1968 NBA draft
| 1968 NBA draft | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Date(s) | April 3, 1968 (first round) May 8 and 10, 1968 (Other rounds) |
| Location | 1969 → |
The 1968 NBA draft was the 22nd annual
St. Louis Hawks relocated to Atlanta and became the Atlanta Hawks prior to the start of the season.[3]
The draft consisted of 21 rounds comprising 214 players selected.
Draft selections and draftee career notes
Finals Most Valuable Player. Unseld, who spent all of his 13-year playing career with the Bullets, was also selected to one All-NBA Team and five All-Star Games, while Hayes was selected to six All-NBA Teams and twelve All-Star Games.[8][9] Bob Kauffman, the third pick, is the only other player from this draft who has been selected to an All-Star Game; he was selected to three All-Star Games during his career.[10]
Unseld became a head coach after ending his playing career. He coached the
Washington Bullets for seven seasons.[11] Three other players drafted also went on to have a coaching career: 12th pick Don Chaney and 79th pick Rick Adelman. Chaney coached four NBA teams and won the Coach of the Year Award in 1991 with the Houston Rockets.[12][13] Adelman coached four NBA teams, most recently with the Houston Rockets. He lost the NBA Finals twice with the Portland Trail Blazers in 1990 and 1992.[14]
In the fourteenth round, the Seattle SuperSonics selected Mike Warren of UCLA. However, Warren never played professional basketball; he opted for an acting career in films and television instead.[15]
Key
| Pos. | G | F | C |
Position |
Guard | Forward | Center |
| ^ | Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
| + | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game |
| # | Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff game |
Draft
San Diego Rockets
.Baltimore Bullets
.
| Round | Pick | Player | Pos. | Nationality | Team | School/club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Elvin Hayes^ | F/C |  United States
|
San Diego Rockets
|
Houston |
| 1 | 2 | Wes Unseld^ | F/C | United States
|
Baltimore Bullets
|
Louisville |
| 1 | 3 | Bob Kauffman+ | F/C | United States
|
Seattle SuperSonics | Guilford |
| 1 | 4 | Tom Boerwinkle | C | United States
|
Chicago Bulls | Tennessee |
| 1 | 5 | Don Smith[1] | F/C | United States
|
Cincinnati Royals
|
Iowa State |
| 1 | 6 | Otto Moore | F/C | United States
|
Detroit Pistons | Pan American |
| 1 | 7 | Charlie Paulk | F/C | United States
|
Milwaukee Bucks | Northeastern State |
| 1 | 8 | Gary Gregor | F/C | United States
|
Phoenix Suns | South Carolina |
| 1 | 9 | Ron Williams | G | United States
|
San Francisco Warriors
|
West Virginia |
| 1 | 10 | Bill Hosket
|
F/C | United States
|
New York Knicks | Ohio State |
| 1 | 11 | Bill Hewitt | F | United States
|
Los Angeles Lakers | USC |
| 1 | 12 | Don Chaney | G | United States
|
Boston Celtics | Houston |
| 1 | 13 | Skip Harlicka | G | United States
|
Atlanta Hawks | South Carolina |
| 1 | 14 | Shaler Halimon | G/F | United States
|
Philadelphia 76ers | Utah State |
| 2 | 15 | John Trapp
|
F | United States
|
San Diego Rockets
|
Nevada Southern |
| 2 | 16 | Art Harris | G | United States
|
Seattle SuperSonics | Stanford |
| 2 | 17 | Loy Petersen | G | United States
|
Chicago Bulls | Oregon State |
| 2 | 18 | Bob Quick | G/F | United States
|
Baltimore Bullets
|
Xavier (OH) |
| 2 | 19 | Ron Dunlap# | C | United States
|
Cincinnati)[a]
|
Illinois |
| 2 | 20 | Manny Leaks | F/C | United States
|
Detroit Pistons | Niagara |
| 2 | 21 | Dick Cunningham | C | United States
|
Phoenix Suns | Murray State |
| 2 | 22 | Gene Moore# | F/C | United States
|
Milwaukee Bucks | Saint Louis |
Other picks
The following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one NBA game.[16][17]
| Round | Pick | Player | Pos. | Nationality | Team | School/club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 23 | Stu Lantz | G | United States
|
San Diego Rockets
|
Nebraska |
| 3 | 27 | Pat Frink | G | United States
|
Cincinnati Royals
|
Colorado |
| 3 | 28 | Fred Foster | F | United States
|
Miami (OH) | |
| 3 | 30 | Don May | F | United States
|
New York Knicks | Dayton |
| 3 | 31 | Dave Newmark | C | United States
|
Chicago Bulls (from Los Angeles)[c] | Columbia |
| 3 | 32 | Garfield Smith | F/C | United States
|
Boston Celtics | Eastern Kentucky |
| 3 | 35 | Sam Williams | G | United States
|
Milwaukee Bucks | Iowa |
| 4 | 37 | Harry Barnes | F | United States
|
San Diego Rockets
|
Northeastern |
| 4 | 39 | Mike Lynn | F | United States
|
Chicago Bulls | UCLA |
| 4 | 42 | Rich Niemann | C | United States
|
Detroit Pistons | Saint Louis |
| 4 | 45 | Ed Biedenbach
|
G | United States
|
Los Angeles Lakers | North Carolina State |
| 4 | 46 | Rich Johnson | C | United States
|
Boston Celtics | Grambling |
| 4 | 49 | Rich Jones | F/C | United States
|
Phoenix Suns | Memphis State |
| 4 | 50 | Greg Smith | F | United States
|
Milwaukee Bucks | Western Kentucky |
| 5 | 52 | Al Hairston | G | United States
|
Seattle SuperSonics | Bowling Green |
| 5 | 57 | Jim Eakins | C | United States
|
San Francisco Warriors
|
Brigham Young |
| 6 | 70 | Wally Anderzunas | F/C | United States
|
Detroit Pistons | Creighton |
| 6 | 71 | Bob Allen | F | United States
|
San Francisco Warriors
|
Marshall |
| 6 | 76 | Chuck Williams | G | United States
|
Philadelphia 76ers | Colorado |
| 6 | 77 | Rod Knowles | F/C | United States
|
Phoenix Suns | Davidson |
| 7 | 79 | Rick Adelman | G | United States
|
San Diego Rockets
|
Loyola (CA) |
| 8 | 96 | Barry Orms | G | United States
|
Baltimore Bullets
|
Saint Louis |
| 10 | 122 | Joe Kennedy | F | United States
|
Seattle SuperSonics | Duke |
| 10 | 131 | Dwight Waller | F | United States
|
Atlanta Hawks | Tennessee State |
| 11 | 136 | Jim Marsh | F | United States
|
Seattle SuperSonics | USC |
| 11 | 147 | Ron Boone | G/F | United States
|
Phoenix Suns | Idaho State |
| 13 | 162 | Bud Ogden | F | United States
|
Seattle SuperSonics | Santa Clara |
| 13 | 163 | Herm Gilliam | G/F | United States
|
Chicago Bulls | Purdue |
| 15 | 187 | Johnny Baum | F | United States
|
Los Angeles Lakers | Temple |
| 17 | 202 | Milt Williams | G | United States
|
New York Knicks | Lincoln (MO)
|
Trades
- The Bulls used the pick to draft Ron Dunlap.
- b On November 27, 1967, the Cincinnati Royals acquired a third-round pick from the Detroit Pistons in exchange for Len Chappell.[20][21] The Royals used the pick to draft Fred Foster.
- Jim Barnes and a third-round pick from the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Erwin Mueller.[19][22]The Bulls used the pick to draft Dave Newmark.
Notes
^ 1: Don Smith changed his name to Zaid Abdul-Aziz in 1976.[23]
See also
- List of first overall NBA draft picks
- NBA records
References
- General
- "Complete First Round Results 1960–69". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on March 21, 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
- "1968 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
- "1967–1971 NBA Drafts". The Association for Professional Basketball Research. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
- "1968 NBA Draft". The Draft Review. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
- Specific
- ^ "Atlanta Gets Cage Hawks". Ocala Star-Banner. May 5, 1968. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
- ^ "Evolution of the Draft and Lottery". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on March 21, 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
- ^ "Hawks: Franchise History". NBA.com/Hawks. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on March 19, 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
- ^ "Rookie of the Year". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on March 7, 2009. Retrieved March 16, 2009.
- ^ "Most Valuable Player". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on March 18, 2009. Retrieved March 16, 2009.
- ^ "Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
- ^ "The NBA's 50 Greatest Players". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on April 5, 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
- ^ "Wes Unseld Bio". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on March 6, 2009. Retrieved March 17, 2009.
- ^ "Elvin Hayes Bio". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on March 9, 2009. Retrieved March 17, 2009.
- ^ "Bob Kauffman Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
- ^ "Wes Unseld Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 11, 2010.
- ^ "Don Chaney Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on May 23, 2010. Retrieved April 11, 2010.
- ^ "Coach of the Year". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved April 11, 2009.
- ^ "Rick Adelman Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2010. Retrieved April 11, 2010.
- ^ Michael Warren (actor)
- ^ "1968 NBA draft".
- ^ "NBA Past Drafts - RealGM".
- ^ "Guy Rodgers Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
- ^ a b "Chicago Bulls All-Time Transactions". NBA.com/Bulls. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on March 17, 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
- ^ "Len Chappell Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
- ^ "Pistons: All-Time Transactions". NBA.com/Pistons. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on March 20, 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
- ^ "Jim Barnes Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
- ISBN 978-0-9778861-0-4. Archivedfrom the original on April 6, 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2010.