1977 NBA Draft

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			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	MIL	Kent Benson	Indiana	11	680	15719	6168	3881	1203	.493		.757	23.1	9.1	5.7	1.8	33.6	.103	0.2	8.8
2	2	KCK	Otis Birdsong	Houston	12	696	21627	12544	2072	2260	.506		.655	31.1	18.0	3.0	3.2	48.2	.107	0.6	14.3
3	3	MIL	Marques Johnson	UCLA	11	691	23694	13892	4817	2502	.518		.739	34.3	20.1	7.0	3.6	79.8	.162	3.3	31.7
4	4	WSB	Greg Ballard	Oregon	11	802	22073	9953	4858	1733	.472		.787	27.5	12.4	6.1	2.2	54.0	.117	1.2	18.1
5	5	PHO	Walter Davis	UNC	15	1033	28859	19521	3053	3878	.511		.851	27.9	18.9	3.0	3.8	76.9	.128	1.5	25.3
6	6	LAL	Kenny Carr	NC State	10	674	17167	7813	4999	923	.510		.684	25.5	11.6	7.4	1.4	33.6	.094	-1.5	2.3
7	7	NJN	Bernard King	Tennessee	14	874	29417	19655	5060	2863	.518		.730	33.7	22.5	5.8	3.3	75.4	.123	1.7	27.0
8	8	SEA	Jack Sikma	Illinois Wesleyan University	14	1107	36943	17287	10816	3488	.464		.849	33.4	15.6	9.8	3.2	112.5	.146	2.0	37.0
9	9	DEN	Tom LaGarde	UNC	6	312	6194	2376	1593	456	.462		.640	19.9	7.6	5.1	1.5	6.5	.050	-3.0	-1.6
10	10	NYK	Ray Williams	Minnesota	10	655	18462	10158	2370	3779	.451		.802	28.2	15.5	3.6	5.8	37.1	.096	1.6	16.8
11	11	MIL	Ernie Grunfeld	Tennessee	9	693	12916	5124	1815	1419	.477		.770	18.6	7.4	2.6	2.0	25.0	.093	-0.5	4.9
12	12	BOS	Cedric Maxwell	UNC Charlotte	11	835	23769	10465	5261	1862	.546		.784	28.5	12.5	6.3	2.2	78.5	.159	1.7	22.1
13	13	CHI	Tate Armstrong	Duke	2	92	975	350	88	105	.454		.800	10.6	3.8	1.0	1.1	0.3	.017	-3.1	-0.3
14	14	ATL	Tree Rollins	Clemson	18	1156	24028	6249	6750	660	.522		.700	20.8	5.4	5.8	0.6	63.9	.128	1.1	18.8
15	15	LAL	Brad Davis	Maryland	15	961	22302	7866	1738	4709	.510		.828	23.2	8.2	1.8	4.9	53.6	.115	0.1	12.1
16	16	GSW	Rickey Green	Michigan	14	946	23271	8870	1819	5221	.469		.807	24.6	9.4	1.9	5.5	47.2	.097	0.5	15.0
17	17	WSB	Bo Ellis	Marquette	3	168	1984	613	482	113	.431		.731	11.8	3.6	2.9	0.7	2.5	.060	-2.6	-0.3
18	18	GSW	Wesley Cox	Louisville	2	74	813	342	206	23	.412		.510	11.0	4.6	2.8	0.3	0.1	.007	-6.0	-0.9
19	19	POR	Rich Laurel	Hofstra	1	10	57	24	10	3	.323		1.000	5.7	2.4	1.0	0.3	0.0	-.034	-5.1	-0.1
20	20	PHI	Glenn Mosley	Seton Hall	2	32	242	98	69	21	.409		.578	7.6	3.1	2.2	0.7	0.2	.042	-2.9	-0.1
21	21	DEN	Anthony Roberts	Oral Roberts	5	213	3867	1658	837	265	.412		.699	18.2	7.8	3.9	1.2	3.3	.041	-4.2	-2.3
22	22	LAL	Norm Nixon	Duquesne	10	768	27250	12065	1991	6386	.483		.772	35.5	15.7	2.6	8.3	47.6	.084	-0.5	10.2
			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	CHI	Mike Glenn	Southern Illinois	10	593	9617	4496	710	952	.542		.855	16.2	7.6	1.2	1.6	25.3	.126	0.3	5.6
24	24	BUF	Larry Johnson	Kentucky	1	4	38	6	5	7	.231		.000	9.5	1.5	1.3	1.8	-0.1	-.099	-2.9	0.0
25	25	PHI	Wilson Washington	Old Dominion	2	100	1700	731	450	57	.497		.605	17.0	7.3	4.5	0.6	2.1	.060	-2.4	-0.2
26	26	NYK	Glen Gondrezick	UNLV	6	435	7545	2544	1964	605	.473		.724	17.3	5.8	4.5	1.4	15.9	.101	0.2	4.2
27	27	MIL	Glen Williams	St. John's
28	28	POR	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
29	29	IND	Alonzo Bradley	Texas Southern	3	99	1139	440	151	74	.418		.703	11.5	4.4	1.5	0.7	-0.2	-.007	-4.6	-0.8
30	30	CHI	Steve Sheppard	Maryland	2	106	977	367	178	62	.459		.633	9.2	3.5	1.7	0.6	0.9	.045	-3.0	-0.2
31	31	KCK	Eddie Owens	UNLV	1	8	63	21	10	5	.429		.500	7.9	2.6	1.3	0.6	0.0	.027	-3.9	0.0
32	32	NYK	Toby Knight	Notre Dame	4	283	7331	3640	1444	335	.519		.740	25.9	12.9	5.1	1.2	15.7	.103	-0.9	2.1
33	33	CLE	Eddie Jordan	Rutgers University	7	420	8507	3414	788	1595	.414		.763	20.3	8.1	1.9	3.8	8.8	.050	-0.3	3.6
34	34	HOU	Larry Moffett	UNLV	1	20	110	16	21	7	.294		.600	5.5	0.8	1.1	0.4	-0.1	-.042	-4.6	-0.1
35	35	CHI	Mark Landsberger	Arizona State	7	437	7306	2468	2681	236	.481		.522	16.7	5.6	6.1	0.5	12.2	.080	-3.0	-1.9
36	36	DET	Ben Poquette	Central Michigan University	10	718	15763	4899	3731	872	.483		.779	22.0	6.8	5.2	1.2	30.4	.093	-0.7	5.3
37	37	SAS	Jeff Wilkins	Illinois State	6	454	10004	3575	2574	462	.459	.000	.743	22.0	7.9	5.7	1.0	8.8	.042	-3.9	-4.8
38	38	GSW	Ricky Love
39	39	WSB	Phil Walker	Millersville	1	40	384	178	52	54	.354		.667	9.6	4.5	1.3	1.4	-0.4	-.045	-4.6	-0.3
40	40	HOU	Robert Reid	St. Mary's University	13	919	25109	10448	4168	2500	.458		.732	27.3	11.4	4.5	2.7	40.3	.077	-0.7	8.2
41	41	POR	T.R. Dunn	Alabama	14	993	23080	5033	4371	1631	.457		.725	23.2	5.1	4.4	1.6	39.8	.083	0.0	11.5
42	42	PHI	Bob Elliott	Arizona	3	141	2324	980	502	204	.494		.649	16.5	7.0	3.6	1.4	3.0	.063	-2.1	0.0
43	43	PHI	Herm Harris	Arizona
44	44	NOJ	Essie Hollis	St. Bonaventure	1	25	154	69	45	6	.400		.750	6.2	2.8	1.8	0.2	0.1	.022	-4.3	-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
45	45	KCK	Bill Paterno	Notre Dame
46	46	LAL	James Edwards	Washington	19	1168	28356	14862	6004	1499	.495		.698	24.3	12.7	5.1	1.3	59.7	.101	-1.7	2.0
47	47	MIL	Gary Yoder	Cincinnati
48	48	ATL	Sam Smith	UNLV	2	46	621	315	63	58	.419		.862	13.5	6.8	1.4	1.3	1.1	.082	-1.0	0.2
49	49	ATL	Eddie Johnson	Auburn	10	675	19975	10163	1522	3436	.476		.791	29.6	15.1	2.3	5.1	41.0	.098	0.4	12.1
50	50	NOJ	Tony Hanson	UConn
51	51	IND	Stan Mayhew	Weber State
52	52	SEA	Joe Hassett	Providence	6	292	3642	1723	307	386	.421		.861	12.5	5.9	1.1	1.3	6.4	.084	-0.8	1.1
53	53	KCK	John Kuester	UNC	3	135	1527	451	141	305	.427		.833	11.3	3.3	1.0	2.3	2.0	.064	-1.9	0.1
54	54	NYK	Lloyd McMillian	Cal State Long Beach
55	55	CLE	Steve Grote	Michigan
56	56	BOS	Skip Brown	Wake Forest
57	57	WSB	Steve Puidokas	Washington State
58	58	DET	John Irving	Hofstra
59	59	SAS	Dan Henderson	Arkansas State University
60	60	GSW	Marlon Redmond	San Francisco	2	77	1057	499	161	77	.423		.655	13.7	6.5	2.1	1.0	0.6	.026	-2.8	-0.3
61	61	WSB	Jerry Schellenberg	Wake Forest
62	62	HOU	Phil Bond	Louisville	1	7	21	4	4	2	.333			3.0	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.0	-.092	-4.5	0.0
63	63	POR	Ricky Brown	Alabama
64	64	PHI	Arnold Dugger	Oral Roberts
65	65	DEN	Robert Smith	UNLV	7	229	3118	1135	288	401	.435		.877	13.6	5.0	1.3	1.8	5.6	.086	-1.9	0.1
66	66	PHO	Mike Bratz	Stanford	9	586	10613	4081	1030	1851	.407		.830	18.1	7.0	1.8	3.2	11.1	.050	-1.8	0.6
			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	NJN	Bob Elmore	Wichita State
68	68	BUF	Melvin Watkins	UNC Charlotte
69	69	MIL	Lewis Brown	UNLV	1	2	5	2	2	0	.000		.400	2.5	1.0	1.0	0.0	-0.1	-.667	-5.7	0.0
70	70	ATL	Dave Bormann	Gardner-Webb University
71	71	PHO	Greg Griffin	Idaho State University	1	36	422	145	103	24	.361		.639	11.7	4.0	2.9	0.7	-0.1	-.011	-6.5	-0.5
72	72	NOJ	Dennis Boyd	Detroit Mercy	1	5	40	6	2	7	.250			8.0	1.2	0.4	1.4	-0.2	-.230	-6.4	-0.1
73	73	IND	George Pendleton	Georgia State University
74	74	SEA	Jim Cooper	Alabama State University
75	75	KCK	Larry Williams	Texas Southern
76	76	NYK	Steve Hayes	Idaho State University	5	212	2296	545	526	85	.482	.000	.500	10.8	2.6	2.5	0.4	2.9	.061	-3.6	-0.9
77	77	CLE	Melvin Jones	West Texas A&M University
78	78	BOS	Jeff Cummings	Tulane
79	79	CHI	Mike McConalthy	Louisiana Tech
80	80	DET	Bruce King	Iowa
81	81	SAS	Matt Hicks	Northern Illinois
82	82	GSW	Roy Smith	Kentucky State University
83	83	WSB	David Reavis	Georgia
84	84	HOU	Rocky Smith	Oregon State
85	85	POR	Greg White	USC
86	86	PHI	Jeff Jonas	Utah
87	87	GSW	Leartha Scott	University of Wisconsin-Parkside
88	88	LAL	Tony Robertson	West Virginia	2	75	1003	409	80	107	.435		.694	13.4	5.5	1.1	1.4	0.4	.020	-2.4	-0.1
			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	Gerald Cunningham	Kentucky State University
90	90	BUF	Mike Hanley	Niagara University
91	91	MIL	Ron Norwood	DePaul
92	92	ATL	Bill Gordon	Chattanooga
93	93	PHO	Cecil Rellford	St. John's
94	94	NOJ	Jim Grady	Gonzaga
95	95	IND	Marvin Jackson	Prairie View A&M University
96	96	SEA	Dale Haverman	McKendree College
97	97	KCK	Bob Chapman	Michigan State
98	98	NYK	Bill Terry	Monmouth University
99	99	CLE	Al Smith	Jackson State University
100	100	BOS	Bill Langloh	Virginia
101	101	CHI	Nate Davis	South Carolina
102	102	DET	Jim Kennedy	Missouri
103	103	SAS	Scott Sims	Missouri	1	12	95	30	13	20	.385		.667	7.9	2.5	1.1	1.7	-0.2	-.088	-5.7	-0.1
104	104	GSW	Ray Epps	Norfolk State	1	13	72	26	5	2	.435		.750	5.5	2.0	0.4	0.2	0.1	.057	-4.2	0.0
105	105	WSB	Bruce Parkinson	Purdue
106	106	HOU	Ed Thompson	Idaho State University
107	107	POR	Donn Wilber	La Salle
108	108	PHI	Teko Wynder	Tulsa
109	109	DEN	John Billips	Ole Miss
110	110	LAL	John Robinson	Michigan
			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	Mark Crow	Duke	1	15	154	84	27	8	.438		.700	10.3	5.6	1.8	0.5	0.2	.051	-3.2	0.0
112	112	BUF	Curvan Lewis	Virginia Union University
113	113	MIL	Chuck Goodyear	Miami University
114	114	ATL	Calvin Crews	Louisiana
115	115	PHO	Billy McKinney	Northwestern	7	476	9189	3823	677	1661	.493		.820	19.3	8.0	1.4	3.5	15.6	.082	-1.2	1.7
116	116	NOJ	Wayne Golden	Chattanooga
117	117	IND	Tom Scheffler	Purdue	1	39	268	52	76	11	.412		.500	6.9	1.3	1.9	0.3	0.2	.037	-4.5	-0.2
118	118	SEA	Bucky O'Brien	Seattle University
119	119	KCK	Bob Cooper	Providence
120	120	NYK	Jerry Craycraft	Milligan College
121	121	CLE	Ron Cox	Eastern Washington
122	122	BOS	Roy Pace	Rutgers University-Camden
123	123	CHI	Jay Cheesman	BYU
124	124	DET	Herb Nobles	Kansas
125	125	SAS	Bruce Buckley	UNC
126	126	GSW	Jack Phelan	Saint Francis University
127	127	WSB	Ernie Wansley	Virginia Tech
128	128	POR	Myron Jordan	University of the Pacific
129	129	PHI	George Gibson	Winston-Salem State
130	130	DEN	Jim Town	UMass
131	131	LAL	Grover Woolard	Murray 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
132	132	NJN	Scott Conant	Newberry College
133	133	BUF	Mike Jackson	Tennessee
134	134	MIL	Ron Bostick	Detroit Mercy
135	135	ATL	James Holliman	Arizona State
136	136	PHO	Alvin Scott	Oral Roberts	8	627	10853	3088	1992	847	.481		.733	17.3	4.9	3.2	1.4	23.0	.102	0.2	5.9
137	137	NOJ	Lusia Harris	Delta State University
138	138	SEA	Billy Reynolds	Northwestern State University
139	139	KCK	Caitlyn Jenner	Graceland University
140	140	NYK	Tom Weadock	St. John's
141	141	CLE	Bob Riddle	Eastern Michigan
142	142	BOS	Dave Kyle	Cleveland State University
143	143	CHI	Mike Smith	University of Evansville
144	144	DET	Robert Lewis	Johnson C. Smith University
145	145	SAS	Richard Robinson	New Mexico
146	146	GSW	Jerry Thruston	Mercer University
147	147	WSB	Calvin Brown	American University
148	148	POR	Don Smith	Oregon State
149	149	PHI	Dennis Forrest	Nebraska-Omaha
150	150	DEN	Willie High	Alabama State University
151	151	LAL	Lars Hansen	Washington	1	15	205	76	59	14	.509		.581	13.7	5.1	3.9	0.9	0.6	.149	-1.3	0.1
			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
152	152	NJN	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
153	153	BUF	Emery Sammons	Philadelphia University
154	154	MIL	Larry Pikes	UW-Milwaukee
155	155	ATL	Verne Thompson	BYU
156	156	PHO	Alvin Joseph	University of California, Riverside
157	157	NOJ	Dave Speicher	Toledo
158	158	SEA	Jeff Frey	University of Evansville
159	159	NYK	Ken Slappy	Saint Peter's College
160	160	CLE	Tom Cutter	Western Michigan
161	161	BOS	Tom Harris	Bowling Green
162	162	CHI	Rich Rhodes	Eastern Illinois University
163	163	DET	Tim Appleton	Kenyon College
164	164	SAS	Jerome Gladney	Arizona
165	165	GSW	Ricky Marsh	Manhattan College	1	60	851	269	75	90	.426		.697	14.2	4.5	1.3	1.5	0.5	.028	-3.1	-0.2
166	166	WSB	Pat McKinley	Towson University
167	167	POR	Harold Rhodes	Washington
168	168	PHI	John Olive	Villanova	2	35	204	44	20	3	.310		.783	5.8	1.3	0.6	0.1	-0.2	-.058	-6.4	-0.3
169	169	DEN	Len Sanders	Florida
170	170	LAL	Art Allen	Pepperdine

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