1974 NBA Draft

1973 NBA Draft 1975 NBA Draft

Date: Tuesday, May 28, 1974

Location: New York, New York

Number of Picks: 178 (62 played in NBA)

First Overall Pick: Bill Walton (39.3 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: G. Gervin (88.1), B. Jones (73.7) and J. Wilkes (71.3)

All-Stars: 12 (J. Drew, G. Gervin, B. Jones, B. Knight, M. Lucas, T. Robinson, C. Russell, P. Smith, B. Walton, S. Wedman, J. Wilkes and B. Winters)

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178 Selections

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178 Selections Table
			Round 1			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
1	1	POR	Bill Walton	UCLA	10	468	13250	6215	4923	1590	.521		.660	28.3	13.3	10.5	3.4	39.3	.142	4.3	21.3
2	2	PHI	Marvin Barnes	Providence	4	171	3718	1569	946	252	.442		.672	21.7	9.2	5.5	1.5	4.4	.057	-1.7	0.3
3	3	SEA	Tom Burleson	NC State	7	446	9425	4190	2794	601	.445		.726	21.1	9.4	6.3	1.3	22.9	.117	0.2	5.1
4	4	PHO	John Shumate	Notre Dame	5	318	9201	3920	2388	574	.516		.720	28.9	12.3	7.5	1.8	24.5	.128	1.0	6.9
5	5	HOU	Bobby Jones	UNC	10	774	20177	8911	4256	1888	.550		.780	26.1	11.5	5.5	2.4	73.7	.175	4.0	30.6
6	6	KCO	Scott Wedman	Colorado	13	906	25927	11916	4355	1771	.481		.794	28.6	13.2	4.8	2.0	53.7	.099	-0.4	10.5
7	7	ATL	Tom Henderson	Hawaii	9	650	17690	6088	1494	3136	.433		.739	27.2	9.4	2.3	4.8	22.1	.060	-1.0	4.4
8	8	CLE	Campy Russell	Michigan	9	566	16781	8953	2696	1684	.459		.772	29.6	15.8	4.8	3.0	35.8	.103	0.3	9.8
9	9	BUF	Tom McMillen	Maryland	11	729	14770	5914	2913	788	.483		.806	20.3	8.1	4.0	1.1	27.2	.088	-2.0	-0.1
10	10	ATL	Mike Sojourner	Utah	3	191	4282	1658	1237	172	.480		.671	22.4	8.7	6.5	0.9	8.2	.092	-1.0	1.1
11	11	GSW	Jamaal Wilkes	UCLA	12	828	27275	14644	5117	2050	.499		.759	32.9	17.7	6.2	2.5	71.3	.125	0.0	14.1
12	12	LAL	Brian Winters	South Carolina	9	650	19938	10537	1688	2674	.475		.842	30.7	16.2	2.6	4.1	38.6	.093	-0.5	7.8
13	13	WSB	Len Elmore	Maryland	8	505	8384	2327	2146	459	.413		.715	16.6	4.6	4.2	0.9	13.3	.076	-1.2	1.6
14	14	CHI	Maurice Lucas	Marquette	12	855	24787	12339	7520	1987	.473		.763	29.0	14.4	8.8	2.3	58.7	.114	-0.3	10.6
15	15	DET	Al Eberhard	Missouri	4	220	4138	1490	760	175	.433		.797	18.8	6.8	3.5	0.8	5.3	.062	-2.5	-0.5
16	16	CHI	Cliff Pondexter	Cal State Long Beach	3	197	2856	778	747	218	.416		.667	14.5	3.9	3.8	1.1	4.7	.079	-0.6	1.0
17	17	BOS	Glenn McDonald	Cal State Long Beach	3	146	1493	609	215	99	.400		.732	10.2	4.2	1.5	0.7	1.1	.034	-2.8	-0.4
18	18	MIL	Gary Brokaw	Notre Dame	4	241	4724	1928	407	715	.446		.713	19.6	8.0	1.7	3.0	5.3	.054	-2.0	0.1
			Round 2			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
19	19	PHI	Don Smith	Dayton	1	54	538	283	30	47	.408		1.000	10.0	5.2	0.6	0.9	0.0	.004	-3.3	-0.2
20	20	POR	Jan van Breda Kolff	Vanderbilt	7	434	10155	2596	1778	815	.439		.814	23.4	6.0	4.1	1.9	15.1	.071	-1.0	2.5
21	21	LAL	Billy Knight	Pitt	9	671	18412	10561	3037	1435	.506		.830	27.4	15.7	4.5	2.1	48.5	.126	0.9	13.4
22	22	WSB	Truck Robinson	Tennessee State	11	772	25141	11988	7267	1348	.483		.662	32.6	15.5	9.4	1.7	52.7	.101	-1.0	6.1
23	23	HOU	Gus Bailey	Texas-El Paso	5	147	1346	389	244	168	.406		.510	9.2	2.6	1.7	1.1	0.8	.029	-0.9	0.4
24	24	KCO	Len Kosmalski	Tennessee	2	76	506	110	144	53	.398		.778	6.7	1.4	1.9	0.7	0.6	.052	-2.4	0.0
25	25	ATL	John Drew	Gardner-Webb University	11	739	21828	15291	5088	1224	.470		.748	29.5	20.7	6.9	1.7	68.9	.152	1.4	18.7
26	26	SEA	Leonard Gray	Cal State Long Beach	3	224	6058	2408	1169	490	.469		.739	27.0	10.8	5.2	2.2	9.9	.079	-1.4	0.9
27	27	CHI	Leon Benbow	Jacksonville University	2	115	1838	628	214	183	.394		.759	16.0	5.5	1.9	1.6	1.7	.044	-2.5	-0.2
28	28	NOJ	Aaron James	Grambling State University	5	356	7671	3829	1470	370	.481		.760	21.5	10.8	4.1	1.0	13.1	.082	-2.3	-0.6
29	29	GSW	Phil Smith	San Francisco	9	659	19166	9924	1978	2561	.476		.779	29.1	15.1	3.0	3.9	41.1	.103	0.1	9.9
30	30	WSB	Dennis DuVal	Syracuse	2	50	267	96	31	34	.361		.667	5.3	1.9	0.6	0.7	0.0	.001	-3.5	-0.1
31	31	PHO	Fred Saunders	Syracuse	4	210	2899	1107	624	224	.443		.682	13.8	5.3	3.0	1.1	3.1	.051	-2.5	-0.4
32	32	NYK	Jesse Dark	VCU	1	47	401	170	37	30	.471		.550	8.5	3.6	0.8	0.6	0.3	.034	-3.7	-0.2
33	33	DET	Eric Money	Arizona	6	425	10827	5211	894	1623	.494		.748	25.5	12.3	2.1	3.8	14.8	.065	-1.2	2.1
34	34	POR	Phil Lumpkin	Miami University	2	82	1162	272	82	225	.424		.812	14.2	3.3	1.0	2.7	0.7	.028	-3.1	-0.3
35	35	BOS	Kevin Stacom	Providence	6	347	4539	1781	511	524	.417		.768	13.1	5.1	1.5	1.5	3.1	.032	-2.7	-0.8
36	36	POR	Rubin Collins	University of Maryland Eastern Shore
			Round 3			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
37	37	PHI	Connie Norman	Arizona	3	99	1213	595	145	94	.439		.820	12.3	6.0	1.5	0.9	1.2	.047	-2.5	-0.1
38	38	CLE	Foots Walker	West Georgia	10	658	15036	4199	1686	3111	.435		.762	22.9	6.4	2.6	4.7	31.0	.099	0.7	10.2
39	39	CLE	Kevin Restani	San Francisco	8	550	10114	3386	2206	747	.486		.717	18.4	6.2	4.0	1.4	14.8	.070	-1.5	1.2
40	40	PHO	George Gervin	Eastern Michigan	10	791	26536	20708	3607	2214	.511		.844	33.5	26.2	4.6	2.8	88.1	.159	2.4	29.8
41	41	HOU	Robert Wilson	Iowa State
42	42	PHI	Harvey Catchings	Hardin-Simmons University	11	724	13182	2335	3639	608	.435		.647	18.2	3.2	5.0	0.8	21.2	.077	-0.8	4.1
43	43	ATL	Darrell Elston	UNC	1	5	40	5	6	2	.143		.500	8.0	1.0	1.2	0.4	-0.2	-.218	-6.3	-0.1
44	44	SEA	Tal Skinner	University of Maryland Eastern Shore	2	145	2798	660	608	152	.434		.633	19.3	4.6	4.2	1.0	3.4	.058	-1.8	0.2
45	45	BUF	Kim Hughes	Wisconsin	5	341	5719	932	1592	319	.449		.333	16.8	2.7	4.7	0.9	7.1	.059	-0.8	1.8
46	46	NOJ	Bruce King	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
47	47	GSW	Frank Kendrick	Purdue	1	24	121	80	36	6	.403		.818	5.0	3.3	1.5	0.3	0.3	.119	-2.3	0.0
48	48	LAL	Jim Bradley	Northern Illinois
49	49	PHO	Earl Williams	Winston-Salem State	4	146	1882	664	814	126	.432		.475	12.9	4.5	5.6	0.9	2.7	.069	-1.5	0.2
50	50	NYK	Rudy Jackson	Hutchinson Community College
51	51	DET	Roland Grant	New Mexico State
52	52	CHI	Bobby Wilson	Wichita State	4	143	1498	792	167	110	.426		.773	10.5	5.5	1.2	0.8	1.7	.053	-2.2	-0.1
53	53	BOS	Roscoe Pondexter	Cal State Long Beach
54	54	MIL	Greg McDougald	Oral Roberts
			Round 4			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
55	55	PHI	Butch Taylor	Jacksonville University
56	56	POR	Mickey Johnson	Aurora University	12	904	25005	12748	6465	2677	.449		.800	27.7	14.1	7.2	3.0	58.6	.113	0.8	17.7
57	57	CLE	Jimmy Foster	UConn
58	58	PHO	Randy Allen	Indiana University of Pennsylvania
59	59	HOU	Larry Robinson	Texas
60	60	KCO	Lloyd Batts	Cincinnati
61	61	ATL	Ed Palubinskas	LSU
62	62	SEA	William Gordon	University of Maryland Eastern Shore
63	63	BUF	Bernie Harris	VCU	1	11	25	5	8	1	.182		.500	2.3	0.5	0.7	0.1	-0.1	-.190	-5.3	-0.1
64	64	NOJ	Ray Price	Washington
65	65	GSW	Willie Biles	Tulsa
66	66	WSB	Stan Washington	University of San Diego	1	1	4	0	0	0	.000			4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-.195	-5.0	0.0
67	67	LAL	Ron deVries	Illinois State
68	68	NYK	Roy Ebron	Louisiana
69	69	DET	Mickey Martin	Pitt
70	70	CHI	Jim Forbes	Texas-El Paso
71	71	BOS	Lerman Battle	Fairmont State University
72	72	MIL	Lionel Billingy	Duquesne
			Round 5			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
73	73	PHI	Gary Crowthers	Hardin-Simmons University
74	74	POR	Bernard Hardin	New Mexico
75	75	CLE	Gary Novak	Notre Dame
76	76	PHO	Ralph Bobik	Creighton
77	77	HOU	Owen Wells	Detroit Mercy	1	33	214	99	35	22	.420		.682	6.5	3.0	1.1	0.7	0.1	.018	-3.7	-0.1
78	78	KCO	Terry Compton	Vanderbilt
79	79	ATL	Tyrone Medley	Utah
80	80	SEA	Dean Tolson	Arkansas	3	80	681	402	179	34	.546		.545	8.5	5.0	2.2	0.4	2.2	.153	2.1	0.7
81	81	BUF	Tony Byers	Wake Forest
82	82	NOJ	Ed Searcy	St. John's	1	4	12	6	0	1	.333		1.000	3.0	1.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	-.086	-5.0	0.0
83	83	GSW	Steve Erickson	Oregon State
84	84	LAL	Seymour Reed	Bradley
85	85	WSB	Gary Anderson	Washington
86	86	NYK	Greg Jackson	Guilford College	1	49	802	182	69	96	.415		.581	16.4	3.7	1.4	2.0	-0.1	-.005	-4.6	-0.6
87	87	DET	Joe Newman	Temple
88	88	CHI	Randy Knowles	Texas A&M
89	89	BOS	Ben Clyde	Florida State	1	25	157	69	41	5	.431		.778	6.3	2.8	1.6	0.2	0.2	.066	-4.3	-0.1
90	90	MIL	John Johnson	Denver
			Round 6			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
91	91	PHI	Mike Westra	USC
92	92	POR	Dan Anderson	USC	2	95	1067	347	91	166	.472		.846	11.2	3.7	1.0	1.7	1.6	.071	-1.8	0.1
93	93	CLE	Aron Stewart	Richmond
94	94	PHO	Collis Temple	LSU
95	95	HOU	Lawrence Johnson	Prairie View A&M University
96	96	KCO	Ron Kennedy	Arizona
97	97	ATL	Sam Hervey	SMU
98	98	SEA	Wardell Jackson	Ohio State	1	56	939	243	133	30	.397		.718	16.8	4.3	2.4	0.5	0.3	.015	-4.9	-0.7
99	99	BUF	Gary Link	Missouri
100	100	NOJ	Lawrence McCray	Florida State
101	101	GSW	John Errecart	University of the Pacific
102	102	WSB	Roy McPipe	Montana State University, Billings
103	103	LAL	Billy Morris	Saint Louis
104	104	NYK	Terry Mikan	St. Thomas University
105	105	DET	Mike Sylvester	Dayton
106	106	CHI	Robert Rosier	St. Thomas University
107	107	BOS	Gene Harmon	Creighton
108	108	MIL	Larry Williams	Kansas State
			Round 7			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
109	109	PHI	Dave Stoczynski	Gannon University
110	110	POR	Doug Richards	BYU
111	111	CLE	Mike Robinson	Michigan State
112	112	PHO	Clyde Dickey	Boise State
113	113	HOU	Kevin Fitzgerald	Oklahoma State
114	114	KCO	Mark Brown	Missouri Western State College
115	115	ATL	Greg Lee	UCLA	1	5	35	6	2	11	.500		1.000	7.0	1.2	0.4	2.2	0.0	.041	-3.5	0.0
116	116	SEA	Jerry Faulkner	West Georgia
117	117	BUF	Tommy Curtis	UCLA
118	118	NOJ	Joel Copeland	Old Dominion
119	119	GSW	Brady Allen	California
120	120	LAL	Dennis Van Zant	Azusa Pacific University
121	121	WSB	Tom Turner	West Georgia
122	122	NYK	Billy Smith	Mercer University
123	123	DET	Sammy High	Tulsa
124	124	CHI	Geoff Roberts	Missouri
125	125	BOS	Ron Brown	Penn State
126	126	MIL	Bob Hornstein	West Virginia
			Round 8			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
127	127	PHI	Jimmy Powell	Middle Tennessee
128	128	POR	Eldridge Broussard	Pacific University
129	129	CLE	Kerry Hughes	Wisconsin
130	130	PHO	Tom Holland	Oklahoma
131	131	HOU	Steve Brooks	Arkansas State University
132	132	KCO	Richie O'Connor	Fairfield
133	133	ATL	Bill Butler	Louisville
134	134	SEA	Leonard Coulter	Morehead State University
135	135	BUF	Glenn Price	St. Bonaventure
136	136	NOJ	Jay Piccola	Roanoke College
137	137	GSW	Clarence Allen	UC Santa Barbara
138	138	WSB	Steve Platt	Huntington University
139	139	LAL	Bob Florence	UNLV
140	140	NYK	Dennis McDermott	St. Francis College
141	141	DET	Greg Newman	Drexel
142	142	CHI	Sam McCants	Oral Roberts
143	143	BOS	Richard Wallace	Georgia Southern University
144	144	MIL	Ralph Palomar	Cameron University
			Round 9			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
145	145	PHI	Perry Warbington	Georgia Southern University	1	5	70	10	8	16	.190		1.000	14.0	2.0	1.6	3.2	-0.3	-.178	-6.6	-0.2
146	146	POR	Lee Haven	Colorado
147	147	CLE	Jim Bushkofsky	Upper Iowa University
148	148	PHO	Ted Evans	Oklahoma
149	149	HOU	Ken Stalling	University of Missouri-Rolla
150	150	KCO	Jeff Dawson	Illinois
151	151	ATL	Lon Kruger	Kansas State
152	152	SEA	Bertram du Pont	Dillard University
153	153	BUF	John Falconi	Davidson
154	154	NOJ	Ken Boyd	Boston University	1	6	25	19	5	2	.538		.455	4.2	3.2	0.8	0.3	0.1	.109	-2.7	0.1
155	155	GSW	Carl Meier	California
156	156	WSB	Mark Raterink	Boston College
157	157	NYK	Earl Brown	Lafayette College
158	158	DET	Gary Deitelhoff	Millikin University
159	159	CHI	Jerry Davenport	Cameron University
160	160	BOS	Al Skinner	UMass	4	203	4460	1884	673	526	.437		.808	22.0	9.3	3.3	2.6	6.2	.067	-1.2	0.9
161	161	MIL	Mike Deane	State University of New York at Potsdam
			Round 10			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
162	162	PHI	Larry Witherspoon	Towson University
163	163	POR	Ron Jones	Oregon State
164	164	CLE	Jim Kelly	Loras College
165	165	PHO	Mark Wasley	Arizona State
166	166	HOU	Marcus Washington	Marquette
167	167	KCO	Dennis White	Arkansas
168	168	ATL	Brendy Lee	Nebraska
169	169	SEA	Rod Derline	Seattle University	2	107	1005	518	86	71	.419		.786	9.4	4.8	0.8	0.7	0.8	.039	-3.0	-0.3
170	170	BUF	Andy Rimol	Princeton
171	171	NOJ	Walt McGary	Chattanooga
172	172	GSW	Marvin Buckley	Nevada
173	173	WSB	Pete Collins	High Point University
174	174	NYK	John O'Donnell	UNC
175	175	DET	Bill Ligon	Vanderbilt	1	38	272	126	26	25	.385		.640	7.2	3.3	0.7	0.7	-0.2	-.043	-4.5	-0.2
176	176	CHI	Rick Hockenos	Saint Francis University
177	177	BOS	Phil Rogers	Fairfield
178	178	MIL	Bruce Featherston	Texas State University

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