1972 NBA Draft

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198 Selections

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198 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	LaRue Martin	Loyola Chicago	4	271	3795	1430	1258	203	.416		.685	14.0	5.3	4.6	0.7	1.9	.024	-4.0	-1.4
2	2	BUF	Bob McAdoo	UNC	14	852	28327	18787	8048	1951	.503	.081	.754	33.2	22.1	9.4	2.3	89.1	.151	2.2	27.2
3	3	CLE	Dwight Davis	Houston	5	340	8010	2936	1991	529	.423		.730	23.6	8.6	5.9	1.6	11.4	.068	-1.7	0.4
4	4	PHO	Corky Calhoun	Penn	8	542	10901	2896	1962	601	.460		.782	20.1	5.3	3.6	1.1	14.4	.064	-1.7	0.6
5	5	PHI	Freddie Boyd	Oregon State	6	327	7723	2784	533	986	.414		.667	23.6	8.5	1.6	3.0	1.4	.009	-3.3	-1.8
6	6	MIL	Russ Lee	Marshall	3	97	582	282	114	65	.391		.685	6.0	2.9	1.2	0.7	0.5	.038	-3.0	0.0
7	7	SEA	Bud Stallworth	Kansas	5	313	5489	2403	861	213	.414		.686	17.5	7.7	2.8	0.7	0.7	.006	-4.3	-2.4
8	8	NYK	Tom Riker	South Carolina	3	82	605	225	138	24	.380		.593	7.4	2.7	1.7	0.3	0.4	.033	-4.3	-0.3
9	9	DET	Bob Nash	Hawaii	4	219	2557	1036	483	147	.435		.730	11.7	4.7	2.2	0.7	2.6	.048	-1.9	0.0
10	10	BOS	Paul Westphal	USC	12	823	20947	12809	1580	3591	.504	.275	.820	25.5	15.6	1.9	4.4	67.7	.155	2.8	24.8
11	11	CHI	Ralph Simpson	Michigan State	4	218	3980	1832	445	479	.404	.000	.724	18.3	8.4	2.0	2.2	0.7	.008	-3.0	-1.0
12	12	MIL	Julius Erving	UMass	11	836	28677	18364	5601	3224	.507	.261	.777	34.3	22.0	6.7	3.9	106.2	.178	5.2	51.8
13	13	LAL	Travis Grant	Kentucky State University	1	36	159	128	53	7	.433		.828	4.4	3.6	1.5	0.2	0.4	.124	-5.3	0.0
			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
14	14	POR	Bob Davis	Weber State	1	9	41	16	5	2	.214		.667	4.6	1.8	0.6	0.2	-0.3	-.396
15	15	BUF	Harold Fox	Jacksonville University	1	10	84	31	8	10	.375		.875	8.4	3.1	0.8	1.0	0.0	-.014
16	16	LAL	Jim Price	Louisville	7	510	12815	5088	1566	1886	.444		.815	25.1	10.0	3.1	3.7	19.7	.074	-0.5	4.7
17	17	DET	Chris Ford	Villanova	10	794	22043	7314	2394	2719	.460	.375	.731	27.8	9.2	3.0	3.4	35.6	.077	0.3	11.6
18	18	SEA	Joby Wright	Indiana	1	77	931	303	218	36	.478		.416	12.1	3.9	2.8	0.5	0.6	.033
19	19	KCO	Sam Sibert	Kentucky State University	1	5	26	12	4	0	.308		.800	5.2	2.4	0.8	0.0	-0.1	-.105
20	20	HOU	John Gianelli	University of the Pacific	8	541	13650	4210	3188	832	.470		.702	25.2	7.8	5.9	1.5	23.0	.081	-0.7	4.4
21	21	ATL	Steve Bracey	Tulsa	3	187	2853	1141	291	408	.466		.684	15.3	6.1	1.6	2.2	3.9	.066	-2.5	-0.2
22	22	LAL	Paul Stovall	Arizona State	1	25	211	76	61	13	.342		.632	8.4	3.0	2.4	0.5	-0.1	-.024
23	23	SEA	Brian Taylor	Princeton	6	330	10262	4064	797	1476	.487	.376	.803	31.1	12.3	2.4	4.5	24.7	.116	1.1	8.1
24	24	CLE	Steve Hawes	Washington	10	688	15831	5768	4272	1288	.483	.298	.790	23.0	8.4	6.2	1.9	37.1	.112	0.5	9.9
25	25	BAL	Tom Patterson	Ouachita Baptist University	2	25	100	56	24	5	.420		.778	4.0	2.2	1.0	0.2	0.2	.102	-4.3	0.0
26	26	POR	Dave Twardzik	Old Dominion	4	280	6921	2666	611	940	.552	.571	.823	24.7	9.5	2.2	3.4	21.8	.151	1.1	5.4
27	27	BOS	Dennis Wuycik	UNC
28	28	KCO	Mike Ratliff	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	2	60	685	241	194	38	.417		.536	11.4	4.0	3.2	0.6	-0.2	-.014	-4.6	0.0
29	29	MIL	Chuck Terry	Cal State Long Beach	2	135	1800	439	291	83	.380		.756	13.3	3.3	2.2	0.6	0.7	.018	-3.2	-0.3
30	30	POR	Ollie Johnson	Temple	10	690	14554	5341	2280	1212	.496	.150	.827	21.1	7.7	3.3	1.8	27.0	.089	-0.4	5.0
			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
31	31	POR	Lloyd Neal	Tennessee State	7	435	11015	4846	3370	632	.485		.672	25.3	11.1	7.7	1.5	22.7	.099	-0.6	2.8
32	32	BUF	Bob Morse	Penn
33	33	PHO	Scott English	Texas-El Paso	1	29	196	93	44	15	.387		.724	6.8	3.2	1.5	0.5	0.0	.002
34	34	PHO	Don Buse	University of Evansville	9	648	17070	4485	1507	2920	.442	.333	.780	26.3	6.9	2.3	4.5	34.9	.098	1.1	13.6
35	35	CHI	Frank Russell	Detroit Mercy	1	23	131	74	17	15	.377		.889	5.7	3.2	0.7	0.7	0.1	.030
36	36	PHI	Charlie Tharpe	Belhaven College
37	37	HOU	Eric McWilliams	Cal State Long Beach	1	44	245	86	60	5	.347		.486	5.6	2.0	1.4	0.1	-0.4	-.074
38	38	KCO	Ron Riley	USC	4	264	4852	1542	1368	318	.419		.691	18.4	5.8	5.2	1.2	2.5	.024	-2.2	-0.2
39	39	BAL	Kevin Porter	Saint Francis University	10	659	19107	7645	1179	5314	.483	.188	.737	29.0	11.6	1.8	8.1	36.0	.090	0.1	9.5
40	40	SEA	Jim Creighton	Colorado	1	32	172	31	45	4	.279		.438	5.4	1.0	1.4	0.1	-0.2	-.063	-5.7	-0.2
41	41	NYK	Ansley Truitt	California
42	42	PHO	Claude Terry	Stanford	2	72	711	287	61	65	.467		.818	9.9	4.0	0.8	0.9	1.0	.065	-2.1	0.0
43	43	GSW	Bill Chamberlain	UNC	1	28	367	153	80	37	.438		.696	13.1	5.5	2.9	1.3	0.5	.063	-1.4	0.1
44	44	BOS	Wayne Grabiec	Michigan
45	45	CHI	Chuck Jura	Nebraska
46	46	MIL	George Adams	Gardner-Webb University
47	47	LAL	Gregg Northington	Alabama State University
			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
48	48	POR	Gary Stewart	Canisius
49	49	BUF	George Bryant	Eastern Kentucky University
50	50	CLE	Hank Siemiontkowski	Villanova
51	51	DET	Ernie Fleming	Jacksonville University
52	52	PHI	Marshall Wingate	Niagara University
53	53	KCO	Frank Schade	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	1	9	76	10	6	10	.286		1.000	8.4	1.1	0.7	1.1	0.0	.031
54	54	HOU	Wil Robinson	West Virginia
55	55	ATL	Reggie Bird	Princeton
56	56	BAL	Al Sanders	LSU
57	57	SEA	Joe Mackey	USC
58	58	NYK	Henry Bibby	UCLA	9	675	15475	5775	1581	2259	.424	.293	.782	22.9	8.6	2.3	3.3	24.5	.076	-1.5	1.8
59	59	PHO	Matt Gantt	St. Bonaventure
60	60	GSW	John Tschogl	UC Santa Barbara	3	113	1216	277	208	69	.356		.581	10.8	2.5	1.8	0.6	-0.3	-.011	-3.0	-0.3
61	61	BOS	Nate Stephens	Cal State Long Beach
62	62	CHI	Ted Martiniuk	Saint Peter's College
63	63	MIL	Art White	Georgetown
			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
64	64	POR	Mike Reid	University of California, Riverside
65	65	BUF	Arnie Berman	Brown University
66	66	CLE	Sam Cash	University of California, Riverside
67	67	DET	Ernest Pettis	Western Michigan
68	68	KCO	David Bustion	Denver
69	69	PHI	Joe Bynes	University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
70	70	HOU	James Silas	Stephen F. Austin	6	357	8633	5060	745	1215	.485	.000	.852	24.2	14.2	2.1	3.4	22.0	.122	-0.3	3.7
71	71	ATL	Bob Lackey	Marquette
72	72	BAL	Walter Jones	Long Island University
73	73	SEA	Gary Ladd	Seattle University
74	74	NYK	Bob Ford	Purdue
75	75	PHO	Wardell Dyson	Shaw
76	76	GSW	Charles Dudley	Washington	6	361	6337	1908	1089	1230	.497		.672	17.6	5.3	3.0	3.4	14.0	.106	0.3	3.6
77	77	BOS	Bryan Adrian	Davidson
78	78	CHI	Rowland Garrett	Florida State	5	263	2905	1337	607	106	.441		.772	11.0	5.1	2.3	0.4	5.4	.089	-2.0	0.0
79	79	MIL	Ron Harris	Wichita State
80	80	LAL	Glen Summors	Gannon University
			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
81	81	POR	Joe Gaines	Belmont
82	82	BUF	Ed Czernota	Sacred Heart University
83	83	CLE	Tom Parker	Kentucky
84	84	DET	Terry Benton	Wichita State
85	85	PHI	John Glover	Wiley College
86	86	KCO	Jerry Crocker	Guilford College
87	87	HOU	Mike Collins	Seattle University
88	88	ATL	Randy Knoll	Marshall
89	89	BAL	Dwaine Dillard	Eastern Michigan
90	90	SEA	Ron Thomas	Louisville
91	91	NYK	Greg Cluess	St. John's
92	92	PHO	Charles Edge	LeMoyne-Owen College
93	93	GSW	Henry Bacon	Louisville
94	94	BOS	Don Holcomb	Memphis
95	95	CHI	Mike Stewart	Santa Clara
96	96	BOS	Wally Rice	Widener University
97	97	LAL	Sam Simmons	Bradley
			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
98	98	POR	Bob Lynn	Cal State Long Beach
99	99	BUF	Greg Kohls	Syracuse
100	100	CLE	Steve Davidson	West Texas A&M University
101	101	DET	Bruce Anderson	Arizona
102	102	KCO	Mike Sneed	Fayetteville State University
103	103	PHI	Curtis Pritchett	Saint Augustine's College
104	104	HOU	Mike Jackson	California State University, Los Angeles
105	105	ATL	Billy Pleas	Detroit Mercy
106	106	BAL	Marvin Brown	Jackson State University
107	107	SEA	Jerry Dunn	Western Kentucky
108	108	NYK	Tracy Tripucka	Lafayette College
109	109	PHO	Bernie Fryer	BYU	1	111	2106	686	205	331	.457		.787	19.0	6.2	1.8	3.0	2.0	.046	-1.9	0.1
110	110	GSW	Bill Franklin	Purdue
111	111	BOS	Steve Previs	UNC
112	112	CHI	Jerry Pender	Fresno State
113	113	MIL	Mickey Davis	Duquesne	5	286	3711	1478	800	295	.458		.842	13.0	5.2	2.8	1.0	8.9	.115	-0.1	1.3
			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
114	114	POR	Ruben Vance	Kent State University
115	115	BUF	Andy Denny	University of South Alabama
116	116	CLE	Roger Evans	Kent State University
117	117	DET	Ben Kelso	Central Michigan University	1	46	298	85	31	18	.365		.682	6.5	1.8	0.7	0.4	0.0	.000	-4.9	-0.2
118	118	PHI	Jim Kopp	Rockhurst University
119	119	KCO	Jerry Clack	Oklahoma State
120	120	HOU	Henry Harris	Auburn
121	121	ATL	Oscar Evans	Butler
122	122	BAL	Jim Floyd	Shaw
123	123	SEA	Willie Stoudamire	Portland State
124	124	NYK	Tom Corde	Ohio University
125	125	PHO	Russell Golden	Jackson State University
126	126	GSW	John Burks	San Francisco
127	127	BOS	Sam McCamey	Oral Roberts
128	128	CHI	Cavin Andersen	Valley City State University
129	129	MIL	Charles Kirkland	Cheyney (PA)
			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
130	130	POR	Scott McCandlish	Virginia
131	131	BUF	John Collins	State University of New York at Brockport
132	132	CLE	Greg Starrick	Southern Illinois
133	133	DET	Jesse Mangham	Ferris State University
134	134	KCO	Steve McMahon	Merrimack College
135	135	PHI	Rod Murray	UCLA
136	136	ATL	Larry Strozier	Morehouse College
137	137	BAL	Ruppert Breedlove	Oglethorpe University
138	138	SEA	Dwight Holiday	Hawaii
139	139	NYK	Tom Sullivan	Fordham
140	140	PHO	Bill Kennedy	Arizona
141	141	GSW	Bill Duwe	California
142	142	CHI	Ralph Houston	West Texas A&M University
143	143	MIL	Jim Regenold	Ball State University
			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
144	144	POR	Kresimir Cosic	BYU
145	145	CLE	Kent Martens	Abilene Christian University
146	146	DET	Kent Hollenbeck	Kentucky
147	147	PHI	Gary Watson	Wisconsin
148	148	KCO	David Hall	Kansas State
149	149	ATL	Jim Clesson	Tulsa
150	150	BAL	Wilbert Loftin	Louisiana
151	151	SEA	Dan Steward	Washington State
152	152	NYK	Richie Garner	Manhattan College
153	153	PHO	Al Vilcheck	Louisville
154	154	BOS	Marty Hunt	Kenyon College
155	155	CHI	Chuck Taylor	West Liberty State College
156	156	MIL	Jolly Spight	Santa Clara
			Round 11			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
157	157	POR	Jimmy Wilkins	San Diego State
158	158	BUF	Jim Prokell	Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
159	159	KCO	Floyd Mathew	Northern Arizona University
160	160	ATL	Charles Allen	Texas Southern
161	161	BAL	Arvin Watkins	Jackson State University
162	162	SEA	Steve Turner	Vanderbilt
163	163	NYK	Chic Downing	Benedictine College
164	164	PHO	John Belcher	Arkansas State University
165	165	BOS	Mark Minor	Ohio State	1	4	20	5	4	2	.250		.750	5.0	1.3	1.0	0.5	0.0	.081
166	166	CHI	Jackie Young	Rocky Mountain College
			Round 12			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
167	167	BUF	Frank DeWitt	Virginia
168	168	KCO	Len Baltimore	George Washington
169	169	ATL	James Green	Paine College
170	170	BAL	Lloyd Adams	Rhode Island
171	171	SEA	Greg Daust	Missouri-St. Louis
172	172	PHO	Mark Soderberg	Utah
173	173	BOS	Phil Stephens	South Carolina State
174	174	CHI	Al Cotler	Penn
			Round 13			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
175	175	POR	Larry Morris	Tulsa
176	176	BUF	Kim Huband	UNC
177	177	KCO	Kent Scott	Pitt
178	178	BAL	Mike Krawczyk	Loyola (MD)
179	179	PHO	Kelly Utley	Shaw
180	180	CHI	Mike Barr	Duquesne	1	73	1224	285	130	175	.437		.719	16.8	3.9	1.8	2.4	1.4	.054	-0.7	0.4
			Round 14			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
181	181	POR	Paul Kelley	Shaw
182	182	BUF	Craig Corson	UNC
183	183	KCO	Bob Allen	Missouri
184	184	BAL	Aubrey Nash	Kansas
185	185	SEA	Cleveland Hill	Nicholls State
186	186	PHO	Ray Golson	West Texas A&M University
187	187	CHI	Andrew Pettes	Oklahoma
			Round 15			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
188	188	POR	Rich Habegger	Wake Forest
189	189	BUF	Paul Hoffman	St. Bonaventure
190	190	KCO	Mike Jeffries	Oklahoma State
191	191	BAL	Gary Handleman	Johns Hopkins University
192	192	CHI	Greg Lowery	Texas Tech
			Round 16			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
193	193	POR	Mose Adolph	California State University, Los Angeles
194	194	BUF	Norman Bounds	State University of New York at Brockport
195	195	KCO	Mike Peterson	Nebraska
196	196	CHI	Charles Hall	Montana-Western
			Round 17			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
197	197	CHI	John Thornton	South Carolina State
			Round 18			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
198	198	CHI	Ron Manning	Manhattan College

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