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1970 NBA Draft

239 picks in 19 rounds · held after the 1969-70 season · from Wikipedia

◀ 1969 1971 ▶

All Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Round 10 Round 11 Round 12 Round 13 Round 14 Round 15 Round 16 Round 17 Round 18 Round 19

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

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