1973 NBA Draft

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211 Selections

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211 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	PHI	Doug Collins	Illinois State University	8	415	13945	7427	1339	1368	.501	.000	.833	33.6	17.9	3.2	3.3	38.0	.131	0.4	8.5
2	2	CLE	Jim Brewer	Minnesota	9	703	15936	4099	4458	1038	.448	.077	.571	22.7	5.8	6.3	1.5	29.3	.088	0.8	11.1
3	3	BUF	Ernie DiGregorio	Providence	5	312	7859	2997	610	1594	.415		.902	25.2	9.6	2.0	5.1	2.5	.016	-4.5	-5.0
4	4	SEA	Mike Green	Louisiana Tech	4	245	5410	2062	1329	340	.460	.000	.707	22.1	8.4	5.4	1.4	10.9	.097	-0.1	2.6
5	5	LAL	Kermit Washington	American University	10	507	12815	4666	4232	695	.526	.000	.656	25.3	9.2	8.3	1.4	36.0	.135	1.6	11.7
6	6	HOU	Ed Ratleff	Cal State Long Beach	5	338	8433	2813	1363	896	.454		.803	24.9	8.3	4.0	2.7	13.8	.078	0.4	5.1
7	7	KCO	Ron Behagen	Minnesota	7	388	9131	3977	2712	624	.425		.754	23.5	10.3	7.0	1.6	13.0	.068	-1.6	0.9
8	8	PHO	Mike Bantom	Saint Joseph's	9	706	19725	8568	4517	1623	.468	.200	.692	27.9	12.1	6.4	2.3	34.8	.085	-0.1	9.4
9	9	ATL	Dwight Jones	Houston	10	766	16452	6230	4513	911	.471	.500	.740	21.5	8.1	5.9	1.2	27.6	.081	-1.3	3.0
10	10	ATL	John Brown	Missouri	7	486	10108	3614	2126	703	.453		.783	20.8	7.4	4.4	1.4	16.2	.077	-1.4	1.5
11	11	GSW	Kevin Joyce	South Carolina
12	12	CHI	Kevin Kunnert	Iowa	9	555	12104	4602	4031	784	.476		.682	21.8	8.3	7.3	1.4	22.0	.087	-0.2	5.5
13	13	CAP	Nick Weatherspoon	Illinois	7	453	9680	4086	2232	418	.455		.713	21.4	9.0	4.9	0.9	15.2	.075	-2.3	-0.8
14	14	NYK	Mel Davis	St. John's	4	190	2572	1008	816	164	.376		.709	13.5	5.3	4.3	0.9	0.3	.006	-5.2	-2.1
15	15	POR	Barry Parkhill	Virginia
16	16	MIL	Swen Nater	UCLA	8	489	13868	5943	5297	954	.537	.250	.760	28.4	12.2	10.8	2.0	36.9	.128	0.7	9.6
17	17	BOS	Steve Downing	Indiana	2	27	146	64	41	11	.318		.550	5.4	2.4	1.5	0.4	-0.2	-.060	-7.3	-0.2
18	18	PHI	Raymond Lewis	California State University, Los Angeles
			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	CAP	Louie Nelson	Washington	5	224	4947	2113	527	436	.437		.738	22.1	9.4	2.4	1.9	6.4	.062	-2.2	-0.2
20	20	KCO	Mike D'Antoni	Marshall	3	130	1858	432	186	248	.392		.736	14.3	3.3	1.4	1.9	0.9	.023	-2.4	-0.2
21	21	PHI	Allan Bristow	Virginia Tech	9	648	13277	5122	2613	2098	.460	.286	.798	20.5	7.9	4.0	3.2	22.7	.082	-0.2	6.0
22	22	PHI	George McGinnis	Indiana	7	528	16194	9090	5177	1985	.448	.080	.651	30.7	17.2	9.8	3.8	36.2	.107	2.8	19.5
23	23	LAL	Billy Schaeffer	St. John's
24	24	CHI	Kevin Stacom	Providence	6	347	4539	1781	511	524	.417	.500	.768	13.1	5.1	1.5	1.5	3.1	.032	-4.7	-3.2
25	25	KCO	Larry McNeill	Marquette	6	297	5094	2533	1440	225	.466		.779	17.2	8.5	4.8	0.8	13.4	.127	-1.6	0.5
26	26	CLE	Allan Hornyak	Ohio State
27	27	ATL	Tom Ingelsby	Villanova	1	48	398	129	44	37	.382		.784	8.3	2.7	0.9	0.8	0.1	.014	-5.9	-0.4
28	28	NYK	Patrick McFarland	Saint Joseph's
29	29	GSW	Derrek Dickey	Cincinnati	5	321	5345	1962	1575	346	.470		.745	16.7	6.1	4.9	1.1	11.1	.100	-2.1	-0.1
30	30	CHI	Wendell Hudson	Alabama
31	31	LAL	Jim Chones	Marquette	8	623	19125	7664	5196	1079	.468	.000	.704	30.7	12.3	8.3	1.7	37.4	.094	-0.6	6.6
32	32	PHI	Caldwell Jones	Albany State University	14	1068	26474	6589	7663	1347	.473	.065	.753	24.8	6.2	7.2	1.3	44.3	.080	-0.4	10.4
33	33	PHO	Gary Melchionni	Duke	2	137	2780	1074	329	298	.444		.831	20.3	7.8	2.4	2.2	3.9	.067	-3.1	-0.8
34	34	LAL	John Perry	University of Texas-Pan American
35	35	BOS	Phil Hankinson	University of Pennsylvania	2	31	187	122	57	6	.491		.769	6.0	3.9	1.8	0.2	0.6	.143	-5.1	-0.1
			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
36	36	ATL	Ted Manakas	Princeton University	1	5	45	12	3	2	.400		1.000	9.0	2.4	0.6	0.4	0.0	.014	-7.7	-0.1
37	37	CLE	Jim O'Brien	Maryland
38	38	BUF	Ken Charles	Fordham	5	322	7637	2747	640	806	.441		.789	23.7	8.5	2.0	2.5	9.8	.061	-1.7	0.6
39	39	CHI	Martin Terry	Arkansas
40	40	CLE	Ozzie Edwards	Oklahoma City University
41	41	CLE	James Lister	Sam Houston State University
42	42	PHO	Joe Reaves	Bethel College		7	38	16	8	1	.545		.364	5.4	2.3	1.1	0.1	0.0	-.013	-7.9	-0.1
43	43	PHO	Steve Mitchell	Kansas State
44	44	DET	Bo Lamar	Louisiana	1	71	1165	502	92	177	.406		.676	16.4	7.1	1.3	2.5	0.5	.021	-4.5	-0.7
45	45	ATL	Leonard Gray	Cal State Long Beach	3	224	6058	2408	1169	490	.469		.739	27.0	10.8	5.2	2.2	9.9	.079	-0.6	2.2
46	46	GSW	Jim Retseck	Auburn
47	47	CHI	Steve Newsome	Houston
48	48	CAP	Tom Kozelko	University of Toledo	3	189	1911	407	346	99	.419		.745	10.1	2.2	1.8	0.5	2.4	.059	-3.1	-0.6
49	49	NYK	Allie McGuire	Marquette	1	2	10	4	2	1	.500			5.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	.029	-5.7	0.0
50	50	DET	Larry Kenon	Memphis	7	503	15517	8535	3942	1287	.489	.100	.798	30.8	17.0	7.8	2.6	36.5	.113	1.0	11.9
51	51	HOU	E.C. Coleman	Houston Baptist University	6	357	9310	2553	2151	472	.464		.694	26.1	7.2	6.0	1.3	12.8	.066	-1.6	1.0
52	52	BOS	Martinez Denmon	Iowa State
			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
53	53	PHI	Darrel Minniefield	New Mexico
54	54	BUF	Doug Little	Oregon
55	55	POR	William Averitt	Pepperdine
56	56	SEA	June Harris	North Carolina A&T
57	57	CLE	Luke Witte	Ohio State	3	118	1098	372	357	60	.402		.685	9.3	3.2	3.0	0.5	1.2	.051	-4.2	-0.6
58	58	HOU	Lee Colburn	South Dakota State University
59	59	MIL	Clyde Turner	Minnesota
60	60	PHO	Ronnie Robinson	Memphis
61	61	DET	Ken Brady	Michigan
62	62	ATL	James Brown	Harvard University
63	63	GSW	Ron King	Florida State
64	64	CHI	Mark Sibley	Northwestern	1	28	124	46	25	13	.357		.857	4.4	1.6	0.9	0.5	-0.2	-.065	-7.5	-0.2
65	65	CAP	Aaron Stewart	University of Richmond
66	66	NYK	George Karl	UNC	2	33	281	85	22	51	.342		.705	8.5	2.6	0.7	1.5	-0.2	-.038	-7.3	-0.4
67	67	MIL	Harry Rogers	Saint Louis University
68	68	LAL	Larry Finch	Memphis
69	69	BOS	Richie Fuqua	Oral Roberts
			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
70	70	PHI	Reggie Royals	Florida State
71	71	POR	Fran Costello	Providence
72	72	BUF	Randy Noll	Marshall
73	73	SEA	Chuck Iverson	University of South Dakota
74	74	CLE	John Coughran	Cal	1	24	160	68	19	12	.358	.222	.571	6.7	2.8	0.8	0.5	-0.3	-.086	-9.1	-0.3
75	75	HOU	Gary Rhoades	Colorado State
76	76	KCO	M.L. Carr	Guilford College	9	604	14216	5853	2595	1112	.470	.256	.746	23.5	9.7	4.3	1.8	29.0	.098	1.3	11.7
77	77	PHO	Clinton Harris	Iowa State
78	78	DET	Henry Wilmore	Michigan
79	79	ATL	Dave Winfield	Minnesota
80	80	GSW	Nate Stephens	Cal State Long Beach
81	81	CHI	Ray Simpson	Furman University
82	82	CAP	Danny Traylor	South Carolina
83	83	NYK	Dennis Bell	Drake University	3	63	545	175	119	28	.374		.535	8.7	2.8	1.9	0.4	0.1	.011	-4.2	-0.3
84	84	LAL	Kresimir Cosic	BYU
85	85	MIL	Larry Jackson	Northern Illinois
86	86	BOS	Byron Jones	San Francisco
			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
87	87	PHI	Sterling Wright	Lincoln University of Missouri
88	88	BUF	Mike Macaluso	Canisius College	1	30	112	48	25	3	.432		.588	3.7	1.6	0.8	0.1	0.0	-.001	-6.5	-0.1
89	89	POR	Neal Jurgensen	Oregon State
90	90	SEA	Bill McCoy	University of Northern Iowa
91	91	CLE	Willie Calvert	Abilene Christian University
92	92	HOU	Tom Peck	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
93	93	KCO	Mike Quick	San Francisco
94	94	PHO	Gene Doyle	Holy Cross
95	95	DET	Dennis Johnson	Ferris State University
96	96	ATL	John Williamson	New Mexico State	5	288	9149	5802	722	813	.449	.293	.833	31.8	20.1	2.5	2.8	13.4	.070	-2.5	-1.2
97	97	GSW	Bob Lauriski	Utah State University
98	98	CHI	Johnny Neumann	University of Mississippi	2	83	1153	464	86	168	.406		.686	13.9	5.6	1.0	2.0	-0.1	-.006	-5.8	-1.1
99	99	CAP	Mike Allocco	Stonehill College
100	100	NYK	Lawrence Lilly	Alabama State University
101	101	MIL	James Floyd	Shaw University
102	102	LAL	David Brent	Jacksonville University
103	103	BOS	Joe Cafferky	NC State
			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
104	104	PHI	James Greene	Kentucky Wesleyan College
105	105	POR	Larry Hollyfield	UCLA
106	106	BUF	Tim Bassett	Georgia	4	235	5588	1390	1496	285	.388		.595	23.8	5.9	6.4	1.2	4.1	.036	-2.5	-0.7
107	107	SEA	Jim Andrews	Kentucky
108	108	CLE	Larry Farmer	UCLA
109	109	HOU	Fred DeVaughn	Westmont College
110	110	KCO	Mike Jeffries	Missouri
111	111	PHO	Jerry Bisbano	Louisiana
112	112	DET	Fred Smiley	Northwood University
113	113	ATL	Pete Harris	Stephen F. Austin State University
114	114	GSW	Steve Smith	Loyola Marymount University
115	115	CHI	Billy Harris	Northern Illinois
116	116	CAP	Rod Hogue	Georgia
117	117	NYK	Mike Moore	Manhattan College
118	118	LAL	Nate Hawthorne	Southern Illinois	3	162	1991	882	333	108	.421		.660	12.3	5.4	2.1	0.7	1.7	.041	-5.0	-1.5
119	119	MIL	Eddie Childress	Austin Peay State University
120	120	BOS	Mike Stewart	Santa Clara 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
121	121	PHI	Dave Langston	Drake University
122	122	BUF	Carl Jackson	St. Bonaventure
123	123	POR	Lendell Resson	Eastern Michigan University
124	124	SEA	Wardell Jeffries	Oklahoma Baptist University
125	125	CLE	John Ritter	Indiana
126	126	HOU	John Thomas	Missouri Southern State University
127	127	KCO	Mike Williams	Kentucky Wesleyan College
128	128	PHO	Jim Owens	Arizona State	2	58	533	177	52	64	.418		.767	9.2	3.1	0.9	1.1	0.4	.038	-5.7	-0.5
129	129	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	-6.4	-0.3
130	130	ATL	Tim Dominey	Valdosta State University
131	131	GSW	Jeff Dawson	Illinois
132	132	CHI	J. G. Brosterhos	Texas
133	133	CAP	Mark Jellison	Northeastern University
134	134	NYK	Steve Rowell	Rhode Island
135	135	MIL	Walt McGrary	Chattanooga
136	136	LAL	Roy McPipe	Montana State University, Billings
137	137	BOS	Robert White	Sam Houston State University
			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
138	138	PHI	Harvey Catchings	Hardin-Simmons University	11	725	13182	2335	3639	608	.435	.000	.647	18.2	3.2	5.0	0.8	21.2	.077	-0.1	6.4
139	139	POR	Mike Contreras	Arizona State
140	140	BUF	Bob Fullerton	Xavier
141	141	SEA	Greg Williams	Seattle University
142	142	CLE	Les Taylor	Murray State
143	143	KCO	James Brown	Dartmouth College
144	144	PHO	Sandy Smith	Winston-Salem State University
145	145	DET	Bill Kelgore	Michigan State
146	146	GSW	Everett Fopma	Idaho State University
147	147	CHI	Rubin Montanez	Duquesne
148	148	CAP	Mike Boylan	Assumption College
149	149	NYK	Joe Wise	Bridgewater State College
150	150	MIL	Bob Vacca	Quinnipiac University
151	151	BOS	Corky Taylor	Minnesota
			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
152	152	PHI	Abe Steward	Jacksonville University
153	153	BUF	Nick Connor	Illinois
154	154	POR	Sam Whitehead	Oregon State
155	155	SEA	Bob Bodell	Maryland
156	156	CLE	Dean Martin	Baldwin-Wallace College
157	157	KCO	Ernie Kusyner	Kansas State
158	158	PHO	Claude White	Elmhurst College
159	159	DET	Bob Solomon	Wayne State University
160	160	GSW	Fred Lavoroni	Santa Clara University
161	161	CHI	Russ Hunt	Furman University
162	162	CAP	Dick Kelly	Bay College
163	163	NYK	Ed Fields	LIU Post
164	164	MIL	Ron Battle	Sam Houston State University
165	165	BOS	Steve Turner	Vanderbilt
			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
166	166	PHI	Rod Freeman	Vanderbilt	1	35	265	106	54	14	.379		.683	7.6	3.0	1.5	0.4	0.0	.000	-5.6	-0.2
167	167	POR	Ed Payne	Wake Forest
168	168	BUF	Mike Lee	Syracuse
169	169	CLE	Floyd Lewis	Harvard University
170	170	PHO	Lynn Greer	Virginia State University
171	171	DET	Len Paul	University of Akron
172	172	CAP	Dale Adams	St. Mary's College of Maryland
173	173	NYK	Charles Edge	LeMoyne-Owen College
174	174	BOS	Ed Hastings	Villanova
			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
175	175	PHI	Connie Warren	Xavier
176	176	BUF	Aaron Covington	Canisius College
177	177	POR	Rick Holdt	NC State
178	178	CLE	Chris McMurray	San Diego State
179	179	PHO	Lyman Williamson	Samford University
180	180	DET	Clarence Carlisle	Ferris State University
181	181	CAP	Mike Battle	George Washington
182	182	BOS	Bruce Winkler	Santa Clara University
			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
183	183	PHI	Jim Crawford	La Salle
184	184	BUF	Bob Vartanian	Buffalo
185	185	CLE	John Pennebacker	University of Hawaii
186	186	PHO	Kalevi Sarkalahti	BYU
187	187	CAP	Chester Davis	Morgan State University
188	188	BOS	Scott Koelzer	Montana State University
			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
189	189	PHI	Ernie Johnson	Michigan
190	190	BUF	Ron Gilliam	State University of New York at Brockport
191	191	CLE	Charles Mitchell	Eastern Kentucky University
192	192	CAP	Howard White	Maryland
193	193	BOS	Rick Williams	Iowa
			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
194	194	PHI	Lionel Harris	Cincinnati
195	195	BUF	John Fraley	Georgia
196	196	CLE	Reese Stovall	University of Texas-Pan American
197	197	CAP	W. Shorty Simmons	St. Mary's College of Maryland
198	198	BOS	James Gilchrist	Florida Southern College
			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
199	199	PHI	Larry Robinson	Tennessee
200	200	BUF	John Green	Oregon
201	201	CLE	Tom O'Connor	Iowa
202	202	BOS	Sam Barber	Bethune-Cookman College
			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
203	203	PHI	Tony Prince	St. John's
204	204	BUF	Jim Garvin	Boston University	1	6	11	2	5	0	.250			1.8	0.3	0.8	0.0	0.0	-.134	-21.5	-0.1
205	205	CLE	Phil Elderkin	Boston University
206	206	BOS	Lamont King	Cal State Long Beach
			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
207	207	BUF	Don Johnston	UNC
208	208	BOS	Peter Gavitt	University of Maine
			Round 19			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
209	209	BUF	Ron Thorsen	University of British Columbia
210	210	BOS	Tom Austin	UMass
			Round 20			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
211	211	BUF	Phil Tollestrop	BYU

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