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1974 NBA Draft Results

1974 NBA Draft results with every pick in order, led by No. 1 pick Bill Walton to Portland Trail Blazers.

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The 1974 NBA Draft produced 178 selections across 10 rounds, with 18 franchises making at least one pick. Portland Trail Blazers held the first overall selection and took Bill Walton out of UCLA.

Portland Trail Blazers made the most selections that year with 11. 128 different colleges and programs were represented across the board, led by UCLA with 4 players drafted.

Pick Team Player College
Round 1
1 Portland Trail Blazers Bill Walton UCLA
2 Philadelphia 76ers Marvin Barnes Providence
3 Seattle SuperSonics Tom Burleson NC State
4 Phoenix Suns John Shumate Notre Dame
5 Houston Rockets Bobby Jones UNC
6 Kansas City-Omaha Kings Scott Wedman Colorado
7 Atlanta Hawks Tom Henderson Hawaii
8 Cleveland Cavaliers Campy Russell Michigan
9 Buffalo Braves Tom McMillen Maryland
10 Atlanta Hawks Mike Sojourner Utah
11 Golden State Warriors Jamaal Wilkes UCLA
12 Los Angeles Lakers Brian Winters South Carolina
13 Washington Bullets Len Elmore Maryland
14 Chicago Bulls Maurice Lucas Marquette
15 Detroit Pistons Al Eberhard Missouri
16 Chicago Bulls Cliff Pondexter Cal State Long Beach
17 Boston Celtics Glenn McDonald Cal State Long Beach
18 Milwaukee Bucks Gary Brokaw Notre Dame
Round 2
19 Philadelphia 76ers Don Smith Dayton
20 Portland Trail Blazers Jan van Breda Kolff Vanderbilt
21 Los Angeles Lakers Billy Knight Pitt
22 Washington Bullets Truck Robinson Tennessee State
23 Houston Rockets Gus Bailey Texas-El Paso
24 Kansas City-Omaha Kings Len Kosmalski Tennessee
25 Atlanta Hawks John Drew Gardner-Webb University
26 Seattle SuperSonics Leonard Gray Cal State Long Beach
27 Chicago Bulls Leon Benbow Jacksonville University
28 New Orleans Jazz Aaron James Grambling State University
29 Golden State Warriors Phil Smith San Francisco
30 Washington Bullets Dennis DuVal Syracuse
31 Phoenix Suns Fred Saunders Syracuse
32 New York Knicks Jesse Dark VCU
33 Detroit Pistons Eric Money Arizona
34 Portland Trail Blazers Phil Lumpkin Miami University
35 Boston Celtics Kevin Stacom Providence
36 Portland Trail Blazers Rubin Collins University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Round 3
37 Philadelphia 76ers Connie Norman Arizona
38 Cleveland Cavaliers Foots Walker West Georgia
39 Cleveland Cavaliers Kevin Restani San Francisco
40 Phoenix Suns George Gervin Eastern Michigan
41 Houston Rockets Robert Wilson Iowa State
42 Philadelphia 76ers Harvey Catchings Hardin-Simmons University
43 Atlanta Hawks Darrell Elston UNC
44 Seattle SuperSonics Tal Skinner University of Maryland Eastern Shore
45 Buffalo Braves Kim Hughes Wisconsin
46 New Orleans Jazz Bruce King University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
47 Golden State Warriors Frank Kendrick Purdue
48 Los Angeles Lakers Jim Bradley Northern Illinois
49 Phoenix Suns Earl Williams Winston-Salem State
50 New York Knicks Rudy Jackson Hutchinson Community College
51 Detroit Pistons Roland Grant New Mexico State
52 Chicago Bulls Bobby Wilson Wichita State
53 Boston Celtics Roscoe Pondexter Cal State Long Beach
54 Milwaukee Bucks Greg McDougald Oral Roberts
Round 4
55 Philadelphia 76ers Butch Taylor Jacksonville University
56 Portland Trail Blazers Mickey Johnson Aurora University
57 Cleveland Cavaliers Jimmy Foster UConn
58 Phoenix Suns Randy Allen Indiana University of Pennsylvania
59 Houston Rockets Larry Robinson Texas
60 Kansas City-Omaha Kings Lloyd Batts Cincinnati
61 Atlanta Hawks Ed Palubinskas LSU
62 Seattle SuperSonics William Gordon University of Maryland Eastern Shore
63 Buffalo Braves Bernie Harris VCU
64 New Orleans Jazz Ray Price Washington
65 Golden State Warriors Willie Biles Tulsa
66 Washington Bullets Stan Washington University of San Diego
67 Los Angeles Lakers Ron deVries Illinois State
68 New York Knicks Roy Ebron Louisiana
69 Detroit Pistons Mickey Martin Pitt
70 Chicago Bulls Jim Forbes Texas-El Paso
71 Boston Celtics Lerman Battle Fairmont State University
72 Milwaukee Bucks Lionel Billingy Duquesne
Round 5
73 Philadelphia 76ers Gary Crowthers Hardin-Simmons University
74 Portland Trail Blazers Bernard Hardin New Mexico
75 Cleveland Cavaliers Gary Novak Notre Dame
76 Phoenix Suns Ralph Bobik Creighton
77 Houston Rockets Owen Wells Detroit Mercy
78 Kansas City-Omaha Kings Terry Compton Vanderbilt
79 Atlanta Hawks Tyrone Medley Utah
80 Seattle SuperSonics Dean Tolson Arkansas
81 Buffalo Braves Tony Byers Wake Forest
82 New Orleans Jazz Ed Searcy St. John's
83 Golden State Warriors Steve Erickson Oregon State
84 Los Angeles Lakers Seymour Reed Bradley
85 Washington Bullets Gary Anderson Washington
86 New York Knicks Greg Jackson Guilford College
87 Detroit Pistons Joe Newman Temple
88 Chicago Bulls Randy Knowles Texas A&M
89 Boston Celtics Ben Clyde Florida State
90 Milwaukee Bucks John Johnson Denver
Round 6
91 Philadelphia 76ers Mike Westra USC
92 Portland Trail Blazers Dan Anderson USC
93 Cleveland Cavaliers Aron Stewart Richmond
94 Phoenix Suns Collis Temple LSU
95 Houston Rockets Lawrence Johnson Prairie View A&M University
96 Kansas City-Omaha Kings Ron Kennedy Arizona
97 Atlanta Hawks Sam Hervey SMU
98 Seattle SuperSonics Wardell Jackson Ohio State
99 Buffalo Braves Gary Link Missouri
100 New Orleans Jazz Lawrence McCray Florida State
101 Golden State Warriors John Errecart University of the Pacific
102 Washington Bullets Roy McPipe Montana State University, Billings
103 Los Angeles Lakers Billy Morris Saint Louis
104 New York Knicks Terry Mikan St. Thomas University
105 Detroit Pistons Mike Sylvester Dayton
106 Chicago Bulls Robert Rosier St. Thomas University
107 Boston Celtics Gene Harmon Creighton
108 Milwaukee Bucks Larry Williams Kansas State
Round 7
109 Philadelphia 76ers Dave Stoczynski Gannon University
110 Portland Trail Blazers Doug Richards BYU
111 Cleveland Cavaliers Mike Robinson Michigan State
112 Phoenix Suns Clyde Dickey Boise State
113 Houston Rockets Kevin Fitzgerald Oklahoma State
114 Kansas City-Omaha Kings Mark Brown Missouri Western State College
115 Atlanta Hawks Greg Lee UCLA
116 Seattle SuperSonics Jerry Faulkner West Georgia
117 Buffalo Braves Tommy Curtis UCLA
118 New Orleans Jazz Joel Copeland Old Dominion
119 Golden State Warriors Brady Allen California
120 Los Angeles Lakers Dennis Van Zant Azusa Pacific University
121 Washington Bullets Tom Turner West Georgia
122 New York Knicks Billy Smith Mercer University
123 Detroit Pistons Sammy High Tulsa
124 Chicago Bulls Geoff Roberts Missouri
125 Boston Celtics Ron Brown Penn State
126 Milwaukee Bucks Bob Hornstein West Virginia
Round 8
127 Philadelphia 76ers Jimmy Powell Middle Tennessee
128 Portland Trail Blazers Eldridge Broussard Pacific University
129 Cleveland Cavaliers Kerry Hughes Wisconsin
130 Phoenix Suns Tom Holland Oklahoma
131 Houston Rockets Steve Brooks Arkansas State University
132 Kansas City-Omaha Kings Richie O'Connor Fairfield
133 Atlanta Hawks Bill Butler Louisville
134 Seattle SuperSonics Leonard Coulter Morehead State University
135 Buffalo Braves Glenn Price St. Bonaventure
136 New Orleans Jazz Jay Piccola Roanoke College
137 Golden State Warriors Clarence Allen UC Santa Barbara
138 Washington Bullets Steve Platt Huntington University
139 Los Angeles Lakers Bob Florence UNLV
140 New York Knicks Dennis McDermott St. Francis College
141 Detroit Pistons Greg Newman Drexel
142 Chicago Bulls Sam McCants Oral Roberts
143 Boston Celtics Richard Wallace Georgia Southern University
144 Milwaukee Bucks Ralph Palomar Cameron University
Round 9
145 Philadelphia 76ers Perry Warbington Georgia Southern University
146 Portland Trail Blazers Lee Haven Colorado
147 Cleveland Cavaliers Jim Bushkofsky Upper Iowa University
148 Phoenix Suns Ted Evans Oklahoma
149 Houston Rockets Ken Stalling University of Missouri-Rolla
150 Kansas City-Omaha Kings Jeff Dawson Illinois
151 Atlanta Hawks Lon Kruger Kansas State
152 Seattle SuperSonics Bertram du Pont Dillard University
153 Buffalo Braves John Falconi Davidson
154 New Orleans Jazz Ken Boyd Boston University
155 Golden State Warriors Carl Meier California
156 Washington Bullets Mark Raterink Boston College
157 New York Knicks Earl Brown Lafayette College
158 Detroit Pistons Gary Deitelhoff Millikin University
159 Chicago Bulls Jerry Davenport Cameron University
160 Boston Celtics Al Skinner UMass
161 Milwaukee Bucks Mike Deane State University of New York at Potsdam
Round 10
162 Philadelphia 76ers Larry Witherspoon Towson University
163 Portland Trail Blazers Ron Jones Oregon State
164 Cleveland Cavaliers Jim Kelly Loras College
165 Phoenix Suns Mark Wasley Arizona State
166 Houston Rockets Marcus Washington Marquette
167 Kansas City-Omaha Kings Dennis White Arkansas
168 Atlanta Hawks Brendy Lee Nebraska
169 Seattle SuperSonics Rod Derline Seattle University
170 Buffalo Braves Andy Rimol Princeton
171 New Orleans Jazz Walt McGary Chattanooga
172 Golden State Warriors Marvin Buckley Nevada
173 Washington Bullets Pete Collins High Point University
174 New York Knicks John O'Donnell UNC
175 Detroit Pistons Bill Ligon Vanderbilt
176 Chicago Bulls Rick Hockenos Saint Francis University
177 Boston Celtics Phil Rogers Fairfield
178 Milwaukee Bucks Bruce Featherston Texas State University

Selections by franchise

The same 178 selections arranged by the club that made them, using the franchise name as it stood in 1974.

  • Atlanta Hawks 11 No. 7 Tom Henderson, No. 10 Mike Sojourner, No. 25 John Drew, No. 43 Darrell Elston, No. 61 Ed Palubinskas, No. 79 Tyrone Medley, No. 97 Sam Hervey, No. 115 Greg Lee, No. 133 Bill Butler, No. 151 Lon Kruger, No. 168 Brendy Lee
  • Chicago Bulls 11 No. 14 Maurice Lucas, No. 16 Cliff Pondexter, No. 27 Leon Benbow, No. 52 Bobby Wilson, No. 70 Jim Forbes, No. 88 Randy Knowles, No. 106 Robert Rosier, No. 124 Geoff Roberts, No. 142 Sam McCants, No. 159 Jerry Davenport, No. 176 Rick Hockenos
  • Philadelphia 76ers 11 No. 2 Marvin Barnes, No. 19 Don Smith, No. 37 Connie Norman, No. 42 Harvey Catchings, No. 55 Butch Taylor, No. 73 Gary Crowthers, No. 91 Mike Westra, No. 109 Dave Stoczynski, No. 127 Jimmy Powell, No. 145 Perry Warbington, No. 162 Larry Witherspoon
  • Phoenix Suns 11 No. 4 John Shumate, No. 31 Fred Saunders, No. 40 George Gervin, No. 49 Earl Williams, No. 58 Randy Allen, No. 76 Ralph Bobik, No. 94 Collis Temple, No. 112 Clyde Dickey, No. 130 Tom Holland, No. 148 Ted Evans, No. 165 Mark Wasley
  • Portland Trail Blazers 11 No. 1 Bill Walton, No. 20 Jan van Breda Kolff, No. 34 Phil Lumpkin, No. 36 Rubin Collins, No. 56 Mickey Johnson, No. 74 Bernard Hardin, No. 92 Dan Anderson, No. 110 Doug Richards, No. 128 Eldridge Broussard, No. 146 Lee Haven, No. 163 Ron Jones
  • Boston Celtics 10 No. 17 Glenn McDonald, No. 35 Kevin Stacom, No. 53 Roscoe Pondexter, No. 71 Lerman Battle, No. 89 Ben Clyde, No. 107 Gene Harmon, No. 125 Ron Brown, No. 143 Richard Wallace, No. 160 Al Skinner, No. 177 Phil Rogers
  • Cleveland Cavaliers 10 No. 8 Campy Russell, No. 38 Foots Walker, No. 39 Kevin Restani, No. 57 Jimmy Foster, No. 75 Gary Novak, No. 93 Aron Stewart, No. 111 Mike Robinson, No. 129 Kerry Hughes, No. 147 Jim Bushkofsky, No. 164 Jim Kelly
  • Detroit Pistons 10 No. 15 Al Eberhard, No. 33 Eric Money, No. 51 Roland Grant, No. 69 Mickey Martin, No. 87 Joe Newman, No. 105 Mike Sylvester, No. 123 Sammy High, No. 141 Greg Newman, No. 158 Gary Deitelhoff, No. 175 Bill Ligon
  • Golden State Warriors 10 No. 11 Jamaal Wilkes, No. 29 Phil Smith, No. 47 Frank Kendrick, No. 65 Willie Biles, No. 83 Steve Erickson, No. 101 John Errecart, No. 119 Brady Allen, No. 137 Clarence Allen, No. 155 Carl Meier, No. 172 Marvin Buckley
  • Houston Rockets 10 No. 5 Bobby Jones, No. 23 Gus Bailey, No. 41 Robert Wilson, No. 59 Larry Robinson, No. 77 Owen Wells, No. 95 Lawrence Johnson, No. 113 Kevin Fitzgerald, No. 131 Steve Brooks, No. 149 Ken Stalling, No. 166 Marcus Washington
  • Seattle SuperSonics 10 No. 3 Tom Burleson, No. 26 Leonard Gray, No. 44 Tal Skinner, No. 62 William Gordon, No. 80 Dean Tolson, No. 98 Wardell Jackson, No. 116 Jerry Faulkner, No. 134 Leonard Coulter, No. 152 Bertram du Pont, No. 169 Rod Derline
  • Washington Bullets 10 No. 13 Len Elmore, No. 22 Truck Robinson, No. 30 Dennis DuVal, No. 66 Stan Washington, No. 85 Gary Anderson, No. 102 Roy McPipe, No. 121 Tom Turner, No. 138 Steve Platt, No. 156 Mark Raterink, No. 173 Pete Collins
  • Buffalo Braves 9 No. 9 Tom McMillen, No. 45 Kim Hughes, No. 63 Bernie Harris, No. 81 Tony Byers, No. 99 Gary Link, No. 117 Tommy Curtis, No. 135 Glenn Price, No. 153 John Falconi, No. 170 Andy Rimol
  • Kansas City-Omaha Kings 9 No. 6 Scott Wedman, No. 24 Len Kosmalski, No. 60 Lloyd Batts, No. 78 Terry Compton, No. 96 Ron Kennedy, No. 114 Mark Brown, No. 132 Richie O'Connor, No. 150 Jeff Dawson, No. 167 Dennis White
  • Milwaukee Bucks 9 No. 18 Gary Brokaw, No. 54 Greg McDougald, No. 72 Lionel Billingy, No. 90 John Johnson, No. 108 Larry Williams, No. 126 Bob Hornstein, No. 144 Ralph Palomar, No. 161 Mike Deane, No. 178 Bruce Featherston
  • New Orleans Jazz 9 No. 28 Aaron James, No. 46 Bruce King, No. 64 Ray Price, No. 82 Ed Searcy, No. 100 Lawrence McCray, No. 118 Joel Copeland, No. 136 Jay Piccola, No. 154 Ken Boyd, No. 171 Walt McGary
  • New York Knicks 9 No. 32 Jesse Dark, No. 50 Rudy Jackson, No. 68 Roy Ebron, No. 86 Greg Jackson, No. 104 Terry Mikan, No. 122 Billy Smith, No. 140 Dennis McDermott, No. 157 Earl Brown, No. 174 John O'Donnell
  • Los Angeles Lakers 8 No. 12 Brian Winters, No. 21 Billy Knight, No. 48 Jim Bradley, No. 67 Ron deVries, No. 84 Seymour Reed, No. 103 Billy Morris, No. 120 Dennis Van Zant, No. 139 Bob Florence

Colleges and programs represented

128 programs produced at least one selection in the 1974 draft.

  • Cal State Long Beach4
  • UCLA4
  • Arizona3
  • Missouri3
  • Notre Dame3
  • UNC3
  • University of Maryland Eastern Shore3
  • Vanderbilt3
  • West Georgia3
  • Arkansas2
  • California2
  • Cameron University2
  • Colorado2
  • Creighton2
  • Dayton2
  • Fairfield2
  • Florida State2
  • Georgia Southern University2
  • Hardin-Simmons University2
  • Jacksonville University2
  • Kansas State2
  • LSU2
  • Marquette2
  • Maryland2
  • Oklahoma2
  • Oral Roberts2
  • Oregon State2
  • Pitt2
  • Providence2
  • San Francisco2
  • St. Thomas University2
  • Syracuse2
  • Texas-El Paso2
  • Tulsa2
  • USC2
  • Utah2
  • VCU2
  • Washington2
  • Wisconsin2
  • Arizona State
  • Arkansas State University
  • Aurora University
  • Azusa Pacific University
  • Boise State
  • Boston College
  • Boston University
  • Bradley
  • BYU
  • Chattanooga
  • Cincinnati
  • Davidson
  • Denver
  • Detroit Mercy
  • Dillard University
  • Drexel
  • Duquesne
  • Eastern Michigan
  • Fairmont State University
  • Gannon University
  • Gardner-Webb University
  • Grambling State University
  • Guilford College
  • Hawaii
  • High Point University
  • Huntington University
  • Hutchinson Community College
  • Illinois
  • Illinois State
  • Indiana University of Pennsylvania
  • Iowa State
  • Lafayette College
  • Loras College
  • Louisiana
  • Louisville
  • Mercer University
  • Miami University
  • Michigan
  • Michigan State
  • Middle Tennessee
  • Millikin University
  • Missouri Western State College
  • Montana State University, Billings
  • Morehead State University
  • NC State
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada
  • New Mexico
  • New Mexico State
  • Northern Illinois
  • Ohio State
  • Oklahoma State
  • Old Dominion
  • Pacific University
  • Penn State
  • Prairie View A&M University
  • Princeton
  • Purdue
  • Richmond
  • Roanoke College
  • Saint Francis University
  • Saint Louis
  • Seattle University
  • SMU
  • South Carolina
  • St. Bonaventure
  • St. Francis College
  • St. John's
  • State University of New York at Potsdam
  • Temple
  • Tennessee
  • Tennessee State
  • Texas
  • Texas A&M
  • Texas State University
  • Towson University
  • UC Santa Barbara
  • UConn
  • UMass
  • University of Missouri-Rolla
  • University of San Diego
  • University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
  • University of the Pacific
  • UNLV
  • Upper Iowa University
  • Wake Forest
  • West Virginia
  • Wichita State
  • Winston-Salem State

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