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1978 NBA Draft

202 picks in 10 rounds · held after the 1977-78 season · from Wikipedia

◀ 1977 1979 ▶

All Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Round 10

Rd	Pick	Team	Player	From	NBA career
1	1	Trail Blazers	Mychal Thompson	Minnesota	no NBA games	traded
1	2	Kings	Phil Ford	North Carolina	no NBA games	traded
1	3	Pacers	Rick Robey	Kentucky	no NBA games	traded
1	4	Knicks	Micheal Ray Richardson	Montana		traded
1	5	Warriors	Purvis Short	Jackson State	no NBA games	traded
1	6	Celtics	Larry Bird	Indiana State	no NBA games
1	7	Trail Blazers	Ron Brewer	Arkansas	no NBA games	traded
1	8	Celtics	Freeman Williams	Portland State	no NBA games	traded
1	9	Bulls	Reggie Theus	UNLV	no NBA games
1	10	Hawks	Butch Lee	Marquette	no NBA games
1	11	Jazz	James Hardy	San Francisco	no NBA games	traded
1	12	Bucks	George Johnson	St. John's		traded
1	13	Nets	Winford Boynes	San Francisco	no NBA games	traded
1	14	Bullets	Roger Phegley	Bradley	no NBA games
1	15	Cavaliers	Mike Mitchell	Auburn	no NBA games	traded
1	16	Hawks	Jack Givens	Kentucky	no NBA games	traded
1	17	Nuggets	Rod Griffin	Wake Forest		traded
1	18	Bullets	Dave Corzine	DePaul	no NBA games	traded
1	19	Suns	Marty Byrnes	Syracuse	no NBA games
1	20	Spurs	Frankie Sanders	Southern	no NBA games
1	21	Nuggets	Mike Evans	Kansas State	no NBA games	traded
1	22	Warriors	Raymond Townsend	UCLA	no NBA games	traded
2	23	Pistons	Terry Tyler	Detroit Mercy	no NBA games	traded
2	24	Trail Blazers	Keith Herron	Villanova	no NBA games	traded
2	25	Hawks	Rick Wilson	Louisville	no NBA games	traded
2	26	Lakers	Ron Carter	VMI	no NBA games	traded
2	27	Pacers	Wayne Radford	Indiana	no NBA games
2	28	Rockets	Buster Matheney	Utah		traded
2	29	Pistons	John Long	Detroit Mercy	1 season, 32 games, 4.0 ppg
2	30	Celtics	Jeff Judkins	Utah	no NBA games	traded
2	31	Bulls	Marvin Johnson	New Mexico
2	32	Knicks	John Rudd	McNeese State	no NBA games	traded
2	33	Cavaliers	Harry Davis	Florida State
2	34	Knicks	Greg Bunch	Cal State Fullerton	no NBA games
2	35	Jazz	Tommie Green	Southern	no NBA games	traded
2	36	76ers	Maurice Cheeks	West Texas A&M	no NBA games	traded
2	37	Bullets	Terry Sykes	Grambling State
2	38	Lakers	Lew Massey	Charlotte
2	39	SuperSonics	James Lee	Kentucky
2	40	Warriors	Wayne Cooper	New Orleans	no NBA games	traded
2	41	Braves	Jerome Whitehead	Marquette	no NBA games	traded
2	42	SuperSonics	Keven McDonald	Pennsylvania		traded
2	43	76ers	Glenn Hagan	St. Bonaventure	no NBA games
2	44	Trail Blazers	Clemon Johnson	Florida A&M	no NBA games
3	45	Nets	Mike Phillips	Kentucky
3	46	Nuggets	Hollis Copeland	Rutgers	no NBA games	traded
3	47	Rockets	Billy Ray Bates	Kentucky State	no NBA games
3	48	Clippers	Mike Santos	Utah State
3	49	Kings	Jeff Cook	Idaho State	no NBA games
3	50	Celtics	Dana Skinner	Merrimack
3	51	Clippers	Ricky Gallon	Louisville
3	52	Kings	Mike Russell	Texas Tech
3	53	Bulls	Randy Ayers	Miami
3	54	Hawks	Steve Grant	Manhattan
3	55	Knicks	Marc Iavaroni	Virginia
3	56	Warriors	Steve Neff	Southern Nazarene
3	57	Cavaliers	Kenny Higgs	LSU	no NBA games
3	58	Bullets	Rick Apke	Creighton
3	59	Bucks	Pat Cummings	Cincinnati	no NBA games
3	60	Lakers	Michael Cooper	New Mexico	no NBA games
3	61	SuperSonics	Dave Baxter	Michigan
3	62	Nets	Dave Batton	Notre Dame		traded
3	63	Suns	Joel Kramer	San Diego State	no NBA games
3	64	Spurs	Gerald Henderson	VCU	no NBA games
3	65	Clippers	Marvin Delph	Arkansas
3	66	Trail Blazers	Sterling Edmonds	Dartmouth
4	67	Rockets	Jackie Robinson	UNLV	no NBA games	traded
4	68	Clippers	Jim Boylan	Marquette
4	69	Rockets	Joel Thompson	Michigan
4	70	Kings	Geoff Crompton	North Carolina	no NBA games
4	71	Pacers	Rickey Lee	Oregon State
4	72	Celtics	Dave Nelson	Bloomfield
4	73	Clippers	Larry Harris	Pittsburgh
4	74	Jazz	Mel Davis	North Texas
4	75	Jazz	Jeff Covington	Youngstown State
4	76	Clippers	Leroy McDonald	Wake Forest
4	77	Warriors	Derrick Jackson	Georgetown
4	78	Cavaliers	Stan Rome	Clemson
4	79	Knicks	Erving Giddings	Dayton
4	80	Bucks	Otis Howard	Austin Peay	no NBA games
4	81	Bullets	Lawrence Boston	Maryland	no NBA games
4	82	Lakers	Harold Robertson	Lincoln (MO)
4	83	SuperSonics	Billy Lewis	Illinois State
4	84	Nets	Walter Jordan	Purdue	no NBA games	traded
4	85	Suns	Bob Miller	Cincinnati
4	86	Spurs	Rich Adams	Illinois
4	87	76ers	Brett Vroman	UNLV
4	88	Suns	Wayne Smith	UC Irvine
5	89	Nets	Cecil Rose	Houston
5	90	Clippers	David Thompson	Florida State
5	91	Rockets	Gary Goodner	Texas
5	92	Pacers	James Sparrow	North Carolina A&T
5	93	Kings	Derrick Clairborne	UMass
5	94	Celtics	Greg Tynes	Seton Hall
5	95	Pistons	Dave Caligaris	Northeastern
5	96	Jazz	Duck Williams	Notre Dame	no NBA games
5	97	Bulls	Ron Anthony	Jacksonville
5	98	Hawks	Chris Potter	Holy Cross
5	99	Cavaliers	Ken Koenigs	Kansas
5	100	Knicks	Greg Green	Southern
5	101	Warriors	Bubba Wilson	Western Carolina
5	102	Bullets	Roger Dickens	Towson
5	103	Bucks	Russ Coleman	Pacific
5	104	Lakers	Carlos Terry	Winston-Salem State	no NBA games
5	105	SuperSonics	Ralph Drollinger	Athletes in Action
5	106	Nuggets	Michael Edwards	Pan American
5	107	Suns	Andre Wakefield	Loyola (Illinois)	no NBA games
5	108	Spurs	Eugene Parker	Purdue
5	109	76ers	Mark Haymore	UMass
5	110	Trail Blazers	Clay Johnson	Missouri	no NBA games
6	111	Nets	Golie Augustus	South Carolina
6	112	Clippers	Bob Misevicius	Providence
6	113	Rockets	Eddie Joe Chavez	Santa Clara
6	114	Kings	Jim Krivacs	Texas
6	115	Pacers	Sherman Dillard	James Madison
6	116	Celtics	Dave Winey	Minnesota
6	117	Pistons	Audie Matthews	Illinois
6	118	Jazz	John Douglas	Kansas	no NBA games
6	119	Bulls	John Shoemaker	Miami
6	120	Hawks	Gerald Glover	Howard
6	121	Knicks	Eddie Warren	BRIAR CLIFF
6	122	Warriors	Buzz Harnett	San Diego
6	123	Cavaliers	Ron Bell	Virginia Tech
6	124	Bucks	Dave Kyle	Cleveland State
6	125	Bullets	Archie Aldridge	Miami
6	126	Lakers	Kim Stewart	Washington
6	127	Nuggets	Robert Heard	Columbus State
6	128	Suns	Charles Thompson	Houston
6	129	Spurs	Harry Morgan	Indiana State
6	130	76ers	Osborne Lockhart	Minnesota
6	131	Trail Blazers	Tim Evans	Puget Sound
7	132	Nets	Doug Jemison	San Francisco
7	133	Braves	Stan Pietkiewicz	Auburn	no NBA games
7	134	Rockets	Stan Stewart	Loyola Marymount
7	135	Pacers	Ollie Matson Jr.	Pepperdine
7	136	Kings	Charles McMillian	North Texas
7	137	Celtics	Steve Balkun	Fairfield
7	138	Pistons	Herb Entzminger	Johnson C. Smith
7	139	Jazz	Willie Howard	New Mexico
7	140	Bulls	Jarvis Reynolds	West Georgia
7	141	Hawks	Jim DeWeese	Gonzaga
7	142	Warriors	Rick Bernard	Saint Mary's
7	143	Cavaliers	Tony Smith	UNLV	3 seasons, 82 games, 4.7 ppg
7	144	Knicks	Gary Pember	Nasson
7	145	Bullets	Ed Hopkins	Georgetown
7	146	Bucks	Kim Anderson	Libertas Forli (Italy)
7	147	Lakers	Larry Paige	Colorado State
7	148	Nuggets	Jack Gilloon	South Carolina
7	149	Suns	Steve Malovic	San Diego State	no NBA games
7	150	Spurs	Hector Olivencia	Sacred Heart
7	151	76ers	Anthony Murray	Alabama
7	152	Trail Blazers	Walter Reason	Pacific
8	153	Nets	Bruce Campbell	Providence
8	154	Clippers	Felton Young	Jacksonville
8	155	Kings	Ron Hammye	Bowling Green
8	156	Celtics	Kim Fisher	Fairfield
8	157	Pistons	Earl Evans	UNLV	no NBA games
8	158	Jazz	Carl Kilpatrick	Northeast Louisiana	no NBA games
8	159	Bulls	Chubby Cox	San Francisco
8	160	Hawks	Ed Murphy	Merrimack
8	161	Cavaliers	Roland Martin	Missouri Southern
8	162	Knicks	Greg Sanders	St. Bonaventure
8	163	Warriors	Tony Searcy	Appalachian State
8	164	Bucks	Tom Zaliagiris	North Carolina
8	165	Bullets	Nestor Cora	St. Francis Brooklyn
8	166	Nuggets	Larry Vaculik	Colorado
8	167	Suns	George Fowler	Pacific
8	168	Spurs	Henry Taylor	UT Rio Grande Valley
8	169	76ers	Alan Cunningham	Colorado State
8	170	Trail Blazers	Mark Wickman	Linfield
9	171	Nets	Frank Sowinski	Princeton
9	172	Clippers	Bobby White	Centenary (LA)
9	173	Celtics	Les Anderson	George Washington
9	174	Pistons	Ulice Payne	Marquette
9	175	Jazz	Chad Nelson	Drake
9	176	Bulls	Joe Ponsetto	DePaul
9	177	Hawks	Maurice Robinson	West Virginia
9	178	Knicks	Denny Fields	UNC Wilmington
9	179	Warriors	Bobby Humbles	Bradley
9	180	Cavaliers	Steve Bayless	Central State (OH)
9	181	Bullets	Tim Claxton	Temple
9	182	Bucks	Gary Rosenberger	Marquette
9	183	Nuggets	Thomas Schneeberger	Air Force
9	184	Suns	Nate Stokes	Grand Canyon
9	185	Spurs	Rick Taylor	Arizona State
9	186	Trail Blazers	Paul Cozens	George Fox
10	187	Nets	Michael Vicens	Holy Cross
10	188	Celtics	Walter Harrigan	Brandeis
10	189	Pistons	Dave Grauzer	Central Michigan
10	190	Jazz	Rickey Williams	Long Beach State
10	191	Bulls	Mark Tucker	Oklahoma State
10	192	Hawks	Marshall Lester	Florida Southern
10	193	Warriors	Mike Muff	Murray State
10	194	Cavaliers	Gary Winton	Army
10	195	Knicks	Ernest Simons	Pace
10	196	Bucks	Tom Anderson	Green Bay
10	197	Bullets	Steve Connor	Boise State
10	198	Nuggets	Phil Taylor	Arizona
10	199	Suns	Lewis Cohen	Cal Poly
10	200	Spurs	Larry Brewster	Florida
10	201	76ers	Dennis James	Widener
10	202	Trail Blazers	Tim Warkentin	Biola

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1978 NBA Draft