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1973 NBA Draft

211 picks — 176 college · 0 international

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Round 1 (18 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
1 PHI Doug Collins G 6-6 / 180 Illinois State College Senior
2 CLE Jim Brewer F 6-9 / 210 Minnesota College Senior
3 BUF Ernie DiGregorio G 6-0 / 180 Providence College Senior
4 SEA Mike Green F/C 6-10 / 200 Louisiana Tech College Senior
5 LAL Kermit Washington F 6-8 / 230 American College Senior
6 HOU Ed Ratleff F 6-6 / 210 Long Beach State College Senior
7 KCO Ron Behagen F 6-9 / 195 Minnesota College Senior
8 PHO Mike Bantom F 6-9 / 200 St. Josephs College Senior
9 ATL Dwight Jones F 6-10 / 210 Houston College Junior
10 ATL John Brown F 6-7 / 220 Missouri College Senior
11 GSW Kevin Joyce G 6-3 / 190 South Carolina College Senior
12 CHI Kevin Kunnert C 7-0 / 230 Iowa College Senior
13 CAP Nick Weatherspoon F 6-7 / 195 Illinois College Senior
14 NYK Mel Davis F 6-6 / 220 St. Johns College Senior
15 POR Barry Parkhill G 6-4 / 185 Virginia College Senior
16 MIL Swen Nater C 6-11 / 240 UCLA College Senior
17 BOS Steve Downing F 6-8 / 225 Indiana College Senior
18 PHI Raymond Lewis G 6-2 / 175 Cal State-Los Angeles College Sophomore
Round 2 (17 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
19 CAP Louie Nelson G 6-3 / 190 Washington College Senior
20 KCO Mike D'Antoni G 6-3 / 185 Marshall College Senior
21 PHI Allan Bristow F 6-7 / 210 Virginia Tech College Senior
22 PHI George McGinnis F 6-8 / 235 Indiana College —
23 LAL Billy Schaeffer — — St. Johns College —
24 CHI Kevin Stacom G 6-3 / 185 Providence College Senior
25 KCO Larry McNeill F 6-9 / 195 Marquette College Junior
26 CLE Allan Hornyak G 6-1 / 180 Ohio State College Senior
27 ATL Tom Ingelsby G 6-3 / 180 Villanova College Senior
28 NYK Pat McFarland F 6-5 / 185 St. Josephs College Senior
29 GSW Derrek Dickey F 6-7 / 218 Cincinnati College Senior
30 CHI Wendell Hudson F 6-6 / 185 Alabama College Senior
31 LAL Jim Chones C 6-11 / 220 Marquette College —
32 PHI Caldwell Jones C 6-11 / 217 Albany College Senior
33 PHO Gary Melchionni G 6-2 / 185 Duke College Senior
34 LAL John Perry C 6-11 / 220 Rio Grande College Senior
35 BOS Phil Hankinson F 6-8 / 195 Pennsylvania College Senior
Round 3 (17 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
36 ATL Ted Manakas — — Princeton College —
37 CLE Jim O'Brien — — Maryland College —
38 BUF Ken Charles — — Fordham College —
39 CHI Martin Terry — — Arkansas College —
40 CLE Ozie Edwards — — Oklahoma City College —
41 CLE James Lister — — Sam Houston State — —
42 PHO Joe Reaves — — Bethel — —
43 PHO Steve Mitchell — — Kansas State College —
44 DET Bo Lamar — — Louisiana-Lafayette College —
45 ATL Leonard Gray — — Long Beach State College —
46 GSW Jim Retseck — — Auburn College —
47 CHI Steve Newsome — — Houston College —
48 CAP Tom Kozelko — — Toledo College —
49 NYK Allie McGuire — — Marquette College —
50 DET Larry Kenon — — Memphis College —
51 HOU E.C. Coleman — — Houston Baptist — —
52 BOS Martinez Denmon — — Iowa State College —
Round 4 (17 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
53 PHI Darryl Minniefield — — New Mexico College —
54 BUF Doug Little — — Oregon College —
55 POR Bird Averitt — — Pepperdine College —
56 SEA June Harris — — North Carolina A&T College —
57 CLE Luke Witte — — Ohio State College —
58 HOU Lee Colburn — — South Dakota State College —
59 MIL Clyde Turner — — Minnesota College —
60 PHO Ronnie Robinson — — Memphis College —
61 DET Ken Brady — — Michigan College —
62 ATL James Brown — — Harvard College —
63 GSW Ron King — — Florida State College —
64 CHI Mark Sibley — — Northwestern College —
65 CAP Aron Stewart — — Richmond College —
66 NYK George Karl — — North Carolina College —
67 MIL Harry Rogers — — St. Louis College —
68 LAL Larry Finch — — Memphis College —
69 BOS Richie Fuqua — — Oral Roberts College —
Round 5 (17 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
70 PHI Reggie Royals — — Florida State College —
71 POR Fran Costello — — Providence College —
72 BUF Randy Knoll — — Marshall College —
73 SEA Chuck Iverson — — South Dakota College —
74 CLE John Coughran — — California College —
75 HOU Gary Rhoades — — Colorado State College —
76 KCO M.L. Carr — — Guilford College —
77 PHO Clinton Harris — — Iowa State College —
78 DET Henry Wilmore — — Michigan College —
79 ATL Dave Winfield — — Minnesota College —
80 GSW Nate Stephens — — Long Beach State College —
81 CHI Roy Simpson — — Furman College —
82 CAP Danny Traylor — — South Carolina College —
83 NYK Dennis Bell — — Drake College —
84 LAL Kresimir Cosic — — BYU College —
85 MIL Larry Jackson — — Northern Illinois College —
86 BOS Byron Jones — — San Francisco College —
Round 6 (17 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
87 PHI Sterling Wright — — Lincoln (Pa.) — —
88 BUF Mike Macaluso — — Canisius College —
89 POR Neal Jurgensen — — Oregon State College —
90 SEA Bill McCoy — — Northern Iowa — —
91 CLE Willie Calvert — — Abilene Christian — —
92 HOU Tom Peck — — Wisconsin-Eau Claire College —
93 KCO Mike Quick — — San Francisco College —
94 PHO Gene Doyle — — Holy Cross College —
95 DET Dennis Johnson — — Ferris State — —
96 ATL John Williamson — — New Mexico State College —
97 GSW Bob Lauriski — — Utah State College —
98 CHI Johnny Neumann — — Mississippi College —
99 CAP Mike Allocco — — Stonehill — —
100 NYK Lawrence Lilly — — Alabama State College —
101 MIL James Floyd — — Shaw College —
102 LAL David Brent — — Jacksonville College —
103 BOS Joe Cafferky — — N.C. State College —
Round 7 (17 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
104 PHI James Greene — — Kentucky Wesleyan College —
105 POR Larry Hollyfield — — UCLA College —
106 BUF Tim Bassett — — Georgia College —
107 SEA Jim Andrews — — Kentucky College —
108 CLE Larry Farmer — — UCLA College —
109 HOU Fred DeVaughn — — Westmont — —
110 KCO Mike Jeffries — — Missouri College —
111 PHO Jerry Bisbano — — Louisiana-Lafayette College —
112 DET Fred Smiley — — Northwood — —
113 ATL Pete Harris — — Stephen F. Austin College —
114 GSW Steve Smith — — Loyola Marymount College —
115 CHI Billy Harris — — Northern Illinois College —
116 CAP Ronnie Hogue — — Georgia College —
117 NYK Mike Moore — — Manhattan College —
118 LAL Nate Hawthorne — — Southern Illinois College —
119 MIL Eddie Childress — — Austin Peay College —
120 BOS Mike Stewart — — Santa Clara College —
Round 8 (17 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
121 PHI Dave Langston — — Drake College —
122 BUF Carl Jackson — — St. Bonaventure College —
123 POR Lindell Reason — — Eastern Michigan College —
124 SEA Wardell Jeffries — — Oklahoma Baptist College —
125 CLE John Ritter — — Indiana College —
126 HOU John Thomas — — Missouri Southern — —
127 KCO Mike Williams — — Kentucky Wesleyan College —
128 PHO Jim Owens — — Arizona State College —
129 DET Ben Kelso — — Central Michigan College —
130 ATL Tim Dominey — — Valdosta State — —
131 GSW Jeff Dawson — — Illinois College —
132 CHI B.G. Brosterhous — — Texas College —
133 CAP Mark Jellison — — Northeastern College —
134 NYK Steve Rowell — — Rhode Island College —
135 MIL Walt McGary — — Tennessee-Chattanooga College —
136 LAL Roy McPipe — — Montana State-Billings — —
137 BOS Robert White — — Sam Houston State — —
Round 9 (14 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
138 PHI Harvey Catchings — — Hardin-Simmons — —
139 POR Mike Contreras — — Arizona State College —
140 BUF Bob Fullarton — — Xavier College —
141 SEA Greg Williams — — Seattle College —
142 CLE Les Taylor — — Murray State College —
143 KCO James Brown — — Dartmouth College —
144 PHO Sandy Smith — — Winston-Salem State College —
145 DET Bill Kilgore — — Michigan State College —
146 GSW Everett Fopma — — Idaho State College —
147 CHI Ruben Montanez — — Duquesne College —
148 CAP Mike Boylan — — Assumption — —
149 NYK Joe Wise — — Bridgewater State — —
150 MIL Bob Vacca — — Quinnipiac — —
151 BOS Corky Taylor — — Minnesota College —
Round 10 (14 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
152 PHI Abe Steward — — Jacksonville College —
153 BUF Nick Conner — — Illinois College —
154 POR Sam Whitehead — — Oregon State College —
155 SEA Bob Bodell — — Maryland College —
156 CLE Dean Martin — — Baldwin-Wallace — —
157 KCO Ernie Kusnyer — — Kansas State College —
158 PHO Claude White — — Elmhurst — —
159 DET Bob Solomon — — Wayne State — —
160 GSW Fred Lavaroni — — Santa Clara College —
161 CHI Russ Hunt — — Furman College —
162 CAP Dicky Kelly — — Bay College College —
163 NYK Ed Fields — — Long Island-C.W. Post — —
164 MIL Ron Battle — — Sam Houston State — —
165 BOS Steve Turner — — Vanderbilt College —
Round 11 (9 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
166 PHI Rod Freeman — — Vanderbilt College —
167 POR Eddie Payne — — Wake Forest College —
168 BUF Mike Lee — — Syracuse College —
169 CLE Floyd Lewis — — Harvard College —
170 PHO Lynn Greer — — Virginia — —
171 DET Len Paul — — Akron College —
172 CAP Dale Adams — — St. Mary's (Md.) — —
173 NYK Charles Edge — — LeMoyne-Owen — —
174 BOS Ed Hastings — — Villanova College —
Round 12 (8 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
175 PHI Connie Warren — — Xavier College —
176 BUF Aaron Covington — — Canisius College —
177 POR Rick Holdt — — N.C. State College —
178 CLE Chris McMurray — — San Diego State College —
179 PHO Laymon Williamson — — Samford — —
180 DET Clarence Carlisle — — Ferris State — —
181 CAP Mike Battle — — George Washington College —
182 BOS Bruce Winkler — — Santa Clara College —
Round 13 (6 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
183 PHI Jim Crawford — — LaSalle College —
184 BUF Bob Vartanian — — Buffalo College —
185 CLE John Penebacker — — Hawaii College —
186 PHO Kalevi Sarkalahti — — BYU College —
187 CAP Chet Davis — — Morgan State College —
188 BOS Scott Koelzer — — Montana State College —
Round 14 (5 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
189 PHI Ernie Johnson — — Michigan College —
190 BUF Ron Gilliam — — Brockport — —
191 CLE Charles Mitchell — — Eastern Kentucky College —
192 CAP Howard White — — Maryland College —
193 BOS Rick Williams — — Iowa College —
Round 15 (5 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
194 PHI Lionel Harris — — Cincinnati College —
195 BUF John Fraley — — Georgia College —
196 CLE Reese Stovall — — Rio Grande College —
197 CAP Shorty Simmons — — St. Mary's (Md.) — —
198 BOS James Gilchrist — — Florida Southern — —
Round 16 (4 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
199 PHI Larry Robinson — — Tennessee College —
200 BUF John Green — — Oregon College —
201 CLE Tom O'Connor — — Iowa College —
202 BOS Sam Barber — — Bethune-Cookman — —
Round 17 (4 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
203 PHI Tony Prince — — St. Johns College —
204 BUF Jim Garvin — — Boston University College —
205 CLE Phil Elderkin — — — Other —
206 BOS Lamont King — — Long Beach State College —
Round 18 (2 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
207 BUF Donn Johnston — — North Carolina College —
208 BOS Peter Gavett — — Maine — —
Round 19 (2 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
209 BUF Ron Thorsen — — British Columbia — —
210 BOS Tom Austin — — Massachusetts College —
Round 20 (1 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
211 BUF Phil Tollestrup — — BYU College —

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