Re-Living the 1977 NBA Draft: The First Round

Players are ranked in terms of Career Wins Produced

(rank confined to first round players only)

WP48 = Wins Produced per 48 minutes

Player	College	Rank Career Wins	Draft Position	Career Games	Career Minutes	WP48	Career Wins Produced
Jack Sikma	Illinois Wesleyan University	1	8	1,107	36,943	0.199	153.2
Marques Johnson	UCLA	2	3	691	23,694	0.204	100.6
Cedric Maxwell	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	3	12	835	23,769	0.179	88.6
Tree Rollins	Clemson University	4	14	1,156	24,028	0.162	81.3
Greg Ballard	University of Oregon	5	4	802	22,073	0.158	72.7
Bernard King	University of Tennessee	6	7	874	29,417	0.112	68.4
Walter Davis	University of North Carolina	7	5	1,033	28,859	0.112	67.2
Brad Davis	University of Maryland	8	15	961	22,302	0.137	63.5
Rickey Green	University of Michigan	9	16	946	23,271	0.118	57.4
Kenny Carr	North Carolina State University	10	6	674	17,167	0.143	51.3
Ray Williams	University of Minnesota	11	10	655	18,462	0.129	49.7
Norm Nixon	Duquesne University	12	22	768	27,250	0.087	49.2
Otis Birdsong	University of Houston	13	2	696	21,627	0.097	43.7
Ernie Grunfeld	University of Tennessee	14	11	693	12,916	0.118	31.8
Kent Benson	Indiana University	15	1	680	15,719	0.071	23.2
Anthony Roberts	Oral Roberts University	16	21	213	3,867	0.018	1.4
Bo Ellis	Marquette University	17	17	168	1,984	0.013	0.5
Glenn Mosley	Seton Hall University	18	20	32	242	0.038	0.2
Rich Laurel	Hofstra University	19	19	10	57	-0.164	-0.2
Tate Armstrong	Duke University	20	13	92	975	-0.019	-0.4
Tom LaGarde	University of North Carolina	21	9	312	6,194	-0.012	-1.5
Wesley Cox	University of Louisville	22	18	74	813	-0.139	-2.4