NBA Draft 1968

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Contents 1 First Round 2 Second Round 3 Third Round 4 Fourth Round 5 Fifth Round 6 Sixth Round 7 Seventh Round 8 Eighth Round 9 Ninth Round 10 Tenth Round 11 Eleventh Round 12 Twelfth Round 13 Thirteenth Round 14 Fourteenth Round 15 Fifteenth Round 16 Sixteenth Round 17 Seventeenth Round 18 Eighteenth Round 19 Nineteenth Round 20 Twentieth Round 21 Twenty-First Round

First Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Elvin Hayes	Houston	San Diego Rockets
2	Wes Unseld	Louisville	Baltimore Bullets
3	Bob Kauffman	Guilford	Seattle SuperSonics
4	Tom Boerwinkle	Tennessee	Chicago Bulls
5	Don Smith	Iowa State	Cincinnati Royals
6	Otto Moore	Pan American	Detroit Pistons
7	Charles Paulk	NE Oklahoma	Milwaukee Bucks
8	Gary Gregor	South Carolina	Phoenix Suns
9	Ron Williams	West Virginia	San Francisco Warriors
10	Bill Hosket	Ohio State	New York Knicks
11	Bill Hewitt	USC	Los Angeles Lakers
12	Don Chaney	Houston	Boston Celtics
13	Skip Harlicka	South Carolina	Atlanta Hawks
14	Shaler Halimon	Utah State	Philadelphia 76ers

Second Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	John Trapp	Nevada–Las Vegas	San Diego Rockets
2	Art Harris	Stanford	Seattle SuperSonics
3	Loy Petersen	Oregon State	Chicago Bulls
4	Bob Quick	Xavier (Ohio)	Baltimore Bullets
5	Ron Dunlap	Illinois	Chicago Bulls
6	Manny Leaks	Niagara	Detroit Pistons
7	Dick Cunningham	Murray State	Phoenix Suns
8	Eugene Moore	St. Louis	Milwaukee Bucks

Third Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Stu Lantz	Nebraska	San Diego Rockets
2	Jeff Ockel	Utah	Seattle SuperSonics
3	Don Dee	St. Mary of the Plains	Detroit Pistons
4	Ron Nelson	New Mexico	Baltimore Bullets
5	Pat Frink	Colorado	Cincinnati Royals
6	Fred Foster	Miami (Ohio)	Cincinnati Royals
7	Don Sidle	Oklahoma	San Francisco Warriors
8	Don May	Dayton	New York Knicks
9	Dave Newmark	Columbia	Chicago Bulls
10	Garfield Smith	Eastern Kentucky	Boston Celtics
11	Jack Thompson	South Carolina	Baltimore Bullets
12	Ed Johnson	Tennessee State	Seattle SuperSonics
13	Sam Williams	Iowa	Milwaukee Bucks
14	Art Beatty	American	Phoenix Suns

Fourth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Harry Barnes	Northeastern	San Diego Rockets
2	Henry Logan	Western Carolina	Seattle SuperSonics
3	Mike Lynn	UCLA	Chicago Bulls
4	Dallas Thornton	Kentucky Wesleyan	Baltimore Bullets
5	Dan Sparks	Weber State	Cincinnati Royals
6	Rich Niemann	St. Louis	Detroit Pistons
7	Edgar Lacy	UCLA	San Francisco Warriors
8	Warren Armstrong	Wichita State	New York Knicks
9	Ed Biedenbach	North Carolina State	Los Angeles Lakers
10	Rich Johnson	Grambling	Boston Celtics
11	Bob Warren	Vanderbilt	Atlanta Hawks
12	Darryl Jones	St. Benedict’s	San Diego Rockets
13	Rich Jones	Memphis State	Phoenix Suns
14	Greg Smith	Western Kentucky	Milwaukee Bucks

Fifth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Glen Combs	Virginia Tech	San Diego Rockets
2	Al Hairston	Bowling Green	Seattle SuperSonics
3	Jim Tillman	Loyola (Ill.)	Chicago Bulls
4	Ed Chaplin	Voorhees	Baltimore Bullets
5	Jim Kissane	Boston College	Cincinnati Royals
6	Carl Fuller	Bethune-Cookman	Detroit Pistons
7	Jim Eakins	Brigham Young	San Francisco Warriors
8	Hal Booker	Chaney State	New York Knicks
9	Lou Shephard	SW Missouri State	Los Angeles Lakers
10	Thad Jaracz	Kentucky	Boston Celtics
11	Rusty Parker	Miami (Fla.)	Atlanta Hawks
12	Larry Miller	North Carolina	Philadelphia 76ers
13	Joe Franklin	Wisconsin	Milwaukee Bucks
14	Harry Hollines	Denver	Phoenix Suns

Sixth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Eldridge Webb	Tulsa	San Diego Rockets
2	Ron Guziak	Duquesne	Seattle SuperSonics
3	Ken Barnett	Delaware	Chicago Bulls
4	Joe Heiser	Princeton	Baltimore Bullets
5	Calvin Martin	Texas Southern	Cincinnati Royals
6	Wally Anderzunas	Creighton	Detroit Pistons
7	Bob Allen	Marshall	San Francisco Warriors
8	Brian Brunkhorst	Marquette	New York Knicks
9	Nick Pino	Kansas State	Los Angeles Lakers
10	Jerry Newson	Indiana State	Boston Celtics
11	Phil Wagner	Georgia Tech	Atlanta Hawks
12	Chuck Williams	Colorado	Philadelphia 76ers
13	Rodney Knowles	Davidson	Phoenix Suns
14	Fred Smith	Hawaii	Milwaukee Bucks

Seventh Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Rick Adelman	Loyola (Cal.)	San Diego Rockets
2	Jim McKean	Washington State	Seattle SuperSonics
3	Willie Davis	North Texas State	Chicago Bulls
4	Jasper Wilson	Southern	Baltimore Bullets
5	Dick Dumas	NE Oklahoma	Cincinnati Royals
6	Larry Newbold	Long Island	Detroit Pistons
7	Dave Reasor	West Virginia	San Francisco Warriors
8	Bob Waldal	Dickinson State	New York Knicks
9	Dennis Hrcka	Hillsdale	Los Angeles Lakers
10	Mike Lewis	Duke	Boston Celtics
11	Oscar Smith	Elizabeth City State	Atlanta Hawks
12	Bill Jones	Fairfield	Philadelphia 76ers
13	Tom Kondla	Minnesota	Milwaukee Bucks
14	Charles Parkes	Idaho State	Phoenix Suns

Eighth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Aaron Sellers	Jackson State	San Diego Rockets
2	Willie Rodgers	Oklahoma	Seattle SuperSonics
3	Lloyd Higgins	Pasadena	Chicago Bulls
4	Barry Orms	St. Louis	Baltimore Bullets
5	Dave Williams	Mississippi State	Cincinnati Royals
6	Harry Laurie	St. Peter’s	Detroit Pistons
7	Walt Platkowski	Bowling Green	San Francisco Warriors
8	Bob Hooper	Dayton	New York Knicks
9	John Smith	Southern Colorado	Los Angeles Lakers
10	Julius Keye	Alcorn State	Boston Celtics
11	Marin Baietti	Manhattan	Atlanta Hawks
12	Melvin Jones	Albany State (Ga.)	Philadelphia 76ers
13	Brian Clare	Denver	Phoenix Suns
14	Elbert Miller	Nevada Southern	Milwaukee Bucks

Ninth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	John Schetzsle	Ashland	San Diego Rockets
2	Jimmy Smith	Utah State	Seattle SuperSonics
3	Corky Bell	Loyola (Ill.)	Chicago Bulls
4	Wayne Chapman	Western Kentucky	Baltimore Bullets
5	Butch Joyner	Indiana	Cincinnati Royals
6	Vaughn Harper	Syracuse	Detroit Pistons
7	Art Wilmore	San Francisco	San Francisco Warriors
8	Roger Bohnenstiel	Kansas	New York Knicks
9	George Stone	Marshall	Los Angeles Lakers
10	Bill Butler	St. Bonaventure	Boston Celtics
11	Mack Daughty	Albany State (Ga.)	Atlanta Hawks
12	Clarence Brookins	Temple	Philadelphia 76ers
13	Cliff Berger	Kentucky	Milwaukee Bucks
14	Merv Jackson	Utah	Phoenix Suns

Tenth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Mike Butler	Memphis State	San Diego Rockets
2	Joe Kennedy	Duke	Seattle SuperSonics
3	Mike Weaver	Northwestern	Chicago Bulls
4	Steve Adelman	Boston College	Baltimore Bullets
5	Robert Wyendanet	Vanderbilt	Cincinnati Royals
6	Tom Baack	Nebraska	Detroit Pistons
7	Bob Heaney	Santa Clara	San Francisco Warriors
8	Sylvester Adams	North Carolina A&T	New York Knicks
9	Charles Alford	East Carolina	Los Angeles Lakers
10	Ivan Leschinsky	Long Island	Boston Celtics
11	Dwight Waller	Tennessee State	Atlanta Hawks
12	Greg Cisson	Rider	Philadelphia 76ers
13	Lee Davis	North Carolina College	Phoenix Suns
14	Eugene Jones	Missouri	Milwaukee Bucks

Eleventh Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Leonardo Epps	Clark	San Diego Rockets
2	Jim Marsh	USC	Seattle SuperSonics
3	Jim McGonigle	Iowa State	Chicago Bulls
4	Al Dixon	Bowling Green	Baltimore Bullets
5	James Robinson	Rochester Institute	Cincinnati Royals
6	Jerry Chandler	Nevada Southern	San Francisco Warriors
7	Bob Redd	Marshall	New York Knicks
8	Harry Singletary	Presbyterian	Los Angeles Lakers
9	Tom Neimeir	Evansville	Boston Celtics
10	Henry Watkins	Tennessee State	Atlanta Hawks
11	Bill Soens	Miami (Fla.)	Philadelphia 76ers
12	Brad Luchini	Marquette	Milwaukee Bucks
13	Ron Boone	Idaho State	Phoenix Suns

Twelfth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Roy Manning	Lane	San Diego Rockets
2	Walt Simon	Utah	Seattle SuperSonics
3	John Lallensack	Oshkosh State	Chicago Bulls
4	Willie Cager	Texas Western	Baltimore Bullets
5	Glynn Saulters	Western Louisiana	Cincinnati Royals
6	Bob Wolfe	California	San Francisco Warriors
7	Pat Moriarty	Guilford	New York Knicks
8	Reggie Lacefield	Western Michigan	Los Angeles Lakers
9	Bill Langheld	Fordham	Boston Celtics
10	Bill Harris	Texas Western	Atlanta Hawks
11	Ted Campbell	North Carolina A&T	Philadelphia 76ers
12	Dave Miller	Florida	Milwaukee Bucks
13	Bill Davis	Arizona	Phoenix Suns

Thirteenth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Marshall Evans	Lincoln	San Diego Rockets
2	Bud Ogden	Santa Clara	Seattle SuperSonics
3	Herm Gilliam	Purdue	Chicago Bulls
4	Rudy Bogad	St. John’s	Baltimore Bullets
5	Jim Tindell	Massachusetts	Cincinnati Royals
6	Ken Morehead	Hiram Scott	New York Knicks
7	Harvey Mumford	Montana State	Los Angeles Lakers
8	Art Stephenson	Rhode Island	Boston Celtics
9	Frank Standard	South Carolina	Atlanta Hawks
10	Earl Seyfert	Kansas State	Philadelphia 76ers
11	Pat Hobard	Cal State	Phoenix Suns

Fourteenth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Bobby Lewis	North Carolina State	San Diego Rockets
2	Mike Warren	UCLA	Seattle SuperSonics
3	Dave Carr	Washington	Chicago Bulls
4	Ernest Sims	East Tennessee	Baltimore Bullets
5	Charles Core	SE Louisiana	Cincinnati Royals
6	John Harlow	Princeton	New York Knicks
7	John Godfrey	Abilene Christian	Los Angeles Lakers
8	Keith Hockstein	Holy Cross	Boston Celtics
9	George Hicker	Syracuse	Atlanta Hawks
10	Tom Youngdale	Davidson	Philadelphia 76ers

Fifteenth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Bill Gaines	East Texas State	San Diego Rockets
2	Mickey McCarthy	Texas Christian	Chicago Bulls
3	Joe Allen	Bradley	Baltimore Bullets
4	Mike Drepling	Westminster	Cincinnati Royals
5	Ed Fellers	Guilford	New York Knicks
6	John Baum	Temple	Los Angeles Lakers
7	Bernie Foster	Pasadena	Atlanta Hawks
8	George Mack	North Carolina A&T	Philadelphia 76ers

Sixteenth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Chuck Caldwell	Missouri-St. Louis	San Diego Rockets
2	Fred Holden	Louisville	Chicago Bulls
3	Dennis Blace	San Francisco	Baltimore Bullets
4	Dick Harris	None	Cincinnati Royals
5	Bob Ferguson	Tennessee Wesleyan	New York Knicks
6	Mike Eberle	Wyoming	Los Angeles Lakers
7	Terry Allerton	Baldwin-Wallace	Atlanta Hawks
8	Joe Crews	Villanova	Philadelphia 76ers

Seventeenth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Dave Miller	South Dakota State	San Diego Rockets
2	Tom Benedict	Central Washington	Chicago Bulls
3	Greg Morris	Cornell	Baltimore Bullets
4	John Howard	Cincinnati	Cincinnati Royals
5	Milt Williams	Lincoln	New York Knicks
6	Nate Ware	Tennessee State	Philadelphia 76ers

Eighteenth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Harold Grant	Pepperdine	San Diego Rockets
2	Bob Zoretich	DePaul	Chicago Bulls
3	Art Kenny	Fairfield	Baltimore Bullets
4	Larry Humes	Evansville	Cincinnati Royals

Nineteenth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Bill Corley	Connecticut	San Diego Rockets
2	Rich Mason	Indiana State	Chicago Bulls
3	Jim LaCour	Seattle	Baltimore Bullets
4	Jay Reffords	None	Cincinnati Royals

Twentieth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Rich Rirkendal	Norfolk State	Chicago Bulls
2	Ron Woodruff	Midwestern	Baltimore Bullets

Twenty-First Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Willie Horton	Delaware	Chicago Bulls