1978 NBA Draft
First Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 1 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Mychal Thompson |
PF/C |
Minnesota |
| 2 |
Kansas City Kings |
Phil Ford |
PG |
North Carolina |
| 3 |
Indiana Pacers |
Rick Robey |
PF/C |
Kentucky |
| 4 |
New York Knicks |
Micheal Richardson |
SG |
Montana |
| 5 |
Golden State Warriors |
Purvis Short |
SF |
Jackson State |
| 6 |
Boston Celtics |
Larry Bird |
SF |
Indiana State |
| 7 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Ron Brewer |
SG |
Arkansas |
| 8 |
Boston Celtics |
Freeman Williams |
SG |
Portland State |
| 9 |
Chicago Bulls |
Reggie Theus |
SG |
UNLV |
| 10 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Butch Lee |
PG |
Marquette |
| 11 |
New Orleans Jazz |
James Hardy |
SG |
San Francisco |
| 12 |
Milwaukee Bucks |
George Johnson |
PF |
St. John's |
| 13 |
New Jersey Nets |
Winford Boynes |
SG |
San Francisco |
| 14 |
Washington Bullets |
Roger Phegley |
SG |
Bradley |
| 15 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Mike Mitchell |
PF |
Auburn |
| 16 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Jack Givens |
SF |
Kentucky |
| 17 |
Denver Nuggets |
Rod Griffin |
PF |
Wake Forest |
| 18 |
Washington Bullets |
Dave Corzine |
C |
DePaul |
| 19 |
Phoenix Suns |
Marty Byrnes |
SF |
Syracuse |
| 20 |
San Antonio Spurs |
Frank Sanders |
SF |
Southern |
| 21 |
Denver Nuggets |
Mike Evans |
PG |
Kansas State |
| 22 |
Golden State Warriors |
Ray Townsend |
PG |
UCLA |
Second Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Postion |
College |
| 23 |
Detroit Pistons |
Terry Tyler |
PF |
Detroit |
| 24 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Keith Herron |
SF |
Villanova |
| 25 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Rick Wilson |
SF |
Louisville |
| 26 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Ron Carter |
SF |
VMI |
| 27 |
Indiana Pacers |
Wayne Radford |
SG |
Indiana |
| 28 |
Houston Rockets |
Charles Matheney |
PF |
Utah |
| 29 |
Detroit Pistons |
John Long |
SG |
Detroit |
| 30 |
Boston Celtics |
Jeff Judkins |
SF |
Utah |
| 31 |
Chicago Bulls |
Marvin Johnson |
SF |
New Mexico |
| 32 |
New York Knicks |
John Rudd |
PF |
McNeese State |
| 33 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Harry Davis |
PF |
Florida State |
| 34 |
New York Knicks |
Greg Bunch |
SF |
Cal. State-Fullerton |
| 35 |
New Orleans Jazz |
Tom Green |
PG |
Southern |
| 36 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Maurice Cheeks |
PG |
West Texas State |
| 37 |
Washington Bullets |
Terry Sykes |
PF |
Grambling |
| 38 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Lew Massey |
SG |
North Carolina-Charlotte |
| 39 |
Seattle Supersonics |
James Lee |
SF |
Kentucky |
| 40 |
Golden State Warriors |
Wayne Cooper |
C |
New Orleans |
| 41 |
Buffalo Braves |
Jerome Whitehead |
PF |
Marquette |
| 42 |
Seattle Supersonics |
Kevin McDonald |
SF |
Penn |
| 43 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Glenn Hagan |
PG |
St. Bonaventure |
| 44 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Clemon Johnson |
C/PF |
Florida A&M |
Third Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 45 |
New Jersey Nets |
Mike Phillips |
PF |
Kentucky |
| 46 |
Denver Nuggets |
Hollis Copeland |
SF |
Rutgers |
| 47 |
Houston Rockets |
Billy Bates |
SG |
Kentucky State |
| 48 |
Buffalo Braves |
Mike Santos |
PF |
Utah State |
| 49 |
Kansas City Kings |
Jeff Cook |
PF |
Idaho State |
| 50 |
Boston Celtics |
Dana Skinner |
SG |
Merrimack |
| 51 |
Buffalo Braves |
Ricky Gallon |
C |
Louisville |
| 52 |
Kansas City Kings |
Mike Russell |
PF |
Texas Tech |
| 53 |
Chicago Bulls |
Randy Ayers |
SG |
Miami (OH) |
| 54 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Steve Grant |
PF |
Manhattan |
| 55 |
New York Knicks |
Marc Iavaroni |
PF |
Virginia |
| 56 |
Golden State Warriors |
Steve Neff |
C |
Bethany Nazarene |
| 57 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Ken Higgs |
PG |
LSU |
| 58 |
Washington Bullets |
Rick Apke |
PF |
Creighton |
| 59 |
Milwaukee Bucks |
Pat Cummings |
PF |
Cincinnati |
| 60 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Michael Cooper |
SF |
New Mexico |
| 61 |
Seattle Supersonics |
Dave Baxter |
PG |
Michigan |
| 62 |
New Jersey Nets |
Dave Batton |
C |
Notre Dame |
| 63 |
Phoenix Suns |
Joel Kramer |
SF |
San Diego State |
| 64 |
San Antonio Spurs |
Gerald Henderson |
PG |
Virginia Commonwealth |
| 65 |
Buffalo Braves |
Marvin Dalph |
SG |
Arkansas |
| 66 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Sterling Edmunds |
PF |
Dartmouth |
Fourth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 67 |
Houston Rockets |
Jackie Robinson |
SF |
UNLV |
| 68 |
Buffalo Braves |
Jim Boylan |
PG |
Marquette |
| 69 |
Houston Rockets |
Joel Thompson |
PF |
Michigan |
| 70 |
Kansas City Kings |
Jeffrey Crompton |
C |
North Carolina |
| 71 |
Indiana Pacers |
Ricky Lee |
SF |
Oregon State |
| 72 |
Boston Celtics |
Dave Nelson |
PF |
Bloomfield |
| 73 |
Buffalo Braves |
Larry Harris |
SF |
Pittsburgh |
| 74 |
New Orleans Jazz |
Mel Davis |
PF |
North Texas State |
| 75 |
New Orleans Jazz |
Jeff Covington |
PF |
Youngstown State |
| 76 |
Buffalo Braves |
Leroy McDonald |
SG |
Wake Forest |
| 77 |
Golden State Warriors |
Derrick Jackson |
SG |
Georgetown |
| 78 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Stan Rome |
SG |
Clemson |
| 79 |
New York Knicks |
Erving Giddings |
SF |
Dayton |
| 80 |
Milwaukee Bucks |
Otis Howard |
PF |
Austin Peay |
| 81 |
Washington Bullets |
Larry Boston |
PF |
Maryland |
| 82 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Harold Robertson |
SG |
Lincoln (MO) |
| 83 |
Seattle Supersonics |
Billy Lewis |
SF |
Illinois State |
| 84 |
New Jersey Nets |
Walter Jordan |
SF |
Purdue |
| 85 |
Phoenix Suns |
Bob Miller |
C |
Cincinnati |
| 86 |
San Antonio Spurs |
Rich Adams |
PF |
Illinois |
| 87 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Brett Vroman |
C |
UNLV |
| 88 |
Phoenix Suns |
Wayne Smith |
SG |
California-Irvine |
Fifth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 89 |
New Jersey Nets |
Cecile Rose |
|
Houston |
| 90 |
Buffalo Braves |
David Thompson |
|
Florida State |
| 91 |
Houston Rockets |
Gary Goodner |
|
Texas |
| 92 |
Indiana Pacers |
James Sparrow |
|
North Carolina A&T |
| 93 |
Kansas City Kings |
Derick Clairborne |
|
Massachusetts |
| 94 |
Boston Celtics |
Greg Tynes |
|
Seton Hall |
| 95 |
Detroit Pistons |
Dave Caligaris |
|
Northeastern |
| 96 |
New Orleans Jazz |
Donald Williams |
|
Notre Dame |
| 97 |
Chicago Bulls |
Ron Anthony |
|
Jacksonville |
| 98 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Chris Potter |
|
Holy Cross |
| 99 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Ken Koenigs |
|
Kansas |
| 100 |
New York Knicks |
Greg Green |
|
Southern |
| 101 |
Golden State Warriors |
Bubba Wilson |
|
Western Carolina |
| 102 |
Washington Bullets |
Roger Dickens |
|
Towson State |
| 103 |
Milwaukee Bucks |
Russ Coleman |
|
Pacific |
| 104 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Carlos Terry |
|
Winston-Salem |
| 105 |
Seattle Supersonics |
Ralph Drollinger |
|
UCLA |
| 106 |
Denver Nuggets |
Michael Edwards |
|
Pan American |
| 107 |
Phoenix Suns |
Andre Wakefield |
|
Loyola (IL) |
| 108 |
San Antonio Spurs |
Eugene Parker |
|
Purdue |
| 109 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Mark Haymoore |
|
Massachusetts |
| 110 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Clay Johnson |
|
Missouri |
Sixth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 111 |
New Jersey Nets |
Golie Augustus |
|
South Carolina |
| 112 |
Buffalo Braves |
Bob Miscevicious |
|
Providence |
| 113 |
Houston Rockets |
Eddie Chavez |
|
Santa Clara |
| 114 |
Kansas City Kings |
Jim Krivacs |
|
Texas |
| 115 |
Indiana Pacers |
Sherman Dillard |
|
James Madison |
| 116 |
Boston Celtics |
Dave Winey |
|
Minnesota |
| 117 |
Detroit Pistons |
Audie Matthews |
|
Illinois |
| 118 |
New Orleans Jazz |
John Douglas |
|
Kansas |
| 119 |
Chicago Bulls |
John Shoemaker |
|
Miami (OH) |
| 120 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Gerald Glover |
|
Howard |
| 121 |
New York Knicks |
Ed Warren |
|
Briarcliff |
| 122 |
Golden State Warriors |
Buzz Hartnett |
|
San Diego |
| 123 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Ron Bell |
|
Virginia Tech |
| 124 |
Milwaukee Bucks |
Dave Kyle |
|
Cleveland State |
| 125 |
Washington Bullets |
Archie Aldridge |
|
Miami (OH) |
| 126 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Kim Stewart |
|
Washington |
| 127 |
Denver Nuggets |
Robert Heard |
|
Columbus (GA) |
| 128 |
Phoenix Suns |
Charles Thompson |
|
Houston |
| 129 |
San Antonio Spurs |
Harry Morgan |
|
Indiana State |
| 130 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Osborne Lockhart |
|
Minnesota |
| 131 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Tim Evans |
|
Puget Sound |
Seventh Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 132 |
New Jersey Nets |
Doug Jemison |
|
San Francisco |
| 133 |
Buffalo Braves |
Stan Pietkiewicz |
|
Auburn |
| 134 |
Houston Rockets |
Stan Stewart |
|
Loyola Marymount |
| 135 |
Indiana Pacers |
Ollie Matson |
|
Pepperdine |
| 136 |
Kansas City Kings |
Charles McMilliam |
|
North Texas State |
| 137 |
Boston Celtics |
Steve Balkun |
|
Fairfield |
| 138 |
Detroit Pistons |
Herb Entzminger |
|
J.C. Smith |
| 139 |
New Orleans Jazz |
Willie Howard |
|
New Mexico |
| 140 |
Chicago Bulls |
Jarvis Reynolds |
|
West Georgia |
| 141 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Jim DeWeese |
|
Gonzaga |
| 142 |
Golden State Warriors |
Rick Bernard |
|
St. Mary's (CA) |
| 143 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Tony Smith |
|
Nevada-Las Vegas |
| 144 |
New York Knicks |
Gary Pember |
|
Nasson |
| 145 |
Washington Bullets |
Ed Hopkins |
|
Georgetown |
| 146 |
Milwaukee Bucks |
Kim Anderson |
|
Missouri |
| 147 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Larry Paige |
|
Colorado State |
| 148 |
Denver Nuggets |
Jack Gilloon |
|
South Carolina |
| 149 |
Phoenix Suns |
Steve Malovic |
|
San Diego State |
| 150 |
San Antonio Spurs |
Hector Olivencia |
|
Sacred Heart |
| 151 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Anthony Murray |
|
Alabama |
| 152 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Walter Reason |
|
Pacific |
Eighth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 153 |
New Jersey Nets |
Bruce Campbell |
|
Providence |
| 154 |
Buffalo Braves |
Felton Young |
|
Jacksonville |
| 155 |
Kansas City Kings |
Ron Hammye |
|
Bowling Green |
| 156 |
Boston Celtics |
Kim Fisher |
|
Fairfield |
| 157 |
Detroit Pistons |
Earl Evans |
|
UNLV |
| 158 |
New Orleans Jazz |
Carl Kilpatrick |
|
NE Louisiana |
| 159 |
Chicago Bulls |
Chubby Cox |
|
San Francisco |
| 160 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Ed Murphy |
|
Merrimack |
| 161 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Roland Martin |
|
Missouri Southern |
| 162 |
New York Knicks |
Greg Sanders |
|
St. Bonaventure |
| 163 |
Golden State Warriors |
Tony Searcy |
|
Appalachian State |
| 164 |
Milwaukee Bucks |
Tom Zaligaris |
|
North Carolina |
| 165 |
Washington Bullets |
Nestor Cora |
|
St. Francis (NY) |
| 166 |
Denver Nuggets |
Larry Vaculik |
|
Colorado |
| 167 |
Phoenix Suns |
George Fowler |
|
Pacific |
| 168 |
San Antonio Spurs |
Henry Taylor |
|
Pan American |
| 169 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Alan Cunningham |
|
Colorado State |
| 170 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Mark Wickman |
|
Linfield |
Ninth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 171 |
New Jersey Nets |
Frank Sowinski |
|
Princeton |
| 172 |
Buffalo Braves |
Bobby White |
|
Centenary |
| 173 |
Boston Celtics |
Les Anderson |
|
George Washington |
| 174 |
Detroit Pistons |
Ulice Payne |
|
Marquette |
| 175 |
New Orleans Jazz |
Chad Nelson |
|
Drake |
| 176 |
Chicago Bulls |
Joe Ponsetto |
|
DePaul |
| 177 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Maurice Robinson |
|
West Virginia |
| 178 |
New York Knicks |
Danny Fiels |
|
North Carolina-Wilmington |
| 179 |
Golden State Warriors |
Bobby Humbles |
|
Bradley |
| 180 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Steve Bayles |
|
Central State (OH) |
| 181 |
Washington Bullets |
Tim Claxton |
|
Temple |
| 182 |
Milwaukee Bucks |
Gary Rosenberger |
|
Marquette |
| 183 |
Denver Nuggets |
Tom Schneeburger |
|
Air Force |
| 184 |
Phoenix Suns |
Nate Stokes |
|
Grand Canyon |
| 185 |
San Antonio Spurs |
Rick Taylor |
|
Arizona State |
| 186 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Paul Cozens |
|
Holy Cross |
Tenth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 187 |
New Jersey Nets |
Michael Vicens |
|
Holy Cross |
| 188 |
Boston Celtics |
Walter Harrigan |
|
Brandeis |
| 189 |
Detroit Pistons |
Dave Grauzer |
|
Central Michigan |
| 190 |
New Orleans Jazz |
Rickey Williams |
|
Long Beach State |
| 191 |
Chicago Bulls |
Mark Tucker |
|
Oklahoma |
| 192 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Marshall Lester |
|
Florida Southern |
| 193 |
Golden State Warriors |
Mike Muff |
|
Murray State |
| 194 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Gary Winston |
|
Army |
| 195 |
New York Knicks |
Ernest Simons |
|
Pace |
| 196 |
Milwaukee Bucks |
Tom Anderson |
|
Wisconsin-Green Bay |
| 197 |
Washington Bullets |
Steve Connor |
|
Boise State |
| 198 |
Denver Nuggets |
Phil Taylor |
|
Arizona |
| 199 |
Phoenix Suns |
Lewis Cohen |
|
Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo |
| 200 |
San Antonio Spurs |
Larry Brewster |
|
Florida |
| 201 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Dennis James |
|
Widener |
| 202 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Tim Workington |
|
Biola (LA) |
*This was the first year that underclassmen were drafted into the NBA. Before 1978 drafted players must have completed all four years of college.
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