1976 NBA Draft Recap

The 1976 NBA Draft took place in Location Unknown on June 8, 1976

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First Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
1 John Lucas HOU G 6-3 175 22 14 Maryland Sr United States
2 Scott May CHI SF 6-7 215 22 7 Indiana Sr United States
3 Richard Washington KCK PF 6-11 220 20 7 UCLA Sr * United States
4 Leon Douglas DET C 6-10 230 21 7 Alabama Sr United States
5 Wally Walker POR SF 6-7 190 21 8 Virginia Sr United States
6 Adrian Dantley BUF SF 6-5 208 20 15 Notre Dame Jr * United States
7 Quinn Buckner MIL G 6-3 190 21 10 Indiana Sr United States
8 Robert Parish GOS C 7-0 230 22 20 Centenary Sr United States
9 Armond Hill ATL PG 6-4 190 23 8 Princeton Sr United States
10 Ron Lee PHX PG 6-4 193 23 6 Oregon Sr United States
11 Bob Wilkerson SEA GF 6-6 195 21 7 Indiana Sr United States
12 Terry Furlow PHL SG 6-4 190 21 4 Michigan State Sr United States
13 Mitch Kupchak WAS FC 6-9 230 22 10 North Carolina Sr United States
14 Larry Wright WAS PG 6-1 160 21 6 Grambling State Sr * United States
15 Chuckie Williams CLE SG 6-3 180 22 1 Kansas State Sr United States
16 Norm Cook BOS F 6-8 210 21 2 Kansas Sr * United States
17 Sonny Parker GOS GF 6-6 200 21 6 Texas A&M Sr United States

Second Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
18 Willie Smith CHI PG 6-2 170 22 4 Missouri Sr United States
19 Bayard Forrest SEA SEA to PHX C 6-10 235 21 3 Grand Canyon Jr United States
20 Major Jones POR F 6-9 225 22 8 Albany State (GA) Sr United States
21 Earl Tatum LAL SG 6-5 185 22 4 Marquette Sr United States
22 Johnny Davis POR G 6-2 170 20 10 Dayton Jr * United States
23 Alex English MIL SF 6-7 190 22 15 South Carolina Sr United States
24 Scott Lloyd MIL FC 6-10 230 23 7 Arizona State Sr United States
25 Lonnie Shelton NYK FC 6-8 240 20 10 Oregon State Jr * United States
26 Jacky Dorsey NOJ SF 6-7 230 21 4 Georgia So * United States
27 Phil Hicks HOU SF 6-7 205 23 3 Tulane Jr United States
28 Bob Carrington ATL SG 6-6 195 22 3 Boston College Sr United States
29 Dennis Johnson SEA PG 6-4 185 21 14 Pepperdine Jr United States
30 Al Fleming PHX SF 6-7 215 22 2 Arizona Sr United States
31 Joe Pace WAS C 6-10 220 22 4 Coppin State Jr United States
32 Mo Howard CLE SG 6-2 170 21 2 Maryland Sr United States
33 Butch Feher PHX SG 6-4 185 22 1 Vanderbilt Sr United States
34 Marshall Rogers GOS PG 6-1 190 22 2 Texas-RGV Sr United States

Third Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
35 Dallas Smith CHI C 6-10 210 N/A 1 West Texas A&M Sr United States
36 Mike Dabney LAL SG 6-4 180 21 2 Rutgers Sr United States
37 Lars Hansen CHI C 6-10 225 21 2 Washington Sr Denmark / Canada
38 Phil Sellers DET SF 6-4 201 22 1 Rutgers Sr United States
39 Jeff Tyson POR SG 6-3 - N/A 2 Western Michigan Sr United States
40 Lloyd Walton MIL PG 6-0 160 22 5 Marquette Sr United States
41 John McGill NYK SF 6-7 210 N/A 1 Alcorn State Sr United States
42 Steve Copp NOJ SF 6-7 - N/A 0 San Diego State Sr United States
43 Tom Abernethy LAL PF 6-7 220 22 5 Indiana Sr United States
44 Barnes Hauptfuhrer HOU SF 6-7 200 N/A 1 Princeton Sr United States
45 Ira Terrell PHX PF 6-8 200 21 3 Southern Methodist Sr United States
46 Larry Cooke ATL SG 6-4 - 21 0 Virginia Tech Sr United States
47 Ron Norwood PHL G 6-4 180 N/A 0 DePaul Jr United States
48 Gary Brewster BUF PF 6-8 - N/A 1 UTEP Sr United States
49 Bill Cook WAS SG 6-5 - N/A 1 Memphis Sr United States
50 Abdul Jeelani CLE PF 6-8 210 22 4 Wisconsin-Parkside Sr United States
51 Jerry Fort BOS PG 6-3 170 N/A 3 Nebraska Sr United States

Fourth Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
52 Keith Starr CHI SG 6-6 190 22 2 Pittsburgh Sr United States
53 Tom Barker ATL C 6-11 225 21 3 Hawaii Sr United States
54 Clarence Ramsey KCK SG 6-4 - 24 1 Washington Sr United States
55 Scott Thompson DET SG 6-3 - N/A 0 Iowa Sr United States
56 David Everett POR PG 6-1 175 N/A 0 Grand Canyon Sr United States
57 Rick Bullock NYK PF 6-9 240 N/A 3 Texas Tech Sr United States
58 John Service NOJ C 6-10 230 N/A 1 UC Santa Barbara Sr United States
59 Dan Frost MIL SF 6-7 - N/A 0 Iowa Sr United States
60 Wayman Britt LAL PG 6-2 - 23 2 Michigan Sr United States
61 Hercle Ivy HOU SG 6-3 195 N/A 0 Iowa State Sr United States
62 Paul Miller PHX F 6-8 200 N/A 1 Oregon State Sr United States
63 Willie Parr SEA PF 6-7 - N/A 0 LeMoyne-Owen College Sr United States
64 Freeman Blade PHL G 6-2 155 N/A 2 Montana St.-Billings Jr United States
65 Marion Hillard WAS PF 6-9 - N/A 0 Memphis Sr United States
66 John Engles CLE PF 6-8 220 N/A 0 Pennsylvania Sr United States
67 Lewis Linder BOS SG 6-5 185 N/A 1 Kentucky State Sr United States
68 Jeff Fosnes GOS SF 6-7 175 22 0 Vanderbilt Sr United States

Fifth Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
69 Nate Williams CHI G 6-4 185 N/A 0 Illinois Sr United States
70 Ron Davis ATL SF 6-6 198 22 6 Washington State Sr United States
71 Willie Hodge KCK F 6-9 210 N/A 1 Duke Sr United States
72 Jim Hearns DET - - N/A 0 Marymount Sr United States
73 Gary Reddings POR - - N/A 0 Auburn Sr United States
74 Paul Griffin NOJ FC 6-9 205 22 7 Western Michigan Sr United States
75 Tom Lockhart MIL F 6-6 - N/A 0 Manhattan Sr United States
76 Beaver Smith NYK - - N/A 0 St. John's Sr United States
77 James Rappis MIL - - N/A 0 Arizona Sr United States
78 Dave Marrs HOU - - N/A 0 Houston Sr United States
79 Ralph Walker PHX - - N/A 0 Saint Mary's Sr United States
80 Robert Gray SEA F 6-6 - N/A 0 Wichita State Sr United States
81 Jeff Browne PHL - - N/A 1 Missouri Western Sr United States
82 Connie White ATL - - N/A 0 California Sr United States
83 L.C. Mason WAS - - N/A 0 Alabama State Sr United States
84 Ed Lawrence CLE C 7-0 228 23 2 McNeese State Sr United States
85 Louis McKinney BOS - - N/A 1 Saint Louis Sr United States
86 Carl Bird GOS SF 6-6 - N/A 0 California Sr United States

Sixth Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
87 Tom Paulin CHI - - N/A 0 Winston-Salem State Sr United States
88 Pete Padgett ATL PF 6-8 220 21 0 Nevada Sr United States
89 Andre McCarter KCK G 6-3 190 22 4 UCLA Jr United States
90 Russell Davis DET - - N/A 0 Virginia Tech Sr United States
91 Duane Barnett GOS - - N/A 0 Stanford Sr United States
92 Phil Spence MIL PF 6-8 - 22 0 NC State Sr United States
93 Joe Jones NYK - - N/A 0 Grambling State Sr United States
94 Barnard Tomlin NOJ - - N/A 0 Hofstra Sr United States
95 Ed Schweitzer LAL - - N/A 0 Stanford Sr United States
96 Robert Paige HOU C 7-0 - N/A 0 Houston Baptist Sr United States
97 Carl Brown PHX - - N/A 1 Eastern Kentucky Sr United States
98 Darrell Peterson SEA - - N/A 0 Wake Forest Sr United States
99 Mike Dunleavy, Sr. PHL G 6-3 180 22 11 South Carolina Sr United States
100 Danny Odums BUF PG - - N/A 0 Fairfield Sr United States
101 Pat Tallent WAS G 6-3 - N/A 1 George Washington Sr United States
102 Harry Davis CLE - - N/A 1 Morris Brown Sr United States
103 Art Collins BOS SG 6-4 185 22 3 St. Thomas (FL) Sr United States
104 Gene Cunningham GOS PF 6-6 270 N/A 0 Norfolk State Sr United States

Seventh Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
105 Barry McLeod CHI - - N/A 0 Centenary Sr United States
106 Carl Gerlach ATL - - N/A 2 Kansas State Sr United States
107 Craig Prosser KCK - - N/A 0 Canisius Sr United States
108 Curt Peterson DET - - N/A 1 Puget Sound Sr United States
109 Al DeWitt POR - - N/A 0 Weber State Sr United States
110 Boyd Batts NYK F 6-7 185 20 0 UNLV Sr United States
111 Andy Walker NOJ SF 6-4 190 21 1 Niagara Sr United States
112 Ron Barrow MIL - - N/A 0 Southern Sr United States
113 Tommie Lipsey LAL - - N/A 0 Cal State Los Angeles Sr United States
114 Barry Davis HOU - - N/A 0 Texas A&M Sr United States
115 Brad Warble PHX - - N/A 0 Eastern Illinois Sr United States
116 Mark Klein SEA - - N/A 0 Malone Sr United States
117 Phil Walker PHL SG 6-3 180 20 1 Millersville University Sr United States
118 Frank Jones BUF G - - N/A 0 Tennessee Tech Sr United States
119 Ralph Vallott WAS - - N/A 1 Loyola (IL) Sr United States
120 Johnny Britt CLE - - N/A 0 Western Kentucky Sr United States
121 Ralph Drollinger BOS C 7-2 250 22 1 UCLA Sr United States
122 Jesse Campbell GOS - - N/A 0 Mercyhurst Sr United States

Eighth Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
123 Dave Koehler CLE - - N/A 0 Wisconsin Sr United States
124 Doug Terry ATL - - N/A 0 Utah Sr United States
125 Mike Davis KCK - - N/A 0 Bradley Sr United States
126 Randy Heary DET - - N/A 0 Illinois State Sr United States
127 Brant Gibbler POR - - N/A 0 Puget Sound Sr United States
128 Richard Bryant NOJ - - N/A 0 Texas State Sr United States
129 Bob Warner MIL - - N/A 0 Maine Sr United States
130 Rick McCutcheon NYK - - N/A 0 Arizona State Sr United States
131 Ed Gregg LAL C 7-0 - N/A 0 Utah State Sr United States
132 Dan Kruger HOU - - N/A 0 Texas Sr United States
133 Tom DeBerry PHX - - N/A 0 Northern Arizona Sr United States
134 Norton Barnhill SEA G 6-5 - 22 2 Washington State Sr United States
135 Lee Dixon PHL - - N/A 1 Hardin-Simmons Sr United States
136 Mark McAndrew BUF GF 6-5 - N/A 0 Providence Sr United States
137 Merlin Wilson WAS C 6-8 215 N/A 0 Georgetown Sr United States
138 Tim Sisneros CLE - - N/A 0 Middle Tennessee State Sr United States
139 John Clark BOS - - N/A 0 Northeastern Sr United States
140 Stan Boskovich GOS F 6-6 - N/A 0 West Virginia Sr United States

Ninth Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
141 John Thomas CHI C 6-8 - N/A 0 Connecticut Sr United States
142 Bob Kovach ATL - - N/A 0 San Diego State Sr United States
143 Dave Logan KCK - - N/A 0 Colorado Sr United States
144 Bill Martin DET - - N/A 0 Hartwick Sr United States
145 Rob Torresdal POR - - N/A 0 Linfield College Sr United States
146 Benny Shaw MIL - - N/A 0 Florida Tech Sr United States
147 Archie Talley NYK - - N/A 0 Salem International Sr United States
148 Calvin Robinson NOJ C - - N/A 0 Mississippi Valley State Sr United States
149 David Pickett LAL - - N/A 0 Louisiana-Monroe Sr United States
150 John Irving PHX PF 6-9 215 N/A 0 Hofstra Jr United States
151 Ron Johnson SEA - - N/A 0 North Carolina A&T Sr United States
152 Fly Williams PHL - - 23 2 Austin Peay Sr United States
153 Bob Rozyczko BUF - - N/A 0 St. Bonaventure Sr United States
154 Clyde Agnew WAS - - N/A 1 Newberry Sr United States
155 Bruce Parkinson CLE - - N/A 0 Purdue Jr United States
156 Bill Collins BOS C 6-10 - N/A 0 Boston College Sr United States
157 Howard Smith GOS - - N/A 0 San Francisco Sr United States

Tenth Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
158 John Hudson CHI - - N/A 1 Concord Sr United States
159 Mike Dickerson ATL - - N/A 0 South Florida Sr United States
160 Harry Bailey KCK - - N/A 0 North Texas Sr United States
161 Bob Johnson DET - - N/A 0 Wisconsin Sr United States
162 Marcus Leite POR C 6-10 - 24 0 Pepperdine Jr Brazil
163 Eugene Shy NYK - - N/A 0 Florida Sr United States
164 Art Johnson NOJ - - N/A 0 Iowa State Sr United States
165 Hugo Cabrera MIL - - N/A 0 Texas A&M Commerce Sr United States
166 Gary Jackson PHX F - - N/A 0 Arizona State Sr United States
167 Ricky Lewis SEA - - N/A 0 Alcorn State Sr United States
168 Ed Stefanski PHL - - N/A 0 Pennsylvania Sr United States
169 Tim Stokes BUF - - N/A 0 Canisius Sr United States
170 Mike Buescher WAS - - N/A 1 Seton Hall Sr United States
171 Elisha McSweeney CLE - - N/A 0 Minnesota State-Mankato Sr United States
172 Otho Tucker BOS F 6-6 185 N/A 0 Illinois Sr United States
173 Ken Smith GOS - - N/A 0 San Diego State Sr United States

Undrafted Players

Player Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
Jim Zoet C 7-1 240 22 1 Lakehead Sr Canada

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