Official NBA Draft History

1973 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

211 verified selections of 211 expected from the source. 211 player identities are not yet linked to a public profile. 70 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	D Doug Collins	Philadelphia 76ers	Illinois State	—
No. 2Round 1, pick 2	J Jim Brewer	Cleveland Cavaliers	Minnesota	—
No. 3Round 1, pick 3	E Ernie DiGregorio	Buffalo Braves	Providence	—
No. 4Round 1, pick 4	M Mike Green	Seattle SuperSonics	Louisiana Tech	—
No. 5Round 1, pick 5	K Kermit Washington	Los Angeles Lakers	American	—
No. 6Round 1, pick 6	E Ed Ratleff	Houston Rockets	Long Beach State	—
No. 7Round 1, pick 7	R Ron Behagen	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Minnesota	—
No. 8Round 1, pick 8	M Mike Bantom	Phoenix Suns	Saint Joseph's	—
No. 9Round 1, pick 9	D Dwight Jones	Atlanta Hawks	Houston	—
No. 10Round 1, pick 10	J John Brown	Atlanta Hawks	Missouri	—
No. 11Round 1, pick 11	K Kevin Joyce	Golden State Warriors	South Carolina	—
No. 12Round 1, pick 12	K Kevin Kunnert	Chicago Bulls	Iowa	—
No. 13Round 1, pick 13	N Nick Weatherspoon	Capital Bullets	Illinois	—
No. 14Round 1, pick 14	M Mel Davis	New York Knicks	St. John's (NY)	—
No. 15Round 1, pick 15	B Barry Parkhill	Portland Trail Blazers	Virginia	—
No. 16Round 1, pick 16	S Swen Nater	Milwaukee Bucks	California-Los Angeles	—
No. 17Round 1, pick 17	S Steve Downing	Boston Celtics	Indiana	—
No. 18Round 1, pick 18	R Raymond Lewis	Philadelphia 76ers	Cal State-Los Angeles	—

Round 2

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 19Round 2, pick 1	L Louie Nelson	Capital Bullets	Washington	—
No. 20Round 2, pick 2	M Mike D'Antoni	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Marshall	—
No. 21Round 2, pick 3	A Allan Bristow	Philadelphia 76ers	Virginia Tech	—
No. 22Round 2, pick 4	G George McGinnis	Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana	—
No. 23Round 2, pick 5	B Billy Schaeffer	Los Angeles Lakers	St. John's (NY)	—
No. 24Round 2, pick 6	K Kevin Stacom	Chicago Bulls	Providence	—
No. 25Round 2, pick 7	L Larry McNeill	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Marquette	—
No. 26Round 2, pick 8	A Allan Hornyak	Cleveland Cavaliers	Ohio State	—
No. 27Round 2, pick 9	T Tom Ingelsby	Atlanta Hawks	Villanova	—
No. 28Round 2, pick 10	P Patrick McFarland	New York Knicks	Saint Joseph's	—
No. 29Round 2, pick 11	D Derrek Dickey	Golden State Warriors	Cincinnati	—
No. 30Round 2, pick 12	W Wendell Hudson	Chicago Bulls	Alabama	—
No. 31Round 2, pick 13	J Jim Chones	Los Angeles Lakers	Marquette	—
No. 32Round 2, pick 14	C Caldwell Jones	Philadelphia 76ers	Albany State (GA)	—
No. 33Round 2, pick 15	G Gary Melchionni	Phoenix Suns	Duke	—
No. 34Round 2, pick 16	J John Perry	Los Angeles Lakers	Texas-Pan American	—
No. 35Round 2, pick 17	P Phil Hankinson	Boston Celtics	Pennsylvania	—

Round 3

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 36Round 3, pick 1	T Ted Manakas	Atlanta Hawks	Princeton	—
No. 37Round 3, pick 2	J Jim O'Brien	Cleveland Cavaliers	Maryland	—
No. 38Round 3, pick 3	K Ken Charles	Buffalo Braves	Fordham	—
No. 39Round 3, pick 4	M Martin Terry	Chicago Bulls	Arkansas	—
No. 40Round 3, pick 5	O Ozzie Edwards	Cleveland Cavaliers	Oklahoma City	—
No. 41Round 3, pick 6	J James Lister	Cleveland Cavaliers	Sam Houston State	—
No. 42Round 3, pick 7	J Joe Reaves	Phoenix Suns	Bethel (TN)	—
No. 43Round 3, pick 8	S Steve Mitchell	Phoenix Suns	Kansas State	—
No. 44Round 3, pick 9	B Bo Lamar	Detroit Pistons	Louisiana-Lafayette	—
No. 45Round 3, pick 10	L Leonard Gray	Atlanta Hawks	Long Beach State	—
No. 46Round 3, pick 11	J Jim Retseck	Golden State Warriors	Auburn	—
No. 47Round 3, pick 12	S Steve Newsome	Chicago Bulls	Houston	—
No. 48Round 3, pick 13	T Tom Kozelko	Capital Bullets	Toledo	—
No. 49Round 3, pick 14	A Allie McGuire	New York Knicks	Marquette	—
No. 50Round 3, pick 15	L Larry Kenon	Detroit Pistons	Memphis	—
No. 51Round 3, pick 16	E E.C. Coleman	Houston Rockets	Houston Baptist	—
No. 52Round 3, pick 17	M Martinez Denmon	Boston Celtics	Iowa State	—

Round 4

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 53Round 4, pick 1	D Darrel Minniefield	Philadelphia 76ers	New Mexico	—
No. 54Round 4, pick 2	D Doug Little	Buffalo Braves	Oregon	—
No. 55Round 4, pick 3	W William Averitt	Portland Trail Blazers	Pepperdine	—
No. 56Round 4, pick 4	J June Harris	Seattle SuperSonics	North Carolina A&T	—
No. 57Round 4, pick 5	L Luke Witte	Cleveland Cavaliers	Ohio State	—
No. 58Round 4, pick 6	L Lee Colburn	Houston Rockets	South Dakota State	—
No. 59Round 4, pick 7	C Clyde Turner	Milwaukee Bucks	Minnesota	—
No. 60Round 4, pick 8	R Ronnie Robinson	Phoenix Suns	Memphis	—
No. 61Round 4, pick 9	K Ken Brady	Detroit Pistons	Michigan	—
No. 62Round 4, pick 10	J James Brown	Atlanta Hawks	Harvard	—
No. 63Round 4, pick 11	R Ron King	Golden State Warriors	Florida State	—
No. 64Round 4, pick 12	M Mark Sibley	Chicago Bulls	Northwestern	—
No. 65Round 4, pick 13	A Aaron Stewart	Capital Bullets	Richmond	—
No. 66Round 4, pick 14	G George Karl	New York Knicks	North Carolina	—
No. 67Round 4, pick 15	H Harry Rogers	Milwaukee Bucks	Saint Louis	—
No. 68Round 4, pick 16	L Larry Finch	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis	—
No. 69Round 4, pick 17	R Richie Fuqua	Boston Celtics	Oral Roberts	—

Round 5

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 70Round 5, pick 1	R Reggie Royals	Philadelphia 76ers	Florida State	—
No. 71Round 5, pick 2	F Fran Costello	Portland Trail Blazers	Providence	—
No. 72Round 5, pick 3	R Randy Noll	Buffalo Braves	Marshall	—
No. 73Round 5, pick 4	C Chuck Iverson	Seattle SuperSonics	South Dakota	—
No. 74Round 5, pick 5	J John Coughran	Cleveland Cavaliers	California	—
No. 75Round 5, pick 6	G Gary Rhoades	Houston Rockets	Colorado State	—
No. 76Round 5, pick 7	M M.L. Carr	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Guilford	—
No. 77Round 5, pick 8	C Clinton Harris	Phoenix Suns	Iowa State	—
No. 78Round 5, pick 9	H Henry Wilmore	Detroit Pistons	Michigan	—
No. 79Round 5, pick 10	D Dave Winfield	Atlanta Hawks	Minnesota	—
No. 80Round 5, pick 11	N Nate Stephens	Golden State Warriors	Long Beach State	—
No. 81Round 5, pick 12	R Ray Simpson	Chicago Bulls	Furman	—
No. 82Round 5, pick 13	D Danny Traylor	Capital Bullets	South Carolina	—
No. 83Round 5, pick 14	D Dennis Bell	New York Knicks	Drake	—
No. 84Round 5, pick 15	K Kresimir Cosic	Los Angeles Lakers	Brigham Young	—
No. 85Round 5, pick 16	L Larry Jackson	Milwaukee Bucks	Northern Illinois	—
No. 86Round 5, pick 17	B Byron Jones	Boston Celtics	San Francisco	—

Round 6

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 87Round 6, pick 1	S Sterling Wright	Philadelphia 76ers	Lincoln (MO)	—
No. 88Round 6, pick 2	M Mike Macaluso	Buffalo Braves	Canisius	—
No. 89Round 6, pick 3	N Neal Jurgensen	Portland Trail Blazers	Oregon State	—
No. 90Round 6, pick 4	B Bill McCoy	Seattle SuperSonics	Northern Iowa	—
No. 91Round 6, pick 5	W Willie Calvert	Cleveland Cavaliers	Abilene Christian	—
No. 92Round 6, pick 6	T Tom Peck	Houston Rockets	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	—
No. 93Round 6, pick 7	M Mike Quick	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	San Francisco	—
No. 94Round 6, pick 8	G Gene Doyle	Phoenix Suns	Holy Cross	—
No. 95Round 6, pick 9	D Dennis Johnson	Detroit Pistons	Ferris State	—
No. 96Round 6, pick 10	J John Williamson	Atlanta Hawks	New Mexico State	—
No. 97Round 6, pick 11	B Bob Lauriski	Golden State Warriors	Utah State	—
No. 98Round 6, pick 12	J Johnny Neumann	Chicago Bulls	Mississippi	—
No. 99Round 6, pick 13	M Mike Allocco	Capital Bullets	Stonehill	—
No. 100Round 6, pick 14	L Lawrence Lilly	New York Knicks	Alabama State	—
No. 101Round 6, pick 15	J James Floyd	Milwaukee Bucks	Shaw	—
No. 102Round 6, pick 16	D David Brent	Los Angeles Lakers	Jacksonville	—
No. 103Round 6, pick 17	J Joe Cafferky	Boston Celtics	North Carolina State	—

Round 7

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 104Round 7, pick 1	J James Greene	Philadelphia 76ers	Kentucky Wesleyan	—
No. 105Round 7, pick 2	L Larry Hollyfield	Portland Trail Blazers	California-Los Angeles	—
No. 106Round 7, pick 3	T Tim Bassett	Buffalo Braves	Georgia	—
No. 107Round 7, pick 4	J Jim Andrews	Seattle SuperSonics	Kentucky	—
No. 108Round 7, pick 5	L Larry Farmer	Cleveland Cavaliers	California-Los Angeles	—
No. 109Round 7, pick 6	F Fred DeVaughn	Houston Rockets	Westmont	—
No. 110Round 7, pick 7	M Mike Jeffries	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Missouri	—
No. 111Round 7, pick 8	J Jerry Bisbano	Phoenix Suns	Louisiana-Lafayette	—
No. 112Round 7, pick 9	F Fred Smiley	Detroit Pistons	Northwood (MI)	—
No. 113Round 7, pick 10	P Pete Harris	Atlanta Hawks	Stephen F. Austin	—
No. 114Round 7, pick 11	S Steve Smith	Golden State Warriors	Loyola-Marymount	—
No. 115Round 7, pick 12	B Billy Harris	Chicago Bulls	Northern Illinois	—
No. 116Round 7, pick 13	R Rod Hogue	Capital Bullets	Georgia	—
No. 117Round 7, pick 14	M Mike Moore	New York Knicks	Manhattan	—
No. 118Round 7, pick 15	N Nate Hawthorne	Los Angeles Lakers	Southern Illinois	—
No. 119Round 7, pick 16	E Eddie Childress	Milwaukee Bucks	Austin Peay	—
No. 120Round 7, pick 17	M Mike Stewart	Boston Celtics	Santa Clara	—

Round 8

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 121Round 8, pick 1	D Dave Langston	Philadelphia 76ers	Drake	—
No. 122Round 8, pick 2	C Carl Jackson	Buffalo Braves	St. Bonaventure	—
No. 123Round 8, pick 3	L Lendell Resson	Portland Trail Blazers	Eastern Michigan	—
No. 124Round 8, pick 4	W Wardell Jeffries	Seattle SuperSonics	Oklahoma Baptist	—
No. 125Round 8, pick 5	J John Ritter	Cleveland Cavaliers	Indiana	—
No. 126Round 8, pick 6	J John Thomas	Houston Rockets	Missouri Southern State	—
No. 127Round 8, pick 7	M Mike Williams	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Kentucky Wesleyan	—
No. 128Round 8, pick 8	J Jim Owens	Phoenix Suns	Arizona State	—
No. 129Round 8, pick 9	B Ben Kelso	Detroit Pistons	Central Michigan	—
No. 130Round 8, pick 10	T Tim Dominey	Atlanta Hawks	Valdosta State	—
No. 131Round 8, pick 11	J Jeff Dawson	Golden State Warriors	Illinois	—
No. 132Round 8, pick 12	J J. G. Brosterhos	Chicago Bulls	Texas	—
No. 133Round 8, pick 13	M Mark Jellison	Capital Bullets	Northeastern	—
No. 134Round 8, pick 14	S Steve Rowell	New York Knicks	Rhode Island	—
No. 135Round 8, pick 15	W Walt McGrary	Milwaukee Bucks	Tennessee-Chattanooga	—
No. 136Round 8, pick 16	R Roy McPipe	Los Angeles Lakers	Montana State	—
No. 137Round 8, pick 17	R Robert White	Boston Celtics	Sam Houston State	—

Round 9

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 138Round 9, pick 1	H Harvey Catchings	Philadelphia 76ers	Hardin-Simmons	—
No. 139Round 9, pick 2	M Mike Contreras	Portland Trail Blazers	Arizona State	—
No. 140Round 9, pick 3	B Bob Fullerton	Buffalo Braves	Xavier	—
No. 141Round 9, pick 4	G Greg Williams	Seattle SuperSonics	Seattle	—
No. 142Round 9, pick 5	L Les Taylor	Cleveland Cavaliers	Murray State	—
No. 143Round 9, pick 6	J James Brown	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Dartmouth	—
No. 144Round 9, pick 7	S Sandy Smith	Phoenix Suns	Winston-Salem State	—
No. 145Round 9, pick 8	B Bill Kelgore	Detroit Pistons	Michigan State	—
No. 146Round 9, pick 9	E Everett Fopma	Golden State Warriors	Idaho State	—
No. 147Round 9, pick 10	R Rubin Montanez	Chicago Bulls	Duquesne	—
No. 148Round 9, pick 11	M Mike Boylan	Capital Bullets	Assumption	—
No. 149Round 9, pick 12	J Joe Wise	New York Knicks	Bridgewater State	—
No. 150Round 9, pick 13	B Bob Vacca	Milwaukee Bucks	Quinnipiac	—
No. 151Round 9, pick 14	C Corky Taylor	Boston Celtics	Minnesota	—

Round 10

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 152Round 10, pick 1	A Abe Steward	Philadelphia 76ers	Jacksonville	—
No. 153Round 10, pick 2	N Nick Connor	Buffalo Braves	Illinois	—
No. 154Round 10, pick 3	S Sam Whitehead	Portland Trail Blazers	Oregon State	—
No. 155Round 10, pick 4	B Bob Bodell	Seattle SuperSonics	Maryland	—
No. 156Round 10, pick 5	D Dean Martin	Cleveland Cavaliers	Baldwin Wallace	—
No. 157Round 10, pick 6	E Ernie Kusyner	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Kansas State	—
No. 158Round 10, pick 7	C Claude White	Phoenix Suns	Elmhurst	—
No. 159Round 10, pick 8	B Bob Solomon	Detroit Pistons	Wayne State (MI)	—
No. 160Round 10, pick 9	F Fred Lavoroni	Golden State Warriors	Santa Clara	—
No. 161Round 10, pick 10	R Russ Hunt	Chicago Bulls	Furman	—
No. 162Round 10, pick 11	D Dick Kelly	Capital Bullets	Bay College	—
No. 163Round 10, pick 12	E Ed Fields	New York Knicks	Long Island Post	—
No. 164Round 10, pick 13	R Ron Battle	Milwaukee Bucks	Sam Houston State	—
No. 165Round 10, pick 14	S Steve Turner	Boston Celtics	Vanderbilt	—

Round 11

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 166Round 11, pick 1	R Rod Freeman	Philadelphia 76ers	Vanderbilt	—
No. 167Round 11, pick 2	E Ed Payne	Portland Trail Blazers	Wake Forest	—
No. 168Round 11, pick 3	M Mike Lee	Buffalo Braves	Syracuse	—
No. 169Round 11, pick 4	F Floyd Lewis	Cleveland Cavaliers	Harvard	—
No. 170Round 11, pick 5	L Lynn Greer	Phoenix Suns	Virginia State	—
No. 171Round 11, pick 6	L Len Paul	Detroit Pistons	Akron	—
No. 172Round 11, pick 7	D Dale Adams	Capital Bullets	St. Mary's (MD)	—
No. 173Round 11, pick 8	C Charles Edge	New York Knicks	LeMoyne-Owen	—
No. 174Round 11, pick 9	E Ed Hastings	Boston Celtics	Villanova	—

Round 12

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 175Round 12, pick 1	C Connie Warren	Philadelphia 76ers	Xavier	—
No. 176Round 12, pick 2	A Aaron Covington	Buffalo Braves	Canisius	—
No. 177Round 12, pick 3	R Rick Holdt	Portland Trail Blazers	North Carolina State	—
No. 178Round 12, pick 4	C Chris McMurray	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Diego State	—
No. 179Round 12, pick 5	L Lyman Williamson	Phoenix Suns	Samford	—
No. 180Round 12, pick 6	C Clarence Carlisle	Detroit Pistons	Ferris State	—
No. 181Round 12, pick 7	M Mike Battle	Capital Bullets	George Washington	—
No. 182Round 12, pick 8	B Bruce Winkler	Boston Celtics	Santa Clara	—

Round 13

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 183Round 13, pick 1	J Jim Crawford	Philadelphia 76ers	La Salle	—
No. 184Round 13, pick 2	B Bob Vartanian	Buffalo Braves	Buffalo	—
No. 185Round 13, pick 3	J John Pennebacker	Cleveland Cavaliers	Hawaii	—
No. 186Round 13, pick 4	K Kalevi Sarkalahti	Phoenix Suns	Brigham Young	—
No. 187Round 13, pick 5	C Chester Davis	Capital Bullets	Morgan State	—
No. 188Round 13, pick 6	S Scott Koelzer	Boston Celtics	Montana State	—

Round 14

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 189Round 14, pick 1	E Ernie Johnson	Philadelphia 76ers	Michigan	—
No. 190Round 14, pick 2	R Ron Gilliam	Buffalo Braves	SUNY Brockport	—
No. 191Round 14, pick 3	C Charles Mitchell	Cleveland Cavaliers	Eastern Kentucky	—
No. 192Round 14, pick 4	H Howard White	Capital Bullets	Maryland	—
No. 193Round 14, pick 5	R Rick Williams	Boston Celtics	Iowa	—

Round 15

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 194Round 15, pick 1	L Lionel Harris	Philadelphia 76ers	Cincinnati	—
No. 195Round 15, pick 2	J John Fraley	Buffalo Braves	Georgia	—
No. 196Round 15, pick 3	R Reese Stovall	Cleveland Cavaliers	Texas-Pan American	—
No. 197Round 15, pick 4	W W. Shorty Simmons	Capital Bullets	St. Mary's (MD)	—
No. 198Round 15, pick 5	J James Gilchrist	Boston Celtics	Florida Southern	—

Round 16

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 199Round 16, pick 1	L Larry Robinson	Philadelphia 76ers	Tennessee	—
No. 200Round 16, pick 2	J John Green	Buffalo Braves	Oregon	—
No. 201Round 16, pick 3	T Tom O'Connor	Cleveland Cavaliers	Iowa State	—
No. 202Round 16, pick 4	S Sam Barber	Boston Celtics	Bethune-Cookman	—

Round 17

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 203Round 17, pick 1	T Tony Prince	Philadelphia 76ers	St. John's (NY)	—
No. 204Round 17, pick 2	J Jim Garvin	Buffalo Braves	Boston University	—
No. 205Round 17, pick 3	P Phil Elderkin	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston University	—
No. 206Round 17, pick 4	L Lamont King	Boston Celtics	Long Beach State	—

Round 18

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 207Round 18, pick 1	D Don Johnston	Buffalo Braves	North Carolina	—
No. 208Round 18, pick 2	P Peter Gavitt	Boston Celtics	Maine	—

Round 19

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 209Round 19, pick 1	R Ron Thornson	Buffalo Braves	British Columbia (CAN)	—
No. 210Round 19, pick 2	T Tom Austin	Boston Celtics	Massachusetts	—

Round 20

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 211Round 20, pick 1	P Phil Tollestrop	Buffalo Braves	Brigham Young	—