1964–65 rookie class

1964 NBA Draft

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

101selections

16rounds

9teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #0

Cincinnati Royals

George Wilson

Cincinnati

Pick #0

Los Angeles Lakers

Walt Hazzard

California-Los Angeles

Pick #1

New York Knicks

Jim Barnes

Texas-El Paso

Pick #2

Detroit Pistons

Joe Caldwell

Arizona State

Pick #3

Baltimore Bullets

Gary Bradds

Ohio State

Complete draft board

Every pick

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

Round 17 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
1	Jim Barnes	New York Knicks	Texas-El Paso	1
2	Joe Caldwell	Detroit Pistons	Arizona State	2
3	Gary Bradds	Baltimore Bullets	Ohio State	3
4	Lucious Jackson	Philadelphia 76ers	Texas-Pan American	4
5	Jeff Mullins	St. Louis Hawks	Duke	5
6	Barry Kramer	San Francisco Warriors	New York University	6
7	Mel Counts	Boston Celtics	Oregon State	7

Round 29 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
8	Willis Reed	New York Knicks	Grambling	1
9	Les Hunter	Detroit Pistons	Loyola-Chicago	2
10	Paul Silas	St. Louis Hawks	Creighton	3
11	Ira Harge	Philadelphia 76ers	New Mexico	4
12	Charles Nash	Los Angeles Lakers	Kentucky	5
13	Howard Komives	New York Knicks	Bowling Green	6
14	Bud Koper	San Francisco Warriors	Oklahoma City	7
15	Bill Chmielewski	Cincinnati Royals	Dayton	8
16	Ron Bonham	Boston Celtics	Cincinnati	9

Round 39 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
17	Brian Generalovich	New York Knicks	Pittsburgh	1
18	Wali Jones	Detroit Pistons	Villanova	2
19	Jerry Sloan	Baltimore Bullets	Evansville	3
20	Larry Jones	Philadelphia 76ers	Toledo	4
21	Tom Dose	Los Angeles Lakers	Stanford	5
22	Arthur Becker	St. Louis Hawks	Arizona State	6
23	Mccoy McLemore	San Francisco Warriors	Drake	7
24	Steve Courtin	Cincinnati Royals	Saint Joseph's	8
25	John Thompson	Boston Celtics	Providence	9

Round 49 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
26	Freddie Crawford	New York Knicks	St. Bonaventure	1
27	Jim Davis	Detroit Pistons	Colorado	2
28	Pete Spoden	Baltimore Bullets	Northern Iowa	3
29	Frank Corace	Philadelphia 76ers	La Salle	4
30	Hank Finkel	Los Angeles Lakers	Dayton	5
31	Willie Murrell	St. Louis Hawks	Kansas State	6
32	Gene Elmore	San Francisco Warriors	Southern Methodist	7
33	Happy Hairston	Cincinnati Royals	New York University	8
34	Joe Strawder	Boston Celtics	Bradley	9

Round 59 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
35	Tony Gennari	New York Knicks	Canisius	1
36	Ray Wolford	Detroit Pistons	Toledo	2
37	Bennie Lennox	Baltimore Bullets	Texas A&M	3
38	Lou Skurcenski	Philadelphia 76ers	Westminster (PA)	4
39	John Savage	Los Angeles Lakers	North Texas	5
40	John Tresvant	St. Louis Hawks	Seattle	6
41	Roger Suttner	San Francisco Warriors	Kansas State	7
42	George Kirk	Cincinnati Royals	Memphis	8
43	Nick Werkman	Boston Celtics	Seton Hall	9

Round 69 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
44	Tom Lavelle	New York Knicks	Western Carolina	1
45	Larry Phillips	Detroit Pistons	Rice	2
46	Bobby Joe Edmonds	Baltimore Bullets	Tennessee State	3
47	Ricky Kaminsky	Philadelphia 76ers	Yale	4
48	Troy Collier	Los Angeles Lakers	Utah State	5
49	Ernest Brock	St. Louis Hawks	Virginia State	6
50	Ray Carey	San Francisco Warriors	Missouri	7
51	Al Thresher	Cincinnati Royals	Wittenberg	8
52	Levern Tart	Boston Celtics	Bradley	9

Round 79 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
53	Emmette Bryant	New York Knicks	DePaul	1
54	Jerry Jackson	Detroit Pistons	Ohio	2
55	Ron Miller	Baltimore Bullets	Loyola-Chicago	3
56	Gordon Hatton	Philadelphia 76ers	Dayton	4
57	Steve Anstett	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland	5
58	Maurice McHartley	St. Louis Hawks	North Carolina A&T	6
59	David Lee	San Francisco Warriors	San Francisco	7
60	Vic Rouse	Cincinnati Royals	Loyola-Chicago	8
61	Rich Falk	Boston Celtics	Northwestern	9

Round 89 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
62	Jim Boutin	New York Knicks	Lewis & Clark	1
63	Ralph Telken	Detroit Pistons	Rockhurst	2
64	Danny Schultz	Baltimore Bullets	Tennessee	3
65	Bob Pelkington	Philadelphia 76ers	Xavier	4
66	Jay Buckley	Los Angeles Lakers	Duke	5
67	Kendall Rhine	St. Louis Hawks	Rice	6
68	Bob Garibaldi	San Francisco Warriors	Santa Clara	7
69	Joe Gieger	Cincinnati Royals	Xavier	8
70	Jeff Blue	Boston Celtics	Butler	9

Round 97 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
71	Jack Brens	New York Knicks	Wisconsin	1
72	Tom Black	Baltimore Bullets	South Dakota State	2
73	Jim Brennan	Philadelphia 76ers	Clemson	3
74	Darel Carrier	St. Louis Hawks	Western Kentucky	4
75	Camden Wail	San Francisco Warriors	California	5
76	Scotty Pierce	Cincinnati Royals	West Texas A&M	6
77	Charles Kelley	Boston Celtics	West Virginia Tech	7

Round 107 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
78	Jim Christy	New York Knicks	Georgetown	1
79	Bill Kusleika	Baltimore Bullets	Tulsa	2
80	Wally Briggs	Philadelphia 76ers	North Carolina A&T	3
81	Frank Stephens	St. Louis Hawks	Virginia State	4
82	Jeff Cartwright	San Francisco Warriors	Chapman	5
83	Bob Neumann	Cincinnati Royals	Memphis	6
84	Duane Corribeau	Boston Celtics	Clark (MA)	7

Round 115 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
85	Dennis Lynch	New York Knicks	Yale	1
86	Fred Glover	Baltimore Bullets	Winston-Salem State	2
87	Thomas Lowry	Philadelphia 76ers	West Virginia	3
88	Gerald Govan	St. Louis Hawks	St. Mary of the Plains	4
89	Jim Reynolds	Cincinnati Royals	Abilene Christian	5

Round 124 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
90	Frank Kamiaski	Baltimore Bullets	Randolph-Macon	1
91	Julius Myers	Philadelphia 76ers	Morris Brown	2
92	Warren Sutton	St. Louis Hawks	Sir George Williams (CAN)	3
93	Fred Jones	Cincinnati Royals	Youngstown State	4

Round 132 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
94	Doug Moon	Baltimore Bullets	Utah	1
95	Cecil Tuttle	St. Louis Hawks	Georgetown (KY)	2

Round 142 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
96	Pete Gent	Baltimore Bullets	Michigan State	1
97	Bill Blair	St. Louis Hawks	Virginia Military Institute	2

Round 152 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
98	Sandy Williams	Baltimore Bullets	Saint Francis (PA)	1
99	Al Cech	St. Louis Hawks	Detroit Mercy	2

Territorial selections2 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
0	George WilsonTerritorial	Cincinnati Royals	Cincinnati	0
0	Walt HazzardTerritorial	Los Angeles Lakers	California-Los Angeles	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.