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1971 NBA Draft

237 picks — 192 college · 1 international

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Round 1 (17 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
1 CLE Austin Carr G 6-4 / 200 Notre Dame College Senior
2 POR Sidney Wicks F 6-8 / 225 UCLA College Senior
3 BUF Elmore Smith C 7-0 / 240 Kentucky State College Senior
4 CIN Ken Durrett F 6-7 / 190 LaSalle College Senior
5 ATL George Trapp F 6-8 / 205 Long Beach State College Senior
6 SEA Fred Brown G 6-3 / 182 Iowa College Senior
7 HOU Cliff Meely F 6-8 / 215 Colorado College Senior
8 GSW Darnell Hillman F 6-9 / 215 San Jose State College —
9 BAL Stan Love F 6-9 / 215 Oregon College Senior
10 BOS Clarence Glover F 6-8 / 210 Western Kentucky College Senior
11 DET Curtis Rowe F 6-7 / 225 UCLA College Senior
12 PHI Dana Lewis F/C 6-10 / 240 Tulsa College Senior
13 LAL Jim Cleamons G 6-3 / 185 Ohio State College Senior
14 PHO John Roche G 6-3 / 170 South Carolina College Senior
15 CHI Kenny McIntosh — — Eastern Michigan College —
16 NYK Dean Meminger G 6-0 / 175 Marquette College Senior
17 MIL Collis Jones F 6-7 / 203 Notre Dame College Senior
Round 2 (18 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
18 CLE Steve Patterson F 6-9 / 225 UCLA College Senior
19 BUF Fred Hilton G 6-3 / 185 Grambling College Senior
20 CHI Willie Sojourner F 6-8 / 225 Weber State College Senior
21 CIN John Mengelt G 6-2 / 195 Auburn College Senior
22 ATL Ted McClain G 6-1 / 180 Tennessee State College Senior
23 SEA Jim McDaniels F/C 6-11 / 228 Western Kentucky College Senior
24 HOU Mike Newlin G 6-4 / 200 Utah College Senior
25 POR Charlie Yelverton — — Fordham College —
26 BUF Amos Thomas F 6-7 / 190 Southwestern Oklahoma College Senior
27 POR Rick Fisher F 6-5 / 215 Colorado State College Senior
28 BOS Jim Rose G — Western Kentucky College Senior
29 DET Isaiah Wilson G 6-2 / 175 Baltimore College Senior
30 BUF Spencer Haywood F 6-8 / 225 Detroit Mercy College —
31 CIN Joe Bergman F — Creighton College Senior
32 CHI Howard Porter F 6-8 / 220 Villanova College Senior
33 PHI Marvin Stewart G 6-3 / 180 Nebraska College Senior
34 NYK Gregg Northington C 7-1 / 238 Alabama State College Senior
35 CLE Willie Long F 6-8 / 225 New Mexico College Senior
Round 3 (16 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
36 CLE Gerald Lockett — — Arkansas-Pine Bluff College —
37 POR Larry Steele — — Kentucky College —
38 CIN Rich Yunkus — — Georgia Tech College —
39 ATL Jeff Halliburton — — Drake College —
40 CHI Clifford Ray — — Oklahoma College —
41 CLE Jackie Ridgle — — California College —
42 POR Bill Smith — — Syracuse College —
43 BAL Rich Rinaldi — — St. Peters — —
44 BOS Dave Robisch — — Kansas College —
45 DET Marv Roberts — — Utah State College —
46 PHI Dave Wohl — — Pennsylvania College —
47 CHI Mike Gale — — McNeese State College —
48 PHO Mo Layton — — Southern California College —
49 CHI Dick Gibbs — — Texas-El Paso College —
50 NYK Ken Mayfield — — Tuskegee — —
51 MIL Gary Brell — — Marquette College —
Round 4 (17 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
52 CLE Cliff Harris — — Hardin-Simmons — —
53 BUF Jimmy O'Brien — — Boston College College —
54 POR Bobby Fields — — LaSalle College —
55 CIN Sid Catlett — — Notre Dame College —
56 ATL Jim Welch — — Houston College —
57 SEA Pembrook Burrows — — Jacksonville College —
58 HOU Tom Owens — — South Carolina College —
59 GSW Greg Gary — — St. Bonaventure College —
60 BAL Willie Allen — — Miami College —
61 BOS Randy Denton — — Duke College —
62 DET Jarrett Durham — — Duquesne College —
63 PHI Erwin Johnson — — Augusta — —
64 LAL Roger Brown — — Kansas College —
65 PHO Walt Szczerbiak — — George Washington College —
66 CHI Jim Irving — — St. Louis College —
67 NYK Steve Niles — — Texas A&M College —
68 MIL Henry Smith — — Missouri College —
Round 5 (17 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
69 CLE Brian Mahoney — — Manhattan College —
70 BUF Garry Nelson — — Duquesne College —
71 POR Hector Blondet — — Murray State College —
72 CIN Jimmie Guymon — — Eastern New Mexico — —
73 CIN Tyrone Marioneaux — — Loyola (La.) — —
74 SEA Jeff Smith — — New Mexico State College —
75 HOU Rudy Benjamin — — Michigan State College —
76 GSW Odis Allison — — UNLV College —
77 BAL Don Johnson — — Tennessee College —
78 HOU Greg Nelson — — Jacksonville College —
79 DET Vincent White — — Savannah State — —
80 PHI Richard Hood — — Phillips College —
81 LAL Lee Dedmon — — North Carolina College —
82 PHO Ken Gardner — — Utah College —
83 CHI Larry Weatherford — — Purdue College —
84 PHO Bob Kissane — — Holy Cross College —
85 MIL Barry Nelson — — Duquesne College —
Round 6 (17 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
86 CLE Mike Childress — — Colorado State College —
87 BUF Glen Summors — — Gannon — —
88 POR Jim Day — — Morehead State College —
89 CIN Gil McGregor — — Wake Forest College —
90 ATL Willie Humes — — Idaho College —
91 SEA Mike Necaise — — William Carey — —
92 HOU Gary Reist — — Rice College —
93 GSW Charles Johnson — — California College —
94 BAL John Novey — — Mount St. Mary's College —
95 BOS Thorpe Weber — — Vanderbilt College —
96 DET Jim Larranaga — — Providence College —
97 PHI Jake Jones — — Assumption — —
98 LAL Bill Brickhouse — — Montana State College —
99 PHO William Graham — — Kentucky State College —
100 CHI Jim England — — Tennessee College —
101 NYK Bill Mainor — — Fordham College —
102 MIL Ed Kemp — — Adams State — —
Round 7 (17 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
103 CLE Tom Bush — — Drake College —
104 BUF Randy Smith — — Buffalo State — —
105 POR Gene Knolle — — Texas Tech College —
106 CIN Ollie Shannon — — Minnesota College —
107 ATL Mike Jordan — — Savannah State — —
108 SEA John Duncan — — Kentucky Wesleyan College —
109 HOU Eric Hill — — Minnesota College —
110 GSW Ken May — — Dayton College —
111 BAL Dennis Hogg — — Washington State College —
112 BOS Ahmad Aliyy — — Florida State College —
113 DET Steve Kelly — — BYU College —
114 PHI Curtis Ford — — Northeastern — —
115 LAL Gene Gathers — — Bradley College —
116 PHO Ralph Brateris — — Trenton State College —
117 CHI Artis Gilmore — — Jacksonville College —
118 NYK Danny Davis — — Henderson State — —
119 MIL Gene Phillips — — Southern Methodist College —
Round 8 (17 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
120 CLE Charlie Davis — — Wake Forest College —
121 BUF Craig Love — — Ohio College —
122 POR John Sutter — — Tulane College —
123 CIN Frank Fitzgerald — — Boston College College —
124 ATL Jim Smith — — Kentucky Wesleyan College —
125 SEA Charlie Lowery — — Puget Sound — —
126 HOU Rick Katherman — — Duke College —
127 GSW Jim Haderlein — — Loyola Marymount College —
128 BAL Russell Golden — — Jackson State College —
129 BOS John Ribock — — South Carolina College —
130 DET Wayne Jones — — Niagara College —
131 PHI Barry Yates — — Maryland College —
132 LAL Luke Adams — — Lamar College —
133 PHO Vernell Ellzy — — Florida State College —
134 CHI Clarence Sherrod — — Wisconsin College —
135 NYK Leroy Eldridge — — Cheyney College —
136 MIL Felix Thurston — — Trinity (Texas) — —
Round 9 (16 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
137 CLE Rich Walker — — Bowling Green College —
138 BUF Gary Stewart — — Canisius College —
139 POR Goo Kennedy — — TCU College —
140 ATL Ernie Fleming — — Jacksonville College —
141 SEA Larry Holliday — — Oregon College —
142 HOU Willie Cherry — — Denver College —
143 GSW Clarence Smith — — Villanova College —
144 BAL Ron Johnson — — Murray State College —
145 BOS Ray Greene — — California (Pa.) — —
146 DET Paul Botts — — Central Michigan College —
147 PHI Tom Lee — — Arizona College —
148 LAL Bob Cheeks — — Whittier — —
149 PHO Mike Johnson — — Kansas State College —
150 CHI Jackie Dinkins — — Voorhees — —
151 NYK Mike O'Brien — — Saint Leo — —
152 MIL Rick Howat — — Illinois College —
Round 10 (16 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
153 CLE Jim Meredith — — Washington State College —
154 BUF Don Ward — — Colgate College —
155 POR Greg Starrick — — Southern Illinois College —
156 ATL Ron Rippetoe — — Lipscomb — —
157 SEA Ed Huston — — Puget Sound — —
158 HOU Calvin Oliver — — Rio Grande College —
159 GSW Bill Drozdiak — — Oregon College —
160 BAL Eddie Myers — — Arizona College —
161 BOS Dale Dover — — Harvard College —
162 DET Steve Butcher — — Pikeville — —
163 PHI Jim Dinwiddie — — Kentucky College —
164 LAL Cliff Mosley — — Quinnipiac — —
165 PHO Tom Newell — — Hawaii College —
166 CHI David Withers — — Delaware College —
167 NYK Andy Toth — — Cheyney College —
168 MIL Dan Fife — — Michigan College —
Round 11 (14 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
169 CLE Mike Casey — — Kentucky College —
170 BUF Bill Warner — — Arizona College —
171 POR Howard Burford — — Gonzaga College —
172 ATL Levi Wyatt — — Alcorn State College —
173 SEA Jerome Perry — — Western Kentucky College —
174 HOU Doug Rex — — Cal-Santa Barbara College —
175 BAL Chuck Olkowski — — Baltimore College —
176 BOS Reggie Brooks — — Southern New Hampshire — —
177 DET Larry Saunders — — Duke College —
178 PHI Dana Pagett — — Southern California College —
179 PHO Paul Litz — — Western Carolina College —
180 CHI Al Smith — — Bradley College —
181 NYK Ken Davis — — Georgetown — —
182 MIL Blaine Henry — — Marshall College —
Round 12 (13 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
183 CLE Doug Hess — — Toledo College —
184 BUF Butch Webster — — Louisiana State College —
185 POR Don Sechler — — Delaware Valley — —
186 ATL Roger Moore — — Columbus — —
187 HOU Chris Schrobilgen — — Southern California College —
188 BAL Bob Connor — — Loyola (Md.) College —
189 BOS John Dalton — — Suffolk — —
190 DET Bob Horn — — Drake College —
191 PHI Ken Kowall — — Ohio College —
192 PHO Floyd Mason — — Alcorn State College —
193 CHI Ken Riley — — Middle Tennessee State College —
194 NYK Carl Greenfield — — Eastern Kentucky College —
195 MIL Gene Mumford — — Scranton — —
Round 13 (12 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
196 CLE Bobby Jones — — Drake College —
197 BUF Pete Smith — — Valdosta State — —
198 ATL Ed Jenkins — — Shaw (Mich.) — —
199 HOU Lee McCullough — — Indiana College —
200 BAL Tom Crosswhite — — Dayton College —
201 BOS Leroy Chalk — — Nebraska College —
202 DET Willie Roberson — — Wyoming College —
203 PHI Hank Commodore — — Northeast Oklahoma College —
204 PHO Ron Dorsey — — Tennessee State College —
205 CHI Ed Goode — — DePaul College —
206 NYK Larry Duckworth — — Henderson State — —
207 MIL Pierre Russell — — Kansas College —
Round 14 (9 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
208 CLE Bubbles Harris — — Indiana College —
209 BUF Ray Lavender — — Drury — —
210 HOU Gene Roberson — — Canisius College —
211 BAL Rudolph Peele — — Norfolk State College —
212 DET Art Davis — — Johnson C. Smith — —
213 PHO Ken Booker — — UCLA College —
214 CHI Richard Dixon — — Loyola Marymount College —
215 NYK Jack O'Connor — — Great Falls — —
216 MIL George Jackson — — Dayton College —
Round 15 (8 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
217 CLE Larry Baker — — Wittenberg — —
218 BUF William Chatmon — — Baylor College —
219 HOU Bill Quigg — — Gonzaga College —
220 BAL Morrell James — — Norfolk State College —
221 DET James Fleming — — Alcorn State College —
222 PHO Curtis Carter — — Bishop — —
223 CHI Lisco Thomas — — Furman College —
224 MIL Loyd King — — Virginia Tech College —
Round 16 (5 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
225 CLE Tyree Vance — — Wisconsin-LaCrosse — —
226 BUF James Douglas — — Memphis College —
227 HOU Leonard Jackson — — Oregon College —
228 DET Fred Smiley — — Davenport — —
229 CHI Bob Bissant — — Loyola (La.) — —
Round 17 (3 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
230 BUF Nelson Isley — — Louisiana State College —
231 HOU Steve Sims — — Pepperdine College —
232 DET Leroy Jenkins — — Davenport — —
Round 18 (3 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
233 BUF Joey Meyer — — DePaul College —
234 HOU Carlos Quintanar — — — International —
235 DET Ike Bundy — — Detroit Tech — —
Round 19 (2 picks)
Pick Team Player Pos Ht/Wt School Level Class
236 HOU Gary Schneider — — San Diego State College —
237 DET Ed Jenkins — — Shaw College —

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