1967–68 rookie class

1967 NBA Draft

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

162selections

20rounds

12teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #1

Detroit Pistons

Jimmy Walker

Providence

Pick #2

Baltimore Bullets

Earl Monroe

Winston-Salem State

Pick #3

Chicago Bulls

Clem Haskins

Western Kentucky

Pick #4

Detroit Pistons

Lloyd Dove

St. John's (NY)

Pick #5

New York Knicks

Walt Frazier

Southern Illinois

Complete draft board

Every pick

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

Round 112 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
1	Jimmy Walker	Detroit Pistons	Providence	1
2	Earl Monroe	Baltimore Bullets	Winston-Salem State	2
3	Clem Haskins	Chicago Bulls	Western Kentucky	3
4	Lloyd Dove	Detroit Pistons	St. John's (NY)	4
5	Walt Frazier	New York Knicks	Southern Illinois	5
6	Al Tucker	Seattle SuperSonics	Oklahoma Baptist	6
7	Pat Riley	San Diego Rockets	Kentucky	7
8	Tom Workman	St. Louis Hawks	Seattle	8
9	Mel Daniels	Cincinnati Royals	New Mexico	9
10	Dave Lattin	San Francisco Warriors	Texas-El Paso	10
11	Mal Graham	Boston Celtics	New York University	11
12	Craig Raymond	Philadelphia 76ers	Brigham Young	12

Round 27 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
13	Jimmy Jones	Baltimore Bullets	Grambling	1
14	Steve Sullivan	Detroit Pistons	Georgetown	2
15	Byron Beck	Chicago Bulls	Denver	3
16	Randolph Mahaffey	Los Angeles Lakers	Clemson	4
17	Phil Jackson	New York Knicks	North Dakota	5
18	Bob Netolicky	San Diego Rockets	Drake	6
19	Bob Rule	Seattle SuperSonics	Colorado State	7

Round 312 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
20	Malikin Strong	Baltimore Bullets	Seattle	1
21	Darrell Hardy	Detroit Pistons	Baylor	2
22	John Dickson	Chicago Bulls	Arkansas State	3
23	Dwight Smith	Los Angeles Lakers	Western Kentucky	4
24	Gary Gregor	New York Knicks	South Carolina	5
25	Bob Verga	St. Louis Hawks	Duke	6
26	Gary Gray	Cincinnati Royals	Oklahoma City	7
27	Bill Turner	San Francisco Warriors	Akron	8
28	Sam Smith	Cincinnati Royals	Kentucky Wesleyan	9
29	Richard Moore	San Diego Rockets	Hiram Scott	10
30	Sam Singleton	Seattle SuperSonics	Nebraska-Omaha	11
31	Nick Jones	San Diego Rockets	Oregon	12

Round 412 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
32	Al Salvadori	Baltimore Bullets	South Carolina	1
33	Ronald Franz	Detroit Pistons	Kansas	2
34	Jim Burns	Chicago Bulls	Northwestern	3
35	Cliff Anderson	Los Angeles Lakers	Saint Joseph's	4
36	Keith Swagerty	New York Knicks	Pacific	5
37	Wesley Bialosuknia	St. Louis Hawks	Connecticut	6
38	Lou Dampier	Cincinnati Royals	Kentucky	7
39	Bobby Lewis	San Francisco Warriors	North Carolina	8
40	Neville Shedd	Boston Celtics	Texas-El Paso	9
41	Ronald Kozlicki	San Diego Rockets	Northwestern	10
42	Craig Dill	San Diego Rockets	Michigan	11
43	Larry Bunce	Seattle SuperSonics	Utah State	12

Round 512 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
44	Dexter Westbrook	Baltimore Bullets	Providence	1
45	Paul Long	Detroit Pistons	Wake Forest	2
46	Dick Pruet	Chicago Bulls	Jacksonville	3
47	Joe Allen	Los Angeles Lakers	Bradley	4
48	Barry Leibowitz	New York Knicks	Long Island-Brooklyn	5
49	Mike Wittman	St. Louis Hawks	Miami (FL)	6
50	Trooper Washington	Cincinnati Royals	Cheyney	7
51	Mike Lynn	San Francisco Warriors	California-Los Angeles	8
52	Mike Redd	Boston Celtics	Kentucky Wesleyan	9
53	James Reid	Philadelphia 76ers	Winston-Salem State	10
54	Plummer Lott	Seattle SuperSonics	Seattle	11
55	Herb McPherson	San Diego Rockets	Murray State	12

Round 612 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
56	Bob Riedy	Baltimore Bullets	Duke	1
57	Vaughn Harper	Detroit Pistons	Syracuse	2
58	Marlbert Pradd	Chicago Bulls	Dillard	3
59	Gary Keller	Los Angeles Lakers	Florida	4
60	Bob Benfield	New York Knicks	West Virginia	5
61	John Morrison	St. Louis Hawks	Canisius	6
62	Frank Stronczek	Cincinnati Royals	American International	7
63	Dale Schlueter	San Francisco Warriors	Colorado State	8
64	Ed Hummer	Boston Celtics	Princeton	9
65	Tim Powers	Philadelphia 76ers	Creighton	10
66	Robert Cole	San Diego Rockets	Saint Louis	11
67	Gordon Harris	Seattle SuperSonics	Washington	12

Round 712 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
68	Ron Perry	Baltimore Bullets	Virginia Tech	1
69	Bobby Lloyd	Detroit Pistons	Rutgers	2
70	Bob Wolf	Chicago Bulls	Marquette	3
71	Jamie Thompson	Los Angeles Lakers	Wichita State	4
72	Butch Wade	New York Knicks	Indiana State	5
73	Carl Fuller	St. Louis Hawks	Bethune-Cookman	6
74	Charles Beasley	Cincinnati Royals	Southern Methodist	7
75	Sonny Bustion	San Francisco Warriors	Colorado State	8
76	Edgar Lacey	Boston Celtics	California-Los Angeles	9
77	Frank Card	Philadelphia 76ers	South Carolina State	10
78	Dick Kolbert	Seattle SuperSonics	California-Santa Barbara	11
79	Elbert Miller	San Diego Rockets	Nevada-Las Vegas	12

Round 812 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
80	Ed Manning	Baltimore Bullets	Jackson State	1
81	George Carter	Detroit Pistons	St. Bonaventure	2
82	Leon Simon	Chicago Bulls	Santa Fe	3
83	Don Carlos	Los Angeles Lakers	Otterbein	4
84	Gil Radday	New York Knicks	St. Francis Brooklyn	5
85	Arvesta Kelly	St. Louis Hawks	Lincoln (MO)	6
86	Frank Hollendoner	Cincinnati Royals	Georgetown	7
87	Bob Krulish	San Francisco Warriors	Pacific	8
88	Andrew Anderson	Boston Celtics	Canisius	9
89	Jim Conley	Philadelphia 76ers	Virginia	10
90	Al Grundy	San Diego Rockets	Saint Joseph's	11
91	Willie Wolters	Seattle SuperSonics	Boston College	12

Round 911 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
92	Robert Allen	Baltimore Bullets	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	1
93	Ernie Laurent	Chicago Bulls	Albuquerque	2
94	Jay McMillon	Los Angeles Lakers	Maryland	3
95	Ray Smith	New York Knicks	Kansas State	4
96	Ed Biedenbach	St. Louis Hawks	North Carolina State	5
97	Ron Sepic	Cincinnati Royals	Ohio State	6
98	Richard Dean	San Francisco Warriors	Syracuse	7
99	Henry Brown	Boston Celtics	Massachusetts Lowell	8
100	Ron Filipek	Philadelphia 76ers	Tennessee Tech	9
101	Roderick McDonald	Seattle SuperSonics	Whitworth	10
102	Ron Coleman	San Diego Rockets	Missouri	11

Round 1011 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
103	Bill Gillespie	Baltimore Bullets	Montana State	1
104	Jim Boshart	Chicago Bulls	Wake Forest	2
105	Don Kruze	Los Angeles Lakers	Houston	3
106	Bruce Kaplan	New York Knicks	New York University	4
107	Rich Falkenbrush	St. Louis Hawks	Saint Michael's	5
108	Willie Davis	Cincinnati Royals	North Texas	6
109	Joe Galbo	San Francisco Warriors	San Francisco State	7
110	Rick Weitzman	Boston Celtics	Northeastern	8
111	Butch Ervin	Philadelphia 76ers	Niagara	9
112	John Duncan	San Diego Rockets	Murray State	10
113	Gary Lechman	Seattle SuperSonics	Gonzaga	11

Round 1110 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
114	Bubba Smith	Baltimore Bullets	Michigan State	1
115	Jim Andros	Chicago Bulls	New Haven	2
116	Nick Pino	Los Angeles Lakers	Kansas State	3
117	Mark Merkin	New York Knicks	North Carolina	4
118	Ken Callaway	Cincinnati Royals	Cincinnati	5
119	Bill Morgan	San Francisco Warriors	New Mexico	6
120	Joe Harrington	Boston Celtics	Maryland	7
121	Ted Campbell	Philadelphia 76ers	North Carolina A&T	8
122	Randy Matson	Seattle SuperSonics	Texas A&M	9
123	Al Razutis	San Diego Rockets	United States International	10

Round 1210 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
124	Tony Eaton	Baltimore Bullets	Texas-Pan American	1
125	George Dalzell	Detroit Pistons	Colgate	2
126	Ron Widby	Chicago Bulls	Tennessee	3
127	Ben Monroe	Los Angeles Lakers	New Mexico	4
128	Mike Riordan	New York Knicks	Providence	5
129	Frank Gadjunas	Cincinnati Royals	Villanova	6
130	David Fox	San Francisco Warriors	Pacific	7
131	Hubie Marshall	Philadelphia 76ers	La Salle	8
132	Martin Navia	San Diego Rockets	New Mexico Highlands	9
133	Rubin Russell	Seattle SuperSonics	North Texas	10

Round 138 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
134	Lyn Burkholder	Baltimore Bullets	South Carolina	1
135	Matthew Aitch	Detroit Pistons	Michigan State	2
136	Tom Storm	Chicago Bulls	Montana State	3
137	Gary Jones	Los Angeles Lakers	Iowa	4
138	John Moates	Cincinnati Royals	Richmond	5
139	George Mack	Philadelphia 76ers	North Carolina A&T	6
140	John Schroeder	Seattle SuperSonics	Ohio	7
141	Bob Chlupsa	San Diego Rockets	Manhattan	8

Round 146 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
142	Paul Mickey	Baltimore Bullets	Penn State	1
143	Don Whitehead	Chicago Bulls	Erskine	2
144	Jerry Pettway	Cincinnati Royals	Northwood (MI)	3
145	Wayne Brabender	Philadelphia 76ers	Minnesota-Morris	4
146	John Tolbert	San Diego Rockets	South Carolina State	5
147	Jim Sutherland	Seattle SuperSonics	Wake Forest	6

Round 155 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
148	Rich Peek	Baltimore Bullets	Louisiana Tech	1
149	Jim Garza	Chicago Bulls	Detroit Tech	2
150	Earl Beechum	Cincinnati Royals	Midwestern State	3
151	Sherman Dillard	Philadelphia 76ers	Tulsa	4
152	Willie Campbell	Seattle SuperSonics	Nebraska	5

Round 164 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
153	Gary Williams	Baltimore Bullets	Oklahoma	1
154	Jimmy Dawson	Chicago Bulls	Illinois	2
155	John Vermelyea	Cincinnati Royals	Morningside	3
156	Wayne Chapman	Philadelphia 76ers	Western Kentucky	4

Round 173 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
157	Loy Peterson	Baltimore Bullets	Oregon State	1
158	Darryll Meachem	Cincinnati Royals	Edinboro	2
159	Gary Paulk	Philadelphia 76ers	Oklahoma State	3

Round 181 selection +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
160	Jerry Southwood	Baltimore Bullets	Vanderbilt	1

Round 191 selection +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
161	George Spencer	Baltimore Bullets	Washington	1

Round 201 selection +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
162	Roland West	Baltimore Bullets	Cincinnati	1

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.