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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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Matthew Maurer of TheDraftReview is an NBA Draft historian who has researched and collected the data on the entire history of the NBA Draft. Much of the biographical and draft data of the later rounds is thanks to his investigative research and work.

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84 Selections

Stats shown are for the player's NBA career

84 Selections Table
			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
1	5	CIN	Tom Thacker	Cincinnati	4	218	2187	721	522	222	.371		.482	10.0	3.3	2.4	1.0	-0.6	-.014
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	1.1	5.9
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	6	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	7	PHI	Tom Hoover	Villanova	3	100	1270	350	425	56	.413		.591	12.7	3.5	4.3	0.6	0.6	.023
8	8	LAL	Roger Strickland	Jacksonville University	1	1	4	2	0	0	.333			4.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-.224
9	9	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	10	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	11	BAL	Gus Johnson	Idaho	9	581	20140	9944	7379	1541	.440		.699	34.7	17.1	12.7	2.7	35.8	.085
12	12	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	13	DET	Jerry Smith	Furman University
14	14	LAL	Jim King	Tulsa	10	607	11187	4377	1500	1412	.418		.782	18.4	7.2	2.5	2.3	17.7	.076
15	15	STL	Leland Mitchell	Mississippi State
16	16	PHI	Hershell West	Grambling State University
17	17	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	18	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	19	NYK	Bill O'Connor	Canisius
20	20	BAL	Tom Bolyard	Indiana
21	21	SFW	Steve Gray	Saint Mary's
22	22	DET	Mike McCoy	Miami (FL)
23	23	CIN	Jimmy Rayl	Indiana
24	24	STL	Bill Burwell	Illinois
25	25	PHI	Jerry Greenspan	Maryland	2	25	329	122	83	11	.388		.724	13.2	4.9	3.3	0.4	0.4	.060
26	26	LAL	Lyle Harger	Houston
27	27	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	28	NYK	Nate Cloud	University of Delaware
29	29	BAL	Nolen Ellison	Kansas
30	30	SFW	Dave Downey	Illinois
31	31	DET	Dave Erickson	Marquette
32	32	CIN	Ken Charlton	Colorado
33	33	STL	Waite Bellamy	Florida A&M
34	34	PHI	Ray Flynn	Providence
35	35	LAL	Layton Johns	Auburn
36	36	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	37	NYK	Joe McDermott	Belmont Abbey College
38	38	BAL	Ron Glaser	Marquette
39	39	SFW	Don Turner	Southwestern College
40	40	DET	Bill Small	Illinois
41	41	CIN	Mack Herndon	Bradley
42	42	STL	Tony Yates	Cincinnati
43	43	PHI	Tony Cerkvenik	Arizona State
44	44	LAL	Larry Jones	Toledo	2	95	2235	854	241	270	.400		.815	23.5	9.0	2.5	2.8	2.5	.055	-0.2	0.9
45	45	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	46	NYK	Jim Kerwin	Tulane
47	47	BAL	Ken Siebel	Wisconsin
48	48	SFW	Gene Shields	Santa Clara
49	49	DET	Reggie Harding		3	205	5529	1839	1865	343	.413		.607	27.0	9.0	9.1	1.7	5.7	.049
50	50	CIN	Jim McCormick	West Virginia
51	51	STL	Al Santio	Maryland
52	52	PHI	Vince Brewer	Iowa State
53	53	LAL	Warren Sallade	Westminster College of Pennsylvania
54	54	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	55	NYK	Bob Woollard	Wake Forest
56	56	BAL	Larry Brown	UNC
57	57	SFW	Don Clemetson	Stanford
58	58	DET	Ira Harge	New Mexico
59	59	CIN	Hunter Beckman	Memphis
60	60	STL	Ken Rohloff	NC State	1	2	7	0	0	1	.000			3.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	-.131
61	61	PHI	Bill Brown	Howard Payne University
62	62	LAL	Gordie Martin	USC
63	63	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	64	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	65	BAL	Rich Froistad	Iowa State
66	66	SFW	Harry Dinnel	Pepperdine
67	67	DET	Gary Silc	Northern Michigan University
68	68	STL	Harold Ray Strother	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	69	NYK	Ray Cronk	Lakeland College
70	70	BAL	Ron Jackson	Wisconsin
71	71	SFW	Chuck White	Idaho
72	72	DET	Ernie Dunston	Seattle University
73	73	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	74	NYK	Gerald Glur	Furman University
75	75	BAL	M. C. Thompson	DePaul
76	76	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	77	NYK	Orb Bowling	Tennessee
78	78	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	79	NYK	Bob Walters	Baldwin-Wallace College
80	80	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	81	NYK	Jerry Szachara	Cornell
82	82	STL	Gary 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	83	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	84	NYK	Ron Pickett	Eastern Kentucky University

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