Draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Pos. | Nationality | Team | School/club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Martin, LaRueLaRue Martin | C | United States | Portland Trail Blazers | Loyola (Illinois) |
| 1 | 2 | McAdoo, BobBob McAdoo^ | F/C | United States | Buffalo Braves | North Carolina |
| 1 | 3 | Davis, DwightDwight Davis | F | United States | Cleveland Cavaliers | Houston |
| 1 | 4 | Calhoun, CorkyCorky Calhoun | F | United States | Phoenix Suns | Pennsylvania |
| 1 | 5 | Boyd, FredFred Boyd | G | United States | Philadelphia 76ers | Oregon State |
| 1 | 6 | Lee, RussRuss Lee | G/F | United States | Milwaukee Bucks | Marshall |
| 1 | 7 | Stallworth, IsaacIsaac Stallworth | G/F | United States | Seattle SuperSonics | Kansas |
| 1 | 8 | Riker, TomTom Riker | F/C | United States | New York Knicks | South Carolina |
| 1 | 9 | Nash, BobBob Nash | F | United States | Detroit Pistons | Hawaii |
| 1 | 10 | Westphal, PaulPaul Westphal* | G | United States | Boston Celtics | Southern California |
| 1 | 11 | Simpson, RalphRalph Simpson | G/F | United States | Chicago Bulls | Denver Rockets |
| 1 | 12 | Erving, JuliusJulius Erving^ | G/F | United States | Milwaukee Bucks | Virginia Squires |
| 1 | 13 | Grant, TravisTravis Grant | F | United States | Los Angeles Lakers | Kentucky State |
| 2 | 14 | Davis, BobBob Davis | F | United States | Portland Trail Blazers | Weber State |
| 2 | 15 | Fox, HaroldHarold Fox | G | United States | Buffalo Braves | Jacksonville |
| 2 | 16 | Price, JimJim Price+ | G | United States | Los Angeles Lakers | Louisville |
| 2 | 17 | Ford, ChrisChris Ford | G/F | United States | Detroit Pistons | Villanova |
| 2 | 18 | Wright, JobyJoby Wright | F/C | United States | Seattle SuperSonics | Indiana |
| 2 | 19 | Sibert, SamSam Sibert | F | United States | Cincinnati Royals | Kentucky State |
| 2 | 20 | Gianelli, JohnJohn Gianelli | F/C | United States | Houston Rockets | Pacific |
| 2 | 21 | Bracey, SteveSteve Bracey | G | United States | Atlanta Hawks | Tulsa |
| 2 | 22 | Stovall, PaulPaul Stovall | F | United States | Los Angeles Lakers | Arizona State |
| 2 | 23 | Taylor, BrianBrian Taylor | G | United States | Seattle SuperSonics | Princeton |
| 2 | 24 | Hawes, SteveSteve Hawes | F/C | United States | Cleveland Cavaliers | Washington |
| 2 | 25 | Patterson, TomTom Patterson | F | United States | Baltimore Bullets | Ouachita Baptist |
| 2 | 26 | Twardzik, DaveDave Twardzik | G | United States | Portland Trail Blazers | Old Dominion |
| 2 | 27 | Wuycik, DennisDennis Wuycik# | F | United States | Boston Celtics | North Carolina |
| 2 | 28 | Ratliff, MikeMike Ratliff | C | United States | Cincinnati Royals | Eau Claire State |
| 2 | 29 | Terry, ChuckChuck Terry | F | United States | Milwaukee Bucks | Long Beach State |
| 2 | 30 | Johnson, OllieOllie Johnson | F | United States | Portland Trail Blazers | Temple |
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“News is the first rough draft of history.”
—Philip L. Graham (1915–1963)
“It is crystal clear to me that if Arabs put down a draft resolution blaming Israel for the recent earthquake in Iran it would probably have a majority, the U.S. would veto it and Britain and France would abstain.”
—Amos Oz (b. 1939)
“Why not draft executive and management brains to prepare and produce the equipment the $21-a-month draftee must use and forget this dollar-a-year tommyrot? Would we send an army into the field under a dollar-a-year General who had to be home Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays?”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)