NBA Draft 1959

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Contents 1 Territorial Draft 2 Territorial Choice 3 First Round 4 Second Round 5 Third Round 6 Fourth Round 7 Fifth Round 8 Sixth Round 9 Seventh Round 10 Eighth Round 11 Ninth Round 12 Tenth Round 13 Eleventh Round 14 Twelfth Round 15 Thirteenth Round 16 Fourteenth Round

Territorial Draft

To enable teams to take advantage of the regional popularity of college stars, they were given the option of forfeiting their first-round pick and instead selecting, before the start of the draft, a player from the franchise’s immediate geographical area. These “territorial picks” as they were known, are listed at the start of each year’s draft.

Territorial Choice

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Wilt Chamberlain	Kansas	Philadelphia Warriors
2	Bob Ferry	St. Louis	St. Louis Hawks

First Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Bob Boozer	Kansas State	Cincinnati Royals
2	Bailey Howell	Mississippi State	Detroit Pistons
3	Tom Hawkins	Notre Dame	Minneapolis Lakers
4	Dick Barnett	Tennessee State	Syracuse Nationals
5	Johnny Green	Michigan State	New York Knicks
6	John Richter	North Carolina State	Boston Celtics

Second Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Tom Robitaille	Rice	Detroit Pistons
2	Don Goldstein	Louisville	Detroit Pistons
3	Joe Ruklick	Northwestern	Philadelphia Warriors
4	Rudy LaRusso	Dartmouth	Minneapolis Lakers
5	Gene Tormohlen	Tennessee	Syracuse Nationals
6	Alan Seiden	St. John’s	St. Louis Hawks
7	Cal Ramsey	New York University	St. Louis Hawks
8	Gene Guarilia	George Washington	Boston Celtics

Third Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Mike Mendenhall	Cincinnati	Cincinnati Royals
2	Gary Alcorn	Fresno State	Detroit Pistons
3	Jim Hickaday	Memphis State	Philadelphia Warriors
4	Bob Smith	West Virginia	Minneapolis Lakers
5	Jon Cincebox	Syracuse	Syracuse Nationals
6	Bob Anderegg	Michigan State	New York Knicks
7	Hank Stein	Xavier (Ohio)	St. Louis Hawks
8	Ralph Croswaite	Western Kentucky	Boston Celtics

Fourth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Leo Byrd	Marshall	Cincinnati Royals
2	George Lee	Michigan	Detroit Pistons
3	Ron Stevenson	Texas Christian	Philadelphia Warriors
4	Wilson Eison	Purdue	Minneapolis Lakers
5	Paul Neumann	Stanford	Syracuse Nationals
6	John Cox	Kentucky	New York Knicks
7	Lee Harman	Oregon State	St. Louis Hawks
8	Ed Kazakavich	Stanford	Boston Celtics

Fifth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Harry Kirchner	Texas Christian	Cincinnati Royals
2	Tony Windis	Wyoming	Detroit Pistons
3	Bill Telasky	George Washington	Philadelphia Warriors
4	Bobby Joe Mason	Bradley	Minneapolis Lakers
5	Roger Taylor	Illinois	Syracuse Nationals
6	Herb Busch	Virginia	New York Knicks
7	Nick Mantis	Northwestern	St. Louis Hawks
8	Don Lange	William & Mary	Boston Celtics

Sixth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Don Hennon	Pittsburgh	Cincinnati Royals
2	Lou Jordan	Cornell	Detroit Pistons
3	Joe Spratt	St. Joseph’s (Pa.)	Philadelphia Warriors
4	Jim Henry	Vanderbilt	Minneapolis Lakers
5	Bob Dalton	California	Syracuse Nationals
6	Bucky McDonald	George Washington	New York Knicks
7	Mike Moran	Marquette	St. Louis Hawks
8	Bob Cumings	Boston University	Boston Celtics

Seventh Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Dale Moore	Eastern Kentucky	Cincinnati Royals
2	Doug Smart	Washington	Detroit Pistons
3	Joe Ryan	Villanova	Philadelphia Warriors
4	Charley Grote	Georgetown (KY) College	Minneapolis Lakers
5	Darnell Haney	Navy	Syracuse Nationals
6	Russ Robinson	Southwest Missouri State	New York Knicks
7	Orby Arnold	Memphis State	St. Louis Hawks

Eighth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Don Matuszak	Kansas State	Cincinnati Royals
2	Chuck Curtis	Pacific Lutheran College	Detroit Pistons
3	Dave Gunther	Iowa	Philadelphia Warriors
4	Leon Hill	Texas Tech	Minneapolis Lakers
5	Walt Torrence	UCLA	New York Knicks
6	Willie Merriwether	Purdue	St. Louis Hawks

Ninth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Joe Billy McDade	Bradley	Cincinnati Royals
2	Doyle Edmiston	Hardin-Simmons	Detroit Pistons
3	Carl Belz	Princeton	Philadelphia Warriors
4	Jim Mudd	North Texas State	Minneapolis Lakers
5	Jerry Shipp	SE Oklahoma	New York Knicks
6	Lou Pucillo	North Carolina State	St. Louis Hawks

Tenth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Joe Viviano	Xavier (Ohio)	Cincinnati Royals
2	Bruno Boin	Washington	Detroit Pistons
3	Tony Sellari	Lenoir Rhyne	Philadelphia Warriors
4	Roger Johnson	Minnesota	Minneapolis Lakers
5	Paul Wilcox	Davis & Elkins	New York Knicks
6	Ron Loneski	Kansas	St. Louis Hawks

Eleventh Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Charley Brown	Seattle	Cincinnati Royals
2	M.C. Burton	Michigan	Detroit Pistons
3	Phil Warren	Northwestern	Philadelphia Warriors
4	Jack Evans	Superior State	Minneapolis Lakers
5	Paul Benes	Hope	New York Knicks
6	John Barnhill	Tennessee State	St. Louis Hawks

Twelfth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Roger Wendel	Tulsa	Cincinnati Royals
2	Vern Baggenstoss	St. Cloud State	Minneapolis Lakers
3	Ed Blair	Western Michigan	New York Knicks

Thirteenth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Dwayne Smith	Gustavus Adolphus	Minneapolis Lakers
2	John Nicoll	Brigham Young	New York Knicks

Fourteenth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Jack Israel	SW Missouri State	New York Knicks