NBA Draft 1970

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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

First Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Bob Lanier	St. Bonaventure	Detroit Pistons
2	Rudy Tomjanovich	Michigan	San Diego Rockets
3	Pete Maravich	Louisiana State	Atlanta Hawks
4	Dave Cowens	Florida State	Boston Celtics
5	Sam Lacey	New Mexico State	Cincinnati Royals
6	Jim Ard	Cincinnati	Seattle SuperSonics
7	John Johnson	Iowa	Cleveland Cavaliers
8	Geoff Petrie	Princeton	Portland Trail Blazers
9	George Johnson	Stephen F. Austin	Baltimore Bullets
10	Greg Howard	New Mexico	Phoenix Suns
11	Jimmy Collins	New Mexico State	Chicago Bulls
12	Al Henry	Wisconsin	Philadelphia 76ers
13	Jim McMillian	Columbia	Los Angeles Lakers
14	John Vallely	UCLA	Atlanta Hawks
15	John Hummer	Princeton	Buffalo Braves
16	Gary Freeman	Oregon State	Milwaukee Bucks
17	Mike Price	Illinois	New York Knickerbockers

Second Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Calvin Murphy	Niagara	San Diego Rockets
2	Nate Archibald	Texas–El Paso	Cincinnati Royals
3	Jake Ford	Maryland State	Seattle SuperSonics
4	Rex Morgan	Jacksonville	Boston Celtics
5	Doug Cook	Davidson	Cincinnati Royals
6	Pete Cross	San Francisco	Seattle SuperSonics
7	Cornell Warner	Jackson State	Buffalo Braves
8	Walt Gilmore	Fort Valley State	Portland Trail Blazers
9	Dave Sorenson	Ohio State	Cleveland Cavaliers
10	Fred Taylor	Pan American	Phoenix Suns
11	Paul Ruffner	Brigham Young	Chicago Bulls
12	Joe DePre	St. John’s	Phoenix Suns
13	Earnest Killum	Stetson	Los Angeles Lakers
14	Dan Hester	Louisiana State	Atlanta Hawks
15	Ken Warzynski	DePaul	Detroit Pistons
16	Bill Zopf	Duquesne	Milwaukee Bucks
17	Howie Wright	Austin Peay	New York Knicks

Third Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Curtis Perry	SW Missouri State	San Diego Rockets
2	Earl Higgins	Eastern Michigan	San Francisco Warriors
3	Bob St. Pierre	Hanover	Detroit Pistons
4	Willie Williams	Florida State	Boston Celtics
5	Greg Hyder	Eastern New Mexico	Cincinnati Royals
6	Garfield Heard	Oklahoma	Seattle SuperSonics
7	Surry Oliver	Stephen F. Austin	Cleveland Cavaliers
8	Bill Cain	Iowa State	Portland Trail Blazers
9	Chip Case	Virginia	Buffalo Braves
10	Greg McDivitt	Ohio	Phoenix Suns
11	Lou Herndon	Jackson State	Chicago Bulls
12	Dennis Awtrey	Santa Clara	Philadelphia 76ers
13	Jim Hayes	Boston Univ.	Detroit Pistons
14	Vann Williford	North Carolina State	Phoenix Suns
15	Seaburn Hill	Arizona State	Baltimore Bullets
16	Marvin Winkler	SW Louisiana	Milwaukee Bucks
17	Al Williams	Drake	New York Knicks

Fourth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Jody Finney	Ohio State	San Diego Rockets
2	Ralph Ogden	Santa Clara	San Francisco Warriors
3	Bill Stricker	Pacific	Baltimore Bullets
4	Jon McKinney	Norfolk State	Boston Celtics
5	Wade Fuller	Loyola (Ill.)	Cincinnati Royals
6	John Davis	Alabama State	Chicago Bulls
7	Erwin Polnick	Stephen F. Austin	Buffalo Braves
8	Jim Penix	Bowling Green	Portland Trail Blazers
9	Glenn Vidnovic	Iowa Cleveland Cavaliers
10	Bob Lienhar	Georgia	Phoenix Suns
11	Jimmy Wilson	Cheyney State	Chicago Bulls
12	Dan Crenshaw	Alabama State	Philadelphia 76ers
13	Larry Mikan	Minnesota	Los Angeles Lakers
14	Fred Davis	Howard Payne	Atlanta Hawks
15	Billy Jones	Louisiana College	Baltimore Bullets
16	Virgle Fredricks	Drury (Mo.)	Milwaukee Bucks
17	John Marren	Manhattan	New York Knicks

Fifth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	James Gilbert	Adams State	San Diego Rockets
2	Levi Fontaine	Maryland State	San Francisco Warriors
3	Bill Jankans	Long Beach State	Detroit Pistons
4	Tom Carter	Paul Quinn	Boston Celtics
5	Uluss Thompson	Wiley	Cincinnati Royals
6	Boyd Lynch	Eastern Kentucky	Seattle SuperSonics
7	Wayne Sokolowski	Ashland	Cleveland Cavaliers
8	Ron Knight	Cal State–Los Angeles	Portland Trail Blazers
9	Robert Moore	Central State (Ohio)	Buffalo Braves
10	John Canine	Ohio	Phoenix Suns
11	George Johnson	Dillard	Chicago Bulls
12	Perry Wallace	Vanderbilt	Philadelphia 76ers
13	John Fultz	Rhode Island	Los Angeles Lakers
14	Bob Riley	Mount St. Mary’s	Atlanta Hawks
15	Gary Zeller	Drake	Baltimore Bullets
16	Mike Grosso	Louisville	Milwaukee Bucks
17	Jim Oxley	Army	New York Knickerbockers

Sixth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Mike Kretzer	East Tennessee	San Diego Rockets
2	Vic Bartolome	Oregon State	San Francisco Warriors
3	Seviro Brown	DePaul	Detroit Pistons
4	Rod McIntyre	Jacksonville	Boston Celtics
5	Charles Bishop	Louisiana Tech	Cincinnati Royals
6	Sam Robinson	Long Beach State	Seattle SuperSonics
7	Doug Hess	Toledo	Buffalo Braves
8	George Janky	Dayton	Portland Trail Blazers
9	Joe Cooke	Indiana	Cleveland Cavaliers
10	Joe Thomas	Marquette	Phoenix Suns
11	Lonnie Kluttz	North Carolina A&T	Chicago Bulls
12	Jerry Venable	Kansas State	Philadelphia 76ers
13	Jerry Kroll	Davidson	Los Angeles Lakers
14	Dave Parker	Windham	Atlanta Hawks
15	Marvin Polnick	Stephen F. Austin	Baltimore Bullets
16	Willy Watson	Oklahoma City	Milwaukee Bucks
17	Jim Signorile	New York University	New York Knicks

Seventh Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Bill Paultz	St. John’s	San Diego Rockets
2	Joe Bergman	Creighton	San Francisco Warriors
3	Marv Copeland	Michigan Lutheran	Detroit Pistons
4	Charlie Scott	North Carolina	Boston Celtics
5	Mike Bernard	Kentucky State	Cincinnati Royals
6	James Morgan	Maryland State	Seattle SuperSonics
7	Narvis Anderson	Stephen F. Austin	Cleveland Cavaliers
8	Claude English	Rhode Island	Portland Trail Blazers
9	Cliff Shegogg	Colorado State	Buffalo Braves
10	Heyward Dotson	Columbia	Phoenix Suns
11	Lou West	Seattle	Chicago Bulls
12	Carlton Poole	Philadelphia Textile	Philadelphia 76ers
13	Willie Woods	Eastern Kentucky	Los Angeles Lakers
14	John Shinall	Jackson State	Atlanta Hawks
15	Charlie Wallace	Oklahoma City	Baltimore Bullets
16	John Rinka	Kenyon	Milwaukee Bucks
17	Roy Hodge	Wagner	New York Knicks

Eighth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Don Adams	Northwestern	San Diego Rockets
2	Jeff Sewell	Marquette	San Francisco Warriors
3	Dan Issel	Kentucky	Detroit Pistons
4	Bob Croft	Tennessee	Boston Celtics
5	Joel McBride	Augusta	Cincinnati Royals
6	George Irvine	Washington	Seattle SuperSonics
7	Larry Woods	West Virginia	Buffalo Braves
8	Doug Boyd	Texas Christian	Portland Trail Blazers
9	Walter Robertson	Loyola (Ill.)	Cleveland Cavaliers
10	Steve Patterson	Phoenix Suns	UCLA
11	Mike Casey	Kentucky	Chicago Bulls
12	Fran O'Hanlon	Villanova	Philadelphia 76ers
13	Rick Mount	Purdue	Los Angeles Lakers
14	Herb White	Georgia	Atlanta Hawks
15	Tom Dyksera	Wheaton	Baltimore Bullets
16	Jim Samo	Northwestern	Milwaukee Bucks
17	Greg Fillmore	Cheyney State	New York Knicks

Ninth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Jim Gottschall	Dayton	San Diego Rockets
2	Lou Small	Nevada	San Francisco Warriors
3	Alex Wynn	Dartmouth	Detroit Pistons
4	Tom Little	Seattle	Boston Celtics
5	Bob Mabry	Rio Grande	Cincinnati Royals
6	Claude Virden	Murray State	Seattle SuperSonics
7	Tom Lagodich	Kent State	Cleveland Cavaliers
8	Billy Gaskins	Oregon	Portland Trail Blazers
9	Larry Duckworth	Henderson State	Buffalo Braves
10	Carl Ashley	Wyoming	Phoenix Suns
11	Glen Johnson	Jackson State	Chicago Bulls
12	Mike Hauer	St. Joseph’s	Philadelphia 76ers
13	Bobby Sands	Pepperdine	Los Angeles Lakers
14	Larry Jackson	Sul Ross	Atlanta Hawks
15	Will Hetzel	Maryland	Baltimore Bullets
16	Joe Hamilton	North Texas State	Milwaukee Bucks
17	Walker Banks	Western Kentucky	New York Knicks

Tenth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Toke Coleman	Eastern Kentucky	San Diego Rockets
2	Coby Dietrick	San Jose State	San Francisco Warriors
3	Bruce Chapman	Nevada	Detroit Pistons
4	Mike Maloy	Davidson	Boston Celtics
5	Carl Johnson	Gustavus Adolphus	Cincinnati Royals
6	Chuck Lloyd	Yankton	Seattle SuperSonics
7	Joe Taylor	Dillard	Buffalo Braves
8	Israel Oliver	Elizabeth City State	Portland Trail Blazers
9	Ken Johnson	Indiana	Cleveland Cavaliers
10	Gerhardus Schreur	Arizona State	Phoenix Suns
11	Dale Blaut	West Texas State	Chicago Bulls
12	Gordon Stiles	American	Philadelphia 76ers
13	Kindell Stephens	Fisk	Los Angeles Lakers
14	Manuel Raga	Mexico	Atlanta Hawks
15	Ron Becker	New Mexico	Baltimore Bullets
16	Bob Seemer	Georgia Tech	Milwaukee Bucks
17	Don Curnutt	Miami (Fla.)	New York Knicks

Eleventh Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Ron Belton	Bellarmine	San Diego Rockets
2	Rick Anhauser	North Carolina State	Detroit Pistons
3	Ted Hillary	St. Joseph’s (Ind.)	Cincinnati Royals
4	Andy Owens	Florida	Seattle SuperSonics
5	Dave Schneider	Wayne State	Cleveland Cavaliers
6	Don McClemore	Bowling Green	Portland Trail Blazers
7	Dick Walker	Wake Forest	Buffalo Braves
8	Jim Walls	Clark	Phoenix Suns
9	Doug Howard	Brigham Young	Chicago Bulls
10	David Whitley	Tufts	Philadelphia 76ers
11	Bob Duklet	Boston College	Los Angeles Lakers
12	Dino Meneghin	Italy	Atlanta Hawks
13	Mel Bell	Houston	Baltimore Bullets

Twelfth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Jim Brooks	Nebraska	San Diego Rockets
2	Don Ogletree	Cincinnati	Detroit Pistons
3	Reggie Roach	Virginia State	Cincinnati Royals
4	John Brunson	Furman	Seattle SuperSonics
5	Paul Adams	Central Washington	Portland Trail Blazers
6	Ollie Taylor	Houston	Cleveland Cavaliers
7	Ric Cobb	Marquette	Phoenix Suns
8	Booker Brown	Middle Tennessee	Chicago Bulls
9	Dewey Varner	Tuskegee	Los Angeles Lakers
10	Ben McGilmer	Iowa	Baltimore Bullets

Thirteenth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Harry Lozon	Old Dominion	San Diego Rockets
2	Ernest Hardy	Harvard	Detroit Pistons
3	Larry Gray	Huston-Pillotson	Cincinnati Royals
4	Allen McManus	Winston-Salem	Seattle SuperSonics
5	Kevin Wilson	Ashland	Cleveland Cavaliers
6	Alex Boyd	Nevada–Reno	Portland Trail Blazers
7	Fred Carpenter	Hawaii	Phoenix Suns
8	Charles Bloodworth	NW Louisiana	Chicago Bulls
9	Garry Elliott	Washington	Los Angeles Lakers
10	Dan Debardabi	Northern Arizona	Baltimore Bullets

Fourteenth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Clyde Oatis	Aurora	San Diego Rockets
2	Randy Smith	Buffalo State	Detroit Pistons
3	Andy Jennings	Alderson-Broaddus	Cincinnati Royals
4	Don Beenson	Linfield	Seattle SuperSonics
5	Frank Loteridge	Pan American	Portland Trail Blazers
6	Don Tomilson	Missouri	Cleveland Cavaliers
7	Chad Calabria	Iowa	Phoenix Suns
8	Paul Funkhouser	McKendree	Chicago Bulls
9	Ron Sanford	New Mexico	Los Angeles Lakers
10	Mike Williams	Northern Arizona	Baltimore Bullets

Fifteenth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Jay Bond	Washington	San Diego Rockets
2	Dennis Clark	Springfield (Mass.)	Detroit Pistons
3	Mike Neer	Washington & Lee	Cincinnati Royals
4	Steve Wannamaker	Drake	Cleveland Cavaliers
5	John Canady	Miami (Fla.)	Portland Trail Blazers
6	Walt Williams	Miami (Ohio)	Phoenix Suns
7	Paul Otay	Boise State	Chicago Bulls
8	Will Teague	Youngstown State	Los Angeles Lakers
9	Ted Rose	Northern Michigan	Baltimore Bullets

Sixteenth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Dean Olofson	Wayne State	San Diego Rockets
2	Harvey Mariatt	Eastern Michigan	Detroit Pistons
3	Paul Favorite	Georgetown	Cincinnati Royals
4	Doug Williams	St. Mary’s (Tex.)	Portland Trail Blazers
5	Steve Wilson	Hanover	Cleveland Cavaliers
6	Pete Walthour	Fort Valley State	Los Angeles Lakers
7	Don Rather	Northern Arizona	Baltimore Bullets

Seventeenth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Dennis Dickens	Azusa Pacific	San Diego Rockets
2	Bob Peterson	Concordia	Cleveland Cavaliers
3	Bob Thati	Occidental	Los Angeles Lakers
4	Vince Fritz	Oregon State	Baltimore Bullets

Eighteenth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Jeff Cunningham	California–Irvine	San Diego Rockets
2	Bruce Butchko	Southern Illinois	Portland Trail Blazers
3	John Cannon	Grambling	Cleveland Cavaliers

Nineteenth Round

Pick	Player	School	Team
1	Rick Erickson	Washington State	San Diego Rockets
2	Allen Waller	St. Mary’s (Kansas)	Cleveland Cavaliers
3	Mark Gabriel	Hanover	Portland Trail Blazers