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1977 NBA Draft

170 picks — 155 college · 0 international

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Round 1 (22 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
1 MIL Kent Benson C 6-10 / 235 Indiana College Senior
2 KCK Otis Birdsong SG 6-3 / 190 Houston College Senior
3 MIL Marques Johnson SF 6-7 / 218 UCLA College Senior
4 WSB Greg Ballard PF 6-7 / 215 Oregon College Senior
5 PHO Walter Davis SG 6-6 / 193 North Carolina College Senior
6 LAL Kenny Carr SF 6-7 / 220 N.C. State College Junior
7 NJN Bernard King SF 6-7 / 205 Tennessee College Junior
8 SEA Jack Sikma C 6-11 / 230 Illinois Wesleyan College Senior
9 DEN Tom LaGarde PF 6-10 / 220 North Carolina College Senior
10 NYK Ray Williams SG 6-2 / 210 Minnesota College Senior
11 MIL Ernie Grunfeld SG 6-6 / 210 Tennessee College Senior
12 BOS Cedric Maxwell SF 6-8 / 205 Charlotte College Senior
13 CHI Tate Armstrong SG 6-3 / 175 Duke College Senior
14 ATL Tree Rollins — — Clemson College —
15 LAL Brad Davis PG 6-3 / 180 Maryland College Junior
16 GSW Rickey Green PG 6-0 / 170 Michigan College Senior
17 WSB Bo Ellis PF 6-9 / 200 Marquette College Senior
18 GSW Wesley Cox SF 6-6 / 215 Louisville College Senior
19 POR Rich Laurel SG 6-6 / 190 Hofstra College Senior
20 PHI Glenn Mosley PF 6-8 / 195 Seton Hall College Senior
21 DEN Anthony Roberts SG 6-5 / 185 Oral Roberts College Senior
22 LAL Norm Nixon PG 6-2 / 170 Duquesne College Senior
Round 2 (22 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
23 CHI Mike Glenn SG 6-2 / 175 Southern Illinois College Senior
24 BUF Larry Johnson SG 6-3 / 205 Kentucky College Senior
25 PHI Wilson Washington PF 6-9 / 227 Old Dominion College Senior
26 NYK Glen Gondrezick SF 6-6 / 218 UNLV College Senior
27 MIL Glen Williams — — St. Johns College —
28 POR Kim Anderson SF 6-7 / 200 Missouri College Senior
29 IND Alonzo Bradley SF 6-6 / 190 Texas Southern College Senior
30 CHI Steve Sheppard SF 6-6 / 215 Maryland College Senior
31 KCK Eddie Owens SF 6-7 / 210 UNLV College Senior
32 NYK Toby Knight PF 6-9 / 210 Notre Dame College Senior
33 CLE Eddie Jordan — — Rutgers College —
34 HOU Larry Moffett PF 6-8 / 210 UNLV College Senior
35 CHI Mark Landsberger PF 6-8 / 215 Arizona State College Senior
36 DET Ben Poquette PF 6-9 / 235 Central Michigan College Senior
37 SAS Jeff Wilkins C 6-11 / 230 Illinois State College Senior
38 GSW Ricky Love PF 6-8 / 235 Alabama-Huntsville College Senior
39 WSB Phil Walker SG 6-3 / 180 Millersville College Senior
40 HOU Robert Reid SF 6-8 / 205 St. Mary's (Calif.) College Senior
41 POR T.R. Dunn SG 6-4 / 192 Alabama College Senior
42 PHI Bob Elliott PF 6-9 / 225 Arizona College Senior
43 PHI Herm Harris SF 6-5 / 200 Arizona College Senior
44 NOJ Essie Hollis SF 6-6 / 195 St. Bonaventure College Senior
Round 3 (22 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
45 KCK Bill Paterno — — Notre Dame College —
46 LAL James Edwards — — Washington College —
47 MIL Gary Yoder — — Cincinnati College —
48 ATL Sam Smith — — UNLV College —
49 ATL Eddie Johnson — — Auburn College —
50 NOJ Tony Hanson — — Connecticut College —
51 IND Stan Mayhew — — Weber State College —
52 SEA Joe Hassett — — Providence College —
53 KCK John Kuester — — North Carolina College —
54 NYK Lloyd McMillian — — Long Beach State College —
55 CLE Steve Grote — — Michigan College —
56 BOS Skip Brown — — Wake Forest College —
57 WSB Steve Puidokas — — Washington State College —
58 DET John Irving — — Hofstra College —
59 SAS Dan Henderson — — Arkansas State College —
60 GSW Marlon Redmond — — San Francisco College —
61 WSB Jerry Schellenberg — — Wake Forest College —
62 HOU Phil Bond — — Louisville College —
63 POR Ricky Brown — — Alabama College —
64 PHI Arnold Dugger — — Oral Roberts College —
65 DEN Robert Smith — — UNLV College —
66 PHO Mike Bratz — — Stanford College —
Round 4 (22 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
67 NJN Bob Elmore — — Wichita State College —
68 BUF Melvin Watkins — — Charlotte College —
69 MIL Lewis Brown — — UNLV College —
70 ATL Dave Bormann — — Gardner-Webb College —
71 PHO Greg Griffin — — Idaho State College —
72 NOJ Dennis Boyd — — Detroit Mercy College —
73 IND George Pendleton — — Georgia State College —
74 SEA Jim Cooper — — Alabama State College —
75 KCK Larry Williams — — Texas Southern College —
76 NYK Steve Hayes — — Idaho State College —
77 CLE Melvin Jones — — West Texas A&M College —
78 BOS Jeff Cummings — — Tulane College —
79 CHI Mike McConalthy — — Louisiana Tech College —
80 DET Bruce King — — Iowa College —
81 SAS Matt Hicks — — Northern Illinois College —
82 GSW Roy Smith — — Kentucky State College —
83 WSB David Reavis — — Georgia College —
84 HOU Rocky Smith — — Oregon State College —
85 POR Greg White — — Southern California College —
86 PHI Jeff Jonas — — Utah College —
87 GSW Leartha Scott — — Wisconsin-Parkside — —
88 LAL Tony Robertson — — West Virginia College —
Round 5 (22 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
89 NJN Gerald Cunningham — — Kentucky State College —
90 BUF Mike Hanley — — Niagara College —
91 MIL Ron Norwood — — DePaul College —
92 ATL Bill Gordon — — Tennessee-Chattanooga College —
93 PHO Cecil Rellford — — St. Johns College —
94 NOJ Jim Grady — — Gonzaga College —
95 IND Marvin Jackson — — Prairie View A&M College —
96 SEA Dale Haverman — — McKendree — —
97 KCK Bob Chapman — — Michigan State College —
98 NYK Bill Terry — — Monmouth — —
99 CLE Al Smith — — Jackson State College —
100 BOS Bill Langloh — — Virginia College —
101 CHI Nate Davis — — South Carolina College —
102 DET Jim Kennedy — — Missouri College —
103 SAS Scott Sims — — Missouri College —
104 GSW Ray Epps — — Norfolk State College —
105 WSB Bruce Parkinson — — Purdue College —
106 HOU Ed Thompson — — Idaho State College —
107 POR Donn Wilber — — LaSalle College —
108 PHI Teko Wynder — — Tulsa College —
109 DEN John Billips — — Mississippi College —
110 LAL John Robinson — — Michigan College —
Round 6 (21 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
111 NJN Mark Crow — — Duke College —
112 BUF Curvan Lewis — — Virginia Union College —
113 MIL Chuck Goodyear — — Miami (Ohio) College —
114 ATL Calvin Crews — — Louisiana-Lafayette College —
115 PHO Billy McKinney — — Northwestern College —
116 NOJ Wayne Golden — — Tennessee-Chattanooga College —
117 IND Tom Scheffler — — Purdue College —
118 SEA Bucky O'Brien — — Seattle College —
119 KCK Bob Cooper — — Providence College —
120 NYK Jerry Craycraft — — Milligan — —
121 CLE Ron Cox — — Eastern Washington College —
122 BOS Roy Pace — — Rutgers-Camden — —
123 CHI Jay Cheesman — — BYU College —
124 DET Herb Nobles — — Kansas College —
125 SAS Bruce Buckley — — North Carolina College —
126 GSW Jack Phelan — — St. Francis (Pa.) College —
127 WSB Ernie Wansley — — Virginia Tech College —
128 POR Myron Jordan — — Pacific College —
129 PHI George Gibson — — Winston-Salem State College —
130 DEN Jim Town — — Massachusetts College —
131 LAL Grover Woolard — — Murray State College —
Round 7 (20 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
132 NJN Scott Conant — — Newberry — —
133 BUF Mike Jackson — — Tennessee College —
134 MIL Ron Bostick — — Detroit Mercy College —
135 ATL James Holliman — — Arizona State College —
136 PHO Alvin Scott — — Oral Roberts College —
137 NOJ Lusia Harris — — Delta State — —
138 SEA Billy Reynolds — — Northwestern State College —
139 KCK Caitlyn Jenner — — Graceland — —
140 NYK Tom Weadock — — St. Johns College —
141 CLE Bob Riddle — — Eastern Michigan College —
142 BOS Dave Kyle — — Cleveland State College —
143 CHI Mike Smith — — Evansville College —
144 DET Robert Lewis — — Johnson C. Smith — —
145 SAS Richard Robinson — — New Mexico College —
146 GSW Jerry Thruston — — Mercer — —
147 WSB Calvin Brown — — American College —
148 POR Don Smith — — Oregon State College —
149 PHI Dennis Forrest — — Nebraska-Omaha College —
150 DEN Willie High — — Alabama State College —
151 LAL Lars Hansen — — Washington College —
Round 8 (19 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
152 NJN Ralph Drollinger — — UCLA College —
153 BUF Emery Sammons — — Philadelphia — —
154 MIL Larry Pikes — — Wisconsin-Milwaukee College —
155 ATL Verne Thompson — — BYU College —
156 PHO Alvin Joseph — — California-Riverside — —
157 NOJ Dave Speicher — — Toledo College —
158 SEA Jeff Frey — — Evansville College —
159 NYK Ken Slappy — — St. Peters — —
160 CLE Tom Cutter — — Western Michigan College —
161 BOS Tom Harris — — Bowling Green College —
162 CHI Rich Rhodes — — Eastern Illinois College —
163 DET Tim Appleton — — Kenyon — —
164 SAS Jerome Gladney — — Arizona College —
165 GSW Ricky Marsh — — Manhattan College —
166 WSB Pat McKinley — — Towson — —
167 POR Harold Rhodes — — Washington College —
168 PHI John Olive — — Villanova College —
169 DEN Len Sanders — — Florida College —
170 LAL Art Allen — — Pepperdine College —

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