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1966 NBA Draft

1965 NBA Draft 1967 NBA Draft

Date: Wednesday, May 11, 1966

Location: New York, New York

Number of Picks: 112 (34 played in NBA)

First Overall Pick: Cazzie Russell (51.7 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: L. Hudson (81.0), D. Bing (68.8) and A. Clark (64.7)

All-Stars: 7 (D. Bing, J. Block, A. Clark, L. Hudson, C. Lee, J. Marin and C. Russell)

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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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112 Selections

Stats shown are for the player's NBA career

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	1	NYK	Cazzie Russell	Michigan	12	817	22213	12377	3068	1838	.464		.827	27.2	15.1	3.8	2.2	51.7	.112	-0.5	3.3
2	2	DET	Dave Bing	Syracuse	12	901	32769	18327	3420	5397	.441		.775	36.4	20.3	3.8	6.0	68.8	.101	-0.3	5.6
3	3	SFW	Clyde Lee	Vanderbilt	10	742	19885	5733	7626	788	.432		.614	26.8	7.7	10.3	1.1	33.5	.081	-2.3	-0.4
4	4	STL	Lou Hudson	Minnesota	13	890	29794	17940	3926	2432	.489		.797	33.5	20.2	4.4	2.7	81.0	.131	0.4	6.8
5	5	BAL	Jack Marin	Duke	11	849	24590	12541	4405	1813	.465		.843	29.0	14.8	5.2	2.1	59.3	.116	-1.7	0.5
6	6	CIN	Walt Wesley	Kansas	10	590	10306	5002	3243	385	.434		.630	17.5	8.5	5.5	0.7	9.5	.044	-2.7	-0.1
7	7	LAL	Jerry Chambers	Utah	4	239	3691	1931	739	182	.442		.747	15.4	8.1	3.1	0.8	2.8	.037
8	8	BOS	Jim Barnett	Oregon	11	732	17410	8536	2259	2232	.435		.797	23.8	11.7	3.1	3.0	33.2	.092	-1.1	1.1
9	9	PHI	Matt Guokas	Saint Joseph's	10	735	16603	4285	1446	2174	.489		.727	22.6	5.8	2.0	3.0	26.7	.077	-1.8	0.2
10	10	CHI	Dave Schellhase	Purdue	2	73	513	208	76	60	.349		.567	7.0	2.8	1.0	0.8	-0.6	-.061
			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
11	11	NYK	Henry Akin	Morehead State University	2	86	712	304	177	39	.351		.676	8.3	3.5	2.1	0.5	-1.2	-.084
12	12	DET	Dorie Murrey	Detroit Mercy	6	357	4486	1683	1555	226	.425		.679	12.6	4.7	4.4	0.6	6.5	.070
13	13	SFW	Joe Ellis	San Francisco	8	524	10374	4623	2686	716	.398		.727	19.8	8.8	5.1	1.4	5.0	.023	-4.0	-0.3
14	14	STL	Dick Snyder	Davidson	13	964	25676	11755	2732	2767	.488		.824	26.6	12.2	2.8	2.9	58.3	.109	0.1	5.4
15	15	BAL	Neil Johnson	Creighton	4	202	2263	798	685	217	.426		.613	11.2	4.0	3.4	1.1	2.0	.042
16	16	CIN	Jerry Lee Wells	Oklahoma City University
17	17	LAL	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
18	18	BOS	Leon Clark	Wyoming
19	19	PHI	Bill Melchionni	Villanova	2	144	1450	640	202	203	.412		.673	10.1	4.4	1.4	1.4	1.0	.033
20	20	CHI	Erwin Mueller	San Francisco	6	425	9541	3248	2050	853	.429		.627	22.4	7.6	4.8	2.0	9.6	.048
			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	NYK	Stew Johnson	Murray State
22	22	DET	Ollie Darden	Michigan
23	23	SFW	Steve Chubin	Rhode Island
24	24	STL	Tommy Kron	Kentucky	3	184	3139	1193	603	518	.389		.753	17.1	6.5	3.3	2.8	1.8	.028
25	25	BAL	Dave Wagnon	Idaho State University
26	26	CIN	Jim Ware	Oklahoma City University	2	63	429	143	146	13	.284		.647	6.8	2.3	2.3	0.2	-1.1	-.125
27	27	LAL	John Block	USC	10	597	14316	7106	3965	805	.433		.778	24.0	11.9	6.6	1.3	32.7	.110	-0.8	0.8
28	28	BOS	Gary Turner	TCU
29	29	PHI	Donnie Freeman	Illinois	1	64	1480	689	180	171	.434		.819	23.1	10.8	2.8	2.7	2.4	.078	-1.5	0.2
30	30	CHI	Ed Bodkin	Eastern Kentucky University
			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
31	31	NYK	Lee DeFore	Auburn
32	32	DET	Jeff Congdon	BYU
33	33	SFW	Steve Vacendak	Duke
34	34	STL	Bob McIntyre	St. John's
35	35	BAL	George Peeples	Iowa
36	36	CIN	Charles Schmaus	Virginia Military Institute
37	37	LAL	Archie Clark	Minnesota	10	725	23581	11819	2427	3498	.480		.769	32.5	16.3	3.3	4.8	64.7	.132	-0.4	2.4
38	38	BOS	Johnny Austin	Boston College	1	4	61	23	7	4	.227		.813	15.3	5.8	1.8	1.0	-0.1	-.043
39	39	PHI	Ken Wilburn	Central State University	1	7	40	18	13	3	.471		.250	5.7	2.6	1.9	0.4	0.0	.038
40	40	CHI	Jim Williams	Temple
			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
41	41	NYK	Ron Jackson	Clark Atlanta University
42	42	DET	William Pickens	Georgia Southern University
43	43	SFW	Tom Kerwin	Centenary (LA)
44	44	STL	Dick Nemelka	BYU
45	45	BAL	John Beasley	Texas A&M
46	46	BAL	Johnny Jones	California State University, Los Angeles	1	51	475	214	114	26	.340		.618	9.3	4.2	2.2	0.5	-0.5	-.055
47	47	CIN	Rich Parks	Saint Louis
48	48	LAL	Stan Washington	Michigan State
49	49	PHI	Tom Duff	Saint Joseph's
50	50	CHI	Larry Humes	University of Evansville
			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
51	51	NYK	George Fisher	Utah
52	52	DET	Carroll Hooser	SMU
53	53	SFW	Jim Pitts	Northwestern
54	54	STL	Lonnie Wright	Colorado State
55	55	BAL	Jeff Neuman	Penn
56	56	CIN	Steve Cunningham	Western Kentucky
57	57	LAL	Keith Thomas	Vanderbilt
58	58	BOS	Charlie Hunter	Oklahoma City University
59	59	PHI	Red Robbins	Tennessee
			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
60	60	NYK	Mike Dabich	New Mexico State
61	61	DET	Ted Manning	NC Central
62	62	SFW	Lon Hughey	Fresno State
63	63	STL	Jay Neary	UNC Wilmington
64	64	BAL	Dave Mills	DePaul
65	65	CIN	Gary Schull	Florida State
66	66	LAL	Taft Jackson	College of Idaho
67	67	BOS	Gary Ward	Maryland
68	68	CHI	John Comeaux	Grambling State 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
69	69	NYK	Mike Silliman	United States Military Academy	1	36	366	91	62	23	.456		.487	10.2	2.5	1.7	0.6	0.3	.037
70	70	DET	George McNeil	Southern Illinois
71	71	SFW	Ken Washington	UCLA
72	72	STL	Bryan Williams	Xavier
73	73	BAL	Roland West	Cincinnati	1	4	14	4	5	0	.400			3.5	1.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	-.003
74	74	CIN	Ron Krick	Cincinnati
75	75	LAL	John Wetzel	Virginia Tech	7	357	4714	1215	682	494	.429		.810	13.2	3.4	1.9	1.4	6.6	.068	-0.8	0.7
76	76	BOS	Russ Gumina	San Francisco
77	77	CHI	Stan Curtis	Michigan State
			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
78	78	NYK	Bill Turner	University of Akron	6	294	4060	1597	1039	167	.407		.728	13.8	5.4	3.5	0.6	4.8	.057
79	79	STL	Al Grant	Long Island University
80	80	BAL	Chuck Gardner	Colorado
81	81	CIN	Billy Smith	Loyola Chicago
82	82	LAL	Julian Hammond	Tulsa
83	83	PHI	Pat Caldwell	Rockhurst University
84	84	CHI	Gene Summers	Northern Michigan 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
85	85	NYK	Richie Moore	Hiram Scott College
86	86	STL	Don Yates	Minnesota
87	87	BAL	Guy Manning	Prairie View A&M University
88	88	CIN	Freddie Lewis	Arizona State	2	64	886	373	91	96	.401		.771	13.8	5.8	1.4	1.5	0.6	.031	-3.7	-0.2
89	89	LAL	Mike Rooney	Oklahoma
90	90	PHI	Bob Bedell	Stanford
91	91	CHI	Don Swanson	DePaul
			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
92	92	NYK	Rich Dyer	NYU
93	93	STL	Curt Gammell	Pacific Lutheran University
94	94	BAL	Stan McKenzie	NYU	7	396	7479	3579	1117	611	.444		.802	18.9	9.0	2.8	1.5	14.5	.093	-5.2	-0.1
95	95	CIN	R.B. Lynam	Oklahoma Baptist University
96	96	LAL	George Grams	Purdue
97	97	CHI	Carver Clinton	Penn 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
98	98	NYK	Dave Deutsch	University of Rochester	1	19	93	21	21	15	.167		.450	4.9	1.1	1.1	0.8	-0.5	-.240
99	99	STL	Lonnie Lynn	Wilberforce University
100	100	BAL	Grant Simmons	Nebraska
			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
101	101	NYK	Bob Bennett	UNC
102	102	STL	Nick Aloi	Bowling Green
103	103	BAL	Al Lopes	Kansas
			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
104	104	STL	Ollie Carter	San Francisco
105	105	BAL	Jim Harter	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
			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
106	106	STL	Paul Long	Wake Forest	3	71	436	274	57	54	.464		.753	6.1	3.9	0.8	0.8	1.0	.111
107	107	BAL	Howard Bayne	Tennessee
			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	STL	Eddie Jackson	Bradley
109	109	BAL	Ken Barnes	Wisconsin
			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
110	110	BAL	Chris Pervall	Iowa
			Round 18			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
111	111	BAL	Jerry Trice	Weber State
			Round 19			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	Gene Visscher	Weber State

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