1970–71 rookie class

1970 NBA Draft

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

239selections

19rounds

17teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #1

Detroit Pistons

Bob Lanier

St. Bonaventure

Pick #2

San Diego Rockets

Rudy Tomjanovich

Michigan

Pick #3

Atlanta Hawks

Pete Maravich

Louisiana State

Pick #4

Boston Celtics

Dave Cowens

Florida State

Pick #5

Cincinnati Royals

Sam Lacey

New Mexico State

Complete draft board

Every pick

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

Round 117 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
1	Bob Lanier	Detroit Pistons	St. Bonaventure	1
2	Rudy Tomjanovich	San Diego Rockets	Michigan	2
3	Pete Maravich	Atlanta Hawks	Louisiana State	3
4	Dave Cowens	Boston Celtics	Florida State	4
5	Sam Lacey	Cincinnati Royals	New Mexico State	5
6	Jim Ard	Seattle SuperSonics	Cincinnati	6
7	John Johnson	Cleveland Cavaliers	Iowa	7
8	Geoff Petrie	Portland Trail Blazers	Princeton	8
9	George Johnson	Baltimore Bullets	Stephen F. Austin	9
10	Greg Howard	Phoenix Suns	New Mexico	10
11	Jimmy Collins	Chicago Bulls	New Mexico State	11
12	Al Henry	Philadelphia 76ers	Wisconsin	12
13	Jim McMillian	Los Angeles Lakers	Columbia	13
14	John Vallely	Atlanta Hawks	California-Los Angeles	14
15	John Hummer	Buffalo Braves	Princeton	15
16	Gary Freeman	Milwaukee Bucks	Oregon State	16
17	Mike Price	New York Knicks	Illinois	17

Round 217 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
18	Calvin Murphy	San Diego Rockets	Niagara	1
19	Nate Archibald	Cincinnati Royals	Texas-El Paso	2
20	Jake Ford	Seattle SuperSonics	Maryland	3
21	Rex Morgan	Boston Celtics	Jacksonville	4
22	Doug Cook	Cincinnati Royals	Davidson	5
23	Pete Cross	Seattle SuperSonics	San Francisco	6
24	Cornell Warner	Buffalo Braves	Jackson State	7
25	Walt Gilmore	Portland Trail Blazers	Fort Valley State	8
26	Dave Sorenson	Cleveland Cavaliers	Ohio State	9
27	Fred Taylor	Phoenix Suns	Texas-Pan American	10
28	Paul Ruffner	Chicago Bulls	Brigham Young	11
29	Joe DePre	Phoenix Suns	St. John's (NY)	12
30	Ernie Killum	Los Angeles Lakers	Stetson	13
31	Dan Hester	Atlanta Hawks	Louisiana State	14
32	Ken Warzynski	Detroit Pistons	DePaul	15
33	Bill Zopf	Milwaukee Bucks	Duquesne	16
34	Howie Wright	New York Knicks	Austin Peay	17

Round 317 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
35	Curtis Perry	San Diego Rockets	Missouri State	1
36	Earle Higgins	San Francisco Warriors	Eastern Michigan	2
37	Bob St. Pierre	Detroit Pistons	Hanover	3
38	Willie Williams	Boston Celtics	Florida State	4
39	Greg Hyder	Cincinnati Royals	Eastern New Mexico	5
40	Garfield Heard	Seattle SuperSonics	Oklahoma	6
41	Surry Oliver	Cleveland Cavaliers	Stephen F. Austin	7
42	Bill Cain	Portland Trail Blazers	Iowa State	8
43	Chip Case	Buffalo Braves	Virginia	9
44	Greg McDivitt	Phoenix Suns	Ohio	10
45	Lou Herndon	Chicago Bulls	Jackson State	11
46	Dennis Awtrey	Philadelphia 76ers	Santa Clara	12
47	Jim Hayes	Detroit Pistons	Boston University	13
48	Vann Williford	Phoenix Suns	North Carolina State	14
49	Seaburn Hill	Baltimore Bullets	Arizona State	15
50	Marv Winkler	Milwaukee Bucks	Louisiana-Lafayette	16
51	Al Williams	New York Knicks	Drake	17

Round 417 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
52	Jody Finney	San Diego Rockets	Ohio State	1
53	Ralph Ogden	San Francisco Warriors	Santa Clara	2
54	Bill Stricker	Baltimore Bullets	Pacific	3
55	Jon McKinney	Boston Celtics	Norfolk State	4
56	Wade Fuller	Cincinnati Royals	Loyola-Chicago	5
57	John Davis	Chicago Bulls	Alabama State	6
58	Erwin Polnick	Buffalo Braves	Stephen F. Austin	7
59	Jim Penix	Portland Trail Blazers	Bowling Green	8
60	Glen Vidnovic	Cleveland Cavaliers	Iowa	9
61	Bob Lienhard	Phoenix Suns	Georgia	10
62	Jim Wilson	Chicago Bulls	Cheyney	11
63	Dan Crenshaw	Philadelphia 76ers	Alabama State	12
64	Larry Mikan	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota	13
65	Fred Davis	Atlanta Hawks	Howard Payne	14
66	Billy Jones	Baltimore Bullets	Louisiana College	15
67	Virgle Fredricks	Milwaukee Bucks	Drury	16
68	John Marren	New York Knicks	Manhattan	17

Round 517 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
69	James Gilbert	San Diego Rockets	Adams State	1
70	Levi Fontaine	San Francisco Warriors	Maryland	2
71	Bill Jankans	Detroit Pistons	Long Beach State	3
72	Tom Carter	Boston Celtics	Paul Quinn	4
73	Uluss Thompson	Cincinnati Royals	Wiley	5
74	Boyd Lynch	Seattle SuperSonics	Eastern Kentucky	6
75	Wayne Sokolowski	Cleveland Cavaliers	Ashland	7
76	Ron Knight	Portland Trail Blazers	Cal State-Los Angeles	8
77	Robert Moore	Buffalo Braves	Central State (OH)	9
78	John Canine	Phoenix Suns	Ohio	10
79	George Johnson	Chicago Bulls	Dillard	11
80	Perry Wallace	Philadelphia 76ers	Vanderbilt	12
81	John Fultz	Los Angeles Lakers	Rhode Island	13
82	Bob Riley	Atlanta Hawks	Mount St. Mary's	14
83	Gary Zeller	Baltimore Bullets	Drake	15
84	Mike Grosso	Milwaukee Bucks	Louisville	16
85	Jim Oxley	New York Knicks	Army	17

Round 617 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
86	Mike Kretzer	San Diego Rockets	East Tennessee State	1
87	Vic Bartolome	San Francisco Warriors	Oregon State	2
88	Seviro Brown	Detroit Pistons	DePaul	3
89	Rod McIntyre	Boston Celtics	Jacksonville	4
90	Charles Bishop	Cincinnati Royals	Louisiana Tech	5
91	Samuel Robinson	Seattle SuperSonics	Long Beach State	6
92	Doug Hess	Buffalo Braves	Toledo	7
93	George Janky	Portland Trail Blazers	Dayton	8
94	Joe Cooke	Cleveland Cavaliers	Indiana	9
95	Joe Thomas	Phoenix Suns	Marquette	10
96	Lonnie Kluttz	Chicago Bulls	North Carolina A&T	11
97	Jerry Venable	Philadelphia 76ers	Kansas State	12
98	Jerry Kroll	Los Angeles Lakers	Davidson	13
99	Dave Parker	Atlanta Hawks	Windham	14
100	Marvin Polnick	Baltimore Bullets	Stephen F. Austin	15
101	Willy Watson	Milwaukee Bucks	Oklahoma City	16
102	Jim Signorile	New York Knicks	New York University	17

Round 717 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
103	Billy Paultz	San Diego Rockets	St. John's (NY)	1
104	Joe Bergman	San Francisco Warriors	Creighton	2
105	Marv Copeland	Detroit Pistons	Michigan Lutheran	3
106	Charlie Scott	Boston Celtics	North Carolina	4
107	Mike Bernard	Cincinnati Royals	Kentucky State	5
108	James Morgan	Seattle SuperSonics	Maryland	6
109	Narvis Anderson	Cleveland Cavaliers	Stephen F. Austin	7
110	Claude English	Portland Trail Blazers	Rhode Island	8
111	Cliff Shegogg	Buffalo Braves	Colorado State	9
112	Heyward Dotson	Phoenix Suns	Columbia	10
113	Lou West	Chicago Bulls	Seattle	11
114	Carlton Poole	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia University	12
115	Willie Woods	Los Angeles Lakers	Eastern Kentucky	13
116	John Shinall	Atlanta Hawks	Jackson State	14
117	Charlie Wallace	Baltimore Bullets	Oklahoma City	15
118	John Rinka	Milwaukee Bucks	Kenyon	16
119	Roy Hodge	New York Knicks	Wagner	17

Round 817 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
120	Don Adams	San Diego Rockets	Northwestern	1
121	Jeff Sewell	San Francisco Warriors	Marquette	2
122	Dan Issel	Detroit Pistons	Kentucky	3
123	Bobby Croft	Boston Celtics	Tennessee	4
124	Joel McBride	Cincinnati Royals	Augusta State	5
125	George Irvine	Seattle SuperSonics	Washington	6
126	Larry Woods	Buffalo Braves	West Virginia	7
127	Doug Boyd	Portland Trail Blazers	Texas Christian	8
128	Walter Robertson	Cleveland Cavaliers	Loyola-Chicago	9
129	Steve Patterson	Phoenix Suns	California-Los Angeles	10
130	Mike Casey	Chicago Bulls	Kentucky	11
131	Fran O'Hanlon	Philadelphia 76ers	Villanova	12
132	Rick Mount	Los Angeles Lakers	Purdue	13
133	Herb White	Atlanta Hawks	Georgia	14
134	Tom Dyksera	Baltimore Bullets	Wheaton (IL)	15
135	Jim Samo	Milwaukee Bucks	Northwestern	16
136	Greg Fillmore	New York Knicks	Cheyney	17

Round 917 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
137	Jim Gottschall	San Diego Rockets	Dayton	1
138	Lou Small	San Francisco Warriors	Nevada-Reno	2
139	Alex Wynn	Detroit Pistons	Dartmouth	3
140	Tom Little	Boston Celtics	Seattle	4
141	Bob Mabry	Cincinnati Royals	Rio Grande	5
142	Claude Virden	Seattle SuperSonics	Murray State	6
143	Tom Lagodich	Cleveland Cavaliers	Kent State	7
144	Billy Gaskins	Portland Trail Blazers	Oregon	8
145	Larry Duckworth	Buffalo Braves	Henderson State	9
146	Carl Ashley	Phoenix Suns	Wyoming	10
147	Glen Johnson	Chicago Bulls	Jackson State	11
148	Mike Hauer	Philadelphia 76ers	Saint Joseph's	12
149	Bobby Sands	Los Angeles Lakers	Pepperdine	13
150	Larry Jackson	Atlanta Hawks	Sul Ross State	14
151	Will Hetzel	Baltimore Bullets	Maryland	15
152	Joe Hamilton	Milwaukee Bucks	North Texas	16
153	Walker Banks	New York Knicks	Western Kentucky	17

Round 1017 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
154	Toke Coleman	San Diego Rockets	Eastern Kentucky	1
155	Coby Dietrick	San Francisco Warriors	San Jose State	2
156	Bruce Chapman	Detroit Pistons	Nevada-Reno	3
157	Mike Maloy	Boston Celtics	Davidson	4
158	Carl Johnson	Cincinnati Royals	Gustavus Adolphus	5
159	Chuck Lloyd	Seattle SuperSonics	Yankton	6
160	Joe Taylor	Buffalo Braves	Dillard	7
161	Israel Oliver	Portland Trail Blazers	Elizabeth City State	8
162	Ken Johnson	Cleveland Cavaliers	Indiana	9
163	Gerhardus Schreur	Phoenix Suns	Arizona State	10
164	Dale Blaut	Chicago Bulls	West Texas A&M	11
165	Gordon Stiles	Philadelphia 76ers	American	12
166	Kindell Stephens	Los Angeles Lakers	Fisk	13
167	Manuel Raga	Atlanta Hawks	Pallacanestro Varese (Italy)	14
168	Ron Becker	Baltimore Bullets	New Mexico	15
169	Bob Seemer	Milwaukee Bucks	Georgia Tech	16
170	Don Curnutt	New York Knicks	Miami (FL)	17

Round 1113 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
171	Ron Belton	San Diego Rockets	Bellarmine	1
172	Rick Anhauser	Detroit Pistons	North Carolina State	2
173	Ted Hillary	Cincinnati Royals	Saint Joseph's (IN)	3
174	Andy Owens	Seattle SuperSonics	Florida	4
175	Dave Schneider	Cleveland Cavaliers	Wayne State (MI)	5
176	Don McClemore	Portland Trail Blazers	Bowling Green	6
177	Dick Walker	Buffalo Braves	Wake Forest	7
178	Jim Walls	Phoenix Suns	Clark Atlanta	8
179	Doug Howard	Chicago Bulls	Brigham Young	9
180	David Whitley	Philadelphia 76ers	Tufts	10
181	Bob Duklet	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston College	11
182	Dino Meneghin	Atlanta Hawks	Pallacanestro Varese (Italy)	12
183	Mel Bell	Baltimore Bullets	Houston	13

Round 1210 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
184	Jim Brooks	San Diego Rockets	Nebraska	1
185	Don Ogletree	Detroit Pistons	Cincinnati	2
186	Reggie Roach	Cincinnati Royals	Virginia State	3
187	John Brunson	Seattle SuperSonics	Furman	4
188	Paul Adams	Portland Trail Blazers	Central Washington	5
189	Oliver Taylor	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston	6
190	Ric Cobb	Phoenix Suns	Marquette	7
191	Booker Brown	Chicago Bulls	Middle Tennessee State	8
192	Dewey Varner	Los Angeles Lakers	Tuskegee	9
193	Ben McGilmer	Baltimore Bullets	Iowa	10

Round 1310 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
194	Harry Lozon	San Diego Rockets	Old Dominion	1
195	Ernest Hardy	Detroit Pistons	Harvard	2
196	Larry Gray	Cincinnati Royals	Huston-Tillotson	3
197	Allen McManus	Seattle SuperSonics	Winston-Salem State	4
198	Kevin Wilson	Cleveland Cavaliers	Ashland	5
199	Alex Boyd	Portland Trail Blazers	Nevada-Reno	6
200	Fred Carpenter	Phoenix Suns	Hawaii	7
201	Charles Bloodworth	Chicago Bulls	Northwestern State	8
202	Garry Elliott	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington	9
203	Dan Debardabi	Baltimore Bullets	Northern Arizona	10

Round 1410 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
204	Clyde Oatis	San Diego Rockets	Aurora	1
205	Randy Smith	Detroit Pistons	Buffalo State	2
206	Andy Jennings	Cincinnati Royals	Alderson Broaddus	3
207	Don Beeson	Seattle SuperSonics	Linfield	4
208	Frank Loteridge	Portland Trail Blazers	Texas-Pan American	5
209	Don Tomlinson	Cleveland Cavaliers	Missouri	6
210	Chad Calabria	Phoenix Suns	Iowa	7
211	Paul Funkhouser	Chicago Bulls	McKendree	8
212	Ron Sanford	Los Angeles Lakers	New Mexico	9
213	Mike Williams	Baltimore Bullets	Northern Arizona	10

Round 159 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
214	Jay Bond	San Diego Rockets	Washington	1
215	Dennis Clark	Detroit Pistons	Springfield	2
216	Mike Neer	Cincinnati Royals	Washington & Lee	3
217	Rick Wanamaker	Cleveland Cavaliers	Drake	4
218	John Canady	Portland Trail Blazers	Miami (FL)	5
219	Walt Williams	Phoenix Suns	Miami (OH)	6
220	Paul Otay	Chicago Bulls	Boise State	7
221	Will Teague	Los Angeles Lakers	Youngstown State	8
222	Ted Rose	Baltimore Bullets	Northern Michigan	9

Round 167 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
223	Dean Olofson	San Diego Rockets	Wayne State (MI)	1
224	Harvey Mariatt	Detroit Pistons	Eastern Michigan	2
225	Paul Favorite	Cincinnati Royals	Georgetown	3
226	Doug Williams	Portland Trail Blazers	St. Mary's (TX)	4
227	Stephen Wilson	Cleveland Cavaliers	Hanover	5
228	Pete Walthour	Los Angeles Lakers	Fort Valley State	6
229	Don Rather	Baltimore Bullets	Northern Arizona	7

Round 174 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
230	Dennis Dickens	San Diego Rockets	Azusa Pacific	1
231	Bob Peterson	Cleveland Cavaliers	Concordia-Saint Paul	2
232	Bob Thate	Los Angeles Lakers	Occidental	3
233	Vince Fritz	Baltimore Bullets	Oregon State	4

Round 183 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
234	Jeff Cunningham	San Diego Rockets	California-Irvine	1
235	Bruce Butchko	Portland Trail Blazers	Southern Illinois	2
236	John Cannon	Cleveland Cavaliers	Grambling	3

Round 193 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
237	Rick Erickson	San Diego Rockets	Washington State	1
238	Allen Waller	Cleveland Cavaliers	Saint Mary (KS)	2
239	Mark Gabriel	Portland Trail Blazers	Hanover	3

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.