1971 NBA draft

The 1971 NBA Draft was conducted in New York on March 29, 1971 . There were 19 rounds in total.

In first position, Austin Carr was chosen by the Cleveland Cavaliers . Of the total of 237 selected players, 54 played at least one NBA game. Spencer Haywood and Artis Gilmore are the only players from this draft to date to be 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	Austin Carr (G)		Cleveland Cavaliers	University of Notre Dame
1	2	Sidney Wicks (F / C)		Portland Trail Blazers	University of California, Los Angeles
1	3	Elmore Smith (C)		Buffalo Braves	Kentucky State University
1	4th	Corky Calhoun (F)		Phoenix Suns	University of Pennsylvania
1	5	Ken Durrett (F)		Cincinnati Royals	La Salle University
1	6th	Fred Brown (G)		Seattle SuperSonics	University of Iowa
1	7th	Cliff Meely (F / C)		San Diego Rockets	University of Colorado
1	8th	Darnell Hillman (F / C)		San Francisco Warriors	San Jose State University
1	9	Stan Love (F)		Baltimore Bullets	University of Oregon
1	10	Clarence Glover (F)		Boston Celtics	Western Kentucky University
1	11	Curtis Rowe (F)		Detroit Pistons	University of California, Los Angeles
1	12	Dana Lewis (C)		Philadelphia 76ers	University of Tulsa
1	13	Jim Cleamons (G)		Los Angeles Lakers	Ohio State University
1	14th	John Roche (G)		Phoenix Suns	University of South Carolina
1	15th	Kennedy McIntosh (F)		Chicago Bulls	Eastern Michigan University
1	16	Dean Meminger (G)		New York Knicks	Marquette University
1	17th	Collis Jones (F)		Milwaukee Bucks	University of Notre Dame
2	18th	Steve Patterson (C)		Cleveland Cavaliers	University of California, Los Angeles
2	19th	Fred Hilton (G / F)		Buffalo Braves	Grambling State University
2	20th	Willie Sojourner (F / C)		Chicago Bulls	Weber State University
2	21st	John Mengelt (G)		Cincinnati Royals	Auburn University
2	22nd	Ted McClain (G)		Atlanta Hawks	Tennessee State University
2	23	Jim McDaniels (F / C)		Seattle SuperSonics	Western Kentucky University
2	24	Mike Newlin (G / F)		San Diego Rockets	University of Utah
2	25th	Charlie Yelverton (G / F)		Portland Trail Blazers	Fordham University
2	26th	Amos Thomas (F)		Buffalo Braves	Southwestern Oklahoma State University
2	27	Rick Fisher (F)		Portland Trail Blazers	Colorado State University
2	28	Jim Rose (G)		Boston Celtics	Western Kentucky University
2	29	Isaiah Wilson (G)		Detroit Pistons	University of Baltimore
2	30th	Spencer Haywood (F / C)		Buffalo Braves	University of Detroit Mercy
2	31	Joe Bergman (F)		Cincinnati Royals	Creighton University
2	32	Howard Porter (F / C)		Chicago Bulls	Villanova University
2	33	Marvin Stewart (G)		Philadelphia 76ers	University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2	34	Gregg Northington (C)		New York Knicks	Alabama State University
2	35	Willie Long (F / C)		Cleveland Cavaliers	University of New Mexico
3	37	Larry Steele (G / F)		Portland Trail Blazers	University of Kentucky
3	39	Jeff Halliburton (G)		Atlanta Hawks	Drake University
3	40	Clifford Ray (C)		Chicago Bulls	University of Oklahoma
3	41	Jackie Ridgle (G)		Cleveland Cavaliers	University of California, Berkeley
3	42	William Smith (C)		Portland Trail Blazers	Syracuse University
3	43	Rich Rinaldi (G)		Baltimore Bullets	Saint Peter's University
3	44	Dave Robisch (F / C)		Boston Celtics	University of Kansas
3	45	Marv Roberts (F / C)		Detroit Pistons	Utah State University
3	46	Dave Wohl (G)		Philadelphia 76ers	University of Pennsylvania
3	47	Mike Gale (G)		Chicago Bulls	Elizabeth City State University
3	48	Dennis Layton (G)		Phoenix Suns	University of Southern California
3	49	Dick Gibbs (G / F)		Chicago Bulls	University of Texas at El Paso
3	50	Ken Mayfield (G)		New York Knicks	Tuskegee University
4th	55	Sid Catlett (F)		Cincinnati Royals	University of Notre Dame
4th	58	Tom Owens (F / C)		San Diego Rockets	University of South Carolina
4th	61	Randy Denton (C)		Boston Celtics	Duke University
4th	64	Roger Brown (C)		Los Angeles Lakers	University of Kansas
5	76	Odis Allison (F)		San Francisco Warriors	University of Nevada, Las Vegas
5	85	Barry Nelson (C)		Milwaukee Bucks	Duquesne University
6th	89	Gil McGregor (F)		Cincinnati Royals	Wake Forest University
6th	93	Charles Johnson (G)		San Francisco Warriors	University of California, Berkeley
6th	97	Jake Jones (G)		Philadelphia 76ers	Assumption College
7th	104	Randy Smith (G / F)		Buffalo Braves	Buffalo State College
7th	117	Artis Gilmore (C)		Chicago Bulls	Jacksonville University
8th	120	Charlie Davis (G)		Cleveland Cavaliers	Wake Forest University
8th	125	Charlie Lowery (G)		Seattle SuperSonics	University of Puget Sound
8th	131	Barry Yates (F)		Philadelphia 76ers	University of Maryland, College Park
9	139	Goo Kennedy (F / C)		Portland Trail Blazers	Texas Christian University
9	150	Jackie Dinkins (F)		Chicago Bulls	Voorhees College

Web links

• Complete draft list 1971
• Draft statistics at basketball-reference.com