1964 NBA Draft

1963 NBA Draft 1965 NBA Draft

Date: Monday, May 4, 1964

Location: New York, New York

Number of Picks: 101 (30 played in NBA)

First Overall Pick: Jim Barnes (14.2 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: P. Silas (79.9), W. Reed (74.9) and H. Hairston (70.0)

All-Stars: 7 (W. Hazzard, J. Caldwell, L. Jackson, J. Mullins, W. Reed, P. Silas and J. Sloan)

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101 Selections

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101 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	George Wilson	University of Cincinnati	7	410	5768	2216	2144	307	.372		.677	14.1	5.4	5.2	0.7	0.5	.004
2		LAL	Mahdi Abdul-Rahman	University of California, Los Angeles	10	724	19202	9087	2146	3555	.441		.757	26.5	12.6	3.0	4.9	30.3	.076	-3.2	-0.2
			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
3	1	NYK	Jim Barnes	University of Texas at El Paso	7	454	9455	3997	2939	377	.429		.684	20.8	8.8	6.5	0.8	14.2	.072
4	2	DET	Joe Caldwell	Arizona State University	6	468	13874	7127	2367	1257	.459		.634	29.6	15.2	5.1	2.7	23.9	.083
5	3	BAL	Gary Bradds	Ohio State University	2	44	350	144	92	20	.410		.716	8.0	3.3	2.1	0.5	0.5	.067
6	4	PHI	Luke Jackson	University of Texas-Pan American	8	522	13783	5170	4613	818	.415		.722	26.4	9.9	8.8	1.6	22.3	.078
7	5	STL	Jeff Mullins	Duke University	12	804	24574	13017	3427	3023	.463		.814	30.6	16.2	4.3	3.8	62.8	.123	-1.2	0.8
8	6	SFW	Barry Kramer	New York University	1	52	507	186	100	41	.339		.714	9.8	3.6	1.9	0.8	0.2	.017
9	7	BOS	Mel Counts	Oregon State University	12	789	13723	6516	4756	1100	.435		.764	17.4	8.3	6.0	1.4	27.7	.097	-0.5	0.8
			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	8	NYK	Willis Reed	Grambling State University	10	650	23073	12183	8414	1186	.476		.747	35.5	18.7	12.9	1.8	74.9	.156	0.5	0.3
11	9	DET	Les Hunter	Loyola University of Chicago	1	24	114	42	50	11	.281		.429	4.8	1.8	2.1	0.5	-0.5	-.210
12	10	STL	Paul Silas	Creighton University	16	1254	34989	11782	12357	2572	.432		.673	27.9	9.4	9.9	2.1	79.9	.110	0.2	8.5
13	11	PHI	Ira Harge	University of New Mexico
14	12	LAL	Cotton Nash	University of Kentucky	1	45	357	137	83	19	.324		.827	7.9	3.0	1.8	0.4	0.0	-.001
15	13	NYK	Howard Komives	Bowling Green State University	10	742	20213	7550	1804	2941	.388		.830	27.2	10.2	2.4	4.0	5.0	.012	-5.8	-0.8
16	14	SFW	Bud Koper	Oklahoma City University	1	54	631	247	61	43	.440		.833	11.7	4.6	1.1	0.8	1.0	.078
17	15	CIN	Bill Chmielewski	University of Dayton
18	16	BOS	Ron Bonham	University of Cincinnati	2	76	681	478	113	30	.391		.832	9.0	6.3	1.5	0.4	2.0	.138
			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	17	NYK	Brian Generalovich	University of Pittsburgh
20	18	DET	Wali Jones	Villanova University	10	607	14420	6140	1394	1947	.409		.800	23.8	10.1	2.3	3.2	14.9	.049	-6.6	-0.2
21	19	BAL	Jerry Sloan	University of Evansville	11	755	25750	10571	5615	1925	.427		.722	34.1	14.0	7.4	2.5	49.5	.092	1.3	5.1
22	20	PHI	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
23	21	LAL	Tom Dose	Stanford University
24	22	STL	Arthur Becker	Arizona State University
25	23	SFW	McCoy McLemore	Drake University	8	580	12221	5130	3161	733	.394		.771	21.1	8.8	5.5	1.3	9.5	.037
26	24	CIN	Steve Courtin	Saint Joseph's University	1	24	317	101	22	22	.408		.810	13.2	4.2	0.9	0.9	0.2	.036
27	25	BOS	John Thompson	Providence College	2	74	771	262	260	19	.410		.595	10.4	3.5	3.5	0.3	2.1	.128
			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	26	NYK	Freddie Crawford	St. Bonaventure University	5	297	5047	2031	746	610	.446		.595	17.0	6.8	2.5	2.1	6.1	.058
29	27	DET	Jim Davis	University of Colorado	8	597	10027	3997	3109	739	.461		.674	16.8	6.7	5.2	1.2	19.2	.092	0.1	1.1
30	28	BAL	Pete Spoden	University of Northern Iowa
31	29	PHI	Frank Corace	La Salle University
32	30	LAL	Hank Finkel	University of Dayton	9	551	6866	2790	2151	426	.449		.662	12.5	5.1	3.9	0.8	13.5	.094	-4.9	-0.7
33	31	STL	Willie Murrell	Kansas State University
34	32	SFW	Gene Elmore	Southern Methodist University
35	33	CIN	Happy Hairston	New York University	11	776	24330	11505	8019	1268	.478		.741	31.4	14.8	10.3	1.6	70.0	.138	1.6	4.5
36	34	BOS	Joe Strawder	Bradley University	3	231	6365	1977	2296	245	.426		.686	27.6	8.6	9.9	1.1	10.8	.082
			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	35	NYK	Tony Gennari	Canisius College
38	36	DET	Ray Wolford	University of Toledo
39	37	BAL	Bennie Lennox	Texas A&M University
40	38	PHI	Lou Skurcenski	Westminster College of Pennsylvania
41	39	LAL	John Savage	University of North Texas
42	40	STL	John Tresvant	Seattle University	9	559	12296	5118	3546	806	.451		.693	22.0	9.2	6.3	1.4	24.4	.095
43	41	SFW	Roger Suttner	Kansas State University
44	42	CIN	George Kirk	University of Memphis
45	43	BOS	Nick Werkman	Seton Hall University
			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	44	NYK	Tom Lavelle	Western Carolina University
47	45	DET	Larry Phillips	Rice University
48	46	BAL	Bobby Joe Edmonds	Tennessee State University
49	47	PHI	Ricky Kaminsky	Yale University
50	48	LAL	Troy Collier	Utah State University
51	49	STL	Ernest Brock	Virginia State University
52	50	SFW	Ray Carey	University of Missouri
53	51	CIN	Al Thresher	Wittenberg University
54	52	BOS	Levern Tart	Bradley University
			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	53	NYK	Em Bryant	DePaul University	8	566	11451	3722	1593	1700	.410		.690	20.2	6.6	2.8	3.0	8.6	.036
56	54	DET	Jerry Jackson	Ohio University
57	55	BAL	Ron Miller	Loyola University of Chicago
58	56	PHI	Gordon Hatton	University of Dayton
59	57	LAL	Steve Anstett	University of Portland
60	58	STL	Maurice McHartley	North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
61	59	SFW	David Lee	University of San Francisco
62	60	CIN	Vic Rouse	Loyola University of Chicago
63	61	BOS	Rich Falk	Northwestern 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	62	NYK	Jim Boutin	Lewis and Clark College
65	63	DET	Ralph Telken	Rockhurst University
66	64	BAL	Danny Schultz	University of Tennessee
67	65	PHI	Bob Pelkington	Xavier University
68	66	LAL	Jay Buckley	Duke University
69	67	STL	Kendall Rhine	Rice University
70	68	SFW	Bob Garibaldi	Santa Clara University
71	69	CIN	Joe Gieger	Xavier University
72	70	BOS	Jeff Blue	Butler University
			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
73	71	NYK	Jack Brens	University of Wisconsin
74	72	BAL	Tom Black	South Dakota State University	1	71	873	299	259	44	.402		.648	12.3	4.2	3.6	0.6	0.1	.008
75	73	PHI	Jim Brennan	Clemson University
76	74	STL	Darel Carrier	Western Kentucky University
77	75	SFW	Camden Wail	University of California
78	76	CIN	Scotty Pierce	West Texas A&M University
79	77	BOS	Charles Kelley	West Virginia University Institute of Technology
			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
80	78	NYK	Jim Christy	Georgetown University
81	79	BAL	Bill Kusleika	University of Tulsa
82	80	PHI	Wally Briggs	North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
83	81	STL	Frank Stephens	Virginia State University
84	82	SFW	Jeff Cartwright	Chapman University
85	83	CIN	Bob Neumann	University of Memphis
86	84	BOS	Duane Corribeau	Clark University
			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
87	85	NYK	Dennis Lynch	Yale University
88	86	BAL	Fred Glover	Winston-Salem State University
89	87	PHI	Thomas Lowry	West Virginia University
90	88	STL	Gerald Govan	Saint Mary of the Plains College
91	89	CIN	Jim Reynolds	Abilene Christian University
			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
92	90	BAL	Frank Kaminski	Randolph-Macon College
93	91	PHI	Julius Myers	Morris Brown College
94	92	STL	Warren Sutton	Sir George Williams University
95	93	CIN	Fred Jones	Youngstown State University
			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
96	94	BAL	Doug Moon	University of Utah
97	95	STL	Cecil Tuttle	Georgetown College
			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
98	96	BAL	Pete Gent	Michigan State University
99	97	STL	Bill Blair	Virginia Military Institute
			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
100	98	BAL	Sandy Williams	Saint Francis University
101	99	STL	Al Cech	University of Detroit Mercy

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