1975 NBA Draft

1974 NBA Draft 1976 NBA Draft

Date: Thursday, May 29, 1975

Location: New York, New York

Number of Picks: 174 (53 played in NBA)

First Overall Pick: David Thompson (50.8 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: A. Adams (73.5), G. Williams (67.9) and W. Free (67.7)

All-Stars: 6 (A. Adams, W. Free, L. Hollins, D. Roundfield, D. Thompson and G. Williams)

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174 Selections

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174 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	ATL	David Thompson	NC State	8	509	16305	11264	1921	1631	.504		.778	32.0	22.1	3.8	3.2	50.8	.150	2.1	16.8
2	2	LAL	Dave Meyers	UCLA	4	281	7471	3149	1771	652	.461		.676	26.6	11.2	6.3	2.3	13.4	.086	-0.7	2.4
3	3	ATL	Marvin Webster	Morgan State University	9	579	12966	4137	4044	722	.489		.617	22.4	7.1	7.0	1.2	28.1	.104	-0.1	6.2
4	4	PHO	Alvan Adams	Oklahoma	13	988	27203	13910	6937	4012	.498		.788	27.5	14.1	7.0	4.1	73.5	.130	2.8	33.0
5	5	PHI	Darryl Dawkins		14	726	17235	8733	4432	917	.572		.685	23.7	12.0	6.1	1.3	46.4	.129	-0.2	7.8
6	6	POR	Lionel Hollins	Arizona State	10	673	18453	7809	1601	3006	.444		.741	27.4	11.6	2.4	4.5	22.9	.059	-1.4	3.1
7	7	NOJ	Rich Kelley	Stanford	11	814	17711	6199	5678	2092	.488		.783	21.8	7.6	7.0	2.6	42.5	.115	0.8	12.6
8	8	LAL	Junior Bridgeman	Louisville	12	849	21257	11517	2995	2066	.475		.846	25.0	13.6	3.5	2.4	45.0	.102	-0.4	8.3
9	9	NYK	Gene Short	Jackson State University	1	34	222	84	48	10	.352		.625	6.5	2.5	1.4	0.3	-0.1	-.025	-5.0	-0.2
10	10	KCK	Bill Robinzine	DePaul	7	529	11432	5541	3209	560	.482		.749	21.6	10.5	6.1	1.1	23.3	.098	-1.8	0.5
11	11	HOU	Joe Meriweather	Southern Illinois	10	670	14807	5439	3764	603	.511		.687	22.1	8.1	5.6	0.9	27.6	.090	-1.7	1.2
12	12	SEA	Frank Oleynick	Seattle University	2	102	1166	508	90	113	.386		.708	11.4	5.0	0.9	1.1	-0.1	-.005	-4.8	-0.8
13	13	KCK	Bob Bigelow	Penn	4	94	762	234	111	42	.414		.732	8.1	2.5	1.2	0.4	0.5	.029	-3.3	-0.2
14	14	GSW	Joe Bryant	La Salle	8	606	12845	5252	2441	1049	.450		.743	21.2	8.7	4.0	1.7	12.9	.048	-2.2	-0.7
15	15	CLE	John Lambert	USC	7	446	5564	1688	1493	248	.428		.693	12.5	3.8	3.3	0.6	6.9	.060	-3.1	-1.5
16	16	PHO	Ricky Sobers	UNLV	11	821	22992	10902	2132	3525	.459		.843	28.0	13.3	2.6	4.3	32.0	.067	-1.3	4.1
17	17	BOS	Tom Boswell	South Carolina	6	366	7046	2821	1709	591	.533		.724	19.3	7.7	4.7	1.6	15.2	.104	-1.1	1.6
18	18	WSB	Kevin Grevey	Kentucky	10	672	15246	7364	1594	1247	.437		.817	22.7	11.0	2.4	1.9	26.5	.083	-1.2	2.9
			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	ATL	Bill Willoughby		8	488	8647	2930	1891	413	.470		.750	17.7	6.0	3.9	0.8	13.3	.074	-1.5	1.2
20	20	GSW	Gus Williams	USC	11	825	25645	14093	2222	4597	.461		.756	31.1	17.1	2.7	5.6	67.9	.127	2.9	31.8
21	21	SEA	Bruce Seals	Xavier University of Louisiana	3	235	5734	2422	1087	293	.435		.675	24.4	10.3	4.6	1.2	7.0	.058	-2.8	-1.2
22	22	MIL	Clyde Mayes	Furman University	2	74	1000	297	279	40	.446		.567	13.5	4.0	3.8	0.5	0.9	.044	-3.7	-0.5
23	23	PHI	World B. Free	Guilford College	13	886	26893	17955	2430	3319	.456		.753	30.4	20.3	2.7	3.7	67.7	.121	1.2	22.0
24	24	MIL	Cornelius Cash	Bowling Green	1	6	49	21	16	1	.391		.500	8.2	3.5	2.7	0.2	0.0	-.010	-4.6	-0.1
25	25	POR	Bob Gross	Cal State Long Beach	8	513	12575	4567	2253	1481	.512		.798	24.5	8.9	4.4	2.9	30.7	.117	1.8	12.2
26	26	NYK	Ticky Burden	Utah	2	63	623	349	66	63	.421		.600	9.9	5.5	1.0	1.0	0.0	-.002	-3.1	-0.2
27	27	DET	Walter Luckett	Ohio University
28	28	CLE	Dan Roundfield	Central Michigan University	11	746	23443	11318	7243	1620	.485		.738	31.4	15.2	9.7	2.2	65.2	.134	1.4	20.0
29	29	HOU	Jim Blanks	Gardner-Webb University
30	30	CHI	Steve Green	Indiana	3	153	1632	705	300	97	.438		.704	10.7	4.6	2.0	0.6	2.2	.065	-2.8	-0.3
31	31	KCK	Glenn Hansen	LSU	3	112	1447	588	247	93	.412		.725	12.9	5.3	2.2	0.8	1.0	.034	-2.9	-0.4
32	32	CHI	John Laskowski	Indiana	2	118	2132	832	282	99	.398		.760	18.1	7.1	2.4	0.8	2.0	.046	-1.9	0.0
33	33	CLE	Mel Utley	St. John's
34	34	NYK	Larry Fogle	Canisius	1	2	14	2	3	0	.200			7.0	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	-.163	-5.1	0.0
35	35	PHO	Allen Murphy	Louisville	1	2	18	5	4	0	.200		.429	9.0	2.5	2.0	0.0	-0.1	-.229	-5.7	-0.1
36	36	PHO	Jimmy Conner	Kentucky
			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	NOJ	Rudy Hackett	Syracuse	1	6	46	14	13	3	.300		.571	7.7	2.3	2.2	0.5	0.0	-.024	-4.4	-0.1
38	38	NOJ	Jim McElroy	Central Michigan University	7	418	10178	4120	820	1462	.468		.764	24.3	9.9	2.0	3.5	14.0	.066	-1.1	2.2
39	39	PHI	Jimmie Baker	Hawaii
40	40	GSW	Otis Johnson	Stetson University
41	41	PHI	Charles Cleveland	Alabama
42	42	POR	Tom Roy	Maryland
43	43	MIL	Brian Hammel	Bentley College
44	44	DET	Pete Trgovich	UCLA
45	45	CLE	Ted Hathaway	Cleveland State University
46	46	NYK	John Ramsay	Seton Hall
47	47	HOU	Rudy White	Arizona State	5	124	1185	384	120	112	.408		.742	9.6	3.1	1.0	0.9	0.2	.008	-3.3	-0.4
48	48	WSB	Tom Kropp	University of Nebraska at Kearney	2	78	552	193	62	47	.440		.702	7.1	2.5	0.8	0.6	0.5	.042	-3.5	-0.3
49	49	KCK	Bob Guyette	Kentucky
50	50	POR	Gus Gerard	Virginia	5	280	3524	1607	719	224	.436		.649	12.6	5.7	2.6	0.8	5.3	.072	-1.4	0.6
51	51	GSW	Bubbles Hawkins	Illinois State	4	103	2005	1313	240	150	.453		.704	19.5	12.7	2.3	1.5	3.0	.072	0.4	1.4
52	52	BUF	George Bucci	Manhattan College
53	53	BOS	Jerome Anderson	West Virginia	2	49	290	127	25	16	.490		.694	5.9	2.6	0.5	0.3	0.4	.068	-3.4	-0.1
54	54	PHO	Bayard Forrest	Grand Canyon University	2	139	2130	569	565	296	.449		.509	15.3	4.1	4.1	2.1	2.7	.060	-0.7	0.7
			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	NOJ	Mack Coleman	Houston Baptist University
56	56	LAL	C.J. Kupec	Michigan	3	147	1589	606	313	108	.427		.772	10.8	4.1	2.1	0.7	1.8	.053	-3.1	-0.5
57	57	ATL	Monte Towe	NC State	1	51	409	130	34	87	.406		.720	8.0	2.5	0.7	1.7	0.1	.013	-4.5	-0.3
58	58	PHO	Sam McCants	Oral Roberts
59	59	PHI	Louis Dunbar	Houston
60	60	MIL	Bill Campion	Manhattan College
61	61	POR	Phil Hicks	Tulane	2	57	390	132	94	32	.447		.778	6.8	2.3	1.6	0.6	0.5	.058	-2.7	-0.1
62	62	CLE	Eric Fernsten	San Francisco	6	218	1643	517	372	82	.445		.675	7.5	2.4	1.7	0.4	3.3	.098	-0.7	0.6
63	63	NYK	David Vaughn	Oral Roberts
64	64	DET	Lindsay Hairston	Michigan State	1	47	651	273	179	21	.456		.580	13.9	5.8	3.8	0.4	1.0	.075	-1.7	0.1
65	65	HOU	Ken Smith	Tulsa
66	66	SEA	Jim Moore	Utah State University
67	67	KCK	Kevin Cluess	St. John's
68	68	CHI	Ron Haigler	Penn
69	69	GSW	Billy Taylor	La Salle
70	70	BUF	Bob Fleischer	Duke
71	71	WSB	Fessor Leonard	Furman University
72	72	BOS	Cyrus Mann	Illinois State
			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	NOJ	Andre Hampton	Kentucky State University
74	74	LAL	Charles Russell	Alabama
75	75	ATL	Wilbur Holland	New Orleans	4	276	8171	3760	842	922	.452		.799	29.6	13.6	3.1	3.3	14.0	.082	-0.4	3.3
76	76	PHO	Joe Pace	Coppin State University	2	79	557	255	168	27	.467		.598	7.1	3.2	2.1	0.3	1.1	.092	-2.1	0.0
77	77	PHI	Ken Tyler	Gonzaga
78	78	POR	Maurice Presley	Houston
79	79	CLE	Jim Lee	Syracuse
80	80	NYK	Don Washington	UNC
81	81	DET	Cliff Pratt	Shaw
82	82	CLE	Mike Odemns	Western Kentucky
83	83	HOU	Rick Whitlow	Illinois State
84	84	SEA	Dwain Govan	Bishop College
85	85	KCK	Ed Stahl	UNC
86	86	CHI	Bob Iverson	University of North Texas
87	87	GSW	Larry Pounds	Washington
88	88	BUF	Sam Berry	Armstrong Atlantic State University
89	89	BOS	Darryl Brown	Fordham
90	90	WSB	Rich Jones	VCU
			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	NOJ	Rick Schmidt	Illinois
92	92	LAL	Don Ford	UC Santa Barbara	7	474	9301	3016	1691	647	.464		.773	19.6	6.4	3.6	1.4	12.7	.066	-1.8	0.4
93	93	ATL	Danny Williams	Ole Miss
94	94	PHO	Biff Burrell	USC
95	95	PHI	Ken Alston	Valdosta State University
96	96	MIL	Oliver Purnell	Old Dominion
97	97	POR	Gerald Willett	Oregon
98	98	DET	Allen Spruill	North Carolina A&T
99	99	CLE	Henry Ward	Jackson State University	1	27	171	83	33	6	.378		.882	6.3	3.1	1.2	0.2	-0.1	-.023	-6.1	-0.2
100	100	NYK	Hank Williams	Jacksonville University
101	101	HOU	William Johnson	Texas Tech
102	102	SEA	Larry Smith	North Carolina A&T
103	103	KCK	Clint Chapman	USC
104	104	CHI	Bill Andreas	Ohio State
105	105	GSW	Tony Styles	San Francisco
106	106	BUF	George Jackson	UNC Charlotte
107	107	WSB	John Garrett	Purdue
108	108	BOS	Rick Coleman	Jacksonville University
			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	NOJ	Bill Higgins	Ashland University
110	110	LAL	Rick Suttle	Kansas
111	111	ATL	Gus Johnson	Winona State University
112	112	PHO	Dave Edmonds	West Georgia
113	113	PHI	Mike Flynn	Kentucky	2	144	2279	896	304	321	.440		.653	15.8	6.2	2.1	2.2	2.6	.054	-0.9	0.6
114	114	POR	Steve Fields	Miami University
115	115	MIL	Wilbur Thomas	American University
116	116	CLE	Shawn Leftwich	Jacksonville University
117	117	NYK	Pete Davis	Michigan State
118	118	DET	Ike Williams	Armstrong Atlantic State University
119	119	HOU	Nate Barnett	University of Akron
120	120	SEA	Hollis Miller	Drury University
121	121	KCK	Wayne Croft	Clemson
122	122	CHI	John Grochowalski	Assumption College
123	123	GSW	Stan Boyer	Wyoming
124	124	BUF	Mike Franklin	Cincinnati
125	125	BOS	Al Boswell	Oral Roberts
126	126	WSB	Fletcher Johnson	Randolph-Macon College
			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	NOJ	Harvey Carmichael	Kentucky State University
128	128	LAL	Mike Cashman	Willamette University
129	129	ATL	Oscar Jackson	Duquesne
130	130	PHO	Jack Schrader	Arizona State
131	131	PHI	Freeman Blade	Montana State University, Billings
132	132	MIL	Bob McCurdy	Richmond
133	133	POR	Charlie Neal	Oregon State
134	134	NYK	Jerry Homan	Marquette
135	135	DET	John Kelley	Dillard University
136	136	CLE	Andre McCarter	UCLA	3	103	1182	392	95	172	.431		.725	11.5	3.8	0.9	1.7	1.1	.046	-2.5	-0.2
137	137	HOU	Leon Johnson	Centenary (LA)
138	138	SEA	Ken McKenzie	Montana
139	139	KCK	Jim Bostic	New Mexico State	1	4	48	26	16	3	.545		.400	12.0	6.5	4.0	0.8	0.1	.144	-2.7	0.0
140	140	CHI	John Murphy	UMass
141	141	GSW	Mike Rozenski	Saint Mary's
142	142	BUF	Allan Jones	Pepperdine
143	143	WSB	Bruce Hamming	Augustana College (IL)
144	144	BOS	Roger Morningstar	Kansas
			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	NOJ	Fred Stokes	Barber-Scotia College
146	146	ATL	Dave Schlesser	Morningside College
147	147	PHO	Owen Brown	Maryland
148	148	PHI	Larry Haralson	Drake University
149	149	POR	Quentin Braxton	University of Portland
150	150	MIL	Eric Hays	Montana
151	151	DET	Terry Thomas	Detroit Mercy	1	28	136	77	36	3	.431		.724	4.9	2.8	1.3	0.1	0.2	.082	-3.7	-0.1
152	152	CLE	Skip Howard	Bowling Green
153	153	NYK	Tim van Blommesteyn	Princeton
154	154	HOU	Steve Strother	Providence
155	155	SEA	Rich Haws	Utah State University
156	156	CHI	Gary Tomaszewski	St. Mary's University
157	157	GSW	Scott Trobbe	Stanford
158	158	BUF	George Rautins	Niagara University
159	159	BOS	Robert Rhodes	Albany State University
160	160	WSB	Doug Brookins	Creighton
			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
161	161	NOJ	Aleksander Belov
162	162	ATL	Vic Kelly	Hawaii
163	163	PHO	Mike Moon	Arizona State
164	164	PHI	Ric Reed	Azusa Pacific University
165	165	MIL	Romie Thomas	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
166	166	POR	Tyree Foster	University of Portland
167	167	CLE	Eric Anderson	Macalester College
168	168	NYK	Moe Rivers	NC State
169	169	DET	Mickey Fox	Saint Mary's University
170	170	SEA	Jerry Bellotti	Santa Clara
171	171	GSW	Maurice Harper	Saint Mary's
172	172	BUF	Art Allen	Pepperdine
173	173	WSB	Mike Fahey	Brandeis University
174	174	BOS	Bill Endicott	UMass

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