National Basketball Association - 1972-73 NBA Draft Picks 🏀 RetroSeasons

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

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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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