1975–76 rookie class

1975 NBA Draft

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

174selections

10rounds

18teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #1

Atlanta Hawks

David Thompson

North Carolina State

Pick #2

Los Angeles Lakers

Dave Meyers

California-Los Angeles

Pick #3

Atlanta Hawks

Marvin Webster

Morgan State

Pick #4

Phoenix Suns

Alvan Adams

Oklahoma

Pick #5

Philadelphia 76ers

Darryl Dawkins

Maynard Evans

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	David Thompson	Atlanta Hawks	North Carolina State	1
2	Dave Meyers	Los Angeles Lakers	California-Los Angeles	2
3	Marvin Webster	Atlanta Hawks	Morgan State	3
4	Alvan Adams	Phoenix Suns	Oklahoma	4
5	Darryl Dawkins	Philadelphia 76ers	Maynard Evans	5
6	Lionel Hollins	Portland Trail Blazers	Arizona State	6
7	Rich Kelley	New Orleans Jazz	Stanford	7
8	Junior Bridgeman	Los Angeles Lakers	Louisville	8
9	Gene Short	New York Knicks	Jackson State	9
10	Bill Robinzine	Kansas City Kings	DePaul	10
11	Joe Meriweather	Houston Rockets	Southern Illinois	11
12	Frank Oleynick	Seattle SuperSonics	Seattle	12
13	Bob Bigelow	Kansas City Kings	Pennsylvania	13
14	Joe Bryant	Golden State Warriors	La Salle	14
15	John Lambert	Cleveland Cavaliers	Southern California	15
16	Ricky Sobers	Phoenix Suns	Nevada-Las Vegas	16
17	Tom Boswell	Boston Celtics	South Carolina	17
18	Kevin Grevey	Washington Bullets	Kentucky	18

Round 218 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
19	Bill Willoughby	Atlanta Hawks	Dwight Morrow	1
20	Gus Williams	Golden State Warriors	Southern California	2
21	Bruce Seals	Seattle SuperSonics	Xavier (LA)	3
22	Clyde Mayes	Milwaukee Bucks	Furman	4
23	World Free	Philadelphia 76ers	Guilford	5
24	Cornelius Cash	Milwaukee Bucks	Bowling Green	6
25	Bob Gross	Portland Trail Blazers	Long Beach State	7
26	Luther Burden	New York Knicks	Utah	8
27	Walter Luckett	Detroit Pistons	Ohio	9
28	Dan Roundfield	Cleveland Cavaliers	Central Michigan	10
29	Jim Blanks	Houston Rockets	Gardner-Webb	11
30	Steve Green	Chicago Bulls	Indiana	12
31	Glenn Hansen	Kansas City Kings	Louisiana State	13
32	John Laskowski	Chicago Bulls	Indiana	14
33	Mel Utley	Cleveland Cavaliers	St. John's (NY)	15
34	Larry Fogle	New York Knicks	Canisius	16
35	Allen Murphy	Phoenix Suns	Louisville	17
36	Jimmy Conner	Phoenix Suns	Kentucky	18

Round 318 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
37	Rudy Hackett	New Orleans Jazz	Syracuse	1
38	Jim McElroy	New Orleans Jazz	Central Michigan	2
39	Jimmie Baker	Philadelphia 76ers	Hawaii	3
40	Otis Johnson	Golden State Warriors	Stetson	4
41	Charles Cleveland	Philadelphia 76ers	Alabama	5
42	Tom Roy	Portland Trail Blazers	Maryland	6
43	Brian Hammel	Milwaukee Bucks	Bentley	7
44	Pete Trgovich	Detroit Pistons	California-Los Angeles	8
45	Ted Hathaway	Cleveland Cavaliers	Cleveland State	9
46	John Ramsey	New York Knicks	Seton Hall	10
47	Rudy White	Houston Rockets	Arizona State	11
48	Tom Kropp	Washington Bullets	Nebraska-Kearney	12
49	Bob Guyette	Kansas City Kings	Kentucky	13
50	Gus Gerard	Portland Trail Blazers	Virginia	14
51	Robert Hawkins	Golden State Warriors	Illinois State	15
52	George Bucci	Buffalo Braves	Manhattan	16
53	Jerome Anderson	Boston Celtics	West Virginia	17
54	Bayard Forrest	Phoenix Suns	Grand Canyon	18

Round 418 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
55	Mack Coleman	New Orleans Jazz	Houston Baptist	1
56	Charles Kupec	Los Angeles Lakers	Michigan	2
57	Monte Towe	Atlanta Hawks	North Carolina State	3
58	Sam McCants	Phoenix Suns	Oral Roberts	4
59	Louis Dunbar	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston	5
60	Bill Campion	Milwaukee Bucks	Manhattan	6
61	Phil Hicks	Portland Trail Blazers	Tulane	7
62	Eric Fernsten	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Francisco	8
63	David Vaughn	New York Knicks	Oral Roberts	9
64	Lindsay Hairston	Detroit Pistons	Michigan State	10
65	Ken Smith	Houston Rockets	Tulsa	11
66	Jim Moore	Seattle SuperSonics	Utah State	12
67	Kevin Cleuss	Kansas City Kings	St. John's (NY)	13
68	Ron Haigler	Chicago Bulls	Pennsylvania	14
69	Billy Taylor	Golden State Warriors	La Salle	15
70	Bob Fleischer	Buffalo Braves	Duke	16
71	Fessor Leonard	Washington Bullets	Furman	17
72	Cyrus Mann	Boston Celtics	Illinois State	18

Round 518 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
73	Andre Hampton	New Orleans Jazz	Kentucky State	1
74	Charles Russell	Los Angeles Lakers	Alabama	2
75	Wilbur Holland	Atlanta Hawks	New Orleans	3
76	Joe Pace	Phoenix Suns	Coppin State	4
77	Ken Tyler	Philadelphia 76ers	Gonzaga	5
78	Maurice Presley	Portland Trail Blazers	Houston	6
79	Jim Lee	Cleveland Cavaliers	Syracuse	7
80	Donald Washington	New York Knicks	North Carolina	8
81	Cliff Pratt	Detroit Pistons	Shaw	9
82	Mike Odems	Cleveland Cavaliers	Western Kentucky	10
83	Rick Whitlow	Houston Rockets	Illinois State	11
84	Dwain Govan	Seattle SuperSonics	Bishop	12
85	Ed Stahl	Kansas City Kings	North Carolina	13
86	Bob Iverson	Chicago Bulls	North Texas	14
87	Larry Pounds	Golden State Warriors	Washington	15
88	Sam Berry	Buffalo Braves	Armstrong	16
89	Darryl Brown	Boston Celtics	Fordham	17
90	Rich Jones	Washington Bullets	Virginia Commonwealth	18

Round 618 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
91	Rich Schmidt	New Orleans Jazz	Illinois	1
92	Don Ford	Los Angeles Lakers	California-Santa Barbara	2
93	Danny Williams	Atlanta Hawks	Mississippi	3
94	Buff Burrell	Phoenix Suns	Southern California	4
95	Ken Alston	Philadelphia 76ers	Valdosta State	5
96	Oliver Purnell	Milwaukee Bucks	Old Dominion	6
97	Gerald Willett	Portland Trail Blazers	Oregon	7
98	Allen Spruill	Detroit Pistons	North Carolina A&T	8
99	Henry Ward	Cleveland Cavaliers	Jackson State	9
100	Hank Williams	New York Knicks	Jacksonville	10
101	William Johnson	Houston Rockets	Texas Tech	11
102	Larry Smith	Seattle SuperSonics	North Carolina A&T	12
103	Clint Chapman	Kansas City Kings	Southern California	13
104	Bill Andreas	Chicago Bulls	Ohio State	14
105	Tony Styles	Golden State Warriors	San Francisco	15
106	Larry Jackson	Buffalo Braves	North Carolina-Charlotte	16
107	John Garrett	Washington Bullets	Purdue	17
108	Rick Coleman	Boston Celtics	Jacksonville	18

Round 718 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
109	Bill Higgins	New Orleans Jazz	Ashland	1
110	Rick Suttle	Los Angeles Lakers	Kansas	2
111	Gus Johnson	Atlanta Hawks	Winona State	3
112	Dave Edmunds	Phoenix Suns	West Georgia	4
113	Mike Flynn	Philadelphia 76ers	Kentucky	5
114	Steve Fields	Portland Trail Blazers	Miami (OH)	6
115	Wilbur Thomas	Milwaukee Bucks	American	7
116	Shawn Leftwick	Cleveland Cavaliers	Jacksonville	8
117	Peter Davis	New York Knicks	Michigan State	9
118	Ike Williams	Detroit Pistons	Armstrong	10
119	Nathaniel Barnett	Houston Rockets	Akron	11
120	Hollis Miller	Seattle SuperSonics	Drury	12
121	Wayne Croft	Kansas City Kings	Clemson	13
122	John Grochowalski	Chicago Bulls	Assumption	14
123	Stan Boyer	Golden State Warriors	Wyoming	15
124	Mike Franklin	Buffalo Braves	Cincinnati	16
125	Al Boswell	Boston Celtics	Oral Roberts	17
126	Fletcher Johnson	Washington Bullets	Randolph-Macon	18

Round 818 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
127	Harvey Carmichael	New Orleans Jazz	Kentucky State	1
128	Mike Cashman	Los Angeles Lakers	Willamette	2
129	Oscar Jackson	Atlanta Hawks	Duquesne	3
130	Jack Schrader	Phoenix Suns	Arizona State	4
131	Freeman Blade	Philadelphia 76ers	Montana State	5
132	Bob McCurdy	Milwaukee Bucks	Richmond	6
133	Charley Neal	Portland Trail Blazers	Oregon State	7
134	Jerry Homan	New York Knicks	Marquette	8
135	John Kelley	Detroit Pistons	Dillard	9
136	Andre McCarter	Cleveland Cavaliers	California-Los Angeles	10
137	Leon Johnson	Houston Rockets	Centenary (LA)	11
138	Ken McKenzie	Seattle SuperSonics	Montana	12
139	Jim Bostic	Kansas City Kings	New Mexico State	13
140	John Murphy	Chicago Bulls	Massachusetts	14
141	Mike Rozenski	Golden State Warriors	St. Mary's (CA)	15
142	Allen Jones	Buffalo Braves	Pepperdine	16
143	Bruce Hamming	Washington Bullets	Augustana (IL)	17
144	Roger Morningstar	Boston Celtics	Kansas	18

Round 916 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
145	Fred Stokes	New Orleans Jazz	Barber-Scotia	1
146	Dave Schlesser	Atlanta Hawks	Morningside	2
147	Owen Brown	Phoenix Suns	Maryland	3
148	Larry Harralson	Philadelphia 76ers	Drake	4
149	Quintin Braxton	Portland Trail Blazers	Portland	5
150	Eric Hays	Milwaukee Bucks	Montana	6
151	Terry Thomas	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Mercy	7
152	Skip Howard	Cleveland Cavaliers	Bowling Green	8
153	Tim van Blommesteyn	New York Knicks	Princeton	9
154	Steve Storther	Houston Rockets	Providence	10
155	Rich Haws	Seattle SuperSonics	Utah State	11
156	Gary Tomaszewski	Chicago Bulls	St. Mary's (TX)	12
157	Scott Trobbe	Golden State Warriors	Stanford	13
158	George Rautins	Buffalo Braves	Niagara	14
159	Robert Rhodes	Boston Celtics	Albany State (GA)	15
160	Doug Brookins	Washington Bullets	Creighton	16

Round 1014 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
161	Aleksander Belov	New Orleans Jazz	BC Spartak Saint Petersburg (Russia)	1
162	Vic Kelly	Atlanta Hawks	Hawaii	2
163	Mike Moon	Phoenix Suns	Arizona State	3
164	Rick Reed	Philadelphia 76ers	Azusa Pacific	4
165	Romy Thomas	Milwaukee Bucks	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	5
166	Tyree Foster	Portland Trail Blazers	Portland	6
167	Eric Anderson	Cleveland Cavaliers	Macalester	7
168	Mo Rivers	New York Knicks	North Carolina State	8
169	Mickey Fox	Detroit Pistons	Saint Mary's (CAN)	9
170	Jerry Bellotti	Seattle SuperSonics	Santa Clara	10
171	Maurice Harper	Golden State Warriors	St. Mary's (CA)	11
172	Art Allen	Buffalo Braves	Pepperdine	12
173	Mike Fahey	Washington Bullets	Brandeis	13
174	Bill Endicott	Boston Celtics	Massachusetts	14

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.