne	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Missouri	6
115	Greg Lee	Atlanta Hawks	California-Los Angeles	7
116	Jerry Faulkner	Seattle SuperSonics	West Georgia	8
117	Tommy Curtis	Buffalo Braves	California-Los Angeles	9
118	Joel Copeland	New Orleans Jazz	Old Dominion	10
119	Brady Allen	Golden State Warriors	California	11
120	Dennis Van Zant	Los Angeles Lakers	Azusa Pacific	12
121	Tom Turner	Washington Bullets	West Georgia	13
122	Billy Smith	New York Knicks	Mercer	14
123	Sammy High	Detroit Pistons	Tulsa	15
124	Geoff Roberts	Chicago Bulls	Missouri	16
125	Ron Brown	Boston Celtics	Penn State	17
126	Bob Hornstein	Milwaukee Bucks	West Virginia	18

Round 818 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
127	Jimmy Powell	Philadelphia 76ers	Middle Tennessee State	1
128	Eldridge Broussard	Portland Trail Blazers	Pacific (OR)	2
129	Kerry Hughes	Cleveland Cavaliers	Wisconsin	3
130	Tom Holland	Phoenix Suns	Oklahoma	4
131	Steve Brooks	Houston Rockets	Arkansas State	5
132	Richie O'Connor	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Fairfield	6
133	Bill Butler	Atlanta Hawks	Louisville	7
134	Leonard Coulter	Seattle SuperSonics	Morehead State	8
135	Glenn Price	Buffalo Braves	St. Bonaventure	9
136	Jay Piccola	New Orleans Jazz	Roanoke	10
137	Clarence Allen	Golden State Warriors	California-Santa Barbara	11
138	Steve Platt	Washington Bullets	Huntington	12
139	Bob Florence	Los Angeles Lakers	Nevada-Las Vegas	13
140	Dennis McDermott	New York Knicks	St. Francis Brooklyn	14
141	Greg Newman	Detroit Pistons	Drexel	15
142	Sam McCants	Chicago Bulls	Oral Roberts	16
143	Richard Wallace	Boston Celtics	Georgia Southern	17
144	Ralph Palamar	Milwaukee Bucks	Cameron	18

Round 917 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
145	Perry Warbington	Philadelphia 76ers	Georgia Southern	1
146	Lee Haven	Portland Trail Blazers	Colorado	2
147	Jim Buskofsky	Cleveland Cavaliers	Upper Iowa	3
148	Ted Evans	Phoenix Suns	Oklahoma	4
149	Ken Stalling	Houston Rockets	Missouri S&T	5
150	Jeff Dawson	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Illinois	6
151	Lon Kruger	Atlanta Hawks	Kansas State	7
152	Bertrand du Pont	Seattle SuperSonics	Dillard	8
153	John Falconi	Buffalo Braves	Davidson	9
154	Ken Boyd	New Orleans Jazz	Boston University	10
155	Carl Meier	Golden State Warriors	California	11
156	Mark Raterink	Washington Bullets	Boston College	12
157	Earl Brown	New York Knicks	Lafayette	13
158	Gary Deitelhoff	Detroit Pistons	Millikin	14
159	Jerry Davenport	Chicago Bulls	Cameron	15
160	Al Skinner	Boston Celtics	Massachusetts	16
161	Mike Deane	Milwaukee Bucks	Potsdam	17

Round 1017 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
162	Larry Witherspoon	Philadelphia 76ers	Towson	1
163	Ron Jones	Portland Trail Blazers	Oregon State	2
164	Jim Kelly	Cleveland Cavaliers	Loras	3
165	Mark Wasley	Phoenix Suns	Arizona State	4
166	Marcus Washington	Houston Rockets	Marquette	5
167	Dennis White	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Arkansas	6
168	Brendy Lee	Atlanta Hawks	Nebraska	7
169	Rod Derline	Seattle SuperSonics	Seattle	8
170	Andy Rimol	Buffalo Braves	Princeton	9
171	Walt McGary	New Orleans Jazz	Tennessee-Chattanooga	10
172	Marvin Buckley	Golden State Warriors	Nevada-Reno	11
173	Pete Collins	Washington Bullets	High Point	13
174	John O'Connell	New York Knicks	North Carolina	14
175	Bill Ligon	Detroit Pistons	Vanderbilt	15
176	Rick Hockenos	Chicago Bulls	Saint Francis (PA)	16
177	Phil Rogers	Boston Celtics	Fairfield	17
178	Bruce Featherston	Milwaukee Bucks	Texas State	18

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.