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1976 NBA Draft produced three Hall of Famers (Robert Parish, Adrian Dantley and Alex English), plus current Los Angeles Clippers head coach Mike Dunleavy, Sr..
The Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, New Jersey Nets and San Antonio Spurs were not allowed any picks in the 1976 NBA Draft under the terms of the ABA-NBA merger.[1]
Names in bold had been selected into All-NBA Team. Names with asterisk had been inducted into Hall of Fame.
[edit] Round one
[edit] Round two
[edit] Notable post-second round picks
[edit] ABA Dispersal Draft
The American Basketball Association and NBA joined in the ABA-NBA merger in 1976. Of the teams remaining in the ABA, four joined the NBA. All other ABA teams had been folded prior to the league merger except for the Kentucky Colonels and the Spirits of St. Louis; those two franchises were folded as part of the merger, and each had their players assigned to a dispersal draft for draft purposes.
[edit] Round One
| Pick |
Player |
Nationality |
NBA Team |
ABA Team |
Purchase Price |
| 1 |
Artis Gilmore (C) |
 United States |
Chicago Bulls |
Kentucky Colonels |
$1,100,000 |
| 2 |
Maurice Lucas (PF) |
United States |
Portland Trail Blazers (from Atlanta) |
Spirits of St. Louis |
$300,000 |
| 3 |
Ron Boone (PG) |
United States |
Kansas City Kings |
Spirits of St. Louis |
$250,000 |
| 4 |
Marvin Barnes (C) |
United States |
Detroit Pistons |
Spirits of St. Louis |
$500,000 |
| 5 |
Moses Malone* (C) |
United States |
Portland Trail Blazers |
Spirits of St. Louis |
$350,000 |
| 6 |
Randy Denton (PG) |
United States |
New York Knicks |
Spirits of St. Louis |
$50,000 |
| 7 |
William Averitt (PG) |
United States |
Buffalo Braves (from Milwaukee) |
Kentucky Colonels |
$125,000 |
| 8 |
Wil Jones (PF) |
United States |
Indiana Pacers |
Kentucky Colonels |
$50,000 |
| 9 |
Ron Thomas (SF) |
United States |
Houston Rockets |
Kentucky Colonels |
$15,000 |
| 10 |
Louie Dampier (PG) |
United States |
San Antonio Spurs |
Kentucky Colonels |
$20,000 |
| 11 |
Jan van Breda Kolff (SF) |
United States |
New York Nets |
Kentucky Colonels |
$60,000 |
[edit] Round two
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Pluto, Terry, Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association (Simon & Schuster, 1990), ISBN 978-1-4165-4061-8, p.432
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