1976 ABA Dispersal Draft

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Moses Malone was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers from the Spirits of St. Louis.

On August 5, 1976 as a result of the ABA–NBA merger, the NBA hosted a dispersal draft to select players from the Kentucky Colonels and Spirits of St. Louis, the two American Basketball Association (ABA) franchises that were not included in the ABA–NBA merger.

The eighteen NBA teams and the four ABA teams that joined the NBA, the Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, New York Nets and San Antonio Spurs, were allowed to participate in the draft. The teams selected in reverse order of their win–loss percentage in the previous NBA and ABA seasons.[1] The team that made a selection paid for the signing rights to the player, which were set by the league's committee. The money from the draft was used to help the four ABA teams that merged with the NBA to pay off some of their obligations to the two folded ABA franchises, the Colonels and Spirits. The team that made a selection was obligated to assume the player's ABA contract. The players who were not selected would become free agents.[2]

Twenty players from the Colonels and the Spirits were available for the draft. Eleven were selected in the first round and the twelfth player was selected in the second round. Eight players were not selected and thus became a free agent. The Chicago Bulls used the first pick to select five-time ABA All-Star Artis Gilmore with a signing price of $1,100,000. The Portland Trail Blazers, who acquired the Atlanta Hawks' second pick, selected Maurice Lucas and Moses Malone with signing price of $300,000 and $350,000 respectively. Marvin Barnes, who was selected fourth by the Detroit Pistons was the second most expensive player in the draft with a signing price of $500,000. Several teams elected to pass their first-round picks and only the Kansas City Kings used the second-round pick. The draft continued until the third round, but no other players were selected.[3]

Round Pick Player Pos. Nationality Team ABA team Signing price Ref.
1 1 Gilmore, ArtisArtis Gilmore^ C  United States Chicago Bulls Kentucky Colonels $1,100,000 [4]
1 2 Lucas, MauriceMaurice Lucas* F/C  United States Portland Trail Blazers (from Atlanta)[m] Kentucky Colonels $300,000 [5]
1 3 Boone, RonRon Boone G/F  United States Kansas City Kings Spirits of St. Louis $250,000 [6]
1 4 Barnes, MarvinMarvin Barnes F/C  United States Detroit Pistons Spirits of St. Louis $500,000 [7]
1 5 Malone, MosesMoses Malone^ F/C  United States Portland Trail Blazers Spirits of St. Louis $350,000 [8]
1 6 Denton, RandyRandy Denton C  United States New York Knicks Spirits of St. Louis $50,000 [9]
1 7 Averitt, BirdBird Averitt G  United States Buffalo Braves (from Milwaukee)[n] Kentucky Colonels $125,000 [10]
1 8 Jones, WilWil Jones F  United States Indiana Pacers Kentucky Colonels $50,000 [11]
1 9 Thomas, RonRon Thomas# G/F  United States Houston Rockets Kentucky Colonels $15,000 [12]
1 10 Dampier, LouieLouie Dampier^ G  United States San Antonio Spurs Kentucky Colonels $20,000 [13]
1 11 van Breda Kolff, JanJan van Breda Kolff G/F  United States New York Nets Kentucky Colonels $60,000 [14]
2 12 Barr, MikeMike Barr G  United States Kansas City Kings Spirits of St. Louis $15,000 [15]
^ Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
* Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-NBA Team
# Denotes player who never played in the NBA regular season or playoffs

References

  1. ↑ "Bulls Get 1st Pick In Dispersal Draft". Ludington Daily News. August 2, 1976. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Barnes, Malone Top Dispersal Draft List". Herald-Journal. August 4, 1975. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Bulls make Gilmore first selection". Beaver County Times. Beaver, Pennsylvania. August 6, 1976. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Artis Gilmore Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Maurice Lucas Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on 25 July 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Ron Boone Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on 25 July 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Marvin Barnes Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  8. ↑ "Moses Malone Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  9. ↑ "Randy Denton Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  10. ↑ "Bird Averitt Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  11. ↑ "Wil Jones Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  12. ↑ "Ronald Thomas Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  13. ↑ "Louie Dampier Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on 27 July 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  14. ↑ "Jan Van Bread Kolff Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  15. ↑ "Mike Barr Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
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