1976–77 rookie class

1976 NBA Draft

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

173selections

10rounds

18teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #1

Houston Rockets

John Lucas

Maryland

Pick #2

Chicago Bulls

Scott May

Indiana

Pick #3

Kansas City Kings

Richard Washington

California-Los Angeles

Pick #4

Detroit Pistons

Leon Douglas

Alabama

Pick #5

Portland Trail Blazers

Wally Walker

Virginia

Complete draft board

Every pick

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

Round 117 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
1	John Lucas	Houston Rockets	Maryland	1
2	Scott May	Chicago Bulls	Indiana	2
3	Richard Washington	Kansas City Kings	California-Los Angeles	3
4	Leon Douglas	Detroit Pistons	Alabama	4
5	Wally Walker	Portland Trail Blazers	Virginia	5
6	Adrian Dantley	Buffalo Braves	Notre Dame	6
7	Quinn Buckner	Milwaukee Bucks	Indiana	7
8	Robert Parish	Golden State Warriors	Centenary (LA)	8
9	Armond Hill	Atlanta Hawks	Princeton	9
10	Ron Lee	Phoenix Suns	Oregon	10
11	Bob Wilkerson	Seattle SuperSonics	Indiana	11
12	Terry Furlow	Philadelphia 76ers	Michigan State	12
13	Mitch Kupchak	Washington Bullets	North Carolina	13
14	Larry Wright	Washington Bullets	Grambling	14
15	Chuckie Williams	Cleveland Cavaliers	Kansas State	15
16	Norm Cook	Boston Celtics	Kansas	16
17	Sonny Parker	Golden State Warriors	Texas A&M	17

Round 217 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
18	Willie Smith	Chicago Bulls	Missouri	1
19	Bayard Forrest	Seattle SuperSonics	Grand Canyon	2
20	Major Jones	Portland Trail Blazers	Albany State (GA)	3
21	Earl Tatum	Los Angeles Lakers	Marquette	4
22	Johnny Davis	Portland Trail Blazers	Dayton	5
23	Alex English	Milwaukee Bucks	South Carolina	6
24	Scott Lloyd	Milwaukee Bucks	Arizona State	7
25	Lonnie Shelton	New York Knicks	Oregon State	8
26	Jacky Dorsey	New Orleans Jazz	Georgia	9
27	Phil Hicks	Houston Rockets	Tulane	10
28	Bob Carrington	Atlanta Hawks	Boston College	11
29	Dennis Johnson	Seattle SuperSonics	Pepperdine	12
30	Al Fleming	Phoenix Suns	Arizona	13
31	Joe Pace	Washington Bullets	Coppin State	14
32	Mo Howard	Cleveland Cavaliers	Maryland	15
33	Butch Feher	Phoenix Suns	Vanderbilt	16
34	Marshall Rogers	Golden State Warriors	Texas-Pan American	17

Round 317 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
35	Dallas Smith	Chicago Bulls	West Texas A&M	1
36	Mike Dabney	Los Angeles Lakers	Rutgers	2
37	Lars Hansen	Chicago Bulls	Washington	3
38	Phil Sellers	Detroit Pistons	Rutgers	4
39	Jeff Tyson	Portland Trail Blazers	Western Michigan	5
40	Lloyd Walton	Milwaukee Bucks	Marquette	6
41	John McGill	New York Knicks	Alcorn State	7
42	Steve Copp	New Orleans Jazz	San Diego State	8
43	Tom Abernethy	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana	9
44	Barnes Hauptfuhrer	Houston Rockets	Princeton	10
45	Ira Terrell	Phoenix Suns	Southern Methodist	11
46	Larry Cooke	Atlanta Hawks	Virginia Tech	12
47	Ron Norwood	Philadelphia 76ers	DePaul	13
48	Gary Brewster	Buffalo Braves	Texas-El Paso	14
49	Bill Cook	Washington Bullets	Memphis	15
50	Gary Cole	Cleveland Cavaliers	Wisconsin-Parkside	16
51	Jerry Fort	Boston Celtics	Nebraska	17

Round 417 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
52	Keith Starr	Chicago Bulls	Pittsburgh	1
53	Tom Barker	Atlanta Hawks	Hawaii	2
54	Clarence Ramsey	Kansas City Kings	Washington	3
55	Scott Thompson	Detroit Pistons	Iowa	4
56	David Everett	Portland Trail Blazers	Grand Canyon	5
57	Rick Bullock	New York Knicks	Texas Tech	6
58	John Service	New Orleans Jazz	California-Santa Barbara	7
59	Dan Frost	Milwaukee Bucks	Iowa	8
60	Wayman Britt	Los Angeles Lakers	Michigan	9
61	Hercle Ivy	Houston Rockets	Iowa State	10
62	Paul Miller	Phoenix Suns	Oregon State	11
63	Willie Parr	Seattle SuperSonics	LeMoyne-Owen	12
64	Freeman Blade	Philadelphia 76ers	Montana State	13
65	Marion Hillard	Washington Bullets	Memphis	14
66	John Engles	Cleveland Cavaliers	Pennsylvania	15
67	Lewis Linder	Boston Celtics	Kentucky State	16
68	Jeff Fosnes	Golden State Warriors	Vanderbilt	17

Round 518 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
69	Nate Williams	Chicago Bulls	Illinois	1
70	Ron Davis	Atlanta Hawks	Washington State	2
71	Willie Hodge	Kansas City Kings	Duke	3
72	Jim Hearns	Detroit Pistons	Marymount (VA)	4
73	Gary Reddings	Portland Trail Blazers	Auburn	5
74	Paul Griffin	New Orleans Jazz	Western Michigan	6
75	Tom Lockhart	Milwaukee Bucks	Manhattan	7
76	Beaver Smith	New York Knicks	St. John's (NY)	8
77	James Rappis	Milwaukee Bucks	Arizona	9
78	Dave Marrs	Houston Rockets	Houston	10
79	Ralph Walker	Phoenix Suns	St. Mary's (CA)	11
80	Robert Gray	Seattle SuperSonics	Wichita State	12
81	Jeff Browne	Philadelphia 76ers	Missouri Western State	13
82	Connie White	Atlanta Hawks	California	14
83	L.C. Mason	Washington Bullets	Alabama State	15
84	Ed Lawrence	Cleveland Cavaliers	McNeese State	16
85	Louis McKinney	Boston Celtics	Saint Louis	17
86	Carl Bird	Golden State Warriors	California	18

Round 618 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
87	Tom Paulin	Chicago Bulls	Winston-Salem State	1
88	Pete Padgett	Atlanta Hawks	Nevada-Reno	2
89	Andre McCarter	Kansas City Kings	California-Los Angeles	3
90	Russell Davis	Detroit Pistons	Virginia Tech	4
91	Duane Barnett	Golden State Warriors	Stanford	5
92	Phil Spence	Milwaukee Bucks	North Carolina State	6
93	Joe Jones	New York Knicks	Grambling	7
94	Barnard Tomlin	New Orleans Jazz	Hofstra	8
95	Ed Schweitzer	Los Angeles Lakers	Stanford	9
96	Robert Paige	Houston Rockets	Houston Baptist	10
97	Carl Brown	Phoenix Suns	Eastern Kentucky	11
98	Darrell Peterson	Seattle SuperSonics	Wake Forest	12
99	Mike Dunleavy	Philadelphia 76ers	South Carolina	13
100	Danny Odums	Buffalo Braves	Fairfield	14
101	Pat Tallent	Washington Bullets	George Washington	15
102	Harry Davis	Cleveland Cavaliers	Morris Brown	16
103	Art Collins	Boston Celtics	St. Thomas (FL)	17
104	Gene Cunningham	Golden State Warriors	Norfolk State	18

Round 718 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
105	Barry McLeod	Chicago Bulls	Centenary (LA)	1
106	Carl Gerlach	Atlanta Hawks	Kansas State	2
107	Craig Prosser	Kansas City Kings	Canisius	3
108	Curt Peterson	Detroit Pistons	Puget Sound	4
109	Al DeWitt	Portland Trail Blazers	Weber State	5
110	Boyd Batts	New York Knicks	Nevada-Las Vegas	6
111	Andy Walker	New Orleans Jazz	Niagara	7
112	Ron Barrow	Milwaukee Bucks	Southern University	8
113	Tommie Lipsey	Los Angeles Lakers	Cal State-Los Angeles	9
114	Barry Davis	Houston Rockets	Texas A&M	10
115	Brad Warble	Phoenix Suns	Eastern Illinois	11
116	Mark Klein	Seattle SuperSonics	Malone	12
117	Phil Walker	Philadelphia 76ers	Millersville	13
118	Frank Jones	Buffalo Braves	Tennessee Tech	14
119	Ralph Vallott	Washington Bullets	Loyola-Chicago	15
120	Johnny Britt	Cleveland Cavaliers	Western Kentucky	16
121	Ralph Drollinger	Boston Celtics	California-Los Angeles	17
122	Jesse Campbell	Golden State Warriors	Mercyhurst	18

Round 818 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
123	Dale Koehler	Cleveland Cavaliers	Wisconsin	1
124	Doug Terry	Atlanta Hawks	Utah	2
125	Mike Davis	Kansas City Kings	Bradley	3
126	Randy Henry	Detroit Pistons	Illinois State	4
127	Brant Gibbler	Portland Trail Blazers	Puget Sound	5
128	Richard Bryant	New Orleans Jazz	Texas State	6
129	Bob Warner	Milwaukee Bucks	Maine	7
130	Rick McCutcheon	New York Knicks	Arizona State	8
131	Ed Gregg	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah State	9
132	Dan Kruger	Houston Rockets	Texas	10
133	Tom DeBerry	Phoenix Suns	Northern Arizona	11
134	Norton Barnhill	Seattle SuperSonics	Washington State	12
135	Lee Dixon	Philadelphia 76ers	Hardin-Simmons	13
136	Mark McAndrew	Buffalo Braves	Providence	14
137	Merlin Wilson	Washington Bullets	Georgetown	15
138	Tim Sisneros	Cleveland Cavaliers	Middle Tennessee State	16
139	John Clark	Boston Celtics	Northeastern	17
140	Stan Boskovich	Golden State Warriors	West Virginia	18

Round 917 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
141	John Thomas	Chicago Bulls	Connecticut	1
142	Bob Kovach	Atlanta Hawks	San Diego State	2
143	Dave Logan	Kansas City Kings	Colorado	3
144	Bill Martin	Detroit Pistons	Hartwick	4
145	Rob Torresdal	Portland Trail Blazers	Linfield	5
146	Benny Shaw	Milwaukee Bucks	Florida Tech	6
147	Archie Talley	New York Knicks	Salem International	7
148	Calvin Robinson	New Orleans Jazz	Mississippi Valley State	8
149	David Pickett	Los Angeles Lakers	Louisiana-Monroe	9
150	John Irving	Phoenix Suns	Hofstra	10
151	Ron Johnson	Seattle SuperSonics	North Carolina A&T	11
152	Fly Williams	Philadelphia 76ers	Austin Peay	12
153	Bob Rozyczko	Buffalo Braves	St. Bonaventure	13
154	Clyde Agnew	Washington Bullets	Newberry	14
155	Bruce Parkinson	Cleveland Cavaliers	Purdue	15
156	Bill Collins	Boston Celtics	Boston College	16
157	Howard Smith	Golden State Warriors	San Francisco	17

Round 1016 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
158	John Hudson	Chicago Bulls	Concord	1
159	Mike Dickerson	Atlanta Hawks	South Florida	2
160	Harry Bailey	Kansas City Kings	North Texas	3
161	Bob Johnson	Detroit Pistons	Wisconsin	4
162	Marcus Leite	Portland Trail Blazers	Pepperdine	5
163	Eugene Shy	New York Knicks	Florida	6
164	Art Johnson	New Orleans Jazz	Iowa State	7
165	Hugo Cabrera	Milwaukee Bucks	Texas A&M-Commerce	8
166	Gary Jackson	Phoenix Suns	Arizona State	9
167	Ricky Lewis	Seattle SuperSonics	Alcorn State	10
168	Ed Stefanski	Philadelphia 76ers	Pennsylvania	11
169	Tim Stokes	Buffalo Braves	Canisius	12
170	Mike Beuscher	Washington Bullets	Seton Hall	13
171	Elisha McSweeney	Cleveland Cavaliers	Minnesota State-Mankato	14
172	Otho Tucker	Boston Celtics	Illinois	15
173	Ken Smith	Golden State Warriors	San Diego State	16

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.