1971 NBA Draft

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237 Selections

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237 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	CLE	Austin Carr	Notre Dame	10	682	19660	10473	1990	1878	.449	.154	.804	28.8	15.4	2.9	2.8	32.9	.080	-0.6	5.2
2	2	POR	Sidney Wicks	UCLA	10	760	25762	12803	6620	2437	.459	.000	.685	33.9	16.8	8.7	3.2	42.4	.079	-0.3	8.2
3	3	BUF	Elmore Smith	Kentucky State University	8	562	17879	7541	5962	808	.482		.579	31.8	13.4	10.6	1.4	34.7	.093	1.2	9.4
4	4	CIN	Ken Durrett	La Salle	4	120	1205	484	233	54	.434		.637	10.0	4.0	1.9	0.5	0.6	.025	-3.9	-0.5
5	5	ATL	George Trapp	Cal State Long Beach	6	379	6863	3353	1466	375	.444		.752	18.1	8.8	3.9	1.0	8.4	.059	-2.6	-0.6
6	6	SEA	Fred Brown	Iowa	13	963	24422	14018	2637	3160	.478	.373	.858	25.4	14.6	2.7	3.3	63.2	.124	2.1	22.6
7	7	HOU	Cliff Meely	Colorado	5	318	6329	2658	1703	398	.417		.675	19.9	8.4	5.4	1.3	4.6	.035	-2.9	-0.6
8	8	GSW	Darnell Hillman	San Jose State	4	287	6594	2471	1881	406	.466		.592	23.0	8.6	6.6	1.4	9.9	.072	-1.8	0.3
9	9	BAL	Stan Love	Oregon	3	227	3451	1550	905	172	.440		.751	15.2	6.8	4.0	0.8	5.5	.076	-3.1	-0.3
10	10	BOS	Clarence Glover	Western Kentucky	1	25	119	65	46	4	.455		.469	4.8	2.6	1.8	0.2	0.3	.103
11	11	DET	Curtis Rowe	UCLA	8	590	18277	6873	4264	932	.482		.701	31.0	11.6	7.2	1.6	34.1	.090	-1.0	3.2
12	12	PHI	Dana Lewis	Tulsa
13	13	LAL	Jim Cleamons	Ohio State	9	652	16994	5412	1981	2531	.460	.226	.765	26.1	8.3	3.0	3.9	29.1	.082	-0.3	6.6
14	14	PHO	John Roche	South Carolina	3	162	3450	1358	178	640	.468	.389	.819	21.3	8.4	1.1	4.0	5.4	.075	-1.2	0.6
15	15	CHI	Kenny McIntosh	Eastern Michigan	4	177	3700	934	696	173	.361		.581	20.9	5.3	3.9	1.0	-1.5	-.020	-3.2	-0.7
16	16	NYK	Dean Meminger	Marquette	6	416	8554	2552	1086	1046	.475		.627	20.6	6.1	2.6	2.5	16.6	.093	-0.3	2.6
17	17	MIL	Collis Jones	Notre Dame
			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
18	18	CLE	Steve Patterson	UCLA	5	350	5582	1552	1632	443	.403		.594	15.9	4.4	4.7	1.3	4.8	.041	-1.2	0.9
19	19	BUF	Fred Hilton	Grambling State University	2	120	2080	1131	254	190	.388		.749	17.3	9.4	2.1	1.6	-3.5	-.080
20	20	CHI	Willie Sojourner	Weber State
21	21	CIN	John Mengelt	Auburn	10	636	12788	6218	1221	1329	.479	.000	.809	20.1	9.8	1.9	2.1	27.9	.105	-1.1	2.2
22	22	ATL	Ted McClain	Tennessee State	3	178	3487	1058	410	541	.447		.786	19.6	5.9	2.3	3.0	4.0	.055	-1.9	0.1
23	23	SEA	Jim McDaniels	Western Kentucky	3	184	2705	967	810	170	.402		.703	14.7	5.3	4.4	0.9	0.7	.012	-3.7	-0.6
24	24	HOU	Mike Newlin	Utah	11	837	24574	12507	2494	3364	.466	.302	.870	29.4	14.9	3.0	4.0	50.4	.098	-0.5	7.6
25	25	POR	Charlie Yelverton	Fordham	1	69	1227	545	201	81	.389		.707	17.8	7.9	2.9	1.2	-0.5	-.018
26	26	BUF	Amos Thomas	Southwestern Oklahoma State University
27	27	POR	Richard Fisher	Colorado State
28	28	BOS	Jim Rose	Western Kentucky
29	29	DET	Isaiah Wilson	University of Baltimore	1	48	322	167	47	41	.356		.732	6.7	3.5	1.0	0.9	-0.5	-.074
30	30	BUF	Spencer Haywood	Detroit Mercy	12	760	25600	14592	7038	1351	.465	.125	.800	33.7	19.2	9.3	1.8	61.4	.115	-0.3	7.7
31	31	CIN	Joe Bergman	Creighton
32	32	CHI	Howard Porter	Villanova	7	457	8534	4215	1872	211	.469		.802	18.7	9.2	4.1	0.5	17.6	.099	-1.0	1.8
33	33	PHI	Marvin Stewart	Nebraska
34	34	NYK	Gregg Northington	Alabama State University
35	35	CLE	Willie Long	New Mexico
			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
36	36	CLE	Gerald Lockett	University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
37	37	POR	Larry Steele	Kentucky	9	610	14777	5009	1781	1719	.483	.000	.796	24.2	8.2	2.9	2.8	28.2	.091	0.2	6.7
38	38	CIN	Rich Yunkus	Georgia Tech
39	39	ATL	Jeff Halliburton	Drake University	2	92	1075	562	145	116	.440		.814	11.7	6.1	1.6	1.3	1.4	.061
40	40	CHI	Clifford Ray	Oklahoma	10	784	19940	5821	6953	1728	.524	.000	.588	25.4	7.4	8.9	2.2	56.7	.136	0.5	10.3
41	41	CLE	Jackie Ridgle	California	1	32	107	57	15	7	.432		.731	3.3	1.8	0.5	0.2	0.2	.102
42	42	POR	William Smith	Syracuse	2	30	491	205	143	20	.431		.597	16.4	6.8	4.8	0.7	0.1	.014
43	43	BAL	Rich Rinaldi	Saint Peter's College	2	79	853	393	93	73	.393		.724	10.8	5.0	1.2	0.9	0.2	.012	-5.3	-0.1
44	44	BOS	Dave Robisch	Kansas	8	508	10556	4426	2620	813	.457	.000	.814	20.8	8.7	5.2	1.6	23.5	.107	-0.3	4.6
45	45	DET	Marv Roberts	Utah State University	1	28	209	58	25	19	.355		.667	7.5	2.1	0.9	0.7	-0.2	-.051	-6.3	-0.3
46	46	PHI	Dave Wohl	Penn	7	410	8142	2553	558	1397	.430		.750	19.9	6.2	1.4	3.4	6.1	.036	-3.1	-1.4
47	47	CHI	Mike Gale	Elizabeth City State University	6	453	11189	3372	1122	1965	.474	.160	.825	24.7	7.4	2.5	4.3	18.0	.077	0.6	7.3
48	48	PHO	Mo Layton	USC	4	264	4429	1826	353	699	.448		.747	16.8	6.9	1.3	2.6	4.5	.048	-2.5	-0.2
49	49	CHI	Dick Gibbs	Texas-El Paso	5	333	4310	1739	624	260	.402		.799	12.9	5.2	1.9	0.8	2.6	.029	-3.5	-1.0
50	50	NYK	Ken Mayfield	Tuskegee University	1	13	64	37	8	4	.370		1.000	4.9	2.8	0.6	0.3	-0.2	-.134	-7.0	-0.2
51	51	MIL	Gary Brell	Marquette
			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
52	52	CLE	Cliff Harris	Hardin-Simmons University
53	53	BUF	Jimmy O'Brien	Boston College
54	54	POR	Bobby Fields	La Salle
55	55	CIN	Sid Catlett	Notre Dame	1	9	40	6	4	1	.222		.222	4.4	0.7	0.4	0.1	-0.2	-.197
56	56	ATL	Jim Welch	Houston
57	57	SEA	Pembroke Burrows	Jacksonville University
58	58	HOU	Tom Owens	South Carolina	7	488	11471	5612	3010	984	.508	.250	.764	23.5	11.5	6.2	2.0	32.9	.138	0.3	6.8
59	59	GSW	Greg Gary	St. Bonaventure
60	60	BAL	Willie Allen	Miami (FL)
61	61	BOS	Randy Denton	Duke	1	45	700	239	218	33	.402		.702	15.6	5.3	4.8	0.7	0.4	.029	-3.7	-0.3
62	62	DET	Jarrett Durham	Duquesne
63	63	PHI	Erwin Johnson	Augusta State University
64	64	LAL	Roger Brown	Kansas	2	77	818	135	230	25	.389		.702	10.6	1.8	3.0	0.3	0.6	.035	-3.2	-0.2
65	65	PHO	Walt Szczerbiak	George Washington
66	66	CHI	Jim Irving	Saint Louis
67	67	NYK	Steve Niles	Texas A&M
68	68	MIL	Henry Smith	Missouri
			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
69	69	CLE	Brian Mahoney	Manhattan College
70	70	BUF	Garry Nelson	Duquesne
71	71	POR	Hector Blondet	Murray State
72	72	CIN	Jim Guymond	Eastern New Mexico University
73	73	CIN	Tyrone Marionneaux	Loyola University New Orleans
74	74	SEA	Jeff Smith	New Mexico State
75	75	HOU	Rudy Benjamin	Michigan State
76	76	GSW	Odis Allison	UNLV	1	36	166	67	45	10	.218		.541	4.6	1.9	1.3	0.3	-0.6	-.181
77	77	BAL	Don Johnson	Tennessee
78	78	HOU	Greg Nelson	Jacksonville University
79	79	DET	Vincent White	Savannah State University
80	80	PHI	Richard Hood	Phillips University
81	81	LAL	Lee Dedmon	UNC
82	82	PHO	Kenneth Gardner	Utah
83	83	CHI	Larry Weatherford	Purdue
84	84	PHO	Bob Kissane	Holy Cross
85	85	MIL	Barry Nelson	Duquesne	1	28	102	35	20	7	.417		.500	3.6	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.1	.026
			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
86	86	CLE	Mike Childress	Colorado State
87	87	BUF	Glen Summors	Gannon University
88	88	POR	Jim Day	Morehead State University
89	89	CIN	Gil McGregor	Wake Forest	1	42	532	171	148	18	.363		.696	12.7	4.1	3.5	0.4	-0.4	-.038
90	90	ATL	Willie Humes	Idaho
91	91	SEA	Mike Neciase	William Carey College
92	92	HOU	Garry Reist	Rice University
93	93	GSW	Charles Johnson	California	7	521	9972	4241	1318	973	.429		.756	19.1	8.1	2.5	1.9	13.4	.064	-1.4	1.3
94	94	BAL	John Novey	Mount St. Mary's University
95	95	BOS	Thorpe Weber	Vanderbilt
96	96	DET	Jim Larranga	Providence
97	97	PHI	Jake Jones	Assumption College	1	17	202	76	26	12	.389		.645	11.9	4.5	1.5	0.7	0.0	-.009
98	98	LAL	Bill Brickhouse	Montana State
99	99	PHO	William Graham	Kentucky State University
100	100	CHI	Jim England	Tennessee
101	101	NYK	Bill Mainor	Fordham
102	102	MIL	Ed Kemp	Adams State College
			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
103	103	CLE	Tom Bush	Drake University
104	104	BUF	Randy Smith	Buffalo State	12	976	31444	16262	3597	4487	.470	.155	.781	32.2	16.7	3.7	4.6	60.1	.092	0.4	16.0
105	105	POR	Gene Knolle	Texas Tech
106	106	CIN	Ollie Shannon	Minnesota
107	107	ATL	Mike Jordan	Savannah State University
108	108	SEA	John Duncan	Kentucky Wesleyan College
109	109	HOU	Eric Hill	Minnesota
110	110	GSW	Ken May	Dayton
111	111	BAL	Dennis Hogg	Washington State
112	112	BOS	Skip Young	Florida State
113	113	DET	Steve Kelly	BYU
114	114	PHI	Curtis Ford	Northeastern State University
115	115	LAL	Gene Gathers	Bradley
116	116	PHO	Ralph Brateris	Trenton State University
117	117	CHI	Artis Gilmore	Jacksonville University	12	909	29685	15579	9161	1777	.599	.077	.713	32.7	17.1	10.1	2.0	107.4	.174	2.6	34.7
118	118	NYK	Danny Davis	Henderson State University
119	119	MIL	Gene Phillips	SMU
			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
120	120	CLE	Charlie Davis	Wake Forest	3	144	2653	1287	219	319	.408		.806	18.4	8.9	1.5	2.2	1.4	.026	-5.0	-0.1
121	121	BUF	Craig Love	Ohio University
122	122	POR	John Sutter	Tulane
123	123	CIN	Frank Fitzgerald	Boston College
124	124	ATL	Jim Smith	Kentucky Wesleyan College
125	125	SEA	Charlie Lowery	University of Puget Sound	1	20	134	45	19	14	.447		.611	6.7	2.3	1.0	0.7	0.2	.083
126	126	HOU	Rich Katherman	Duke
127	127	GSW	Jim Haderlein	Loyola Marymount
128	128	BAL	Russell Golden	Jackson State University
129	129	BOS	John Ribock	South Carolina
130	130	DET	Wayne Jones	Niagara University
131	131	PHI	Barry Yates	Maryland	1	24	144	69	40	7	.373		.636	6.0	2.9	1.7	0.3	-0.2	-.075
132	132	LAL	Luke Adams	Lamar
133	133	PHO	Vernell Ellzy	Florida State
134	134	CHI	Clarence Sherrod	Wisconsin
135	135	NYK	Leroy Eldridge	Cheyney (PA)
136	136	MIL	Felix Thurston	Trinity 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
137	137	CLE	Rich Walker	Bowling Green
138	138	BUF	Gary Stewart	Canisius
139	139	POR	Goo Kennedy	TCU	1	32	277	65	51	6	.534		.375	8.7	2.0	1.6	0.2	0.3	.045	-2.7	0.0
140	140	ATL	Ernie Fleming	Jacksonville University
141	141	SEA	Larry Holliday	Oregon
142	142	HOU	Willie Kerry	Denver
143	143	GSW	Clarence Smith	Villanova
144	144	BAL	Ron Johnston	Murray State
145	145	BOS	Ray Green	California University of Pennslyvania
146	146	DET	Paul Botts	Central Michigan University
147	147	PHI	Tom Lee	Arizona
148	148	LAL	Bob Cheeks	Whittier College
149	149	PHO	Mike Johnson	Kansas State
150	150	CHI	Jackie Dinkins	Voorhees College	1	18	89	45	20	7	.415		.550	4.9	2.5	1.1	0.4	0.1	.073
151	151	NYK	Mike O'Brien	Saint Leo University
152	152	MIL	Rick Howat	Illinois
			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
153	153	CLE	Jim Meredith	Washington State
154	154	BUF	Don Ward	Colgate
155	155	POR	Greg Starrick	Southern Illinois
156	156	ATL	Ron Rippitoe	Lipscomb
157	157	SEA	Ed Huston	University of Puget Sound
158	158	HOU	Calvin Oliver	University of Texas-Pan American
159	159	GSW	Bill Drosdiak	Oregon
160	160	BAL	Eddie Myers	Arizona
161	161	BOS	Dale Dover	Harvard University
162	162	DET	Steve Butcher	Pikeville College
163	163	PHI	Jim Dinwiddie	Kentucky
164	164	LAL	Cliff Mosely	Quinnipiac University
165	165	PHO	Tom Newell	Hawaii
166	166	CHI	David Withers	University of Delaware
167	167	NYK	Andy Toth	Cheyney (PA)
168	168	MIL	Dan Fife	Michigan
			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
169	169	CLE	Mike Casey	Kentucky
170	170	BUF	Bill Warner	Arizona
171	171	POR	Howard Burford	Gonzaga
172	172	ATL	Levi Wyatt	Alcorn State
173	173	SEA	Jerome Perry	Western Kentucky
174	174	HOU	Doug Rex	UC Santa Barbara
175	175	BAL	Chuck Olowski	University of Baltimore
176	176	BOS	Reggie Brooks	Southern New Hampshire University
177	177	DET	Larry Saunders	Duke
178	178	PHI	Dana Pagett	USC
179	179	PHO	Paul Leitz	Western Carolina University
180	180	CHI	Al Smith	Bradley
181	181	NYK	Ken Davis	Georgetown College
182	182	MIL	Blaine Henry	Marshall
			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
183	183	CLE	Doug Hess	Toledo
184	184	BUF	Butch Webster	LSU
185	185	POR	Don Sechler	Delaware Valley College
186	186	ATL	Roger Moore
187	187	HOU	Chris Schrobilgen	USC
188	188	BAL	Bob Connor	Loyola College in Maryland
189	189	BOS	John Dalton	Suffolk University
190	190	DET	Bob Horn	Drake University
191	191	PHI	Ken Kowall	Ohio University
192	192	PHO	Floyd Mason	Alcorn State
193	193	CHI	Ken Riley	Middle Tennessee
194	194	NYK	Carl Greenfield	Eastern Kentucky University
195	195	MIL	Gene Mumford	University of Scranton
			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
196	196	CLE	Bobby Jones	Drake University
197	197	BUF	Pete Smith	Valdosta State University
198	198	ATL	Ed Jenkins
199	199	HOU	Lee McCollough	Indiana
200	200	BAL	Ron Crosswhite	Dayton
201	201	BOS	Leroy Chalk	Nebraska
202	202	DET	Willie Roberson	Wyoming
203	203	PHI	Hank Commodore	Northwestern Oklahoma State University
204	204	PHO	Ron Dorsey	Tennessee State
205	205	CHI	Ed Goode	DePaul
206	206	NYK	Larry Duckworth	Henderson State University
207	207	MIL	Pierre Russell	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
208	208	CLE	Bubbles Harris	Indiana
209	209	BUF	Ray Lavender	Drury University
210	210	HOU	Gene Roberson	Canisius
211	211	BAL	Rudolph Peele	Norfolk State
212	212	DET	Art Davis	Johnson C. Smith University
213	213	PHO	Ken Booker	UCLA
214	214	CHI	Richard Dixon	Loyola Marymount
215	215	NYK	Jack O'Connor	University of Great Falls
216	216	MIL	George Jackson	Dayton
			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
217	217	CLE	Larry Baker	Wittenberg University
218	218	BUF	William Chatmon	Baylor
219	219	HOU	Terry Guigg	Gonzaga
220	220	BAL	James Morrell	Norfolk State
221	221	DET	James Fleming	Alcorn State
222	222	PHO	Curtis Carter	Bishop College
223	223	CHI	Liscio Thomas	Furman University
224	224	MIL	Loyd King	Virginia 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
225	225	CLE	Vance Tyree	University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse
226	226	BUF	James Douglas	Memphis
227	227	HOU	Leonard Jackson	Oregon
228	228	DET	Fred Smiley	Detroit Mercy
229	229	CHI	Bob Bissant	Loyola University New Orleans
			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
230	230	BUF	Nelson Isley	LSU
231	231	HOU	Steve Sims	Pepperdine
232	232	DET	Leroy Jenkins	Detroit Mercy
			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
233	233	BUF	Joey Meyer	DePaul
234	234	HOU	Carlos Quintar
235	235	DET	Ike Bundy	Lawrence Technological University
			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
236	236	HOU	Gary Schneider	San Diego State
237	237	DET	Ed Jenkins	Shaw

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