American Basketball Association draft

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The American Basketball Association draft was held from 1967 to 1975. Generally speaking, the ABA's drafts were considered a lot looser in terms of structure for teams to make their player choices when compared to the rivaling NBA. So much so, in fact, that in 1973, the ABA would host four different drafts that essentially held the same type of purpose at various different points of the year, while in 1974, the ABA would not only host a draft for college-based players, but also a draft for NBA players to be taken by ABA teams as well. In addition to that, according to former Washington Caps and Virginia Squires head coach Al Bianchi, the ABA would host their drafts on the drop of a hat and if a team wanted someone even after their draft was officially over and done with, they'd put him on their draft list anyway, which would later influence the rivaling NBA draft system during the 1970s decade. [1] Due to the secretive nature of the league's early drafts alongside their looser structures, not much is known about the draft records of where certain players were selected in which round early on outside of who the #1 pick of each draft was.

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First overall picks

YearTeamPlayerPositionCollege
1967 Indiana Pacers Jimmy Walker Shooting Guard Providence College Friars
1968 Houston Mavericks Elvin Hayes Power Forward/Center University of Houston Cougars
1969 New York Nets Lew Alcindor Center UCLA Bruins
1970 New York Nets Bob Lanier Center St. Bonaventure University Bonnies
1971 Utah Stars [2] Jim McDaniels Power Forward/Center Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
1972 Virginia Squires Bob McAdoo Center/Power Forward North Carolina Tar Heels
1973 San Diego Conquistadors Dwight Lamar [a 1] Point Guard University of Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
1974 Virginia Squires Tom McMillen [a 2] Power Forward/Center University of Maryland Terrapins
1975 Denver Nuggets Marvin Webster Center Morgan State University Bears

Notes

  1. ↑ This pick was the #1 pick for what was considered the 1973 ABA Senior Draft (the official version of the ABA draft that year), not the 1973 Special Circumstances Draft, the 1973 ABA Undergraduate Draft that was directly after the Senior Draft that officially connected to the aforementioned draft once that prior draft was done with, or even the 1973 Supplemental Draft that was done some time afterward that incidentally had more rounds by comparison to the other drafts that year.
  2. ↑ This pick was the #1 pick for the regular 1974 ABA Draft, not the subsequent 1974 ABA Draft of NBA Players.

Drafts

1967 ABA draft

No known record of which player was taken in which round outside of Jimmy Walker as the #1 pick by the Indiana Pacers was kept throughout the ABA's inaugural draft history. The reason for this was related to this draft being held in secret at the end of the league's three day long meetings held in Oakland, California (home of one of the founding ABA teams) on April 2. (Following that period of time, the team currently known now as the Denver Nuggets went by the initial name of the Denver Larks at the time after previously ditching their original plans to play in Kansas City before later changing their team name to the Denver Rockets before the start of the season due to ownership changes; the team currently known as the Brooklyn Nets initially went by the name of the New Jersey Freighters at first before later becoming the New York Americans and then ultimately entered their augural season as the New Jersey Americans due to there being no suitable arenas in New York at the time for them; and the team that later became the Oakland Oaks to start out their ABA tenure originally started out as the Oakland Americans at the time before a dispute with the New Jersey later turned into a future New York franchise led to the Oakland franchise originally trying to change their team name to the Jacks before ultimately changing their name to the Oaks, which was kind of considered a homage to the previous incarnation of the team name held in the second version of the American Basketball League, but was more considered a homage to the Pacific Coast League baseball team of the same name instead. [3] [4] [5] ) What is known, however, was that the Indiana Pacers won the ABA draft lottery and would selected the #1 pick in the process, with the second round being reversed in drafting order. [6] Likewise, the New Orleans Buccaneers would be the first team to complete a draft day trade in the ABA by making a deal with the Oakland Oaks, as well as select multiple multi-athlete players in Bob Seagren and Ron Widby that year. [7]

Anaheim Amigos
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Denver Larks/Rockets
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Houston Mavericks
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Kentucky Colonels
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Minnesota Muskies
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New Jersey Freighters / New York/New Jersey Americans
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New Orleans Buccaneers
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Oakland Americans/Jacks/Oaks
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1968 ABA draft

No known record of which player was taken in which round outside of Elvin Hayes as the #1 pick by the Houston Mavericks was kept throughout the ABA's second ever draft. The reason why this would be the case was due to it being held in secret, with an evaluation draft being conducted on March 9 in Louisville, Kentucky (home of the Kentucky Colonels) that lasted only four rounds instead of five rounds like it did the previous year, [8] followed by two different drafts of similar nature occurring on April 27 & May 5 in Los Angeles and Minneapolis, Minnesota (homes to two out of four relocated ABA franchises entering their upcoming season, with the latter location also being the original headquarters of the ABA at that time) for rounds 6-10 and rounds 11-15 respectively. [9] During this period of time, the Anaheim Amigos would officially change their franchise's name into the Los Angeles Stars, [10] with the Stars keeping the original picks that they had under the Amigos name. Following the conclusion of this draft period, the New Jersey Americans would return to an original plan of theirs with playing in New York by becoming the New York Nets for the rest of their ABA tenure following a failed permanent home move to New Jersey in relation to a forced disqualification for a playoff qualifying match against the Kentucky Colonels (though ironically playing in the same arena that initially disqualified them playoff qualification last season on a more permanent basis (at first), but with new floor boards in place in order to avoid a repeat scenario like their last game of that inaugural season from occurring again), [4] while the Minnesota Muskies would move to Miami, Florida to become the Miami Floridians and the defending champion Pittsburgh Pipers would move to Minnesota to become the Minnesota Pipers. [11] [12] This year's draft would also increase the number of overall rounds for the draft from 10 to 15 rounds, meaning an increase in selections occurred during this year as well. This year's draft events would also begin the ABA's plans to merge with the rivaling NBA in what would eventually become the NBA–ABA merger. [13]

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Denver Rockets
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Houston Mavericks
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Indiana Pacers
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Kentucky Colonels
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Minnesota Muskies
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New Jersey Americans
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New Orleans Buccaneers
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Oakland Oaks
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1969 ABA draft

No known record of which player was taken in which round outside of Lew Alcindor (now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) as the #1 pick for his home area New York Nets and the Houston Mavericks (who would soon become the Carolina Cougars once the team officially entered the second day of the ABA draft [15] ) selecting Neal Walk with the #2 overall pick under what was dubbed as "Operation Kingfish" at the time (similar to the opening results of the 1969 NBA draft) was kept throughout the ABA's third ever draft. The reason why that would be the case was because the ABA would host the first five rounds secretly on February 15 in Bloomington, Minnesota (the at the time home area of the Minnesota Pipers that was also nearby the ABA's headquarters at the time), with the following five rounds after that being completed on April 15 in Charlotte, North Carolina (around the same period of time the Houston Mavericks began their move to North Carolina to become the Carolina Cougars for their new home area). Additional rounds would be implemented later on, but a total of 10 official rounds with every team (with most teams utilizing additional rounds as well) had been completed that draft year, meaning this draft decreased the total amount of rounds from the previous draft they did. Following the repeated failures of persuading talented star players like Lew Alcindor to choose the ABA over the rivaling NBA (with miscommunication from the ABA commission to Alcindor on the final amount the Nets would spend for him being the last straw), George Mikan would effectively resign from his position as the commissioner of the ABA. [16] Also following the draft's conclusion, the Minnesota Pipers would return to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as the Pittsburgh Pipers once again and the new defending champion Oakland Oaks would move to Washington, D.C. to become the Washington Caps. [12] [5] On a more positive note, the time after this draft would also be notable for the Denver Rockets acquiring sophomore power forward Spencer Haywood, a Hall of Famer in his own right from the University of Detroit that would ultimately cause a greater influence upon the NBA draft system (in exchange for the Rockets forfeiting their own first round pick the following draft year) due to the newly created hardship exception made by interim commissioner and Houston Mavericks turned Carolina Cougars owner James Carson Gardner and the subsequent Haywood v. National Basketball Association case that would come up years later in relation to Haywood's unique situation that came from him being signed up by the ABA first. [17]

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Houston Mavericks / Carolina Cougars
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Indiana Pacers
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Kentucky Colonels
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Los Angeles Stars
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Miami Floridians
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Minnesota Pipers
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New York Nets
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Oakland Oaks
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1970 ABA draft

No official known record of which player was taken in which round outside of Bob Lanier as the #1 territorial-based pick of the New York Nets was kept throughout the ABA's fourth ever draft. However, there would at least be a known record for the first three rounds for each and every team. [19] Despite that point, the ABA would hold this draft's first eight rounds at its earliest date yet on January 22 in Indianapolis (home of the Indiana Pacers), while the second half of the draft (which would go from rounds 9-17 this year, though teams would only go up as far as 15 or 16 rounds for this year's draft) would be held on March 15 in their new headquarters at New York (also the home area of the New York Nets). This draft would see the ABA become more successful in persuading young talents to join the ABA instead of the rivaling NBA, as well as showcase the most rounds in an ABA draft yet. However, it would also showcase the league's still ever-growing signs of instability from within after the draft ended with teams moving around and/or changing names in order to become more regional with their fanbase with the Dallas Chaparrals renaming themselves to the Texas Chaparrals in an attempt for their franchise to be more regional for the entire state of Texas following the Houston Mavericks' previous move to North Carolina to become the Carolina Cougars, [20] the runner-up Los Angeles Stars moving to Utah for the rest of their tenure to become the Utah Stars, [10] the Miami Floridians being renamed to just "The Floridians" in a unique attempt to have the team represent all of Florida, [11] the New Orleans Buccaneers would briefly be renamed the Louisiana Buccaneers in order to represent all of Louisiana before newer ownership changed hands and led to them moving to Memphis, Tennessee in order to become the Memphis Pros, [21] the Pittsburgh Pipers briefly changing their team name to the Pittsburgh Pioneers before lawsuit threats by both Point Park College and a different "Name That Team" contestant via the winning essay entry supposedly going over the contest's 25 word limit forced them into creating the Pittsburgh Condors name that they'd use for the rest of their existence, [12] and the Washington Caps moving to the nearby state of Virginia to become the Virginia Squires due to the team hearing rumors of an NBA–ABA merger coming about, [5] which ultimately got delayed by six years due to the Oscar Robertson v. National Basketball Association antitrust lawsuit. [22]

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Los Angeles Stars
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Miami Floridians / The Floridians
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Washington Caps
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1971 ABA draft

This draft would be the first ABA draft to have a known record of who got selected where in the ABA beyond just the fact that Jim McDaniels was the #1 pick by the eventual champion Utah Stars from a trade involving the temporarily rebranded Texas Chaparrals later returning to their Dallas Chaparrals name (though they're now known as the San Antonio Spurs in more modern times) during this year following the draft, [20] according to "The Basketball Draft Fact Book: A History of Professional Basketball's College Drafts". Not only that, but the ABA would also host the most rounds ever in one draft by this point in time with a grand total of twenty rounds officially being set this year. The first three rounds would be completed on January 22-23 at Greensboro, North Carolina (specifically, rounds one and two would be done on the 22nd alongside parts of round three, while round three was officially completed on the 23rd at the general home area of the Carolina Cougars), while the rest of the rounds starting from the fourth round onward would all be completed on March 15 in New York (which would be where the rest of the ABA's major drafts were held at going forward). The ABA would also host a "Special Circumstances" Draft later in the year on September 10 in Memphis, Tennessee as a response to the (at the time) recently implemented "NBA Hardship Draft" that the NBA was forced to utilize following the results of the Haywood v. National Basketball Association 1971 Supreme Court case, though only three players from that special draft would be selected there: Duquesne University's Mickey Davis for the Denver Rockets in the second round, the University of California's Phil Chenier for the Carolina Cougars in the second round, and North Carolina State University's Ed Leftwich for the New York Nets in the fourth round; no players were selected during the first or third rounds in question for that event (though technically speaking, Mickey Davis would be considered the #1 pick of the Special Circumstances Draft that year). [31] The ABA would later rule that three of the players that the Virginia Squires drafted in Tom Riker, Jim Chones, and Barry Parkhill were actually ineligible underclassmen due to the original conditions that the ABA had to uphold in order to allow the initially planned NBA–ABA merger to happen in the first place despite the Denver Rockets keeping their own first round selection (the second of three straight first round picks that they had acquired via trades) of Ralph Simpson at hand (though the Squires would later get Parkhill back onto their team eventually), [32] while the Indiana Pacers essentially pranked the rest of the league by selecting a nonexistent player named "Slick Pinkham" from DePauw University as the official last pick of the 1971 ABA draft; Slick Pinkham was a portmanteau of head coach Bobby "Slick" Leonard and team owner Dick Tinkham, who actually did attend DePauw University and played basketball for them there back when he was a student. [33] Outside of the Texas Chaparrals returning to their Dallas Chaparrals name after the regular ABA draft ended, [20] no changes involving ABA teams would occur after this draft year, which would make it the most stable draft year in the ABA yet. Also following the draft were the initial plans of the NBA–ABA merger that would have seen every ABA team join the NBA except for the Virginia Squires (the reason for their exclusion related to them being too close of proximity to the Baltimore Bullets, now Washington Wizards, which would have forced them to either move yet again in order to join the NBA or fold operations altogether) starting by May 1971 before the Oscar Robertson v. National Basketball Association antitrust lawsuit ruined that merger plan entirely. [22]

RoundPickPlayerPos.NationalityTeamSchool/Club team
11 Jim McDaniels +PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars (from Texas) [32] Western Kentucky (Sr.)
12 Elmore Smith CFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Kentucky State (Sr.)
13 Howard Porter PF/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors Villanova (Sr.)
14 Cliff Meely PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets (from The Floridians) [32] Colorado (Sr.)
15 Ralph Simpson ^SG/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Michigan State (Jr.)
16 Ken Durrett PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets (from New York via Virginia) [32] La Salle (Sr.)
17 Randy Denton CFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Duke (Sr.)
18 Willie Sojourner C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires (from Indiana via Kentucky) [32] Weber State (Sr.)
19 Artis Gilmore ^CFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Jacksonville (Sr.)
110 Stan Love PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Texas Chaparrals (from Utah) [32] Oregon (Sr.)
111 Dana Lewis #CFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Tulsa (Sr.)
212 Sidney Wicks PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Texas Chaparrals UCLA (Sr.)
213Levi Wyatt#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors Alcorn A&M College (Sr.)
214 Rich Yunkus PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Georgia Tech (Sr.)
215 Marv Roberts PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Utah State (Sr.)
216 Willie Long SF/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians New Mexico (Sr.)
217 Charlie Davis PGFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Wake Forest (Sr.)
218Bob Kissane#FFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets (from Virginia) [32] Holy Cross (Sr.)
219 Darnell Hillman PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers San Jose State (Sr.)
220 Jake Ford #SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Western Kentucky (Sr.)
221 Roger Brown +CFlag of the United States.svg United States Texas Chaparrals (from Utah) [32] Kansas (Sr.)
222Garry Nelson#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Duquesne (Sr.)
323 Gregg Northington #CFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Alabama State (Sr.)
324 Austin Carr SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Notre Dame (Sr.)
325 John Mengelt SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Auburn (Sr.)
326 John Roche PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels South Carolina (Sr.)
327 Mike Newlin SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Utah (Sr.)
328Jimmy O'Brien#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors Boston College (Sr.)
329 Walt Szczerbiak SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Texas Chaparrals George Washington (Sr.)
330Thorpe Weber#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Vanderbilt (Sr.)
331 Ted McClain PG/SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Tennessee State (Sr.)
332 Rick Fisher PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Colorado State (Sr.)
333 Marvin Stewart #GFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Nebraska (Sr.)
434 Gene Phillips SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Texas Chaparrals SMU (Sr.)
435 Al Smith PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Bradley (Sr.)
436Bill Smith#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors (from Carolina) [32] Syracuse (Sr.)
437 Tom Owens C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros (from The Floridians) [32] South Carolina (Sr.)
438Bubba Jones#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors Ashland (Sr.)
439 Amos Thomas #SG/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Southwestern State (Sr.)
440 Dick Gibbs SFFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets UTEP (Sr.)
441 Fred Brown PG/SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Iowa (Sr.)
442 Dana Pagett GFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires USC (Sr.)
443 Jim Cleamons PG/SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Ohio State (Sr.)
444 Mo Layton PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars USC (Sr.)
545 Collis Jones SF/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Texas Chaparrals Notre Dame (Sr.)
546 Dave Robisch C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Kansas (Sr.)
547 Luke Adams #FFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Lamar State (Sr.)
548 Rich Rinaldi GFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians Saint Peter's (Sr.)
549Mike Jordan#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors Savannah State (Sr.)
550 Kennedy McIntosh PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Eastern Michigan (Sr.)
551Glen Summors#FFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Gannon College (Jr.)
552 Mike Gale PG/SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Elizabeth City State (Sr.)
553 Tom Riker C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires South Carolina (Jr.)
554 Clarence Glover SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Western Kentucky (Sr.)
555Lee Dedmon#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars North Carolina (Sr.)
656 George Trapp PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States Texas Chaparrals Cal State Long Beach (Sr.)
657William Graham#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Kentucky State (Sr.)
658Ron Rippetoe#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars David Lipscomb College (Sr.)
659Larry Holliday#GFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians Oregon (Sr.)
660 Barry Nelson CFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors Duquesne (Sr.)
661 Fred Hilton SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Grambling (Sr.)
662Matt Necaise#FFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets William Carey College (Sr.)
663Jim Welch#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Houston (Sr.)
664 Barry Parkhill SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Virginia (So.)
665 Jeff Halliburton SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Drake (Sr.)
666 Bobby Fields GFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars La Salle (Sr.)
767Sterling Quant#PFFlag of the Bahamas.svg The Bahamas [34] Texas Chaparrals Central State (Sr.)
768 Ken Gardner SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Utah (Sr.)
769Ed Kemp#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Adams State (Sr.)
770Greg Starrick#GFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians Southern Illinois (Sr.)
771John Sutter#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors Tulane (Sr.)
772 Loyd King SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Virginia Tech (Sr.)
773 Odis Allison SFFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets UNLV (Sr.)
774 Larry Steele SG/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Kentucky (Sr.)
775 Clifford Ray C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Oklahoma (Sr.)
776 Dean Meminger PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Marquette (Sr.)
777Erwin Johnson#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Augusta (Sr.)
878 Curtis Rowe PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Texas Chaparrals UCLA (Sr.)
879Tyrone Marioneaux#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Loyola (New Orleans) (Sr.)
880 Kenneth Davis #PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Georgetown College (KY) (Sr.)
881Tom Lee#FFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians Arizona (Sr.)
882 Charlie Yelverton SG/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors Fordham (Sr.)
883James Douglas#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Memphis State (Sr.)
884John Duncan#FFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Kentucky Wesleyan (Sr.)
885Clarence Sherrod#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Wisconsin (Sr.)
886Bill Gerry#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Virginia (Sr.)
887 Vic Bartolome #GFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers UCLA (Sr.)
888Jim Day#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Morehead State (Sr.)
989Jimmie Guymon#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Texas Chaparrals Eastern New Mexico (Sr.)
990Mike Childress#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Colorado State (Sr.)
991 Dave Wohl PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Pennsylvania (Sr.)
992Jim Haderlein#FFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians Loyola Los Angeles (Sr.)
993Vincent White#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors Savannah State (Sr.)
994Henry Smith#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Missouri (Sr.)
995 Jarrett Durham FFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Duquesne (Sr.)
996Mike O'Brien#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Saint Leo (Sr.)
997 Jim Chones C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Marquette (Jr.)
998Tom Crosswhite#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Dayton (Sr.)
999Willie Humes#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Idaho State (Sr.)
10100Gene Knoll#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Texas Chaparrals Texas Tech (Sr.)
10101George Faerber# [35] FFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Purdue (Sr.)
10102 Ken Mayfield SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Tuskegee (Sr.)
10103Doug Rex#FFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians UC Santa Barbara (Sr.)
10104James Fleming#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors Alcorn A&M College (Sr.)
10105 Jim Gregory #FFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros East Carolina (Sr.)
10106Eric Hill#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors (from New York) [32] Minnesota (Sr.)
10107Larry Saunders#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Duke (Sr.)
10108 Gil McGregor PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Wake Forest (Sr.)
10109Larry Weatherford#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Purdue (Sr.)
10110 Jake Jones SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Assumption College (Sr.)
11111Al Shumate# [36] SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Texas Chaparrals North Texas State (Sr.)
11112John Ribock#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets South Carolina (Sr.)
11113Bobby McKenney# [37] CFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Pepperdine (Sr.)
11114Gerald Lockett#FFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians Arkansas AM&N College (Sr.)
11115Rayford McCambry#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors Miles College (Sr.)
11116Danny Davis#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Henderson State (Sr.)
11117Bill Warner#GFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Arizona (Sr.)
11118 Sid Catlett FFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Notre Dame (Sr.)
11119 Héctor Blondet #FFlag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico Virginia Squires Murray State (Sr.)
11120Jim England#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Tennessee (Sr.)
11 Utah Stars (Passed up on using this selection.)
12121Willie Hart#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Texas Chaparrals Grambling (So.) [38]
12122Gary Brell#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Marquette (Sr.)
12123Craig Love#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Ohio (Sr.)
12124 Will Allen FFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians Miami (FL) (Sr.)
12125 Isaiah Wilson SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors Baltimore (Sr.)
12126Gary Reist#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Rice (Sr.)
12127Blaine Henry#GFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Marshall (Sr.)
12128Jim Dinwiddie#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Kentucky (Sr.)
12129Luis Grillo# [39] PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Sunbury Mercuries (EBA) [40]
12130Jeff Smith#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers New Mexico State (Jr.)
12 Utah Stars (Passed up on using this selection.)
13131 Goo Kennedy PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States Texas Chaparrals TCU (Sr.)
13132Glen Richgels#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Wisconsin (Sr.)
13133 Bob Wenzel #GFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Rutgers (Sr.)
13134 Jackie Ridgle SGFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians California (Sr.)
13135Ray Greene#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors California State (Pennsylvania) (Sr.)
13136Edward Hoskins#SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros LeMoyne–Owen (Sr.)
13137Don Ward#GFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Colgate (Sr.)
13138 Pierre Russell SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Kansas (Sr.)
13 Virginia Squires (Passed up on using this selection.)
13139Rick Katherman#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Duke (Sr.)
13 Utah Stars (Passed up on using this selection.)
14140Bill Brickhouse#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Texas Chaparrals Montana State (Sr.)
14141Jerry Hyder#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Eastern New Mexico (Sr.)
14142 Ron Dorsey SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Tennessee State (Sr.)
14143Pembrook Burrows#CFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians Jacksonville (Sr.)
14144Gene Mumford#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors Scranton (Sr.)
14145Ken Riley#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Middle Tennessee (Sr.)
14146Skip Young#GFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Florida State (Sr.)
14147Jerome Perry#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Western Kentucky (Sr.)
14 Virginia Squires (Passed up on using this selection.)
14148Clarence Smith#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Villanova (Sr.)
14 Utah Stars (Passed up on using this selection.)
15149William Chatmon#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Texas Chaparrals Baylor (Sr.)
15150David Hall#C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Kansas State (Jr.)
15151Hank Commodore#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Northwestern State (Sr.)
15152Ken May#FFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians Dayton (Sr.)
15153Lee McCullough#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors Indiana (Pennsylvania) (Sr.)
15154Rod Behrens#PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Samford (Sr.) [41] [42]
15155Phillip Sisk# [43] GFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Georgia Southern (Sr.)
15156Willie Cherry#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Denver (Sr.)
15 Virginia Squires (Passed up on using this selection.)
15157Rich Walker#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Bowling Green (Sr.)
15 Utah Stars (Passed up on using this selection.)
16158Harry Taylor#G/FFlag of the United States.svg United States Texas Chaparrals Los Angeles Baptist (Sr.)
16159Richard Dixon#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Loyola Los Angeles (Sr.)
16160Frank Lorthridge#C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Pan American (Sr.)
16161Wayman Terrell#PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians Oklahoma Baptist (Sr.)
16162Russell Golden#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors Jacksonville (Jr.)
16163Don Johnson#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Tennessee (Sr.)
16164 Brian Mahoney SGFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Manhattan (Sr.)
16 Kentucky Colonels (Passed up on using this selection.)
16 Virginia Squires (Passed up on using this selection.)
16165Tom Bush#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Drake (Sr.)
16 Utah Stars (Passed up on using this selection.)
17166Dan McGhee#PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States Texas Chaparrals Howard Payne (Sr.) [44]
17167David Walls Jr.# [45] PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Jackson State (Sr.)
17168Dan Fife#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Michigan (Sr.)
17169Bill Drozdiak#FFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians Oregon (Sr.)
17170Harry James#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors Montclair State (Sr.) [46]
17171Haywood Hill#SG/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Oral Roberts (Sr.)
17172Ollie Shannon#GFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Minnesota (Sr.)
17 Kentucky Colonels (Passed up on using this selection.)
17 Virginia Squires (Passed up on using this selection.)
17173Jim Irving#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Saint Louis (Sr.)
17 Utah Stars (Passed up on using this selection.)
18 Texas Chaparrals (Passed up on using this selection.)
18174Paul Botts#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Central Michigan (Sr.)
18175Cliff Harris#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Hardin–Simmons (Sr.)
18176Eddie Myers#CFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians Arizona (Sr.)
18177John Novey#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors Mount St. Mary's (Sr.)
18178Reggie Wood#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros College of Steubenville (Sr.)
18179Bob Doyle#SGFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets UTEP (Sr.)
18 Kentucky Colonels (Passed up on using this selection.)
18 Virginia Squires (Passed up on using this selection.)
18180Bob Bissant#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Loyola (New Orleans) (Sr.)
18 Utah Stars (Passed up on using this selection.)
19 Texas Chaparrals (Passed up on using this selection.)
19181Ron Smith#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Wichita State (Sr.)
19182Steve Bilsky#PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Pennsylvania (Sr.)
19183Steve Sims#SGFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians Pepperdine (Sr.)
19 Pittsburgh Condors (Passed up on using this selection.)
19184Billy Barnes#PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Southern State (Sr.) [47]
19185Calvin Oliver#FFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Pan American (Sr.)
19 Kentucky Colonels (Passed up on using this selection.)
19 Virginia Squires (Passed up on using this selection.)
19186Rudy Benjamin#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Michigan State (Sr.)
19 Utah Stars (Passed up on using this selection.)
20 Texas Chaparrals (Passed up on using this selection.)
20187Bobby Jones#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Drake (Sr.)
20 Carolina Cougars (Passed up on using this selection.)
20188Pat Biber#FFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians Tampa (Sr.) [48]
20 Pittsburgh Condors (Passed up on using this selection.)
20189Allan Dalton# [49] GFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Suffolk (Sr.)
20190Greg Cluess#C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets St. John's (Jr.)
20 Kentucky Colonels (Passed up on using this selection.)
20 Virginia Squires (Passed up on using this selection.)
20191 Slick Pinkham #GFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers DePauw ("Sr.")
20 Utah Stars (Passed up on using this selection.)

1972 ABA draft

Note, this year does not include six rounds of the July 13 dispersal draft involving two former ABA teams or an expansion draft for the San Diego Conquistadors (who took Mike Barrett from the Virginia Squires as their first pick in that draft) that took place after the dispersal draft to replace one of those defunct teams in question, meaning this draft would not have the San Diego team involved. [50] [51] Once again, the ABA planned on getting a head start on the rivaling NBA by starting their first five rounds of the draft on March 2 (with ordering based on records from February 20, though with the Pittsburgh Condors and Memphis Pros alternating between themselves on who has the first selection and who has the second selection in each round), while the rest of the draft (which would also be twenty rounds long) would finish up over a month later on April 12 up in New York. However, this draft would also be the first draft to allow each team to select a college underclassman to join their team within the first five rounds of the draft, which drew some ire and criticisms at the time amongst not just the NCAA, but also numerous college coaches as well. This allowed teams to select some special talented players like future Hall of Famers Bob McAdoo and Bill Walton, as well as players like Doug Collins and freshman David Brent being drafted earlier than the NBA had anticipated them being available, though most of those guys either returned to college or went to the NBA anyway, Unfortunately, the recording of who got selected where during the first five rounds in particular is not well known for this particular year, meaning some information for the earlier rounds is more scattershot and a bit messier to record by comparison to the later rounds, weirdly enough, although we do at least know the general draft ordering for the teams that selected players this year. [52] As such, the listing of the first five rounds in particular might not be 100% accurate information by comparison to the rest of the draft here. In any case, following the conclusion of this draft year, both "The Floridians" and the Pittsburgh Condors would declare themselves as defunct operations going forward (thus leading to only the aforementioned San Diego Conquistadors replacing just one of those two teams going forward [53] ), while the Memphis Pros decided to change their team name to the Memphis Pros entering the upcoming season. [21]

RoundPickPlayerPos.NationalityTeamSchool/Club team
11 Bob McAdoo ^CFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires (from Pittsburgh) [52] North Carolina (Jr.)
1 Memphis Pros (forfeited #2 pick due to them acquiring Larry Cannon from the Denver Rockets [52] )
12 Tom Riker C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars South Carolina (Sr.)
13 Bud Stallworth SG/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Kansas (Sr.)
14 Dwight Davis PFFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians Houston (Sr.)
1 New York Nets (forfeited #5 pick due to them signing Jim Chones, a player previously drafted by the Virginia Squires last year that got invalidated due to draft stipulations at the time [52] )
15 LaRue Martin CFlag of the United States.svg United States Dallas Chaparrals Loyola (Chicago) (Sr.)
16 Paul Stovall SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets (from Indiana) [52] Arizona State (Sr.)
1 Virginia Squires (forfeited what would have been the #7 pick due to them signing Julius Erving last year after the previous draft ended [52] )
1 Utah Stars (forfeited what would have been the new #7 pick due to them signing Jimmy Jones from the Memphis Pros [52] )
17 Corky Calhoun SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Duke (Sr.)
28David Brent#C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Jacksonville (Fr.)
29 John Gianelli C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors Pacific (Sr.)
210 Dennis Wuycik SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars North Carolina (Sr.)
211 Claude Terry SG/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Stanford (Sr.)
212 Mike Stewart #CFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians Santa Clara (Jr.)
213 Bill Chamberlain SFFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets North Carolina (Sr.)
214 Mike Ratliff CFlag of the United States.svg United States Dallas Chaparrals Wisconsin–Eau Claire (Sr.)
215 Chris Ford SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Villanova (Sr.)
216 Russ Lee SG/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros (acquired via trade of some sort (probably from Kentucky)) Marshall (Sr.)
317 Chuck Terry SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors Long Beach State (Sr.)
318 Jim Price PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Louisville (Sr.)
319 Brian Taylor *PGFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets (acquired via trade of some sort (probably from Carolina)) Princeton (Sr.)
320 Paul Westphal ^PG/SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets USC (Sr.)
321 Scott English SFFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians UTEP (Sr.)
322 Joby Wright PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets (from The Floridians via New York) [52] Indiana (Sr.)
323 Bob Morse #SF/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Dallas Chaparrals Pennsylvania (Sr.)
324Oscar Evans#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Butler (Sr.)
325Bill Franklin#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Auburn (Sr.)
326 Travis Grant SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Kentucky State (Sr.)
427Rusty Clair#C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Oregon (Sr.)
428 Bob Davis SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors Weber State (Sr.)
429 Fred Boyd PG/SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Oregon State (Sr.)
430 Doug Collins SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Illinois State (Sr.)
431Greg Starrick#GFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians Southern Illinois (Sr.)
432 Dwaine Dillard SFFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Eastern Michigan (So.) [54]
433 Bill Walton ^CFlag of the United States.svg United States Dallas Chaparrals UCLA (So.)
434Art White#FFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets (acquired via trade of some sort) Georgetown University (D.C.) (Sr.)
435Chuck Jura#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Nebraska (Sr.)
536 Wil Robinson SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors West Virginia (Sr.)
537 Steve Bracey PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Tulsa (Sr.)
538 Dave Bustion PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Denver (Sr.)
539 Bob Lackey SGFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Marquette (Sr.)
540 Steve Hawes C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Dallas Chaparrals Washington (Sr.)
541Nate Stephens#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Long Beach State (Jr.)
542 Bob Nash SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Hawaii (Sr.)
543 Harold Fox PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors (acquired via trade of some sort (probably from Kentucky)) Jacksonville (Sr.)
644Bob Ford#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Purdue (Sr.)
645 James Silas *PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors Stephen F. Austin (Sr.)
646 Steve Bracey PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Tulsa (Sr.)
647 Sam Sibert SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Kentucky State (Sr.)
648Charlie Thorpe#CFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians Belhaven College (Sr.)
649Ron Harris#FFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Wichita State (Sr.)
650 Jim Creighton PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Dallas Chaparrals Colorado (Sr.)
651 George Adams FFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Gardner–Webb College (Jr.)
652Reggie Bird#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Princeton (Sr.)
653 Tom Patterson SF/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Ouachita Baptist (Jr.)
654Matt Gantt#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels St. Bonaventure (Sr.)
755Joe Mackey#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors USC (Sr.)
756 Rowland Garrett SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Florida State (Sr.)
757Dan Holcomb#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Memphis State (Sr.)
758 Ron Riley PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets USC (Sr.)
759 Swen Nater *CFlag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands The Floridians UCLA (Jr.)
760 Hank Siemiontkowski #SF/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Villanova (Sr.)
761 Frank Schade GFlag of the United States.svg United States Dallas Chaparrals Wisconsin–Eau Claire (Sr.)
762 Richie Garner #SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Manhattan (Sr.)
763 Al Sanders PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires LSU (Sr.)
764 Eric McWilliams SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Long Beach State (Sr.)
765Bill Kennedy#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Arizona State (Sr.)
866Sam Simmons#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Bradley (Sr.)
867Marshall Wingate#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors Niagara (Sr.)
868 Henry Bibby PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars UCLA (Sr.)
869Ted Martiniuk#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Saint Peter's (Sr.)
870 Ron Thomas PFFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians Louisville (Sr.)
871Walter Jones#FFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets LIU Brooklyn (Sr.)
872 Ansley Truitt PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Dallas Chaparrals California (Sr.)
873Cavin Andersen#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Valley City State (Sr.)
874Billy Shepherd#PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Kentucky (Sr.)
875 Frank Russell SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Detroit (Sr.)
876Terry Benton#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Wichita State (Sr.)
977 Charles Edge SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors LeMoyne–Owen (Jr.)
978Steve Davidson#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros West Texas State (Sr.)
979Jerry Crocker#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Guilford (Sr.)
980 Bernie Fryer SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets BYU (Sr.)
981Ernie Fleming#FFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians Jacksonville (Sr.)
982Ed Czernota#FFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Sacred Heart (Sr.)
983Wayne Grabiec#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Dallas Chaparrals Michigan (Sr.)
984Wardell Dyson#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Shaw University (Sr.)
985 Mike Barr GFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Duquesne (Sr.)
986 Mike Jackson PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Cal State Los Angeles (Sr.)
987Ernest Pettis#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Western Michigan (Sr.)
1088Jackie Young#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Rocky Mountain (Sr.)
1089Bryan Adrian#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors Davidson (Sr.)
1090Mike Collins#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Seattle (Sr.)
1091 Jerry Pender SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Fresno State (Sr.)
1092 Sam Cash PFFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians UC Riverside (Jr.)
1093Randy Noll#FFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Marshall (Jr.)
1094Jerry Zielinski#SG/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Dallas Chaparrals Northern Illinois (Sr.)
1095Jolly Spight#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Santa Clara (Sr.)
1096Rick Aydlett#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires South Carolina (Sr.)
1097 Kevin Porter PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Saint Francis (Jr.)
1098Cleveland Hill#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Nicholls State (Sr.)
1199Joe Gaines#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors Belmont (Sr.)
11100Steve Turner#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Vanderbilt (Jr.)
11101Wilbert Loftin#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Southwest Louisiana (Sr.)
11102Gary Stewart#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Canisius (Sr.)
11103Tracy Tripucka#GFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians Lafayette (Sr.)
11104Quinas Brower#FFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Hofstra (Sr.)
11105Jeff Hickman#SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Dallas Chaparrals Houston (Sr.)
11106Billy Burton#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Eastern Kentucky (Sr.)
11107Kent Hollenbeck#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Kentucky (Sr.)
11108Willie Hart#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Grambling (Jr.) [38]
11109Andrew Pettes#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Oklahoma (Sr.)
12110 Henry Bacon SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Louisville (Sr.)
12111Chic Downing#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors Benedictine College (Sr.)
12112 Charles Dudley PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Washington (Sr.)
12113Michael Reid#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets UC Riverside (So.)
12114Jerry Brucks#CFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians Wyoming (Sr.)
12115Bill Phillips#CFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets St. John's (Sr.)
12116Stan Key#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Dallas Chaparrals Kentucky (Sr.)
12117Wally Rice#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers PMC Colleges (Sr.)
12118Milton Adams#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Portland (Sr.)
12119 Lloyd Neal C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Tennessee State (Sr.)
12120David Hall#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Kansas State (Sr.)
13121Billy Pleas#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors Detroit (Sr.)
13122Ruppert Breedlove#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Oglethorpe (Sr.)
13123Mike Sneed#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Fayetteville State (Sr.)
13124John Burks#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets San Francisco (Sr.)
13125Bobby Jack#FFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians Oklahoma (Sr.)
13126Kelly Utley#GFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Shaw University (Sr.)
13127Donn Weise# [55] CFlag of the United States.svg United States Dallas Chaparrals Ripon College (Sr.)
13128Mel Sims# [56] GFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Cal State Los Angeles (Sr.)
13129Ralph HoustonFFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Houston (Sr.)
13130Simpson Degrate#SG/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars TCU (Sr.)
13131Jerry Clack#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Oklahoma State (Sr.)
14132Sam McCarney#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Oral Roberts (Sr.)
14133David Werthman#SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors West Virginia (Sr.)
14134 Steve Previs PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars North Carolina (Sr.)
14135 John Tschogl SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets UC Santa Barbara (Sr.)
14136Greg Flaker#GFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians Missouri (Sr.)
14137Paul Hoffman#GFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets St. Bonaventure (Sr.)
14138Rhea Taylor#SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Dallas Chaparrals Arizona State (Sr.)
14139Nate Williams#SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Utah State (Sr.)
14140Rudolph Peele#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Norfolk State (Sr.)
14141Mose Adolph#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Cal State Los Angeles (Sr.)
14142Tom Parker#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Kentucky (Sr.)
15143Henry Seawright#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors Manhattan (Sr.)
15144Gene Mack#PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Iowa State (Sr.)
15145Kent Martens#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Abilene Christian (Sr.)
15146Leon Huff#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Drake (Sr.)
15147Ray Golson#GFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians West Texas State (Sr.)
15 New York Nets (Passed up on using this selection.)
15148Ron Williams#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Dallas Chaparrals Murray State (Sr.)
15 Indiana Pacers (Passed up on using this selection.)
15149Scott McCandlish#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Virginia (Sr.)
15150 Harvey Catchings PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Hardin–Simmons (So.)
15151Jerry Dunn#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Western Kentucky (Sr.)
16152Ken May#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Dayton (Sr.)
16153Lee McCullough#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors Indiana (Pennsylvania) (Sr.)
16154Rod Behrens#PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Samford (Sr.)
16155Phillip Sisk#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Georgia Southern (Sr.)
16156Willie Cherry#FFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians Denver (Sr.)
16 New York Nets (Passed up on using this selection.)
16157Rich Walker#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Dallas Chaparrals Bowling Green (Sr.)
16 Indiana Pacers (Passed up on using this selection.)
16158Harry Taylor#G/FFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Los Angeles Baptist (Sr.)
16159Richard Dixon#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Loyola Los Angeles (Sr.)
16160Frank Lorthridge#C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Pan American (Sr.)
17161Harry Anderson#SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Pittsburgh Condors Saint Peter's (Jr.)
17162Steve Schmidt#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros South Alabama (Sr.)
17163David Smith#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Western Carolina (Sr.)
17164Dave Hullman#PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Arizona State (Sr.)
17165Arnie Berman#FFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians Brown (Sr.)
17166 Ron Bradley #GFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Eastern Nazarene (Jr.)
17167Al Vilcheck#PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States Dallas Chaparrals Louisville (Sr.)
17 Indiana Pacers (Passed up on using this selection.)
17 Virginia Squires (Passed up on using this selection.)
17168Henry Steele#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Northeast Louisiana (Sr.) [57]
17 Kentucky Colonels (Passed up on using this selection.)
18169Terry Hankton#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Pros Arkansas Polytechnic College (Sr.)
18170 Manuel Raga #SGFlag of Mexico.svg Mexico Pittsburgh Condors Ignis Varese (Italy)
18171Curtis Pritchett#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars St. Augustine's (Sr.)
18172Harold Little#SG/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets New Mexico (Sr.)
18173Fred DeVaughn#FFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians Westmont (Jr.)
18 New York Nets (Passed up on using this selection.)
18 Dallas Chaparrals (Passed up on using this selection.)
18 Indiana Pacers (Passed up on using this selection.)
18 Virginia Squires (Passed up on using this selection.)
18174Dwight Holiday#SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Hawaii (Sr.)
18 Kentucky Colonels (Passed up on using this selection.)
19 Pittsburgh Condors (Passed up on using this selection.)
19 Memphis Pros (Passed up on using this selection.)
19175Paul Coder#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars NC State (Sr.)
19176Andy Knowles#PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Louisiana Tech (Sr.)
19177Bob Zender# [58] FFlag of the United States.svg United States The Floridians Kansas State (Sr.)
19 New York Nets (Passed up on using this selection.)
19 Dallas Chaparrals (Passed up on using this selection.)
19 Indiana Pacers (Passed up on using this selection.)
19 Virginia Squires (Passed up on using this selection.)
19178George Price#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Colorado State (Sr.)
19 Kentucky Colonels (Passed up on using this selection.)
20 Memphis Pros (Passed up on using this selection.)
20 Pittsburgh Condors (Passed up on using this selection.)
20 Carolina Cougars (Passed up on using this selection.)
20179Al Davis#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Hawaii (Sr.)
20 The Floridians (Passed up on using this selection.)
20 New York Nets (Passed up on using this selection.)
20 Dallas Chaparrals (Passed up on using this selection.)
20 Indiana Pacers (Passed up on using this selection.)
20 Virginia Squires (Passed up on using this selection.)
20180George Bryant#PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Eastern Kentucky (Sr.)
20 Kentucky Colonels (Passed up on using this selection.)

1972 ABA dispersal draft

On July 13, 1972, two of the ABA's first inaugural teams in "The Floridians" and the Pittsburgh Condors would have their players be dispersed in the first dispersal draft in the ABA's history. This dispersal draft would involve all of the original ABA teams at the time, but it would not include the San Diego Conquistadors expansion team since their creation was done after the dispersal draft happened. There would be six total rounds of draft picks from this dispersal draft that the nine ABA teams left over at the time would utilize from taking either "The Floridians" or Pittsburgh Condors players available. [59] Any players that weren't selected after this draft concluded would be placed on waivers and enter free agency afterward. [60] The following teams would select these players from either "The Floridians" or the Pittsburgh Condors.

Carolina Cougars
Dallas Chaparrals
Denver Rockets
Denver would only select players that were on "The Floridians" at the time of this dispersal draft.
Indiana Pacers
Kentucky Colonels
Memphis Pros
New York Nets
Utah Stars
Virginia Squires

1972 ABA expansion draft

Following the dispersal draft of "The Floridians" and Pittsburgh Condors, the ABA would host their first and only expansion draft in league history with the San Diego Conquistadors taking on one of the replacement spots for either "The Floridians" or the Pittsburgh Condors. The expansion draft for the San Diego Conquistadors would take place on August 10, 1972, almost a month after the dispersal draft had concluded, with the Conquistadors being allowed to have two selections of players in essentially one total round (but really two rounds [51] ) from the nine remaining ABA teams at hand. However, the Indiana Pacers would later negotiate a deal with San Diego to only allow them to acquire the negating draft rights to Dwight Jones instead of two players on their end. In any case, the following players would be selected by the San Diego Conquistadors for the franchise's expansion draft.

San Diego Conquistadors
Expansion draft roster:

1973 ABA draft

For this year's draft, the ABA would hold a special circumstances draft lasting for two rounds for the ten teams in the league on January 15, a senior draft lasting for ten rounds on April 25 (one day after the 1973 NBA draft began (despite the NBA's draft initially being held on April 9 that year), thus technically marking the first time an NBA draft was held before an ABA draft), an undergraduate draft also lasting for only two rounds that was also on April 25, and a supplemental draft on May 18 that lasted for a total of fifteen rounds (though with only 72 total picks for that draft by eight of the ten ABA teams involved), all of which was held entirely within New York. [61] [51] During the period of time between the special circumstances draft and the senior and undergraduate drafts occurred, the Dallas Chaparrals would be bought out and move to San Antonio, Texas to initially become the San Antonio Gunslingers before becoming the San Antonio Spurs franchise that's well known to this day. [20] However, while the ABA would try and draft players that would be considered as those that fit the "Hardship Exemption" in the NBA or qualify under the "Special Circumstances" notion for the ABA before the NBA could do so once again (sometimes succeeding in the process), the rest of the ABA's drafts afterward would all take place after the NBA completed their one singular draft, which would technically make it the first time the ABA draft was finished after the NBA finished their drafting period. As such, there would technically be four correct names for the first pick of the ABA draft: Mike Bantom from St. Joseph's College in Pennsylvania by the Denver Rockets (now known as the modern-day version of the Denver Nuggets) in the special circumstances draft, Bo Lamar from the University of Southwestern Louisiana by the San Diego Conquistadors for the senior draft, Bill Walton from UCLA by the San Diego Conquistadors as well for the undergraduate draft (officially considered to be picks #108-127 for the April 25 draft day), and Larry Moore from the University of Texas at Arlington by the San Diego Conquistadors for the supplemental draft (the only ABA player to be considered at #1 pick to not play basketball professionally [62] ) after the initial big draft day was completed. Not only that, if one were to combine the total rounds from all four of those drafts into one whole draft properly, this year's draft would have officially lasted for a massive 29 total rounds with the most number of players drafted for a grand total of 212 players selected for officially recorded data. However, to simplify the process a bit in this case, this year's draft coverage will have the four drafts separated as they originally were presented at the time. Outside of the Dallas Chaparrals moving to San Antonio in order to essentially become the modern-day San Antonio Spurs that currently exist in the NBA to this day following the end of the regular season months after the special circumstances draft ended, no other team movement changes occurred following the conclusions of the rest of these draft events, thus tying 1971 as the most stable draft year period for the ABA's teams due to no one outside of the Chaparrals franchise moving or changing team names once again.

1973 ABA special circumstances draft

This draft would technically be considered the last draft event that the Dallas Chaparrals would participate in under that name. Following the end of the 1972–73 ABA season, the Chaparrals franchise would move to San Antonio, Texas to initially be called the San Antonio Gunslingers before later entering the upcoming season onward as the San Antonio Spurs. As such, the San Antonio franchise would claim all of the Chaparrals franchise's draft rights from not just this draft, but also the other drafts held later in the year. That being said, every player selected in this particular draft except for George Gervin were selected as players that the ABA had deemed necessary to be drafted early via special circumstances coming out of college or university, regardless of whether they were already close toward graduating from said college or university before the draft began or not. In the case of George Gervin, he had actually left his college he was going to during his sophomore year in order to play minor league basketball of sorts in the originally named Continental Basketball Association before it was about to go defunct a year later.

RoundPickPlayerPos.NationalityTeamSchool/Club team
11 Mike Bantom PF/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets St. Joseph's (Sr.)
12 Mike Green +C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Louisiana Tech (Sr.)
13 Ernie DiGregorio PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Providence (Sr.)
14 Larry Kenon +PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Memphis State (Jr.)
15 Jim Brewer PFFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Minnesota (Sr.)
16 Kevin Kunnert CFlag of the United States.svg United States Dallas Chaparrals Iowa (Sr.)
17 David Vaughn Jr. CFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Oral Roberts (So.)
18 Robert Parish ^CFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Centenary (Fr.)
19 Jimmie Baker PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars UNLV (So.)
110 George Gervin ^SG/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Pontiac Chaparrals (CBA)
211 Bobby Jones ^PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars North Carolina (Jr.)
212 Tommy Burleson CFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars NC State (Jr.)
213Clyde Turner#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Minnesota (Jr.)
214 Dave Cowens ^SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Houston (So.)
215 Raymond Lewis #GFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Cal State Los Angeles (So.)
216 Billy Schaeffer SFFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets St. John's (Sr.)
217 John Brown SFFlag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of Germany.svg West Germany		 Dallas Chaparrals Missouri (Sr.)
218 Bird Averitt SGFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Pepperdine (Jr.)
219 Alvan Adams PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Oklahoma (So.)
220 Barry Parkhill SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Virginia (Sr.)

1973 ABA senior draft

For these next three draft events, the San Antonio Spurs were drafting under their initial team name of the San Antonio Gunslingers at the time. They would only change their team name to the Spurs some time before the 1973–74 ABA season officially began. Also for this draft, the focus involved would have teams draft only senior eligible players from colleges and universities for teams to potentially sign onto their teams over the rivaling NBA teams. Ironically, a few of these players selected in this wouldn't technically be considered proper seniors for one reason or another.

RoundPickPlayerPos.NationalityTeamSchool
11 Bo Lamar PGFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Southwestern Louisiana (Sr.)
12 Larry Finch SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Memphis State (Sr.)
13 Mike D'Antoni PGFlag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of Italy.svg Italy		 San Antonio Gunslingers/Spurs Marshall (Sr.)
14 Doug Collins SGFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Illinois State (Sr.)
15 Allan Bristow SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Virginia Tech (Sr.)
16 Ed Ratleff SG/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Long Beach State (Sr.)
17 Steve Downing CFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Indiana (Sr.)
18 Ronnie Robinson PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Memphis State (Sr.)
19 Louie Nelson PG/SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Washington (Sr.)
110 Mel Davis PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars St. John's (Sr.)
211 Wendell Hudson #FFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Alabama (Sr.)
212 Kevin Joyce PG/SGFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Gunslingers/Spurs South Carolina (Sr.)
213 Tim Bassett PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Georgia (Sr.)
214 Derrek Dickey PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels (from New York via Utah) [63] Cincinnati (Sr.)
215 Allie McGuire SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Marquette (Sr.)
216Steve Mitchell#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Kansas State (Sr.)
217 Jim O'Brien SF/SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Maryland (Sr.)
218 Leonard Gray PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Long Beach State (Sr.)
219 Ron King SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Florida State (Sr.)
220 Nick Weatherspoon SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Illinois (Sr.)
321Dave Langston#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Drake (Sr.)
322 Tom Kozelko PFFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Gunslingers/Spurs Toledo (Sr.)
323 Tom Ingelsby PGFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Villanova (Sr.)
324 James Lister #CFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Sam Houston State (Sr.)
325 Caldwell Jones +C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Albany State (Sr.)
326 Kevin Stacom SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Providence (Sr.)
327Jim Resteck#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Auburn (Sr.)
328Steve Newsome#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Houston (Sr.)
329 M. L. Carr SG/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Guilford (Sr.)
330 Ted Manakas SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars (from Carolina) [63] Princeton (Sr.)
431 Harry Rogers PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Saint Louis (Sr.)
432 Phil Hankinson PFFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets (from San Antonio) [63] Pennsylvania (Sr.)
433Darryl Minniefield#CFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors New Mexico (Sr.)
434 Kermit Washington PFFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets American (Sr.)
435Bob Lauriski#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Utah States (Sr.)
436 Patrick McFarland SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Saint Joseph's (Sr.)
437John Ritter#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Indiana (Sr.)
438 Martin Terry #FFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Arkansas (Sr.)
439 Ron Behagen PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Minnesota (Sr.)
440 Krešimir Ćosić #^CFlag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg SFR Yugoslavia
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia		 Carolina Cougars BYU (Sr.)
541 Dennis Bell SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Drake (Sr.)
542 Luke Witte CFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Gunslingers/Spurs Ohio State (Sr.)
543 Reggie Royals CFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Florida State (Sr.)
544Ken Brady#CFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Michigan (Sr.)
545 Pete Perry #CFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Pan American (Sr.)
546 Larry Farmer #FFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets UCLA (Sr.)
547 Allan Hornyak #SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Ohio State (Sr.)
548Pete Harris#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Stephen F. Austin (Sr.)
549William Harris#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels North Carolina A&T (Sr.) [64]
550 Larry Hollyfield #SG/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars UCLA (Sr.)
651 George Karl ^PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams North Carolina (Sr.)
652 Gary Melchionni PGFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Gunslingers/Spurs Duke (Sr.)
653 Jim Owens SFFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Arizona State (Sr.)
654Neal Jurgensen#FFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Oregon State (Sr.)
655 Aron Stewart #GFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Richmond (Sr.)
656Martinez Denmon#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Iowa State (Sr.)
657Joe Wallace#SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Denver (Sr.)
658 Dave Winfield #FFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Minnesota (Sr.)
659Mike Boylan#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Assumption College (Sr.)
660 Joe Reaves SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Bethel (Sr.)
761 E. C. Coleman PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Houston Baptist (Sr.)
762 Rich Fuqua #SGFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Gunslingers/Spurs Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball (Sr.)
763 Ken Charles SGFlag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago San Diego Conquistadors Fordham (Sr.)
764Nate Stephens#CFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Long Beach State (Sr.)
765Ruben Montanez#GFlag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico Virginia Squires Duquesne (Sr.)
766James Brown#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Harvard (Sr.)
767Jim Andrews#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Kentucky (Sr.)
768B. G. Brosterhous#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Texas (Sr.)
769 Les Taylor #SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Murray State (Sr.)
770Ozie Edwards#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Oklahoma City (Sr.)
871 Rod Freeman SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Vanderbilt (Sr.)
872Henry Wilmore#SG/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Gunslingers/Spurs Michigan (Sr.)
873Chris McMurray#FFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors San Diego State (Sr.)
874Gene Doyle#FFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Holy Cross (Sr.)
875Walt McGrary#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Chattanooga (Sr.)
876Gary Rhoades#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Colorado State (Sr.)
877 Mike Edwards #SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Tennessee (Sr.)
878Mike Williams#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Kentucky Wesleyan (Sr.)
879James Greene#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Kentucky Wesleyan (Sr.)
880Steve Becker#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Yankton (Sr.)
981Charles Mitchell#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Eastern Kentucky (Sr.)
982 Mark Sibley PGFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Gunslingers/Spurs Northwestern (Sr.)
983 Russ Hunt #CFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Furman (Sr.)
984Clinton Harris#FFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Iowa State (Sr.)
985 Phil Chenier SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires California (Sr.)
986Connie Warren#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Xavier (Sr.)
987Bobby Wilson#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Wichita State (Sr.) [65]
988 Roy McPipe SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Eastern Montana (Sr.)
989John Johnson#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Jacksonville (Sr.) [66]
990Abe Steward#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Jacksonville (Sr.)
1091Chuck Iverson#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams South Dakota (Sr.)
1092Lawrence Lilly#CFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Gunslingers/Spurs Alabama State (Sr.)
1093Nick Connor#FFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Illinois (Sr.)
1094Gene Armstead#C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Rutgers (Sr.)
1095Joe Caffeyky#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires NC State (Sr.)
1096Jeff Dawson#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Illinois (Sr.) [67]
1097 Byron Jones #FFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers San Francisco (Sr.)
1098Melvin Russell#PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Centenary (Sr.)
1099 Mike Macaluso SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Canisius (Sr.)
10100Gerald Smith#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Detroit (Sr.)

1973 ABA undergraduate draft

The ABA undergraduate draft would be considered a continuation of the official ABA draft (known for this year as the ABA senior draft properly), with ABA teams selecting undergraduate prospects from various colleges and universities early on in the hopes that they would play for them in the ABA, similar to what they had done with some prospects in the past or with what's currently going on in the present day with some players in more modern NBA drafts. As such, this draft's round and pick orders will be listed with the official round and pick numbers as it normally would be, followed by what the ABA considered the official round and pick numbers in parentheses due to the loose structure at hand for this year's ABA draft and only this year's ABA draft.

RoundPickPlayerPos.NationalityTeamSchool
11 (1)101 (1) Bill Walton ^CFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors UCLA (Jr.)
11 (1)102 (2) David Thompson ^SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams NC State (So.)
11 (1)103 (3) Dwight Jones PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Gunslingers/Spurs Houston (Jr.)
11 (1)104 (4)Henry Williams#FFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Jacksonville (So.)
11 (1)105 (5) Phil Smith SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires San Francisco (Jr.)
11 (1)106 (6) Marvin Barnes +PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Providence (Jr.)
11 (1)107 (7) Len Elmore C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Maryland (Jr.)
11 (1)108 (8) Bruce Seals PF/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Xavier (Louisiana) (Jr.)
11 (1)109 (9) Don Smith PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Dayton (Jr.)
11 (1)110 (10) Maurice Lucas +PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Marquette (Jr.)
12 (2)111 (11)Larry Robinson#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Texas (Jr.)
12 (2)112 (12) Tom Henderson PGFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Gunslingers/Spurs Hawaii (Jr.)
12 (2)113 (13) Jim Bradley FFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Northern Illinois (Jr.)
12 (2)114 (14) Campy Russell SFFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Michigan (Jr.)
12 (2)115 (15) John Shumate PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Notre Dame (Jr.)
12 (2)116 (16) Dennis DuVal GFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Syracuse (Jr.)
12 (2)117 (17)Rudy Jackson#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Hutchinson Community Junior College (Fr.) [68] [69]
12 (2)118 (18) Marvin Webster CFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Morgan State (So.)
12 (2)119 (19)Jim Forbes#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels UTEP (Jr.)
12 (2)120 (20) Kevin Restani PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars San Francisco (Jr.)

1973 ABA supplemental draft

Interestingly, the only two teams to decline participation in entering the supplemental draft for the ABA this year were the Indiana Pacers and New York Nets. All other teams involved would use multiple selections within multiple rounds in order to take whoever was available within this particular draft. Unlike the other drafts at hand, this particular draft would see scant few successes, with most of these players never even playing professionally altogether and the few that did mostly having success playing in the NBA instead.

RoundPickPlayerPos.NationalityTeamSchool
11Larry Moore#CFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors UT-Arlington (Sr.)
12Wardell Jeffries#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Oklahoma Baptist (Sr.)
13 Craig Littlepage #CFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Gunslingers/Spurs Pennsylvania (Sr.)
14Lamont King#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Long Beach State (Sr.)
15Dennis Johnson#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Ferris State (Sr.)
16Steve Rowell#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Rhode Island (Sr.)
17Willie Calvert#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Abilene Christian (Sr.)
18Cal Tatum#PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Southern Colorado State (Sr.)
29 Slick Watts PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Xavier (Louisiana) (Sr.)
210 John Coughran FFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Gunslingers/Spurs California (Sr.)
211Mike Contreras#GFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Arizona State (Sr.)
212Tom Peck#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Wisconsin–Eau Claire (Sr.)
213Bill McCoy#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Northern Iowa (Sr.)
214 James Garvin PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Boston University (Sr.)
215Don Johnson#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Lebanon Valley College (Sr.)
216Steve Smith#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Loyola Los Angeles (Sr.)
317Roy Simpson#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Furman (Sr.)
318Bob Fullarton#CFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Gunslingers/Spurs Xavier (Sr.)
319Doug Little#GFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Oregon (Sr.)
320Lindell Reason#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Eastern Michigan (Sr.)
321James Floyd#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Shaw University (Sr.)
322Chuck Witt#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Western Kentucky (Sr.)
323Greg Hawkins# [70] FFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires North Carolina State (Jr.)
324Bill Bailey#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Catawba College (Sr.)
425Norman Russell#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Oklahoma City (Sr.) [71]
426Bill Kilgore#CFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Gunslingers/Spurs Michigan State (Sr.)
427Ernie Kusnyer#FFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Kansas State (Sr.)
428Charles Golson#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars College of Emporia (Sr.)
429Fran Costello#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Providence (Sr.)
430Mike Allocco#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Stonehill College (Sr.)
431Dave Angel#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Clemson (Sr.)
532Aaron Covington#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Canisius (Sr.)
533Ronnie Hogue#GFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Gunslingers/Spurs Georgia (Sr.)
534Mike Quick#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars San Francisco (Sr.)
535Eddie Childress#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Austin Peay (Sr.)
536Alan Shaw# [72] CFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Duke (Sr.)
537Carl Jackson#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars St. Bonaventure (Sr.)
638Fred Lavaroni#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Santa Clara (Sr.)
639John Laing#CFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Gunslingers/Spurs Augustana College (Illinois) (Sr.)
640Jerry Bisbano#FFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Southwestern Louisiana (Sr.)
641Lee Colburn#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars South Dakota State (Sr.)
642Jerry Clark#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Skagit Valley College (So.)
643Howard White#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Maryland (Sr.)
644Lynn Greer#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Virginia State (Sr.)
745John Wolfenberg#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Valparaiso (Sr.)
746Jeff Overhouse#FFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Gunslingers/Spurs Texas A&M (Sr.)
747Mark Beckwith#CFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Montana State (Sr.)
748Robert White#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Sam Houston State (Sr.)
749Darrell Brown# [73] FFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Maryland (Sr.)
750Dale Adams#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars St. Mary's College of Maryland (Sr.) [74]
851Jim Crawford#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams La Salle (Sr.)
852Tim Dominey#GFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Gunslingers/Spurs Valdosta State (Sr.)
853 Wayne Pack PGFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Tennessee Tech (Sr.)
854Gary Watson#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Wisconsin (Sr.)
855Linwood Johnson#PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Virginia State (Sr.)
856Terrence Murchison#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Fayetteville State (Sr.)
957Rick Williams#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Iowa (Sr.)
958Billy Harris#GFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Gunslingers/Spurs Northern Illinois (Sr.)
959Fred DeVaughn#FFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Westmont College (Sr.)
960Larry Davis#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Centenary College (Sr.)
1061Joe Wise#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Bridgewater State (Sr.)
1062Bob Bodell#GFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Gunslingers/Spurs Maryland (Sr.)
1063Ben Kelso#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Central Michigan (Sr.)
1164Reed Johnson#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Oklahoma Christian College (So.)
1165Leon Howard#FFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Gunslingers/Spurs Wisconsin (Sr.)
1166Nate Hawthorne#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Southern Illinois (Sr.)
1267Greg Jurcisin#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Connecticut (Sr.)
1268Mark Jellison#GFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Gunslingers/Spurs Northeastern (Sr.)
1269John Thomas#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Joplin Junior College (Sr.) [75]
1370Gary Black#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Rocky Mountain College (Sr.)
1471Sam Whitehead#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Oregon State (Sr.)
1572 Harvey Catchings PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Hardin–Simmons (Jr.)

1974 ABA draft

Once again, the ABA would host their draft in New York, this time deciding to greatly simplify the process again. This time, the ABA draft would be reduced from 29 overall rounds from four different drafts to ten rounds held on two days for just one simple draft, with the first two rounds taking place on March 6 and the rest of the rounds afterward wrapping up the event on April 17. The draft would be notable for the fact that it would lead to one of the first successful direct to high school players in basketball history with Moses Malone being drafted by the Utah Stars directly out of Petersburg High School in Petersburg, Virginia. His success would help lead to the selection of Bill Willoughby, another direct to high school senior player, for the following year's ABA draft alongside other future successful direct to high school players in the NBA entering the late 1990s and early 2000s (and a few postgraduate high schoolers in the late 2010s as well). In addition to these 10 rounds of the regular ABA draft for college players alongside high schooler Moses Malone, there would also be what was called an ABA draft of NBA players done during that same year following the conclusion of the regular ABA draft. [76] The ABA's drafting of NBA players would last for five rounds (with the Seattle SuperSonics' Bob Kauffman being the #1 pick for that event by the Virginia Squires) and take place following the actual ABA draft's conclusion, with both the press and the fans alike not knowing what to make of the ABA's draft situation with the NBA's players of all possible things. [77] Following these draft days' conclusions, the Carolina Cougars would move to St. Louis, Missouri to become the uniquely named Spirits of St. Louis franchise, [15] the Denver Rockets would officially rebrand themselves into the Denver Nuggets (partially as a homage to the former Denver Nuggets NBA team that played in the 1949–50 NBA season, but mainly as the winning entry in their "Name That Team" contest) in order to make their personal transition into the NBA a lot more easier on their end due to the NBA already having a team named the Rockets around via the Houston Rockets, [3] and the Memphis Tams would officially rebrand themselves as the Memphis Sounds for what would later become their final season in Memphis. [21]

RoundPickPlayerPos.NationalityTeamSchool
11 Tom McMillen PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Maryland (Sr.)
12 Scott Wedman SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Colorado (Sr.)
13 Major Jones PFFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Albany State (So.)
14 Fly Williams SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Austin Peay (So.)
15 Jan van Breda Kolff SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires (from San Antonio) [78] Vanderbilt (Sr.)
16 Billy Knight +SG/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Pittsburgh (Sr.)
17 John Lucas II PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Maryland (So.)
18 Cliff Pondexter PFFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors (from Kentucky) [78] Long Beach State (So.)
19 Brian Winters PG/SGFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets South Carolina (Sr.)
110 Joe C. Meriweather C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Southern Illinois (Jr.)
211 Foots Walker PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams West Georgia (Sr.)
212 Jesse Dark SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires VCU (Sr.)
213 Gus Bailey SG/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors UTEP (Sr.)
214 Frank Kendrick SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Purdue (Sr.)
215 Truck Robinson PFFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Spurs Tennessee State (Sr.)
216Bruce King#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Pan American (Sr.)
217 Rich Kelley C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars (from New York) [78] Illinois (Jr.)
218 Al Eberhard SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Missouri (Sr.)
219 Gus Gerard +SFFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets (from Carolina) [78] Virginia (Jr.)
220 Len Kosmalski CFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Tennessee (Sr.)
321 Bobby Wilson SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Wichita State (Sr.)
322 Moses Malone ^CFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars (from Virginia) [78] Petersburg HS (Virginia) (HS   Sr.)
323 Mike Sojourner C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Utah (Jr.)
324 Lionel Billingy PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires (from San Diego) [78] Duquesne (Sr.)
325 Aaron Jones PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars (from San Antonio) [78] Grambling State (Sr.)
326Roland Grant#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers New Mexico State (Sr.)
327 Tom Barker C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars (from Carolina) [78] College of Southern Idaho (So.)
328Sammy High#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels (from Utah) [78] Tulsa (Sr.)
329 Collis Temple SFFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Spurs (from Kentucky) [78] LSU (Sr.)
330 Tom Boswell PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets South Carolina (Jr.)
431 Glenn McDonald SG/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Long Beach State (Sr.)
432Lerman Battle#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Fairmont State (Sr.)
433Richie O'Connor#GFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Fairfield (Sr.)
434 Coniel Norman SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Arizona (So.)
435 Fred Saunders SF/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Spurs Syracuse (Sr.)
436 Kim Hughes CFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Spurs (from Indiana) [78] Wisconsin (Sr.)
437 Darrell Elston SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars North Carolina (Sr.)
438Sam McCants#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Oral Roberts (Jr.)
439 Lloyd Batts SG/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Cincinnati (Sr.)
440 Talvin Skinner SFFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Maryland Eastern Shore (Sr.)
541Tyrone Medley#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Utah (Sr.)
542Bernard Harris#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires VCU (Sr.)
543Bernard Hardin#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets New Mexico (Sr.)
544 Greg Lee PGFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors UCLA (Sr.)
545 Gene Short SFFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Spurs Jackson State (So.)
546Eddie Woods#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Oral Roberts (Sr.)
547 Mickey Johnson PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Aurora College (Sr.)
548 Steve Brooks #CFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Arkansas State (Sr.)
549Seymour Reed#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Bradley (Sr.)
550 Eric Fernsten C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets San Francisco (Jr.)
651Wolfgang Fengler# [79] C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Delaware (Sr.)
652 Phil Lumpkin PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Miami (OH) (Sr.)
653Richard Wallace#GFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Georgia Southern (Sr.)
654 Luther Burden SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Utah (So.)
655Gary Anderson#GFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Spurs Wisconsin (Sr.)
656Ron deVries#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Illinois State (Sr.)
657Gary Novak#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Notre Dame (Sr.)
658 Harvey Catchings PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars (from Utah) [78] Hardin–Simmons (Sr.)
659 Bill Ligon GFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Vanderbilt (Sr.)
660 Gary Brokaw GFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Notre Dame (Jr.)
761Lawrence Johnson#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Prairie View A&M (Sr.)
762 Earl Williams CFlag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of Israel.svg Israel		 Virginia Squires Winston-Salem State (Sr.)
763 Eric Money PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Arizona (Jr.)
764 Leon Benbow SGFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Jacksonville (Sr.)
765Gerald Cunningham#FFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Spurs Kentucky State (Fr.)
766 Alex English ^SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers South Carolina (So.)
767 Jimmy Foster PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Connecticut (Sr.)
768 Ron Lee PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Oregon (So.)
769Bill Butler#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Louisville (Sr.)
770 Dean Tolson PFFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Arkansas (Sr.)
871Willie Biles#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Tulsa (Sr.)
872 John Drew SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Gardner–Webb (So.)
873 Daniel Anderson PGFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors USC (Sr.)
874 Larry Fogle SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Canisius (So.)
875Hercle Ivy#GFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Spurs Iowa State (Sr.)
876Bob Florence#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers UNLV (Sr.)
877 Thomas L. Kivisto #PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Kansas (Sr.)
878 Ed Palubinskas #GFlag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Utah Stars LSU (Sr.)
879Leonard Coulter#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Morehead State (Sr.)
880 Al Skinner SGFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Massachusetts (Sr.)
981Ron Brown#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Penn State (Sr.)
982 Bill Campion #CFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Manhattan (Jr.)
983Tony Byers#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Wake Forest (Sr.)
984 Stan Washington PGFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors San Diego (Sr.)
985 Walter Luckett #SGFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Spurs Ohio (So.)
986Kevin Fitzgerald#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Oklahoma State (Sr.)
987Marcus Washington#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Marquette (Sr.)
988Glenn HansenSGFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars LSU (Jr.)
989 Lionel Hollins PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Arizona State (Jr.)
990Bob Fleischer#FFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Duke (Jr.)
1091Candy LaPrince#PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Iowa (Sr.)
1092Mark Cartwright#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Bowling Green (Jr.)
1093 Marques Johnson SFFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors UCLA (Fr.)
1094 Roscoe Pondexter #FFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Long Beach State (Jr.)
1095Charles McKinney#CFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Spurs Baylor (Sr.)
1096Mark Brown#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Missouri Western State (Sr.)
1097 Mike Sylvester #FFlag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of Italy.svg Italy		 Carolina Cougars Dayton (Sr.)
1098Mike Westra#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars USC (Sr.)
1099Steve Walker#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Kentucky Wesleyan (Sr.)
10100Mike Ogan#CFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Spurs (from New York) [78] Carson–Newman (Sr.)

1974 ABA draft of NBA players

This draft was done with the intention of trying to have the ABA's teams go ahead and sign up some of the NBA's own players onto their own teams instead of remaining onto their NBA teams properly. However, none of the NBA's players would go ahead and sign up with the ABA teams that drafted them there. At most, a few of those players would join up with some of those ABA teams later on either in the ABA or the NBA instead, but not directly entering the 1974–75 ABA season. A couple of these players that were drafted by the ABA would later retire from professional play before the upcoming season began as well.

Rnd.PickPlayerPos.Nationality [n 1] ABA TeamNBA Team
11 Bob Kauffman PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Buffalo Braves
12 Rick Roberson PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Portland Trail Blazers
13 Nate Thurmond ^C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Golden State Warriors
14 Cazzie Russell SFFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Golden State Warriors
15 Tom Boerwinkle CFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Spurs Chicago Bulls
16 Clifford Ray C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Chicago Bulls
17 Pete Maravich ^SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Atlanta Hawks
18 Bob Christian CFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Phoenix Suns
19 Jim Price PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Los Angeles Lakers
110 Phil Chenier SGFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Capital Bullets
211 Norm Van Lier PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Chicago Bulls
212 George E. Johnson CFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Golden State Warriors
213 Sidney Wicks PFFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Portland Trail Blazers
214 Tom Van Arsdale SG/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Philadelphia 76ers
215 Clyde Lee PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Spurs Golden State Warriors
216 Bill Bradley SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers New York Knicks
217 Henry Bibby PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars New York Knicks
218 Geoff Petrie PG/SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Portland Trail Blazers
219 Greg Smith PF/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Portland Trail Blazers
220 Dave Cowens CFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Boston Celtics
321 Dick Snyder SF/SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Seattle SuperSonics
322 Lenny Wilkens ^PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Cleveland Cavaliers
323 Don Adams SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Detroit Pistons
324 Curtis Rowe PFFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Detroit Pistons
325 Neal Walk CFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Spurs Phoenix Suns
326 Mel Counts C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Los Angeles Lakers
327 Phil Jackson ^PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars New York Knicks
328 Howard Porter PF/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Chicago Bulls
329 Rowland Garrett SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Chicago Bulls
330 Jerry Sloan ^SGFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Chicago Bulls
431 Paul Silas PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams Boston Celtics
432 Calvin Murphy ^PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Houston Rockets
433 Gail Goodrich ^SGFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Los Angeles Lakers
434 Rick Adelman ^PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Chicago Bulls
435 Steve Kuberski PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Spurs Boston Celtics
436 Pat Riley ^SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Los Angeles Lakers
437 Paul Westphal ^SG/PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Boston Celtics
438 Rudy Tomjanovich ^PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Houston Rockets
439 Herm Gilliam SG/PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Atlanta Hawks
440 Jim Fox PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Seattle SuperSonics
541 Barry Clemens PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Cleveland Cavaliers
542 Dave DeBusschere ^PF/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Tams New York Knicks
543 Lou Hudson SG/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Rockets Atlanta Hawks
544 Connie Hawkins ^PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Los Angeles Lakers
545 Lloyd Neal C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Spurs Portland Trail Blazers
546 Jim Davis PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Detroit Pistons
547 Jeff Mullins SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Carolina Cougars Golden State Warriors
548 Bob McAdoo ^CFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Buffalo Braves
549 Larry Steele GFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Portland Trail Blazers
550 Gar Heard PFFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Buffalo Braves

1975 ABA draft

For the final draft year of the ABA, this draft would officially last for eight rounds in New York, with the Denver Nuggets having a bonus choice taken at around the start of the draft (the Spirits of St. Louis also had a bonus pick as well, but ultimately skipped out on using it in the process). [80] [81] It would also start at the latest time an ABA draft had ever started a draft, with it beginning on June 16, a few weeks after the NBA had finished up their own draft instead. By this point in time, the ABA was starting to truly feel the struggles of competing against the NBA without having a proper national TV contract to help generate more money for it. Following this draft's end, the Memphis Sounds would move up to Baltimore, Maryland to initially play as the Baltimore Hustlers before controversy with that team name forced them to rename the team into the Baltimore Claws instead, [21] while the San Diego Conquistadors would rebrand themselves as the San Diego Sails entering what would become the ABA's final season. [53] Not only that, but it was reported that the Denver Nuggets and New York Nets were trying to sneak themselves into the NBA directly ahead of the eventual NBA–ABA merger as teams that would join in early (with those two teams also wanting the Kentucky Colonels to join them before the team owner's loyalty to the ABA stopped that team from joining in [82] ) before court orders forced them both to stay put for one last, final ABA season that, funnily enough, ultimately led to the Nets winning the final ABA championship over the Nuggets. [22] However, the real endgame for the ABA would come during its final season of play, with the league seeing the likes of the Baltimore Claws, San Diego Sails, Utah Stars, and Virginia Squires all fold at various points throughout the season (with the Claws folding during the preseason period, the Squires folding either near the end of or after the season before they had a chance to join the other surviving ABA teams in the upcoming NBA–ABA merger, and it getting to the point where the NBA conducted a draft with a select few undergraduate players from the ABA near the end of 1975 and the 1976 ABA All-Star Game essentially being the Denver Nuggets against the rest of the ABA's All-Stars, with the Nuggets winning that game in question), thus leaving the ABA with only six teams left (the Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, Kentucky Colonels, New York Nets, San Antonio Spurs, and Spirits of St. Louis, the last of whom had originally planned to move to Utah themselves to become the Utah Rockies had the team or the ABA somehow managed to continue onward, though they were also willing to move to Hartford, Connecticut for the NBA's sake) by the end of their final season and entering the NBA–ABA merger without anything else to do on their ends besides negotiating with the NBA itself by 1976, not even being allowed to participate in the 1976 NBA draft (though the surviving teams could participate in the upcoming ABA dispersal draft not long afterward, which everyone that made it did outside of the Nuggets).

RoundPickPlayerPos.NationalityTeamSchool
Bonus1 Marvin Webster CFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Nuggets Morgan State (Sr.)
Bonus Spirits of St. Louis (declined to use their bonus pick entirely for this draft)
12 David Thompson ^SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires NC State (Sr.)
13 Lonnie Shelton PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Sounds Oregon State (So.)
14 Kevin Grevey SG/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Kentucky (Sr.)
15 Gus Williams PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Spirits of St. Louis USC (Sr.)
16 Steve Green SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Indiana (Sr.)
17 Dan Roundfield PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Central Michigan (Sr.)
18 Mark Olberding PF/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Spurs Minnesota (Sr.)
19 John Lucas II PGFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Maryland (Jr.)
110 Mel Bennett PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires (from Denver) [83] Pittsburgh (So.)
111 Jimmie Baker PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Hawaii (Sr.)
212 Jimmy Dan Conner SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Kentucky (Sr.)
213 Rich Kelley C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Sounds Stanford (Sr.)
214 Cornelius Cash PFFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Bowling Green (Sr.)
215 Rudy White SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Spirits of St. Louis Arizona State (Sr.)
216 Norm Cook SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Kansas (Sr.)
217 Charles Jordan SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Canisius (Jr.)
218Jim Lee#PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers (from San Antonio) [83] Syracuse (Sr.)
219 George Bucci SGFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Manhattan (Sr.)
220 Bill Willoughby PF/CFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Nuggets Dwight Morrow HS (New Jersey) (HS   Sr.)
221Rick Suttle#CFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Spurs (from Kentucky) [83] Kansas (Sr.)
322 Allen Murphy SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels (from Virginia) [83] Kentucky (Sr.)
323 Ron Haigler #PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Sounds Pennsylvania (Sr.)
324 Bob Gross SFFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Long Beach State (Sr.)
325 Rudy Hackett PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Spirits of St. Louis Syracuse (Sr.)
326 Tom Kropp PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Nuggets (from Utah) [83] Kearney State (Sr.)
327Ken Tyler#PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Gonzaga (Sr.)
328Bill Taylor#SFFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Spurs La Salle (Sr.)
329 Leon Douglas CFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Alabama (Jr.)
330 Monte Towe +PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Nuggets NC State (Sr.)
331 Eric Fernsten C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels San Francisco (Sr.)
432 Luther Burden SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Utah (Sr.)
433 Glenn Hansen SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Sounds LSU (Sr.)
434 Pete Trgovich #GFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors UCLA (Sr.)
435Tom Roy#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Spirits of St. Louis Maryland (Sr.)
436Fessor Leonard#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires (from Utah) [83] Furman (Sr.)
437 Brian Hammel #GFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Bentley College (Sr.)
438 Ken Smith SGFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Spurs Tulsa (Sr.)
439 Bob Guyette #PFFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Kentucky (Sr.)
440Bob Fleischer#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Nuggets Duke (Sr.)
441 John Laskowski SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Indiana (Sr.)
542Richard Jones#SG/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Virginia Commonwealth (Sr.)
543 Walter Luckett #SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Sounds Ohio (Sr.)
544Clark "Biff" Burrell#PG/SGFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors USC (Sr.)
545 Larry Fogle GFlag of the United States.svg United States Spirits of St. Louis Canisius (Sr.)
546 C. J. Kupec C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Spirits of St. Louis (from Utah via Denver) [83] Michigan (Sr.)
547John Ramsay#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Seton Hall (Sr.)
548 Robert Parish ^CFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Spurs Centenary (Jr.)
549Darryl Brown#C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Fordham (Sr.)
550 Jimmy Moore #PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Nuggets Utah State (Sr.)
551 Charles Cleveland #SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Alabama (Sr.)
652Fletcher Johnson Jr.#SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Randolph–Macon (Sr.)
653 Terry Furlow SG/SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Sounds Michigan State (Jr.)
654 Louis Dunbar #SFFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Houston (Sr.)
655Allen Jones#SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Spirits of St. Louis San Diego (Sr.)
656Otis Johnson#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars John B. Stetson University (Sr.)
657 Mike Flynn SG/PGFlag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco		 Indiana Pacers Kentucky (Sr.)
658 Bayard Forrest CFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Spurs Grand Canyon (Jr.)
659 Mike Mitchell SFFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Auburn (Fr.)
660Charles Russell#SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Nuggets Alabama (Sr.)
661Mike Rozenski#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Saint Mary's College (CA) (Sr.)
762Bill Bunton#C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Louisville (Sr.)
763Rick Whitlow#PGFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Sounds Illinois State (Sr.)
764 Jerome Anderson SGFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors West Virginia (Sr.)
765Allen Spruill#SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Spirits of St. Louis North Carolina A&T State (Sr.)
766Tim van Blommesteyn#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Princeton (Sr.)
767Cliff Pratt#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Shaw University (Sr.)
768 Henry Ward SGFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Spurs Jackson State (Sr.)
769Wayne Croft#PFFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets Clemson (Sr.)
770Mike Odemns#C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Nuggets Western Kentucky (Sr.)
771Randy Meister#CFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Penn State (Sr.)
872Ricky Coleman#SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Virginia Squires Jacksonville (Sr.)
873John Murphy#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Memphis Sounds Massachusetts (Sr.)
874Mack Coleman#PFFlag of the United States.svg United States San Diego Conquistadors Houston Baptist (Sr.)
875Ted Hathaway#GFlag of the United States.svg United States Spirits of St. Louis Cleveland State (Sr.)
876Kirk Bruce#SGFlag of the United States.svg United States Utah Stars Pittsburgh (Sr.)
877Bill Andreas#SFFlag of the United States.svg United States Indiana Pacers Ohio State (Sr.)
878Gary Tomaszewski#SFFlag of the United States.svg United States San Antonio Spurs St. Mary's University (TX) (Sr.)
879 John Lambert C/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Nets USC (Sr.)
880Owen Brown#FFlag of the United States.svg United States Denver Nuggets Maryland (Sr.)
881 Lou Silver #SF/PFFlag of the United States.svg United States Kentucky Colonels Harvard (Sr.)

1975 ABA dispersal drafts

On October 20, 1975, four days after being given an ultimatum by the ABA regarding survival and less than a week before starting what became the ABA's final regular season, the Baltimore Claws were forcibly closed by the ABA itself after poor performances against the Virginia Squires and the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers. The ABA would create an impromptu dispersal draft involving the Claws' players that remained on the roster the following day afterward, with the now nine remaining ABA teams looking over and potentially choosing who to take for their own rosters. Not every team would choose a player from the Claws, however, as three of the ABA's teams declined entry in this draft altogether in the Kentucky Colonels, New York Nets, and San Antonio Spurs. In fact, one Claws player in George Carter would join his new ABA team in the Utah Stars only after the ABA dispersal draft involving the Claws ended. Still, the following Claws players would end up being selected in the first dispersal draft of the year.

Denver Nuggets
Indiana Pacers
Spirits of St. Louis
San Diego Sails
Utah Stars
Virginia Squires

Over two weeks later following the Claws' end as a franchise, the recently rebranded San Diego Sails would also meet their unexpected end on November 11, 1975 after playing 11 games in the regular season. For the San Diego franchise, their demise would come not just from a poor start to the season following their rebranding from the Conquistadors to the Sails, but also hearing that the franchise would be shut out of the upcoming NBA–ABA merger early on due to the insistence of then-Los Angeles Lakers owner Jack Kent Cooke not wanting any competition for a share of his team's fan base with another team in the southern California region. Unlike the previous dispersal draft during this year, only two of the now eight remaining ABA teams would officially utilize the dispersal draft for the Sails' players this time around: the Indiana Pacers and the San Antonio Spurs, though a couple of the Sails' players would go to some other ABA teams after the dispersal draft concluded. Not only that, but Caldwell Jones would also be held out of the dispersal draft himself due to him having signed a future contract with the Philadelphia 76ers of the rivaling NBA, with whom he had been drafted with a few years prior. [60] Still, the following Sails players would be selected in the second dispersal draft of the year for the ABA.

Indiana Pacers
San Antonio Spurs

The third and final team to fold operations during the 1975 year was the Utah Stars, who had completed 16 games before folding operations on December 2, 1975 due to the team's owner going broke by this time. Initially, the owners of the Spirits of St. Louis franchise actually wanted to do a merger with the Utah Stars to help save both of their franchises at the same time (though likely at the price of ending one of these teams in the process, similar to the Minnesota North Stars and Cleveland Barons merger in the NHL only saving the Minnesota North Stars (now Dallas Stars) franchise as opposed to the temporary mergers of the Steagles and Card-Pitt that the Pittsburgh Steelers did in the NFL back in World War II saving every franchise involved in the end), but ultimately reneged on the merger literally the day before the Stars folded operations entirely. [84] Unlike the other two teams that folded during the 1975 year, however, the ABA did not really hold a dispersal draft for the now-former Stars players for the now seven remaining ABA teams left over. Instead, remembering that the Spirits of St. Louis franchise had discussed the idea of merging with the Utah Stars prior to the team folding, the ABA allowed the Spirits to acquire four of their best players in future Hall of Famer Moses Malone, Ron Boone, Randy Denton, and Steve Green instead in hopes of helping their franchise out of the rest of the season, as well as giving former Stars team owner Bill Daniels a 10% minority stake interest in the Spirits of St. Louis franchise. Incidentally, another franchise that looked for help to survive during the season, the Virginia Squires, also bought one of the former Stars players that was available during that time in Jim Eakins in hopes of somehow surviving the rest of the season themselves, which they did to the extent of completing the regular season, but not making it to the NBA–ABA merger meetings properly. As a result, none of the Squires' players from that final season would be utilized in a dispersal draft either by the ABA or the NBA in 1976.

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