National Basketball Association - 1971-72 NBA Draft Picks

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Year	Draft	Round	Pick	Player	Pos	playerSlug	From	To	Notes	ROY	HOF	Allstar	Heismann
1972	1972	1	1	LaRue Martin		larue-martin	Loyola (IL)	Portland
1972	1972	1	2	Bob McAdoo		bob-mcadoo	North Carolina	Buffalo	!	1973
1972	1972	1	3	Dwight Davis		dwight-davis	Houston	Cleveland
1972	1972	1	4	Corky Calhoun		corky-calhoun	Pennsylvania	Phoenix
1972	1972	1	5	Fred Boyd			Oregon State	Philadelphia
1972	1972	1	6	Russell Lee			Marshall	Milwaukee
1972	1972	1	7	Bud Stallworth		bud-stallworth	Kansas	Seattle
1972	1972	1	8	Tom Riker		tom-riker	South Carolina	New York
1972	1972	1	9	Bob Nash		bob-nash	Hawaii	Detroit
1972	1972	1	10	Paul Westphal		paul-westphal	Southern California	Boston
1972	1972	1	11	Ralph Simpson		ralph-simpson	Michigan State	Chicago
1972	1972	1	12	Julius Erving		julius-erving	Massachusetts	Milwaukee
1972	1972	1	13	Travis Grant		travis-grant	Kentucky State	LA Lakers
1972	1972	2	14	Bob Davis		bob-davis	Weber State	Portland
1972	1972	2	15	Harold Fox		harold-fox	Jacksonville	Buffalo
1972	1972	2	16	Jim Price		jim-price	Louisville	LA Lakers
1972	1972	2	17	Chris Ford		chris-ford	Villanova	Detroit
1972	1972	2	18	Joby Wright		joby-wright	Indiana	Seattle
1972	1972	2	19	Sam Sibert		sam-sibert	Kentucky State	KC/Omaha
1972	1972	2	20	John Gianelli		john-gianelli	Pacific	Houston
1972	1972	2	21	Steve Bracey		steve-bracey	Tulsa	Atlanta
1972	1972	2	22	Paul Stovall		paul-stovall	Arizona State	LA Lakers
1972	1972	2	23	Brian Taylor		brian-taylor	Princeton	Seattle
1972	1972	2	24	Steve Hawes		steve-hawes	Washington	Cleveland
1972	1972	2	25	Tom Patterson		tom-patterson	Ouachita Baptist	Baltimore
1972	1972	2	26	Dave Twardzik		dave-twardzik	Old Dominion	Portland
1972	1972	2	27	Dennis Wuycik		dennis-wuycik	North Carolina	Boston
1972	1972	2	28	Mike Ratliff		mike-ratliff	Eau Claire State	KC/Omaha
1972	1972	2	29	Chuck Terry		chuck-terry	Long Beach State	Milwaukee
1972	1972	2	30	Ollie Johnson		ollie-johnson	Temple	Portland
1972	1972	3	31	Lloyd Neal		lloyd-neal	Tennessee State	Portland
1972	1972	3	32	Bob Morse			Pennsylvania	Buffalo
1972	1972	3	33	Scott English		scott-english	Texas-El Paso	Phoenix
1972	1972	3	34	Don Buse		don-buse	Evansville	Phoenix
1972	1972	3	35	Frank Russell		frank-russell	Detroit	Chicago
1972	1972	3	36	Charlie Tharpe			Belhaven	Philadelphia
1972	1972	3	37	Eric McWilliams		eric-mcwilliams	Long Beach State	Houston
1972	1972	3	38	Ron Riley		ron-riley	Soputhern California	KC/Omaha
1972	1972	3	39	Kevin Porter		kevin-porter	St. Francis (PA)	Baltimore
1972	1972	3	40	Jim Creighton		jim-creighton	Colorado	Seattle
1972	1972	3	41	Ansley Truitt		ansley-truitt	California	New York
1972	1972	3	42	Claude Terry		claude-terry	Stanford	Phoenix
1972	1972	3	43	Bill Chamberlain		bill-chamberlain	North Carolina	Golden State
1972	1972	3	44	Wayne Grabiec			Michigan	Boston
1972	1972	3	45	Chuck Jura			Nebraska	Chicago
1972	1972	3	46	George Adams		george-adams	Gardner-Webb	Milwaukee
1972	1972	3	47	Gregg Northington			Alabama State	LA Lakers
1972	1972	4	48	Gary Stewart			Canisius	Portland
1972	1972	4	49	George Bryant		george-bryant	Eastern Kentucky State	Buffalo
1972	1972	4	50	Hank Siemiontkowski			Villanova	Cleveland
1972	1972	4	51	Ernie Fleming			Jacksonville	Detroit
1972	1972	4	52	Marshall Wingate			Niagara	Philadelphia
1972	1972	4	53	Frank Schade		frank-schade	Eau Claire State	KC/Omaha
1972	1972	4	54	Wil Robinson		wil-robinson	West Virginia	Houston
1972	1972	4	55	Reggie Bird			Princeton	Atlanta
1972	1972	4	56	Al Saunders		al-saunders	Louisiana State	Baltimore
1972	1972	4	57	Joe Mackey			Southern California	Seattle
1972	1972	4	58	Henry Bibby		henry-bibby	UCLA	New York
1972	1972	4	59	Matt Gantt			St. Bonaventure	Phoenix
1972	1972	4	60	John Tshogl			UC Santa Barbara	Golden State
1972	1972	4	61	Nate Stephens			Long Beach State	Boston
1972	1972	4	62	Ted Martiniuk			St. Peter's	Chicago
1972	1972	4	63	Art White			Georgetown	Milwaukee
1972	1972	5	64	Mike Reid		mike-reid	California-Riverside	Portland
1972	1972	5	65	Arnie Berman			Brown	Buffalo
1972	1972	5	66	Sam Cash		sam-cash	California-Riverside	Cleveland
1972	1972	5	67	Ernest Pettis			Western Michigan	Detroit
1972	1972	5	68	Dave Bustion		dave-bustion	Denver	KC/Omaha
1972	1972	5	69	Joe Bynes			Arkansas AM&N	Philadelphia
1972	1972	5	70	James Silas		james-silas	Stephen F. Austin	Houston
1972	1972	5	71	Bob Lackey		bob-lackey	Marquette	Atlanta
1972	1972	5	72	Walter Jones		walter-jones	Long Island	Baltimore
1972	1972	5	73	Gary Ladd			Seattle	Seattle
1972	1972	5	74	Bob Ford		bob-ford	Purdue	New York
1972	1972	5	75	Wardell Dyson			Shaw	Phoenix
1972	1972	5	76	Charles Dudley		charles-dudley	Washington	Golden State
1972	1972	5	77	Bryan Adrian			Davidson	Boston
1972	1972	5	78	Rowland Garrett		rowland-garrett	Florida State	Chicago
1972	1972	5	79	Ron Harris		ron-harris	Wichita State	Milwaukee
1972	1972	5	80	Glen Summors			Gannon	LA Lakers
1972	1972	6	81	Joe Gaines		joe-gaines	Belmont	Portland
1972	1972	6	82	Ed Czernota			Sacred Heart	Buffalo
1972	1972	6	83	Tom Parker		tom-parker	Kentucky	Cleveland
1972	1972	6	84	Terry Benton			Wichita State	Detroit
1972	1972	6	85	John Glover			Wiley	Philadelphia
1972	1972	6	86	Jerry Crocker			Guilford	KC/Omaha
1972	1972	6	87	Mike Collins			Seattle	Houston
1972	1972	6	88	Randy Knoll			Marshall	Atlanta
1972	1972	6	89	Wayne Dillard			Eastern Michigan	Baltimore
1972	1972	6	90	Ron Thomas		ron-thomas	Louisville	Seattle
1972	1972	6	91	Greg Cleuss			St. John's	New York
1972	1972	6	92	Charles Edge			LeMoyne-Owen	Phoenix
1972	1972	6	93	Henry Bacon		henry-bacon	Louisville	Golden State
1972	1972	6	94	Doug Holcomb		doug-holcomb	Memphis	Boston
1972	1972	6	95	Mike Stewart			Santa Clara	Chicago
1972	1972	6	96	Wally Wright			PMC Colleges	Boston
1972	1972	6	97	Sam Simmons		sam-simmons	Bradley	LA Lakers
1972	1972	7	98	Bob Lynn			Long Beach State	Portland
1972	1972	7	99	Greg Kohls			Syracuse	Buffalo
1972	1972	7	100	Steve Davidson			West Texas State	Cleveland
1972	1972	7	101	Bruce Anderson		bruce-anderson	Arizona	Detroit
1972	1972	7	102	Mike Sneed			Fayetteville	KC/Omaha
1972	1972	7	103	Curtis Pritchett			St. Augustine	Philadelphia
1972	1972	7	104	Mike Jackson		mike-jackson	Cal State-Los Angeles	Houston
1972	1972	7	105	Billy Pleas			Detroit	Atlanta
1972	1972	7	106	Marvin Brown			Jackson State	Baltimore
1972	1972	7	107	Jerry Dunn			Western Kentucky	Seattle
1972	1972	7	108	Tracy Tripucka			Lafayette	New York
1972	1972	7	109	Bernie Fryer		bernie-fryer	Brigham Young	Phoenix
1972	1972	7	110	William Franklin			Purdue	Golden State
1972	1972	7	111	Steve Previs		steve-previs	North Carolina	Boston
1972	1972	7	112	Jerry Pender		jerry-pender	Fresno State	Chicago
1972	1972	7	113	Mickey Davis		mickey-davis	Duquesne	Milwaukee
1972	1972	8	114	Ruben Vance			Kent State	Portland
1972	1972	8	115	Andy Denny			South Alabama State	Buffalo
1972	1972	8	116	Roger Evans			Kent State	Cleveland
1972	1972	8	117	Ben Kelso		ben-kelso	Central Michigan	Detroit
1972	1972	8	118	Jim Kopp			Rockhurst	Philadelphia
1972	1972	8	119	Jerry Clack			Oklahoma	KC/Omaha
1972	1972	8	120	Henry Harris		henry-harris	Auburn	Houston
1972	1972	8	121	Oscar Evans			Butler	Atlanta
1972	1972	8	122	Jim Floyd			Shaw	Baltimore
1972	1972	8	123	Willy Stoudamire			Portland State	Seattle
1972	1972	8	124	Tom Corde			Ohio	New York
1972	1972	8	125	Russell Golden			Jackson State	Phoenix
1972	1972	8	126	John Burks			San Francisco	Golden State
1972	1972	8	127	Sam McCarney			Oral Roberts	Boston
1972	1972	8	128	Cavin Anderson			Valley City	Chicago
1972	1972	8	129	Charles Kirkland			Cheyney	Milwaukee
1972	1972	9	130	Scott McCandlish			Virginia	Portland
1972	1972	9	131	John Collins		john-collins	Brockport State	Buffalo
1972	1972	9	132	Greg Starrick			Southern Illinois	Cleveland
1972	1972	9	133	Kessie Mangam			Ferris State	Detroit
1972	1972	9	134	Steve McMahon			Merrimack	KC/Omaha
1972	1972	9	135	Rod Murray			Cal State-Los Angeles	Philadelphia
1972	1972	9	136	Larry Strozier			Morehouse	Atlanta
1972	1972	9	137	Ruppert Breedlove			Oglethorpe	Baltimore
1972	1972	9	138	Dwight Holliday			Hawaii	Seattle
1972	1972	9	139	Tom Sullivan		tom-sullivan	Fordham	New York
1972	1972	9	140	Bill Kennedy		bill-kennedy	Arizona	Phoenix
1972	1972	9	141	Bill Duey			California	Golden State
1972	1972	9	142	Ralph Houston			West Texas State	Chicago
1972	1972	9	143	Jim Regenold			Ball State	Milwaukee
1972	1972	10	144	Kresimir Cosic		kresimir-cosic	Brigham Young	Portland
1972	1972	10	145	Kent Martens			Abilene Christian	Cleveland
1972	1972	10	146	Kent Hollenbeck			Kentucky	Detroit
1972	1972	10	147	Gary Watson			Wisconsin	Philadelphia
1972	1972	10	148	David Hall			Kansas State	KC/Omaha
1972	1972	10	149	Jim Clesson			Tulsa	Atlanta
1972	1972	10	150	Will Loftin			SW Louisiana	Baltimore
1972	1972	10	151	Dan Stewart			Washington State	Seattle
1972	1972	10	152	Richie Garner			Manhattan	New York
1972	1972	10	153	Al Vilcheck			Louisville	Phoenix
1972	1972	10	154	Marty Hunt			Kenyon	Boston
1972	1972	10	155	Chuck Taylor		chuck-taylor	West Liberty State	Chicago
1972	1972	10	156	Jolly Spight			Santa Clara	Milwaukee
1972	1972	11	157	Jimmy Wilkins			San Diego State	Portland
1972	1972	11	158	Jim Prokell			Edinboro State	Buffalo
1972	1972	11	159	Floyd Mathew			Northern Arizona	KC/Omaha
1972	1972	11	160	Charles Allen			Texas Southern	Atlanta
1972	1972	11	161	Marvin Watkins			Jackson State	Baltimore
1972	1972	11	162	Steve Turner			Vanderbilt	Seattle
1972	1972	11	163	Chic Downing			Benedictine	New York
1972	1972	11	164	John Belcher			Arkansas State	Phoenix
1972	1972	11	165	Mark Minor		mark-minor	Ohio State	Boston
1972	1972	11	166	Jackie Young			Rocky Mountain	Chicago
1972	1972	12	167	Frank Dewitt			Virginia	Buffalo
1972	1972	12	168	Len Baltimore			George Washington	KC/Omaha
1972	1972	12	169	James Green			Paine College	Atlanta
1972	1972	12	170	Lloyd Adams			Rhode Island	Baltimore
1972	1972	12	171	Gregg Daust			U. of Missouri (St. Louis)	Seattle
1972	1972	12	172	Mark Soderberg			Utah	Phoenix
1972	1972	12	173	Phil Stephens			South Carolina State	Boston
1972	1972	12	174	Al Cotler			Penn	Chicago
1972	1972	13	175	Larry Morris		larry-morris	Tulsa	Portland
1972	1972	13	176	Kim Huband			U. of North Carolina	Buffalo
1972	1972	13	177	Kent Scott			Pittsburgh	KC/Omaha
1972	1972	13	178	Mike Krawzyk			Loyola (Md.)	Baltimore
1972	1972	13	179	Kelly Utley			Shaw	Phoenix
1972	1972	13	180	Mike Barr		mike-barr	Duquesne	Chicago
1972	1972	14	181	Paul Kelley			Shaw	Portland
1972	1972	14	182	Greg Corson			North Carolina	Buffalo
1972	1972	14	183	Bob Allen		bob-allen	Missouri	KC/Omaha
1972	1972	14	184	Aubrey Nash			Kansas	Baltimore
1972	1972	14	185	Cleveland Hill			Nicholas State	Seattle
1972	1972	14	186	Ray Golson			West Texas State	Phoenix
1972	1972	14	187	Andrew Pettes			Oklahoma	Chicago
1972	1972	15	188	Rich Haubeggar			Wake Forest	Portland
1972	1972	15	189	Paul Hoffman		paul-hoffman	St. Bonaventure	Buffalo
1972	1972	15	190	Mike Jefferies			Oklahoma State	KC/Omaha
1972	1972	15	191	Gary Handleman			Hopkins	Baltimore
1972	1972	15	192	Greg Lowery			Texas Tech	Chicago
1972	1972	16	193	Mose Adolph			Los Angeles State	Portland
1972	1972	16	194	Norman Bounds			Brockport State	Buffalo
1972	1972	16	195	Mike Peterson		mike-peterson	Nebraska	KC/Omaha
1972	1972	16	196	Charles Hall			W. Montana	Chicago
1972	1972	17	197	John Thornton		john-thornton	South Carolina State	Chicago
1972	1972	18	198	Ron Manning			Manhattan	Chicago

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