| First Round | Player | College |
| 1. Portland Trail Blazers | Bill Walton | UCLA |
| 2. Philadelphia 76ers | Marvin Barnes | Providence |
| 3. Seattle SuperSonics | Tom Burleson | North Carolina State |
| 4. Phoenix Suns | John Shumate | Notre Dame |
| 5. Houston Rockets | Bobby Jones | North Carolina |
| 6. KC-Omaha Kings | Scott Wedman | Colorado |
| 7. Atlanta Hawks | Tom Henderson | Hawaii |
| 8. Cleveland Cavaliers | Campy Russell | Michigan |
| 9. Buffalo Braves | Tom McMillen | Maryland |
| 10. Atlanta Hawks | Mike Sojourner | Utah |
| 11. Golden State Warriors | Keith Wilkes | UCLA |
| 12. Los Angeles Lakers | Brian Winters | South Carolina |
| 13. Washington Bullets | Len Elmore | Maryland |
| 14. Chicago Bulls | Maurice Lucas | Marquette |
| 15. Detroit Pistons | Al Eberhard | Missouri |
| 16. Chicago Bulls | Cliff Pondexter | Long Beach State |
| 17. Boston Celtics | Glenn McDonald | Long Beach State |
| 18. Milwaukee Bucks | Gary Brokaw | Notre Dame |
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