1970 NBA draft

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1970 NBA draft
General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)March 23, 1970
Location
1971
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The 1970 NBA draft was the 24th annual

San Diego Rockets were awarded the second pick. The remaining first-round picks and the subsequent rounds were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season. Three expansion franchises, the Buffalo Braves, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Portland Trail Blazers
, took part in the NBA Draft for the first time and were assigned the seventh, the eighth and the ninth pick in each round. In the first round, the Cavaliers had the seventh pick, while the Blazers and the Braves had the eighth and the ninth pick respectively. In the subsequent rounds, the Cavaliers and the Braves exchanged their order of selection, while the Blazers had the eighth pick throughout the draft. The draft consisted of 19 rounds comprising the selection of 239 players; it holds the record for the most prospects selected in any NBA draft.

Draft selections and draftee career notes

Basketball Hall of Fame.[3] Maravich, Cowens and Archibald were also named to the list of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History announced at the league's 50th anniversary in 1996.[4] Maravich had four All-NBA Team selections and five All-Star Game selections.[5] Cowens won two NBA championships with the Boston Celtics in 1974 and 1976, one Most Valuable Player Award in 1973, and had three All-NBA Team selections and seven All-Star Game selections.[6] Archibald won one NBA championship with the Celtics in 1981 and had five All-NBA Team selections and six All-Star Game selections.[7] Lanier and Murphy were selected to eight and one All-Star Games respectively.[8][9] Dan Issel initially opted to play in the American Basketball Association (ABA) with the Kentucky Colonels. He played six seasons in the ABA before finally joining the NBA with the Denver Nuggets when both leagues merged. He was selected to five All-ABA Teams, six ABA All-Star Games and one NBA All-Star Game.[10][11]

Randy Smith, who was selected by the Detroit Pistons with the 205th pick, did not enter the league until the 1971–72 season, after he was drafted again in the 1971 NBA draft by the Buffalo Braves with the 104th pick. He was selected to both the All-NBA Team and the All-Star Game.[12] Tomjanovich was selected to five All-Star Games during his career.[13] Charlie Scott, the 106th pick, initially opted to play in the ABA with the Virginia Squires before joining the NBA in 1972. He was selected to two All-ABA Teams, two ABA All-Star Games and three NBA All-Star Games.[14] Three other players from this draft, fifth pick Sam Lacey, seventh pick John Johnson and eighth pick Geoff Petrie, was also selected to at least one All-Star Game.[15][16][17] The Rockets' first and second round picks, Tomjanovich and Murphy spent all of their playing career with the Rockets. Tomjanovich played 11 seasons while Murphy played 13 seasons with the Rockets.[9][13]

Lanier, Tomjanovich, Cowens and Issel all became head coaches after ending their playing career. Lanier was the interim head coach of the Golden State Warriors in the 1995.[18] Tomjanovich coached two NBA teams, the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers. He coached the Rockets for 12 seasons, leading them to the NBA championship twice in 1994 and 1995.[19] He also coached the United States national basketball team to a gold medal at the 2000 Olympic Games. Cowens started his coaching career as a player-coach with the Celtics during the 1978–79 season, before returning to a full-time player in the next season. He later coached two more NBA teams, most recently with the Golden State Warriors.[20] Issel coached the Denver Nuggets for six seasons in two separate three-year stints.[21] Two other players drafted also went on to have coaching careers in the NBA: 40th pick Gar Heard and 125th pick George Irvine.[22][23]

The 1970 draft class is considered to be one of the best in NBA history as it produced six Hall of Famers and twelve All-Stars from those draftees who played in the NBA.

Basketball Hall of Fame.[28][29][30]
Raga has also been inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame.

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 and All-NBA Team
+ 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

A black person, wearing a gray suit, a tie and glasses, is looking to the front.
Bob Lanier was selected first overall by the Detroit Pistons.
San Diego Rockets
.
A black and white photo of a man, wearing a basketball uniform that says Jazz with the number 7 below it, is looking to the right.
Pete Maravich was selected third overall by the Atlanta Hawks.
Dave Cowens was selected fourth overall by the Boston Celtics.
Geoff Petrie was selected eighth overall by the Portland Trail Blazers.
San Diego Rockets
.
Round Pick Player Pos. Nationality Team School/club team
1 1
Bob Lanier
^
C  United States Detroit Pistons St. Bonaventure
1 2 Rudy Tomjanovich^ F  United States
San Diego Rockets
Michigan
1 3 Pete Maravich^ G  United States
San Francisco)[a]
Louisiana State
1 4 Dave Cowens^ F/C  United States Boston Celtics Florida State
1 5 Sam Lacey+ C  United States
Cincinnati Royals
New Mexico State
1 6 Jim Ard F/C  United States Seattle SuperSonics Cincinnati
1 7 John Johnson+ F  United States Cleveland Cavaliers Iowa
1 8 Geoff Petrie+ G  United States Portland Trail Blazers Princeton
1 9 George E. Johnson C  United States
Baltimore Bullets (from Buffalo)[b]
Stephen F. Austin
1 10 Greg Howard F/C  United States Phoenix Suns Brill Cagliari (Italy)[31][32]
1 11 Jimmy Collins G  United States Chicago Bulls New Mexico State
1 12 Al Henry C  United States Philadelphia 76ers Wisconsin
1 13 Jim McMillian F  United States Los Angeles Lakers Columbia
1 14 John Vallely G  United States Atlanta Hawks UCLA
1 15 John Hummer F/C  United States
Baltimore)[b]
Princeton
1 16 Gary Freeman F  United States Milwaukee Bucks Oregon State
1 17 Mike Price G  United States New York Knicks Illinois
2 18 Calvin Murphy^ G  United States
San Diego Rockets
Niagara
2 19 Nate Archibald^ G  United States
San Francisco)[c]
Texas-El Paso
2 20 Jake Ford G  United States Seattle SuperSonics (from Detroit)[d] Maryland State
2 21 Rex Morgan G  United States Boston Celtics Jacksonville
2 22 Doug Cook# F  United States
Cincinnati Royals
Davidson
2 23 Pete Cross F/C  United States Seattle SuperSonics San Francisco
2 24 Cornell Warner F/C  United States Buffalo Braves
Jackson State
2 25 Walt Gilmore F  United States Portland Trail Blazers Fort Valley State
2 26 Dave Sorenson F  United States Cleveland Cavaliers Ohio State
2 27 Fred Taylor G/F  United States Phoenix Suns Pan American
2 28 Paul Ruffner F/C  United States Chicago Bulls Brigham Young
2 29 Joe DePre# G  United States Phoenix Suns (from Philadelphia)[e] St. John's
2 30 Earnie Killum G  United States Los Angeles Lakers Stetson
2 31 Dan Hester# F  United States Atlanta Hawks
Louisiana State
2 32 Ken Warzynski# F  United States
Baltimore)[f]
DePaul
2 33 Bill Zopf G  United States Milwaukee Bucks Duquesne
2 34 Howie Wright# G  United States New York Knicks Austin Peay

Other picks

The following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one NBA game.[33][34]

Round Pick Player Pos. Nationality Team School/club team
3 35 Curtis Perry F  United States
San Diego Rockets
Southwest Missouri
3 38 Willie Williams F  United States Boston Celtics Florida State
3 39 Greg Hyder F  United States
Cincinnati Royals
Eastern New Mexico
3 40 Gar Heard F  United States Seattle SuperSonics Oklahoma
3 46 Dennis Awtrey C  United States Philadelphia 76ers Santa Clara
3 50 Marv Winkler G  United States Milwaukee Bucks
Southwestern Louisiana
4 53 Ralph Ogden F  United States
San Francisco Warriors
Santa Clara
4 54 Bill Stricker F  United States
Baltimore Bullets (from Detroit)[f]
Pacific
4 64 Larry Mikan F  United States Los Angeles Lakers Minnesota
5 70 Levi Fontaine G  United States
San Francisco Warriors
Maryland State
5 76 Ron Knight F  United States Portland Trail Blazers Cal State-Los Angeles
5 79 George T. Johnson F/C  United States Chicago Bulls Dillard
5 82 Bob Riley F  United States Atlanta Hawks Mount St. Mary's
5 83 Gary Zeller G  United States
Baltimore Bullets
Drake
6 87 Vic Bartolome C  United States
San Francisco Warriors
Oregon State
6 94 Joe Cooke G  United States Cleveland Cavaliers Indiana
6 95 Joe Thomas F  United States Phoenix Suns Marquette
7 103 Billy Paultz F/C  United States
San Diego Rockets
St. John's
7 106 Charlie Scott^ G/F  United States Boston Celtics North Carolina
7 110 Claude English F  United States Portland Trail Blazers Rhode Island
8 120 Don Adams F  United States
San Diego Rockets
Northwestern
8 122 Dan Issel^ F/C  United States Detroit Pistons Kentucky
8 129 Steve Patterson C  United States Phoenix Suns UCLA
8 133 Herb White G  United States Atlanta Hawks
Georgia
8 136 Greg Fillmore C  United States New York Knicks Cheyney State
10 155 Coby Dietrick F/C  United States
San Francisco Warriors
San Jose State
14 205 Randy Smith* G/F  United States Buffalo Braves
Buffalo State
16 224 Harvey Marlatt G  United States Detroit Pistons Eastern Michigan

Trades

Notable undrafted players

These players were not selected in the 1970 draft but played at least one game in the NBA.

Player Pos. Nationality School/club team
Charlie Criss G  United States New Mexico State
A. W. Holt F  United States Jackson State
Jeff Webb G  United States Kansas State

See also

References

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