1978 NBA Draft
202 picks · 10 rounds
NBA Draft picks
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| No. | Player | Team | From | Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | ||||
| 1 | POR | Minnesota | C | |
| 2 | KCK | North Carolina | G | |
| 3 | IND | Kentucky | C | |
| 4 | NYK | Montana | G | |
| 5 | GSW | Jackson State | F | |
| 6 | BOS | Indiana State | F | |
| 7 | POR | Arkansas | G | |
| 8 | BOS | Portland State | G | |
| 9 | CHI | Nevada-Las Vegas | G | |
| 10 | ATL | Marquette | G | |
| 11 | NOJ | San Francisco | F | |
| 12 | MIL | St. John's | F | |
| 13 | NJN | San Francisco | G | |
| 14 | WAS | Bradley | G | |
| 15 | CLE | Auburn | F | |
| 16 | ATL | Kentucky | F | |
| 17 |
Rod Griffin
|
DEN | Wake Forest | — |
| 18 | WAS | DePaul | C | |
| 19 | PHX | Syracuse | F | |
| 20 | SAS | Southern | F | |
| 21 | DEN | Kansas State | G | |
| 22 | GSW | UCLA | G | |
| Round 2 | ||||
| 23 | DET | Detroit | F | |
| 24 | POR | Villanova | G | |
| 25 | ATL | Louisville | G | |
| 26 | LAL | Virginia Military | G | |
| 27 | IND | Indiana | G | |
| 28 |
Buster Matheney
|
HOU | Utah | — |
| 29 | DET | Detroit | G | |
| 30 | BOS | Utah | G | |
| 31 |
Marvin Johnson
|
CHI | New Mexico | — |
| 32 |
John Rudd
|
NYK | McNeese State | — |
| 33 |
Harry Davis
|
CLE | Florida State | — |
| 34 | NYK | Cal State-Fullerton | F | |
| 35 | NOJ | Southern | G | |
| 36 | PHI | West Texas State | G | |
| 37 |
Terry Sykes
|
WAS | Grambling | — |
| 38 |
Lew Massey
|
LAL | North Carolina-Charlotte | — |
| 39 |
James Lee
|
SEA | Kentucky | — |
| 40 | GSW | New Orleans | C | |
| 41 | BUF | Marquette | C | |
| 42 |
Kevin McDonald
|
SEA | Penn | — |
| 43 | PHI | St. Bonaventure | G | |
| 44 | POR | Florida A&M | C | |
| Round 3 | ||||
| 45 |
Mike Phillips
|
NJN | Kentucky | — |
| 46 | DEN | Rutgers | F | |
| 47 | HOU | Kentucky State | G | |
| 48 |
Mike Santos
|
BUF | Utah State | — |
| 49 | KCK | Idaho State | F | |
| 50 |
Dana Skinner
|
BOS | Merrimack | — |
| 51 |
Ricky Gallon
|
BUF | Louisville | — |
| 52 |
Mike Russell
|
KCK | Texas Tech | — |
| 53 |
Randy Ayers
|
CHI | Miami (OH) | — |
| 54 |
Steve Grant
|
ATL | Manhattan | — |
| 55 | NYK | Virginia | F | |
| 56 |
Steve Neff
|
GSW | Bethany Nazarene | — |
| 57 |
Ken Higgs
|
CLE | Louisiana State | — |
| 58 |
Rick Apke
|
WAS | Creighton | — |
| 59 | MIL | Cincinnati | C | |
| 60 | LAL | New Mexico | G | |
| 61 |
Dave Baxter
|
SEA | Michigan | — |
| 62 | NJN | Notre Dame | C | |
| 63 | PHX | San Diego State | F | |
| 64 | SAS | Virginia Commonwealth | G | |
| 65 |
Marvin Dalph
|
BUF | Arkansas | — |
| 66 |
Sterling Edmunds
|
POR | Dartmouth | — |
| Round 4 | ||||
| 67 | HOU | Nevada-Las Vegas | F | |
| 68 |
Jim Boylan
|
BUF | Marquette | — |
| 69 |
Joel Thompson
|
HOU | Michigan | — |
| 70 |
Jeffrey Crompton
|
KCK | North Carolina | — |
| 71 |
Ricky Lee
|
IND | Oregon State | — |
| 72 |
Dave Nelson
|
BOS | Bloomfield (NJ) | — |
| 73 |
Larry Harris
|
BUF | Pittsburgh | — |
| 74 |
Mel Davis
|
NOJ | North Texas State | — |
| 75 |
Jeff Covington
|
NOJ | Youngstown State | — |
| 76 |
Leroy McDonald
|
BUF | Wake Forest | — |
| 77 |
Derrick Jackson
|
GSW | Georgetown | — |
| 78 |
Stan Rome
|
CLE | Clemson | — |
| 79 |
Erving Giddings
|
NYK | Dayton | — |
| 80 | MIL | Austin Peay | F | |
| 81 | WAS | Maryland | F | |
| 82 |
Harold Robertson
|
LAL | Lincoln | — |
| 83 |
Billy Lewis
|
SEA | Illinois State | — |
| 84 | NJN | Purdue | F | |
| 85 | PHX | Cincinnati | F | |
| 86 |
Rich Adams
|
SAS | Illinois | — |
| 87 | PHI | Nevada-Las Vegas | C | |
| 88 |
Wayne Smith
|
PHX | California-Irvine | — |
| Round 5 | ||||
| 89 |
Cecile Rose
|
NJN | Houston | — |
| 90 |
David Thompson
|
BUF | Florida State | — |
| 91 |
Gary Goodner
|
HOU | Texas | — |
| 92 |
James Sparrow
|
IND | North Carolina A&T | — |
| 93 |
Derick Clairborne
|
KCK | Massachusetts | — |
| 94 |
Greg Tynes
|
BOS | Seton Hall | — |
| 95 |
Dave Caligaris
|
DET | Northeastern | — |
| 96 | NOJ | Notre Dame | G | |
| 97 |
Ron Anthony
|
CHI | Jacksonville | — |
| 98 |
Chris Potter
|
ATL | Holy Cross | — |
| 99 |
Ken Koenigs
|
CLE | Kansas | — |
| 100 |
Greg Green
|
NYK | Southern | — |
| 101 |
Bubba Wilson
|
GSW | Western Carolina | — |
| 102 |
Roger Dickens
|
WAS | Towson State | — |
| 103 |
Russ Coleman
|
MIL | Pacific | — |
| 104 | LAL | Winston-Salem | G | |
| 105 | SEA | UCLA | C | |
| 106 |
Michael Edwards
|
DEN | Pan American | — |
| 107 | PHX | Loyola (IL) | G | |
| 108 |
Eugene Parker
|
SAS | Purdue | — |
| 109 |
Mark Haymoore
|
PHI | Massachusetts | — |
| 110 | POR | Missouri | G | |
| Round 6 | ||||
| 111 |
Golie Augustus
|
NJN | South Carolina | — |
| 112 |
Bob Miscevicious
|
BUF | Providence | — |
| 113 |
Eddie Chavez
|
HOU | Santa Clara | — |
| 114 |
Jim Krivacs
|
KCK | Texas | — |
| 115 |
Sherman Dillard
|
IND | James Madison | — |
| 116 |
Dave Winey
|
BOS | Minnesota | — |
| 117 |
Audie Matthews
|
DET | Illinois | — |
| 118 | NOJ | Kansas | G | |
| 119 |
John Shoemaker
|
CHI | Miami (OH) | — |
| 120 |
Gerald Glover
|
ATL | Howard | — |
| 121 |
Ed Warren
|
NYK | Briarcliff | — |
| 122 |
Buzz Hartnett
|
GSW | San Diego | — |
| 123 |
Ron Bell
|
CLE | Virginia Tech | — |
| 124 |
Dave Kyle
|
MIL | Cleveland State | — |
| 125 |
Archie Aldridge
|
WAS | Miami (OH) | — |
| 126 |
Kim Stewart
|
LAL | Washington | — |
| 127 |
Robert Heard
|
DEN | Columbus (GA) | — |
| 128 |
Charles Thompson
|
PHX | Houston | — |
| 129 |
Harry Morgan
|
SAS | Indiana State | — |
| 130 |
Osborne Lockhart
|
PHI | Minnesota | — |
| 131 |
Tim Evans
|
POR | Puget Sound | — |
| Round 7 | ||||
| 132 |
Doug Jemison
|
NJN | San Francisco | — |
| 133 | BUF | Auburn | G | |
| 134 |
Stan Stewart
|
HOU | Loyola Marymount | — |
| 135 |
Ollie Matson
|
IND | Pepperdine | — |
| 136 |
Charles McMilliam
|
KCK | North Texas State | — |
| 137 |
Steve Balkun
|
BOS | Fairfield | — |
| 138 |
Herb Entzminger
|
DET | J.C. Smith | — |
| 139 |
Willie Howard
|
NOJ | New Mexico | — |
| 140 |
Jarvis Reynolds
|
CHI | West Georgia | — |
| 141 |
Jim DeWeese
|
ATL | Gonzaga | — |
| 142 |
Rick Bernard
|
GSW | St. Mary's (CA) | — |
| 143 |
Tony Smith
|
CLE | Nevada-Las Vegas | — |
| 144 |
Gary Pember
|
NYK | Nasson | — |
| 145 |
Ed Hopkins
|
WAS | Georgetown | — |
| 146 |
Kim Anderson
|
MIL | Missouri | — |
| 147 |
Larry Paige
|
LAL | Colorado State | — |
| 148 |
Jack Gilloon
|
DEN | South Carolina | — |
| 149 | PHX | San Diego State | F | |
| 150 |
Hector Olivencia
|
SAS | Sacred Heart | — |
| 151 |
Anthony Murray
|
PHI | Alabama | — |
| 152 |
Walter Reason
|
POR | Pacific | — |
| Round 8 | ||||
| 153 |
Bruce Campbell
|
NJN | Providence | — |
| 154 |
Felton Young
|
BUF | Jacksonville | — |
| 155 |
Ron Hammye
|
KCK | Bowling Green | — |
| 156 |
Kim Fisher
|
BOS | Fairfield | — |
| 157 | DET | Nevada-Las Vegas | F | |
| 158 | NOJ | NE Louisiana | C | |
| 159 |
Chubby Cox
|
CHI | San Francisco | — |
| 160 |
Ed Murphy
|
ATL | Merrimack | — |
| 161 |
Roland Martin
|
CLE | Missouri Southern | — |
| 162 |
Greg Sanders
|
NYK | St. Bonaventure | — |
| 163 |
Tony Searcy
|
GSW | Appalachian State | — |
| 164 |
Tom Zaligaris
|
MIL | North Carolina | — |
| 165 |
Nestor Cora
|
WAS | St. Francis (NY) | — |
| 166 |
Larry Vaculik
|
DEN | Colorado | — |
| 167 | PHX | Pacific | G | |
| 168 |
Henry Taylor
|
SAS | Pan American | — |
| 169 |
Alan Cunningham
|
PHI | Colorado State | — |
| 170 |
Mark Wickman
|
POR | Linfield | — |
| Round 9 | ||||
| 171 |
Frank Sowinski
|
NJN | Princeton | — |
| 172 |
Bobby White
|
BUF | Centenary | — |
| 173 |
Les Anderson
|
BOS | George Washington | — |
| 174 |
Ulice Payne
|
DET | Marquette | — |
| 175 |
Chad Nelson
|
NOJ | Drake | — |
| 176 |
Joe Ponsetto
|
CHI | DePaul | — |
| 177 |
Maurice Robinson
|
ATL | West Virginia | — |
| 178 |
Danny Fields
|
NYK | North Carolina-Wilmington | — |
| 179 |
Bobby Humbles
|
GSW | Bradley | — |
| 180 |
Steve Bayless
|
CLE | Central State (OH) | — |
| 181 |
Tim Claxton
|
WAS | Temple | — |
| 182 |
Gary Rosenberger
|
MIL | Marquette | — |
| 183 |
Tom Schneeburger
|
DEN | Air Force | — |
| 184 |
Nate Stokes
|
PHX | Grand Canyon | — |
| 185 |
Rick Taylor
|
SAS | Arizona State | — |
| 186 |
Paul Cozens
|
POR | Holy Cross | — |
| Round 10 | ||||
| 187 |
Michael Vicens
|
NJN | Holy Cross | — |
| 188 |
Walter Harrigan
|
BOS | Brandeis | — |
| 189 |
Dave Grauzer
|
DET | Central Michigan | — |
| 190 |
Rickey Williams
|
NOJ | Long Beach State | — |
| 191 |
Mark Tucker
|
CHI | Oklahoma | — |
| 192 |
Marshall Lester
|
ATL | Florida Southern | — |
| 193 |
Mike Muff
|
GSW | Murray State | — |
| 194 |
Gary Winston
|
CLE | Army | — |
| 195 |
Ernest Simons
|
NYK | Pace | — |
| 196 |
Tom Anderson
|
MIL | Wisconsin-Green Bay | — |
| 197 |
Steve Connor
|
WAS | Boise State | — |
| 198 |
Phil Taylor
|
DEN | Arizona | — |
| 199 |
Lewis Cohen
|
PHX | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | — |
| 200 |
Larry Brewster
|
SAS | Florida | — |
| 201 |
Dennis James
|
PHI | Widener | — |
| 202 |
Tim Workington
|
POR | Biola (LA) | — |
