| Year | Draft | Round | Pick | Player | Pos | From | To | Notes | ROY | HOF | Allstar | Heismann |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 1975 | 1 | 1 | David Thompson | North Carolina State | Virginia | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 1 | 2 | Lonnie Shelton | Oregon State | Baltimore | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 1 | 3 | Kevin Grevey | Kentucky | San Diego | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 1 | 4 | Gus Williams | Southern California | St. Louis | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 1 | 5 | Steve Green | Indiana | Utah | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 1 | 6 | Dan Roundfield | Central Michigan | Indiana | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 1 | 7 | Mark Olberding | Minnesota | San Antonio | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 1 | 8 | John Lucas | Maryland | New York | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 1 | 9 | Melvin Bennett | Pittsburgh | Virginia | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 1 | 10 | Jim Baker | Hawaii | Kentucky | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 2 | 11 | Jimmy Conner | Kentucky | Virginia | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 2 | 12 | Rich Kelley | Stanford | Baltimore | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 2 | 13 | Cornelius Cash | Bowling Green | San Diego | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 2 | 14 | Rudy White | Arizona State | St. Louis | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 2 | 15 | Norman Cook | Kansas | Utah | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 2 | 16 | Charles Jordan | Canisius | Indiana | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 2 | 17 | Jim Lee | Syracuse | Indiana | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 2 | 18 | George Bucci | Manhattan | New York | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 2 | 19 | Bill Willoughby | Dwight Morrow H.S. Englewood NJ | Denver | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 2 | 20 | Rick Suttle | Kansas | San Antonio | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 3 | 21 | Allen Murphy | Kentucky | Kentucky | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 3 | 22 | Ron Haigier | Pennsylvania | Baltimore | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 3 | 23 | Bob Gross | Long Beach State | San Diego | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 3 | 24 | Rudy Hackett | Syracuse | St. Louis | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 3 | 25 | Tom Kropp | Kearney State | Denver | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 3 | 26 | Ken Tyler | Gonzaga | Indiana | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 3 | 27 | Billy Taylor | LaSalle | San Antonio | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 3 | 28 | Leon Douglas | Alabama | New York | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 3 | 29 | Monte Towe | North Carolina State | Denver | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 3 | 30 | Eric Fernsten | San Francisco | Kentucky | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 4 | 31 | Ticky Burden | Utah | Virginia | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 4 | 32 | Glenn Hansen | Louisiana State | Baltimore | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 4 | 33 | Pete Trgovich | UCLA | San Diego | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 4 | 34 | Tom Roy | Maryland | St. Louis | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 4 | 35 | Fessor Leonard | Furman | Virginia | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 4 | 36 | Brian Hammel | Bentley | Indiana | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 4 | 37 | Ken Smith | Tulsa | San Antonio | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 4 | 38 | Bob Guyette | Kentucky | New York | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 4 | 39 | Bob Fleischer | Duke | Denver | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 4 | 40 | John Laskowski | Indiana | Kentucky | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 5 | 41 | Rich Jones | Virginia Commonwealth | Virginia | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 5 | 42 | Walter Luckett | Ohio U. | Baltimore | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 5 | 43 | Biff Burrell | Southern California | San Diego | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 5 | 44 | Larry Fogle | Canisius | St. Louis | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 5 | 45 | CJ Kupec | Michigan | St. Louis | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 5 | 46 | John Ramsey | Seton Hall | Indiana | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 5 | 47 | Robert Parish | Centenary | San Antonio | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 5 | 48 | Darryl Brown | Fordham | New York | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 5 | 49 | Jim Moore | Utah State | Denver | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 5 | 50 | Charles Cleveland | Alabama | Kentucky | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 6 | 51 | Fletcher Johnson | Randolph | Virginia | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 6 | 52 | Terry Furlow | Michigan State | Baltimore | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 6 | 53 | Louis Dunbar | Houston | San Diego | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 6 | 54 | Al Jones | San Diego | St. Louis | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 6 | 55 | Otis Johnson | Stetson | Utah | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 6 | 56 | Mike Flynn | Kentucky | Indiana | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 6 | 57 | Bayard Forrest | Grand Canyon | San Antonio | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 6 | 58 | Mike Mitchell | Auburn | New York | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 6 | 59 | Charles Russell | Alabama | Denver | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 6 | 60 | Mike Rozenski | St. Mary's (CA) | Kentucky | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 7 | 61 | Bill Bunton | Louisville | Virginia | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 7 | 62 | Rich Whitlow | Illinois State | Baltimore | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 7 | 63 | Jerome Anderson | West Virginia | San Diego | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 7 | 64 | Al Spruill | North Carolina A&T | St. Louis | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 7 | 65 | Tim Van Blommesteyn | Princeton | Utah | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 7 | 66 | Cliff Pratt | Shaw | Indiana | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 7 | 67 | Henry Ward | Jackson State | San Antonio | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 7 | 68 | Wayne Croft | Clemson | New York | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 7 | 69 | Mike Odems | Western Kentucky | Denver | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 7 | 70 | Randy Meister | Penn State | Kentucky | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 8 | 71 | Ricky Coleman | Jacksonville | Virginia | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 8 | 72 | John Murphy | Massachusetts | Baltimore | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 8 | 73 | Mack Coleman | Houston Baptist | San Diego | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 8 | 74 | Ted Hathaway | Cleveland State | St. Louis | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 8 | 75 | Kirk Bruce | Pittsburgh | Utah | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 8 | 76 | Bill Andreas | Ohio State | Indiana | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 8 | 77 | Gary Tomaszewski | St. Mary's (TX) | San Antonio | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 8 | 78 | John Lambert | Southern California | New York | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 8 | 79 | Owen Brown | Maryland | Denver | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 8 | 80 | Lou Silver | Harvard | Kentucky | ||||||
| 1975 | 1975 | 9 | 81 | Marvin Webster | Morgan State | Denver | ||||||
RetroSeasons
RetroSeasons recaps past sports seasons through stories, photos, videos, and stats from every team, league, and stadium in history. Coverage includes the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL, as well as vintage media from defunct teams and leagues.
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The Kentucky Colonels won the 1975 ABA Championship after winning the Eastern Division; the Denver Nuggets won the Western Division. Julius Erving and George McGinnis shared the league's MVP award.
Prior to the start of the season the Eastern Division changed as the Memphis Tams gave way to the Memphis Sounds and the Carolina Cougars relocated and became the Spirits of St. Louis. The Western Division remained unchanged save for the Denver Rockets renaming themselves the Denver Nuggets.
The ABA and NBA continued playing preseason exhibition games between their teams. The ABA won 16 of the 23 games, to 7 wins for the NBA. Among those games was the Pacers' first game in Market Square Arena in which they defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 118-115 before a standing room only crowd of 17,287; Bob Dandridge had 46 points and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 26 for the Bucks.
On February 14, 1975, Julius Erving of the New York Nets scored a team-record 63 points against the San Diego Conquistadors in a four overtime game.
The 8th ABA All-Star Game was played on January 28, 1975, in San Antonio, Texas. 10,449 attended. The East was coached by Kevin Loughery of the New York Nets and the West was coached by Larry Brown of the Denver Nuggets. The East won 151-124; Freddie Lewis of the Spirits of St. Louis was the game's MVP after scoring 26 points.
The Denver Nuggets posted the ABA's best record of the season, winning the Western Division with a record of 65-19 (.774). That record was second best in ABA history, behind only the 1971-72 Kentucky Colonels' mark of 68-16 (.810). The 1974-75 Nuggets also finished second in ABA history behind the 1971-72 Colonels for team scoring difference, outscoring their opponents by an average of 8.40 points per game to the 1971-72 Colonels' 8.98 points
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