Official NBA Draft History

1972 NBA Draft

The factual class record, presented in the source's order and historical shape.

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Draft year

Draft date: Unknown

COMPLETE coverage

198 verified selections of 198 expected from the source. 198 player identities are not yet linked to a public profile. 68 team identities are unresolved; the source label is shown.

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Round 1

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 1Round 1, pick 1	L Larue Martin	Portland Trail Blazers	Loyola-Chicago	—
No. 2Round 1, pick 2	B Bob McAdoo	Buffalo Braves	North Carolina	—
No. 3Round 1, pick 3	D Double D Davis	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston	—
No. 4Round 1, pick 4	C Corky Calhoun	Phoenix Suns	Pennsylvania	—
No. 5Round 1, pick 5	F Fred Boyd	Philadelphia 76ers	Oregon State	—
No. 6Round 1, pick 6	R Russell Lee	Milwaukee Bucks	Marshall	—
No. 7Round 1, pick 7	I Isaac Stallworth	Seattle SuperSonics	Kansas	—
No. 8Round 1, pick 8	T Tom Riker	New York Knicks	South Carolina	—
No. 9Round 1, pick 9	B Bob Nash	Detroit Pistons	Hawaii	—
No. 10Round 1, pick 10	P Paul Westphal	Boston Celtics	Southern California	—
No. 11Round 1, pick 11	R Ralph Simpson	Chicago Bulls	Michigan State	—
No. 12Round 1, pick 12	J Julius Erving	Milwaukee Bucks	Massachusetts	—
No. 13Round 1, pick 13	T Travis Grant	Los Angeles Lakers	Kentucky State	—

Round 2

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 14Round 2, pick 1	B Bob Davis	Portland Trail Blazers	Weber State	—
No. 15Round 2, pick 2	H Harold Fox	Buffalo Braves	Jacksonville	—
No. 16Round 2, pick 3	J Jim Price	Los Angeles Lakers	Louisville	—
No. 17Round 2, pick 4	C Chris Ford	Detroit Pistons	Villanova	—
No. 18Round 2, pick 5	J Joby Wright	Seattle SuperSonics	Indiana	—
No. 19Round 2, pick 6	S Sam Sibert	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Kentucky State	—
No. 20Round 2, pick 7	J John Gianelli	Houston Rockets	Pacific	—
No. 21Round 2, pick 8	S Steve Bracey	Atlanta Hawks	Tulsa	—
No. 22Round 2, pick 9	P Paul Stovall	Los Angeles Lakers	Arizona State	—
No. 23Round 2, pick 10	B Brian Taylor	Seattle SuperSonics	Princeton	—
No. 24Round 2, pick 11	S Steve Hawes	Cleveland Cavaliers	Washington	—
No. 25Round 2, pick 12	T Tommy Patterson	Baltimore Bullets	Ouachita Baptist	—
No. 26Round 2, pick 13	D Dave Twardzik	Portland Trail Blazers	Old Dominion	—
No. 27Round 2, pick 14	D Dennis Wuycik	Boston Celtics	North Carolina	—
No. 28Round 2, pick 15	M Mike Ratliff	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	—
No. 29Round 2, pick 16	C Chuck Terry	Milwaukee Bucks	Long Beach State	—
No. 30Round 2, pick 17	O Ollie Johnson	Portland Trail Blazers	Temple	—

Round 3

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 31Round 3, pick 1	L Lloyd Neal	Portland Trail Blazers	Tennessee State	—
No. 32Round 3, pick 2	B Bob Morse	Buffalo Braves	Pennsylvania	—
No. 33Round 3, pick 3	S Scott English	Phoenix Suns	Texas-El Paso	—
No. 34Round 3, pick 4	D Don Buse	Phoenix Suns	Evansville	—
No. 35Round 3, pick 5	F Frank Russell	Chicago Bulls	Detroit Mercy	—
No. 36Round 3, pick 6	C Charlie Tharpe	Philadelphia 76ers	Belhaven	—
No. 37Round 3, pick 7	E Eric McWilliams	Houston Rockets	Long Beach State	—
No. 38Round 3, pick 8	R Ron Riley	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Southern California	—
No. 39Round 3, pick 9	K Kevin Porter	Baltimore Bullets	Saint Francis (PA)	—
No. 40Round 3, pick 10	J Jim Creighton	Seattle SuperSonics	Colorado	—
No. 41Round 3, pick 11	A Ansley Truitt	New York Knicks	California	—
No. 42Round 3, pick 12	C Claude Terry	Phoenix Suns	Stanford	—
No. 43Round 3, pick 13	B Bill Chamberlain	Golden State Warriors	North Carolina	—
No. 44Round 3, pick 14	W Wayne Grabiec	Boston Celtics	Michigan	—
No. 45Round 3, pick 15	C Chuck Jura	Chicago Bulls	Nebraska	—
No. 46Round 3, pick 16	G George Adams	Milwaukee Bucks	Gardner-Webb	—
No. 47Round 3, pick 17	G Gregg Northington	Los Angeles Lakers	Alabama State	—

Round 4

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 48Round 4, pick 1	G Gary Stewart	Portland Trail Blazers	Canisius	—
No. 49Round 4, pick 2	G George Bryant	Buffalo Braves	Eastern Kentucky	—
No. 50Round 4, pick 3	H Hank Siemiontkowski	Cleveland Cavaliers	Villanova	—
No. 51Round 4, pick 4	E Ernie Fleming	Detroit Pistons	Jacksonville	—
No. 52Round 4, pick 5	M Marshall Wingate	Philadelphia 76ers	Niagara	—
No. 53Round 4, pick 6	F Frank Schade	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	—
No. 54Round 4, pick 7	W Wilbert Robinson	Houston Rockets	West Virginia	—
No. 55Round 4, pick 8	R Reggie Bird	Atlanta Hawks	Princeton	—
No. 56Round 4, pick 9	A Al Saunders	Baltimore Bullets	Louisiana State	—
No. 57Round 4, pick 10	J Joe Mackey	Seattle SuperSonics	Southern California	—
No. 58Round 4, pick 11	H Henry Bibby	New York Knicks	California-Los Angeles	—
No. 59Round 4, pick 12	M Matt Gantt	Phoenix Suns	St. Bonaventure	—
No. 60Round 4, pick 13	J John Tshogl	Golden State Warriors	California-Santa Barbara	—
No. 61Round 4, pick 14	N Nate Stephens	Boston Celtics	Long Beach State	—
No. 62Round 4, pick 15	T Ted Martiniuk	Chicago Bulls	St. Peter's	—
No. 63Round 4, pick 16	A Art White	Milwaukee Bucks	Georgetown	—

Round 5

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 64Round 5, pick 1	M Mike Reid	Portland Trail Blazers	California-Riverside	—
No. 65Round 5, pick 2	A Arnie Berman	Buffalo Braves	Brown	—
No. 66Round 5, pick 3	S Sam Cash	Cleveland Cavaliers	California-Riverside	—
No. 67Round 5, pick 4	E Ernest Pettis	Detroit Pistons	Western Michigan	—
No. 68Round 5, pick 5	D David Bustion	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Denver	—
No. 69Round 5, pick 6	J Joe Bynes	Philadelphia 76ers	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	—
No. 70Round 5, pick 7	J James Silas	Houston Rockets	Stephen F. Austin	—
No. 71Round 5, pick 8	B Bob Lackey	Atlanta Hawks	Marquette	—
No. 72Round 5, pick 9	W Walter Jones	Baltimore Bullets	Long Island-Brooklyn	—
No. 73Round 5, pick 10	G Gary Ladd	Seattle SuperSonics	Seattle	—
No. 74Round 5, pick 11	B Bob Ford	New York Knicks	Purdue	—
No. 75Round 5, pick 12	W Wardell Dyson	Phoenix Suns	Shaw	—
No. 76Round 5, pick 13	C Charles Dudley	Golden State Warriors	Washington	—
No. 77Round 5, pick 14	B Bryan Adrian	Boston Celtics	Davidson	—
No. 78Round 5, pick 15	R Rowland Garrett	Chicago Bulls	Florida State	—
No. 79Round 5, pick 16	R Ron Harris	Milwaukee Bucks	Wichita State	—
No. 80Round 5, pick 17	G Glen Summors	Los Angeles Lakers	Gannon	—

Round 6

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 81Round 6, pick 1	J Joe Gaines	Portland Trail Blazers	Belmont	—
No. 82Round 6, pick 2	E Ed Czernota	Buffalo Braves	Sacred Heart	—
No. 83Round 6, pick 3	T Tom Parker	Cleveland Cavaliers	Kentucky	—
No. 84Round 6, pick 4	T Terry Benton	Detroit Pistons	Wichita State	—
No. 85Round 6, pick 5	J John Glover	Philadelphia 76ers	Wiley	—
No. 86Round 6, pick 6	J Jerry Crocker	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Guilford	—
No. 87Round 6, pick 7	M Mike Collins	Houston Rockets	Seattle	—
No. 88Round 6, pick 8	R Randy Noll	Atlanta Hawks	Marshall	—
No. 89Round 6, pick 9	D Dwaine Dillard	Baltimore Bullets	Eastern Michigan	—
No. 90Round 6, pick 10	R Ronald Thomas	Seattle SuperSonics	Louisville	—
No. 91Round 6, pick 11	G Greg Cleuss	New York Knicks	St. John's (NY)	—
No. 92Round 6, pick 12	C Charles Edge	Phoenix Suns	LeMoyne-Owen	—
No. 93Round 6, pick 13	H Henry Bacon	Golden State Warriors	Louisville	—
No. 94Round 6, pick 14	D Doug Holcomb	Boston Celtics	Memphis	—
No. 95Round 6, pick 15	M Mike Stewart	Chicago Bulls	Santa Clara	—
No. 96Round 6, pick 16	W Wally Wright	Boston Celtics	Pine Manor	—
No. 97Round 6, pick 17	S Sam Simmons	Los Angeles Lakers	Bradley	—

Round 7

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 98Round 7, pick 1	B Bob Lynn	Portland Trail Blazers	Long Beach State	—
No. 99Round 7, pick 2	G Greg Kohls	Buffalo Braves	Syracuse	—
No. 100Round 7, pick 3	S Steve Davidson	Cleveland Cavaliers	West Texas A&M	—
No. 101Round 7, pick 4	B Bruce Anderson	Detroit Pistons	Arizona	—
No. 102Round 7, pick 5	M Mike Sneed	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Fayetteville State	—
No. 103Round 7, pick 6	C Curtis Pritchett	Philadelphia 76ers	Saint Augustine's	—
No. 104Round 7, pick 7	M Mike Jackson	Houston Rockets	Cal State-Los Angeles	—
No. 105Round 7, pick 8	B Billy Pleas	Atlanta Hawks	Detroit Mercy	—
No. 106Round 7, pick 9	M Marvin Brown	Baltimore Bullets	Jackson State	—
No. 107Round 7, pick 10	J Jerry Dunn	Seattle SuperSonics	Western Kentucky	—
No. 108Round 7, pick 11	T Tracy Tripucka	New York Knicks	Lafayette	—
No. 109Round 7, pick 12	B Bernie Fryer	Phoenix Suns	Brigham Young	—
No. 110Round 7, pick 13	W William Franklin	Golden State Warriors	Purdue	—
No. 111Round 7, pick 14	S Stephen Previs	Boston Celtics	North Carolina	—
No. 112Round 7, pick 15	J Jerry Pender	Chicago Bulls	Fresno State	—
No. 113Round 7, pick 16	E Edward Davis	Milwaukee Bucks	Duquesne	—

Round 8

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 114Round 8, pick 1	R Ruben Vance	Portland Trail Blazers	Kent State	—
No. 115Round 8, pick 2	A Andy Denny	Buffalo Braves	South Alabama	—
No. 116Round 8, pick 3	R Roger Evans	Cleveland Cavaliers	Kent State	—
No. 117Round 8, pick 4	B Ben Kelso	Detroit Pistons	Central Michigan	—
No. 118Round 8, pick 5	J Jim Kopp	Philadelphia 76ers	Rockhurst	—
No. 119Round 8, pick 6	J Jerry Clack	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Oklahoma	—
No. 120Round 8, pick 7	H Henry Harris	Houston Rockets	Auburn	—
No. 121Round 8, pick 8	O Oscar Evans	Atlanta Hawks	Butler	—
No. 122Round 8, pick 9	J Jim Floyd	Baltimore Bullets	Shaw	—
No. 123Round 8, pick 10	W Willy Stoudamire	Seattle SuperSonics	Portland State	—
No. 124Round 8, pick 11	T Tom Corde	New York Knicks	Ohio	—
No. 125Round 8, pick 12	R Russell Golden	Phoenix Suns	Jackson State	—
No. 126Round 8, pick 13	J John Burks	Golden State Warriors	San Francisco	—
No. 127Round 8, pick 14	S Sam McCarney	Boston Celtics	Oral Roberts	—
No. 128Round 8, pick 15	C Cavin Anderson	Chicago Bulls	Valley City State	—
No. 129Round 8, pick 16	C Charles Kirkland	Milwaukee Bucks	Cheyney	—

Round 9

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 130Round 9, pick 1	S Scott McCandlish	Portland Trail Blazers	Virginia	—
No. 131Round 9, pick 2	J John Collins	Buffalo Braves	SUNY Brockport	—
No. 132Round 9, pick 3	G Greg Starrick	Cleveland Cavaliers	Southern Illinois	—
No. 133Round 9, pick 4	K Kessie Mangam	Detroit Pistons	Ferris State	—
No. 134Round 9, pick 5	S Steve McMahon	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Merrimack	—
No. 135Round 9, pick 6	R Rod Murray	Philadelphia 76ers	Cal State-Los Angeles	—
No. 136Round 9, pick 7	L Larry Strozier	Atlanta Hawks	Morehouse	—
No. 137Round 9, pick 8	R Ruppert Breedlove	Baltimore Bullets	Oglethorpe	—
No. 138Round 9, pick 9	D Dwight Holliday	Seattle SuperSonics	Hawaii	—
No. 139Round 9, pick 10	T Tom Sullivan	New York Knicks	Fordham	—
No. 140Round 9, pick 11	B Bill Kennedy	Phoenix Suns	Arizona	—
No. 141Round 9, pick 12	B Bill Duey	Golden State Warriors	California	—
No. 142Round 9, pick 13	R Ralph Houston	Chicago Bulls	West Texas A&M	—
No. 143Round 9, pick 14	J Jim Regenold	Milwaukee Bucks	Ball State	—

Round 10

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 144Round 10, pick 1	K Kresimir Cosic	Portland Trail Blazers	Brigham Young	—
No. 145Round 10, pick 2	K Kent Martens	Cleveland Cavaliers	Abilene Christian	—
No. 146Round 10, pick 3	K Kent Hollenbeck	Detroit Pistons	Kentucky	—
No. 147Round 10, pick 4	G Gary Watson	Philadelphia 76ers	Wisconsin	—
No. 148Round 10, pick 5	D David Hall	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Kansas State	—
No. 149Round 10, pick 6	J Jim Clesson	Atlanta Hawks	Tulsa	—
No. 150Round 10, pick 7	W Will Loftin	Baltimore Bullets	Louisiana-Lafayette	—
No. 151Round 10, pick 8	D Dan Stewart	Seattle SuperSonics	Washington State	—
No. 152Round 10, pick 9	R Richie Garner	New York Knicks	Manhattan	—
No. 153Round 10, pick 10	A Al Vilcheck	Phoenix Suns	Louisville	—
No. 154Round 10, pick 11	M Marty Hunt	Boston Celtics	Kenyon	—
No. 155Round 10, pick 12	C Chuck Taylor	Chicago Bulls	West Liberty	—
No. 156Round 10, pick 13	J Jolly Spight	Milwaukee Bucks	Santa Clara	—

Round 11

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 157Round 11, pick 1	J Jimmy Wilkins	Portland Trail Blazers	San Diego State	—
No. 158Round 11, pick 2	J Jim Prokell	Buffalo Braves	Edinboro	—
No. 159Round 11, pick 3	F Floyd Mathew	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Northern Arizona	—
No. 160Round 11, pick 4	C Charles Allen	Atlanta Hawks	Texas Southern	—
No. 161Round 11, pick 5	M Marvin Watkins	Baltimore Bullets	Jackson State	—
No. 162Round 11, pick 6	S Steve Turner	Seattle SuperSonics	Vanderbilt	—
No. 163Round 11, pick 7	C Chic Downing	New York Knicks	Benedictine (IL)	—
No. 164Round 11, pick 8	J John Belcher	Phoenix Suns	Arkansas State	—
No. 165Round 11, pick 9	M Mark Minor	Boston Celtics	Ohio State	—
No. 166Round 11, pick 10	J Jackie Young	Chicago Bulls	Rocky Mountain	—

Round 12

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 167Round 12, pick 1	F Frank Dewitt	Buffalo Braves	Virginia	—
No. 168Round 12, pick 2	L Len Baltimore	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	George Washington	—
No. 169Round 12, pick 3	J James Green	Atlanta Hawks	Paine	—
No. 170Round 12, pick 4	L Lloyd Adams	Baltimore Bullets	Rhode Island	—
No. 171Round 12, pick 5	G Gregg Daust	Seattle SuperSonics	Missouri-St. Louis	—
No. 172Round 12, pick 6	M Mark Soderberg	Phoenix Suns	Utah	—
No. 173Round 12, pick 7	P Phil Stephens	Boston Celtics	South Carolina State	—
No. 174Round 12, pick 8	A Al Cotler	Chicago Bulls	Pennsylvania	—

Round 13

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 175Round 13, pick 1	L Larry Morris	Portland Trail Blazers	Tulsa	—
No. 176Round 13, pick 2	K Kim Huband	Buffalo Braves	North Carolina	—
No. 177Round 13, pick 3	K Kent Scott	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Pittsburgh	—
No. 178Round 13, pick 4	M Mike Krawzyk	Baltimore Bullets	Loyola-Maryland	—
No. 179Round 13, pick 5	K Kelly Utley	Phoenix Suns	Shaw	—
No. 180Round 13, pick 6	M Mike Barr	Chicago Bulls	Duquesne	—

Round 14

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 181Round 14, pick 1	P Paul Kelley	Portland Trail Blazers	Shaw	—
No. 182Round 14, pick 2	G Greg Corson	Buffalo Braves	North Carolina	—
No. 183Round 14, pick 3	B Bob Allen	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Missouri	—
No. 184Round 14, pick 4	A Aubrey Nash	Baltimore Bullets	Kansas	—
No. 185Round 14, pick 5	C Cleveland Hill	Seattle SuperSonics	Nicholls State	—
No. 186Round 14, pick 6	R Ray Golson	Phoenix Suns	West Texas A&M	—
No. 187Round 14, pick 7	A Andrew Pettes	Chicago Bulls	Oklahoma	—

Round 15

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 188Round 15, pick 1	R Rich Haubeggar	Portland Trail Blazers	Wake Forest	—
No. 189Round 15, pick 2	P Paul Hoffman	Buffalo Braves	St. Bonaventure	—
No. 190Round 15, pick 3	M Mike Jefferies	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Oklahoma State	—
No. 191Round 15, pick 4	G Gary Handleman	Baltimore Bullets	Johns Hopkins	—
No. 192Round 15, pick 5	G Greg Lowery	Chicago Bulls	Texas Tech	—

Round 16

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 193Round 16, pick 1	M Mose Adolph	Portland Trail Blazers	Cal State-Los Angeles	—
No. 194Round 16, pick 2	N Norman Bounds	Buffalo Braves	SUNY Brockport	—
No. 195Round 16, pick 3	M Mike Peterson	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Nebraska	—
No. 196Round 16, pick 4	C Charles Hall	Chicago Bulls	Montana Western	—

Round 17

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 197Round 17, pick 1	J John Thornton	Chicago Bulls	South Carolina State	—

Round 18

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 198Round 18, pick 1	R Ron Manning	Chicago Bulls	Manhattan	—