1970 NBA Draft

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1970 NBA Draft

Preceded by:
1969 NBA Draft

NBA Draft

Followed by:
1971 NBA Draft

See also: List of NBA Drafts, NBA Draft

The 1970 NBA Draft is known for having one of the most talented pools in draft history. Five players were inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame (Pete Maravich, Dave Cowens, Calvin Murphy, Bob Lanier, and Nate Archibald). A sixth future Hall of Famer, Dan Issel, would have been drafted except he had already signed with the ABA. Three members of the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team were drafted that year: Maravich, Cowens, and Archibald. Other notables that were drafted in 1970 went on to a successful coaching career (Rudy Tomjanovich, Jim McMillian and Cowens).

1 Round 1
2 Round 2
3 Round 3
4 External links

[edit] Round 1

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	College/HS/Club Team
1	Bob Lanier	United States	Detroit Pistons	St. Bonaventure
2	Rudy Tomjanovich	United States	San Diego Rockets	Michigan
3	Pete Maravich	United States	Atlanta Hawks	LSU
4	Dave Cowens	United States	Boston Celtics	Florida State
5	Sam Lacey	United States	Cincinnati Royals	New Mexico State
6	Jim Ard	United States	Seattle SuperSonics	Cincinnati
7	John Johnson	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	Iowa
8	Geoff Petrie	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	Princeton
9	George Johnson	United States	Baltimore Bullets	Stephen F. Austin
10	Greg Howard	United States	Phoenix Suns	New Mexico
11	Jimmy Collins	United States	Chicago Bulls	New Mexico State
12	Al Henry	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	Wisconsin
13	Jim McMillian	United States	Los Angeles Lakers	Columbia
14	John Vallely	United States	Atlanta Hawks	UCLA
15	John Hummer	United States	Buffalo Braves	Princeton
16	Gary Freeman	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	Oregon State
17	Mike Price	United States	New York Knicks	Illinois

[edit] Round 2

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	College/HS/Club Team
18	Calvin Murphy	United States	San Diego Rockets	Niagara
19	Nate Archibald	United States	Cincinnati Royals	UTEP
20	Jake Ford	United States	Seattle SuperSonics	Maryland State
21	Rex Morgan	United States	Boston Celtics	Jacksonville
22	Doug Cook	United States	Cincinnati Royals	Davidson
23	Pete Cross	United States	Seattle SuperSonics	San Francisco
24	Cornell Warner	United States	Buffalo Braves	Jackson State
25	Walt Gilmore	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	Fort Valley State
26	Dave Sorenson	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	Ohio State
27	Fred Taylor	United States	Phoenix Suns	Pan American
28	Paul Ruffner	United States	Chicago Bulls	BYU
29	Joe DePre	United States	Phoenix Suns	St. John's
30	Earnest Killum	United States	Los Angeles Lakers	Stetson
31	Dan Hester	United States	Atlanta Hawks	LSU
32	Ken Warzynski	United States	Detroit Pistons	De Paul
33	Bill Zopf	United States	Milwaukee Bucks	Duquesne
34	Howie Wright	United States	New York Knicks	Austin Peay

[edit] Round 3

Pick	Player	Nationality	NBA Team	College/HS/Club Team
35	Curtis Perry	United States	San Diego Rockets	SW Missouri State
36	Earl Higgins	United States	San Francisco Warriors	Eastern Michigan
37	Bob St. Pierre	United States	Detroit Pistons	Hanover
38	Willie Williams	United States	Boston Celtics	Florida State
39	Greg Hyder	United States	Cincinnati Royals	Eastern New Mexico
40	Garfield Heard	United States	Seattle SuperSonics	Oklahoma