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1970 NBA Draft

239 picks — 187 college · 2 international

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Round 1 (17 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
1 DET Bob Lanier C 6-11 / 250 St. Bonaventure College Senior
2 SDR Rudy Tomjanovich F 6-8 / 218 Michigan College Senior
3 ATL Pete Maravich G 6-5 / 197 Louisiana State College Senior
4 BOS Dave Cowens C 6-9 / 230 Florida State College Senior
5 CIN Sam Lacey C 6-10 / 235 New Mexico State College Senior
6 SEA Jim Ard F 6-8 / 215 Cincinnati College Senior
7 CLE John Johnson F 6-7 / 200 Iowa College Senior
8 POR Geoff Petrie G 6-4 / 190 Princeton College Senior
9 BAL George Johnson C 6-11 / 245 Stephen F. Austin College Senior
10 PHO Greg Howard F 6-9 / 215 New Mexico College —
11 CHI Jimmy Collins G 6-2 / 175 New Mexico State College Senior
12 PHI Al Henry F/C 6-9 / 190 Wisconsin College Senior
13 LAL Jim McMillian F 6-5 / 190 Columbia College Senior
14 ATL John Vallely G 6-3 / 185 UCLA College Senior
15 BUF John Hummer F 6-9 / 230 Princeton College Senior
16 MIL Gary Freeman F 6-9 / 210 Oregon State College Senior
17 NYK Mike Price G 6-3 / 200 Illinois College Senior
Round 2 (17 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
18 SDR Calvin Murphy G 5-10 / 165 Niagara College Senior
19 CIN Tiny Archibald — — Texas-El Paso College —
20 SEA Jake Ford G 6-4 / 185 Maryland-Eastern Shore College Senior
21 BOS Rex Morgan F 6-5 / 190 Jacksonville College Senior
22 CIN Doug Cook F 6-6 / 220 Davidson College Senior
23 SEA Pete Cross F 6-9 / 230 San Francisco College Senior
24 BUF Cornell Warner F/C 6-9 / 230 Jackson State College Senior
25 POR Walt Gilmore F 6-6 / 225 Fort Valley State College Senior
26 CLE Dave Sorenson F 6-8 / 235 Ohio State College Senior
27 PHO Fred Taylor F 6-5 / 180 Rio Grande College Senior
28 CHI Paul Ruffner C 6-10 / 225 BYU College Senior
29 PHO Joe DePre G 6-3 / 185 St. Johns College Senior
30 LAL Earnie Killum — — Stetson — —
31 ATL Dan Hester F 6-8 / 210 Louisiana State College Senior
32 DET Ken Warzynski F — DePaul College Senior
33 MIL Bill Zopf G 6-1 / 170 Duquesne College Senior
34 NYK Howie Wright G 6-3 / 185 Austin Peay College Senior
Round 3 (17 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
35 SDR Curtis Perry — — Missouri State College —
36 SFW Earle Higgins — — Eastern Michigan College —
37 DET Bob St. Pierre — — Hanover — —
38 BOS Willie Williams — — Florida State College —
39 CIN Greg Hyder — — Eastern New Mexico — —
40 SEA Gar Heard — — Oklahoma College —
41 CLE Surry Oliver — — Stephen F. Austin College —
42 POR Bill Cain — — Iowa State College —
43 BUF Chip Case — — Virginia College —
44 PHO Greg McDivitt — — Ohio College —
45 CHI Lou Herndon — — Jackson State College —
46 PHI Dennis Awtrey — — Santa Clara College —
47 DET Jim Hayes — — Boston University College —
48 PHO Vann Williford — — N.C. State College —
49 BAL Seabern Hill — — Arizona State College —
50 MIL Marv Winkler — — Louisiana-Lafayette College —
51 NYK Al Williams — — Drake College —
Round 4 (17 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
52 SDR Jody Finney — — Ohio State College —
53 SFW Ralph Ogden — — Santa Clara College —
54 BAL Bill Stricker — — Pacific College —
55 BOS Jon McKinney — — Norfolk State College —
56 CIN Wade Fuller — — Loyola, Chicago College —
57 CHI John Davis — — Alabama State College —
58 BUF Erwin Polnick — — Stephen F. Austin College —
59 POR Jim Penix — — Bowling Green College —
60 CLE Glenn Vidnovic — — Iowa College —
61 PHO Bob Lienhard — — Georgia College —
62 CHI Jimmy Wilson — — Cheyney College —
63 PHI Dan Crenshaw — — Alabama State College —
64 LAL Larry Mikan — — Minnesota College —
65 ATL Fred Davis — — Howard Payne — —
66 BAL Billy Jones — — Louisiana College College —
67 MIL Virgle Fredrick — — Drury — —
68 NYK John Marren — — Manhattan College —
Round 5 (17 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
69 SDR James Gilbert — — Adams State — —
70 SFW Levi Fontaine — — Maryland-Eastern Shore College —
71 DET Bill Jankans — — Long Beach State College —
72 BOS Tom Carter — — Paul Quinn — —
73 CIN Uluss Thompson — — Wiley — —
74 SEA Boyd Lynch — — Eastern Kentucky College —
75 CLE Wayne Sokolowski — — Ashland — —
76 POR Ron Knight — — Cal State-Los Angeles College —
77 BUF Robert Moore — — Central — —
78 PHO John Canine — — Ohio College —
79 CHI George Johnson C 6-11 / 245 Dillard College Senior
80 PHI Perry Wallace — — Vanderbilt College —
81 LAL John Fultz — — Rhode Island College —
82 ATL Bob Riley — — Mount St. Mary's College —
83 BAL Gary Zeller — — Drake College —
84 MIL Mike Grosso — — Louisville College —
85 NYK Jim Oxley — — Army — —
Round 6 (17 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
86 SDR Mike Kretzer — — East Tennessee State — —
87 SFW Vic Bartolome — — Oregon State College —
88 DET Sevira Brown — — DePaul College —
89 BOS Rod McIntyre — — Jacksonville College —
90 CIN Charles Bishop — — Louisiana Tech College —
91 SEA Sam Robinson — — Long Beach State College —
92 BUF Doug Hess — — Toledo College —
93 POR George Janky — — Dayton College —
94 CLE Joe Cooke — — Indiana College —
95 PHO Joe Thomas — — Marquette College —
96 CHI Lonnie Kluttz — — North Carolina A&T College —
97 PHI Jerry Venable — — Kansas State College —
98 LAL Jerry Kroll — — Davidson College —
99 ATL Dave Parker — — Windham — —
100 BAL Marvin Polnick — — Stephen F. Austin College —
101 MIL Willie Watson — — Oklahoma City College —
102 NYK Jim Signorile — — NYU College —
Round 7 (17 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
103 SDR Billy Paultz — — St. Johns College —
104 SFW Joe Bergman — — Creighton College —
105 DET Marv Copeland — — Shaw (Mich.) — —
106 BOS Charlie Scott — — North Carolina College —
107 CIN Mike Bernard — — Kentucky State College —
108 SEA James Morgan — — Maryland College —
109 CLE Narvis Anderson — — Stephen F. Austin College —
110 POR Claude English — — Rhode Island College —
111 BUF Cliff Shegogg — — Colorado State College —
112 PHO Heyward Dotson — — Columbia College —
113 CHI Lou West — — Seattle College —
114 PHI Carlton Poole — — Philadelphia — —
115 LAL Willie Woods — — Eastern Kentucky College —
116 ATL John Shinall — — Jackson State College —
117 BAL Charlie Wallace — — Oklahoma City College —
118 MIL John Rinka — — Kenyon — —
119 NYK Ray Hodge — — Wagner College —
Round 8 (17 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
120 SDR Don Adams — — Northwestern College —
121 SFW Jeff Sewell — — Marquette College —
122 DET Dan Issel — — Kentucky College —
123 BOS Bobby Croft — — Tennessee College —
124 CIN Joe McBride — — Augusta — —
125 SEA George Irvine — — Washington College —
126 BUF Larry Woods — — West Virginia College —
127 POR Doug Boyd — — TCU College —
128 CLE Walter Robertson — — Loyola, Chicago College —
129 PHO Steve Patterson — — UCLA College —
130 CHI Mike Casey — — Kentucky College —
131 PHI Fran O'Hanlon — — Villanova College —
132 LAL Rick Mount — — Purdue College —
133 ATL Herb White — — Georgia College —
134 BAL Tom Dykstra — — Wheaton — —
135 MIL Jim Sarno — — Northwestern College —
136 NYK Greg Fillmore — — Cheyney College —
Round 9 (17 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
137 SDR Jim Gottschall — — Dayton College —
138 SFW Lou Small — — UNLV College —
139 DET Alex Winn — — Dartmouth College —
140 BOS Tom Little — — Seattle College —
141 CIN Bob Mabry — — Rio Grande — —
142 SEA Claude Virden — — Murray State College —
143 CLE Tom Lagodich — — Kent — —
144 POR Billy Gaskins — — Oregon College —
145 BUF Larry Duckworth — — Henderson State — —
146 PHO Carl Ashley — — Wyoming College —
147 CHI Glen Johnson — — Jackson State College —
148 PHI Mike Hauer — — St. Josephs College —
149 LAL Bobby Sands — — Pepperdine College —
150 ATL Larry Jackson — — Sul Ross — —
151 BAL Will Hetzel — — Maryland College —
152 MIL Joe Hamilton — — North Texas College —
153 NYK Walker Banks — — Western Kentucky College —
Round 10 (17 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
154 SDR Toke Coleman — — Eastern Kentucky College —
155 SFW Coby Dietrick — — San Jose State College —
156 DET Bruce Chapman — — UNLV College —
157 BOS Mike Maloy — — Davidson College —
158 CIN Carl Johnson — — Gustavus Adolphus College —
159 SEA Chuck Lloyd — — Yankton — —
160 BUF Joe Taylor — — Dillard College —
161 POR Israel Oliver — — McNeese State College —
162 CLE Ken Johnson — — Indiana College —
163 PHO Gerhard Schreur — — Arizona State College —
164 CHI Dale Blaut — — West Texas A&M College —
165 PHI Gordon Stiles — — American College —
166 LAL Kindell Stephens — — Fisk — —
167 ATL Manuel Raga — — — International —
168 BAL Ron Becker — — New Mexico College —
169 MIL Bob Seemer — — Georgia Tech College —
170 NYK Don Curnutt — — Miami College —
Round 11 (13 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
171 SDR Ron Belton — — Bellarmine — —
172 DET Rick Anheuser — — N.C. State College —
173 CIN Ted Hillary — — St. Joseph's — —
174 SEA Andy Owens — — Florida College —
175 CLE Dave Schneider — — Wayne State — —
176 POR Dan McLemore — — Bowling Green College —
177 BUF Dick Walker — — Wake Forest College —
178 PHO Jim Walls — — Clark Atlanta — —
179 CHI Doug Howard — — BYU College —
180 PHI David Whitley — — Tufts — —
181 LAL Bob Dukiet — — Boston College College —
182 ATL Dino Meneghin — — — International —
183 BAL Mel Bell — — Houston College —
Round 12 (10 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
184 SDR Jim Brooks — — Nebraska College —
185 DET Don Ogletree — — Cincinnati College —
186 CIN Reggie Roach — — Virginia — —
187 SEA Joe Brunson — — Furman College —
188 POR Paul Adams — — Central Washington — —
189 CLE Ollie Taylor — — Houston College —
190 PHO Ric Cobb — — Marquette College —
191 CHI Booker Brown — — Middle Tennessee State College —
192 LAL Dewey Varner — — Tuskegee — —
193 BAL Ben McGilmer — — Iowa College —
Round 13 (10 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
194 SDR Harry Lozon — — Old Dominion College —
195 DET Ernest Hardy — — Harvard College —
196 CIN Larry Gray — — Huston-Tillotson — —
197 SEA Allen McManus — — Winston-Salem State College —
198 CLE Kevin Wilson — — Ashland — —
199 POR Alex Boyd — — Nevada College —
200 PHO Fred Carpenter — — Hawaii College —
201 CHI Charles Bloodworth — — Northwestern State College —
202 LAL Gary Elliot — — Washington State College —
203 BAL Don Debardelaben — — Northern Arizona College —
Round 14 (10 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
204 SDR Clyde Oatis — — Aurora — —
205 DET Randy Smith — — Buffalo State — —
206 CIN Andy Jennings — — Alderson-Broddus — —
207 SEA Dan Beeson — — Linfield — —
208 POR Frank Lothridge — — Rio Grande College —
209 CLE Don Tomilson — — Missouri College —
210 PHO Chad Calabria — — Iowa College —
211 CHI Paul Funkhouser — — McKendree — —
212 LAL Ron Sanford — — New Mexico College —
213 BAL Mike Williams — — Northern Arizona College —
Round 15 (9 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
214 SDR Jay Bond — — Washington College —
215 DET Denis Clark — — Springfield — —
216 CIN Mike Neer — — Washington & Lee — —
217 CLE Steve Wannamaker — — Drake College —
218 POR Wayne Canaday — — Miami College —
219 PHO Walt Williams — — Miami (Ohio) College —
220 CHI Paul Otay — — Boise State College —
221 LAL Will Teague — — Youngstown State — —
222 BAL Ted Rose — — Northern Michigan — —
Round 16 (7 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
223 SDR Dean Elofson — — Wayne State — —
224 DET Harvey Marlatt — — Eastern Michigan College —
225 CIN Paul Favorite — — Georgetown College —
226 POR Doug Williams — — St. Mary's (Calif.) College —
227 CLE Steve Wilson — — Hanover — —
228 LAL Pete Walthour — — Fort Valley State College —
229 BAL Don Rather — — Northern Arizona College —
Round 17 (4 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
230 SDR Dennis Dickens — — Azusa Pacific — —
231 CLE Rich Peterson — — Concordia — —
232 LAL Bob Thati — — Occidental — —
233 BAL Vince Fritz — — Oregon State College —
Round 18 (3 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
234 SDR Jeff Cunningham — — UC Irvine College —
235 POR Bruce Butchko — — Southern Illinois College —
236 CLE Emmanuel Cannon — — Grambling College —
Round 19 (3 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
237 SDR Rick Erickson — — Washington State College —
238 CLE Allen Waller — — St. Mary's of the Plaines — —
239 POR Mark Gabriel — — Hanover — —

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