1978 NBA draft picks Full list

First round of the 1978 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
1	Mychal Thompson	Minnesota	Portland Trail Blazers
2	Phil Ford	North Carolina	Kansas City Kings
3	Rick Robey	Kentucky	Indiana Pacers
4	Micheal Ray Richardson	Montana	New York Knicks
5	Purvis Short	Jackson State	Golden State Warriors
6	Larry Bird	Indiana State	Boston Celtics
7	Ron Brewer	Arkansas	Portland Trail Blazers
8	Freeman Williams	Portland State	Boston Celtics
9	Reggie Theus	UNLV	Chicago Bulls
10	Butch Lee	Marquette	Atlanta Hawks
11	James Hardy	San Francisco	New Orleans Hornets
12	George Johnson	St. John's	Milwaukee Bucks
13	Winford Boynes	San Francisco	New Jersey Nets
14	Roger Phegley	Bradley	Washington Bullets
15	Mike Mitchell	Auburn	Cleveland Cavaliers
16	Jack Givens	Kentucky	Atlanta Hawks
17	Rod Griffin	Wake Forest	Denver Nuggets
18	Dave Corzine	DePaul	Washington Bullets
19	Marty Byrnes	Syracuse	Phoenix Suns
20	Frankie Sanders	Southern	San Antonio Spurs
21	Mike Evans	Kansas State	Denver Nuggets
22	Ray Townsend	UCLA	Golden State Warriors

Second round of the 1978 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
23	Terry Tyler	Detroit Mercy	Detroit Pistons
24	Keith Herron	Villanova	Portland Trail Blazers
25	Rick Wilson	Louisville	Atlanta Hawks
26	Ron Carter	VMI	Los Angeles Lakers
27	Wayne Radford	Indiana	Indiana Pacers
28	Buster Matheney	Utah	Houston Rockets
29	John Long	Detroit Mercy	Detroit Pistons
30	Jeff Judkins	Utah	Boston Celtics
31	Marvin Johnson	New Mexico	Chicago Bulls
32	John Rudd	McNeese State	New York Knicks
33	Harry Davis	Florida State	Cleveland Cavaliers
34	Greg Bunch	CSU Fullerton	New York Knicks
35	Tommie Green	Southern	New Orleans Hornets
36	Mo Cheeks	West Texas A&M	Philadelphia 76ers
37	Terry Sykes	Grambling	Washington Bullets
38	Lew Massey	Charlotte	Los Angeles Lakers
39	James Lee	Kentucky	Seattle SuperSonics
40	Wayne Cooper	New Orleans	Golden State Warriors
41	Jerome Whitehead	Marquette	Buffalo Braves
42	Kevin McDonald	Pennsylvania	Seattle SuperSonics
43	Glenn Hagan	St. Bonaventure	Philadelphia 76ers
44	Clemon Johnson	Florida A&M	Portland Trail Blazers

Third round of the 1978 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
45	Mike Phillips	Kentucky	New Jersey Nets
46	Hollis Copeland	Rutgers	Denver Nuggets
47	Billy Ray Bates	Kentucky State	Houston Rockets
48	Mike Santos	Utah State	Buffalo Braves
49	Jeff Cook	Idaho State	Kansas City Kings
50	Dana Skinner	Merrimack	Boston Celtics
51	Ricky Gallon	Louisville	Buffalo Braves
52	Mike Russell	Texas Tech	Kansas City Kings
53	Randy Ayers	Miami (OH)	Chicago Bulls
54	Steve Grant	Manhattan	Atlanta Hawks
55	Marc Iavaroni	Virginia	New York Knicks
56	Steve Neff	Southern Nazarene	Golden State Warriors
57	Kenny Higgs	LSU	Cleveland Cavaliers
58	Rick Apke	Creighton	Washington Bullets
59	Pat Cummings	Cincinnati	Milwaukee Bucks
60	Michael Cooper	New Mexico	Los Angeles Lakers
61	Dave Baxter	Michigan	Seattle SuperSonics
62	Dave Batton	Notre Dame	New Jersey Nets
63	Joel Kramer	San Diego State	Phoenix Suns
64	Gerald Henderson	VCU	San Antonio Spurs
65	Marvin Dalph	Arkansas	Buffalo Braves
66	Sterling Edmunds	Dartmouth	Portland Trail Blazers

4th round of the 1978 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
67	Jackie Robinson	UNLV	Houston Rockets
68	Jim Boylan	Marquette	Buffalo Braves
69	Joel Thompson	Michigan	Houston Rockets
70	Geff Crompton	North Carolina	Kansas City Kings
71	Ricky Lee	Oregon State	Indiana Pacers
72	Dave Nelson	Bloomfield	Boston Celtics
73	Larry Harris	Pittsburgh	Buffalo Braves
74	Mel Davis	North Texas	New Orleans Hornets
75	Jeff Covington	Youngstown State	New Orleans Hornets
76	Leroy McDonald	Wake Forest	Buffalo Braves
77	Derrick Jackson	Georgetown	Golden State Warriors
78	Stan Rome	Clemson	Cleveland Cavaliers
79	Erving Giddings	Dayton	New York Knicks
80	Otis Howard	Austin Peay	Milwaukee Bucks
81	Lawrence Boston	Maryland	Washington Bullets
82	Harold Robertson	Lincoln (MO)	Los Angeles Lakers
83	Billy Lewis	Illinois State	Seattle SuperSonics
84	Walter Jordan	Purdue	New Jersey Nets
85	Bob Miller	Cincinnati	Phoenix Suns
86	Rich Adams	Illinois	San Antonio Spurs
87	Brett Vroman	UNLV	Philadelphia 76ers
88	Wayne Smith	UC Irvine	Phoenix Suns

5th round of the 1978 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
89	Cecile Rose	Houston	New Jersey Nets
90	David Thompson	Florida State	Buffalo Braves
91	Gary Goodner	Texas	Houston Rockets
92	James Sparrow	North Carolina A&T	Indiana Pacers
93	Derick Clairborne	Massachusetts	Kansas City Kings
94	Greg Tynes	Seton Hall	Boston Celtics
95	Dave Caligaris	Northeastern	Detroit Pistons
96	Donald Williams	Notre Dame	New Orleans Hornets
97	Ron Anthony	Jacksonville	Chicago Bulls
98	Chris Potter	Holy Cross	Atlanta Hawks
99	Ken Koenigs	Kansas	Cleveland Cavaliers
100	Greg Green	Southern	New York Knicks
101	Bubba Wilson	Western Carolina	Golden State Warriors
102	Roger Dickens	Towson	Washington Bullets
103	Russ Coleman	Pacific	Milwaukee Bucks
104	Carlos Terry	Winston-Salem State	Los Angeles Lakers
105	Ralph Drollinger	UCLA	Seattle SuperSonics
106	Michael Edwards	UT Rio Grande Valley	Denver Nuggets
107	Andre Wakefield	Loyola Chicago	Phoenix Suns
108	Eugene Parker	Purdue	San Antonio Spurs
109	Mark Haymore	Massachusetts	Philadelphia 76ers
110	Clay Johnson	Missouri	Portland Trail Blazers

6th round of the 1978 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
111	Golie Augustus	South Carolina	New Jersey Nets
112	Bob Miscevicious	Providence	Buffalo Braves
113	Eddie Joe Chavez	Santa Clara	Houston Rockets
114	Jim Krivacs	Texas	Kansas City Kings
115	Sherman Dillard	James Madison	Indiana Pacers
116	Dave Winey	Minnesota	Boston Celtics
117	Audie Matthews	Illinois	Detroit Pistons
118	John Douglas	Kansas	New Orleans Hornets
119	John Shoemaker	Miami (OH)	Chicago Bulls
120	Gerald Glover	Howard	Atlanta Hawks
121	Ed Warren	Briar Cliff	New York Knicks
122	Buzz Hartnett	San Diego	Golden State Warriors
123	Ron Bell	Virginia Tech	Cleveland Cavaliers
124	Dave Kyle	Cleveland State	Milwaukee Bucks
125	Archie Aldridge	Miami (OH)	Washington Bullets
126	Kim Stewart	Washington	Los Angeles Lakers
127	Robert Heard	Columbus State	Denver Nuggets
128	Charles Thompson	Houston	Phoenix Suns
129	Harry Morgan	Indiana State	San Antonio Spurs
130	Osborne Lockhart	Minnesota	Philadelphia 76ers
131	Tim Evans	Puget Sound	Portland Trail Blazers

7th round of the 1978 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
132	Doug Jemison	San Francisco	New Jersey Nets
133	Stan Pietkiewicz	Auburn	Buffalo Braves
134	Stan Stewart	Loyola Marymount	Houston Rockets
135	Ollie Matson Jr.	Pepperdine	Indiana Pacers
136	Charles McMilliam	North Texas	Kansas City Kings
137	Steve Balkun	Fairfield	Boston Celtics
138	Herb Entzminger	Johnson C. Smith	Detroit Pistons
139	Willie Howard	New Mexico	New Orleans Hornets
140	Jarvis Reynolds	West Georgia	Chicago Bulls
141	Jim DeWeese	Gonzaga	Atlanta Hawks
142	Rick Bernard	Saint Mary's	Golden State Warriors
143	Tony Smith	UNLV	Cleveland Cavaliers
144	Gary Pember	Nasson	New York Knicks
145	Ed Hopkins	Georgetown	Washington Bullets
146	Kim Anderson	Missouri	Milwaukee Bucks
147	Larry Paige	Colorado State	Los Angeles Lakers
148	Jack Gilloon	South Carolina	Denver Nuggets
149	Steve Malovic	San Diego State	Phoenix Suns
150	Hector Olivencia	Sacred Heart	San Antonio Spurs
151	Anthony Murray	Alabama	Philadelphia 76ers
152	Walter Reason	Pacific	Portland Trail Blazers

8th round of the 1978 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
153	Bruce Campbell	Providence	New Jersey Nets
154	Felton Young	Jacksonville	Buffalo Braves
155	Ron Hammye	Bowling Green	Kansas City Kings
156	Kim Fisher	Fairfield	Boston Celtics
157	Earl Evans	UNLV	Detroit Pistons
158	Carl Kilpatrick	UL Monroe	New Orleans Hornets
159	Chubby Cox	San Francisco	Chicago Bulls
160	Ed Murphy	Merrimack	Atlanta Hawks
161	Roland Martin	Missouri Southern State	Cleveland Cavaliers
162	Greg Sanders	St. Bonaventure	New York Knicks
163	Tony Searcy	Appalachian State	Golden State Warriors
164	Tom Zaligaris	North Carolina	Milwaukee Bucks
165	Nestor Cora	St. Francis (NY)	Washington Bullets
166	Larry Vaculik	Colorado	Denver Nuggets
167	George Fowler	Pacific	Phoenix Suns
168	Henry Taylor	UT Rio Grande Valley	San Antonio Spurs
169	Alan Cunningham	Colorado State	Philadelphia 76ers
170	Mark Wickman	Linfield	Portland Trail Blazers

9th round of the 1978 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
171	Frank Sowinski	Princeton	New Jersey Nets
172	Bobby White	Centenary College (LA)	Buffalo Braves
173	Les Anderson	George Washington	Boston Celtics
174	Ulice Payne	Marquette	Detroit Pistons
175	Chad Nelson	Drake	New Orleans Hornets
176	Joe Ponsetto	DePaul	Chicago Bulls
177	Maurice Robinson	West Virginia	Atlanta Hawks
178	Danny Fields	UNC Wilmington	New York Knicks
179	Bobby Humbles	Bradley	Golden State Warriors
180	Steve Bayless	Central State (OH)	Cleveland Cavaliers
181	Tim Claxton	Temple	Washington Bullets
182	Gary Rosenberger	Marquette	Milwaukee Bucks
183	Tom Schneeburger	Air Force	Denver Nuggets
184	Nate Stokes	Grand Canyon	Phoenix Suns
185	Rick Taylor	Arizona State	San Antonio Spurs
186	Paul Cozens	Holy Cross	Portland Trail Blazers

10th round of the 1978 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
187	Michael Vicens	Holy Cross	New Jersey Nets
188	Walter Harrigan	Brandeis	Boston Celtics
189	Dave Grauzer	Central Michigan	Detroit Pistons
190	Rickey Williams	Long Beach State	New Orleans Hornets
191	Mark Tucker	Oklahoma	Chicago Bulls
192	Marshall Lester	Florida Southern	Atlanta Hawks
193	Mike Muff	Murray State	Golden State Warriors
194	Gary Winston	Army	Cleveland Cavaliers
195	Ernest Simons	Pace	New York Knicks
196	Tom Anderson	Green Bay	Milwaukee Bucks
197	Steve Connor	Boise State	Washington Bullets
198	Phil Taylor	Arizona	Denver Nuggets
199	Lewis Cohen	Cal Poly	Phoenix Suns
200	Larry Brewster	Florida	San Antonio Spurs
201	Dennis James	Widener	Philadelphia 76ers
202	Tim Workington	Biola (LA)	Portland Trail Blazers

(1) Non NCAA international players are listed by the country in which they were playing when drafted or signed if undrafted.