1978 NBA Draft

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202 Selections

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202 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	Mychal Thompson	Minnesota	12	935	27764	12810	6951	2141	.504		.655	29.7	13.7	7.4	2.3	59.1	.102	0.1	14.5
2	2	KCK	Phil Ford	UNC	7	482	13503	5594	854	3083	.467		.820	28.0	11.6	1.8	6.4	23.3	.083	-0.8	4.1
3	3	IND	Rick Robey	Kentucky	8	493	8824	3723	2301	611	.501		.650	17.9	7.6	4.7	1.2	15.8	.086	-1.9	0.1
4	4	NYK	Micheal Ray Richardson	Montana	8	556	18589	8253	3056	3899	.457		.690	33.4	14.8	5.5	7.0	35.2	.091	2.5	21.2
5	5	GSW	Purvis Short	Jackson State University	12	842	24549	14607	3625	2123	.474		.824	29.2	17.3	4.3	2.5	51.1	.100	0.0	12.1
6	6	BOS	Larry Bird	Indiana State University	13	897	34443	21791	8974	5695	.496	.376	.886	38.4	24.3	10.0	6.3	145.8	.203	6.9	77.2
7	7	POR	Ron Brewer	Arkansas	8	501	12892	5971	971	920	.459		.824	25.7	11.9	1.9	1.8	17.3	.065	-1.3	2.4
8	8	BOS	Freeman Williams	Portland State	6	323	6606	4738	510	516	.467		.824	20.5	14.7	1.6	1.6	10.0	.072	-0.5	2.4
9	9	CHI	Reggie Theus	UNLV	13	1026	34603	19015	3349	6453	.471		.826	33.7	18.5	3.3	6.3	66.9	.093	0.1	18.5
10	10	ATL	Butch Lee	Marquette	2	96	1834	773	137	307	.450		.761	19.1	8.1	1.4	3.2	2.4	.062	-1.2	0.3
11	11	NOJ	James Hardy	San Francisco	4	249	5379	1410	1312	315	.481		.700	21.6	5.7	5.3	1.3	6.3	.056	-1.2	1.0
12	12	MIL	George Johnson	St. John's	8	464	9878	4214	2610	817	.463		.779	21.3	9.1	5.6	1.8	14.1	.068	-1.4	1.4
13	13	NJN	Winford Boynes	San Francisco	3	177	3035	1478	363	207	.435		.783	17.1	8.4	2.1	1.2	0.9	.014	-3.7	-1.3
14	14	WSB	Roger Phegley	Bradley	6	345	5803	3011	702	486	.470		.834	16.8	8.7	2.0	1.4	8.5	.071	-2.0	0.0
15	15	CLE	Mike Mitchell	Auburn	10	759	24537	15016	4246	1010	.493		.779	32.3	19.8	5.6	1.3	50.2	.098	-1.2	5.2
16	16	ATL	Jack Givens	Kentucky	2	156	2601	1040	456	142	.401		.791	16.7	6.7	2.9	0.9	4.3	.079	-1.1	0.6
17	17	DEN	Rod Griffin	Wake Forest
18	18	WSB	Dave Corzine	DePaul	13	891	20772	7615	5262	1477	.484		.747	23.3	8.5	5.9	1.7	37.3	.086	-0.7	7.0
19	19	PHO	Marty Byrnes	Syracuse	4	263	4254	1495	586	409	.463		.736	16.2	5.7	2.2	1.6	4.2	.048	-2.4	-0.5
20	20	SAS	Frankie Sanders	Southern University and A&M College	2	69	665	352	131	69	.430		.822	9.6	5.1	1.9	1.0	0.5	.038	-2.8	-0.1
21	21	DEN	Mike Evans	Kansas State	9	591	9858	4531	808	1514	.452	.307	.807	16.7	7.7	1.4	2.6	9.3	.045	-2.4	-1.1
22	22	GSW	Raymond Townsend	UCLA	3	154	2025	745	157	217	.411		.703	13.1	4.8	1.0	1.4	1.0	.023	-3.1	-0.6
			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
23	23	DET	Terry Tyler	Detroit Mercy	11	871	21740	8868	4675	1039	.484		.703	25.0	10.2	5.4	1.2	40.8	.090	0.4	13.2
24	24	POR	Keith Herron	Villanova	3	124	2620	1219	242	174	.438		.858	21.1	9.8	2.0	1.4	3.2	.058	-1.8	0.1
25	25	ATL	Rick Wilson	Louisville	2	66	648	194	79	83	.393		.560	9.8	2.9	1.2	1.3	0.2	.013	-1.9	0.0
26	26	LAL	Ron Carter	Virginia Military Institute	2	59	449	176	64	34	.429		.623	7.6	3.0	1.1	0.6	-0.2	-.017	-5.1	-0.4
27	27	IND	Wayne Radford	Indiana	1	52	649	202	68	57	.474		.800	12.5	3.9	1.3	1.1	0.7	.049	-2.2	0.0
28	28	HOU	Buster Matheney	Utah
29	29	DET	John Long	Detroit Mercy	14	893	22680	12131	2492	1738	.467		.862	25.4	13.6	2.8	1.9	32.0	.068	-1.3	3.7
30	30	BOS	Jeff Judkins	Utah	5	272	3421	1482	427	282	.478		.812	12.6	5.4	1.6	1.0	6.3	.088	-1.1	0.8
31	31	CHI	Marvin Johnson	New Mexico
32	32	NYK	John Rudd	McNeese State University	1	58	723	184	167	35	.444		.710	12.5	3.2	2.9	0.6	0.6	.040	-3.8	-0.3
33	33	CLE	Harry Davis	Florida State	2	44	424	175	72	16	.436		.689	9.6	4.0	1.6	0.4	0.3	.033	-4.0	-0.3
34	34	NYK	Greg Bunch	Cal State Fullerton	1	12	97	28	17	4	.346		.833	8.1	2.3	1.4	0.3	0.1	.046	-3.3	0.0
35	35	NOJ	Tommie Green	Southern University and A&M College	1	59	809	232	68	140	.388		.762	13.7	3.9	1.2	2.4	-0.3	-.017	-4.2	-0.5
36	36	PHI	Maurice Cheeks	West Texas A&M University	15	1101	34845	12195	3088	7392	.523		.793	31.6	11.1	2.8	6.7	103.5	.143	2.8	42.1
37	37	WSB	Terry Sykes	Grambling State University
38	38	LAL	Lew Massey	UNC Charlotte
39	39	SEA	James Lee	Kentucky
40	40	GSW	Wayne Cooper	New Orleans	14	984	20274	7777	6095	852	.457		.736	20.6	7.9	6.2	0.9	36.9	.087	-2.3	-1.4
41	41	SDC	Jerome Whitehead	Marquette	11	679	11828	4423	3268	374	.497		.718	17.4	6.5	4.8	0.6	16.4	.067	-3.7	-5.1
42	42	SEA	Keven McDonald	Penn
43	43	PHI	Glenn Hagan	St. Bonaventure	1	4	25	7	4	8	.429		1.000	6.3	1.8	1.0	2.0	0.1	.201	-2.7	0.0
44	44	POR	Clemon Johnson	Florida A&M	10	761	13310	4102	3508	744	.492		.621	17.5	5.4	4.6	1.0	25.5	.092	-0.8	4.1
			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
45	45	NJN	Mike Phillips	Kentucky
46	46	DEN	Hollis Copeland	Rutgers University	2	93	1260	464	161	89	.488	.000	.739	13.5	5.0	1.7	1.0	1.3	.050	-2.0	0.0
47	47	HOU	Billy Ray Bates	Kentucky State University	4	187	3328	2197	313	352	.474	.303	.796	17.8	11.7	1.7	1.9	6.9	.099	0.5	2.1
48	48	SDC	Mike Santos	Utah State University
49	49	KCK	Jeff Cook	Idaho State University	8	518	9697	2734	2334	707	.462	.056	.716	18.7	5.3	4.5	1.4	17.7	.088	-1.4	1.6
50	50	BOS	Dana Skinner	Merrimack College
51	51	SDC	Ricky Gallon	Louisville
52	52	KCK	Mike Russell	Texas Tech
53	53	CHI	Randy Ayers	Miami University
54	54	ATL	Steve Grant	Manhattan College
55	55	NYK	Marc Iavaroni	Virginia	7	531	8371	2328	1725	514	.459	.000	.710	15.8	4.4	3.2	1.0	8.0	.046	-3.6	-3.4
56	56	GSW	Steve Neff	Southern Nazarene University
57	57	CLE	Kenny Higgs	LSU	3	216	4435	1470	391	944	.441		.804	20.5	6.8	1.8	4.4	4.6	.050	-2.5	-0.6
58	58	WSB	Rick Apke	Creighton
59	59	MIL	Pat Cummings	Cincinnati	12	683	14516	6529	3825	807	.497	.000	.737	21.3	9.6	5.6	1.2	22.6	.075	-2.5	-1.9
60	60	LAL	Michael Cooper	New Mexico	12	873	23635	7729	2769	3666	.469		.833	27.1	8.9	3.2	4.2	52.5	.107	1.2	19.1
61	61	SEA	Dave Baxter	Michigan
62	62	NJN	Dave Batton	Notre Dame	2	58	589	188	123	32	.448	.000	.471	10.2	3.2	2.1	0.6	0.7	.055	-1.9	0.0
63	63	PHO	Joel Kramer	San Diego State	5	328	4184	1257	916	343	.479		.737	12.8	3.8	2.8	1.0	9.1	.105	-1.3	0.8
64	64	SAS	Gerald Henderson	VCU	13	871	18856	7773	1453	3141	.472	.332	.776	21.6	8.9	1.7	3.6	32.1	.082	-0.5	7.3
65	65	SDC	Marvin Delph	Arkansas
66	66	POR	Sterling Edmonds	Dartmouth College
			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
67	67	HOU	Jackie Robinson	UNLV	3	22	185	83	27	13	.463		.700	8.4	3.8	1.2	0.6	0.3	.089	-2.4	0.1
68	68	SDC	Jim Boylan	Marquette
69	69	HOU	Joel Thompson	Michigan
70	70	KCK	Geoff Crompton	UNC	5	82	495	99	139	28	.370		.442	6.0	1.2	1.7	0.3	-0.1	-.009	-4.3	-0.4
71	71	IND	Rickey Lee	Oregon State
72	72	BOS	Dave Nelson	Bloomfield College
73	73	SDC	Larry Harris	Pitt
74	74	NOJ	Mel Davis	University of North Texas
75	75	NOJ	Jeff Covington	Youngstown State University
76	76	SDC	Leroy McDonald	Wake Forest
77	77	GSW	Derrick Jackson	Georgetown
78	78	CLE	Stan Rome	Clemson
79	79	NYK	Erving Giddings	Dayton
80	80	MIL	Otis Howard	Austin Peay State University	1	14	113	59	41	5	.429		.478	8.1	4.2	2.9	0.4	0.2	.064	-4.0	-0.1
81	81	WSB	Lawrence Boston	Maryland	1	13	125	56	39	2	.462		.615	9.6	4.3	3.0	0.2	0.2	.075	-4.0	-0.1
82	82	LAL	Harold Robertson	Lincoln University of Missouri
83	83	SEA	Billy Lewis	Illinois State
84	84	NJN	Walter Jordan	Purdue	1	30	207	68	42	11	.387		.588	6.9	2.3	1.4	0.4	-0.1	-.021	-4.6	-0.2
85	85	PHO	Bob Miller	Cincinnati	1	2	8	4	5	1	.667			4.0	2.0	2.5	0.5	0.1	.360	-4.0	0.0
86	86	SAS	Rich Adams	Illinois
87	87	PHI	Brett Vroman	UNLV	1	11	93	34	25	9	.370	.000	.737	8.5	3.1	2.3	0.8	0.1	.048	-3.6	0.0
88	88	PHO	Wayne Smith	University of California, Irvine
			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
89	89	NJN	Cecil Rose	Houston
90	90	SDC	David Thompson	Florida State
91	91	HOU	Gary Goodner	Texas
92	92	IND	James Sparrow	North Carolina A&T
93	93	KCK	Derrick Clairborne	UMass
94	94	BOS	Greg Tynes	Seton Hall
95	95	DET	Dave Caligaris	Northeastern University
96	96	NOJ	Duck Williams	Notre Dame	1	77	1794	506	106	183	.447	.000	.700	23.3	6.6	1.4	2.4	-0.3	-.009	-4.0	-0.9
97	97	CHI	Ron Anthony	Jacksonville University
98	98	ATL	Chris Potter	Holy Cross
99	99	CLE	Ken Koenigs	Kansas
100	100	NYK	Greg Green	Southern University and A&M College
101	101	GSW	Bubba Wilson	Western Carolina University	1	16	143	17	16	12	.280		.500	8.9	1.1	1.0	0.8	-0.2	-.064	-5.3	-0.2
102	102	WSB	Roger Dickens	Towson University
103	103	MIL	Russ Coleman	University of the Pacific
104	104	LAL	Carlos Terry	Winston-Salem State	3	94	1078	285	227	124	.434	.000	.672	11.5	3.0	2.4	1.3	1.5	.066	0.1	0.5
105	105	SEA	Ralph Drollinger	UCLA	1	6	67	15	19	14	.500		.250	11.2	2.5	3.2	2.3	-0.2	-.117	-4.1	-0.1
106	106	DEN	Michael Edwards	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
107	107	PHO	Andre Wakefield	Loyola Chicago	2	81	633	187	80	73	.354		.708	7.8	2.3	1.0	0.9	-1.1	-.080	-7.0	-0.9
108	108	SAS	Eugene Parker	Purdue
109	109	PHI	Mark Haymore	UMass
110	110	POR	Clay Johnson	Missouri	3	80	688	224	93	45	.410	.333	.724	8.6	2.8	1.2	0.6	0.7	.046	-3.6	-0.3
			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
111	111	NJN	Golie Augustus	South Carolina
112	112	SDC	Bob Misevicius	Providence
113	113	HOU	Eddie Joe Chavez	Santa Clara
114	114	KCK	Jim Krivacs	Texas
115	115	IND	Sherman Dillard	James Madison University
116	116	BOS	Dave Winey	Minnesota
117	117	DET	Audie Matthews	Illinois
118	118	NOJ	John Douglas	Kansas	2	67	1043	452	91	147	.461	.311	.663	15.6	6.7	1.4	2.2	0.5	.022	-2.5	-0.1
119	119	CHI	John Shoemaker	Miami University
120	120	ATL	Gerald Glover	Howard University
121	121	NYK	Eddie Warren	Briar Cliff University
122	122	GSW	Buzz Harnett	University of San Diego
123	123	CLE	Ron Bell	Virginia Tech
124	124	MIL	Dave Kyle	Cleveland State University
125	125	WSB	Archie Aldridge	Miami University
126	126	LAL	Kim Stewart	Washington
127	127	DEN	Robert Heard	Columbus State University
128	128	PHO	Charles Thompson	Houston
129	129	SAS	Harry Morgan	Indiana State University
130	130	PHI	Osborne Lockhart	Minnesota
131	131	POR	Tim Evans	University of Puget Sound
			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
132	132	NJN	Doug Jemison	San Francisco
133	133	SDC	Stan Pietkiewicz	Auburn	3	96	1070	376	93	174	.458		.806	11.1	3.9	1.0	1.8	1.5	.066	-0.3	0.4
134	134	HOU	Stan Stewart	Loyola Marymount
135	135	IND	Ollie Matson Jr.	Pepperdine
136	136	KCK	Charles McMillian	University of North Texas
137	137	BOS	Steve Balkun	Fairfield
138	138	DET	Herb Entzminger	Johnson C. Smith University
139	139	NOJ	Willie Howard	New Mexico
140	140	CHI	Jarvis Reynolds	West Georgia
141	141	ATL	Jim DeWeese	Gonzaga
142	142	GSW	Rick Bernard	Saint Mary's
143	143	CLE	Tony Smith	UNLV
144	144	NYK	Gary Pember	Nasson College
145	145	WSB	Ed Hopkins	Georgetown
146	146	MIL	Kim Anderson	Missouri	1	21	224	63	45	15	.312		.536	10.7	3.0	2.1	0.7	-0.4	-.078	-7.5	-0.4
147	147	LAL	Larry Paige	Colorado State
148	148	DEN	Jack Gilloon	South Carolina
149	149	PHO	Steve Malovic	San Diego State	1	39	445	80	86	26	.463		.667	11.4	2.1	2.2	0.7	0.3	.027	-3.4	-0.2
150	150	SAS	Hector Olivencia	Sacred Heart University
151	151	PHI	Anthony Murray	Alabama
152	152	POR	Walter Reason	Pacific University
			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
153	153	NJN	Bruce Campbell	Providence
154	154	SDC	Felton Young	Jacksonville University
155	155	KCK	Ron Hammye	Bowling Green
156	156	BOS	Kim Fisher	Fairfield
157	157	DET	Earl Evans	UNLV	1	36	381	157	75	37	.450	.389	.571	10.6	4.4	2.1	1.0	0.1	.015	-4.0	-0.2
158	158	NOJ	Carl Kilpatrick	Louisiana-Monroe	1	2	6	3	4	0	.500		.500	3.0	1.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	.225	-4.5	0.0
159	159	CHI	Chubby Cox	San Francisco	1	7	78	29	10	6	.351	.000	.500	11.1	4.1	1.4	0.9	-0.2	-.127	-6.6	-0.2
160	160	ATL	Ed Murphy	Merrimack College
161	161	CLE	Roland Martin	Missouri Southern State
162	162	NYK	Greg Sanders	St. Bonaventure
163	163	GSW	Tony Searcy	Appalachian State University
164	164	MIL	Tom Zaliagiris	UNC
165	165	WSB	Nestor Cora	St. Francis College
166	166	DEN	Larry Vaculik	Colorado
167	167	PHO	George Fowler	University of the Pacific
168	168	SAS	Henry Taylor	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
169	169	PHI	Alan Cunningham	Colorado State
170	170	POR	Mark Wickman	Linfield College
			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
171	171	NJN	Frank Sowinski	Princeton
172	172	SDC	Bobby White	Centenary (LA)
173	173	BOS	Les Anderson	George Washington
174	174	DET	Ulice Payne	Marquette
175	175	NOJ	Chad Nelson	Drake University
176	176	CHI	Joe Ponsetto	DePaul
177	177	ATL	Maurice Robinson	West Virginia
178	178	NYK	Denny Fields	UNC Wilmington
179	179	GSW	Bobby Humbles	Bradley
180	180	CLE	Steve Bayless	Central State University
181	181	WSB	Tim Claxton	Temple
182	182	MIL	Gary Rosenberger	Marquette
183	183	DEN	Tom Schneeberger	Air Force
184	184	PHO	Nate Stokes	Grand Canyon University
185	185	SAS	Rick Taylor	Arizona State
186	186	POR	Paul Cozens	Holy Cross
			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
187	187	NJN	Michael Vicens	Holy Cross
188	188	BOS	Walter Harrigan	Brandeis University
189	189	DET	Dave Grauzer	Central Michigan University
190	190	NOJ	Rickey Williams	Cal State Long Beach	1	44	346	147	38	37	.415	.000	.660	7.9	3.3	0.9	0.8	-0.1	-.017	-4.5	-0.2
191	191	CHI	Mark Tucker	Oklahoma State
192	192	ATL	Marshall Lester	Florida Southern College
193	193	GSW	Mike Muff	Murray State
194	194	CLE	Gary Winton	United States Military Academy
195	195	NYK	Ernest Simons	Pace University
196	196	MIL	Tom Anderson	Green Bay
197	197	WSB	Steve Connor	Boise State
198	198	DEN	Phil Taylor	Arizona
199	199	PHO	Lewis Cohen	Cal Poly
200	200	SAS	Larry Brewster	Florida
201	201	PHI	Dennis James	Widener University
202	202	POR	Tim Warkentin	Biola University

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