1968–69 rookie class

1968 NBA Draft

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

214selections

21rounds

14teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #1

San Diego Rockets

Elvin Hayes

Houston

Pick #2

Baltimore Bullets

Wes Unseld

Louisville

Pick #3

Seattle SuperSonics

Bob Kauffman

Guilford

Pick #4

Chicago Bulls

Tom Boerwinkle

Tennessee

Pick #5

Cincinnati Royals

Zaid Abdul-Aziz

Iowa State

Complete draft board

Every pick

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

Round 114 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
1	Elvin Hayes	San Diego Rockets	Houston	1
2	Wes Unseld	Baltimore Bullets	Louisville	2
3	Bob Kauffman	Seattle SuperSonics	Guilford	3
4	Tom Boerwinkle	Chicago Bulls	Tennessee	4
5	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	Cincinnati Royals	Iowa State	5
6	Otto Moore	Detroit Pistons	Texas-Pan American	6
7	Charlie Paulk	Milwaukee Bucks	Northeastern State	7
8	Gary Gregor	Phoenix Suns	South Carolina	8
9	Ron Williams	San Francisco Warriors	West Virginia	9
10	Wilmer Hosket	New York Knicks	Ohio State	10
11	Bill Hewitt	Los Angeles Lakers	Southern California	11
12	Don Chaney	Boston Celtics	Houston	12
13	Skip Harlicka	Atlanta Hawks	South Carolina	13
14	Shaler Halimon	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah State	14

Round 28 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
15	John Trapp	San Diego Rockets	Nevada-Las Vegas	1
16	Art Harris	Seattle SuperSonics	Stanford	2
17	Loy Petersen	Chicago Bulls	Oregon State	3
18	Bob Quick	Baltimore Bullets	Xavier	4
19	Ron Dunlap	Chicago Bulls	Illinois	5
20	Emanuel Leaks	Detroit Pistons	Niagara	6
21	Dick Cunningham	Phoenix Suns	Murray State	7
22	Gene Moore	Milwaukee Bucks	Saint Louis	8

Round 314 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
23	Stu Lantz	San Diego Rockets	Nebraska	1
24	Jeff Ockel	Seattle SuperSonics	Utah	2
25	Donald Dee	Detroit Pistons	St. Mary of the Plains	3
26	Ron Nelson	Baltimore Bullets	New Mexico	4
27	Pat Frink	Cincinnati Royals	Colorado	5
28	Fred Foster	Cincinnati Royals	Miami (OH)	6
29	Donald Sidle	San Francisco Warriors	Oklahoma	7
30	Don May	New York Knicks	Dayton	8
31	Dave Newmark	Chicago Bulls	Columbia	9
32	Garfield Smith	Boston Celtics	Eastern Kentucky	10
33	Jack Thompson	Baltimore Bullets	South Carolina	11
34	Ed Johnson	Seattle SuperSonics	Tennessee State	12
35	Sam Williams	Milwaukee Bucks	Iowa	13
36	Art Beatty	Phoenix Suns	American	14

Round 414 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
37	Harry Barnes	San Diego Rockets	Northeastern	1
38	Henry Logan	Seattle SuperSonics	Western Carolina	2
39	Mike Lynn	Chicago Bulls	California-Los Angeles	3
40	Dallas Thornton	Baltimore Bullets	Kentucky Wesleyan	4
41	Daniel Sparks	Cincinnati Royals	Weber State	5
42	Rich Niemann	Detroit Pistons	Saint Louis	6
43	Edgar Lacey	San Francisco Warriors	California-Los Angeles	7
44	Warren Jabali	New York Knicks	Wichita State	8
45	Ed Biedenbach	Los Angeles Lakers	North Carolina State	9
46	Rich Johnson	Boston Celtics	Grambling	10
47	Bob Warren	Atlanta Hawks	Vanderbilt	11
48	Darryl Jones	San Diego Rockets	Saint Benedict's Preparatory School	12
49	Rich Jones	Phoenix Suns	Memphis	13
50	Greg Smith	Milwaukee Bucks	Western Kentucky	14

Round 514 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
51	Glen Combs	San Diego Rockets	Virginia Tech	1
52	Al Hairston	Seattle SuperSonics	Bowling Green	2
53	Jim Tillman	Chicago Bulls	Loyola-Chicago	3
54	Ed Chaplin	Baltimore Bullets	Voorhees	4
55	Jim Kissane	Cincinnati Royals	Boston College	5
56	Carl Fuller	Detroit Pistons	Bethune-Cookman	6
57	Jim Eakins	San Francisco Warriors	Brigham Young	7
58	Hal Booker	New York Knicks	Cheyney	8
59	Lou Shephard	Los Angeles Lakers	Missouri State	9
60	Thad Jaracz	Boston Celtics	Kentucky	10
61	Rusty Parker	Atlanta Hawks	Miami (FL)	11
62	Larry Miller	Philadelphia 76ers	North Carolina	12
63	Joe Franklin	Milwaukee Bucks	Wisconsin	13
64	Harry Hollines	Phoenix Suns	Denver	14

Round 614 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
65	Eldridge Webb	San Diego Rockets	Tulsa	1
66	Ron Guziak	Seattle SuperSonics	Duquesne	2
67	Ken Barnett	Chicago Bulls	Delaware	3
68	Joe Heiser	Baltimore Bullets	Princeton	4
69	Calvin Martin	Cincinnati Royals	Texas Southern	5
70	Wally Anderzunas	Detroit Pistons	Creighton	6
71	Bob Allen	San Francisco Warriors	Marshall	7
72	Brian Brunkhorst	New York Knicks	Marquette	8
73	Nick Pino	Los Angeles Lakers	Kansas State	9
74	Jerry Newsom	Boston Celtics	Indiana State	10
75	Phil Wagner	Atlanta Hawks	Georgia Tech	11
76	Chuck Williams	Philadelphia 76ers	Colorado	12
77	Rod Knowles	Phoenix Suns	Davidson	13
78	Fred Smith	Milwaukee Bucks	Hawaii	14

Round 714 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
79	Rick Adelman	San Diego Rockets	Loyola-Marymount	1
80	Jim McKean	Seattle SuperSonics	Washington State	2
81	Willie Davis	Chicago Bulls	North Texas	3
82	Jasper Wilson	Baltimore Bullets	Southern University	4
83	Dick Dumas	Cincinnati Royals	Northeastern State	5
84	Larry Newbold	Detroit Pistons	Long Island-Brooklyn	6
85	Dave Reasor	San Francisco Warriors	West Virginia	7
86	Bob Waldal	New York Knicks	Dickinson State	8
87	Dennis Hrcka	Los Angeles Lakers	Hillsdale	9
88	Mike Lewis	Boston Celtics	Duke	10
89	Oscar Smith	Atlanta Hawks	Elizabeth City State	11
90	Bill Jones	Philadelphia 76ers	Fairfield	12
91	Tom Kondla	Milwaukee Bucks	Minnesota	13
92	Charles Parkes	Phoenix Suns	Idaho State	14

Round 814 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
93	Aaron Sellers	San Diego Rockets	Jackson State	1
94	Willie Rogers	Seattle SuperSonics	Oklahoma	2
95	Lloyd Higgins	Chicago Bulls	Point Loma Nazarene	3
96	Barry Orms	Baltimore Bullets	Saint Louis	4
97	Dave Williams	Cincinnati Royals	Mississippi State	5
98	Harry Laurie	Detroit Pistons	St. Peter's	6
99	Walt Platkowski	San Francisco Warriors	Bowling Green	7
100	Bobby Hooper	New York Knicks	Dayton	8
101	John Smith	Los Angeles Lakers	Colorado State-Pueblo	9
102	Julius Keye	Boston Celtics	Alcorn State	10
103	Marin Baietti	Atlanta Hawks	Manhattan	11
104	Melvin Jones	Philadelphia 76ers	Albany State (GA)	12
105	Brian Clare	Phoenix Suns	Denver	13
106	Elbert Miller	Milwaukee Bucks	Nevada-Las Vegas	14

Round 914 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
107	John Schetzsle	San Diego Rockets	Ashland	1
108	Jimmy Smith	Seattle SuperSonics	Utah State	2
109	Corky Bell	Chicago Bulls	Loyola-Chicago	3
110	Wayne Chapman	Baltimore Bullets	Western Kentucky	4
111	Butch Joyner	Cincinnati Royals	Indiana	5
112	Vaughn Harper	Detroit Pistons	Syracuse	6
113	Art Wilmore	San Francisco Warriors	San Francisco	7
114	Roger Bohnenstiel	New York Knicks	Kansas	8
115	George Stone	Los Angeles Lakers	Marshall	9
116	Bill Butler	Boston Celtics	St. Bonaventure	10
117	Mack Daughty	Atlanta Hawks	Albany State (GA)	11
118	Clarence Brookins	Philadelphia 76ers	Temple	12
119	Cliff Berger	Milwaukee Bucks	Kentucky	13
120	Mervin Jackson	Phoenix Suns	Utah	14

Round 1014 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
121	Mike Butler	San Diego Rockets	Memphis	1
122	Joe Kennedy	Seattle SuperSonics	Duke	2
123	Mike Weaver	Chicago Bulls	Northwestern	3
124	Steve Adelman	Baltimore Bullets	Boston College	4
125	Robert Wyendanet	Cincinnati Royals	Vanderbilt	5
126	Tom Baack	Detroit Pistons	Nebraska	6
127	Bob Heaney	San Francisco Warriors	Santa Clara	7
128	Sylvester Adams	New York Knicks	North Carolina A&T	8
129	Charles Alford	Los Angeles Lakers	East Carolina	9
130	Ivan Leschinsky	Boston Celtics	Long Island-Brooklyn	10
131	Dwight Waller	Atlanta Hawks	Tennessee State	11
132	Greg Cisson	Philadelphia 76ers	Rider	12
133	Lee Davis	Phoenix Suns	North Carolina Central	13
134	Eugene Jones	Milwaukee Bucks	Missouri	14

Round 1113 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
135	Leonardo Epps	San Diego Rockets	Clark Atlanta	1
136	Jim Marsh	Seattle SuperSonics	Southern California	2
137	Jim McGonigle	Chicago Bulls	Iowa State	3
138	Al Dixon	Baltimore Bullets	Bowling Green	4
139	James Robinson	Cincinnati Royals	Rochester Tech	5
140	Jerry Chandler	San Francisco Warriors	Nevada-Las Vegas	6
141	Bob Redd	New York Knicks	Marshall	7
142	Harry Singletary	Los Angeles Lakers	Presbyterian	8
143	Tom Neimeir	Boston Celtics	Evansville	9
144	Henry Watkins	Atlanta Hawks	Tennessee State	10
145	Bill Soens	Philadelphia 76ers	Miami (FL)	11
146	Brad Luchini	Milwaukee Bucks	Marquette	12
147	Ron Boone	Phoenix Suns	Idaho State	13

Round 1213 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
148	Roy Manning	San Diego Rockets	Lane	1
149	Walt Simon	Seattle SuperSonics	Utah	2
150	John Lallensack	Chicago Bulls	Wisconsin-Oshkosh	3
151	Willie Cager	Baltimore Bullets	Texas-El Paso	4
152	Glynn Saulters	Cincinnati Royals	Louisiana-Monroe	5
153	Bob Wolfe	San Francisco Warriors	California	6
154	Pat Moriarty	New York Knicks	Guilford	7
155	Reggie Lacefield	Los Angeles Lakers	Western Michigan	8
156	Bill Langheld	Boston Celtics	Fordham	9
157	Bill Harris	Atlanta Hawks	Texas-El Paso	10
158	Ted Campbell	Philadelphia 76ers	North Carolina A&T	11
159	Dave Miller	Milwaukee Bucks	Florida	12
160	Bill Davis	Phoenix Suns	Arizona	13

Round 1311 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
161	Marshall Evans	San Diego Rockets	Lincoln (MO)	1
162	Carlos Ogden	Seattle SuperSonics	Santa Clara	2
163	Herm Gilliam	Chicago Bulls	Purdue	3
164	Rudy Bogad	Baltimore Bullets	St. John's (NY)	4
165	Bill Tindall	Cincinnati Royals	Massachusetts	5
166	Ken Morehead	New York Knicks	Hiram Scott	6
167	Harvey Mumford	Los Angeles Lakers	Montana State	7
168	Art Stephenson	Boston Celtics	Rhode Island	8
169	Frank Standard	Atlanta Hawks	South Carolina	9
170	Earl Seyfert	Philadelphia 76ers	Kansas State	10
171	Pat Hobard	Phoenix Suns	California (PA)	11

Round 1410 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
172	Bobby Lewis	San Diego Rockets	North Carolina State	1
173	Mike Warren	Seattle SuperSonics	California-Los Angeles	2
174	Dave Carr	Chicago Bulls	Washington	3
175	Ernest Sims	Baltimore Bullets	East Tennessee State	4
176	Charles Core	Cincinnati Royals	Southeastern Louisiana	5
177	John Harlow	New York Knicks	Princeton	6
178	John Godfrey	Los Angeles Lakers	Abilene Christian	7
179	Keith Hockstein	Boston Celtics	Holy Cross	8
180	George Hicker	Atlanta Hawks	Syracuse	9
181	Tom Youngdale	Philadelphia 76ers	Davidson	10

Round 158 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
182	Bill Gaines	San Diego Rockets	Texas A&M-Commerce	1
183	Mickey McCarthy	Chicago Bulls	Texas Christian	2
184	Joe Allen	Baltimore Bullets	Bradley	3
185	Mike Drepling	Cincinnati Royals	Westminster (PA)	4
186	Ed Fellers	New York Knicks	Guilford	5
187	Johnny Baum	Los Angeles Lakers	Temple	6
188	Bernie Foster	Atlanta Hawks	Point Loma Nazarene	7
189	George Mack	Philadelphia 76ers	North Carolina A&T	8

Round 168 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
190	Chuck Caldwell	San Diego Rockets	Missouri-St. Louis	1
191	Fred Holden	Chicago Bulls	Louisville	2
192	Dennis Blace	Baltimore Bullets	San Francisco	3
193	Dick Harris	Cincinnati Royals	—	4
194	Bob Ferguson	New York Knicks	Tennessee Wesleyan	5
195	Mike Eberle	Los Angeles Lakers	Wyoming	6
196	Terry Allerton	Atlanta Hawks	Baldwin Wallace	7
197	Joe Crews	Philadelphia 76ers	Villanova	8

Round 176 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
198	Dave Miller	San Diego Rockets	South Dakota State	1
199	Tom Benedict	Chicago Bulls	Central Washington	2
200	Greg Morris	Baltimore Bullets	Cornell	3
201	John Howard	Cincinnati Royals	Cincinnati	4
202	Milt Williams	New York Knicks	Lincoln (MO)	5
203	Nate Ware	Philadelphia 76ers	Tennessee State	6

Round 184 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
204	Harold Grant	San Diego Rockets	Pepperdine	1
205	Bob Zoretich	Chicago Bulls	DePaul	2
206	Art Kenny	Baltimore Bullets	Fairfield	3
207	Larry Humes	Cincinnati Royals	Evansville	4

Round 194 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
208	Bill Corley	San Diego Rockets	Connecticut	1
209	Rich Mason	Chicago Bulls	Indiana State	2
210	Jim LaCour	Baltimore Bullets	Seattle	3
211	Jay Reffords	Cincinnati Royals	—	4

Round 202 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
212	Rich Rirkendal	Chicago Bulls	Norfolk State	1
213	Ron Woodruff	Baltimore Bullets	Midwestern State	2

Round 211 selection +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
214	Willie Horton	Chicago Bulls	Delaware	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.