1976 NBA Draft

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The 1976 NBA Draft took place on June 8, 1976 as the 30th NBA Draft in Madison Square Garden in New York . There were 17 first-round picks and the same number of second-round picks. 4 of these 34 drafted players have been named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame .

The first draft pick was John Lucas II, drafted by the Houston Rockets .

Draft

Round 1

= Appointed to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
= All-Star
Pick player nationality NBA team before. Team / college
1 John Lucas II (PG / SG) United StatesUnited States United States Houston Rockets (by Atlanta Hawks ) Maryland
2 Scott May (SF) United StatesUnited States United States Chicago Bulls Indiana
3 Richard Washington (PF / C) United StatesUnited States United States Kansas City Kings (from Portland Trail Blazers ) UCLA
4th Leon Douglas (C) United StatesUnited States United States Detroit Pistons Alabama
5 Wally Walker (SF / PF) United StatesUnited States United States Portland Trail Blazers Virginia
6th Adrian Dantley (SF / SG) United StatesUnited States United States Buffalo Braves (from New Orleans Hornets via Phoenix Suns ) Notre Dame
7th Quinn Buckner (SG) United StatesUnited States United States Milwaukee Bucks Indiana
8th Robert Parish (C) United StatesUnited States United States Golden State Warriors (from Los Angeles Lakers ) Centenary
9 Armond Hill (PF) United StatesUnited States United States Atlanta Hawks (from Houston Rockets ) Princeton
10 Ron Lee (PG) United StatesUnited States United States Phoenix Suns Oregon
11 Bob Wilkerson (SG / SF) United StatesUnited States United States Seattle SuperSonics Indiana
12 Terry Furlow (SG / SF) United StatesUnited States United States Philadelphia 76ers Michigan State
13 Mitch Kupchak (PF / C) United StatesUnited States United States Washington Bullets (by Buffalo Braves ) North Carolina
14th Larry Wright (PG) United StatesUnited States United States Washington Bullets Grambling State
15th Chuckie Williams (SG) United StatesUnited States United States Cleveland Cavaliers Kansas
16 Norm Cook (SF) United StatesUnited States United States Boston Celtics Kansas
17th Sonny Parker (SG / SF) United StatesUnited States United States Golden State Warriors Texas A&M

round 2

Pick player nationality NBA team before.Team/College
18th Willie Smith (PG) United StatesUnited States United States Chicago Bulls Missouri
19th Bayard Forrest (PG) United StatesUnited States United States Seattle SuperSonics (from Atlanta Hawks via Milwaukee Bucks ) Grand Canyon
20th Major Jones (PF) United StatesUnited States United States Portland Trail Blazers (from Kansas City Kings via New Orleans Hornets ) Albany State
21st Earl Tatum (SG / SF) [g] Marquette (Sr.) United StatesUnited States United States Los Angeles Lakers (from Detroit via Phoenix) Marquette
22nd Johnny Davis (PG) United StatesUnited States United States Portland Trail Blazers Dayton
23 Alex English (F) United StatesUnited States United States Milwaukee Bucks (from New Orleans Hornets via Atlanta Hawks ) South carolina
24 Scott LLoyd (PF / C) United StatesUnited States United States Milwaukee Bucks Arizona
25th Lonnie Shelton (PF / C) United StatesUnited States United States New York Knicks Oregon
26th Jacky Dorsey (SF / PF) United StatesUnited States United States New Orleans Jazz Georgia
27 Phil Hicks (SF / PF) United StatesUnited States United States Houston Rockets Tulane
28 Bob Carrington (SG / SF) United StatesUnited States United States Atlanta Hawks (by Phoenix Suns ) Boston College
29 Dennis Johnson (PG / SG) United StatesUnited States United States Seattle SuperSonics Pepperdine
30th Al Fleming (SF / PF) United StatesUnited States United States Phoenix Suns (by Buffalo Braves ) Arizona
31 Joe Pace (C) United StatesUnited States United States Washington Bullets Coppin State
32 Mo Howard (PG / SG) United StatesUnited States United States Cleveland Cavaliers Maryland
33 Butch Feher (F / C) United StatesUnited States United States Phoenix Suns (from Boston Celtics ) Vanderbilt
34 Marshall Rogers (SG) United StatesUnited States United States Golden State Warriors Pan-American

ABA Dispersal Draft

Due to the merger of the NBA and ABA , the ABA Dispersal Draft took place one month later . Players from the ABA teams Spirits of St. Louis and Kentucky Colonels, which were not accepted into the NBA, were available for selection. Compensation had to be paid for each player, depending on the height of the draft position.

Round 1

= Appointed to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
= All-Star
Pick player nationality NBA team before. ABA team
1 Artis Gilmore (C) United StatesUnited States United States Chicago Bulls Kentucky Colonels
2 Maurice Lucas (FF) United StatesUnited States United States Portland Trail Blazers (by Atlanta Hawks ) Kentucky Colonels
3 Ron Boone (SF) United StatesUnited States United States Kansas City Kings Spirits of St. Louis
4th Marvin Barnes (C) United StatesUnited States United States Detroit Pistons Spirits of St. Louis
5 Moses Malone (PF / C) United StatesUnited States United States Portland Trail Blazers Spirits of St. Louis
6th Randy Denton (C) United StatesUnited States United States New York Knicks Spirits of St. Louis
7th Bird Averitt (PG) United StatesUnited States United States Buffalo Braves (from Golden State Warriors ) Kentucky Colonels
8th Wil Jones (SF) United StatesUnited States United States Indiana Pacers Kentucky Colonels
9 Ron Thomas (SG) United StatesUnited States United States Houston Rockets Kentucky Colonels
10 Louie Dampier (PG) United StatesUnited States United States San Antonio Spurs Kentucky Colonels
11 Jan van Breda Kolff (SG / SF) United StatesUnited States United States New York Nets Kentucky Colonels
12 Mike Barr (PG) United StatesUnited States United States Kansas City Kings Spirits of St. Louis

Additional draft picks with at least one NBA game

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