| 1978 Draft Grid | ||||||||||||
| Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Rd 10 | Rd 11 | Rd 12 | |
| Sacramento (SRN) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Milwaukee (MLN) | x | x | x | x | x | DUA | x | PHN | PHN | x | x | x |
| Bismarck (BIA) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Baltimore (BAA) | SRN | COA | MPA (SLN) | x | HMA (SLN) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Kansas City (KCA) | x | x | No Pick* | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| St Louis (SLN) | COA | CAN | COA | x | x | x | DUA | x | x | x | x | x |
| Columbus (COA) | REA | REA | REA | x | REA | x | REA | x | REA | x | REA | x |
| Reading (REA) | COA | HON | COA | x | COA | x | COA | x | COA | x | COA | x |
| River City (RCN) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Houston (HON) | x | x | KCA | REA | MLN (REA) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| St Paul (SPN) | x | x | SLN | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Durham (DUA) | x | HON | x | MLN | x | COA | BIA | BAA | SLN | x | x | x |
| Sioux Falls (SFA) | x | COA | No Pick* | BIA | SLN | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Hollywood (HWN) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Newark (NEN) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Seattle (SEA) | SFA | x | DUA (SFA) | BAA | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Philadelphia (PHN) | MLN | No Pick* | x | BAA (SFA) | HMA | MLN | SPN | HMA | x | BIA | x | x |
| Homestead (HMA) | SRN | BAA | PHN | MLN | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| California (CAN) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Memphis (MPA) | x | NEN | x | x | x | DUA | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| x | Denotes team has NOT traded away their own pick (team owns their own pick) | |||||||||||
| * | Pick lost due to player overusage | |||||||||||