1972 NBA Draft

Number 1 pick LaRue Martin (1972)

The 1972 NBA Draft was held in New York on April 10, 1972 . There were a total of 18 rounds.

In first place, LaRue Martin was chosen by the Portland Trail Blazers . Of the total of 198 selected players, 50 played at least one NBA game. Julius Erving and Bob McAdoo are the only players from this draft to date to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame .

Draft picks

• Members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame are highlighted in color

round	Pick	Player (position)	Nat.	NBA team	previous team / college
1	1	LaRue Martin (C)		Portland Trail Blazers	Loyola (Chicago)
1	2	Bob McAdoo (F / C)		Buffalo Braves	University of North Carolina
1	3	Dwight Davis (F)		Cleveland Cavaliers	University of Houston
1	4th	Corky Calhoun (F)		Phoenix Suns	University of Pennsylvania
1	5	Fred Boyd (G)		Philadelphia 76ers	Oregon State University
1	6th	Russ Lee (G / F)		Milwaukee Bucks	Marshall
1	7th	Bud Stallworth (G / F)		Seattle SuperSonics	University of Kansas
1	8th	Tom Riker (F / C)		New York Knicks	University of South Carolina
1	9	Bob Nash (F)		Detroit Pistons	University of Hawaii
1	10	Paul Westphal (G)		Boston Celtics	University of Southern California
1	11	Ralph Simpson (G / F)		Chicago Bulls	Michigan State University
1	12	Julius Erving (G / F)		Milwaukee Bucks	University of Massachusetts Amherst
1	13	Travis Grant (F)		Los Angeles Lakers	Kentucky State University
2	14th	Bob Davis (F)		Portland Trail Blazers	Weber State
2	15th	Harold Fox (G)		Buffalo Braves	Jacksonville
2	16	Jim Price (G)		Los Angeles Lakers	Louisville
2	17th	Chris Ford (G / F)		Detroit Pistons	Villanova University
2	18th	Joby Wright (F / C)		Seattle SuperSonics	Indiana University Bloomington
2	19th	Sam Sibert (F)		Cincinnati Royals	Kentucky State University
2	20th	John Gianelli (F / C)		Houston Rockets	University of the Pacific
2	21st	Steve Bracey (G)		Atlanta Hawks	University of Tulsa
2	22nd	Paul Stovall (F)		Los Angeles Lakers	Arizona State University
2	23	Brian Taylor (G)		Seattle SuperSonics	Princeton University
2	24	Steve Hawes (F / C)		Cleveland Cavaliers	University of Washington
2	25th	Tom Patterson (F)		Baltimore Bullets	Ouachita Baptist University
2	26th	Dave Twardzik (G)		Portland Trail Blazers	Old Dominion University
2	27	Dennis Wuycik (F)		Boston Celtics	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2	28	Mike Ratliff (C)		Cincinnati Royals	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
2	29	Chuck Terry (F)		Milwaukee Bucks	California State University, Long Beach
2	30th	Ollie Johnson (F)		Portland Trail Blazers	Temple University
3	31	Lloyd Neal (F / C)		Portland Trail Blazers	Tennessee State University
3	33	Scott English (F)		Phoenix Suns	University of Texas at El Paso
3	34	Don Buse (G)		Phoenix Suns	University of Evansville
3	35	Frank Russell (G)		Chicago Bulls	University of Detroit Mercy
3	37	Eric McWilliams (F)		Houston Rockets	California State University, Long Beach
3	38	Ron Riley (F)		Cincinnati Royals	University of Southern California
3	39	Kevin Porter (G)		Baltimore Bullets	Saint Francis University
3	40	Jim Creighton (F)		Seattle SuperSonics	University of Colorado
3	42	Claude Terry (G / F)		Phoenix Suns	Stanford University
3	43	Bill Chamberlain (F)		Golden State Warriors	University of North Carolina
4th	53	Frank Schade (G)		Cincinnati Royals	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
4th	58	Henry Bibby (G)		New York Knicks	University of California, Los Angeles
4th	60	John Tschogl (F)		Golden State Warriors	University of California, Santa Barbara
5	70	James Silas (G)		Houston Rockets	Stephen F. Austin State University
5	76	Charles Dudley (G)		Golden State Warriors	University of Washington
5	78	Rowland Garrett (F)		Chicago Bulls	Florida State University
7th	109	Bernie Fryer (G)		Phoenix Suns	Brigham Young University
7th	113	Mickey Davis (G / F)		Milwaukee Bucks	Duquesne University
8th	117	Ben Kelso (G)		Detroit Pistons	Central Michigan University
11	165	Mark Minor (F)		Boston Celtics	Ohio State University
13	180	Mike Barr (G)		Chicago Bulls	Duquesne University

Web links

• Complete draft list 1972
• Draft statistics at basketball-reference.com