1970 NBA draft picks Full list

First round of the 1970 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
1	Bob Lanier	St. Bonaventure	Detroit Pistons
2	Rudy Tomjanovich	Michigan	San Diego Rockets
3	Pete Maravich	LSU	Atlanta Hawks
4	Dave Cowens	Florida State	Boston Celtics
5	Sam Lacey	New Mexico State	Cincinnati Royals
6	Jim Ard	Cincinnati	Seattle SuperSonics
7	John Johnson	Iowa	Cleveland Cavaliers
8	Geoff Petrie	Princeton	Portland Trail Blazers
9	George Johnson	Stephen F. Austin	Baltimore Bullets
10	Greg Howard	New Mexico	Phoenix Suns
11	Jimmy Collins	New Mexico State	Chicago Bulls
12	Al Henry	Wisconsin	Philadelphia 76ers
13	Jim McMillian	Columbia	Los Angeles Lakers
14	John Vallely	UCLA	Atlanta Hawks
15	John Hummer	Princeton	Buffalo Braves
16	Gary Freeman	Oregon State	Milwaukee Bucks
17	Mike Price	Illinois	New York Knicks

Second round of the 1970 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
18	Calvin Murphy	Niagara	San Diego Rockets
19	Nate Archibald	UTEP	Cincinnati Royals
20	Jake Ford	Maryland-Eastern Shore	Seattle SuperSonics
21	Rex Morgan	Jacksonville	Boston Celtics
22	Doug Cook	Davidson	Cincinnati Royals
23	Pete Cross	San Francisco	Seattle SuperSonics
24	Cornell Warner	Jackson State	Buffalo Braves
25	Walt Gilmore	Fort Valley State	Portland Trail Blazers
26	Dave Sorenson	Ohio State	Cleveland Cavaliers
27	Fred Taylor	UT Rio Grande Valley	Phoenix Suns
28	Paul Ruffner	BYU	Chicago Bulls
29	Joe DePre	St. John's	Phoenix Suns
30	Earnie Killum	Stetson	Los Angeles Lakers
31	Dan Hester	LSU	Atlanta Hawks
32	Ken Warzynski	DePaul	Detroit Pistons
33	Bill Zopf	Duquesne	Milwaukee Bucks
34	Howie Wright	Austin Peay	New York Knicks

Third round of the 1970 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
35	Curtis Perry	Missouri State	San Diego Rockets
36	Earle Higgins	Eastern Michigan	San Francisco Warriors
37	Bob St. Pierre	Hanover	Detroit Pistons
38	Willie Williams	Florida State	Boston Celtics
39	Greg Hyder	Eastern New Mexico	Cincinnati Royals
40	Gar Heard	Oklahoma	Seattle SuperSonics
41	Surry Oliver	Stephen F. Austin	Cleveland Cavaliers
42	Bill Cain	Iowa State	Portland Trail Blazers
43	Chip Case	Virginia	Buffalo Braves
44	Greg McDivitt	Ohio	Phoenix Suns
45	Lou Herndon	Jackson State	Chicago Bulls
46	Dennis Awtrey	Santa Clara	Philadelphia 76ers
47	Jim Hayes	Boston University	Detroit Pistons
48	Vann Williford	NC State	Phoenix Suns
49	Seaburn Hill	Arizona State	Baltimore Bullets
50	Marv Winkler	Louisiana	Milwaukee Bucks
51	Al Williams	Drake	New York Knicks

4th round of the 1970 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
52	Jody Finney	Ohio State	San Diego Rockets
53	Ralph Ogden	Santa Clara	San Francisco Warriors
54	Bill Stricker	Pacific	Baltimore Bullets
55	Jon McKinney	Norfolk State	Boston Celtics
56	Wade Fuller	Loyola Chicago	Cincinnati Royals
57	John Davis	Alabama State	Chicago Bulls
58	Erwin Polnick	Stephen F. Austin	Buffalo Braves
59	Jim Penix	Bowling Green	Portland Trail Blazers
60	Glen Vidnovic	Iowa	Cleveland Cavaliers
61	Bob Lienhard	Georgia	Phoenix Suns
62	Jim Wilson	Cheyney State	Chicago Bulls
63	Dan Crenshaw	Alabama State	Philadelphia 76ers
64	Larry Mikan	Minnesota	Los Angeles Lakers
65	Fred Davis	Howard Payne	Atlanta Hawks
66	Billy Jones	Louisiana College	Baltimore Bullets
67	Virgle Fredricks	Drury	Milwaukee Bucks
68	John Marren	Manhattan	New York Knicks

5th round of the 1970 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
69	James Gilbert	Adams State	San Diego Rockets
70	Levi Fontaine	Maryland-Eastern Shore	San Francisco Warriors
71	Bill Jankans	Long Beach State	Detroit Pistons
72	Tommy Carter	Paul Quinn College	Boston Celtics
73	Uluss Thompson	Wiley	Cincinnati Royals
74	Boyd Lynch	Eastern Kentucky	Seattle SuperSonics
75	Wayne Sokolowski	Ashland	Cleveland Cavaliers
76	Ron Knight	Cal State-Los Angeles	Portland Trail Blazers
77	Robert Moore	Central State (OH)	Buffalo Braves
78	John Canine	Ohio	Phoenix Suns
79	George Johnson	Dillard	Chicago Bulls
80	Perry Wallace	Vanderbilt	Philadelphia 76ers
81	John Fultz	Rhode Island	Los Angeles Lakers
82	Bob Riley	Mount St. Mary's	Atlanta Hawks
83	Gary Zeller	Drake	Baltimore Bullets
84	Mike Grosso	Louisville	Milwaukee Bucks
85	Jim Oxley	Army	New York Knicks

6th round of the 1970 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
86	Mike Kretzer	East Tennessee State	San Diego Rockets
87	Vic Bartolome	Oregon State	San Francisco Warriors
88	Seviro Brown	DePaul	Detroit Pistons
89	Rod McIntyre	Jacksonville	Boston Celtics
90	Charlie Bishop	Louisiana Tech	Cincinnati Royals
91	Sam Robinson	Long Beach State	Seattle SuperSonics
92	Skip Hess	Toledo	Buffalo Braves
93	George Janky	Dayton	Portland Trail Blazers
94	Joe Cooke	Indiana	Cleveland Cavaliers
95	Joe Thomas	Marquette	Phoenix Suns
96	Lonnie Kluttz	North Carolina A&T	Chicago Bulls
97	Jerry Venable	Kansas State	Philadelphia 76ers
98	Jerry Kroll	Davidson	Los Angeles Lakers
99	Dave Parker	Windham	Atlanta Hawks
100	Marvin Polnick	Stephen F. Austin	Baltimore Bullets
101	Willy Watson	Oklahoma City	Milwaukee Bucks
102	Jim Signorile	New York University	New York Knicks

7th round of the 1970 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
103	Billy Paultz	St. John's	San Diego Rockets
104	Joe Bergman	Creighton	San Francisco Warriors
105	Marv Copeland	Concordia (MI)	Detroit Pistons
106	Charlie Scott	North Carolina	Boston Celtics
107	Mike Bernard	Kentucky State	Cincinnati Royals
108	James Morgan	Maryland	Seattle SuperSonics
109	Narvis Anderson	Stephen F. Austin	Cleveland Cavaliers
110	Claude English	Rhode Island	Portland Trail Blazers
111	Cliff Shegogg	Colorado State	Buffalo Braves
112	Heyward Dotson	Columbia	Phoenix Suns
113	Lou West	Seattle	Chicago Bulls
114	Carlton Poole	Philadelphia University	Philadelphia 76ers
115	Willie Woods	Eastern Kentucky	Los Angeles Lakers
116	John Shinall	Jackson State	Atlanta Hawks
117	Charlie Wallace	Oklahoma City	Baltimore Bullets
118	John Rinka	Kenyon	Milwaukee Bucks
119	Roy Hodge	Wagner	New York Knicks

8th round of the 1970 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
120	Don Adams	Northwestern	San Diego Rockets
121	Jeff Sewell	Marquette	San Francisco Warriors
122	Dan Issel	Kentucky	Detroit Pistons
123	Bobby Croft	Tennessee	Boston Celtics
124	Joel McBride	Augusta State	Cincinnati Royals
125	George Irvine	Washington	Seattle SuperSonics
126	Larry Woods	West Virginia	Buffalo Braves
127	Doug Boyd	TCU	Portland Trail Blazers
128	Walter Robertson	Loyola Chicago	Cleveland Cavaliers
129	Steve Patterson	UCLA	Phoenix Suns
130	Mike Casey	Kentucky	Chicago Bulls
131	Fran O'Hanlon	Villanova	Philadelphia 76ers
132	Rick Mount	Purdue	Los Angeles Lakers
133	Herb White	Georgia	Atlanta Hawks
134	Tom Dyksera	Wheaton (IL)	Baltimore Bullets
135	Jim Samo	Northwestern	Milwaukee Bucks
136	Greg Fillmore	Cheyney State	New York Knicks

9th round of the 1970 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
137	Jim Gottschall	Dayton	San Diego Rockets
138	Lou Small	Nevada	San Francisco Warriors
139	Alex Wynn	Dartmouth	Detroit Pistons
140	Tom Little	Seattle	Boston Celtics
141	Bob Mabry	Rio Grande	Cincinnati Royals
142	Claude Virden	Murray State	Seattle SuperSonics
143	Tom Lagodich	Kent State	Cleveland Cavaliers
144	Billy Gaskins	Oregon	Portland Trail Blazers
145	Larry Duckworth	Henderson State	Buffalo Braves
146	Carl Ashley	Wyoming	Phoenix Suns
147	Glen Johnson	Jackson State	Chicago Bulls
148	Mike Hauer	Saint Joseph's	Philadelphia 76ers
149	Bobby Sands	Pepperdine	Los Angeles Lakers
150	Larry Jackson	Sul Ross	Atlanta Hawks
151	Will Hetzel	Maryland	Baltimore Bullets
152	Joe Hamilton	North Texas	Milwaukee Bucks
153	Walker Banks	Western Kentucky	New York Knicks

10th round of the 1970 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
154	Toke Coleman	Eastern Kentucky	San Diego Rockets
155	Coby Dietrick	San Jose State	San Francisco Warriors
156	Bruce Chapman	Nevada	Detroit Pistons
157	Mike Maloy	Davidson	Boston Celtics
158	Carl Johnson	Gustavus Adolphus	Cincinnati Royals
159	Chuck Lloyd	Yankton	Seattle SuperSonics
160	Joe Taylor	Dillard	Buffalo Braves
161	Israel Oliver	Elizabeth City State	Portland Trail Blazers
162	Ken Johnson	Indiana	Cleveland Cavaliers
163	Gerhardus Schreur	Arizona State	Phoenix Suns
164	Dale Blaut	West Texas A&M	Chicago Bulls
165	Gordon Stiles	American	Philadelphia 76ers
166	Kindell Stephens	Fisk	Los Angeles Lakers
167	Manuel Raga	Italy	Atlanta Hawks
168	Ron Becker	New Mexico	Baltimore Bullets
169	Bob Seemer	Georgia Tech	Milwaukee Bucks
170	Don Curnutt	Miami	New York Knicks

11th round of the 1970 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
171	Ron Belton	Bellarmine	San Diego Rockets
172	Rick Anhauser	NC State	Detroit Pistons
173	Ted Hillary	St. Joseph's (IN)	Cincinnati Royals
174	Andy Owens	Florida	Seattle SuperSonics
175	Dave Schneider	Wayne State (MI)	Cleveland Cavaliers
176	Don McClemore	Bowling Green	Portland Trail Blazers
177	Dick Walker	Wake Forest	Buffalo Braves
178	Jim Walls	Clark Atlanta	Phoenix Suns
179	Doug Howard	BYU	Chicago Bulls
180	David Whitley	Tufts	Philadelphia 76ers
181	Bob Duklet	Boston College	Los Angeles Lakers
182	Dino Meneghin	Italy	Atlanta Hawks
183	Mel Bell	Houston	Baltimore Bullets

12th round of the 1970 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
184	Jim Brooks	Nebraska	San Diego Rockets
185	Don Ogletree	Cincinnati	Detroit Pistons
186	Reggie Roach	Virginia State	Cincinnati Royals
187	John Brunson	Furman	Seattle SuperSonics
188	Paul Adams	Central Washington	Portland Trail Blazers
189	Ollie Taylor	Houston	Cleveland Cavaliers
190	Ric Cobb	Marquette	Phoenix Suns
191	Booker Brown	Middle Tennessee State	Chicago Bulls
192	Dewey Varner	Tuskegee	Los Angeles Lakers
193	Ben McGilmer	Iowa	Baltimore Bullets

13th round of the 1970 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
194	Harry Lozon	Old Dominion	San Diego Rockets
195	Ernest Hardy	Harvard	Detroit Pistons
196	Larry Gray	Huston-Tillotson	Cincinnati Royals
197	Allen McManus	Winston-Salem State	Seattle SuperSonics
198	Kevin Wilson	Ashland	Cleveland Cavaliers
199	Alex Boyd	Nevada	Portland Trail Blazers
200	Fred Carpenter	Hawaii	Phoenix Suns
201	Charles Bloodworth	Northwestern State	Chicago Bulls
202	Garry Elliott	Washington	Los Angeles Lakers
203	Dan Debardabi	Northern Arizona	Baltimore Bullets

14th round of the 1970 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
204	Clyde Oatis	Aurora	San Diego Rockets
205	Randy Smith	Buffalo State	Detroit Pistons
206	Andy Jennings	Alderson-Broaddus	Cincinnati Royals
207	Dan Beenson	Linfield	Seattle SuperSonics
208	Frank Loteridge	UT Rio Grande Valley	Portland Trail Blazers
209	Don Tomilson	Missouri	Cleveland Cavaliers
210	Chad Calabria	Iowa	Phoenix Suns
211	Paul Funkhouser	McKendree	Chicago Bulls
212	Ron Sanford	New Mexico	Los Angeles Lakers
213	Mike Williams	Northern Arizona	Baltimore Bullets

15th round of the 1970 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
214	Jay Bond	Washington	San Diego Rockets
215	Dennis Clark	Springfield	Detroit Pistons
216	Mike Neer	Washington & Lee	Cincinnati Royals
217	Steve Wannamaker	Drake	Cleveland Cavaliers
218	John Canady	Miami	Portland Trail Blazers
219	Walt Williams	Miami (OH)	Phoenix Suns
220	Paul Otay	Boise State	Chicago Bulls
221	Will Teague	Youngstown State	Los Angeles Lakers
222	Ted Rose	Northern Michigan	Baltimore Bullets

16th round of the 1970 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
223	Dean Olofson	Wayne State (MI)	San Diego Rockets
224	Harvey Mariatt	Eastern Michigan	Detroit Pistons
225	Paul Favorite	Georgetown	Cincinnati Royals
226	Doug Williams	St. Mary's (TX)	Portland Trail Blazers
227	Steve Wilson	Hanover	Cleveland Cavaliers
228	Pete Walthour	Fort Valley State	Los Angeles Lakers
229	Don Rather	Northern Arizona	Baltimore Bullets

17th round of the 1970 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
230	Dennis Dickens	Azusa Pacific	San Diego Rockets
231	Bob Peterson	Concordia (TX)	Cleveland Cavaliers
232	Bob Thati	Occidental College	Los Angeles Lakers
233	Vince Fritz	Oregon State	Baltimore Bullets

18th round of the 1970 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
234	Jeff Cunningham	UC Irvine	San Diego Rockets
235	Bruce Butchko	Southern Illinois	Portland Trail Blazers
236	John Cannon	Grambling	Cleveland Cavaliers

19th round of the 1970 NBA draft

POS.	PLAYER	COLLEGE¹	TEAM
237	Rick Erickson	Washington State	San Diego Rockets
238	Allen Waller	St. Mary's (KS)	Cleveland Cavaliers
239	Mark Gabriel	Hanover	Portland Trail Blazers

(1) Non NCAA international players are listed by the country in which they were playing when drafted or signed if undrafted.

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