American Basketball Association - 1973 ABA Draft Picks



Year	Draft	Round	Pick	Player	Pos	From	Notes	ROY	HOF	Allstar	Heismann
1973	1973	1	1	Dwight Lamar		Southwest Louisiana
1973	1973	1	2	Larry Finch		Memphis State
1973	1973	1	3	Mike DAntoni		Marshall
1973	1973	1	4	Doug Collins		Illinois State
1973	1973	1	5	Ed Ratleff		Long Beach State
1973	1973	1	6	Steve Downing		Indiana
1973	1973	1	7	Ronnie Robinson		Memphis State
1973	1973	1	8	Louis Nelson		Washington
1973	1973	1	9	Allan Bristow		VPI
1973	1973	1	10	Mel Davis		St. John's
1973	1973	2	11	Wendell Hudson		Alabama
1973	1973	2	12	Kevin Joyce		South Carolina
1973	1973	2	13	Tim Bassett		Georgia
1973	1973	2	14	Steve Mitchell		Kansas State
1973	1973	2	15	Jim OBrien		Maryland
1973	1973	2	16	Leonard Gray		Long Beach State
1973	1973	2	17	Derrek Dickey		Cincinnati
1973	1973	2	18	Ron King		Florida State
1973	1973	2	19	Allie McGuire		Marquette
1973	1973	2	20	Nick Weatherspoon		Illinois
1973	1973	3	21	Jim Lister		Sam Houston State
1973	1973	3	22	Tom Ingelsby		Villanova
1973	1973	3	23	Kevin Stacom		Providence
1973	1973	3	24	Jim Retseck		Auburn
1973	1973	3	25	Steve Newsome		Houston
1973	1973	3	26	Ted Manakas		Princeton
1973	1973	3	27	ML Carr		Guilford
1973	1973	3	28	Caldwell Jones		Albany State (GA)
1973	1973	4	29	Harry Rogers		St. Louis
1973	1973	4	30	Phil Hankinson		Pennsylvania
1973	1973	4	31	Pat McFarland		St. Joseph's (PA)
1973	1973	4	32	John Ritter		Indiana
1973	1973	4	33	Martin Terry		Arkansas
1973	1973	4	34	Ron Behagen		Minnesota
1973	1973	4	35	Bob Lauriski		Utah State
1973	1973	4	36	Kresimer Cosic		Brigham Young
1973	1973	5	37	Dennis Bell		Drake
1973	1973	5	38	Luke Witte		Ohio State
1973	1973	5	39	Ken Brady		Michigan
1973	1973	5	40	Reggie Royals		Florida State
1973	1973	5	41	Alan Hornyak		Ohio State
1973	1973	5	42	Pete Harris		Stephen F. Austin
1973	1973	5	43	William Harris		North Carolina State
1973	1973	5	44	Larry Hollyfield		UCLA
1973	1973	6	45	George Karl		North Carolina
1973	1973	6	46	Gary Melchionni		Duke
1973	1973	6	47	Jim Owens		Arizona State
1973	1973	6	48	Neal Jorgenson		Oregon State
1973	1973	6	49	Martinez Denmon		Iowa State
1973	1973	6	50	Joe Wallace		Denver
1973	1973	6	51	David Winfield		Minnesota
1973	1973	6	52	Mike Boylan		Assumption (MA)
1973	1973	6	53	Aaron Stewart		Richmond
1973	1973	6	54	Joe Reaves		Bethel
1973	1973	7	55	EC Coleman		Houston Baptist
1973	1973	7	56	Richie Fuqua		Oral Roberts
1973	1973	7	57	Nate Stevens		Long Beach State
1973	1973	7	58	Kenny Charles		Fordham
1973	1973	7	59	James Brown		Harvard
1973	1973	7	60	Jim Andrews		Kentucky
1973	1973	7	61	JG Brosterhos		Texas
1973	1973	7	62	Les Taylor		Murray State
1973	1973	7	63	Rubin Montanez		Duquesne
1973	1973	7	64	Ozzie Edwards		Oklahoma City
1973	1973	8	65	Rod Freeman		Vanderbilt
1973	1973	8	66	Henry Wilmore		Michigan
1973	1973	8	67	Chris McMurray		San Diego State
1973	1973	8	68	Gene Doyle		Holy Cross
1973	1973	8	69	Gary Rhoades		Colorado State
1973	1973	8	70	Mike Edwards		Tennessee
1973	1973	8	71	Mike Williams		Kentucky Wesleyan
1973	1973	8	72	James Greene		Kentucky Wesleyan
1973	1973	8	73	Walter McGary		Tennessee
1973	1973	8	74	Steve Becker		Yankton (SD)
1973	1973	9	75	Charles Mitchell		Eastern Kentucky
1973	1973	9	76	Mark Sibley		Northwestern
1973	1973	9	77	Clint Harris		Iowa State
1973	1973	9	78	Russ Hunt		Furman
1973	1973	9	79	Connie Warren		Xavier
1973	1973	9	80	Robert Wilson		Wichita State (redshirt)
1973	1973	9	81	Roy McPipe		Eastern Montana
1973	1973	9	82	John Johnson		Denver (redshirt)
1973	1973	9	83	Phil Chenier		California
1973	1973	9	84	Abe Stewart		Jacksonville
1973	1973	10	85	Chuck Iverson		South Dakota
1973	1973	10	86	Larry Lilly		Alabama State
1973	1973	10	87	Nick Connor		Illinois
1973	1973	10	88	Gene Armstead		Rutgers
1973	1973	10	89	Jeff Dawson		Illinois (redshirt)
1973	1973	10	90	Byron Jones		San Francisco
1973	1973	10	91	Melvin Russell		Centenary
1973	1973	10	92	Mike Macaluso		Canisius
1973	1973	10	93	Joe Cafferky		North Carolina State
1973	1973	10	94	Gerald Smith		Detroit
1973	1973	1	1	Bill Walton		UCLA
1973	1973	1	2	David Thompson		North Carolina State
1973	1973	1	3	Dwight Jones		Houston
1973	1973	1	4	Henry Williams		Jacksonville
1973	1973	1	5	Phil Smith		San Francisco
1973	1973	1	6	Marvin Barnes		Providence
1973	1973	1	7	Len Elmore		Maryland
1973	1973	1	8	Bruce Seals		Xavier (LA)
1973	1973	1	9	Don Smith		Dayton
1973	1973	1	10	Maurice Lucas		Marquette
1973	1973	2	11	Larry Robinson		Texas
1973	1973	2	12	Tom Henderson		Hawaii
1973	1973	2	13	Jim Bradley		Northern Illinois
1973	1973	2	14	Campy Russell		Michigan
1973	1973	2	15	John Shumate		Notre Dame
1973	1973	2	16	Dennis DuVal		Syracuse
1973	1973	2	17	Ruby Jackson		Hutchinson JC
1973	1973	2	18	Marvin Webster		Oregon State
1973	1973	2	19	James Forbes		Texas
1973	1973	2	20	Kevin Restani		San Francisco
1973	1973	1	1	Larry Moore		Texas
1973	1973	1	2	Wardell Jeffries		Oklahoma Baptist
1973	1973	1	3	Craig Littlepage		Pennsylvania
1973	1973	1	4	Lamont King		Long Beach State
1973	1973	1	5	Dennis Johnson		Ferris State
1973	1973	1	6	Steve Rowell		Rhode Island
1973	1973	1	7	Willie Calvert		Abilene Christian
1973	1973	1	8	Cal Tatum		Southern Colorado State
1973	1973	2	9	Don Watts		Xavier (LA)
1973	1973	2	10	John Coughran		California
1973	1973	2	11	Mike Contreras		Arizona State
1973	1973	2	12	Tom Peck		Eau Claire
1973	1973	2	13	Bill McCoy		Northern Iowa
1973	1973	2	14	James Garvin		Boston U.
1973	1973	2	15	Don Johnson		Lebanon Valley
1973	1973	2	16	Steve Smith		Loyola (CA)
1973	1973	3	17	Roy Simpson		Furman
1973	1973	3	18	Bob Fullerton		Xavier
1973	1973	3	19	Doug Little		Oregon
1973	1973	3	20	Lindell Reason		Eastern Michigan
1973	1973	3	21	James Floyd		Shaw
1973	1973	3	22	Chuck Witt		Western Kentucky
1973	1973	3	23	Gregg Hawkins		North Carolina State
1973	1973	3	24	Bill Bailey		Catawba
1973	1973	4	25	Norman Russell		Oklahoma
1973	1973	4	26	Bob Kilgore		Michigan State
1973	1973	4	27	Ernie Kusyner		Kansas State
1973	1973	4	28	Charles Golson		College of Emporia
1973	1973	4	29	Fran Costello		Providence
1973	1973	4	30	Mike Allocco		Stonehill (MA)
1973	1973	4	31	David Angel		Clemson
1973	1973	5	32	Aaron Covington		Canisius
1973	1973	5	33	Ron Hogue		Georgia
1973	1973	5	34	Mike Quick		San Francisco
1973	1973	5	35	Ed Childress		Austin Peay
1973	1973	5	36	Allan Shaw		Duke
1973	1973	5	37	Carl Jackson		St. Bonaventure
1973	1973	6	38	Fred Lavoroni		Santa Clara
1973	1973	6	39	John Lang		Augustana
1973	1973	6	40	Jerry Brisbano		S.W. Louisiana
1973	1973	6	41	Lee Colburn		South Dakota State
1973	1973	6	42	Jerry Clark		Skagit Valley JC (WA)
1973	1973	6	43	Howard White		Sam Houston State
1973	1973	6	44	Lynn Greer		Virginia State
1973	1973	7	45	John Wolfenberg		Valparaiso
1973	1973	7	46	Jeff Overhouse		Texas A&M
1973	1973	7	47	Mark Beckwith		Montana State
1973	1973	7	48	Robert White		Sam Houston State
1973	1973	7	49	Darryl Brown		Maryland
1973	1973	7	50	Dale Adams		Mount St. Mary's
1973	1973	8	51	Jim Crawford		LaSalle
1973	1973	8	52	Tim Dominiz		Valdosta
1973	1973	8	53	Wayne Pack		Tennessee Tech
1973	1973	8	54	Gary Watson		Wisconsin
1973	1973	8	55	Linwood Johnson		Virginia State (redshirt)
1973	1973	8	56	Terrance Murchinson		Fayetteville
1973	1973	9	57	Rick Williams		Iowa
1973	1973	9	58	Bill Harris		Northern Illinois
1973	1973	9	59	Fred DeVaughn		Western Montana
1973	1973	9	60	Larry Davis		Centenary
1973	1973	10	61	Joe Wise		Bridgewater State (MA)
1973	1973	10	62	Bob Bodell		Maryland
1973	1973	10	63	Ben Kelso		Central Michigan
1973	1973	11	64	Reed Johnson		Oklahoma Christian
1973	1973	11	65	Leon Howard		Wisconsin
1973	1973	11	66	Nate Hawthorne		Southern Illinois
1973	1973	12	67	Greg Juricisin		Cincinnati
1973	1973	12	68	Jeff Jellison		N.E. Massachusetts
1973	1973	12	69	John Thomas		Mississippi Southern
1973	1973	13	70	Gary Black		Rocky Mountain
1973	1973	14	71	Sam Whitehead		Sam Houston State
1973	1973	15	72	Harvey Catchings		Hardin
1973	1973	1	1	Ernie DeGregorio		Providence
1973	1973	1	2	Larry Kenon		Memphis State
1973	1973	1	3	Jim Brewer		Minnesota
1973	1973	1	4	Mike Bantom		St. Joseph's (PA)
1973	1973	1	5	Mike Green		Louisiana Tech
1973	1973	1	6	David Vaughn		Oral Roberts
1973	1973	1	7	Kevin Kunnert		Iowa
1973	1973	1	8	George Gervin		Eastern Michigan
1973	1973	1	9	Robert Parish		Centenary
1973	1973	1	10	Jim Baker		Nevada
1973	1973	2	11	Bobby Jones		North Carolina
1973	1973	2	12	Tom Burleson		North Carolina State
1973	1973	2	13	Ray Lewis		Los Angeles State
1973	1973	2	14	Bill Schaeffer		St. John's
1973	1973	2	15	Clyde Turner		Minnesota
1973	1973	2	16	Louis Dunbar		Houston
1973	1973	2	17	Bird Averitt		Pepperdine
1973	1973	2	18	John Brown		Missouri
1973	1973	2	19	Barry Parkhill		Virginia
1973	1973	2	20	Alvan Adams		Oklahoma

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Davan S. Mani says:

April 17, 2020 at 11:36 pm

what a year. the competitiveness of the ABL really brought the NBA out of its duldrums.

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