1970 NBA Draft

The 1970 NBA Draft was carried out on March 23, 1970 in New York . There were 19 rounds in total.

In first position, Bob Lanier was elected by the Detroit Pistons . Of the total of 239 players selected, 56 played at least one NBA game. Bob Lanier , Pete Maravich , Dave Cowens , Calvin Murphy , Nate Archibald , Charlie Scott and Dan Issel are the players from this draft who were inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame .

Draft picks

• Members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame are highlighted in color

round	Pick	Player (position)	Nat.	NBA team	previous team / college
1	1	Bob Lanier (C)		Detroit Pistons	St. Bonaventure University
1	2	Rudy Tomjanovich (F)		San Diego Rockets	University of Michigan
1	3	Pete Maravich (G)		Atlanta Hawks	Louisiana State University
1	4th	Dave Cowens (F / C)		Boston Celtics	Florida State University
1	5	Sam Lacey (C)		Cincinnati Royals	New Mexico State University
1	6th	Jim Ard (F / C)		Seattle SuperSonics	University of Cincinnati
1	7th	John Johnson (F)		Cleveland Cavaliers	University of Iowa
1	8th	Geoff Petrie (G)		Portland Trail Blazers	Princeton University
1	9	George Johnson (C)		Baltimore Bullets	Stephen F. Austin State University
1	10	Greg Howard (F / C)		Phoenix Suns	University of New Mexico
1	11	Jimmy Collins (G)		Chicago Bulls	New Mexico State University
1	12	Al Henry (C)		Philadelphia 76ers	University of Wisconsin – Madison
1	13	Jim McMillian (F)		Los Angeles Lakers	Columbia University
1	14th	John Vallely (G)		Atlanta Hawks	University of California, Los Angeles
1	15th	John Hummer (F)		Buffalo Braves	Princeton University
1	16	Gary Freeman (F)		Milwaukee Bucks	Oregon State University
1	17th	Mike Price (G)		New York Knicks	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2	18th	Calvin Murphy (G)		San Diego Rockets	Niagara University
2	19th	Nate Archibald (G)		Cincinnati Royals	University of Texas at El Paso
2	20th	Jake Ford (G)		Seattle SuperSonics	University of Maryland Eastern Shore
2	21st	Rex morgan (g)		Boston Celtics	Jacksonville University
2	22nd	Doug Cook (F)		Cincinnati Royals	Davidson College
2	23	Pete Cross (F / C)		Seattle SuperSonics	University of San Francisco
2	24	Cornell Warner (F / C)		Buffalo Braves	Jackson State University
2	25th	Walt Gilmore (F)		Portland Trail Blazers	Fort Valley State University
2	26th	Dave Sorenson (F)		Cleveland Cavaliers	Ohio State University
2	27	Fred Taylor (G / F)		Phoenix Suns	University of Texas – Pan American
2	28	Paul Ruffner (F / C)		Chicago Bulls	Brigham Young University
2	29	Joe DePre (G)		Phoenix Suns	St. John's University (New York)
2	30th	Earnie Killum (G)		Los Angeles Lakers	Stetson University
2	31	Dan Hester (F)		Atlanta Hawks	Louisiana State University
2	32	Ken Warzynski (F)		Detroit Pistons	DePaul University
2	33	Bill Zopf (G)		Milwaukee Bucks	Duquesne University
2	34	Howie Wright (G)		New York Knicks	Austin Peay State University
3	35	Curtis Perry (F)		San Diego Rockets	Missouri State University
3	38	Willie Williams (F)		Boston Celtics	Florida State University
3	39	Greg Hyder (F)		Cincinnati Royals	Eastern New Mexico University
3	40	Gar Heard (F)		Seattle SuperSonics	University of Oklahoma
3	46	Dennis Awtrey (C)		Philadelphia 76ers	Santa Clara University
3	50	Marv Winkler (G)		Milwaukee Bucks	University of Louisiana at Lafayette
4th	53	Ralph Ogden (F)		San Francisco Warriors	Santa Clara University
4th	54	Bill Stricker (F)		Baltimore Bullets	University of the Pacific
4th	64	Larry Mikan (F)		Los Angeles Lakers	University of Minnesota
5	70	Levi Fontaine (G)		San Francisco Warriors	University of Maryland Eastern Shore
5	76	Ron Knight (F)		Portland Trail Blazers	California State University, Los Angeles
5	79	George Johnson (F / C)		Chicago Bulls	Dillard University
5	82	Bob Riley (F)		Atlanta Hawks	Mount St. Mary's University
5	83	Gary Zeller (G)		Baltimore Bullets	Drake University
6th	87	Vic Bartolome (C)		San Francisco Warriors	Oregon State University
6th	94	Joe Cooke (G)		Cleveland Cavaliers	Indiana University Bloomington
6th	95	Joe Thomas (F)		Phoenix Suns	Marquette University
7th	103	Billy Paultz (F / C)		San Diego Rockets	St. John's University (New York)
7th	106	Charlie Scott (G / F)		Boston Celtics	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
7th	110	Claude English (F)		Portland Trail Blazers	University of Rhode Island
8th	120	Don Adams (F)		San Diego Rockets	Northwestern University
8th	122	Dan Issel (F / C)		Detroit Pistons	University of Kentucky
8th	129	Steve Patterson (C)		Phoenix Suns	University of California, Los Angeles
8th	133	Herb White (G)		Atlanta Hawks	University of Georgia
8th	136	Greg Fillmore (C)		New York Knicks	Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
10	155	Coby Dietrick (F / C)		San Francisco Warriors	San Jose State University
14th	205	Randy Smith (G / F)		Detroit Pistons	Buffalo State College

Web links

• Complete draft list 1970
• Draft statistics at basketball-reference.com