American Basketball Association draft

The American Basketball Association draft was held from 1967 to 1975. Generally speaking, the ABA's drafts were considered a lot looser in terms of structure for teams to make their player choices when compared to the rivaling NBA. So much so, in fact, that in 1973, the ABA would host four different drafts that essentially held the same type of purpose at various different points of the year, while in 1974, the ABA would not only host a draft for college-based players, but also a draft for NBA players to be taken by ABA teams as well. In addition to that, according to former Washington Caps and Virginia Squires head coach Al Bianchi, the ABA would host their drafts on the drop of a hat and if a team wanted someone even after their draft was officially over and done with, they'd put him on their draft list anyway, which would later influence the rivaling NBA draft system during the 1970s decade.[1] Due to the secretive nature of the league's early drafts alongside their looser structures, not much is known about the draft records of where certain players were selected in which round early on outside of who the #1 pick of each draft was. It wouldn't be until 1971 where the ABA would list out a proper ordering of rounds and teams in the draft systems they had, and even then, the ABA did not officially list out a proper draft list selection ordering of the 1972 draft for the first five rounds in particular, while the league showcased extra draft gimmicks in 1973 and 1974 alongside the actual ABA drafts done before having a simple draft similar to the NBA draft again (albeit with a bonus round added for two teams via outside circumstances) in 1975.

First overall picks

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Year Team Player Position College
1967 Indiana Pacers Jimmy Walker Shooting Guard Providence College Friars
1968 Houston Mavericks Elvin Hayes Power Forward/Center University of Houston Cougars
1969 New York Nets Lew Alcindor Center UCLA Bruins
1970 New York Nets Bob Lanier Center St. Bonaventure University Bonnies
1971 Utah Stars[2] Jim McDaniels Power Forward/Center Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
1972 Virginia Squires Bob McAdoo Center/Power Forward North Carolina Tar Heels
1973 San Diego Conquistadors Dwight Lamar[a 1] Point Guard University of Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
1974 Virginia Squires Tom McMillen[a 2] Power Forward/Center University of Maryland Terrapins
1975 Denver Nuggets Marvin Webster Center Morgan State University Bears

Notes

  1. ^ This pick was the #1 pick for what was considered the 1973 ABA Senior Draft (the official version of the main ABA draft that year), not the 1973 Special Circumstances Draft that happened months before the Senior Draft, the 1973 ABA Undergraduate Draft that was directly after the Senior Draft that officially connected to that aforementioned draft once the prior Senior Draft was done with, or even the 1973 Supplemental Draft that was done some time afterward that incidentally had more rounds by comparison to the other drafts during that year.
  2. ^ This pick was the #1 pick for the regular 1974 ABA Draft, not the subsequent 1974 ABA Draft of NBA Players.

Drafts

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1967 ABA draft

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No known record of which player was taken in which round outside of Jimmy Walker as the #1 pick by the Indiana Pacers was kept throughout the ABA's inaugural draft history. The reason for this was related to this draft being held in secret at the end of the league's three day long meetings held in Oakland, California (home of one of the founding ABA teams) on April 2. (Following that period of time, the team currently known now as the Denver Nuggets went by the initial name of the Denver Larks at the time (with ABA co-founder Dennis Murphy at one point thinking of expanding that team name to the Denver Lark Buntings instead of just having the team name stay as the Larks[3]) after previously ditching their original plans to play in Kansas City, Missouri due to a lack of suitable home arenas to play in before later changing their team name to the Denver Rockets before the start of the season due to ownership changes brought up by the newer owners from Denver's Ringsby Rocket Truck Lines company; the team currently known as the Brooklyn Nets initially went by the name of the New Jersey Freighters at first due to one of the owners also being the President of nearby Manhattan's ABC Freight Forwarding Company at the time before later becoming the New York Americans and then ultimately entered their inaugural season as the New Jersey Americans due to there being no suitable arenas in New York at the time for them; and the team that later became the Oakland Oaks to start out their ABA tenure originally started out as the Oakland Americans at the time before a dispute with the New Jersey later turned into a future New York franchise led to the Oakland franchise originally trying to change their team name to the Oakland Jacks (named after Jack London) before ultimately changing their name to the Oaks, which was kind of considered a homage to the previous incarnation of the team name held in the second version of the American Basketball League, but was more considered a homage to the Pacific Coast League baseball team of the same name instead.[4][5][6]) What is known, however, was that the Indiana Pacers won the ABA draft lottery and would select Jimmy Walker as the #1 pick in the process, with the second round being reversed in drafting order.[7] Likewise, the New Orleans Buccaneers would be the first team to complete a draft day trade in the ABA by making a deal with the Oakland Oaks, as well as select multiple multi-athlete players in Bob Seagren (an Olympiad pole vaulter) and Ron Widby (a football punter in the NFL) that year.[8] Any players that have a ‡ next to their names during this draft period mean that these players were selected for the ABA All-Time Team in 1997.

Louie Dampier was selected in the first round of the 1967 ABA Draft by the Kentucky Colonels. Dampier alongside Byron Beck would later be the only players in this draft to stay with the team that drafted them throughout all nine seasons of the ABA's existence.
Mel Daniels was selected in the first round of the 1967 ABA Draft by the Minnesota Muskies.
Jimmy Jones was selected in the first round of the 1967 ABA Draft by the New Orleans Buccaneers.
Bob Netolicky was essentially selected as the 22nd pick (the final pick of the second round) in the 1967 ABA Draft by the Indiana Pacers. Netolicky would later be one of six players from this draft to play in the ABA for all nine seasons of its existence.
Anaheim Amigos
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Dallas Chaparrals
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It was later revealed by the Chaparrals' general manager at the time (and later, one-time future head coach) Max Williams that the draft ordering the team did that year was due to the team's original co-owner, Roland Speth (who later became the manager of The Monkees band), mistaking Williams' draft listing that he did in alphabetical order (with last names going from A-Z) as a list for the best possible talents being taken at hand as early as they could have done so.[9]

Denver Larks/Lark Buntings/Rockets
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Houston Mavericks
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Indiana Pacers
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Kentucky Colonels
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Minnesota Muskies
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New Jersey Freighters / New York/New Jersey Americans
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New Orleans Buccaneers
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Oakland Americans/Jacks/Oaks
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1968 ABA draft

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No known record of which player was taken in which round outside of Elvin Hayes as the #1 pick by the Houston Mavericks was kept throughout the ABA's second ever draft. The reason why this would be the case was due to it being held in secret, with an evaluation draft being conducted on March 9 in Louisville, Kentucky (home of the Kentucky Colonels) that supposedly lasted only four rounds instead of five rounds like it did the previous year (though likely was five rounds long),[10] followed by two different drafts of similar nature occurring on April 27 & May 5 in Los Angeles and Minneapolis, Minnesota (homes to two out of four relocated ABA franchises entering their upcoming season, with the latter location also being the original headquarters of the ABA at that time) for rounds 6-10 and rounds 11-15 respectively.[11] During this period of time, the Anaheim Amigos would officially change their franchise's name into the Los Angeles Stars,[12] with the Stars keeping the original picks that they had under the Amigos name. Following the conclusion of this draft period, the New Jersey Americans would return to an original plan of theirs with playing in New York by becoming the New York Nets for the rest of their ABA tenure (partially because the team owners didn't like the fans shortening the name to "Amerks" due to it sounding Communist to them and partially because the team wanted to continue the younger New York team tradition of having a short word ending with "ets" being the new franchise name similar to the Mets in the MLB and Jets of the then-AFL later turned NFL) following a failed permanent home move to New Jersey in relation to a forced disqualification for a playoff qualifying match at home against the Kentucky Colonels (though ironically, it'd have the team play in the same arena that initially disqualified them from playoff qualification last season on a more permanent basis (at least at first), but with new floor boards in place in order to avoid a repeat scenario like their last game of that inaugural season from occurring ever again),[5] while the Minnesota Muskies would move to Miami, Florida to become the Miami Floridians and the defending champion Pittsburgh Pipers would move to Minnesota to become the Minnesota Pipers (presumably in an attempt to have a home team nearby the ABA's headquarters).[13][14] Any players that have a ‡ next to their names during this draft period mean that these players were selected for the ABA All-Time Team in 1997. Interestingly enough, Larry Cannon of the Miami Floridians would be the only player from the ABA to make it to an All-ABA Team without also appearing in an ABA All-Star Game throughout his entire career in the league. This year's draft would also increase the number of overall rounds for the draft from 10 to 15 rounds, meaning an increase in selections occurred during this year as well. Not only that, this year's draft events would also begin the ABA's plans to merge with the rivaling NBA in what would eventually become the NBA–ABA merger.[15]

Warren Armstrong (later going by Warren Jabali once entering the ABA) was selected in the third round of the 1968 ABA Draft by the Oakland Oaks.
Ron Boone was selected in one of the later rounds (presumably as high as the sixth or eighth round) of the 1968 ABA Draft by the Dallas Chaparrals.
Anaheim Amigos / Los Angeles Stars
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Denver Rockets
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Houston Mavericks
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Indiana Pacers
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Kentucky Colonels
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Minnesota Muskies
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New Jersey Americans
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New Orleans Buccaneers
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1969 ABA draft

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No known record of which player was taken in which round outside of Lew Alcindor (now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) as the #1 pick for his home area New York Nets and the Houston Mavericks (who would soon become the Carolina Cougars once the team officially entered the second day of the ABA draft[17]) selecting Neal Walk with the #2 overall pick under what was dubbed as "Operation Kingfish" at the time (similar to the opening results of the 1969 NBA draft) was kept throughout the ABA's third ever draft. The reason why that would be the case was because the ABA would host the first five rounds secretly on February 15 in Bloomington, Minnesota (the at the time home area of the Minnesota Pipers that was also nearby the ABA's headquarters at the time), with the following five rounds after that being completed on April 15 in Charlotte, North Carolina (around the same period of time the Houston Mavericks began their move to North Carolina to become the Carolina Cougars for their new home area). Additional rounds would be implemented later on, but a total of 10 official rounds with every team (with most teams utilizing additional rounds as well) had been completed that draft year, meaning this draft decreased the total amount of rounds and selections from the previous draft they did. Following the repeated failures of persuading talented star players like Lew Alcindor to choose the ABA over the rivaling NBA (with miscommunication from the ABA commissioner to Alcindor on the final amount the Nets would spend for him being the last straw), George Mikan would effectively resign from his position as the commissioner of the ABA.[18] Also following the draft's conclusion, the Minnesota Pipers would return to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as the Pittsburgh Pipers once again and the new defending champion Oakland Oaks would move to Washington, D.C. to become the Washington Caps following the original Oaks' owner being saved from accidental bankruptcy by the new team owner.[14][6] On a more positive note, the time after this draft would also be notable for the Denver Rockets acquiring sophomore power forward Spencer Haywood, a Hall of Famer in his own right from the University of Detroit that would ultimately cause a greater influence upon the NBA draft system (in exchange for the Rockets forfeiting their own first round pick the following draft year) due to the newly created hardship exception made by interim commissioner and Houston Mavericks turned Carolina Cougars owner James Carson Gardner and the subsequent Spencer Haywood v. National Basketball Association case that would come up years later in relation to Haywood's unique situation that came from him being signed up by the ABA first.[19] Mack Calvin of the Los Angeles Stars would also be the only player from this draft to be selected onto the ABA All-Time Team many years later, meaning his name is the only player from this year to have a ‡ next to his name there.

Lew Alcindor (later going by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar during his career) was selected as the first pick of the 1969 ABA Draft by the New York Nets.
Mack Calvin was selected during one of the later rounds (potentially as early as the sixth round) of the 1969 ABA Draft by the Los Angeles Stars.
Dallas Chaparrals
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Denver Rockets
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Houston Mavericks / Carolina Cougars
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Indiana Pacers
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Kentucky Colonels
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Los Angeles Stars
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Miami Floridians
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Minnesota Pipers
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New Orleans Buccaneers
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New York Nets
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Oakland Oaks
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1970 ABA draft

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No official known record of which player was taken in which round outside of Bob Lanier as the #1 territorial-based pick of the New York Nets was kept throughout the ABA's fourth ever draft. However, there would at least be a known record for the first three rounds for each and every team.[21] Despite that point, the ABA would hold this draft's first eight rounds at its earliest date yet on January 22 in Indianapolis (home of the Indiana Pacers), while the second half of the draft (which would go from rounds 9-17 this year, though teams would only go up as far as 15 or 16 rounds for this year's draft) would be held on March 15 in their new headquarters within New York (also the home area of the New York Nets). This draft would see the ABA become more successful in persuading young talents to join the ABA instead of the rivaling NBA, as well as showcase the most rounds in an ABA draft yet. However, it would also showcase the league's still ever-growing signs of instability from within after the draft ended with many teams moving around and/or changing names in order to become more regional with their fanbases by the Dallas Chaparrals renaming themselves to the Texas Chaparrals in an attempt for their franchise to be more regional for the entire state of Texas following the Houston Mavericks' previous move to North Carolina to become the Carolina Cougars,[22] the runner-up Los Angeles Stars moving to Utah for the rest of their tenure to become the Utah Stars,[12] the Miami Floridians being renamed to just "The Floridians" in a unique attempt to have the team represent all of Florida,[13] the New Orleans Buccaneers briefly being renamed to the Louisiana Buccaneers in order to represent all of Louisiana before newer ownership changed hands and led to them moving to Memphis, Tennessee in order to become the Memphis Pros,[23] the Pittsburgh Pipers briefly changed their team name to the Pittsburgh Pioneers before lawsuit threats by both Point Park College and a different "Name That Team" contestant named Angela Weaver via the winning essay entry done by Don Seymour supposedly using twice as much words allowed in that contest's 25 word limit forced them into creating the Pittsburgh Condors name that they'd use for the rest of their existence,[14][24][25] and the Washington Caps moving to the nearby state of Virginia to become the Virginia Squires partially due to safety concerns related to the area they played in also being involved with the 1968 race riots and partially due to the team hearing rumors of an NBA–ABA merger coming about,[6] which ultimately got delayed by six years due to the Oscar Robertson v. National Basketball Association antitrust lawsuit.[26] Any players that have a ‡ next to their names during this draft period mean that these players were selected for the ABA All-Time Team in 1997.

Spencer Haywood was the price paid by the Denver Rockets in exchange for them forfeiting their first round pick in the 1970 ABA Draft.
Dan Issel was selected as the 4th pick in the first round of the 1970 ABA Draft by the Kentucky Colonels.
Charlie Scott was selected as the 8th pick in the first round of the 1970 ABA Draft by the Washington Caps (who later became the Virginia Squires after the end of this draft period).
Carolina Cougars
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Dallas Chaparrals
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Denver Rockets
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Indiana Pacers
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Kentucky Colonels
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Los Angeles Stars
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Miami Floridians
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New Orleans Buccaneers
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New York Nets
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Pittsburgh Pipers
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Washington Caps
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1971 ABA draft

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This draft would be the first ABA draft to have a known record of who got selected where in the ABA beyond just the fact that Jim McDaniels was the #1 pick by the eventual champion Utah Stars from a trade involving the temporarily rebranded Texas Chaparrals, who later returned to their Dallas Chaparrals name (though they're now known as the San Antonio Spurs in more modern times) during this year following the draft,[22] according to "The Basketball Draft Fact Book: A History of Professional Basketball's College Drafts". Not only that, but the ABA would also host the most rounds ever in one draft by this point in time with a grand total of twenty rounds officially being set this year. The first three rounds would be completed on January 22-23 at Greensboro, North Carolina (specifically, rounds one and two would be done on the 22nd alongside parts of round three, while round three was officially completed on the 23rd at the general home area of the Carolina Cougars), while the rest of the rounds starting from the fourth round onward would all be completed on March 15 in New York (which would be where the rest of the ABA's major drafts were held at going forward). The ABA would later rule that three of the players that the Virginia Squires drafted in Tom Riker, Jim Chones, and Barry Parkhill were actually ineligible underclassmen due to the original conditions that the ABA had to uphold in order to allow the initially planned NBA–ABA merger to happen in the first place despite the Denver Rockets keeping their own first round selection (the second of three straight first round picks that they had acquired via trades) of Ralph Simpson at hand (though the Squires would later get Parkhill back onto their team eventually),[35] while the Indiana Pacers essentially pranked the rest of the league by selecting a nonexistent player named "Slick Pinkham" from DePauw University as the official last pick of the 1971 ABA draft; Slick Pinkham was a portmanteau of head coach (and former point guard) Bobby "Slick" Leonard and team owner Dick Tinkham, who actually did attend DePauw University and played basketball for them there (likely at point guard) back when he was a student.[36] Outside of the Texas Chaparrals returning to their Dallas Chaparrals name after the regular ABA draft ended,[22] no changes involving ABA teams would occur after this draft year, which would make it the most stable draft year in the ABA yet. Also following the draft were the initial plans of the NBA–ABA merger that would have seen every ABA team join the NBA except for the Virginia Squires (the reason for their exclusion related to them being too close of proximity to the Baltimore Bullets, now Washington Wizards, which would have forced them to either move yet again in order to join the NBA or fold operations altogether) starting by May 1971 before the Oscar Robertson v. National Basketball Association antitrust lawsuit ruined that merger plan entirely.[26]

Pos. G F C
Position Guard Forward Center
  • 1:  ^  Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
  • 2:  ‡  Denotes player who has been selected for the ABA All-Time Team
  • 3:  *  Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-ABA Team
  • 4:  +  Ddenotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game
  • 5:  #  Denotes player who never appeared in either an ABA or NBA regular season or playoff game
  • 6:  ~  Denotes player who has been selected as the ABA's Rookie of the Year
Jim McDaniels (upfront) was the first pick of the 1971 ABA Draft by the Utah Stars via trading with the Texas Chaparrals.
Ralph Simpson was the fifth pick in the 1971 ABA Draft by the Denver Rockets.
Artis Gilmore was the ninth pick in the 1971 ABA Draft by the Kentucky Colonels.
Roger Brown (dunking the ball) was the 21st pick in the 1971 ABA Draft by the Texas Chaparrals (who later returned to Dallas after the draft) via trading with the Utah Stars.
Round Pick Player Pos. Nationality Team School/Club team
1 1 Jim McDaniels+ PF/C  United States Utah Stars (from Texas)[35] Western Kentucky (Sr.)
1 2 Elmore Smith C  United States Carolina Cougars Kentucky State (Sr.)
1 3 Howard Porter PF/SF  United States Pittsburgh Condors Villanova (Sr.)
1 4 Cliff Meely PF  United States Denver Rockets (from The Floridians)[35] Colorado (Sr.)
1 5 Ralph Simpson+ SG/SF  United States Denver Rockets Michigan State (Jr.)
1 6 Ken Durrett PF  United States Denver Rockets (from New York via Virginia)[35] La Salle (Sr.)
1 7 Randy Denton C  United States Memphis Pros Duke (Sr.)
1 8 Willie Sojourner C/PF  United States Virginia Squires (from Indiana via Kentucky)[35] Weber State (Sr.)
1 9 Artis Gilmore~^‡ C  United States Kentucky Colonels Jacksonville (Sr.)
1 10 Stan Love PF  United States Texas Chaparrals (from Utah)[35] Oregon (Sr.)
1 11 Dana Lewis# C  United States Virginia Squires Tulsa (Sr.)
2 12 Sidney Wicks PF  United States Texas Chaparrals UCLA (Sr.)
2 13 Levi Wyatt# F  United States Pittsburgh Condors Alcorn A&M College (Sr.)
2 14 Rich Yunkus PF/C  United States Carolina Cougars Georgia Tech (Sr.)
2 15 Marv Roberts PF/C  United States Denver Rockets Utah State (Sr.)
2 16 Willie Long SF/PF  United States The Floridians New Mexico (Sr.)
2 17 Charlie Davis PG  United States New York Nets Wake Forest (Sr.)
2 18 Bob Kissane# F  United States New York Nets (from Virginia)[35] Holy Cross (Sr.)
2 19 Darnell Hillman PF/C  United States Indiana Pacers San Jose State (Sr.)
2 20 Jake Ford# SG  United States Memphis Pros Western Kentucky (Sr.)
2 21 Roger Brown+ C  United States Texas Chaparrals (from Utah)[35] Kansas (Sr.)
2 22 Garry Nelson# C  United States Utah Stars Duquesne (Sr.)
3 23 Gregg Northington# C  United States Carolina Cougars Alabama State (Sr.)
3 24 Austin Carr SG  United States Virginia Squires Notre Dame (Sr.)
3 25 John Mengelt SG  United States Indiana Pacers Auburn (Sr.)
3 26 John Roche PG  United States Kentucky Colonels South Carolina (Sr.)
3 27 Mike Newlin SG  United States Denver Rockets Utah (Sr.)
3 28 Jimmy O'Brien# G  United States Pittsburgh Condors Boston College (Sr.)
3 29 Walt Szczerbiak SF  United States
 West Germany 		Texas Chaparrals George Washington (Sr.)
3 30 Thorpe Weber# F  United States Memphis Pros Vanderbilt (Sr.)
3 31 Ted McClain+ PG/SG  United States Carolina Cougars Tennessee State (Sr.)
3 32 Rick Fisher PF  United States Utah Stars Colorado State (Sr.)
3 33 Marvin Stewart# G  United States New York Nets Nebraska (Sr.)
4 34 Gene Phillips SG  United States Texas Chaparrals SMU (Sr.)
4 35 Al Smith PG  United States Denver Rockets Bradley (Sr.)
4 36 Bill Smith# C  United States Pittsburgh Condors (from Carolina)[35] Syracuse (Sr.)
4 37 Tom Owens C/PF  United States Memphis Pros (from The Floridians)[35] South Carolina (Sr.)
4 38 Bubba Jones# G  United States Pittsburgh Condors Ashland (Sr.)
4 39 Amos Thomas# SG/SF  United States Memphis Pros Southwestern State (Sr.)
4 40 Dick Gibbs SF  United States New York Nets UTEP (Sr.)
4 41 Fred Brown PG/SG  United States Kentucky Colonels Iowa (Sr.)
4 42 Dana Pagett G  United States Virginia Squires USC (Sr.)
4 43 Jim Cleamons PG/SG  United States Indiana Pacers Ohio State (Sr.)
4 44 Mo Layton PG  United States Utah Stars USC (Sr.)
5 45 Collis Jones SF/PF  United States Texas Chaparrals Notre Dame (Sr.)
5 46 Dave Robisch C/PF  United States Denver Rockets Kansas (Sr.)
5 47 Luke Adams# F  United States Carolina Cougars Lamar State (Sr.)
5 48 Rich Rinaldi G  United States The Floridians Saint Peter's (Sr.)
5 49 Mike Jordan# F  United States Pittsburgh Condors Savannah State (Sr.)
5 50 Kennedy McIntosh PF  United States Memphis Pros Eastern Michigan (Sr.)
5 51 Glen Summors# F  United States New York Nets Gannon College (Jr.)
5 52 Mike Gale PG/SG  United States Kentucky Colonels Elizabeth City State (Sr.)
5 53 Tom Riker C/PF  United States Virginia Squires South Carolina (Jr.)
5 54 Clarence Glover SF  United States Indiana Pacers Western Kentucky (Sr.)
5 55 Lee Dedmon# F  United States Utah Stars North Carolina (Sr.)
6 56 George Trapp PF/C  United States Texas Chaparrals Cal State Long Beach (Sr.)
6 57 William Graham# F  United States Denver Rockets Kentucky State (Sr.)
6 58 Ron Rippetoe# G  United States Carolina Cougars David Lipscomb College (Sr.)
6 59 Larry Holliday# G  United States The Floridians Oregon (Sr.)
6 60 Barry Nelson C  United States Pittsburgh Condors Duquesne (Sr.)
6 61 Fred Hilton SG  United States Memphis Pros Grambling (Sr.)
6 62 Matt Necaise# F  United States New York Nets William Carey College (Sr.)
6 63 Jim Welch# G  United States Kentucky Colonels Houston (Sr.)
6 64 Barry Parkhill SG  United States Virginia Squires Virginia (So.)
6 65 Jeff Halliburton SG  United States Indiana Pacers Drake (Sr.)
6 66 Bobby Fields G  United States Utah Stars La Salle (Sr.)
7 67 Sterling Quant# PF  The Bahamas[37] Texas Chaparrals Central State (Sr.)
7 68 Ken Gardner SF  United States Denver Rockets Utah (Sr.)
7 69 Ed Kemp# F  United States Carolina Cougars Adams State (Sr.)
7 70 Greg Starrick# G  United States The Floridians Southern Illinois (Sr.)
7 71 John Sutter# F  United States Pittsburgh Condors Tulane (Sr.)
7 72 Loyd King SG  United States Memphis Pros Virginia Tech (Sr.)
7 73 Odis Allison SF  United States New York Nets UNLV (Sr.)
7 74 Larry Steele SG/SF  United States Kentucky Colonels Kentucky (Sr.)
7 75 Clifford Ray C/PF  United States Virginia Squires Oklahoma (Sr.)
7 76 Dean Meminger PG  United States Indiana Pacers Marquette (Sr.)
7 77 Erwin Johnson# F  United States Utah Stars Augusta (Sr.)
8 78 Curtis Rowe PF  United States Texas Chaparrals UCLA (Sr.)
8 79 Tyrone Marioneaux# C  United States Denver Rockets Loyola (New Orleans) (Sr.)
8 80 Kenneth Davis# PG  United States Carolina Cougars Georgetown College (KY) (Sr.)
8 81 Tom Lee# F  United States The Floridians Arizona (Sr.)
8 82 Charlie Yelverton SG/SF  United States Pittsburgh Condors Fordham (Sr.)
8 83 James Douglas# G  United States Memphis Pros Memphis State (Sr.)
8 84 John Duncan# F  United States New York Nets Kentucky Wesleyan (Sr.)
8 85 Clarence Sherrod# G  United States Kentucky Colonels Wisconsin (Sr.)
8 86 Bill Gerry# F  United States Virginia Squires Virginia (Sr.)
8 87 Vic Bartolome# G  United States Indiana Pacers UCLA (Sr.)
8 88 Jim Day# F  United States Utah Stars Morehead State (Sr.)
9 89 Jimmie Guymon# G  United States Texas Chaparrals Eastern New Mexico (Sr.)
9 90 Mike Childress# C  United States Denver Rockets Colorado State (Sr.)
9 91 Dave Wohl PG  United States Carolina Cougars Pennsylvania (Sr.)
9 92 Jim Haderlein# F  United States The Floridians Loyola Los Angeles (Sr.)
9 93 Vincent White# F  United States Pittsburgh Condors Savannah State (Sr.)
9 94 Henry Smith# F  United States Memphis Pros Missouri (Sr.)
9 95 Jarrett Durham F  United States New York Nets Duquesne (Sr.)
9 96 Mike O'Brien# F  United States Kentucky Colonels Saint Leo (Sr.)
9 97 Jim Chones C/PF  United States Virginia Squires Marquette (Jr.)
9 98 Tom Crosswhite# F  United States Indiana Pacers Dayton (Sr.)
9 99 Willie Humes# G  United States Utah Stars Idaho State (Sr.)
10 100 Gene Knoll# G  United States Texas Chaparrals Texas Tech (Sr.)
10 101 George Faerber#[38] F  United States Denver Rockets Purdue (Sr.)
10 102 Ken Mayfield SG  United States Carolina Cougars Tuskegee (Sr.)
10 103 Doug Rex# F  United States The Floridians UC Santa Barbara (Sr.)
10 104 James Fleming# F  United States Pittsburgh Condors Alcorn A&M College (Sr.)
10 105 Jim Gregory# F  United States Memphis Pros East Carolina (Sr.)
10 106 Eric Hill# G  United States Pittsburgh Condors (from New York)[35] Minnesota (Sr.)
10 107 Larry Saunders# F  United States Kentucky Colonels Duke (Sr.)
10 108 Gil McGregor PF  United States Virginia Squires Wake Forest (Sr.)
10 109 Larry Weatherford# G  United States Indiana Pacers Purdue (Sr.)
10 110 Jake Jones SG  United States Utah Stars Assumption College (Sr.)
11 111 Al Shumate#[39] SF  United States Texas Chaparrals North Texas State (Sr.)
11 112 John Ribock# F  United States Denver Rockets South Carolina (Sr.)
11 113 Bobby McKenney#[40] C  United States Carolina Cougars Pepperdine (Sr.)
11 114 Gerald Lockett# F  United States The Floridians Arkansas AM&N College (Sr.)
11 115 Rayford McCambry# G  United States Pittsburgh Condors Miles College (Sr.)
11 116 Danny Davis# F  United States Memphis Pros Henderson State (Sr.)
11 117 Bill Warner# G  United States New York Nets Arizona (Sr.)
11 118 Sid Catlett F  United States Kentucky Colonels Notre Dame (Sr.)
11 119 Héctor Blondet# F  Puerto Rico Virginia Squires Murray State (Sr.)
11 120 Jim England# G  United States Indiana Pacers Tennessee (Sr.)
11 Utah Stars (Passed up on using this selection.)
12 121 Willie Hart# C  United States Texas Chaparrals Grambling (So.)[41]
12 122 Gary Brell# F  United States Denver Rockets Marquette (Sr.)
12 123 Craig Love# F  United States Carolina Cougars Ohio (Sr.)
12 124 Will Allen F  United States The Floridians Miami (FL) (Sr.)
12 125 Isaiah Wilson SG  United States Pittsburgh Condors Baltimore (Sr.)
12 126 Gary Reist# G  United States Memphis Pros Rice (Sr.)
12 127 Blaine Henry# G  United States New York Nets Marshall (Sr.)
12 128 Jim Dinwiddie# G  United States Kentucky Colonels Kentucky (Sr.)
12 129 Luis Grillo#[42] PG  United States Virginia Squires Sunbury Mercuries (EBA)[43]
12 130 Jeff Smith# F  United States Indiana Pacers New Mexico State (Jr.)
12 Utah Stars (Passed up on using this selection.)
13 131 Goo Kennedy PF/C  United States Texas Chaparrals TCU (Sr.)
13 132 Glen Richgels# C  United States Denver Rockets Wisconsin (Sr.)
13 133 Bob Wenzel# G  United States Carolina Cougars Rutgers (Sr.)
13 134 Jackie Ridgle SG  United States The Floridians California (Sr.)
13 135 Ray Greene# G  United States Pittsburgh Condors California State (Pennsylvania) (Sr.)
13 136 Edward Hoskins# SF  United States Memphis Pros LeMoyne–Owen (Sr.)
13 137 Don Ward# G  United States New York Nets Colgate (Sr.)
13 138 Pierre Russell SG  United States Kentucky Colonels Kansas (Sr.)
13 Virginia Squires (Passed up on using this selection.)
13 139 Rick Katherman# F  United States Indiana Pacers Duke (Sr.)
13 Utah Stars (Passed up on using this selection.)
14 140 Bill Brickhouse# G  United States Texas Chaparrals Montana State (Sr.)
14 141 Jerry Hyder# G  United States Denver Rockets Eastern New Mexico (Sr.)
14 142 Ron Dorsey SF  United States Carolina Cougars Tennessee State (Sr.)
14 143 Pembrook Burrows# C  United States The Floridians Jacksonville (Sr.)
14 144 Gene Mumford# G  United States Pittsburgh Condors Scranton (Sr.)
14 145 Ken Riley# F  United States Memphis Pros Middle Tennessee (Sr.)
14 146 Skip Young# G  United States New York Nets Florida State (Sr.)
14 147 Jerome Perry# G  United States Kentucky Colonels Western Kentucky (Sr.)
14 Virginia Squires (Passed up on using this selection.)
14 148 Clarence Smith# F  United States Indiana Pacers Villanova (Sr.)
14 Utah Stars (Passed up on using this selection.)
15 149 William Chatmon# F  United States Texas Chaparrals Baylor (Sr.)
15 150 David Hall# C/PF  United States Denver Rockets Kansas State (Jr.)
15 151 Hank Commodore# G  United States Carolina Cougars Northwestern State (Sr.)
15 152 Ken May# F  United States The Floridians Dayton (Sr.)
15 153 Lee McCullough# F  United States Pittsburgh Condors Indiana (Pennsylvania) (Sr.)
15 154 Rod Behrens# PF  United States Memphis Pros Samford (Sr.)[44][45]
15 155 Phillip Sisk#[46] G  United States New York Nets Georgia Southern (Sr.)
15 156 Willie Cherry# F  United States Kentucky Colonels Denver (Sr.)
15 Virginia Squires (Passed up on using this selection.)
15 157 Rich Walker# G  United States Indiana Pacers Bowling Green (Sr.)
15 Utah Stars (Passed up on using this selection.)
16 158 Harry Taylor# G/F  United States Texas Chaparrals Los Angeles Baptist (Sr.)
16 159 Richard Dixon# G  United States Denver Rockets Loyola Los Angeles (Sr.)
16 160 Frank Lorthridge# C/PF  United States Carolina Cougars Pan American (Sr.)
16 161 Wayman Terrell# PF/C  United States The Floridians Oklahoma Baptist (Sr.)
16 162 Russell Golden# F  United States Pittsburgh Condors Jacksonville (Jr.)
16 163 Don Johnson# F  United States Memphis Pros Tennessee (Sr.)
16 164 Brian Mahoney SG  United States New York Nets Manhattan (Sr.)
16 Kentucky Colonels (Passed up on using this selection.)
16 Virginia Squires (Passed up on using this selection.)
16 165 Tom Bush# C  United States Indiana Pacers Drake (Sr.)
16 Utah Stars (Passed up on using this selection.)
17 166 Dan McGhee# PF/C  United States Texas Chaparrals Howard Payne (Sr.)[47]
17 167 David Walls Jr.#[48] PF/C  United States Denver Rockets Jackson State (Sr.)
17 168 Dan Fife# G  United States Carolina Cougars Michigan (Sr.)
17 169 Bill Drozdiak# F  United States The Floridians Oregon (Sr.)
17 170 Harry James# G  United States Pittsburgh Condors Montclair State (Sr.)[49]
17 171 Haywood Hill# SG/SF  United States Memphis Pros Oral Roberts (Sr.)
17 172 Ollie Shannon# G  United States New York Nets Minnesota (Sr.)
17 Kentucky Colonels (Passed up on using this selection.)
17 Virginia Squires (Passed up on using this selection.)
17 173 Jim Irving# G  United States Indiana Pacers Saint Louis (Sr.)
17 Utah Stars (Passed up on using this selection.)
18 Texas Chaparrals (Passed up on using this selection.)
18 174 Paul Botts# G  United States Denver Rockets Central Michigan (Sr.)
18 175 Cliff Harris# F  United States Carolina Cougars Hardin–Simmons (Sr.)
18 176 Eddie Myers# C  United States The Floridians Arizona (Sr.)
18 177 John Novey# G  United States Pittsburgh Condors Mount St. Mary's (Sr.)
18 178 Reggie Wood# F  United States Memphis Pros College of Steubenville (Sr.)
18 179 Bob Doyle# SG  United States New York Nets UTEP (Sr.)
18 Kentucky Colonels (Passed up on using this selection.)
18 Virginia Squires (Passed up on using this selection.)
18 180 Bob Bissant# G  United States Indiana Pacers Loyola (New Orleans) (Sr.)
18 Utah Stars (Passed up on using this selection.)
19 Texas Chaparrals (Passed up on using this selection.)
19 181 Ron Smith# C  United States Denver Rockets Wichita State (Sr.)
19 182 Steve Bilsky# PG  United States Carolina Cougars Pennsylvania (Sr.)
19 183 Steve Sims# SG  United States The Floridians Pepperdine (Sr.)
19 Pittsburgh Condors (Passed up on using this selection.)
19 184 Billy Barnes# PF/C  United States Memphis Pros Southern State (Sr.)[50]
19 185 Calvin Oliver# F  United States New York Nets Pan American (Sr.)
19 Kentucky Colonels (Passed up on using this selection.)
19 Virginia Squires (Passed up on using this selection.)
19 186 Rudy Benjamin# G  United States Indiana Pacers Michigan State (Sr.)
19 Utah Stars (Passed up on using this selection.)
20 Texas Chaparrals (Passed up on using this selection.)
20 187 Bobby Jones# G  United States Denver Rockets Drake (Sr.)
20 Carolina Cougars (Passed up on using this selection.)
20 188 Pat Biber# F  United States The Floridians Tampa (Sr.)[51]
20 Pittsburgh Condors (Passed up on using this selection.)
20 189 Allan Dalton#[52] G  United States Memphis Pros Suffolk (Sr.)
20 190 Greg Cluess# C/PF  United States New York Nets St. John's (Jr.)
20 Kentucky Colonels (Passed up on using this selection.)
20 Virginia Squires (Passed up on using this selection.)
20 191 Slick Pinkham# PG  United States Indiana Pacers DePauw ("Sr.")
20 Utah Stars (Passed up on using this selection.)

1971 ABA special circumstances draft

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The ABA would also host a "Special Circumstances" Draft later in the year on September 10, 1971 in Memphis, Tennessee (home of the Memphis Pros and the last time the ABA would ever host a draft event outside of their new headquarters in New York) as a response to the (at the time) recently implemented "NBA Hardship Draft" that the NBA was forced to utilize following the results of the Spencer Haywood v. National Basketball Association 1971 Supreme Court case. Unlike the NBA's "Hardship Draft", which saw six players enter that specific draft for the first time ever (though only five of those players would get drafted), the ABA's "Special Circumstances Draft" only saw three players from that special draft get selected there: Duquesne University's Mickey Davis for the Denver Rockets in the second round, the University of California's Phil Chenier for the Carolina Cougars in the second round, and North Carolina State University's Ed Leftwich for the New York Nets in the fourth round; no players were selected during the first or third rounds in question for that event (though technically speaking, Mickey Davis would be considered the #1 pick of the Special Circumstances Draft that year).[53] It is unknown how many players that the ABA had considered eligible for this particular draft were actually available during the time it happened. Nevertheless, there were no drafted choices in either the first round or the third round, meaning the listing below, including what the year in college at the time of the selection for these players, is as such.

Denver Rockets
Carolina Cougars
New York Nets

1972 ABA draft

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Please note, this year's draft does not include six rounds of the July 13 dispersal draft involving two former ABA teams that existed or an expansion draft for the San Diego Conquistadors (who took Mike Barrett from the Virginia Squires as their first pick in that draft) that took place after the dispersal draft to replace one of those defunct teams in question, meaning this draft would not have the San Diego team involved.[54][55] Once again, the ABA planned on getting a head start on the rivaling NBA by starting their first five rounds of the draft on March 2 (with ordering based on records from February 20, though with the Pittsburgh Condors and Memphis Pros alternating between themselves on who has the first selection and who has the second selection in each round), while the rest of the draft (which would be twenty rounds long similar to the previous year's draft, albeit with a lesser overall number of selections due to multiple teams being confirmed to forfeit selections in this year's draft for various reasons) would finish up over a month later on April 12 up in New York. However, this draft would also be the first draft to allow each team to select a college underclassman to join their team within the first five rounds of the draft, which drew some ire and criticisms at the time amongst not just the NCAA, but also numerous college coaches as well. This allowed teams to select some special talented players like future Hall of Famers Bob McAdoo and Bill Walton, as well as players like Doug Collins and freshman David Brent being drafted earlier than the NBA had anticipated them being available, though most of those guys either returned to college or went to the NBA anyway in the case of Bob McAdoo. Unfortunately, the recording of who got selected where during the first five rounds in particular is not well known for this particular year, meaning some information for the earlier rounds is more scattershot and a bit messier to record by comparison to the later rounds, weirdly enough, although we do at least know the general draft ordering for the teams that selected players this year.[54][55][56] As such, the listing of the first five rounds in particular might not be 100% accurate information by comparison to the rest of the draft here. In any case, following the conclusion of this draft year, both "The Floridians" and the Pittsburgh Condors would declare themselves as defunct operations going forward (thus leading to only the aforementioned San Diego Conquistadors replacing just one of those two teams going forward[57]), while the Memphis Pros decided to change their team name to the Memphis Tams (Tams being an acronym for the three states the franchise wanted to get on a regional basis in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi) entering the upcoming season.[23]

Pos. G F C
Position Guard Forward Center
Bob McAdoo was the first pick of the 1972 ABA Draft by the Virginia Squires via trading with the Pittsburgh Condors.
Julius Erving was the price paid by the Virginia Squires in exchange for them forfeiting what would have been the seventh pick in the 1972 ABA Draft.
Jimmy Jones was the price paid by the Utah Stars in exchange for them giving up their own first round pick (which would have been the new seventh pick) in the 1972 ABA Draft.
Brian Taylor was presumably the nineteenth pick in the 1972 ABA Draft by the New York Nets.
Paul Westphal was presumably the 20th pick in the 1972 ABA Draft by the Denver Rockets.
Bill Walton was presumably the 33rd pick in the 1972 ABA Draft by the Dallas Chaparrals.
Swen Nater was presumably the 58th pick in the seventh round of the 1972 ABA Draft by The Floridians franchise.
Round Pick Player Pos. Nationality Team School/Club team
1 1 Bob McAdoo^ C  United States Virginia Squires (from Pittsburgh)[56] North Carolina (Jr.)
1 Memphis Pros (forfeited #2 pick due to them acquiring Larry Cannon from the Denver Rockets[56])
1 2 Tom Riker C/PF  United States Carolina Cougars South Carolina (Sr.)
1 3 Bud Stallworth SG/SF  United States Denver Rockets Kansas (Sr.)
1 4 Dwight Davis PF  United States The Floridians Houston (Sr.)
1 New York Nets (forfeited #5 pick due to them signing Jim Chones, a player previously drafted by the Virginia Squires last year that got invalidated due to draft stipulations at the time[56])
1 5 LaRue Martin C  United States Dallas Chaparrals Loyola (Chicago) (Sr.)
1 6 Paul Stovall SF  United States Denver Rockets (from Indiana)[56] Arizona State (Sr.)
1 Virginia Squires (forfeited what would have been the #7 pick due to them signing Julius Erving‡ last year after the previous draft ended[56])
1 Utah Stars (forfeited what would have been the new #7 pick due to them signing Jimmy Jones‡ from the Memphis Pros[56])
1 7 Corky Calhoun SF  United States Kentucky Colonels Duke (Sr.)
2 8 David Brent# C/PF  United States Memphis Pros Jacksonville (Fr.)
2 9 John Gianelli C/PF  United States Pittsburgh Condors Pacific (Sr.)
2 10 Dennis Wuycik SF  United States Carolina Cougars North Carolina (Sr.)
2 11 Claude Terry SG/SF  United States Denver Rockets Stanford (Sr.)
2 12 Mike Stewart# C  United States The Floridians Santa Clara (Jr.)
2 13 Bill Chamberlain SF  United States New York Nets North Carolina (Sr.)
2 14 Mike Ratliff C  United States Dallas Chaparrals Wisconsin–Eau Claire (Sr.)
2 15 Chris Ford SG  United States Utah Stars Villanova (Sr.)
2 16 Russ Lee SG/SF  United States Memphis Pros (acquired via trade of some sort (probably from Kentucky)) Marshall (Sr.)
3 17 Chuck Terry SF  United States Pittsburgh Condors Long Beach State (Sr.)
3 18 Jim Price PG  United States Memphis Pros Louisville (Sr.)
3 19 Brian Taylor~* PG  United States New York Nets (acquired via trade of some sort (probably from Carolina)) Princeton (Sr.)
3 20 Paul Westphal^ PG/SG  United States Denver Rockets USC (Sr.)
3 21 Scott English SF  United States The Floridians UTEP (Sr.)
3 22 Joby Wright PF/C  United States New York Nets (from The Floridians via New York)[56] Indiana (Sr.)
3 23 Bob Morse# SF/PF  United States Dallas Chaparrals Pennsylvania (Sr.)
3 24 Oscar Evans# G  United States Indiana Pacers Butler (Sr.)
3 25 Bill Franklin# F  United States Virginia Squires Auburn (Sr.)
3 26 Travis Grant SF  United States Utah Stars Kentucky State (Sr.)
4 27 Rusty Clair# C/PF  United States Memphis Pros Oregon (Sr.)
4 28 Bob Davis SF  United States Pittsburgh Condors Weber State (Sr.)
4 29 Fred Boyd PG/SG  United States Carolina Cougars Oregon State (Sr.)
4 30 Doug Collins SG  United States Denver Rockets Illinois State (Sr.)
4 31 Greg Starrick# G  United States The Floridians Southern Illinois (Sr.)
4 32 Dwaine Dillard SF  United States New York Nets Eastern Michigan (So.)[58]
4 33 Bill Walton^ C  United States Dallas Chaparrals UCLA (So.)
4 34 Art White# F  United States New York Nets (acquired via trade of some sort) Georgetown University (D.C.) (Sr.)
4 35 Chuck Jura# C  United States Utah Stars Nebraska (Sr.)
5 36 Wil Robinson SG  United States Pittsburgh Condors West Virginia (Sr.)
5 37 Dave Bustion PF  United States Denver Rockets Denver (Sr.)
5 38 Bob Lackey SG  United States New York Nets Marquette (Sr.)
5 39 Steve Hawes C/PF  United States Dallas Chaparrals Washington (Sr.)
5 40 Nate Stephens# C  United States Indiana Pacers Long Beach State (Jr.)
5 41 Bob Nash SF  United States Utah Stars Hawaii (Sr.)
5 42 Harold Fox PG  United States Pittsburgh Condors (acquired via trade of some sort (probably from Kentucky)) Jacksonville (Sr.)
6 43 Bob Ford# F  United States Memphis Pros Purdue (Sr.)
6 44 James Silas*‡ PG  United States Pittsburgh Condors Stephen F. Austin (Sr.)
6 45 Steve Bracey PG  United States Carolina Cougars Tulsa (Sr.)
6 46 Sam Sibert SF  United States Denver Rockets Kentucky State (Sr.)
6 47 Charlie Thorpe# C  United States The Floridians Belhaven College (Sr.)
6 48 Ron Harris# F  United States New York Nets Wichita State (Sr.)
6 49 Jim Creighton PF  United States Dallas Chaparrals Colorado (Sr.)
6 50 George Adams F  United States Indiana Pacers Gardner–Webb College (Jr.)
6 51 Reggie Bird# G  United States Virginia Squires Princeton (Sr.)
6 52 Tom Patterson SF/PF  United States Utah Stars Ouachita Baptist (Jr.)
6 53 Matt Gantt# F  United States Kentucky Colonels St. Bonaventure (Sr.)
7 54 Joe Mackey# F  United States Pittsburgh Condors USC (Sr.)
7 55 Rowland Garrett SF  United States Memphis Pros Florida State (Sr.)
7 56 Dan Holcomb# C  United States Carolina Cougars Memphis State (Sr.)
7 57 Ron Riley PF  United States Denver Rockets USC (Sr.)
7 58 Swen Nater~* C  The Netherlands The Floridians UCLA (Jr.)
7 59 Hank Siemiontkowski# SF/PF  United States New York Nets Villanova (Sr.)
7 60 Frank Schade G  United States Dallas Chaparrals Wisconsin–Eau Claire (Sr.)
7 61 Richie Garner# SG  United States Indiana Pacers Manhattan (Sr.)
7 62 Al Sanders PF  United States Virginia Squires LSU (Sr.)
7 63 Eric McWilliams SF  United States Utah Stars Long Beach State (Sr.)
7 64 Bill Kennedy# G  United States Kentucky Colonels Arizona State (Sr.)
8 65 Sam Simmons# G  United States Memphis Pros Bradley (Sr.)
8 66 Marshall Wingate# G  United States Pittsburgh Condors Niagara (Sr.)
8 67 Henry Bibby PG  United States Carolina Cougars UCLA (Sr.)
8 68 Ted Martiniuk# F  United States Denver Rockets Saint Peter's (Sr.)
8 69 Ron Thomas PF  United States The Floridians Louisville (Sr.)
8 70 Walter Jones# F  United States New York Nets LIU Brooklyn (Sr.)
8 71 Ansley Truitt PF  United States Dallas Chaparrals California (Sr.)
8 72 Cavin Andersen# G  United States Indiana Pacers Valley City State (Sr.)
8 73 Billy Shepherd# PG  United States Virginia Squires Kentucky (Sr.)
8 74 Frank Russell SG  United States Utah Stars Detroit (Sr.)
8 75 Terry Benton# F  United States Kentucky Colonels Wichita State (Sr.)
9 76 Charles Edge SF  United States Pittsburgh Condors LeMoyne–Owen (Jr.)
9 77 Steve Davidson# F  United States Memphis Pros West Texas State (Sr.)
9 78 Jerry Crocker# G  United States Carolina Cougars Guilford (Sr.)
9 79 Bernie Fryer SG  United States Denver Rockets BYU (Sr.)
9 80 Ernie Fleming# F  United States The Floridians Jacksonville (Sr.)
9 81 Ed Czernota# F  United States New York Nets Sacred Heart (Sr.)
9 82 Wayne Grabiec# G  United States Dallas Chaparrals Michigan (Sr.)
9 83 Wardell Dyson# F  United States Indiana Pacers Shaw University (Sr.)
9 84 Mike Barr G  United States Virginia Squires Duquesne (Sr.)
9 85 Mike Jackson PF  United States Utah Stars Cal State Los Angeles (Sr.)
9 86 Ernest Pettis# G  United States Kentucky Colonels Western Michigan (Sr.)
10 87 Jackie Young# G  United States Memphis Pros Rocky Mountain (Sr.)
10 88 Bryan Adrian# G  United States Pittsburgh Condors Davidson (Sr.)
10 89 Mike Collins# F  United States Carolina Cougars Seattle (Sr.)
10 90 Jerry Pender SG  United States Denver Rockets Fresno State (Sr.)
10 91 Sam Cash PF