NBA Draft 1972

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The 1972 NBA Draft was held on April 12, 1972.

Contents 1 First Round 2 Second Round 3 Third Round 4 Fourth Round 5 Fifth Round 6 Sixth Round 7 Seventh Round 8 Eighth Round 9 Ninth Round 10 Tenth Round 11 Eleventh Round 12 Twelfth Round 13 Thirteenth Round 14 Fourteenth Round 15 Fifteenth Round 16 Sixteenth Round 17 Seventeenth Round 18 Eighteenth Round

First Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	LaRue Martin	Loyola (Ill.)	Portland Trail Blazers
2	Bob McAdoo	North Carolina	Buffalo Braves
3	Dwight Davis	Houston	Cleveland Cavaliers
4	Corky Calhoun	Penn	Phoenix Suns
5	Fred Boyd	Oregon State	Philadelphia 76ers
6	Russ Lee	Marshall	Milwaukee Bucks
7	Bud Stallworth	Kansas	Seattle SuperSonics
8	Tom Riker	South Carolina	New York Knicks
9	Bob Nash	Hawaii	Detroit Pistons
10	Paul Westphal	USC	Boston Celtics
11	Ralph Simpson	Michigan State	Chicago Bulls
12	Julius Erving	Massachusetts	Milwaukee Bucks
13	Travis Grant	Kentucky State	Los Angeles Lakers

Second Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Bob Davis	Weber State	Portland Trail Blazers
2	Harold Fox	Jacksonville	Buffalo Braves
3	Jim Price	Louisville	Los Angeles Lakers
4	Chris Ford	Villanova	Detroit Pistons
5	Joby Wright	Indiana	Seattle SuperSonics
6	Sam Sibert	Kentucky State	Cincinnati Royals
7	John Gianelli	Pacific	Houston Rockets
8	Steve Bracey	Tulsa	Atlanta Hawks
9	Paul Stovall	Arizona State	Los Angeles Lakers
10	Brian Taylor	Princeton	Seattle SuperSonics
11	Steve Hawes	Washington	Cleveland Cavaliers
12	Tom Patterson	Ouachita Baptist	Baltimore Bullets
13	Dave Twardzik	Old Dominion	Portland Trail Blazers
14	Dennis Wuycik	North Carolina	Boston Celtics
15	Mike Ratliff	Eau Claire	Cincinnati Royals
16	Chuck Terry	Long Beach State	Milwaukee Bucks
17	Ollie Johnson	Temple	Portland Trail Blazers

Third Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Lloyd Neal	Tennessee State	Portland Trail Blazers
2	Bob Morse	Penn	Buffalo Braves
3	Scott English	Texas–El Paso	Phoenix Suns
4	Don Buse	Evansville	Phoenix Suns
5	Frank Russell	Detroit	Chicago Bulls
6	Charlie Tharpe	Belhaven	Philadelphia 76ers
7	Eric McWilliams	Long Beach State	Houston Rockets
8	Ron Riley	USC	Cincinnati Royals
9	Kevin Porter	St. Francis (Pa.)	Baltimore Bullets
10	Jim Creighton	Colorado	Seattle SuperSonics
11	Ansley Truitt	California	New York Knicks
12	Claude Terry	Stanford	Phoenix Suns
13	Bill Chamberlain	North Carolina	Golden State Warriors
14	Wayne Grabiec	Michigan	Boston Celtics
15	Chuck Jura	Nebraska	Chicago Bulls
16	George Adams	Gardner-Webb	Milwaukee Bucks
17	Gregg Northington	Alabama State	Los Angeles Lakers

Fourth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Gary Stewart	Canisius	Portland Trail Blazers
2	George Bryant	Eastern Kentucky State	Buffalo Braves
3	Hank Siemiontkowski	Villanova	Cleveland Cavaliers
4	Ernie Fleming	Jacksonville	Detroit Pistons
5	Marshall Wingate	Niagara	Philadelphia 76ers
6	Frank Schade	Eau Claire	Cincinnati Royals
7	Wil Robinson	West Virginia	Houston Rockets
8	Reggie Bird	Princeton	Atlanta Hawks
9	Al Saunders	Louisiana State	Baltimore Bullets
10	Joe Mackey	USC	Seattle SuperSonics
11	Henry Bibby	UCLA	New York Knicks
12	Matt Gantt	St. Bonaventure	Phoenix Suns
13	John Tschogl	UC Santa Barbara	Golden State Warriors
14	Nate Stephens	Long Beach State	Boston Celtics
15	Ted Martiniuk	St. Peter’s	Chicago Bulls
16	Art White	Georgetown	Milwaukee Bucks

Fifth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Mike Reid	California–Riverside	Portland Trail Blazers
2	Arnie Berman	Brown	Buffalo Braves
3	Sam Cash	California–Riverside	Cleveland Cavaliers
4	Ernest Pettis	Western Michigan	Detroit Pistons
5	Dave Bustion	Denver	Cincinnati Royals
6	Joe Bynes	Arkansas AM&N	Philadelphia 76ers
7	James Silas	Stephen F. Austin	Houston Rockets
8	Bob Lackey	Marquette	Atlanta Hawks
9	Walter Jones	Long Island	Baltimore Bullets
10	Gary Ladd	Seattle	Seattle SuperSonics
11	Bob Ford	Purdue	New York Knicks
12	Wardell Dyson	Shaw	Phoenix Suns
13	Charles Dudley	Washington	Golden State Warriors
14	Bryan Adrian	Davidson	Boston Celtics
15	Rowland Garrett	Florida State	Chicago Bulls
16	Ron Harris	Wichita State	Milwaukee Bucks
17	Glen Summors	Gannon	Los Angeles Lakers

Sixth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Joe Gaines	Belmont	Portland Trail Blazers
2	Ed Czernota	Sacred Heart	Buffalo Braves
3	Tom Parker	Kentucky	Cleveland Cavaliers
4	Terry Benton	Wichita State	Detroit Pistons
5	John Glover	Wiley	Philadelphia 76ers
6	Jerry Crocker	Guilford	Cincinnati Royals
7	Mike Collins	Seattle	Houston Rockets
8	Randy Knoll	Marshall	Atlanta Hawks
9	Wayne Dillard	Eastern Michigan	Baltimore Bullets
10	Ron Thomas	Louisville	Seattle SuperSonics
11	Greg Cleuss	St. John’s	New York Knicks
12	Charles Edge	LeMoyne-Owen	Phoenix Suns
13	Henry Bacon	Louisville	Golden State Warriors
14	Doug Holcomb	Memphis	Boston Celtics
15	Mike Stewart	Santa Clara	Chicago Bulls
16	Wally Wright	PMC Colleges	Boston Celtics
17	Sam Simmons	Bradley	Los Angeles Lakers

Seventh Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Bob Lynn	Long Beach State	Portland Trail Blazers
2	Greg Kohls	Syracuse	Buffalo Braves
3	Steve Davidson	West Texas State	Cleveland Cavaliers
4	Bruce Anderson	Arizona	Detroit Pistons
5	Mike Sneed	Fayetteville	Cincinnati Royals
6	Curtis Pritchett	St. Augustine’s	Philadelphia 76ers
7	Mike Jackson	Cal State–Los Angeles	Houston Rockets
8	Billy Pleas	Detroit	Atlanta Hawks
9	Marvin Brown	Jackson State	Baltimore Bullets
10	Jerry Dunn	Western Kentucky	Seattle SuperSonics
11	Tracy Tripucka	Lafayette	New York Knicks
12	Bernie Fryer	Brigham Young	Phoenix Suns
13	William Franklin	Purdue	Golden State Warriors
14	Steve Previs	North Carolina	Boston Celtics
15	Jerry Pender	Fresno State	Chicago Bulls
16	Mickey Davis	Duquesne	Milwaukee Bucks

Eighth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Ruben Vance	Kent State	Portland Trail Blazers
2	Andy Denny	South Alabama State	Buffalo Braves
3	Roger Evans	Kent State	Cleveland Cavaliers
4	Ben Kelso	Central Michigan	Detroit Pistons
5	Jim Kopp	Rockhurst (Mo.)	Philadelphia 76ers
6	Jerry Clack	Oklahoma	Cincinnati Royals
7	Henry Harris	Auburn	Houston Rockets
8	Oscar Evans	Butler	Atlanta Hawks
9	Jim Floyd	Shaw	Baltimore Bullets
10	Willy Stoudamire	Portland State	Seattle SuperSonics
11	Tom Corde	Ohio	New York Knicks
12	Russell Golden	Jackson State	Phoenix Suns
13	John Burks	San Francisco	Golden State Warriors
14	Sam McCarney	Oral Roberts	Boston Celtics
15	Cavin Anderson	Valley City	Chicago Bulls
16	Charles Kirkland	Cheyney State	Milwaukee Bucks

Ninth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Scott McCandlish	Virginia	Portland Trail Blazers
2	John Collins	Brockport State	Buffalo Braves
3	Greg Starrick	Southern Illinois	Cleveland Cavaliers
4	Kessie Mangam	Ferris State	Detroit Pistons
5	Steve McMahon	Merrimack	Cincinnati Royals
6	Rod Murray	Cal State–Los Angeles	Philadelphia 76ers
7	Larry Strozier	Morehouse	Atlanta Hawks
8	Ruppert Breedlove	Oglethorpe	Baltimore Bullets
9	Dwight Holliday	Hawaii	Seattle SuperSonics
10	Tom Sullivan	Fordham	New York Knicks
11	Bill Kennedy	Arizona	Phoenix Suns
12	Bill Duey	California	Golden State Warriors
13	Ralph Houston	West Texas State	Chicago Bulls
14	Jim Regenold	Ball State	Milwaukee Bucks

Tenth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Krešimir Ćosić	Brigham Young	Portland Trail Blazers
2	Kent Martens	Abilene Christian	Cleveland Cavaliers
3	Kent Hollenbeck	Kentucky	Detroit Pistons
4	Gary Watson	Wisconsin	Philadelphia 76ers
5	David Hall	Kansas State	Cincinnati Royals
6	Jim Clesson	Tulsa	Atlanta Hawks
7	Will Loftin	SW Louisiana	Baltimore Bullets
8	Dan Stewart	Washington State	Seattle SuperSonics
9	Richie Garner	Manhattan	New York Knicks
10	Al Vilcheck	Louisville	Phoenix Suns
11	Marty Hunt	Kenyon	Boston Celtics
12	Chuck Taylor	West Liberty State	Chicago Bulls
13	Jolly Spight	Santa Clara	Milwaukee Bucks

Eleventh Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Jimmy Wilkins	San Diego State	Portland Trail Blazers
2	Jim Prokell	Edinboro State	Buffalo Braves
3	Floyd Mathew	Northern Arizona	Cincinnati Royals
4	Charles Allen	Texas Southern	Atlanta Hawks
5	Marvin Watkins	Jackson State	Baltimore Bullets
6	Steve Turner	Vanderbilt	Seattle SuperSonics
7	Chic Downing	Benedictine	New York Knicks
8	John Belcher	Arkansas State	Phoenix Suns
9	Mark Minor	Ohio State	Boston Celtics
10	Jackie Young	Rocky Mountain	Chicago Bulls

Twelfth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Frank Dewitt	Virginia	Buffalo Braves
2	Len Baltimore	George Washington	Cincinnati Royals
3	James Green	Paine College	Atlanta Hawks
4	Lloyd Adams	Rhode Island	Baltimore Bullets
5	Gregg Daust	Missouri-St. Louis	Seattle SuperSonics
6	Mark Soderberg	Utah	Phoenix Suns
7	Phil Stephens	South Carolina State	Boston Celtics
8	Al Cotler	Pennsylvania	Chicago Bulls

Thirteenth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Larry Morris	Tulsa	Portland Trail Blazers
2	Kim Huband	North Carolina	Buffalo Braves
3	Kent Scott	Pittsburgh	Cincinnati Royals
4	Mike Krawzyk	Loyola (MD)	Baltimore Bullets
5	Kelly Utley	Shaw	Phoenix Suns
6	Mike Barr	Duquesne	Chicago Bulls

Fourteenth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Paul Kelly	Shaw	Portland Trail Blazers
2	Greg Corson	North Carolina	Buffalo Braves
3	Bob Allan	Missouri	Cincinnati Royals
4	Aubrey Nash	Kansas	Baltimore Bullets
5	Cleveland Hill	Nicholas State	Seattle SuperSonics
6	Ray Golson	West Texas State	Phoenix Suns
7	Andrew Pettes	Oklahoma	Chicago Bulls

Fifteenth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Rich Haubeggar	Wake Forest	Portland Trail Blazers
2	Paul Hoffman	St. Bonaventure	Buffalo Braves
3	Mike Jeffries	Oklahoma State	Cincinnati Royals
4	Gary Handelman	Hopkins	Baltimore Bullets
5	Greg Lowery	Texas Tech	Chicago Bulls

Sixteenth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Mose Adolph	Los Angeles State	Portland Trail Blazers
2	Norman Bounds	Brockport State	Buffalo Braves
3	Mike Peterson	None	Cincinnati Royals
4	Charles Hall	West Montana	Chicago Bulls

Seventeenth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	John Thornton	South Carolina State	Chicago Bulls

Eighteenth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Ron Manning	Manhattan	Chicago Bulls