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1965 NBA Draft

1964 NBA Draft 1966 NBA Draft

Date: Thursday, May 6, 1965

Location: New York, New York

Number of Picks: 112 (30 played in NBA)

First Overall Pick: Fred Hetzel (15.9 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: R. Barry (93.4), G. Goodrich (76.3) and D. Van Arsdale (75.2)

All-Stars: 10 (R. Barry, B. Bradley, B. Cunningham, G. Goodrich, B. Love, J. McGlocklin, F. Robinson, J. Sloan, D. Van Arsdale and T. Van Arsdale)

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112 Selections

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112 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	2	NYK	Bill Bradley	Princeton	10	742	22799	9217	2354	2533	.448		.840	30.7	12.4	3.2	3.4	38.8	.082	-2.2	-0.5
2	3	DET	Bill Buntin	Michigan	1	42	713	324	252	36	.395		.615	17.0	7.7	6.0	0.9	0.9	.062
3	10	LAL	Gail Goodrich	UCLA	14	1031	33527	19181	3279	4805	.456		.807	32.5	18.6	3.2	4.7	76.3	.109	-0.3	6.0
4	1	SFW	Fred Hetzel	Davidson	6	416	8885	4658	2444	462	.421		.817	21.4	11.2	5.9	1.1	15.9	.086
5	4	SFW	Rick Barry	Miami (FL)	10	794	28825	18395	5168	4017	.449		.900	36.3	23.2	6.5	5.1	93.4	.156	3.0	24.8
6	5	NYK	Dave Stallworth	Wichita State	8	522	10494	4860	2453	872	.438		.732	20.1	9.3	4.7	1.7	20.3	.093	-0.4	0.2
7	6	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	0.7	4.1
8	7	PHI	Billy Cunningham	UNC	9	654	22406	13626	6638	2625	.446		.720	34.3	20.8	10.1	4.0	63.2	.135	2.1	3.6
9	8	STL	Jim Washington	Villanova	11	774	22668	8168	6637	1105	.449		.705	29.3	10.6	8.6	1.4	39.3	.083	-0.8	1.3
10	9	CIN	Nate Bowman	Wichita State	5	243	2171	702	791	162	.390		.527	8.9	2.9	3.3	0.7	1.3	.030
11	11	BOS	Ollie Johnson	San Francisco
			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
12	12	SFW	Will Frazier	Grambling State University	1	2	9	1	5	1	.000		.500	4.5	0.5	2.5	0.5	-0.1	-.385
13	13	NYK	Dick Van Arsdale	Indiana	12	921	31771	15079	3807	3057	.464		.790	34.5	16.4	4.1	3.3	75.2	.114	-0.8	2.6
14	14	DET	Tom Van Arsdale	Indiana	12	929	28682	14232	3942	2085	.431		.762	30.9	15.3	4.2	2.2	36.6	.061	-2.9	-2.2
15	15	BAL	Tal Brody	Illinois
16	16	PHI	Jesse Branson	Elon University	1	5	14	5	9	1	.167		.750	2.8	1.0	1.8	0.2	0.0	-.060
17	17	NYK	Hal Blevins	University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
18	18	CIN	Flynn Robinson	Wyoming	7	494	11569	7147	1294	1516	.456		.849	23.4	14.5	2.6	3.1	31.3	.130
19	19	LAL	John Fairchild	BYU	1	30	171	60	45	11	.258		.700	5.7	2.0	1.5	0.4	-0.6	-.166
20	20	BOS	Ron Watts	Wake Forest	2	28	92	40	39	2	.261		.696	3.3	1.4	1.4	0.1	-0.1	-.062
			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
21	21	SFW	Keith Erickson	UCLA	12	766	18841	7251	3449	1991	.435		.769	24.6	9.5	4.5	2.6	25.2	.064	-0.6	2.3
22	22	NYK	Barry Clemens	Ohio Wesleyan University	11	790	12585	5312	2532	905	.454		.756	15.9	6.7	3.2	1.1	18.6	.071	-0.9	0.7
23	23	DET	Ron Reed	Notre Dame	2	119	2245	951	762	173	.364		.571	18.9	8.0	6.4	1.5	-1.0	-.021
24	24	BAL	Joe Newton	Auburn
25	25	PHI	Bob Weiss	Penn State	12	783	17277	5989	1398	2931	.428		.828	22.1	7.6	1.8	3.7	31.2	.087	0.2	2.6
26	26	STL	Ken McIntyre	St. John's
27	27	CIN	Jon McGlocklin	Indiana	11	792	20930	9169	1928	2280	.489		.845	26.4	11.6	2.4	2.9	47.1	.108	-1.5	0.5
28	28	LAL	Jim Caldwell	Georgia Tech		2	7	0	1	1	.000			3.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	-.117
29	29	BOS	Toby Kimball	UConn	9	571	10439	3470	3870	571	.425		.573	18.3	6.1	6.8	1.0	14.2	.065	-1.4	0.2
			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
30	30	SFW	Warren Rustand	Arizona
31	31	NYK	Larry Lembo	Manhattan College
32	32	DET	Jim King	Oklahoma State
33	33	BAL	Skip Thoren	Illinois
34	34	PHI	Hank Finkel	Dayton	9	551	6866	2790	2151	426	.449		.662	12.5	5.1	3.9	0.8	13.5	.094	-3.0	-0.2
35	35	STL	Lynn Nance	Washington
36	36	CIN	Bob Love	Southern University and A&M College	11	789	25120	13895	4653	1123	.429		.805	31.8	17.6	5.9	1.4	50.4	.096	-1.8	0.4
37	37	LAL	Brooks Henderson	Florida
38	38	BOS	Richie Tarrant	Saint Michael's College
			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
39	39	SFW	Eddie Jackson	Oklahoma City University
40	40	NYK	Steve Nisenson	Hofstra
41	41	DET	Ted Manning	NC Central
42	42	BAL	Charles Dinkins	Miami University
43	43	PHI	Richie Moore	Villanova
44	44	STL	Theodore Werner	Washington State
45	45	CIN	Warren Isaac	Iona College
46	46	LAL	A.W. Davis	Tennessee
47	47	BOS	Don Davidson	Davidson
			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
48	48	SFW	Jim Jarvis	Oregon State
49	49	NYK	Warren Davis	North Carolina A&T
50	50	DET	Barry Smith	High Point University
51	51	BAL	Lyvonne LeFlore	Jackson State University
52	52	PHI	Mitch Edwards	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
53	53	STL	John Rambo	Cal State Long Beach
54	54	CIN	Leon Clements	Ouachita Baptist University
55	55	LAL	Teo Cruz	Seattle University
56	56	BOS	Haskell Tison	Duke
			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
57	57	SFW	Dan Wolthers	California
58	58	NYK	Dale Neel	High Point University
59	59	BAL	Willie Somerset	Duquesne	1	8	98	45	15	9	.419		.818	12.3	5.6	1.9	1.1	0.1	.056
60	60	PHI	John Young	Midwestern State University
61	61	STL	Terry Kunze	Minnesota
62	62	CIN	Jeff Gehring	Miami University
63	63	LAL	DeWayne Cruse	Idaho State University
64	64	BOS	George Deehan	Lenoir-Rhyne College
			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
65	65	SFW	Willie Cotton	Central State University
66	66	NYK	Frank Granat	Alliance College
67	67	BAL	Jim Murphy	DePaul
68	68	PHI	Bob Barnek	St. Bonaventure
69	69	STL	Cincy Powell	University of Portland
70	70	CIN	Jim Fox	South Carolina	10	743	17294	6945	5525	1201	.479		.770	23.3	9.3	7.4	1.6	41.8	.116	-0.1	2.8
71	71	LAL	George Unseld	Kansas
			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
72	72	NYK	Jay Neary	UNC Wilmington
73	73	BAL	John Wendelken	Holy Cross
74	74	PHI	Gene West	Drake University
75	75	STL	Leroy Walker	Utah State University
76	76	CIN	Ron Krick	Cincinnati
77	77	LAL	Mal Pradd	Dillard 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
78	78	NYK	Wayne Molis	Lewis (IL)	1	13	75	45	22	2	.373		.538	5.8	3.5	1.7	0.2	-0.2	-.099
79	79	BAL	Bogie Redmon	Illinois
80	80	PHI	Dean Church	Louisiana
81	81	STL	Spencer Carlson	Baylor
82	82	CIN	Richie Dec	Seton Hall
83	83	LAL	Don Rae	Montana 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
84	84	NYK	Bill Meyer	Hiram College
85	85	BAL	Thales McReynolds	Miles College	1	5	28	3	6	1	.083		.500	5.6	0.6	1.2	0.2	-0.2	-.356
86	86	PHI	Curt Fromal	La Salle
87	87	STL	Weldon Kytle	Cleveland State University
88	88	CIN	Dick Maile	LSU
89	89	LAL	Bob Andrews	Alabama
			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
90	90	NYK	Bob Trupin	Yale
91	91	BAL	Walt Sahm	Notre Dame
92	92	PHI	Dan Anderson	Augsburg College
93	93	STL	Elton McGriff	Creighton
94	94	CIN	Robert McCollough	Benedict College
			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
95	95	NYK	Dennis McGovern	Rhode Island
96	96	BAL	Joe Ramsey	Southern Illinois
97	97	PHI	Rick Park	Tulsa
98	98	STL	Mel Northway	Minnesota
99	99	CIN	Oliver Jones	Albany 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
100	100	BAL	Jerry Rook	Arkansas State University
101	101	PHI	Jack Margenthaler	Houston
102	102	STL	Terry Page	Detroit Mercy
103	103	CIN	Larry Franks	Texas
			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
104	104	BAL	Dave Hicks
105	105	PHI	James Pitts	Georgia
106	106	STL	George Pomey	Michigan
107	107	CIN	Ronald Scharf	Georgia Tech
			Round 16			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
108	108	BAL	Bunk Adams	Ohio University
109	109	PHI	Larry Rafferty	Fairfield
110	110	STL	Bob Tolan	Eastern Kentucky University
111	111	CIN	Willie Porter	Tennessee State
			Round 17			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
112	112	BAL	Roger Taylor	Illinois

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