National Basketball Association - 1973 NBA Draft Picks



Year	Draft	Round	Pick	Player	Pos	From	Notes	ROY	HOF	Allstar	Heismann
1973	1973	1	1	Doug Collins		Illinois State
1973	1973	1	2	Jim Brewer		Minnesota
1973	1973	1	3	Ernie DiGregorio		Providence	!	1974
1973	1973	1	4	Mike Green		Louisiana Tech
1973	1973	1	5	Kermit Washington		American
1973	1973	1	6	Ed Ratleff		Long Beach State
1973	1973	1	7	Ron Behagen		Minnesota
1973	1973	1	8	Mike Bantom		St. Joseph's
1973	1973	1	9	Dwight Jones		Houston
1973	1973	1	10	John Brown		Missouri
1973	1973	1	11	Kevin Joyce		South Carolina
1973	1973	1	12	Kevin Kunnert		Iowa
1973	1973	1	13	Nick Weatherspoon		Illinois
1973	1973	1	14	Mel Davis		St. John's
1973	1973	1	15	Barry Parkhill		Virginia
1973	1973	1	16	Swen Nater		UCLA
1973	1973	1	17	Steve Downing		Indiana
1973	1973	1	18	Raymond Lewis		Cal State-Los Angeles
1973	1973	2	19	Louis Nelson		Washington
1973	1973	2	20	Mike DAntoni		Marshall
1973	1973	2	21	Allan Bristow		Virginia Tech
1973	1973	2	22	George McGinnis		Indiana
1973	1973	2	23	Bill Schaeffer		St. John's
1973	1973	2	24	Kevin Stacom		Providence
1973	1973	2	25	Larry McNeill		Marquette
1973	1973	2	26	Allan Hornyak		Ohio State
1973	1973	2	27	Tom Ingelsby		Villanova
1973	1973	2	28	Pat McFarland		St. Joseph's
1973	1973	2	29	Derrek Dickey		Cincinnati
1973	1973	2	30	Wendell Hudson		Alabama
1973	1973	2	31	Jim Chones		Marquette
1973	1973	2	32	Caldwell Jones		Albany State (GA)
1973	1973	2	33	Gary Melchionni		Duke
1973	1973	2	34	John Perry		Pan American
1973	1973	2	35	Phil Hankinson		Pennsylvania
1973	1973	3	36	Ted Manakas		Princeton
1973	1973	3	37	Jim OBrien		Maryland
1973	1973	3	38	Ken Charles		Fordham
1973	1973	3	39	Martin Terry		Arkansas
1973	1973	3	40	Ozzie Edwards		Oklahoma City
1973	1973	3	41	James Lister		Sam Houston State
1973	1973	3	42	Joe Reaves		Bethel (TN)
1973	1973	3	43	Steve Mitchell		Kansas State
1973	1973	3	44	Dwight Lamar		SW Louisiana
1973	1973	3	45	Leonard Gray		Long Beach State
1973	1973	3	46	Jim Retseck		Auburn
1973	1973	3	47	Steve Newsome		Houston
1973	1973	3	48	Tom Kozelko		Toledo
1973	1973	3	49	Allie McGuire		Marquette
1973	1973	3	50	Larry Kenon		Memphis State
1973	1973	3	51	EC Coleman		Houston Baptist
1973	1973	3	52	Martinez Denmon		Iowa State
1973	1973	4	53	Darrel Minniefield		New Mexico
1973	1973	4	54	Doug Little		Oregon
1973	1973	4	55	William Averitt		Pepperdine
1973	1973	4	56	June Harris		North Carolina A&T
1973	1973	4	57	Luke Witte		Ohio State
1973	1973	4	58	Lee Colburn		South Dakota State
1973	1973	4	59	Clyde Turner		Minnesota
1973	1973	4	60	Ron Robinson		Memphis State
1973	1973	4	61	Ken Brady		Michigan
1973	1973	4	62	James Brown		Harvard
1973	1973	4	63	Ron King		Florida State
1973	1973	4	64	Mark Sibley		Northwestern
1973	1973	4	65	Aaron Stewart		Richmond
1973	1973	4	66	George Karl		North Carolina
1973	1973	4	67	Harry Rogers		St. Louis
1973	1973	4	68	Larry Finch		Memphis State
1973	1973	4	69	Richie Fuqua		Oral Roberts
1973	1973	5	70	Reggie Royals		Florida State
1973	1973	5	71	Fran Costello		Providence
1973	1973	5	72	Randy Knoll		Marshall
1973	1973	5	73	Chuck Iverson		South Dakota
1973	1973	5	74	John Coughran		California
1973	1973	5	75	Gary Rhoades		Colorado State
1973	1973	5	76	ML Carr		Guilford
1973	1973	5	77	Clinton Harris		Iowa State
1973	1973	5	78	Henry Wilmore		Michigan
1973	1973	5	79	Dave Winfield		Minnesota
1973	1973	5	80	Nate Stephens		Long Beach State
1973	1973	5	81	Ray Simpson		Furman
1973	1973	5	82	Danny Traylor		South Carolina
1973	1973	5	83	Dennis Bell		Drake
1973	1973	5	84	Kresimir Cosic		Brigham Young
1973	1973	5	85	Larry Jackson		Northern Illinois
1973	1973	5	86	Byron Jones		San Francisco
1973	1973	6	87	Sterling Wright		Lincoln
1973	1973	6	88	Mike Macaluso		Canisius
1973	1973	6	89	Neal Jurgensen		Oregon State
1973	1973	6	90	Bill McCoy		Northern Iowa
1973	1973	6	91	Willie Calvert		Abilene Christian
1973	1973	6	92	Tom Peck		Eau Claire
1973	1973	6	93	Mike Quick		San Francisco
1973	1973	6	94	Gene Doyle		Holy Cross
1973	1973	6	95	Dennis Johnson		Ferris State
1973	1973	6	96	John Williamson		New Mexico State
1973	1973	6	97	Bob Lauriski		Utah State
1973	1973	6	98	John Neumann		Mississippi
1973	1973	6	99	Mike Allocco		Stonehill
1973	1973	6	100	Lawrence Lilly		Alabama State
1973	1973	6	101	James Floyd		Shaw
1973	1973	6	102	David Brent		Jacksonville
1973	1973	6	103	Joe Cafferky		North Carolina State
1973	1973	7	104	James Greene		Kentucky Wesleyan
1973	1973	7	105	Larry Hollyfield		UCLA
1973	1973	7	106	Tim Bassett		Georgia
1973	1973	7	107	Jim Andrews		Kentucky
1973	1973	7	108	Larry Farmer		UCLA
1973	1973	7	109	Fred DeVaughn		Westmont
1973	1973	7	110	Mike Jeffries		Missouri
1973	1973	7	111	Jerry Bisbano		SW Louisiana
1973	1973	7	112	Fred Smiley		Northwood Michigan
1973	1973	7	113	Pete Harris		Stephen F. Austin
1973	1973	7	114	Steve Smith		Loyola (CA)
1973	1973	7	115	Billy Harris		Northern Illinois
1973	1973	7	116	Rod Hogue		Georgia
1973	1973	7	117	Mike Moore		Manhattan
1973	1973	7	118	Nate Hawthorne		Southern Illinois
1973	1973	7	119	Eddie Childress		Austin Peay
1973	1973	7	120	Mike Stewart		Santa Clara
1973	1973	8	121	Dave Langston		Drake
1973	1973	8	122	Carl Jackson		St. Bonaventure
1973	1973	8	123	Lendell Resson		Eastern Michigan
1973	1973	8	124	Wardell Jeffries		Oklahoma Baptist
1973	1973	8	125	John Ritter		Indiana
1973	1973	8	126	John Thomas		Missouri Southern
1973	1973	8	127	Mike Williams		Kentucky Wesleyan
1973	1973	8	128	Jim Owens		Arizona State
1973	1973	8	129	Ben Kelso		Central Michigan
1973	1973	8	130	Tim Dominey		Valdosta State
1973	1973	8	131	Jeff Dawson		Illinois
1973	1973	8	132	JG Brosterhos		Texas
1973	1973	8	133	Mark Jellison		Northeastern
1973	1973	8	134	Steve Rowell		Rhode Island
1973	1973	8	135	Walt McGrary		Tennessee-Chattanooga
1973	1973	8	136	Roy McPipe		Eastern Montana
1973	1973	8	137	Robert White		Sam Houston State
1973	1973	9	138	Harvey Catchings		Hardin-Simmons
1973	1973	9	139	Mike Contreras		Arizona State
1973	1973	9	140	Bob Fullerton		Xavier (OH)
1973	1973	9	141	Greg Williams		Seattle
1973	1973	9	142	Les Taylor		Murray State
1973	1973	9	143	James Brown		Dartmouth
1973	1973	9	144	Sandy Smith		Winston-Salem
1973	1973	9	145	Bill Kelgore		Michigan State
1973	1973	9	146	Everett Fopma		Idaho State
1973	1973	9	147	Rubin Montanez		Duquesne
1973	1973	9	148	Mike Boylan		Assumption
1973	1973	9	149	Joe Wise		Bridgewater State
1973	1973	9	150	Bob Bocca		Quinnipiac
1973	1973	9	151	Corky Taylor		Minnesota
1973	1973	10	152	Abe Steward		Jacksonville
1973	1973	10	153	Nick Connor		Illinois
1973	1973	10	154	Sam Whitehead		Oregon State
1973	1973	10	155	Bob Bodell		Maryland
1973	1973	10	156	Dean Martin		Baldwin-Wallace
1973	1973	10	157	Ernie Kusyner		Kansas State
1973	1973	10	158	Claude White		Elmhurst
1973	1973	10	159	Bob Solomon		Wayne State
1973	1973	10	160	Fred Lavoroni		Santa Clara
1973	1973	10	161	Russ Hunt		Furman
1973	1973	10	162	Dick Kelly		Bay College
1973	1973	10	163	Ed Fields		C.W. Post
1973	1973	10	164	Ron Battle		Sam Houston State
1973	1973	10	165	Steve Turner		Vanderbilt
1973	1973	11	166	Rod Freeman		Vanderbilt
1973	1973	11	167	Ed Payne		Wake Forest
1973	1973	11	168	Mike Lee		Syracuse
1973	1973	11	169	Floyd Lewis		Harvard
1973	1973	11	170	Lynn Greer		Virginia State
1973	1973	11	171	Len Paul		Akron
1973	1973	11	172	Dale Adams		St. Mary's (MD)
1973	1973	11	173	Charles Edge		LeMoyne-Owen
1973	1973	11	174	Ed Hastings		Villanova
1973	1973	12	175	Connie Warren		Xavier (OH)
1973	1973	12	176	Aaron Covington		Canisius
1973	1973	12	177	Rick Holdt		North Carolina State
1973	1973	12	178	Chris McMurray		San Diego State
1973	1973	12	179	Lyman Williamson		Samford
1973	1973	12	180	Clarence Carlisle		Ferris State
1973	1973	12	181	Mike Battle		George Washington
1973	1973	12	182	Bruce Winkler		Santa Clara
1973	1973	13	183	Jim Crawford		La Salle
1973	1973	13	184	Bob Vartanian		Buffalo
1973	1973	13	185	John Pennebacker		Hawaii
1973	1973	13	186	Kalevi Sarkalahti		Brigham Young
1973	1973	13	187	Chester Davis		Morgan State
1973	1973	13	188	Scott Koelzer		Montana State
1973	1973	14	189	Ernie Johnson		Michigan
1973	1973	14	190	Ron Gilliam		Brockport
1973	1973	14	191	Charles Mitchell		Eastern Kentucky
1973	1973	14	192	Howard White		Maryland
1973	1973	14	193	Rick Williams		Iowa
1973	1973	15	194	Lionel Harris		Cincinnati
1973	1973	15	195	John Fraley		Georgia
1973	1973	15	196	Reese Stovall		Pan American
1973	1973	15	197	Shorty Simmons		St. Mary's (MD)
1973	1973	15	198	James Gilchrist		Florida Southern
1973	1973	16	199	Larry Robinson		Tennessee
1973	1973	16	200	John Green		Oregon
1973	1973	16	201	Tom OConnor		Iowa
1973	1973	16	202	Sam Barber		Bethune Cookman
1973	1973	17	203	Tony Prince		St. John's
1973	1973	17	204	James Garvin		Boston University
1973	1973	17	205	Phil Elderkin		Boston University
1973	1973	17	206	Lamont King		Long Beach State
1973	1973	18	207	Don Johnston		North Carolina
1973	1973	18	208	Peter Gavitt		Maine
1973	1973	19	209	Ron Thornson		British Columbia
1973	1973	19	210	Tom Austin		Massachusetts
1973	1973	20	211	Phil Tollestrop		Brigham Young

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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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