Official NBA Draft History

1976 NBA Draft

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

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Draft year

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173 verified selections of 173 expected from the source. 173 player identities are not yet linked to a public profile. 54 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	J John Lucas	Houston Rockets	Maryland	—
No. 2Round 1, pick 2	S Scott May	Chicago Bulls	Indiana	—
No. 3Round 1, pick 3	R Richard Washington	Kansas City Kings	California-Los Angeles	—
No. 4Round 1, pick 4	L Leon Douglas	Detroit Pistons	Alabama	—
No. 5Round 1, pick 5	W Wally Walker	Portland Trail Blazers	Virginia	—
No. 6Round 1, pick 6	A Adrian Dantley	Buffalo Braves	Notre Dame	—
No. 7Round 1, pick 7	Q Quinn Buckner	Milwaukee Bucks	Indiana	—
No. 8Round 1, pick 8	R Robert Parish	Golden State Warriors	Centenary (LA)	—
No. 9Round 1, pick 9	A Armond Hill	Atlanta Hawks	Princeton	—
No. 10Round 1, pick 10	R Ron Lee	Phoenix Suns	Oregon	—
No. 11Round 1, pick 11	B Bob Wilkerson	Seattle SuperSonics	Indiana	—
No. 12Round 1, pick 12	T Terry Furlow	Philadelphia 76ers	Michigan State	—
No. 13Round 1, pick 13	M Mitch Kupchak	Washington Bullets	North Carolina	—
No. 14Round 1, pick 14	L Larry Wright	Washington Bullets	Grambling	—
No. 15Round 1, pick 15	C Chuckie Williams	Cleveland Cavaliers	Kansas State	—
No. 16Round 1, pick 16	N Norm Cook	Boston Celtics	Kansas	—
No. 17Round 1, pick 17	S Sonny Parker	Golden State Warriors	Texas A&M	—

Round 2

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 18Round 2, pick 1	W Willie Smith	Chicago Bulls	Missouri	—
No. 19Round 2, pick 2	B Bayard Forrest	Seattle SuperSonics	Grand Canyon	—
No. 20Round 2, pick 3	M Major Jones	Portland Trail Blazers	Albany State (GA)	—
No. 21Round 2, pick 4	E Earl Tatum	Los Angeles Lakers	Marquette	—
No. 22Round 2, pick 5	J Johnny Davis	Portland Trail Blazers	Dayton	—
No. 23Round 2, pick 6	A Alex English	Milwaukee Bucks	South Carolina	—
No. 24Round 2, pick 7	S Scott Lloyd	Milwaukee Bucks	Arizona State	—
No. 25Round 2, pick 8	L Lonnie Shelton	New York Knicks	Oregon State	—
No. 26Round 2, pick 9	J Jacky Dorsey	New Orleans Jazz	Georgia	—
No. 27Round 2, pick 10	P Phil Hicks	Houston Rockets	Tulane	—
No. 28Round 2, pick 11	B Bob Carrington	Atlanta Hawks	Boston College	—
No. 29Round 2, pick 12	D Dennis Johnson	Seattle SuperSonics	Pepperdine	—
No. 30Round 2, pick 13	A Al Fleming	Phoenix Suns	Arizona	—
No. 31Round 2, pick 14	J Joe Pace	Washington Bullets	Coppin State	—
No. 32Round 2, pick 15	M Mo Howard	Cleveland Cavaliers	Maryland	—
No. 33Round 2, pick 16	B Butch Feher	Phoenix Suns	Vanderbilt	—
No. 34Round 2, pick 17	M Marshall Rogers	Golden State Warriors	Texas-Pan American	—

Round 3

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 35Round 3, pick 1	D Dallas Smith	Chicago Bulls	West Texas A&M	—
No. 36Round 3, pick 2	M Mike Dabney	Los Angeles Lakers	Rutgers	—
No. 37Round 3, pick 3	L Lars Hansen	Chicago Bulls	Washington	—
No. 38Round 3, pick 4	P Phil Sellers	Detroit Pistons	Rutgers	—
No. 39Round 3, pick 5	J Jeff Tyson	Portland Trail Blazers	Western Michigan	—
No. 40Round 3, pick 6	L Lloyd Walton	Milwaukee Bucks	Marquette	—
No. 41Round 3, pick 7	J John McGill	New York Knicks	Alcorn State	—
No. 42Round 3, pick 8	S Steve Copp	New Orleans Jazz	San Diego State	—
No. 43Round 3, pick 9	T Tom Abernethy	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana	—
No. 44Round 3, pick 10	B Barnes Hauptfuhrer	Houston Rockets	Princeton	—
No. 45Round 3, pick 11	I Ira Terrell	Phoenix Suns	Southern Methodist	—
No. 46Round 3, pick 12	L Larry Cooke	Atlanta Hawks	Virginia Tech	—
No. 47Round 3, pick 13	R Ron Norwood	Philadelphia 76ers	DePaul	—
No. 48Round 3, pick 14	G Gary Brewster	Buffalo Braves	Texas-El Paso	—
No. 49Round 3, pick 15	B Bill Cook	Washington Bullets	Memphis	—
No. 50Round 3, pick 16	G Gary Cole	Cleveland Cavaliers	Wisconsin-Parkside	—
No. 51Round 3, pick 17	J Jerry Fort	Boston Celtics	Nebraska	—

Round 4

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 52Round 4, pick 1	K Keith Starr	Chicago Bulls	Pittsburgh	—
No. 53Round 4, pick 2	T Tom Barker	Atlanta Hawks	Hawaii	—
No. 54Round 4, pick 3	C Clarence Ramsey	Kansas City Kings	Washington	—
No. 55Round 4, pick 4	S Scott Thompson	Detroit Pistons	Iowa	—
No. 56Round 4, pick 5	D David Everett	Portland Trail Blazers	Grand Canyon	—
No. 57Round 4, pick 6	R Rick Bullock	New York Knicks	Texas Tech	—
No. 58Round 4, pick 7	J John Service	New Orleans Jazz	California-Santa Barbara	—
No. 59Round 4, pick 8	D Dan Frost	Milwaukee Bucks	Iowa	—
No. 60Round 4, pick 9	W Wayman Britt	Los Angeles Lakers	Michigan	—
No. 61Round 4, pick 10	H Hercle Ivy	Houston Rockets	Iowa State	—
No. 62Round 4, pick 11	P Paul Miller	Phoenix Suns	Oregon State	—
No. 63Round 4, pick 12	W Willie Parr	Seattle SuperSonics	LeMoyne-Owen	—
No. 64Round 4, pick 13	F Freeman Blade	Philadelphia 76ers	Montana State	—
No. 65Round 4, pick 14	M Marion Hillard	Washington Bullets	Memphis	—
No. 66Round 4, pick 15	J John Engles	Cleveland Cavaliers	Pennsylvania	—
No. 67Round 4, pick 16	L Lewis Linder	Boston Celtics	Kentucky State	—
No. 68Round 4, pick 17	J Jeff Fosnes	Golden State Warriors	Vanderbilt	—

Round 5

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 69Round 5, pick 1	N Nate Williams	Chicago Bulls	Illinois	—
No. 70Round 5, pick 2	R Ron Davis	Atlanta Hawks	Washington State	—
No. 71Round 5, pick 3	W Willie Hodge	Kansas City Kings	Duke	—
No. 72Round 5, pick 4	J Jim Hearns	Detroit Pistons	Marymount (VA)	—
No. 73Round 5, pick 5	G Gary Reddings	Portland Trail Blazers	Auburn	—
No. 74Round 5, pick 6	P Paul Griffin	New Orleans Jazz	Western Michigan	—
No. 75Round 5, pick 7	T Tom Lockhart	Milwaukee Bucks	Manhattan	—
No. 76Round 5, pick 8	B Beaver Smith	New York Knicks	St. John's (NY)	—
No. 77Round 5, pick 9	J James Rappis	Milwaukee Bucks	Arizona	—
No. 78Round 5, pick 10	D Dave Marrs	Houston Rockets	Houston	—
No. 79Round 5, pick 11	R Ralph Walker	Phoenix Suns	St. Mary's (CA)	—
No. 80Round 5, pick 12	R Robert Gray	Seattle SuperSonics	Wichita State	—
No. 81Round 5, pick 13	J Jeff Browne	Philadelphia 76ers	Missouri Western State	—
No. 82Round 5, pick 14	C Connie White	Atlanta Hawks	California	—
No. 83Round 5, pick 15	L L.C. Mason	Washington Bullets	Alabama State	—
No. 84Round 5, pick 16	E Ed Lawrence	Cleveland Cavaliers	McNeese State	—
No. 85Round 5, pick 17	L Louis McKinney	Boston Celtics	Saint Louis	—
No. 86Round 5, pick 18	C Carl Bird	Golden State Warriors	California	—

Round 6

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 87Round 6, pick 1	T Tom Paulin	Chicago Bulls	Winston-Salem State	—
No. 88Round 6, pick 2	P Pete Padgett	Atlanta Hawks	Nevada-Reno	—
No. 89Round 6, pick 3	A Andre McCarter	Kansas City Kings	California-Los Angeles	—
No. 90Round 6, pick 4	R Russell Davis	Detroit Pistons	Virginia Tech	—
No. 91Round 6, pick 5	D Duane Barnett	Golden State Warriors	Stanford	—
No. 92Round 6, pick 6	P Phil Spence	Milwaukee Bucks	North Carolina State	—
No. 93Round 6, pick 7	J Joe Jones	New York Knicks	Grambling	—
No. 94Round 6, pick 8	B Barnard Tomlin	New Orleans Jazz	Hofstra	—
No. 95Round 6, pick 9	E Ed Schweitzer	Los Angeles Lakers	Stanford	—
No. 96Round 6, pick 10	R Robert Paige	Houston Rockets	Houston Baptist	—
No. 97Round 6, pick 11	C Carl Brown	Phoenix Suns	Eastern Kentucky	—
No. 98Round 6, pick 12	D Darrell Peterson	Seattle SuperSonics	Wake Forest	—
No. 99Round 6, pick 13	M Mike Dunleavy	Philadelphia 76ers	South Carolina	—
No. 100Round 6, pick 14	D Danny Odums	Buffalo Braves	Fairfield	—
No. 101Round 6, pick 15	P Pat Tallent	Washington Bullets	George Washington	—
No. 102Round 6, pick 16	H Harry Davis	Cleveland Cavaliers	Morris Brown	—
No. 103Round 6, pick 17	A Art Collins	Boston Celtics	St. Thomas (FL)	—
No. 104Round 6, pick 18	G Gene Cunningham	Golden State Warriors	Norfolk State	—

Round 7

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 105Round 7, pick 1	B Barry McLeod	Chicago Bulls	Centenary (LA)	—
No. 106Round 7, pick 2	C Carl Gerlach	Atlanta Hawks	Kansas State	—
No. 107Round 7, pick 3	C Craig Prosser	Kansas City Kings	Canisius	—
No. 108Round 7, pick 4	C Curt Peterson	Detroit Pistons	Puget Sound	—
No. 109Round 7, pick 5	A Al DeWitt	Portland Trail Blazers	Weber State	—
No. 110Round 7, pick 6	B Boyd Batts	New York Knicks	Nevada-Las Vegas	—
No. 111Round 7, pick 7	A Andy Walker	New Orleans Jazz	Niagara	—
No. 112Round 7, pick 8	R Ron Barrow	Milwaukee Bucks	Southern University	—
No. 113Round 7, pick 9	T Tommie Lipsey	Los Angeles Lakers	Cal State-Los Angeles	—
No. 114Round 7, pick 10	B Barry Davis	Houston Rockets	Texas A&M	—
No. 115Round 7, pick 11	B Brad Warble	Phoenix Suns	Eastern Illinois	—
No. 116Round 7, pick 12	M Mark Klein	Seattle SuperSonics	Malone	—
No. 117Round 7, pick 13	P Phil Walker	Philadelphia 76ers	Millersville	—
No. 118Round 7, pick 14	F Frank Jones	Buffalo Braves	Tennessee Tech	—
No. 119Round 7, pick 15	R Ralph Vallott	Washington Bullets	Loyola-Chicago	—
No. 120Round 7, pick 16	J Johnny Britt	Cleveland Cavaliers	Western Kentucky	—
No. 121Round 7, pick 17	R Ralph Drollinger	Boston Celtics	California-Los Angeles	—
No. 122Round 7, pick 18	J Jesse Campbell	Golden State Warriors	Mercyhurst	—

Round 8

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 123Round 8, pick 1	D Dale Koehler	Cleveland Cavaliers	Wisconsin	—
No. 124Round 8, pick 2	D Doug Terry	Atlanta Hawks	Utah	—
No. 125Round 8, pick 3	M Mike Davis	Kansas City Kings	Bradley	—
No. 126Round 8, pick 4	R Randy Henry	Detroit Pistons	Illinois State	—
No. 127Round 8, pick 5	B Brant Gibbler	Portland Trail Blazers	Puget Sound	—
No. 128Round 8, pick 6	R Richard Bryant	New Orleans Jazz	Texas State	—
No. 129Round 8, pick 7	B Bob Warner	Milwaukee Bucks	Maine	—
No. 130Round 8, pick 8	R Rick McCutcheon	New York Knicks	Arizona State	—
No. 131Round 8, pick 9	E Ed Gregg	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah State	—
No. 132Round 8, pick 10	D Dan Kruger	Houston Rockets	Texas	—
No. 133Round 8, pick 11	T Tom DeBerry	Phoenix Suns	Northern Arizona	—
No. 134Round 8, pick 12	N Norton Barnhill	Seattle SuperSonics	Washington State	—
No. 135Round 8, pick 13	L Lee Dixon	Philadelphia 76ers	Hardin-Simmons	—
No. 136Round 8, pick 14	M Mark McAndrew	Buffalo Braves	Providence	—
No. 137Round 8, pick 15	M Merlin Wilson	Washington Bullets	Georgetown	—
No. 138Round 8, pick 16	T Tim Sisneros	Cleveland Cavaliers	Middle Tennessee State	—
No. 139Round 8, pick 17	J John Clark	Boston Celtics	Northeastern	—
No. 140Round 8, pick 18	S Stan Boskovich	Golden State Warriors	West Virginia	—

Round 9

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 141Round 9, pick 1	J John Thomas	Chicago Bulls	Connecticut	—
No. 142Round 9, pick 2	B Bob Kovach	Atlanta Hawks	San Diego State	—
No. 143Round 9, pick 3	D Dave Logan	Kansas City Kings	Colorado	—
No. 144Round 9, pick 4	B Bill Martin	Detroit Pistons	Hartwick	—
No. 145Round 9, pick 5	R Rob Torresdal	Portland Trail Blazers	Linfield	—
No. 146Round 9, pick 6	B Benny Shaw	Milwaukee Bucks	Florida Tech	—
No. 147Round 9, pick 7	A Archie Talley	New York Knicks	Salem International	—
No. 148Round 9, pick 8	C Calvin Robinson	New Orleans Jazz	Mississippi Valley State	—
No. 149Round 9, pick 9	D David Pickett	Los Angeles Lakers	Louisiana-Monroe	—
No. 150Round 9, pick 10	J John Irving	Phoenix Suns	Hofstra	—
No. 151Round 9, pick 11	R Ron Johnson	Seattle SuperSonics	North Carolina A&T	—
No. 152Round 9, pick 12	F Fly Williams	Philadelphia 76ers	Austin Peay	—
No. 153Round 9, pick 13	B Bob Rozyczko	Buffalo Braves	St. Bonaventure	—
No. 154Round 9, pick 14	C Clyde Agnew	Washington Bullets	Newberry	—
No. 155Round 9, pick 15	B Bruce Parkinson	Cleveland Cavaliers	Purdue	—
No. 156Round 9, pick 16	B Bill Collins	Boston Celtics	Boston College	—
No. 157Round 9, pick 17	H Howard Smith	Golden State Warriors	San Francisco	—

Round 10

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 158Round 10, pick 1	J John Hudson	Chicago Bulls	Concord	—
No. 159Round 10, pick 2	M Mike Dickerson	Atlanta Hawks	South Florida	—
No. 160Round 10, pick 3	H Harry Bailey	Kansas City Kings	North Texas	—
No. 161Round 10, pick 4	B Bob Johnson	Detroit Pistons	Wisconsin	—
No. 162Round 10, pick 5	M Marcus Leite	Portland Trail Blazers	Pepperdine	—
No. 163Round 10, pick 6	E Eugene Shy	New York Knicks	Florida	—
No. 164Round 10, pick 7	A Art Johnson	New Orleans Jazz	Iowa State	—
No. 165Round 10, pick 8	H Hugo Cabrera	Milwaukee Bucks	Texas A&M-Commerce	—
No. 166Round 10, pick 9	G Gary Jackson	Phoenix Suns	Arizona State	—
No. 167Round 10, pick 10	R Ricky Lewis	Seattle SuperSonics	Alcorn State	—
No. 168Round 10, pick 11	E Ed Stefanski	Philadelphia 76ers	Pennsylvania	—
No. 169Round 10, pick 12	T Tim Stokes	Buffalo Braves	Canisius	—
No. 170Round 10, pick 13	M Mike Beuscher	Washington Bullets	Seton Hall	—
No. 171Round 10, pick 14	E Elisha McSweeney	Cleveland Cavaliers	Minnesota State-Mankato	—
No. 172Round 10, pick 15	O Otho Tucker	Boston Celtics	Illinois	—
No. 173Round 10, pick 16	K Ken Smith	Golden State Warriors	San Diego State	—