1970 NBA Draft

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239 Selections

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239 Selections Table
			Round 1			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
1	1	DET	Bob Lanier	St. Bonaventure	14	959	32103	19248	9698	3007	.514	.154	.767	33.5	20.1	10.1	3.1	117.1	.175	4.5	39.4
2	2	SDR	Rudy Tomjanovich	Michigan	11	768	25714	13383	6198	1573	.501	.262	.784	33.5	17.4	8.1	2.0	70.4	.131	0.8	13.3
3	3	ATL	Pete Maravich	LSU	10	658	24316	15948	2747	3563	.441	.667	.820	37.0	24.2	4.2	5.4	46.7	.092	0.2	8.9
4	4	BOS	Dave Cowens	Florida State	11	766	29565	13516	10444	2910	.460	.071	.783	38.6	17.6	13.6	3.8	86.3	.140	2.3	21.5
5	5	CIN	Sam Lacey	New Mexico State	13	1002	31873	10303	9687	3754	.441	.188	.738	31.8	10.3	9.7	3.7	50.9	.077	2.4	25.9
6	6	SEA	Jim Ard	Cincinnati	4	218	2666	771	820	149	.361		.695	12.2	3.5	3.8	0.7	2.0	.036	-3.3	-0.9
7	7	CLE	John Johnson	Iowa	12	869	25681	11200	4778	3285	.446	.000	.779	29.6	12.9	5.5	3.8	37.1	.069	-0.8	5.4
8	8	POR	Geoff Petrie	Princeton	6	446	16787	9732	1271	2057	.455		.805	37.6	21.8	2.8	4.6	26.1	.075	-1.4	1.3
9	9	BAL	George Johnson	Stephen F. Austin	3	69	744	190	220	22	.442		.431	10.8	2.8	3.2	0.3	0.6	.036	-3.9	-0.1
10	10	PHO	Greg Howard	New Mexico	2	92	852	312	227	53	.388		.697	9.3	3.4	2.5	0.6	0.6	.034
11	11	CHI	Jimmy Collins	New Mexico State	2	74	612	281	66	70	.414		.804	8.3	3.8	0.9	0.9	0.6	.044
12	12	PHI	Al Henry	Wisconsin	2	49	447	194	148	8	.426		.700	9.1	4.0	3.0	0.2	0.7	.074
13	13	LAL	Jim McMillian	Columbia University	9	631	20227	8736	3319	1557	.482		.832	32.1	13.8	5.3	2.5	46.0	.109	0.4	7.7
14	14	ATL	John Vallely	UCLA	2	100	796	359	66	84	.379		.721	8.0	3.6	0.7	0.8	-0.3	-.020
15	15	BUF	John Hummer	Princeton	6	327	7420	2248	1733	543	.438		.524	22.7	6.9	5.3	1.7	4.8	.031	-2.4	-0.2
16	16	MIL	Gary Freeman	Oregon State	1	52	382	167	106	35	.515		.725	7.3	3.2	2.0	0.7	1.2	.155
17	17	NYK	Mike Price	Illinois	2	119	1042	391	152	89	.404		.772	8.8	3.3	1.3	0.7	0.5	.021
			Round 2			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
18	18	SDR	Calvin Murphy	Niagara University	13	1002	30607	17949	2103	4402	.482	.139	.892	30.5	17.9	2.1	4.4	84.1	.132	0.6	15.8
19	19	CIN	Tiny Archibald	Texas-El Paso	13	876	31159	16481	2046	6476	.467	.224	.810	35.6	18.8	2.3	7.4	83.4	.128	0.4	12.9
20	20	SEA	Jake Ford	University of Maryland Eastern Shore	2	31	249	126	20	35	.462		.764	8.0	4.1	0.6	1.1	0.7	.133
21	21	BOS	Rex Morgan	Jacksonville University	2	62	416	172	91	39	.375		.682	6.7	2.8	1.5	0.6	0.5	.063
22	22	CIN	Doug Cook	Davidson
23	23	SEA	Pete Cross	San Francisco	3	182	3775	1057	1519	187	.431		.695	20.7	5.8	8.3	1.0	4.2	.053
24	24	BUF	Cornell Warner	Jackson State University	7	445	10508	2860	3353	494	.452		.672	23.6	6.4	7.5	1.1	15.8	.072	-1.4	1.0
25	25	POR	Walt Gilmore	Fort Valley State University	1	27	261	58	73	12	.426		.462	9.7	2.1	2.7	0.4	0.2	.033
26	26	CLE	Dave Sorenson	Ohio State	3	213	3857	1734	997	280	.442		.778	18.1	8.1	4.7	1.3	5.4	.067
27	27	PHO	Fred Taylor	University of Texas-Pan American	2	88	835	385	140	69	.364		.592	9.5	4.4	1.6	0.8	-0.6	-.035
28	28	CHI	Paul Ruffner	BYU	3	52	214	109	49	9	.440		.500	4.1	2.1	0.9	0.2	0.1	.017	-4.7	-0.2
29	29	PHO	Joe DePre	St. John's
30	30	LAL	Earnie Killum	Stetson University	1	4	12	1	2	0	.000		1.000	3.0	0.3	0.5	0.0	-0.1	-.314
31	31	ATL	Dan Hester	LSU
32	32	DET	Ken Warzynski	DePaul
33	33	MIL	Bill Zopf	Duquesne	1	53	398	118	46	73	.363		.556	7.5	2.2	0.9	1.4	-0.1	-.011
34	34	NYK	Howie Wright	Austin Peay State University
			Round 3			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
35	35	SDR	Curtis Perry	Missouri State University	8	480	13656	4578	4239	906	.455		.699	28.5	9.5	8.8	1.9	29.6	.104	0.3	5.5
36	36	SFW	Earle Higgins	Eastern Michigan
37	37	DET	Bob St. Pierre	Hanover College
38	38	BOS	Willie Williams	Florida State	1	25	105	23	23	8	.238		.600	4.2	0.9	0.9	0.3	-0.4	-.170
39	39	CIN	Greg Hyder	Eastern New Mexico University	1	77	1359	417	332	48	.447		.718	17.6	5.4	4.3	0.6	1.1	.040
40	40	SEA	Gar Heard	Oklahoma	11	787	19571	6828	5876	1220	.414	.000	.654	24.9	8.7	7.5	1.6	27.0	.066	-0.4	6.3
41	41	CLE	Surry Oliver	Stephen F. Austin
42	42	POR	Bill Cain	Iowa State
43	43	BUF	Chip Case	Virginia
44	44	PHO	Greg McDivitt	Ohio University
45	45	CHI	Lou Herndon	Jackson State University
46	46	PHI	Dennis Awtrey	Santa Clara	12	733	14159	3516	3342	1467	.459		.652	19.3	4.8	4.6	2.0	22.4	.076	-1.1	2.2
47	47	DET	Jim Hayes	Boston University
48	48	PHO	Vann Williford	NC State
49	49	BAL	Seaburn Hill	Arizona State
50	50	MIL	Marv Winkler	Louisiana	1	3	14	8	4	2	.300		1.000	4.7	2.7	1.3	0.7	0.0	-.121
51	51	NYK	Al Williams	Drake University
			Round 4			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
52	52	SDR	Jody Finney	Ohio State
53	53	SFW	Ralph Ogden	Santa Clara	1	32	162	42	32	9	.239		.667	5.1	1.3	1.0	0.3	-0.7	-.208
54	54	BAL	Bill Stricker	University of the Pacific	1	1	2	4	0	0	.667			2.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.770
55	55	BOS	Jon McKinney	Norfolk State
56	56	CIN	Wade Fuller	Loyola Chicago
57	57	CHI	John Davis	Alabama State University
58	58	BUF	Erwin Polnick	Stephen F. Austin
59	59	POR	Jim Penix	Bowling Green
60	60	CLE	Glen Vidnovic	Iowa
61	61	PHO	Bob Lienhard	Georgia
62	62	CHI	Jim Wilson	Cheyney (PA)
63	63	PHI	Dan Crenshaw	Alabama State University
64	64	LAL	Larry Mikan	Minnesota	1	53	536	158	139	41	.333		.618	10.1	3.0	2.6	0.8	-0.8	-.073
65	65	ATL	Fred Davis	Howard Payne University
66	66	BAL	Billy Jones	Louisiana College
67	67	MIL	Virgle Fredricks	Drury University
68	68	NYK	John Marren	Manhattan College
			Round 5			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
69	69	SDR	James Gilbert	Adams State College
70	70	SFW	Levi Fontaine	University of Maryland Eastern Shore	1	35	210	134	15	22	.366		.757	6.0	3.8	0.4	0.6	-0.3	-.069
71	71	DET	Bill Jankans	Cal State Long Beach
72	72	BOS	Tom Carter	Paul Quinn College
73	73	CIN	Uluss Thompson	Wiley College
74	74	SEA	Boyd Lynch	Eastern Kentucky University
75	75	CLE	Wayne Sokolowski	Ashland University
76	76	POR	Ron Knight	California State University, Los Angeles	2	101	1145	472	283	83	.433		.500	11.3	4.7	2.8	0.8	0.2	.007
77	77	BUF	Robert Moore	Central State University
78	78	PHO	John Canine	Ohio University
79	79	CHI	George Johnson	Dillard University	13	904	18102	4369	5887	929	.451	.500	.694	20.0	4.8	6.5	1.0	33.0	.087	0.1	9.4
80	80	PHI	Perry Wallace	Vanderbilt
81	81	LAL	John Fultz	Rhode Island
82	82	ATL	Bob Riley	Mount St. Mary's University	1	7	39	13	12	1	.444		.556	5.6	1.9	1.7	0.1	0.0	.056
83	83	BAL	Gary Zeller	Drake University	1	78	697	271	92	37	.340		.587	8.9	3.5	1.2	0.5	-1.5	-.107
84	84	MIL	Mike Grosso	Louisville
85	85	NYK	Jim Oxley	United States Military Academy
			Round 6			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
86	86	SDR	Mike Kretzer	East Tennessee State University
87	87	SFW	Vic Bartolome	Oregon State	1	38	165	34	60	3	.254		.800	4.3	0.9	1.6	0.1	-0.4	-.114
88	88	DET	Seviro Brown	DePaul
89	89	BOS	Rod McIntyre	Jacksonville University
90	90	CIN	Charles Bishop	Louisiana Tech
91	91	SEA	Samuel Robinson	Cal State Long Beach
92	92	BUF	Doug Hess	Toledo
93	93	POR	George Janky	Dayton
94	94	CLE	Joe Cooke	Indiana	1	73	725	316	114	93	.393		.814	9.9	4.3	1.6	1.3	-0.4	-.025
95	95	PHO	Joe Thomas	Marquette	1	39	204	55	43	17	.267		.450	5.2	1.4	1.1	0.4	-0.6	-.149
96	96	CHI	Lonnie Kluttz	North Carolina A&T
97	97	PHI	Jerry Venable	Kansas State
98	98	LAL	Jerry Kroll	Davidson
99	99	ATL	Dave Parker	Windham College
100	100	BAL	Marvin Polnick	Stephen F. Austin
101	101	MIL	Willy Watson	Oklahoma City University
102	102	NYK	Jim Signorile	NYU
			Round 7			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
103	103	SDR	Billy Paultz	St. John's	9	637	13630	5432	3553	1043	.491	.000	.643	21.4	8.5	5.6	1.6	26.3	.093	-0.2	6.3
104	104	SFW	Joe Bergman	Creighton
105	105	DET	Marv Copeland	Michigan Lutheran
106	106	BOS	Charlie Scott	UNC	8	560	19278	10037	2034	2696	.444	.182	.772	34.4	17.9	3.6	4.8	26.9	.067	-1.5	2.1
107	107	CIN	Mike Bernard	Kentucky State University
108	108	SEA	James Morgan	Maryland
109	109	CLE	Narvis Anderson	Stephen F. Austin
110	110	POR	Claude English	Rhode Island	1	18	70	27	20	6	.262		.714	3.9	1.5	1.1	0.3	-0.3	-.215
111	111	BUF	Cliff Shegogg	Colorado State
112	112	PHO	Heyward Dotson	Columbia University
113	113	CHI	Lou West	Seattle University
114	114	PHI	Carlton Poole	Philadelphia University
115	115	LAL	Willie Woods	Eastern Kentucky University
116	116	ATL	John Shinall	Jackson State University
117	117	BAL	Charlie Wallace	Oklahoma City University
118	118	MIL	John Rinka	Kenyon College
119	119	NYK	Roy Hodge	Wagner College
			Round 8			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
120	120	SDR	Don Adams	Northwestern	5	487	12407	4236	2732	869	.402		.739	25.5	8.7	5.6	1.8	10.6	.041	-2.0	0.0
121	121	SFW	Jeff Sewell	Marquette
122	122	DET	Dan Issel	Kentucky	9	718	22342	14659	5707	1804	.506	.253	.797	31.1	20.4	7.9	2.5	82.3	.177	2.3	24.3
123	123	BOS	Bobby Croft	Tennessee
124	124	CIN	Joel McBride	Augusta State University
125	125	SEA	George Irvine	Washington
126	126	BUF	Larry Woods	West Virginia
127	127	POR	Doug Boyd	TCU
128	128	CLE	Walter Robertson	Loyola Chicago
129	129	PHO	Steve Patterson	UCLA	5	350	5582	1552	1632	443	.403		.594	15.9	4.4	4.7	1.3	4.8	.041	-1.2	0.9
130	130	CHI	Mike Casey	Kentucky
131	131	PHI	Fran O'Hanlon	Villanova
132	132	LAL	Rick Mount	Purdue
133	133	ATL	Herb White	Georgia	1	38	315	90	48	47	.405		.564	8.3	2.4	1.3	1.2	0.1	.013
134	134	BAL	Tom Dyksera	Wheaton College
135	135	MIL	Jim Samo	Northwestern
136	136	NYK	Greg Fillmore	Cheyney (PA)	2	49	338	118	108	20	.403		.467	6.9	2.4	2.2	0.4	0.3	.044
			Round 9			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
137	137	SDR	Jim Gottschall	Dayton
138	138	SFW	Lou Small	UNLV
139	139	DET	Alex Wynn	Dartmouth College
140	140	BOS	Tom Little	Seattle University
141	141	CIN	Bob Mabry	University of Rio Grande
142	142	SEA	Claude Virden	Murray State
143	143	CLE	Tom Lagodich	Kent State University
144	144	POR	Billy Gaskins	Oregon
145	145	BUF	Larry Duckworth	Henderson State University
146	146	PHO	Carl Ashley	Wyoming
147	147	CHI	Glen Johnson	Jackson State University
148	148	PHI	Mike Hauer	Saint Joseph's
149	149	LAL	Bobby Sands	Pepperdine
150	150	ATL	Larry Jackson	Sul Ross State University
151	151	BAL	Will Hetzel	Maryland
152	152	MIL	Joe Hamilton	University of North Texas
153	153	NYK	Walker Banks	Western Kentucky
			Round 10			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
154	154	SDR	Toke Coleman	Eastern Kentucky University
155	155	SFW	Coby Dietrick	San Jose State	7	480	9241	2915	1869	990	.468	.188	.741	19.3	6.1	3.9	2.1	15.5	.080	0.1	4.9
156	156	DET	Bruce Chapman	UNLV
157	157	BOS	Mike Maloy	Davidson
158	158	CIN	Carl Johnson	Gustavus Adolphus
159	159	SEA	Chuck Lloyd	Yankton College
160	160	BUF	Joe Taylor	Dillard University
161	161	POR	Israel Oliver	Elizabeth City State University
162	162	CLE	Ken Johnson	Indiana
163	163	PHO	Gerhardus Schreur	Arizona State
164	164	CHI	Dale Blaut	West Texas A&M University
165	165	PHI	Gordon Stiles	American University
166	166	LAL	Kindell Stephens	Fisk University
167	167	ATL	Manuel Raga
168	168	BAL	Ron Becker	New Mexico
169	169	MIL	Bob Seemer	Georgia Tech
170	170	NYK	Don Curnutt	Miami (FL)
			Round 11			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
171	171	SDR	Ron Belton	Bellarmine University
172	172	DET	Rick Anhauser	NC State
173	173	CIN	Ted Hillary	Saint Joseph's College
174	174	SEA	Andy Owens	Florida
175	175	CLE	Dave Schneider	Wayne State University
176	176	POR	Don McClemore	Bowling Green
177	177	BUF	Dick Walker	Wake Forest
178	178	PHO	Jim Walls	Clark Atlanta University
179	179	CHI	Doug Howard	BYU
180	180	PHI	David Whitley	Tufts University
181	181	LAL	Bob Duklet	Boston College
182	182	ATL	Dino Meneghin
183	183	BAL	Mel Bell	Houston
			Round 12			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
184	184	SDR	Jim Brooks	Nebraska
185	185	DET	Don Ogletree	Cincinnati
186	186	CIN	Reggie Roach	Virginia State University
187	187	SEA	John Brunson	Furman University
188	188	POR	Paul Adams	Central Washington University
189	189	CLE	Oliver Taylor	Houston
190	190	PHO	Ric Cobb	Marquette
191	191	CHI	Booker Brown	Middle Tennessee
192	192	LAL	Dewey Varner	Tuskegee University
193	193	BAL	Ben McGilmer	Iowa
			Round 13			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
194	194	SDR	Harry Lozon	Old Dominion
195	195	DET	Ernest Hardy	Harvard University
196	196	CIN	Larry Gray	Huston-Tillotson University
197	197	SEA	Allen McManus	Winston-Salem State
198	198	CLE	Kevin Wilson	Ashland University
199	199	POR	Alex Boyd	Nevada
200	200	PHO	Fred Carpenter	Hawaii
201	201	CHI	Charles Bloodworth	Northwestern State University
202	202	LAL	Gary Elliot	Washington State
203	203	BAL	Dan Debardabi	Northern Arizona University
			Round 14			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
204	204	SDR	Clyde Oatis	Aurora University
205	205	DET	Randy Smith	Buffalo State	12	976	31444	16262	3597	4487	.470	.155	.781	32.2	16.7	3.7	4.6	60.1	.092	0.4	16.0
206	206	CIN	Andy Jennings	Alderson-Broaddus College
207	207	SEA	Don Beeson	Linfield College
208	208	POR	Frank Loteridge	University of Texas-Pan American
209	209	CLE	Don Tomlinson	Missouri
210	210	PHO	Chad Calabria	Iowa
211	211	CHI	Paul Funkhouser	McKendree College
212	212	LAL	Ron Sanford	New Mexico
213	213	BAL	Mike Williams	Northern Arizona University
			Round 15			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
214	214	SDR	Jay Bond	Washington
215	215	DET	Dennis Clark	Springfield College
216	216	CIN	Mike Neer	Washington & Lee University
217	217	CLE	Rick Wanamaker	Drake University
218	218	POR	John Canady	Miami (FL)
219	219	PHO	Walt Williams	Miami University
220	220	CHI	Bill Otey	Boise State
221	221	LAL	Will Teague	Youngstown State University
222	222	BAL	Ted Rose	Northern Michigan University
			Round 16			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
223	223	SDR	Dean Olofson	Wayne State University
224	224	DET	Harvey Mariatt	Eastern Michigan
225	225	CIN	Paul Favorite	Georgetown
226	226	POR	Doug Williams	St. Mary's University
227	227	CLE	Stephen Wilson	Hanover College
228	228	LAL	Pete Walthour	Fort Valley State University
229	229	BAL	Don Rather	Northern Arizona University
			Round 17			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
230	230	SDR	Dennis Dickens	Azusa Pacific University
231	231	CLE	Bob Peterson	Oregon
232	232	LAL	Bob Thate	Occidental College
233	233	BAL	Vince Fritz	Oregon State
			Round 18			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
234	234	SDR	Jeff Cunningham	University of California, Irvine
235	235	POR	Bruce Butchko	Southern Illinois
236	236	CLE	John Cannon	Grambling State University
			Round 19			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
237	237	SDR	Rick Erickson	Washington State
238	238	CLE	Allen Waller	Saint Mary of the Plains College
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