1974 NBA Draft
First Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 1 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Bill Walton |
C |
UCLA |
| 2 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Marvin Barnes |
PF |
Providence |
| 3 |
Seattle Supersonics |
Tom Burleson |
C |
North Carolina State |
| 4 |
Phoenix Suns |
John Shumate |
PF |
Notre Dame |
| 5 |
Houston Rockets |
Bobby Jones |
PF |
North Carolina |
| 6 |
Kansas City-Omaha Kings |
Scott Wedman |
SF |
Colorado |
| 7 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Tom Henderson |
SG |
Hawaii |
| 8 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Campy Russell |
PF |
Michigan |
| 9 |
Buffalo Braves |
Tom McMillen |
PF/C |
Maryland |
| 10 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Mike Sojourner |
PF |
Utah |
| 11 |
Golden State Warriors |
Keith Wilkes |
SF |
UCLA |
| 12 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Brian Winters |
SG |
South Carolina |
| 13 |
Washington Bullets |
Len Elmore |
PF |
Maryland |
| 14 |
Chicago Bulls |
Maurice Lucas |
PF |
Marquette |
| 15 |
Detroit Pistons |
Al Eberhard |
SF |
Missouri |
| 16 |
Chicago Bulls |
Cliff Pondexter |
PF |
Long Beach State |
| 17 |
Boston Celtics |
Glenn McDonald |
SF |
Long Beach State |
| 18 |
Milwaukee Bucks |
Gary Brokaw |
SG |
Notre Dame |
Second Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
College |
Position |
| 19 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Don Smith |
PG |
Dayton |
| 20 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Jan van breda kolff |
PF |
Vanderbilt |
| 21 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Billy Knight |
SF |
Pittsburgh |
| 22 |
Washington Bullets |
Truck Robinson |
PF |
Tennessee State |
| 23 |
Houston Rockets |
Gus Bailey |
SF |
UTEP |
| 24 |
Kansas City-Omaha Kings |
Len Kosmalski |
C |
Tennessee |
| 25 |
Atlanta Hawks |
John Drew |
SG/SF |
Gardner-Webb |
| 26 |
Seattle Supersonics |
Leonard Gray |
PF |
Long Beach State |
| 27 |
Chicago Bulls |
Leon Benbow |
SG |
Jacksonville |
| 28 |
New Orleans Jazz |
Aaron James |
PF |
Grambling |
| 29 |
Golden State Warriors |
Phil Smith |
SG |
San Francisco |
| 30 |
Washington Bullets |
Dennis DuVal |
SG |
Syracuse |
| 31 |
Phoenix Suns |
Fred Saunders |
PF |
Syracuse |
| 32 |
New York Knicks |
Jesse Dark |
SF |
Virginia Commonwealth |
| 33 |
Detroit Pistons |
Eric Money |
PG |
Arizona |
| 34 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Phil Lumpkin |
PG |
Miami(OH) |
| 35 |
Boston Celtics |
Kevin Stacom |
SG |
Providence |
| 36 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Rubin Collins |
SG |
Maryland-Eastern Shore |
Third Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 37 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Coniel Norman |
SG |
Arizona |
| 38 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Clarence Walker |
PG |
West Georgia |
| 39 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Kevin Restani |
PG |
San Francisco |
| 40 |
Phoenix Suns |
George Gervin |
SG |
Eastern Michigan |
| 41 |
Houston Rockets |
Robert Wilson |
SF |
Iowa State |
| 42 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Harvey Catchings |
PF |
Hardin-Simmons |
| 43 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Darrell Elston |
SG |
North Carolina |
| 44 |
Seattle Supersonics |
Talvin Skinner |
SF |
Maryland Eastern Shore |
| 45 |
Buffalo Braves |
Kim Hughes |
C |
Wisconsin |
| 46 |
New Orleans Jazz |
Bruce King |
SG |
Pan American |
| 47 |
Golden State Warriors |
Frank Kendrick |
SF |
Purdue |
| 48 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Jim Bradley |
PF |
Northern Illinois |
| 49 |
Phoenix Suns |
Earl Williams |
PF |
Winston-Salem |
| 50 |
New York Knicks |
Rudy Jackson |
PF |
Wichita State |
| 51 |
Detroit Pistons |
Roland Grant |
C |
New Mexico State |
| 52 |
Chicago Bulls |
Bobby Wilson |
PG |
Wichita State |
| 53 |
Boston Celtics |
Roscoe Pondexter |
SF |
Long Beach State |
| 54 |
Milwaukee Bucks |
Greg McDougald |
PF |
Oral Roberts |
Fourth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 55 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Butch Taylor |
C |
Jacksonville |
| 56 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Mickey Johnson |
PF |
Aurora |
| 57 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Jim Foster |
PG |
Connecticut |
| 58 |
Phoenix Suns |
Randy Allen |
PG |
Indiana (PA) |
| 59 |
Houston Rockets |
Larry Robinson |
PF |
Texas |
| 60 |
Kansas City-Omaha Kings |
Lloyd Batts |
SG |
Cincinnati |
| 61 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Ed Palubinskas |
PG |
LSU |
| 62 |
Seattle Supersonics |
William Gordon |
SG |
Maryland-Eastern Shore |
| 63 |
Buffalo Braves |
Bernard Harris |
PF |
Virginia Commonwealth |
| 64 |
New Orleans Jazz |
Ray Price |
SF |
Washington |
| 65 |
Golden State Warriors |
Willie Biles |
SG |
Tulsa |
| 66 |
Washington Bullets |
Stan Washington |
PG |
San Diego |
| 67 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Ron de Vries |
C |
Illinois State |
| 68 |
New York Knicks |
Roy Ebron |
PF |
SW Louisiana |
| 69 |
Detroit Pistons |
Mickey Martin |
SF |
Pittsburgh |
| 70 |
Chicago Bulls |
Jim Forbes |
PF |
UTEP |
| 71 |
Boston Celtics |
Lerman Battle |
PF |
Fairmont State |
| 72 |
Milwaukee Bucks |
Lionel Billingly |
PF |
Duquesne |
Fifth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College
|
| 73 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Gary Crowthers |
|
Hardin-Simmons |
| 74 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Bernard Hardin |
|
New Mexico |
| 75 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Gary Novak |
|
Notre Dame |
| 76 |
Phoenix Suns |
Ralph Bobik |
|
Creighton |
| 77 |
Houston Rockets |
Owen Wells |
|
Detroit |
| 78 |
Kansas City-Omaha Kings |
Terry Compton |
|
Vanderbilt |
| 79 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Tyrone Medley |
|
Utah |
| 80 |
Seattle Supersonics |
Dean Tolson |
|
Arkansas |
| 81 |
Buffalo Braves |
Tony Byers |
|
Wake Forest |
| 82 |
New Orleans Jazz |
Ed Searcy |
|
St. John's |
| 83 |
Golden State Warriors |
Steve Erickson |
|
Oregon |
| 84 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Seymour Reed |
|
Bradley |
| 85 |
Washington Bullets |
Gary Anderson |
|
Washington |
| 86 |
New York Knicks |
Greg Jackson |
|
Guilford |
| 87 |
Detroit Pistons |
Joe Newman |
|
Temple |
| 88 |
Chicago Bulls |
Randy Knowles |
|
Texas A&M |
| 89 |
Boston Celtics |
Ben Clyde |
|
Florida State |
| 90 |
Milwaukee Bucks |
John Johnson |
|
Denver |
Sixth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 91 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Mark Westra |
|
USC |
| 92 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Dan Anderson |
|
USC |
| 93 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Aron Stewart |
|
Richmond |
| 94 |
Phoenix Suns |
Collis Temple |
|
LSU |
| 95 |
Houston Rockets |
Lawrence Johnson |
|
Prairie View |
| 96 |
Kansas City-Omaha Kings |
Ron Kennedy |
|
Arizona |
| 97 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Sam Hervey |
|
SMU |
| 98 |
Seattle Supersonics |
Wardell Jackson |
|
Ohio State |
| 99 |
Buffalo Braves |
Gary Link |
|
Missouri |
| 100 |
New Orleans Jazz |
Lawrence McCray |
|
Florida State |
| 102 |
Golden State Warriors |
John Errecart |
|
Pacific |
| 103 |
Washington Bullets |
Roy McPipe |
|
Eastern Montana |
| 104 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Billy Morris |
|
St. Louis |
| 105 |
New York Knicks |
Terry Mikan |
|
St. Thomas |
| 106 |
Detroit Pistons |
Mike Sylvester |
|
Dayton |
| 107 |
Chicago Bulls |
Robert Rosier |
|
St. Thomas |
| 108 |
Boston Celtics |
Gene Harmon |
|
Creighton |
| 109 |
Milwaukee Bucks |
Larry Williams |
|
Kansas State |
Seventh Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 110 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Dave Stoczynski |
|
Gannon |
| 111 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Doug Richards |
|
Brigham Young |
| 112 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Mike Robinson |
|
Michigan State |
| 113 |
Phoenix Suns |
Clyde Dickey |
|
Boise State |
| 114 |
Houston Rockets |
Kevin Fitzgerald |
|
Oklahoma |
| 115 |
Kansas City-Omaha Kings |
Mark Browne |
|
Missouri |
| 116 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Greg Lee |
|
UCLA |
| 117 |
Seattle Supersonics |
Jerry Faulkner |
|
Western Georgia |
| 118 |
Buffalo Braves |
Tommy Curtis |
|
UCLA |
| 119 |
New Orleans Jazz |
Joel Copeland |
|
Old Dominion |
| 120 |
Golden State Warriors |
Brady Allen |
|
California |
| 121 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Dennis Van Zant |
|
Azusa Pacific |
| 122 |
Washington Bullets |
Tom Turner |
|
Western Georgia |
| 123 |
New York Knicks |
Billy Smith |
|
Mercer |
| 124 |
Detroit Pistons |
Sammy High |
|
Tulsa |
| 125 |
Chicago Bulls |
Geoff Roberts |
|
Missouri |
| 126 |
Boston Celtics |
Ron Brown |
|
Penn State |
| 127 |
Milwaukee Bucks |
Bob Hornstein |
|
West Virginia |
Eighth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 128 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Jimmy Powell |
|
Middle Tennessee |
| 129 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Eldridge Broussard |
|
Pacific (OR) |
| 130 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Kerry Hughes |
|
Wisconsin |
| 131 |
Phoenix Suns |
Tom Holland |
|
Oklahoma |
| 132 |
Houston Rockets |
Steve Brooks |
|
Arkansas State |
| 133 |
Kansas City-Omaha Kings |
Richie O'Connor |
|
Fairfield |
| 134 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Bill Butler |
|
Louisville |
| 135 |
Seattle Supersonics |
Leonard Coulter |
|
Morehead State |
| 136 |
Buffalo Braves |
Glenn Price |
|
St. Bonaventure |
| 137 |
New Orleans Jazz |
Jay Piccola |
|
Roanoke |
| 138 |
Golden State Warriors |
Clarence Allen |
|
UC Santa Barbara |
| 139 |
Washington Bullets |
Steve Platt |
|
Huntington (IN) |
| 140 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Bob Florence |
|
UNLV |
| 141 |
New York Knicks |
Dennis McDermott |
|
St. Francis |
| 142 |
Detroit Pistons |
Greg Newman |
|
Drexel |
| 143 |
Chicago Bulls |
Sam McCants |
|
Oral Roberts |
| 144 |
Boston Celtics |
Richard Wallace |
|
Georgia Southern |
| 145 |
Milwaukee Bucks |
Ralph Palamar |
|
Cameron |
Ninth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 146 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Perry Warbington |
|
Georgia Southern |
| 147 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Lee Haven |
|
Colorado |
| 148 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Jim Buskofsky |
|
Upper Iowa |
| 149 |
Phoenix Suns |
Ted Evans |
|
Oklahoma |
| 150 |
Houston Rockets |
Ken Stalling |
|
Missouri-Rolla |
| 151 |
Kansas City-Omaha Kings |
Jeff Dawson |
|
Illinois |
| 152 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Lon Kruger |
|
Kansas State |
| 153 |
Seattle Supersonics |
Bertrand du Pont |
|
Dillard |
| 154 |
Buffalo Braves |
John Falconi |
|
Davidson |
| 155 |
New Orleans Jazz |
Ken Boyd |
|
Boston University |
| 156 |
Golden State Warriors |
Carl Meier |
|
California |
| 157 |
Washington Bullets |
Mark Raterink |
|
Boston College |
| 158 |
New York Knicks |
Earl Brown |
|
Lafayette |
| 159 |
Detroit Pistons |
Gary Deitelhoff |
|
Millikin |
| 160 |
Chicago Bulls |
Jerry Davenport |
|
Cameron |
| 161 |
Boston Celtics |
Al Skinner |
|
Massachusetts |
| 162 |
Milwaukee Bucks |
Mike Deane |
|
Potsdam State |
Tenth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 163 |
Philadelphia 76ers |
Larry Witherspoon |
|
Towson State |
| 164 |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Ron Jones |
|
Oregon State |
| 165 |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Jim Kelly |
|
Loras |
| 166 |
Phoenix Suns |
Mark Wasley |
|
Arizona State |
| 167 |
Houston Rockets |
Marcus Washington |
|
Marquette |
| 168 |
Kansas City-Omaha Kings |
Dennis White |
|
Arkansas |
| 169 |
Atlanta Hawks |
Brendy Lee |
|
Nebraska |
| 170 |
Seattle Supersonics |
Rod Derline |
|
Seattle |
| 171 |
Buffalo Braves |
Andy Rimol |
|
Princeton |
| 172 |
New Orleans Jazz |
Walt McGary |
|
Chattanooga |
| 173 |
Golden State Warriors |
Marvin Buckley |
|
Nevada-Reno |
| 174 |
Washington Bullets |
Pete Collins |
|
High Point |
| 175 |
New York Knicks |
John O'Connell |
|
North Carolina |
| 176 |
Detroit Pistons |
Bill Ligon |
|
Vanderbilt |
| 177 |
Chicago Bulls |
Rick Hockenos |
|
St. Francis (PA) |
| 178 |
Boston Celtics |
Phil Rogers |
|
Fairfield |
| 179 |
Milwaukee Bucks |
Bruce Featherston |
|
SW Texas State |
1974 NBA Expansion Draft
| Team |
Player |
Position |
Old Team |
| New Orleans Jazz |
Dennis Awtrey |
C |
Chicago Bulls |
| New Orleans Jazz |
Jim Barnett |
G/F |
Golden State Warriors |
| New Orleans Jazz |
Walt Bellamy |
C |
Atlanta Hawks |
| New Orleans Jazz |
John Block |
F/C |
Kansas City-Omaha Kings |
| New Orleans Jazz |
Barry Clemens |
F |
Cleveland Cavaliers |
| New Orleans Jazz |
E. C. Coleman |
F |
Houston Rockets |
| New Orleans Jazz |
Lamar Green |
F/C |
Phoenix Suns |
| New Orleans Jazz |
Nate Hawthorne |
G |
Los Angeles Lakers |
| New Orleans Jazz |
Ollie Johnson |
F |
Portland Trail Blazers |
| New Orleans Jazz |
Bob Kauffman |
F/C |
Buffalo Braves |
| New Orleans Jazz |
Toby Kimball |
F/C |
Philadelphia 76ers |
| New Orleans Jazz |
Steve Kuberski |
F/C |
Boston Celtics |
| New Orleans Jazz |
Stu Lantz |
G |
Detroit Pistons |
| New Orleans Jazz |
Dean Meminger |
G |
New York Knicks |
| New Orleans Jazz |
Louie Nelson |
G |
Washington Bullets |
| New Orleans Jazz |
Curtis Perry |
F |
Milwaukee Bucks |
| New Orleans Jazz |
Isaac Stallworth |
G/F |
Seattle Supersonics |
*This was the first year that underclassmen were drafted into the NBA. Before 1974 drafted players must have completed all four years of college.
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