1978 NBA Draft Class

Round 1

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 1Round 1, pick 1	M Mychal Thompson	Portland Trail Blazers	Minnesota	—
No. 2Round 1, pick 2	P Phil Ford	Kansas City Kings	North Carolina	—
No. 3Round 1, pick 3	R Rick Robey	Indiana Pacers	Kentucky	—
No. 4Round 1, pick 4	M Micheal Ray Richardson	New York Knicks	Montana	—
No. 5Round 1, pick 5	P Purvis Short	Golden State Warriors	Jackson State	—
No. 6Round 1, pick 6	L Larry Bird	Boston Celtics	Indiana State	—
No. 7Round 1, pick 7	R Ron Brewer	Portland Trail Blazers	Arkansas	—
No. 8Round 1, pick 8	F Freeman Williams	Boston Celtics	Portland State	—
No. 9Round 1, pick 9	R Reggie Theus	Chicago Bulls	Nevada-Las Vegas	—
No. 10Round 1, pick 10	B Butch Lee	Atlanta Hawks	Marquette	—
No. 11Round 1, pick 11	J James Hardy	New Orleans Jazz	San Francisco	—
No. 12Round 1, pick 12	G George Johnson	Milwaukee Bucks	St. John's (NY)	—
No. 13Round 1, pick 13	W Winford Boynes	New Jersey Nets	San Francisco	—
No. 14Round 1, pick 14	R Roger Phegley	Washington Bullets	Bradley	—
No. 15Round 1, pick 15	M Mike Mitchell	Cleveland Cavaliers	Auburn	—
No. 16Round 1, pick 16	J Jack Givens	Atlanta Hawks	Kentucky	—
No. 17Round 1, pick 17	R Rod Griffin	Denver Nuggets	Wake Forest	—
No. 18Round 1, pick 18	D Dave Corzine	Washington Bullets	DePaul	—
No. 19Round 1, pick 19	M Marty Byrnes	Phoenix Suns	Syracuse	—
No. 20Round 1, pick 20	F Frankie Sanders	San Antonio Spurs	Southern University	—
No. 21Round 1, pick 21	M Mike Evans	Denver Nuggets	Kansas State	—
No. 22Round 1, pick 22	R Raymond Townsend	Golden State Warriors	California-Los Angeles	—

Round 2

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 23Round 2, pick 1	T Terry Tyler	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Mercy	—
No. 24Round 2, pick 2	K Keith Herron	Portland Trail Blazers	Villanova	—
No. 25Round 2, pick 3	R Rick Wilson	Atlanta Hawks	Louisville	—
No. 26Round 2, pick 4	R Ron Carter	Los Angeles Lakers	Virginia Military Institute	—
No. 27Round 2, pick 5	W Wayne Radford	Indiana Pacers	Indiana	—
No. 28Round 2, pick 6	B Buster Matheney	Houston Rockets	Utah	—
No. 29Round 2, pick 7	J John Long	Detroit Pistons	Detroit Mercy	—
No. 30Round 2, pick 8	J Jeff Judkins	Boston Celtics	Utah	—
No. 31Round 2, pick 9	M Marvin Johnson	Chicago Bulls	New Mexico	—
No. 32Round 2, pick 10	J John Rudd	New York Knicks	McNeese State	—
No. 33Round 2, pick 11	H Harry Davis	Cleveland Cavaliers	Florida State	—
No. 34Round 2, pick 12	G Greg Bunch	New York Knicks	Cal State-Fullerton	—
No. 35Round 2, pick 13	T Tommy Green	New Orleans Jazz	Southern University	—
No. 36Round 2, pick 14	M Maurice Cheeks	Philadelphia 76ers	West Texas A&M	—
No. 37Round 2, pick 15	T Terry Sykes	Washington Bullets	Grambling	—
No. 38Round 2, pick 16	L Lew Massey	Los Angeles Lakers	North Carolina-Charlotte	—
No. 39Round 2, pick 17	J James Lee	Seattle SuperSonics	Kentucky	—
No. 40Round 2, pick 18	W Wayne Cooper	Golden State Warriors	New Orleans	—
No. 41Round 2, pick 19	J Jerome Whitehead	San Diego Clippers	Marquette	—
No. 42Round 2, pick 20	K Kevin McDonald	Seattle SuperSonics	Pennsylvania	—
No. 43Round 2, pick 21	G Glenn Hagan	Philadelphia 76ers	St. Bonaventure	—
No. 44Round 2, pick 22	C Clemon Johnson	Portland Trail Blazers	Florida A&M	—

Round 3

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 45Round 3, pick 1	M Mike Phillips	New Jersey Nets	Kentucky	—
No. 46Round 3, pick 2	H Hollis Copeland	Denver Nuggets	Rutgers	—
No. 47Round 3, pick 3	B Billyray Bates	Houston Rockets	Kentucky State	—
No. 48Round 3, pick 4	M Mike Santos	San Diego Clippers	Utah State	—
No. 49Round 3, pick 5	J Jeff Cook	Kansas City Kings	Idaho State	—
No. 50Round 3, pick 6	D Dana Skinner	Boston Celtics	Merrimack	—
No. 51Round 3, pick 7	R Ricky Gallon	San Diego Clippers	Louisville	—
No. 52Round 3, pick 8	M Mike Russell	Kansas City Kings	Texas Tech	—
No. 53Round 3, pick 9	R Randy Ayers	Chicago Bulls	Miami (OH)	—
No. 54Round 3, pick 10	S Steve Grant	Atlanta Hawks	Manhattan	—
No. 55Round 3, pick 11	M Marc Iavaroni	New York Knicks	Virginia	—
No. 56Round 3, pick 12	S Steve Neff	Golden State Warriors	Southern Nazarene	—
No. 57Round 3, pick 13	K Ken Higgs	Cleveland Cavaliers	Louisiana State	—
No. 58Round 3, pick 14	R Rick Apke	Washington Bullets	Creighton	—
No. 59Round 3, pick 15	P Pat Cummings	Milwaukee Bucks	Cincinnati	—
No. 60Round 3, pick 16	M Michael Cooper	Los Angeles Lakers	New Mexico	—
No. 61Round 3, pick 17	D Dave Baxter	Seattle SuperSonics	Michigan	—
No. 62Round 3, pick 18	D Dave Batton	New Jersey Nets	Notre Dame	—
No. 63Round 3, pick 19	J Joel Kramer	Phoenix Suns	San Diego State	—
No. 64Round 3, pick 20	G Gerald Henderson	San Antonio Spurs	Virginia Commonwealth	—
No. 65Round 3, pick 21	M Marvin Dalph	San Diego Clippers	Arkansas	—
No. 66Round 3, pick 22	S Sterling Edmunds	Portland Trail Blazers	Dartmouth	—

Round 4

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 67Round 4, pick 1	J Jackie Robinson	Houston Rockets	Nevada-Las Vegas	—
No. 68Round 4, pick 2	J Jim Boylan	San Diego Clippers	Marquette	—
No. 69Round 4, pick 3	J Joel Thompson	Houston Rockets	Michigan	—
No. 70Round 4, pick 4	J Jeffrey Crompton	Kansas City Kings	North Carolina	—
No. 71Round 4, pick 5	R Ricky Lee	Indiana Pacers	Oregon State	—
No. 72Round 4, pick 6	D Dave Nelson	Boston Celtics	Bloomfield	—
No. 73Round 4, pick 7	L Larry Harris	San Diego Clippers	Pittsburgh	—
No. 74Round 4, pick 8	M Mel Davis	New Orleans Jazz	North Texas	—
No. 75Round 4, pick 9	J Jeff Covington	New Orleans Jazz	Youngstown State	—
No. 76Round 4, pick 10	L Leroy McDonald	San Diego Clippers	Wake Forest	—
No. 77Round 4, pick 11	D Derrick Jackson	Golden State Warriors	Georgetown	—
No. 78Round 4, pick 12	S Stan Rome	Cleveland Cavaliers	Clemson	—
No. 79Round 4, pick 13	E Erving Giddings	New York Knicks	Dayton	—
No. 80Round 4, pick 14	O Otis Howard	Milwaukee Bucks	Austin Peay	—
No. 81Round 4, pick 15	L Lawrence Boston	Washington Bullets	Maryland	—
No. 82Round 4, pick 16	H Harold Robertson	Los Angeles Lakers	Lincoln (MO)	—
No. 83Round 4, pick 17	B Billy Lewis	Seattle SuperSonics	Illinois State	—
No. 84Round 4, pick 18	W Walter Jordan	New Jersey Nets	Purdue	—
No. 85Round 4, pick 19	B Bob Miller	Phoenix Suns	Cincinnati	—
No. 86Round 4, pick 20	R Rich Adams	San Antonio Spurs	Illinois	—
No. 87Round 4, pick 21	B Brett Vroman	Philadelphia 76ers	Nevada-Las Vegas	—
No. 88Round 4, pick 22	W Wayne Smith	Phoenix Suns	California-Irvine	—

Round 5

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 89Round 5, pick 1	C Cecile Rose	New Jersey Nets	Houston	—
No. 90Round 5, pick 2	D David Thompson	San Diego Clippers	Florida State	—
No. 91Round 5, pick 3	G Gary Goodner	Houston Rockets	Texas	—
No. 92Round 5, pick 4	J James Sparrow	Indiana Pacers	North Carolina A&T	—
No. 93Round 5, pick 5	D Derick Clairborne	Kansas City Kings	Massachusetts	—
No. 94Round 5, pick 6	G Greg Tynes	Boston Celtics	Seton Hall	—
No. 95Round 5, pick 7	D Dave Caligaris	Detroit Pistons	Northeastern	—
No. 96Round 5, pick 8	D Don Williams	New Orleans Jazz	Notre Dame	—
No. 97Round 5, pick 9	R Ron Anthony	Chicago Bulls	Jacksonville	—
No. 98Round 5, pick 10	C Chris Potter	Atlanta Hawks	Holy Cross	—
No. 99Round 5, pick 11	K Ken Koenigs	Cleveland Cavaliers	Kansas	—
No. 100Round 5, pick 12	G Greg Green	New York Knicks	Southern University	—
No. 101Round 5, pick 13	T Thomas Wilson	Golden State Warriors	Western Carolina	—
No. 102Round 5, pick 14	R Roger Dickens	Washington Bullets	Towson	—
No. 103Round 5, pick 15	R Russ Coleman	Milwaukee Bucks	Pacific	—
No. 104Round 5, pick 16	C Carlos Terry	Los Angeles Lakers	Winston-Salem State	—
No. 105Round 5, pick 17	R Ralph Drollinger	Seattle SuperSonics	California-Los Angeles	—
No. 106Round 5, pick 18	M Michael Edwards	Denver Nuggets	Texas-Pan American	—
No. 107Round 5, pick 19	A Andre Wakefield	Phoenix Suns	Loyola-Chicago	—
No. 108Round 5, pick 20	E Eugene Parker	San Antonio Spurs	Purdue	—
No. 109Round 5, pick 21	M Mark Haymore	Philadelphia 76ers	Massachusetts	—
No. 110Round 5, pick 22	C Clay Johnson	Portland Trail Blazers	Missouri	—

Round 6

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 111Round 6, pick 1	G Golie Augustus	New Jersey Nets	South Carolina	—
No. 112Round 6, pick 2	B Bob Miscevicious	San Diego Clippers	Providence	—
No. 113Round 6, pick 3	E Eddie Joe Chavez	Houston Rockets	Santa Clara	—
No. 114Round 6, pick 4	J Jim Krivacs	Kansas City Kings	Texas	—
No. 115Round 6, pick 5	S Sherman Dillard	Indiana Pacers	James Madison	—
No. 116Round 6, pick 6	D Dave Winey	Boston Celtics	Minnesota	—
No. 117Round 6, pick 7	A Audie Matthews	Detroit Pistons	Illinois	—
No. 118Round 6, pick 8	J John Douglas	New Orleans Jazz	Kansas	—
No. 119Round 6, pick 9	J John Shoemaker	Chicago Bulls	Miami (OH)	—
No. 120Round 6, pick 10	G Gerald Glover	Atlanta Hawks	Howard	—
No. 121Round 6, pick 11	E Ed Warren	New York Knicks	Briar Cliff	—
No. 122Round 6, pick 12	B Buzz Hartnett	Golden State Warriors	San Diego	—
No. 123Round 6, pick 13	R Ron Bell	Cleveland Cavaliers	Virginia Tech	—
No. 124Round 6, pick 14	D Dave Kyle	Milwaukee Bucks	Cleveland State	—
No. 125Round 6, pick 15	A Archie Aldridge	Washington Bullets	Miami (OH)	—
No. 126Round 6, pick 16	K Kim Stewart	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington	—
No. 127Round 6, pick 17	R Robert Heard	Denver Nuggets	Columbus State	—
No. 128Round 6, pick 18	C Charles Thompson	Phoenix Suns	Houston	—
No. 129Round 6, pick 19	H Harry Morgan	San Antonio Spurs	Indiana State	—
No. 130Round 6, pick 20	O Osborne Lockhart	Philadelphia 76ers	Minnesota	—
No. 131Round 6, pick 21	T Tim Evans	Portland Trail Blazers	Puget Sound	—

Round 7

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 132Round 7, pick 1	D Doug Jemison	New Jersey Nets	San Francisco	—
No. 133Round 7, pick 2	S Stan Pietkiewicz	San Diego Clippers	Auburn	—
No. 134Round 7, pick 3	S Stan Stewart	Houston Rockets	Loyola-Marymount	—
No. 135Round 7, pick 4	O Ollie Matson	Indiana Pacers	Pepperdine	—
No. 136Round 7, pick 5	C Charles McMilliam	Kansas City Kings	North Texas	—
No. 137Round 7, pick 6	S Steve Balkun	Boston Celtics	Fairfield	—
No. 138Round 7, pick 7	H Herb Entzminger	Detroit Pistons	Johnson C. Smith	—
No. 139Round 7, pick 8	W Willie Howard	New Orleans Jazz	New Mexico	—
No. 140Round 7, pick 9	J Jarvis Reynolds	Chicago Bulls	West Georgia	—
No. 141Round 7, pick 10	J Jim DeWeese	Atlanta Hawks	Gonzaga	—
No. 142Round 7, pick 11	R Rick Bernard	Golden State Warriors	St. Mary's (CA)	—
No. 143Round 7, pick 12	T Tony Smith	Cleveland Cavaliers	Nevada-Las Vegas	—
No. 144Round 7, pick 13	G Gary Pember	New York Knicks	Nasson	—
No. 145Round 7, pick 14	E Ed Hopkins	Washington Bullets	Georgetown	—
No. 146Round 7, pick 15	K Kim Anderson	Milwaukee Bucks	Missouri	—
No. 147Round 7, pick 16	L Larry Paige	Los Angeles Lakers	Colorado State	—
No. 148Round 7, pick 17	J Jack Gilloon	Denver Nuggets	South Carolina	—
No. 149Round 7, pick 18	S Steve Malovic	Phoenix Suns	San Diego State	—
No. 150Round 7, pick 19	H Hector Olivencia	San Antonio Spurs	Sacred Heart	—
No. 151Round 7, pick 20	A Anthony Murray	Philadelphia 76ers	Alabama	—
No. 152Round 7, pick 21	W Walter Reason	Portland Trail Blazers	Pacific	—

Round 8

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 153Round 8, pick 1	B Bruce Campbell	New Jersey Nets	Providence	—
No. 154Round 8, pick 2	F Felton Young	San Diego Clippers	Jacksonville	—
No. 155Round 8, pick 3	R Ron Hammye	Kansas City Kings	Bowling Green	—
No. 156Round 8, pick 4	K Kim Fisher	Boston Celtics	Fairfield	—
No. 157Round 8, pick 5	E Earl Evans	Detroit Pistons	Nevada-Las Vegas	—
No. 158Round 8, pick 6	C Carl Kilpatrick	New Orleans Jazz	Louisiana-Monroe	—
No. 159Round 8, pick 7	J John Cox	Chicago Bulls	San Francisco	—
No. 160Round 8, pick 8	E Ed Murphy	Atlanta Hawks	Merrimack	—
No. 161Round 8, pick 9	R Roland Martin	Cleveland Cavaliers	Missouri Southern State	—
No. 162Round 8, pick 10	G Greg Sanders	New York Knicks	St. Bonaventure	—
No. 163Round 8, pick 11	T Tony Searcy	Golden State Warriors	Appalachian State	—
No. 164Round 8, pick 12	T Tom Zaligaris	Milwaukee Bucks	North Carolina	—
No. 165Round 8, pick 13	N Nestor Cora	Washington Bullets	St. Francis Brooklyn	—
No. 166Round 8, pick 14	L Larry Vaculik	Denver Nuggets	Colorado	—
No. 167Round 8, pick 15	G George Fowler	Phoenix Suns	Pacific	—
No. 168Round 8, pick 16	H Henry Taylor	San Antonio Spurs	Texas-Pan American	—
No. 169Round 8, pick 17	A Alan Cunningham	Philadelphia 76ers	Colorado State	—
No. 170Round 8, pick 18	M Mark Wickman	Portland Trail Blazers	Linfield	—

Round 9

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 171Round 9, pick 1	F Frank Sowinski	New Jersey Nets	Princeton	—
No. 172Round 9, pick 2	B Bobby White	San Diego Clippers	Centenary (LA)	—
No. 173Round 9, pick 3	L Les Anderson	Boston Celtics	George Washington	—
No. 174Round 9, pick 4	U Ulice Payne	Detroit Pistons	Marquette	—
No. 175Round 9, pick 5	C Chad Nelson	New Orleans Jazz	Drake	—
No. 176Round 9, pick 6	J Joe Ponsetto	Chicago Bulls	DePaul	—
No. 177Round 9, pick 7	M Maurice Robinson	Atlanta Hawks	West Virginia	—
No. 178Round 9, pick 8	D Danny Fields	New York Knicks	North Carolina-Wilmington	—
No. 179Round 9, pick 9	B Bobby Humbles	Golden State Warriors	Bradley	—
No. 180Round 9, pick 10	S Steve Bayless	Cleveland Cavaliers	Central State (OH)	—
No. 181Round 9, pick 11	T Tim Claxton	Washington Bullets	Temple	—
No. 182Round 9, pick 12	G Gary Rosenberger	Milwaukee Bucks	Marquette	—
No. 183Round 9, pick 13	T Tom Schneeburger	Denver Nuggets	Air Force	—
No. 184Round 9, pick 14	N Nate Stokes	Phoenix Suns	Grand Canyon	—
No. 185Round 9, pick 15	R Rick Taylor	San Antonio Spurs	Arizona State	—
No. 186Round 9, pick 16	P Paul Cozens	Portland Trail Blazers	Holy Cross	—

Round 10

Selection	Player	Team	School / origin	Age
No. 187Round 10, pick 1	M Michael Vicens	New Jersey Nets	Holy Cross	—
No. 188Round 10, pick 2	W Walter Harrigan	Boston Celtics	Brandeis	—
No. 189Round 10, pick 3	D Dave Grauzer	Detroit Pistons	Central Michigan	—
No. 190Round 10, pick 4	R Rickey Williams	New Orleans Jazz	Long Beach State	—
No. 191Round 10, pick 5	M Mark Tucker	Chicago Bulls	Oklahoma	—
No. 192Round 10, pick 6	M Marshall Lester	Atlanta Hawks	Florida Southern	—
No. 193Round 10, pick 7	M Mike Muff	Golden State Warriors	Murray State	—
No. 194Round 10, pick 8	G Gary Winston	Cleveland Cavaliers	Army	—
No. 195Round 10, pick 9	E Ernest Simons	New York Knicks	Pace	—
No. 196Round 10, pick 10	T Tom Anderson	Milwaukee Bucks	Wisconsin-Green Bay	—
No. 197Round 10, pick 11	S Steve Connor	Washington Bullets	Boise State	—
No. 198Round 10, pick 12	P Phil Taylor	Denver Nuggets	Arizona	—
No. 199Round 10, pick 13	L Lewis Cohen	Phoenix Suns	Cal Poly	—
No. 200Round 10, pick 14	L Larry Brewster	San Antonio Spurs	Florida	—
No. 201Round 10, pick 15	D Dennis James	Philadelphia 76ers	Widener	—
No. 202Round 10, pick 16	T Tim Workington	Portland Trail Blazers	Biola	—