Draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Pos. | Nationality | Team | School/club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Bellamy, WaltWalt Bellamy^ | C | United States | Chicago Packers | Indiana |
| 1 | 2 | Stith, TomTom Stith | F | United States | New York Knicks | St. Bonaventure |
| 1 | 3 | Siegfried, LarryLarry Siegfried | F | United States | Cincinnati Royals | Ohio State |
| 1 | 4 | Scott, RayRay Scott | F/C | United States | Detroit Pistons | Allentown Jets |
| 1 | 5 | Yates, WayneWayne Yates | C | United States | Los Angeles Lakers | Memphis State |
| 1 | 6 | Warley, BenBen Warley | G/F | United States | Syracuse Nationals | Cleveland Pipers |
| 1 | 7 | Meschery, TomTom Meschery+ | F | United States1 | Philadelphia Warriors | Saint Mary's (CA) |
| 1 | 8 | Hill, CleoCleo Hill | G | United States | St. Louis Hawks | Winston-Salem State |
| 1 | 9 | Phillips, GaryGary Phillips | G | United States | Boston Celtics | Houston |
| 2 | 10 | Martin, WhiteyWhitey Martin | G | United States | New York Knicks | St. Bonaventure |
| 2 | 11 | Wiesenhahn, BobBob Wiesenhahn | F | United States | Cincinnati Royals | Cincinnati |
| 2 | 12 | Egan, JohnnyJohnny Egan | G | United States | Detroit Pistons | Providence |
| 2 | 13 | Sawyer, FredFred Sawyer# | C | United States | Los Angeles Lakers | Louisville |
| 2 | 14 | Smith, ChrisChris Smith# | C | United States | Syracuse Nationals | Virginia Tech |
| 2 | 15 | Luckenbill, TedTed Luckenbill | F | United States | Philadelphia Warriors | Houston |
| 2 | 16 | Horn, RonRon Horn | F | United States | St. Louis Hawks | Indiana |
| 2 | 17 | Butler, AlAl Butler | G | United States | Boston Celtics | Niagara |
| 2 | 18 | Turner, JackJack Turner | G/F | United States | Chicago Packers | Louisville |
| 2 | 19 | Graves, JerryJerry Graves# | F | United States | Chicago Packers | Mississippi State |
| 2 | 20 | Larese, YorkYork Larese | G | United States | Chicago Packers | North Carolina |
| 2 | 21 | Kojis, DonDon Kojis+ | F | United States | Chicago Packers | Marquette |
| 2 | 22 | Moe, DougDoug Moe# | G/F | United States | Chicago Packers | North Carolina |
| 2 | 23 | Cohen, JeffJeff Cohen# | C | United States | Chicago Packers | William & Mary |
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Famous quotes containing the word draft:
“It is crystal clear to me that if Arabs put down a draft resolution blaming Israel for the recent earthquake in Iran it would probably have a majority, the U.S. would veto it and Britain and France would abstain.”
—Amos Oz (b. 1939)
“Why not draft executive and management brains to prepare and produce the equipment the $21-a-month draftee must use and forget this dollar-a-year tommyrot? Would we send an army into the field under a dollar-a-year General who had to be home Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays?”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (19081973)
“If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to be violent defending black women and black children and black babies and black men, then it is wrong for America to draft us, and make us violent abroad in defense of her. And if it is right for America to draft us, and teach us how to be violent in defense of her, then it is right for you and me to do whatever is necessary to defend our own people right here in this country.”
—Malcolm X (19251965)