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NBA Draft 1978
Rundown
By Class:
Senior's 1st RD: 17
Senior's 2nd RD: 22
Junior's 1st RD: 5
Total Selected: 44
By Position:
Centers: 4
Power Forwards: 11
Small Forwards: 13
Shooting Guards: 8
Point Guards: 8

By Round: 3-4 | 5-6 | 7-8 | 9-10 |

First Round Second Round
Team School Selection Team School Selection
1
Portland
Minnesota Mychal Thompson
Center/Power Forward
6-10/226
Senior
23
Detroit
Detroit Terry Tyler
Power Forward
6-7/215
Senior
2
Kansas City
North Carolina Phil Ford
Point Guard
6-2/175
Senior
24
Portland
Villanova Keith Herron
Small Forward
6-6/195
Senior
3
Indiana
Kentucky Rick Robey
Power Forward/Center
6-11/230
Senior
25
Atlanta
Louisville Rick Wilson
Small Forward
6-5/200
Senior
4
New York
Montana Micheal Ray Richardson
Point Guard/Shooting Guard
6-5/189
Senior
26
LA Lakers
Virginia Military Ron Carter
Small Forward
6-5/190
Senior
5
Golden State
Jackson State Purvis Short
Small Forward
6-7/210
Senior
27
Indiana
Indiana Wayne Radford
Shooting Guard
6-3/205
Senior
6
Boston
Indiana State Larry Bird
Small Forward
6-9/220
Junior
28
Houston
Utah Charles Matheney
Power Forward
6-8/212
Senior
7
Portland
Arkansas Ron Brewer
Shooting Guard
6-4/180
Senior
29
Detroit
Detroit John Long
Shooting Guard
6-5/195
Senior
8
Boston
Portland State Freeman Williams
Shooting Guard
6-4/180
Senior
30
Boston
Utah Jeff Judkins
Small Forward
6-6/185
Senior
9
Chicago
UNLV Reggie Theus
Shooting Guard
6-6/190
Junior
31
Chicago
New Mexico Marvin Johnson
Small Forward
6-5/190
Senior
10
Atlanta
Marquette Butch Lee
Point Guard
6-0/185
Senior
32
New York
McNeese State John Rudd
Power Forward
6-7/230
Senior
11
New Orleans
San Francisco James Hardy
Power Forward
6-8/220
Junior
33
Cleveland
Florida State Harry Davis
Power Forward
6-7/220
Senior
12
Milwaukee
St. John's George Johnson
Power Forward
6-7/210
Senior
34
New York
Cal State-Fullerton Greg Bunch
Small Forward
6-6/190
Senior
13
New Jersey
San Francisco Winford Boynes
Shooting Guard
6-6/185
Junior
35
New Orleans
Southern Tom Green
Point Guard
6-2/185
Senior
14
Washington
Bradley Roger Phegley
Shooting Guard/Small Forward
6-6/205
Senior
36
Philadelphia
West Texas State Maurice Cheeks
Point Guard
6-1/180
Senior
15
Cleveland
Auburn Mike Mitchell
Power Forward
6-7/215
Senior
37
Washington
Grambling Terry Sykes
Power Forward
6-7/N/A
Senior
16
Atlanta
Kentucky Jack Givens
Small Forward
6-5/205
Senior
38
LA Lakers
North Carolina-Charlotte Lew Massey
Shooting Guard
6-4/202
Senior
17
Denver
Wake Forest Rod Griffin
Power Forward
6-7/215
Senior
39
Seattle
Kentucky James Lee
Small Forward
6-5/230
Senior
18
Washington
DePaul Dave Corzine
Center
6-11/250
Senior
40
Golden State
New Orleans Wayne Cooper
Center
6-10/220
Senior
19
Phoenix
Syracuse Marty Byrnes
Small Forward
6-7/215
Senior
41
Buffalo
Marquette Jerome Whitehead
Power Forward
6-10/215
Senior
20
San Antonio
Southern Frank Sanders
Small Forward
6-6/198
Junior
42
Seattle
Penn Keven McDonald
Small Forward
6-5/220
Senior
21
Denver
Kansas State Mike Evans
Point Guard
6-1/170
Senior
43
Philadelphia
St. Bonaventure Glenn Hagan
Point Guard
6-0/170
Senior
22
Golden State
UCLA Ray Townsend
Point Guard
6-3/175
Senior
44
Portland
Florida A&M Clemon Johnson
Center/Power Forward
6-10/240
Senior

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