1976 NBA Draft Pick Transactions
yellow = data that is incomplete or uncertain
Overall # | Round # | Team | Transactions | Player Drafted | ||
Round 1 | ||||||
1 | 1-1 | ![]() Hawks |
![]() Rockets
Traded • Gus Bailey • Joe C. Meriweather • 1976 first round pick (#9-Armond Hill) to Hawks for • Dwight Jones • 1976 first round pick (#1-John Lucas) on 1976-06-07 |
John Lucas | ||
2 | 1-2 | ![]() Bulls |
Scott May | |||
3 | 1-3 | ![]() Kings |
Richard Washington | |||
4 | 1-4 | ![]() Pistons |
Leon Douglas | |||
5 | 1-5 | ![]() Blazers |
Wally Walker | |||
![]() Knicks |
Forfeited pick by order of NBA commissioner as penalty for their illegal signing of free agent George McGinnis (whose NBA rights were held by the 76ers) | |||||
6 | 1-6 | ![]() Jazz |
![]() Suns
Traded • Neal Walk • 1975 second round pick (#22-Clyde Mayes) to Jazz for • Dennis Awtrey • Nate Hawthorne • Curtis Perry • 1976 first round pick (#6-Adrian Dantley) on 1974-09-16
Pick was "1976 Ricky Sobers" per Suns media guide. Sobers was drafted in 1975, so obviously either the year or player is wrong. |
![]() Braves
Traded • 1975 first round pick (#16-Ricky Sobers) to Suns for • 1976 first round pick (#6-Adrian Dantley) on 1975-05-29 |
Adrian Dantley | |
7 | 1-7 | ![]() Bucks |
Quinn Buckner | |||
8 | 1-8 | ![]() Lakers |
![]() Warriors
Received • 1976 first round pick (#8-Robert Parish) from Lakers on 1976-03-05 as compensation for free agent Cazzie Russell |
Robert Parish | ||
9 | 1-9 | ![]() Rockets |
![]() Hawks
Traded • Dwight Jones • 1976 first round pick (#1-John Lucas) to Rockets for • Gus Bailey • Joe C. Meriweather • 1976 first round pick (#9-Armond Hill) on 1976-06-07 |
Armond Hill | ||
10 | 1-10 | ![]() Suns |
Ron Lee | |||
11 | 1-11 | ![]() Sonics |
Bob Wilkerson | |||
12 | 1-12 | ![]() 76ers |
Terry Furlow | |||
13 | 1-13 | ![]() Braves |
![]() Bullets
Traded • Dick Gibbs to Braves for • 1976 first round pick (#13-Mitch Kupchak) • cash on 1975-07-30 |
Mitch Kupchak | ||
14 | 1-14 | ![]() Bullets |
Larry Wright | |||
15 | 1-15 | ![]() Cavaliers |
Chuckie Williams | |||
16 | 1-16 | ![]() Celtics |
Norman Cook | |||
17 | 1-17 | ![]() Warriors |
Robert "Sonny" Parker | |||
Round 2 | ||||||
18 | 2-1 | ![]() Bulls |
Willie Smith | |||
19 | 2-2 | ![]() Hawks |
![]() Bucks
Received • 1976 second round pick (#19-Bayard Forrest) • 1976 second round pick (#23-Alex English) • $150K cash from Hawks on 1975-06-05 as compensation for Hawks illegal signing of Bucks number one draft pick Julius Erving in 1972. NBA Commissioner Lawrence O'Brien levied the fine and awarded picks to the Bucks. Bucks retain all future rights to Erving. Hawks were also fined $250,000 payable to the NBA. |
![]() Sonics
Traded • Jim Fox to Bucks for • 1976 second round pick (most favorable of Bucks picks) (#19-Bayard Forrest) • cash on 1975-10-22 |
Bayard Forrest | |
20 | 2-3 | ![]() Kings |
![]() Jazz
Traded • 1975 first round pick (#10-Bill Robinzine) to Kings for • Ron Behagen • 1976 second round pick (#20-Major Jones) on 1975-05-28 |
![]() Blazers
Traded • Rick Roberson to Jazz for • Barry Clemens • future considerations (1976 second round pick (#20-Major Jones) on 1976-05-25) • cash on 1974-09-15 |
Major Jones | |
21 | 2-4 | ![]() Pistons |
![]() Suns
Traded • Willie Norwood to Pistons for • 1976 second round pick (#21-Earl Tatum) on 1975-09-30 |
![]() Lakers
Traded • Pat Riley to Suns for • 1976 second round pick (#21-Earl Tatum) • 1977 second round pick (apparently teams modified trade on 1976-01-20 to include rights to John Roche instead of the 1977 pick-unknown if this was an option in original trade or a modification agreed to 1976-01-20) on 1975-11-03 |
Earl Tatum | |
22 | 2-5 | ![]() Blazers |
John Davis | |||
23 | 2-6 | ![]() Jazz |
![]() Hawks
Traded • Pete Maravich to Jazz for • 1974 first round pick (#10-Mike Sojourner) • 1975 first round pick (#1-David Thompson) • 1975 second round pick (#19-Bill Willoughby) • 1976 second round pick (#23-Alex English) • second pick in expansion draft (Bob Kaufmann) • third pick in expansion draft (Dean Meminger) on 1974-05-03
Traded • Pete Maravich • 1980 third round pick (#64-Jonathan Moore) to Jazz for • 1974 first round pick (#10-Mike Sojourner) • 1975 first round pick (#1-David Thompson) • 1975 second round pick (#19-Bill Willoughby) • 1976 second round pick (#23-Alex English) • second pick in expansion draft (Bob Kaufmann) • third pick in expansion draft (Dean Meminger) on 1974-05-03 [per Jazz media guide] |
![]() Bucks
Received • 1976 second round pick (#19-Bayard Forrest) • 1976 second round pick (#23-Alex English) • $150K cash from Hawks on 1975-06-05 as compensation for Hawks illegal signing of Bucks number one draft pick Julius Erving in 1972. NBA Commissioner Lawrence O'Brien levied the fine and awarded picks to the Bucks. Bucks retain all future rights to Erving. Hawks were also fined $250,000 payable to the NBA. |
Alex English | |
24 | 2-7 | ![]() Bucks |
Scott Lloyd | |||
25 | 2-8 | ![]() Knicks |
Lonnie Shelton | |||
26 | 2-9 | ![]() Lakers |
![]() Suns
Traded • David "Corky" Calhoun to Lakers for • 1976 second round pick (#26-Jacky Dorsey) • 1977 third round pick (#66-Mike Bratz) on 1974-11-27 |
![]() Blazers
Traded • Phil Lumpkin to Suns for • 1976 second round pick (#26-Jacky Dorsey) on 1975-06-09 |
![]() Jazz
Traded • 1977 second round pick (#28-Kim Anderson) to Blazers for • 1976 second round pick (#26-Jacky Dorsey) on 1976-06-03 |
Jacky Dorsey |
27 | 2-10 | ![]() Rockets |
Phil Hicks | |||
28 | 2-11 | ![]() Suns |
![]() Hawks
Traded • Bob Christian to Suns for • 1977 third round pick (#49-Eddie Johnson) • draft pick (possibly 1976 #28-Bob Carrington) (just one pick per 1974-75 NBA Guide) on 1973-10-08 |
Bob Carrington | ||
29 | 2-12 | ![]() Sonics |
Dennis Johnson | |||
![]() 76ers |
76ers forfeited their second round pick because they had made a second round pick in the 1975-12-30 supplemental draft of ABA players (Mel Bennett) who had signed with the ABA as undergraduates without having been eligible for any NBA draft | |||||
30 | 2-13 | ![]() Braves |
![]() Suns
Traded • John Shumate to Braves for • Garfield Heard • 1976 second round pick (#30-Al Fleming) on 1976-02-01 |
Al Fleming | ||
31 | 2-14 | ![]() Bullets |
Joe Pace | |||
32 | 2-15 | ![]() Cavaliers |
Mo Howard | |||
33 | 2-16 | ![]() Celtics |
![]() Suns
Traded • Charlie Scott to Celtics for • Paul Westphal • 1975 second round pick (#36-Jimmy Dan Conner) • 1976 second round pick (#33-Butch Feher) on 1975-05-23 |
Butch Feher | ||
34 | 2-17 | ![]() Warriors |
Marshall Rogers | |||
Round 3 | ||||||
35 | 3-1 | ![]() Bulls |
Dallas Smith | |||
36 | 3-2 | ![]() Hawks |
![]() Lakers
Traded • Connie Hawkins to Hawks for • draft picks (possibly 1976 #36-Mike Dabney) (?-?) (just one pick per NBA Guide, AP) on 1975-08-08 |
Mike Dabney | ||
37 | 3-3 | ![]() Kings |
![]() Bulls
Traded • Matt Guokas to Kings for • 1976 third round pick (#37-Lars Hansen) • 1977 second round pick (#30-Steve Sheppard) on 1975-12-08 |
Lars Hansen | ||
38 | 3-4 | ![]() Pistons |
Phil Sellers | |||
39 | 3-5 | ![]() Blazers |
Jeff Tyson | |||
40 | 3-6 | ![]() Bucks |
Lloyd Walton | |||
41 | 3-7 | ![]() Knicks |
John McGill | |||
42 | 3-8 | ![]() Jazz |
Steve Copp | |||
43 | 3-9 | ![]() Lakers |
Tom Abernethy | |||
44 | 3-10 | ![]() Rockets |
Barnes Hauptfuhrer | |||
45 | 3-11 | ![]() Suns |
Ira Terrell | |||
46 | 3-12 | ![]() Sonics |
![]() Hawks
Traded • Herm Gilliam to Sonics for • 1976 second round pick (#46-Larry Cooke) • cash on 1975-10-22 |
Larry Cooke | ||
47 | 3-13 | ![]() 76ers |
Ron Norwood | |||
48 | 3-14 | ![]() Braves |
Gary Brewster | |||
49 | 3-15 | ![]() Bullets |
Bill Cook | |||
50 | 3-16 | ![]() Cavaliers |
Gary Cole | |||
51 | 3-17 | ![]() Celtics |
Jerry Fort | |||
![]() Warriors |
Warriors forfeited their third round pick because they had made a third round pick in the 1975-12-30 supplemental draft of ABA players (Skip Wise) who had signed with the ABA as undergraduates without having been eligible for any NBA draft | |||||
Round 4 | ||||||
52 | 4-1 | ![]() Bulls |
Keith Starr | |||
53 | 4-2 | ![]() Hawks |
Tom Barker | |||
54 | 4-3 | ![]() Kings |
Clarence Ramsey | |||
55 | 4-4 | ![]() Pistons |
Scott Thompson | |||
56 | 4-5 | ![]() Blazers |
David Everett | |||
57 | 4-6 | ![]() Knicks |
Rick Bullock | |||
58 | 4-7 | ![]() Jazz |
John Service | |||
59 | 4-8 | ![]() Bucks |
Dan Frost | |||
60 | 4-9 | ![]() Lakers |
Wayman Britt | |||
61 | 4-10 | ![]() Rockets |
Hercle Ivy | |||
62 | 4-11 | ![]() Suns |
Paul Miller | |||
63 | 4-12 | ![]() Sonics |
Willie Parr | |||
64 | 4-13 | ![]() 76ers |
Freeman Blade | |||
![]() Braves |
Braves forfeited their fourth round pick because they had made a fourth round pick in the 1975-12-30 supplemental draft of ABA players (Charles Jordan) who had signed with the ABA as undergraduates without having been eligible for any NBA draft | |||||
65 | 4-14 | ![]() Bullets |
Marion Hillard | |||
66 | 4-15 | ![]() Cavaliers |
John Engles | |||
67 | 4-16 | ![]() Celtics |
Lewis Linder | |||
68 | 4-17 | ![]() Warriors |
Jeff Fosnes | |||
Round 5 | ||||||
69 | 5-1 | ![]() Bulls |
Nate Williams | |||
70 | 5-2 | ![]() Hawks |
Ron Davis | |||
71 | 5-3 | ![]() Kings |
Willie Hodge | |||
72 | 5-4 | ![]() Pistons |
Jim Hearns | |||
73 | 5-5 | ![]() Blazers |
Gary Reddings | |||
74 | 5-6 | ![]() Jazz |
Paul Griffin | |||
75 | 5-7 | ![]() Bucks |
Tom Lockhart | |||
76 | 5-8 | ![]() Knicks |
Beaver Smith | |||
77 | 5-9 | ![]() Lakers |
![]() Bucks
Traded • Ron Williams to Lakers for • 1976 fifth round pick (#77-James Rappis) on 1975-09-23 |
James Rappis | ||
78 | 5-10 | ![]() Rockets |
Dave Marrs | |||
79 | 5-11 | ![]() Suns |
Ralph Walker | |||
80 | 5-12 | ![]() Sonics |
Robert Gray | |||
81 | 5-13 | ![]() 76ers |
Jeff Browne | |||
82 | 5-14 | ![]() Braves |
![]() Hawks
Unconfirmed.
Traded • Jim Washington to Braves for • future considerations / draft pick (possibly 1976 #82-Connie White) on 1975-01-08 |
Connie White | ||
83 | 5-15 | ![]() Bullets |
L.C. Mason | |||
84 | 5-16 | ![]() Cavaliers |
Ed Lawrence | |||
85 | 5-17 | ![]() Celtics |
Louis McKinney | |||
86 | 5-18 | ![]() Warriors |
Carl Bird | |||
Round 6 | ||||||
87 | 6-1 | ![]() Bulls |
Tom Paulin | |||
88 | 6-2 | ![]() Hawks |
Pete Padgett | |||
89 | 6-3 | ![]() Kings |
Andre McCarter | |||
90 | 6-4 | ![]() Pistons |
Russell Davis | |||
91 | 6-5 | ![]() Blazers |
![]() Warriors
Traded • rights to Steve Jones to Blazers for • 1976 sixth round pick (#91-Duane Barnett) on 1975-10-23 |
Duane Barnett | ||
92 | 6-6 | ![]() Bucks |
Phil Spence | |||
93 | 6-7 | ![]() Knicks |
Joe Jones | |||
94 | 6-8 | ![]() Jazz |
Barnard Tomlin | |||
95 | 6-9 | ![]() Lakers |
Ed Schweitzer | |||
96 | 6-10 | ![]() Rockets |
Robert Paige | |||
97 | 6-11 | ![]() Suns |
Carl Brown | |||
98 | 6-12 | ![]() Sonics |
Darrell Peterson | |||
99 | 6-13 | ![]() 76ers |
Mike Dunleavy | |||
100 | 6-14 | ![]() Braves |
Danny Odums | |||
101 | 6-15 | ![]() Bullets |
Pat Tallent | |||
102 | 6-16 | ![]() Cavaliers |
Harry Davis | |||
103 | 6-17 | ![]() Celtics |
Art Collins | |||
104 | 6-18 | ![]() Warriors |
Gene Cunningham | |||
Round 7 | ||||||
105 | 7-1 | ![]() Bulls |
Barry McLeod | |||
106 | 7-2 | ![]() Hawks |
Carl Gerlach | |||
107 | 7-3 | ![]() Kings |
Craig Prosser | |||
108 | 7-4 | ![]() Pistons |
Curt Peterson | |||
109 | 7-5 | ![]() Blazers |
Al DeWitt | |||
110 | 7-6 | ![]() Knicks |
Boyd Batts | |||
111 | 7-7 | ![]() Jazz |
Andy Walker | |||
112 | 7-8 | ![]() Bucks |
Ron Barrow | |||
113 | 7-9 | ![]() Lakers |
Tommie Lipsey | |||
114 | 7-10 | ![]() Rockets |
Barry Davis | |||
115 | 7-11 | ![]() Suns |
Brad Warble | |||
116 | 7-12 | ![]() Sonics |
Mark Klein | |||
117 | 7-13 | ![]() 76ers |
Phil Walker | |||
118 | 7-14 | ![]() Braves |
Frank Jones | |||
119 | 7-15 | ![]() Bullets |
Ralph Vallott | |||
120 | 7-16 | ![]() Cavaliers |
Johnny Britt | |||
121 | 7-17 | ![]() Celtics |
Ralph Drollinger | |||
122 | 7-18 | ![]() Warriors |
Jesse Campbell | |||
Round 8 | ||||||
123 | 8-1 | ![]() Bulls |
![]() Cavaliers
Unconfirmed.
Traded • Fred Foster to Bulls for • 1976 draft pick (probably #123-Dave Koehler) on 1975-09-05 |
Dave Koehler | ||
124 | 8-2 | ![]() Hawks |
Doug Terry | |||
125 | 8-3 | ![]() Kings |
Mike Davis | |||
126 | 8-4 | ![]() Pistons |
Randy Heary | |||
127 | 8-5 | ![]() Blazers |
Brant Gibbler | |||
128 | 8-6 | ![]() Jazz |
Richard Bryant | |||
129 | 8-7 | ![]() Bucks |
Bob Warner | |||
130 | 8-8 | ![]() Knicks |
Rick McCutcheon | |||
131 | 8-9 | ![]() Lakers |
Ed Gregg | |||
132 | 8-10 | ![]() Rockets |
Dan Kruger | |||
133 | 8-11 | ![]() Suns |
Tom DeBerry | |||
134 | 8-12 | ![]() Sonics |
Norton Barnhill | |||
135 | 8-13 | ![]() 76ers |
Lee Dixon | |||
136 | 8-14 | ![]() Braves |
Mark McAndrew | |||
137 | 8-15 | ![]() Bullets |
Merlin Wilson | |||
138 | 8-16 | ![]() Cavaliers |
Tim Sisneros | |||
139 | 8-17 | ![]() Celtics |
John Clark | |||
140 | 8-18 | ![]() Warriors |
Stan Boskovich | |||
Round 9 | ||||||
141 | 9-1 | ![]() Bulls |
John Thomas | |||
142 | 9-2 | ![]() Hawks |
Bob Kovach | |||
143 | 9-3 | ![]() Kings |
Dave Logan | |||
144 | 9-4 | ![]() Pistons |
Bill Martin | |||
145 | 9-5 | ![]() Blazers |
Rob Torresdal | |||
146 | 9-6 | ![]() Bucks |
Benny Shaw | |||
147 | 9-7 | ![]() Knicks |
Archie Talley | |||
148 | 9-8 | ![]() Jazz |
Calvin Robinson | |||
149 | 9-9 | ![]() Lakers |
David Pickett | |||
150 | 9-10 | ![]() Suns |
John Irving | |||
151 | 9-11 | ![]() Sonics |
Ron Johnson | |||
152 | 9-12 | ![]() 76ers |
Fly Williams | |||
153 | 9-13 | ![]() Braves |
Bob Rozyczko | |||
154 | 9-14 | ![]() Bullets |
Clyde Agnew | |||
155 | 9-15 | ![]() Cavaliers |
Bruce Parkinson | |||
156 | 9-16 | ![]() Celtics |
Bill Collins | |||
157 | 9-17 | ![]() Warriors |
Howard Smith | |||
Round 10 | ||||||
158 | 10-1 | ![]() Bulls |
John Hudson | |||
159 | 10-2 | ![]() Hawks |
Mike Dickerson | |||
160 | 10-3 | ![]() Kings |
Harry Bailey | |||
161 | 10-4 | ![]() Pistons |
Bob Johnson | |||
162 | 10-5 | ![]() Blazers |
Marcus Leite | |||
163 | 10-6 | ![]() Knicks |
Eugene Shy | |||
164 | 10-7 | ![]() Jazz |
Art Johnson | |||
165 | 10-8 | ![]() Bucks |
Hugo Cabrera | |||
166 | 10-9 | ![]() Suns |
Gary Jackson | |||
167 | 10-10 | ![]() Sonics |
Ricky Lewis | |||
168 | 10-11 | ![]() 76ers |
Ed Stefanski | |||
169 | 10-12 | ![]() Braves |
Tim Stokes | |||
170 | 10-13 | ![]() Bullets |
Mike Beuscher | |||
171 | 10-14 | ![]() Cavaliers |
Elisha McSweeney | |||
172 | 10-15 | ![]() Celtics |
Otho Tucker | |||
173 | 10-16 | ![]() Warriors |
Ken Smith |