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1972 NBA draft picks
| # | TEAM | First | Last | Height | Weight | From | P | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | POR | Larue | Martin | 6.11 | 208 | Loyola-Chicago | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | LAC | Bob | McAdoo | 6.9 | 210 | North Carolina | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | CLE | Double D | Davis | 6.8 | 220 | Houston | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | PHX | Corky | Calhoun | 6.7 | 210 | Pennsylvania | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | PHI | Fred | Boyd | 6.2 | 180 | Oregon State | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | MIL | Russell | Lee | 6.5 | 185 | Marshall | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | OKC | Isaac | Stallworth | 6.5 | 190 | Kansas | 7 | 1 |
| 8 | NYK | Tom | Riker | 6.10 | 225 | South Carolina | 8 | 1 |
| 9 | DET | Bob | Nash | 6.8 | 195 | Hawaii | 9 | 1 |
| 10 | BOS | Paul | Westphal | 6.4 | 195 | Southern California | 10 | 1 |
| 11 | CHI | Ralph | Simpson | 6.5 | 200 | Michigan State | 11 | 1 |
| 12 | MIL | Julius | Erving | 6.7 | 200 | Massachusetts | 12 | 1 |
| 13 | LAL | Travis | Grant | 6.7 | 215 | Kentucky State | 13 | 1 |
| 14 | POR | Bob | Davis | 6.7 | 215 | Weber State | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | LAC | Harold | Fox | 6.2 | 175 | Jacksonville | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | LAL | Jim | Price | 6.3 | 195 | Louisville | 3 | 2 |
| 17 | DET | Chris | Ford | 6.5 | 190 | Villanova | 4 | 2 |
| 18 | OKC | Joby | Wright | 6.8 | 220 | Indiana | 5 | 2 |
| 19 | SAC | Sam | Sibert | 6.7 | 215 | Kentucky State | 6 | 2 |
| 20 | HOU | John | Gianelli | 6.10 | 220 | Pacific | 7 | 2 |
| 21 | ATL | Steve | Bracey | 6.1 | 175 | Tulsa | 8 | 2 |
| 22 | LAL | Paul | Stovall | 6.4 | 215 | Arizona State | 9 | 2 |
| 23 | OKC | Brian | Taylor | 6.2 | 185 | Princeton | 10 | 2 |
| 24 | CLE | Steve | Hawes | 6.9 | 220 | Washington | 11 | 2 |
| 25 | WAS | Tommy | Patterson | 6.6 | 220 | Ouachita Baptist | 12 | 2 |
| 26 | POR | Dave | Twardzik | 6.1 | 175 | Old Dominion | 13 | 2 |
| 27 | BOS | . | North Carolina | 14 | 2 | |||
| 28 | SAC | Mike | Ratliff | 6.10 | 230 | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 15 | 2 |
| 29 | MIL | Chuck | Terry | 6.6 | 215 | Long Beach State | 16 | 2 |
| 30 | POR | Ollie | Johnson | 6.6 | 200 | Temple | 17 | 2 |
| 31 | POR | Lloyd | Neal | 6.7 | 225 | Tennessee State | 1 | 3 |
| 32 | LAC | . | Pennsylvania | 2 | 3 | |||
| 33 | PHX | Scott | English | 6.6 | 205 | Texas-El Paso | 3 | 3 |
| 34 | PHX | Don | Buse | 6.4 | 190 | Evansville | 4 | 3 |
| 35 | CHI | Frank | Russell | 6.3 | 180 | Detroit Mercy | 5 | 3 |
| 36 | PHI | . | Belhaven | 6 | 3 | |||
| 37 | HOU | Eric | McWilliams | 6.8 | 200 | Long Beach State | 7 | 3 |
| 38 | SAC | Ron | Riley | 6.8 | 195 | Southern California | 8 | 3 |
| 39 | WAS | Kevin | Porter | 6.0 | 170 | Saint Francis (PA) | 9 | 3 |
| 40 | OKC | Jim | Creighton | 6.8 | 200 | Colorado | 10 | 3 |
| 41 | NYK | . | California | 11 | 3 | |||
| 42 | PHX | Claude | Terry | 6.5 | 195 | Stanford | 12 | 3 |
| 43 | GSW | Bill | Chamberlain | 6.6 | 188 | North Carolina | 13 | 3 |
| 44 | BOS | . | Michigan | 14 | 3 | |||
| 45 | CHI | . | Nebraska | 15 | 3 | |||
| 46 | MIL | . | Gardner-Webb | 16 | 3 | |||
| 47 | LAL | . | Alabama State | 17 | 3 | |||
| 48 | POR | . | Canisius | 1 | 4 | |||
| 49 | LAC | . | Eastern Kentucky | 2 | 4 | |||
| 50 | CLE | . | Villanova | 3 | 4 | |||
| 51 | DET | . | Jacksonville | 4 | 4 | |||
| 52 | PHI | . | Niagara | 5 | 4 | |||
| 53 | SAC | Frank | Schade | 6.1 | 170 | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 6 | 4 |
| 54 | HOU | . | West Virginia | 7 | 4 | |||
| 55 | ATL | . | Princeton | 8 | 4 | |||
| 56 | WAS | . | Louisiana State | 9 | 4 | |||
| 57 | OKC | . | Southern California | 10 | 4 | |||
| 58 | NYK | Henry | Bibby | 6.1 | 185 | California-Los Angeles | 11 | 4 |
| 59 | PHX | . | St. Bonaventure | 12 | 4 | |||
| 60 | GSW | . | California-Santa Barbara | 13 | 4 | |||
| 62 | CHI | . | St. Peter's | 15 | 4 | |||
| 63 | MIL | . | Georgetown | 16 | 4 | |||
| 64 | POR | . | California-Riverside | 1 | 5 | |||
| 65 | LAC | . | Brown | 2 | 5 | |||
| 66 | CLE | . | California-Riverside | 3 | 5 | |||
| 67 | DET | . | Western Michigan | 4 | 5 | |||
| 68 | SAC | . | Denver | 5 | 5 | |||
| 69 | PHI | . | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 6 | 5 | |||
| 70 | HOU | James | Silas | 6.1 | 180 | Stephen F. Austin | 7 | 5 |
| 71 | ATL | . | Marquette | 8 | 5 | |||
| 72 | WAS | . | Long Island-Brooklyn | 9 | 5 | |||
| 73 | OKC | . | Seattle | 10 | 5 | |||
| 74 | NYK | . | Purdue | 11 | 5 | |||
| 75 | PHX | . | Shaw | 12 | 5 | |||
| 76 | GSW | Charles | Dudley | 6.2 | 180 | Washington | 13 | 5 |
| 77 | BOS | . | Davidson | 14 | 5 | |||
| 78 | CHI | Rowland | Garrett | 6.6 | 210 | Florida State | 15 | 5 |
| 79 | MIL | . | Wichita State | 16 | 5 | |||
| 80 | LAL | . | Gannon | 17 | 5 | |||
| 81 | POR | . | Belmont | 1 | 6 | |||
| 82 | LAC | . | Sacred Heart | 2 | 6 | |||
| 83 | CLE | . | Kentucky | 3 | 6 | |||
| 84 | DET | . | Wichita State | 4 | 6 | |||
| 85 | PHI | . | Wiley | 5 | 6 | |||
| 86 | SAC | . | Guilford | 6 | 6 | |||
| 87 | HOU | . | Seattle | 7 | 6 | |||
| 89 | WAS | . | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 6 | |||
| 90 | OKC | . | Louisville | 10 | 6 | |||
| 91 | NYK | . | St. John's (NY) | 11 | 6 | |||
| 93 | GSW | . | Louisville | 13 | 6 | |||
| 94 | BOS | . | Memphis | 14 | 6 | |||
| 96 | BOS | . | Pine Manor | 16 | 6 | |||
| 97 | LAL | . | Bradley | 17 | 6 | |||
| 98 | POR | . | Long Beach State | 1 | 7 | |||
| 99 | LAC | . | Syracuse | 2 | 7 | |||
| 100 | CLE | . | West Texas A&M | 3 | 7 | |||
| 101 | DET | . | Arizona | 4 | 7 | |||
| 102 | SAC | . | Fayetteville State | 5 | 7 | |||
| 103 | PHI | . | Saint Augustine's | 6 | 7 | |||
| 104 | HOU | . | Cal State-Los Angeles | 7 | 7 | |||
| 105 | ATL | . | Detroit Mercy | 8 | 7 | |||
| 106 | WAS | . | Jackson State | 9 | 7 | |||
| 107 | OKC | . | Western Kentucky | 10 | 7 | |||
| 108 | NYK | . | Lafayette | 11 | 7 | |||
| 109 | PHX | Bernie | Fryer | 6.3 | 185 | Brigham Young | 12 | 7 |
| 110 | GSW | . | Purdue | 13 | 7 | |||
| 111 | BOS | . | North Carolina | 14 | 7 | |||
| 112 | CHI | . | Fresno State | 15 | 7 | |||
| 113 | MIL | Edward | Davis | 6.7 | 195 | Duquesne | 16 | 7 |
| 114 | POR | . | Kent State | 1 | 8 | |||
| 115 | LAC | . | South Alabama | 2 | 8 | |||
| 116 | CLE | . | Kent State | 3 | 8 | |||
| 118 | PHI | . | Rockhurst | 5 | 8 | |||
| 119 | SAC | . | Oklahoma | 6 | 8 | |||
| 120 | HOU | . | Auburn | 7 | 8 | |||
| 121 | ATL | . | Butler | 8 | 8 | |||
| 122 | WAS | . | Shaw | 9 | 8 | |||
| 123 | OKC | . | Portland State | 10 | 8 | |||
| 124 | NYK | . | Ohio | 11 | 8 | |||
| 125 | PHX | . | Jackson State | 12 | 8 | |||
| 126 | GSW | . | San Francisco | 13 | 8 | |||
| 127 | BOS | . | Oral Roberts | 14 | 8 | |||
| 128 | CHI | . | Valley City State | 15 | 8 | |||
| 129 | MIL | . | Cheyney | 16 | 8 | |||
| 130 | POR | . | Virginia | 1 | 9 | |||
| 131 | LAC | . | SUNY Brockport | 2 | 9 | |||
| 132 | CLE | . | Southern Illinois | 3 | 9 | |||
| 133 | DET | . | Ferris State | 4 | 9 | |||
| 134 | SAC | . | Merrimack | 5 | 9 | |||
| 135 | PHI | . | Cal State-Los Angeles | 6 | 9 | |||
| 136 | ATL | . | Morehouse | 7 | 9 | |||
| 137 | WAS | . | Oglethorpe | 8 | 9 | |||
| 138 | OKC | . | Hawaii | 9 | 9 | |||
| 139 | NYK | . | Fordham | 10 | 9 | |||
| 140 | PHX | . | Arizona | 11 | 9 | |||
| 141 | GSW | . | California | 12 | 9 | |||
| 142 | CHI | . | West Texas A&M | 13 | 9 | |||
| 143 | MIL | . | Ball State | 14 | 9 | |||
| 145 | CLE | . | Abilene Christian | 2 | 10 | |||
| 146 | DET | . | Kentucky | 3 | 10 | |||
| 147 | PHI | . | Wisconsin | 4 | 10 | |||
| 148 | SAC | . | Kansas State | 5 | 10 | |||
| 149 | ATL | . | Tulsa | 6 | 10 | |||
| 150 | WAS | . | Louisiana-Lafayette | 7 | 10 | |||
| 151 | OKC | . | Washington State | 8 | 10 | |||
| 152 | NYK | . | Manhattan | 9 | 10 | |||
| 153 | PHX | . | Louisville | 10 | 10 | |||
| 154 | BOS | . | Kenyon | 11 | 10 | |||
| 155 | CHI | . | West Liberty | 12 | 10 | |||
| 156 | MIL | . | Santa Clara | 13 | 10 | |||
| 157 | POR | . | San Diego State | 1 | 11 | |||
| 158 | LAC | . | Edinboro | 2 | 11 | |||
| 159 | SAC | . | Northern Arizona | 3 | 11 | |||
| 160 | ATL | . | Texas Southern | 4 | 11 | |||
| 161 | WAS | . | Jackson State | 5 | 11 | |||
| 163 | NYK | . | Benedictine (IL) | 7 | 11 | |||
| 164 | PHX | . | Arkansas State | 8 | 11 | |||
| 165 | BOS | Mark | Minor | 6.6 | 215 | Ohio State | 9 | 11 |
| 166 | CHI | . | Rocky Mountain | 10 | 11 | |||
| 167 | LAC | . | Virginia | 1 | 12 | |||
| 168 | SAC | . | George Washington | 2 | 12 | |||
| 169 | ATL | . | Paine | 3 | 12 | |||
| 170 | WAS | . | Rhode Island | 4 | 12 | |||
| 171 | OKC | . | Missouri-St. Louis | 5 | 12 | |||
| 172 | PHX | . | Utah | 6 | 12 | |||
| 173 | BOS | . | South Carolina State | 7 | 12 | |||
| 174 | CHI | . | Pennsylvania | 8 | 12 | |||
| 175 | POR | . | Tulsa | 1 | 13 | |||
| 176 | LAC | . | North Carolina | 2 | 13 | |||
| 177 | SAC | . | Pittsburgh | 3 | 13 | |||
| 178 | WAS | . | Loyola-Maryland | 4 | 13 | |||
| 179 | PHX | . | Shaw | 5 | 13 | |||
| 180 | CHI | Mike | Barr | 6.3 | 180 | Duquesne | 6 | 13 |
| 181 | POR | . | Shaw | 1 | 14 | |||
| 182 | LAC | . | North Carolina | 2 | 14 | |||
| 183 | SAC | . | Missouri | 3 | 14 | |||
| 184 | WAS | . | Kansas | 4 | 14 | |||
| 185 | OKC | . | Nicholls State | 5 | 14 | |||
| 186 | PHX | . | West Texas A&M | 6 | 14 | |||
| 187 | CHI | . | Oklahoma | 7 | 14 | |||
| 188 | POR | . | Wake Forest | 1 | 15 | |||
| 189 | LAC | . | St. Bonaventure | 2 | 15 | |||
| 190 | SAC | . | Oklahoma State | 3 | 15 | |||
| 191 | WAS | . | Johns Hopkins | 4 | 15 | |||
| 192 | CHI | . | Texas Tech | 5 | 15 | |||
| 193 | POR | . | Cal State-Los Angeles | 1 | 16 | |||
| 194 | LAC | . | SUNY Brockport | 2 | 16 | |||
| 195 | SAC | . | Nebraska | 3 | 16 | |||
| 196 | CHI | . | Montana Western | 4 | 16 | |||
| 197 | CHI | . | South Carolina State | 1 | 17 | |||
| 198 | CHI | . | Manhattan | 1 | 18 |