1965–66 rookie class

1965 NBA Draft

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

112selections

18rounds

9teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #0

New York Knicks

Bill Bradley

Princeton

Pick #0

Detroit Pistons

Bill Buntin

Michigan

Pick #0

Los Angeles Lakers

Gail Goodrich

California-Los Angeles

Pick #1

San Francisco Warriors

Fred Hetzel

Davidson

Pick #2

San Francisco Warriors

Rick Barry

Miami (FL)

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	Fred Hetzel	San Francisco Warriors	Davidson	1
2	Rick Barry	San Francisco Warriors	Miami (FL)	2
3	Dave Stallworth	New York Knicks	Wichita State	3
4	Jerry Sloan	Baltimore Bullets	Evansville	4
5	Billy Cunningham	Philadelphia 76ers	North Carolina	5
6	Jim Washington	St. Louis Hawks	Villanova	6
7	Nate Bowman	Cincinnati Royals	Wichita State	7
8	Ollie Johnson	Boston Celtics	San Francisco	8

Round 29 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
9	Will Frazier	San Francisco Warriors	Grambling	1
10	Dick Van Arsdale	New York Knicks	Indiana	2
11	Tom Van Arsdale	Detroit Pistons	Indiana	3
12	Tal Brody	Baltimore Bullets	Illinois	4
13	Jesse Branson	Philadelphia 76ers	Elon	5
14	Hal Blevins	New York Knicks	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	6
15	Flynn Robinson	Cincinnati Royals	Wyoming	7
16	John Fairchild	Los Angeles Lakers	Brigham Young	8
17	Ron Watts	Boston Celtics	Wake Forest	9

Round 39 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
18	Keith Erickson	San Francisco Warriors	California-Los Angeles	1
19	John Clemens	New York Knicks	Ohio Wesleyan	2
20	Ron Reed	Detroit Pistons	Notre Dame	3
21	Joe Newton	Baltimore Bullets	Auburn	4
22	Bob Weiss	Philadelphia 76ers	Penn State	5
23	Ken McIntyre	St. Louis Hawks	St. John's (NY)	6
24	Jon McGlocklin	Cincinnati Royals	Indiana	7
25	Jim Caldwell	Los Angeles Lakers	Georgia Tech	8
26	Toby Kimball	Boston Celtics	Connecticut	9

Round 49 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
27	Warren Rustand	San Francisco Warriors	Arizona	1
28	Larry Lembo	New York Knicks	Manhattan	2
29	Jim King	Detroit Pistons	Oklahoma State	3
30	Skip Thoren	Baltimore Bullets	Illinois	4
31	Hank Finkel	Philadelphia 76ers	Dayton	5
32	Lynn Nance	St. Louis Hawks	Washington	6
33	Bob Love	Cincinnati Royals	Southern University	7
34	Brooks Henderson	Los Angeles Lakers	Florida	8
35	Richie Tarrant	Boston Celtics	Saint Michael's	9

Round 59 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
36	Eddie Jackson	San Francisco Warriors	Oklahoma City	1
37	Steve Nisenson	New York Knicks	Hofstra	2
38	Ted Manning	Detroit Pistons	North Carolina Central	3
39	Charles Dinkens	Baltimore Bullets	Miami (FL)	4
40	Richie Moore	Philadelphia 76ers	Villanova	5
41	Theodore Werner	St. Louis Hawks	Washington State	6
42	Warren Isaac	Cincinnati Royals	Iona	7
43	A.W. Davis	Los Angeles Lakers	Tennessee	8
44	Don Davidson	Boston Celtics	Davidson	9

Round 69 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
45	Jim Jarvis	San Francisco Warriors	Oregon State	1
46	Warren Davis	New York Knicks	North Carolina A&T	2
47	Barry Smith	Detroit Pistons	High Point	3
48	Lavonne LeFlore	Baltimore Bullets	Jackson State	4
49	Mitch Edwards	Philadelphia 76ers	Texas-Pan American	5
50	John Rambo	St. Louis Hawks	Long Beach State	6
51	Leon Clements	Cincinnati Royals	Ouachita Baptist	7
52	Theo Cruz	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle	8
53	Haskell Tison	Boston Celtics	Duke	9

Round 78 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
54	Dan Wolters	San Francisco Warriors	California	1
55	Dale Neel	New York Knicks	High Point	2
56	Willie Somerset	Baltimore Bullets	Duquesne	3
57	John Young	Philadelphia 76ers	Midwestern State	4
58	Terry Kunze	St. Louis Hawks	Minnesota	5
59	Jeff Gehring	Cincinnati Royals	Miami (FL)	6
60	Dwayne Cruze	Los Angeles Lakers	Idaho State	7
61	George Deehan	Boston Celtics	Lenoir-Rhyne	8

Round 87 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
62	Willie Cotton	San Francisco Warriors	Central State (OH)	1
63	Frank Granat	New York Knicks	Alliance	2
64	Jim Murphy	Baltimore Bullets	DePaul	3
65	Bob Barnek	Philadelphia 76ers	St. Bonaventure	4
66	Cincinnatus Powell	St. Louis Hawks	Portland	5
67	Jim Fox	Cincinnati Royals	South Carolina	6
68	George Unseld	Los Angeles Lakers	Kansas	7

Round 96 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
69	Jay Neary	New York Knicks	North Carolina-Wilmington	1
70	John Wendelkin	Baltimore Bullets	Holy Cross	2
71	Gene West	Philadelphia 76ers	Drake	3
72	Leroy Walker	St. Louis Hawks	Utah State	4
73	Ron Krick	Cincinnati Royals	Cincinnati	5
74	Marlbert Pradd	Los Angeles Lakers	Dillard	6

Round 106 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
75	Wayne Molis	New York Knicks	Lewis	1
76	Bogie Redmon	Baltimore Bullets	Illinois	2
77	Dean Church	Philadelphia 76ers	Louisiana-Lafayette	3
78	Spencer Carlson	St. Louis Hawks	Baylor	4
79	Richie Dec	Cincinnati Royals	Seton Hall	5
80	Don Rae	Los Angeles Lakers	Montana State	6

Round 116 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
81	Bill Meyer	New York Knicks	Hiram	1
82	Thales McReynolds	Baltimore Bullets	Miles	2
83	Curt Fromal	Philadelphia 76ers	La Salle	3
84	Weldon Kytle	St. Louis Hawks	Cleveland State	4
85	Dick Maile	Cincinnati Royals	Louisiana State	5
86	Bob Andrews	Los Angeles Lakers	Alabama	6

Round 125 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
87	Bob Trupin	New York Knicks	Yale	1
88	Walt Sahm	Baltimore Bullets	Notre Dame	2
89	Dan Anderson	Philadelphia 76ers	Augsburg	3
90	Elton McGriff	St. Louis Hawks	Creighton	4
91	Robert McCollough	Cincinnati Royals	Benedict	5

Round 135 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
92	Dennis McGovern	New York Knicks	Rhode Island	1
93	Joe Ramsey	Baltimore Bullets	Southern Illinois	2
94	Rich Parks	Philadelphia 76ers	Tulsa	3
95	Mel Northway	St. Louis Hawks	Minnesota	4
96	Oliver Jones	Cincinnati Royals	Albany State (GA)	5

Round 144 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
97	Jerry Rook	Baltimore Bullets	Arkansas State	1
98	Jack Morgenthal	Philadelphia 76ers	Houston	2
99	Terry Page	St. Louis Hawks	Detroit Mercy	3
100	Larry Franks	Cincinnati Royals	Texas	4

Round 154 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
101	Dave Hicks	Baltimore Bullets	—	1
102	James Pitts	Philadelphia 76ers	Georgia	2
103	George Pomey	St. Louis Hawks	Michigan	3
104	Ronald Scharf	Cincinnati Royals	Georgia Tech	4

Round 164 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
105	Bunk Adams	Baltimore Bullets	Ohio	1
106	Larry Rafferty	Philadelphia 76ers	Fairfield	2
107	Bob Tolan	St. Louis Hawks	Eastern Kentucky	3
108	Willie Porter	Cincinnati Royals	Tennessee State	4

Round 171 selection +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
109	Roger Taylor	Baltimore Bullets	Illinois	1

Territorial selections3 selections +

Player	Drafting team	Affiliation
Bill BradleyTerritorial	New York Knicks	Princeton
Bill BuntinTerritorial	Detroit Pistons	Michigan
Gail GoodrichTerritorial	Los Angeles Lakers	California-Los Angeles

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.