1963 NBA Draft

1962 NBA Draft 1964 NBA Draft

Date: Tuesday, April 30, 1963

Location: New York, New York

Number of Picks: 84 (18 played in NBA)

First Overall Pick: Art Heyman (4.0 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: N. Thurmond (78.0), G. Johnson (35.8) and E. Miles (24.4)

All-Stars: 4 (G. Johnson, J. King, E. Miles and N. Thurmond)

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84 Selections

Stats shown are for the player's NBA career

84 Selections Table
			Territorial Picks			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
1		CIN	Tom Thacker	Cincinnati	4	218	2187	721	522	222	.371		.482	10.0	3.3	2.4	1.0	-0.6	-.014
			Round 1			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
2	1	NYK	Art Heyman	Duke	3	147	3019	1519	414	346	.427		.679	20.5	10.3	2.8	2.4	4.0	.063
3	2	BAL	Rod Thorn	West Virginia	8	466	10376	5012	1463	1214	.433		.723	22.3	10.8	3.1	2.6	17.2	.080
4	3	SFW	Nate Thurmond	Bowling Green	14	964	35881	14437	14464	2575	.421		.667	37.2	15.0	15.0	2.7	78.0	.104	1.3	6.3
5	4	DET	Eddie Miles	Seattle University	9	605	15681	8120	1860	1225	.440		.747	25.9	13.4	3.1	2.0	24.4	.075
6	5	STL	Gerry Ward	Boston College	4	169	2049	542	294	237	.356		.639	12.1	3.2	1.7	1.4	1.0	.023
7	6	PHI	Tom Hoover	Villanova	3	100	1270	350	425	56	.413		.591	12.7	3.5	4.3	0.6	0.6	.023
8	7	LAL	Roger Strickland	Jacksonville University	1	1	4	2	0	0	.333			4.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-.224
9	8	BOS	Bill Green	Colorado State
			Round 2			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
10	9	NYK	Jerry Harkness	Loyola Chicago	1	5	59	29	6	6	.433		.375	11.8	5.8	1.2	1.2	0.0	-.017
11	10	BAL	Gus Johnson	University of Idaho	9	581	20140	9944	7379	1541	.440		.699	34.7	17.1	12.7	2.7	35.8	.085
12	11	SFW	Gary Hill	Oklahoma City University	2	79	1118	370	130	110	.371		.637	14.2	4.7	1.6	1.4	0.4	.016
13	12	DET	Jerry Smith	Furman University
14	13	LAL	Jim King	Tulsa	10	607	11187	4377	1500	1412	.418		.782	18.4	7.2	2.5	2.3	17.7	.076
15	14	STL	Leland Mitchell	Mississippi State
16	15	PHI	Hershell West	Grambling State University
17	16	LAL	Mel Gibson	Western Carolina University	1	9	53	13	4	6	.300		.500	5.9	1.4	0.4	0.7	-0.1	-.119
18	17	STL	Ken Saylors	Arkansas Tech University
			Round 3			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
19	18	NYK	Bill O'Connor	Canisius College
20	19	BAL	Tom Bolyard	Indiana
21	20	SFW	Steve Gray	Saint Mary's
22	21	DET	Mike McCoy	Miami (FL)
23	22	CIN	Jimmy Rayl	Indiana
24	23	STL	Bill Burwell	Illinois
25	24	PHI	Jerry Greenspan	Maryland	2	25	329	122	83	11	.388		.724	13.2	4.9	3.3	0.4	0.4	.060
26	25	LAL	Lyle Harger	Houston
27	26	BOS	Chuck Kriston	Valparaiso
			Round 4			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
28	27	NYK	Nate Cloud	University of Delaware
29	28	BAL	Nolen Ellison	Kansas
30	29	SFW	Dave Downey	Illinois
31	30	DET	Dave Erickson	Marquette
32	31	CIN	Ken Charlton	Colorado
33	32	STL	Waite Bellamy	Florida A&M
34	33	PHI	Ray Flynn	Providence
35	34	LAL	Layton Johns	Auburn
36	35	BOS	Connie McGuire	Southeastern Oklahoma State University
			Round 5			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
37	36	NYK	Joe McDermott	Belmont Abbey College
38	37	BAL	Ron Glaser	Marquette
39	38	SFW	Don Turner	Southwestern College
40	39	DET	Bill Small	Illinois
41	40	CIN	Mac Herndon	Bradley
42	41	STL	Tony Yates	Cincinnati
43	42	PHI	Tony Cerkvenik	Arizona State
44	43	LAL	Larry Jones	University of Toledo	2	95	2235	854	241	270	.400		.815	23.5	9.0	2.5	2.8	2.5	.055	-1.5	0.3
45	44	BOS	Red Stroud	Mississippi State
			Round 6			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
46	45	NYK	Jim Kerwin	Tulane
47	46	BAL	Ken Siebel	Wisconsin
48	47	SFW	Gene Shields	Santa Clara University
49	48	DET	Reggie Harding		3	205	5529	1839	1865	343	.413		.607	27.0	9.0	9.1	1.7	5.7	.049
50	49	CIN	Jim McCormack	West Virginia
51	50	STL	Al Santio	Maryland
52	51	PHI	Vince Brewer	Iowa State
53	52	LAL	Warren Salade	Westminster College of Pennsylvania
54	53	BOS	Vinnie Ernst	Providence
			Round 7			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
55	54	NYK	Bob Woolard	Wake Forest
56	55	BAL	Larry Brown	UNC
57	56	SFW	Don Clemetson	Stanford
58	57	DET	Ira Harge	New Mexico
59	58	CIN	Hunter Beckman	Memphis
60	59	STL	Ken Rohloff	NC State	1	2	7	0	0	1	.000			3.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	-.131
61	60	PHI	Bill Brown	Howard Payne University
62	61	LAL	Gordie Martin	USC
63	62	BOS	Herb Magee	Philadelphia University
			Round 8			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
64	63	NYK	Freddie Crawford	St. Bonaventure	5	297	5047	2031	746	610	.446		.595	17.0	6.8	2.5	2.1	6.1	.058
65	64	BAL	Dick Riesback	Iowa State
66	65	SFW	Harry Dinnell	Pepperdine
67	66	DET	Gary Silc	Northern Michigan University
68	67	STL	Harold Strothers	Texas A&M
			Round 9			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
69	68	NYK	Ray Cronk	Lakeland College
70	69	BAL	Ron Jackson	Wisconsin
71	70	SFW	Chuck White	University of Idaho
72	71	DET	Ernie Durston	Seattle University
73	72	STL	Frank Davis	Oklahoma Christian University
			Round 10			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
74	73	NYK	Gerald Glur	Furman University
75	74	BAL	M. C. Thompson	DePaul
76	75	STL	Carl Ritter	SE Missouri State
			Round 11			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
77	76	NYK	Orbie Bowling	Tennessee
78	77	STL	Marv Straw	Iowa State
			Round 12			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
79	78	NYK	Bob Walter	Baldwin-Wallace College
80	79	STL	Hugh Evans	North Carolina A&T
			Round 13			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
81	80	NYK	Jerry Szachara	Cornell University
82	81	STL	Gordon McFarland	Central Missouri State University
			Round 14			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
83	82	NYK	Bill Raftery	La Salle
			Round 15			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
84	83	NYK	Ron Pickett	Eastern Kentucky University

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