1963–64 rookie class

1963 NBA Draft

Every selection in order, with the drafting team, player affiliation and a direct path into each available Athlore career profile.

84selections

16rounds

9teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #0

Cincinnati Royals

Tom Thacker

Cincinnati

Pick #1

New York Knicks

Art Heyman

Duke

Pick #2

Baltimore Bullets

Rod Thorn

West Virginia

Pick #3

San Francisco Warriors

Nate Thurmond

Bowling Green

Pick #4

Detroit Pistons

Eddie Miles

Seattle

Complete draft board

Every pick

Round one is open. Expand any later round to continue through the class.

Round 18 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
1	Art Heyman	New York Knicks	Duke	1
2	Rod Thorn	Baltimore Bullets	West Virginia	2
3	Nate Thurmond	San Francisco Warriors	Bowling Green	3
4	Eddie Miles	Detroit Pistons	Seattle	4
5	Gerry Ward	St. Louis Hawks	Boston College	5
6	Tom Hoover	Philadelphia 76ers	Villanova	6
7	Roger Strickland	Los Angeles Lakers	Jacksonville	7
8	Bill Green	Boston Celtics	Colorado State	8

Round 29 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
9	Jerry Harkness	New York Knicks	Loyola-Chicago	1
10	Gus Johnson	Baltimore Bullets	Idaho	2
11	Gary Hill	San Francisco Warriors	Oklahoma City	3
12	Jerry Smith	Detroit Pistons	Furman	4
13	Jim King	Los Angeles Lakers	Tulsa	5
14	Leland Mitchell	St. Louis Hawks	Mississippi State	6
15	Hershell West	Philadelphia 76ers	Grambling	7
16	Mel Gibson	Los Angeles Lakers	Western Carolina	8
17	Ken Saylors	St. Louis Hawks	Arkansas Tech	9

Round 39 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
18	Bill O'Connor	New York Knicks	Canisius	1
19	Tom Bolyard	Baltimore Bullets	Indiana	2
20	Steve Gray	San Francisco Warriors	St. Mary's (CA)	3
21	Mike McCoy	Detroit Pistons	Miami (FL)	4
22	Jimmy Rayl	Cincinnati Royals	Indiana	5
23	Bill Burwell	St. Louis Hawks	Illinois	6
24	Jerry Greenspan	Philadelphia 76ers	Maryland	7
25	Lyle Harger	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston	8
26	Chuck Kriston	Boston Celtics	Valparaiso	9

Round 49 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
27	Nate Cloud	New York Knicks	Delaware	1
28	Nolen Ellison	Baltimore Bullets	Kansas	2
29	Dave Downey	San Francisco Warriors	Illinois	3
30	Dave Erickson	Detroit Pistons	Marquette	4
31	Ken Charlton	Cincinnati Royals	Colorado	5
32	Waite Bellamy	St. Louis Hawks	Florida A&M	6
33	Ray Flynn	Philadelphia 76ers	Providence	7
34	Layton Johns	Los Angeles Lakers	Auburn	8
35	Connie McGuire	Boston Celtics	Southeastern Oklahoma State	9

Round 59 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
36	Joe McDermott	New York Knicks	Belmont Abbey	1
37	Ron Glaser	Baltimore Bullets	Marquette	2
38	Don Turner	San Francisco Warriors	Southwestern (KS)	3
39	Bill Small	Detroit Pistons	Illinois	4
40	Mac Herndon	Cincinnati Royals	Bradley	5
41	Tony Yates	St. Louis Hawks	Cincinnati	6
42	Tony Cerkvenik	Philadelphia 76ers	Arizona State	7
43	Larry Jones	Los Angeles Lakers	Toledo	8
44	W. D. Stroud	Boston Celtics	Mississippi State	9

Round 69 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
45	Jim Kerwin	New York Knicks	Tulane	1
46	Ken Siebel	Baltimore Bullets	Wisconsin	2
47	Gene Shields	San Francisco Warriors	Santa Clara	3
48	Reggie Harding	Detroit Pistons	Eastern	4
49	Jim McCormack	Cincinnati Royals	West Virginia	5
50	Al Santio	St. Louis Hawks	Maryland	6
51	Vince Brewer	Philadelphia 76ers	Iowa State	7
52	Warren Salade	Los Angeles Lakers	Westminster (PA)	8
53	Vinnie Ernst	Boston Celtics	Providence	9

Round 79 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
54	Bob Woolard	New York Knicks	Wake Forest	1
55	Larry Brown	Baltimore Bullets	North Carolina	2
56	Don Clemetson	San Francisco Warriors	Stanford	3
57	Ira Harge	Detroit Pistons	New Mexico	4
58	Hunter Beckman	Cincinnati Royals	Memphis	5
59	Ken Rohloff	St. Louis Hawks	North Carolina State	6
60	Bill Brown	Philadelphia 76ers	Howard Payne	7
61	Gordie Martin	Los Angeles Lakers	Southern California	8
62	Herb Magee	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia University	9

Round 85 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
63	Freddie Crawford	New York Knicks	St. Bonaventure	1
64	Dick Riesback	Baltimore Bullets	Iowa State	2
65	Harry Dinnell	San Francisco Warriors	Pepperdine	3
66	Gary Silc	Detroit Pistons	Northern Michigan	4
67	Harold Strothers	St. Louis Hawks	Texas A&M	5

Round 95 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
68	Ray Cronk	New York Knicks	Lakeland	1
69	Ron Jackson	Baltimore Bullets	Wisconsin	2
70	Chuck White	San Francisco Warriors	Idaho	3
71	Ernie Durston	Detroit Pistons	Seattle	4
72	Frank Davis	St. Louis Hawks	Oklahoma Christian	5

Round 103 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
73	Gerald Glur	New York Knicks	Furman	1
74	M. C. Thompson	Baltimore Bullets	DePaul	2
75	Carl Ritter	St. Louis Hawks	Southeast Missouri State	3

Round 112 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
76	Orbie Bowling	New York Knicks	Tennessee	1
77	Marv Straw	St. Louis Hawks	Iowa State	2

Round 122 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
78	Bob Walter	New York Knicks	Baldwin Wallace	1
79	Hugh Evans	St. Louis Hawks	North Carolina A&T	2

Round 132 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
80	Jerry Szachara	New York Knicks	Cornell	1
81	Gordon McFarland	St. Louis Hawks	Central Missouri	2

Round 141 selection +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
82	Bill Raftery	New York Knicks	La Salle	1

Round 151 selection +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
83	Ron Pickett	New York Knicks	Eastern Kentucky	1

Territorial selections1 selection +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
0	Tom ThackerTerritorial	Cincinnati Royals	Cincinnati	0

Source: NBA.com Draft History. Draft-night trades can cause the team attached to a selection to differ from the player’s eventual rookie team.