| First Round | Player | College |
| 1. Detroit Pistons | Bob Lanier | St. Bonaventure |
| 2. San Diego Rockets | Rudy Tomjanovich | Michigan |
| 3. Atlanta Hawks | Pete Maravich | Louisiana State |
| 4. Boston Celtics | Dave Cowens | Florida State |
| 5. Cincinnati Royals | Sam Lacey | New Mexico State |
| 6. Seattle SuperSonics | Jim Ard | Cincinnati |
| 7. Cleveland Cavaliers | John Johnson | Iowa |
| 8. Portland Trail Blazers | Geoff Petrie | Princeton |
| 9. Baltimore Bullets | George Johnson | Stephen F. Austin |
| 10. Phoenix Suns | Greg Howard | New Mexico |
| 11. Chicago Bulls | Jimmy Collins | New Mexico State |
| 12. Philadelphia 76ers | Al Henry | Wisconsin |
| 13. Los Angeles Lakers | Jim McMillian | Columbia |
| 14. Atlanta Hawks | John Vallely | UCLA |
| 15. Buffalo Braves | John Hummer | Princeton |
| 16. Milwaukee Bucks | Gary Freeman | Oregon State |
| 17. New York Knicks | Mike Price | Illinois |
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