1975 NBA Draft
First Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 1 |
Atlanta Hawks |
David Thompson |
SG |
North Carolina State |
| 2 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
David Meyers |
PF |
UCLA |
| 3 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Marvin Webster |
C |
Morgan State |
| 4 |
Phoenix Suns |
Alvan Adams |
PF |
Oklahoma |
| 5 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Darryl Dawkins |
C |
Maynard Evans HS (FL) |
| 6 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Lionel Hollins |
SG |
Arizona State |
| 7 |
New Orleans Jazz |
Rich Kelley |
C |
Stanford |
| 8 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Junior Bridgeman |
SF |
Louisville |
| 9 |
New York Knicks |
Eugene Short |
SF |
Jackson State |
| 10 |
Kansas City Kings |
Bill Robinzine |
PF |
DePaul |
| 11 |
Houston Rockets |
Joe Meriweather |
C |
Southern Illinois |
| 12 |
Seattle Supersonics |
Frank Oleynick |
SG |
Seattle |
| 13 |
Kansas City Kings |
Bob Bigelow |
PF |
Pennsylvania |
| 14 |
Golden State Warriors |
Joe Bryant |
PF |
LaSalle |
| 15 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
John Lambert |
C |
USC |
| 16 |
Phoenix Suns |
Ricky Sobers |
PG |
UNLV |
| 17 |
Boston Celtics |
Tom Boswell |
PF |
South Carolina |
| 18 |
Washington Bullets |
Kevin Grevey |
SG |
Kentucky |
Second Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 19 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Bill Willoughby |
PF |
Dwight Morris HS (NJ) |
| 20 |
Golden State Warriors |
Gus Williams |
SG |
USC |
| 21 |
Seattle Supersonics |
Bruce Seals |
PF |
Xavier (LA) |
| 22 |
Milwaukee Bucks |
Clyde Mayes |
PF |
Furman |
| 23 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Lloyd Free |
SG |
Guilford |
| 24 |
Milwaukee Bucks |
Cornelius Cash |
PF |
Bowling Green |
| 25 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Bob Gross |
SF |
Long Beach State |
| 26 |
New York Knicks |
Luther Burden |
SG |
Utah |
| 27 |
Detroit Pistons |
Walter Luckett |
SG |
Ohio |
| 28 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Dan Roundfield |
PF |
Central Michigan |
| 29 |
Houston Rockets |
Jim Blanks |
SG |
Gardner-Webb |
| 30 |
Chicago Bulls |
Steve Green |
SF |
Indiana |
| 31 |
Kansas City Kings |
Glenn Hansen |
SG |
LSU |
| 32 |
Chicago Bulls |
John Laskowski |
SF |
Indiana |
| 33 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Mel Utley |
PG |
St. John's |
| 34 |
New York Knicks |
Larry Fogle |
SG |
Canisius |
| 35 |
Phoenix Suns |
Allen Murphy |
SG |
Louisville |
| 36 |
Phoenix Suns |
Jimmy Conner |
SG |
Kentucky |
Third Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 37 |
New Orleans Jazz |
Rudy Hackett |
PF |
Syracuse |
| 38 |
New Orleans Jazz |
Jim McElroy |
SG |
Central Michigan |
| 39 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Jim Baker |
PF |
Hawaii |
| 40 |
Golden State Warriors |
Otis Johnson |
PF |
Stetson |
| 41 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Charles Cleveland |
SG |
Alabama |
| 42 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Tom Roy |
PF |
Maryland |
| 43 |
Milwaukee Bucks |
Brian Hammel |
SG |
Bently |
| 44 |
Detroit Pistons |
Pete Trgovich |
SG |
UCLA |
| 45 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Ted Hathaway |
SG |
Cleveland State |
| 46 |
New York Knicks |
John Ramsey |
SF |
Seton Hall |
| 47 |
Houston Rockets |
Rudy White |
PG |
Arizona State |
| 48 |
Washington Bullets |
Tom Kropp |
SG |
Kearney State |
| 49 |
Kansas City Kings |
Bob Guyette |
PF |
Kentucky |
| 50 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Gus Gerard |
PF |
Virginia |
| 51 |
Golden State Warriors |
Robert Hawkins |
SG |
Illinois State |
| 52 |
Buffalo Braves |
George Bucci |
SG |
Manhattan |
| 53 |
Boston Celtics |
Jerome Anderson |
SG |
West Virginia |
| 54 |
Phoenix Suns |
Bayard Forrest |
PF |
Grand Canyon |
Fourth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 55 |
New Orleans Jazz |
Mack Coleman |
PF |
Houston Baptist |
| 54 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
CJ Kupec |
SF |
Michigan |
| 55 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Monte Towe |
PG |
North Carolina State |
| 56 |
Phoenix Suns |
Sam McCants |
PG |
Oral Roberts |
| 57 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Louis Dunbar |
SF |
Houston |
| 58 |
Milwaukee Bucks |
Bill Campion |
C |
Manhattan |
| 59 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Phil Hicks |
PF |
Tulane |
| 60 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Eric Fernsten |
PF |
San Francisco |
| 61 |
New York Knicks |
David Vaughn |
C |
Oral Roberts |
| 62 |
Detroit Pistons |
Lindsay Hairston |
SF |
Michigan State |
| 63 |
Houston Rockets |
Ken Smith |
SF |
Tulsa |
| 64 |
Seattle Supersonics |
Jim Moore |
PF |
Utah State |
| 65 |
Kansas City Kings |
Kevin Cleuss |
SG |
St. John's |
| 66 |
Chicago Bulls |
Ron Haigler |
PF |
Penn |
| 67 |
Golden State Warriors |
Billy Taylor |
SF |
La Salle |
| 68 |
Buffalo Braves |
Bob Fleischer |
PF |
Duke |
| 69 |
Washington Bullets |
Fessor Leonard |
C |
Furman |
| 70 |
Boston Celtics |
Cyrus Mann |
C |
Illinois State |
Fifth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 71 |
New Orleans Jazz |
Andre Hampton |
|
Kentucky State |
| 72 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Charles Russell |
|
Alabama |
| 73 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Wilbur Holland |
|
New Orleans |
| 74 |
Phoenix Suns |
Joe Pace |
|
Coppin State |
| 75 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Ken Tyler |
|
Gonzaga |
| 76 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Maurice Presley |
|
Houston |
| 77 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Jim Lee |
|
Syracuse |
| 78 |
New York Knicks |
Don Washington |
|
North Carolina |
| 79 |
Detroit Pistons |
Cliff Pratt |
|
Shaw |
| 80 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Mike Odems |
|
Western Kentucky |
| 81 |
Houston Rockets |
Rick Whitlow |
|
Illinois State |
| 82 |
Seattle Supersonics |
Dwain Govan |
|
Bishop (TX) |
| 83 |
Kansas City Kings |
Ed Stahl |
|
North Carolina |
| 84 |
Chicago Bulls |
Bob Iverson |
|
North Texas State |
| 85 |
Golden State Warriors |
Larry Pounds |
|
Washington |
| 86 |
Buffalo Braves |
Sam Berry |
|
Armstrong State |
| 87 |
Boston Celtics |
Darryl Brown |
|
Fordham |
| 88 |
Washington Bullets |
Rich Jones |
|
Virginia Commonwealth |
Sixth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 89 |
New Orleans Jazz |
Rich Schmidt |
|
Illinois |
| 90 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Don Ford |
|
UC Santa Barbara |
| 91 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Danny Williams |
|
Mississippi |
| 92 |
Phoenix Suns |
Buff Burrell |
|
Southern California |
| 93 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Ken Alston |
|
Valdosta State |
| 94 |
Milwaukee Bucks |
Oliver Purnell |
|
Old Dominion |
| 95 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Gerald Willett |
|
Oregon |
| 96 |
Detroit Pistons |
Allen Spruill |
|
North Carolina A&T |
| 97 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Henry Ward |
|
Jackson State |
| 98 |
New York Knicks |
Henry Williams |
|
Jacksonville |
| 99 |
Houston Rockets |
William Johnson |
|
Texas Tech |
| 100 |
Seattle Supersonics |
Larry Smith |
|
North Carolina A&T |
| 101 |
Kansas City Kings |
Clint Chapman |
|
Southern California |
| 102 |
Chicago Bulls |
Bill Andreas |
|
Ohio State |
| 103 |
Golden State Warriors |
Tony Styles |
|
San Francisco |
| 104 |
Buffalo Braves |
Larry Jackson |
|
North Carolina-Charlotte |
| 105 |
Washington Bullets |
John Garrett |
|
Purdue |
| 106 |
Boston Celtics |
Rick Coleman |
|
Jacksonville |
Seventh Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 107 |
New Orleans Jazz |
Bill Higgins |
|
Ashland |
| 108 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Rick Suttle |
|
Kansas |
| 109 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Gus Johnson |
|
Winona State |
| 110 |
Phoenix Suns |
Dave Edmunds |
|
Western Georgia |
| 111 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Mike Flynn |
|
Kentucky |
| 112 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Steve Fields |
|
Miami(OH) |
| 113 |
Milwaukee Bucks |
Wilbur Thomas |
|
American |
| 114 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Shawn Leftwick |
|
Jacksonville |
| 115 |
New York Knicks |
Peter Davis |
|
Michigan State |
| 116 |
Detroit Pistons |
Ike Williams |
|
Armstrong State |
| 117 |
Houston Rockets |
Nate Barnett |
|
Akron |
| 118 |
Seattle Supersonics |
Hollis Miller |
|
Drury (MO) |
| 119 |
Kansas City Kings |
Wayne Croft |
|
Clemson |
| 120 |
Chicago Bulls |
John Grochowalski |
|
Assumption |
| 121 |
Golden State Warriors |
Stan Boyer |
|
Wyoming |
| 122 |
Buffalo Braves |
Mike Franklin |
|
Cincinnati |
| 123 |
Boston Celtics |
Al Boswell |
|
Oral Roberts |
| 124 |
Washington Bullets |
Fletcher Johnson |
|
Randolph-Macon |
Eighth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 125 |
New Orleans Jazz |
Harvey Carmichael |
|
Kentucky State |
| 126 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Mike Cashman |
|
Willamette |
| 127 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Oscar Jackson |
|
Duquesne |
| 128 |
Phoenix Suns |
Jack Schrader |
|
Arizona State |
| 129 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Freeman Blade |
|
Eastern Montana |
| 130 |
Milwaukee Bucks |
Bob McCurdy |
|
Richmond |
| 131 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Charley Neal |
|
Oregon State |
| 132 |
New York Knicks |
Jerry Homan |
|
Marquette |
| 133 |
Detroit Pistons |
John Kelley |
|
Dillard |
| 134 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Andre McCarter |
|
UCLA |
| 135 |
Houston Rockets |
Leon Johnson |
|
Centenary |
| 136 |
Seattle Supersonics |
Ken McKenzie |
|
Montana |
| 137 |
Kansas City Kings |
Jim Bostic |
|
New Mexico State |
| 138 |
Chicago Bulls |
John Murphy |
|
Massachusetts |
| 139 |
Golden State Warriors |
Mike Rozenski |
|
St. Mary's (CA) |
| 140 |
Buffalo Braves |
Allen Jones |
|
Pepperdine |
| 141 |
Washington Bullets |
Bruce Hamming |
|
Augustana |
| 142 |
Boston Celtics |
Roger Morningstar |
|
Kansas |
Ninth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 143 |
New Orleans Jazz |
Fred Stokes |
|
Barber Scotia |
| 144 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Dave Schlesser |
|
Morningside |
| 145 |
Phoenix Suns |
Owen Brown |
|
Maryland |
| 146 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Larry Harralson |
|
Drake |
| 147 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Quintin Braxton |
|
Portland |
| 148 |
Milwaukee Bucks |
Eric Hays |
|
Montana |
| 149 |
Detroit Pistons |
Terry Thomas |
|
Detroit |
| 150 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Skip Howard |
|
Bowling Green |
| 151 |
New York Knicks |
Tim Van Blommesteyn |
|
Princeton |
| 152 |
Houston Rockets |
Steve Storther |
|
Providence |
| 153 |
Seattle Supersonics |
Rich Haws |
|
Utah State |
| 154 |
Chicago Bulls |
Gary Tomaszewski |
|
St. Mary's (TX) |
| 155 |
Golden State Warriors |
Scott Trobbe |
|
Stanford |
| 156 |
Buffalo Braves |
George Rautins |
|
Niagara |
| 157 |
Boston Celtics |
Robert Rhodes |
|
Albany State (GA) |
| 158 |
Washington Bullets |
Doug Brookins |
|
Creighton |
Tenth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 159 |
New Orleans Jazz |
Aleksander Belov |
|
Soviet Union |
| 160 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Vic Kelly |
|
Hawaii |
| 161 |
Phoenix Suns |
Mike Moon |
|
Arizona State |
| 162 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Rick Reed |
|
Azusa Pacific |
| 163 |
Milwaukee Bucks |
Romy Thomas |
|
Eau Claire |
| 164 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Tyree Foster |
|
Portland |
| 165 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Eric Anderson |
|
McAlister |
| 166 |
New York Knicks |
Mo Rivers |
|
North Carolina State |
| 167 |
Detroit Pistons |
Mickey Fox |
|
St. Mary's (Canada) |
| 168 |
Seattle Supersonics |
Jerry Bellotti |
|
Santa Clara |
| 169 |
Golden State Warriors |
Maurice Harper |
|
St. Mary's (CA) |
| 170 |
Buffalo Braves |
Art Allen |
|
Pepperdine |
| 171 |
Washington Bullets |
Mike Fahey |
|
Brandeis |
| 172 |
Boston Celtics |
Bill Endicott |
|
Massachusetts |
*This was the first year that underclassmen were drafted into the NBA. Before 1975 drafted players must have completed all four years of college.
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