The 1969 NBA draft was the 23rd annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on April 7 and May 7, 1969, before the 1969–70 season. In this draft, fourteen NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. A player who had finished his four-year college eligibility was eligible for selection. If a player left college early, he would not be eligible for selection until his college class graduated.
| 1969 NBA draft | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Date(s) | April 7, 1969 (Rounds 1 & 2) May 7, 1969 (Other rounds) |
| Location | New York City, New York |
| Overview | |
| 218 total selections in 20 rounds | |
| League | NBA |
| First selection | Lew Alcindor,[1] Milwaukee Bucks |
The first two picks in the draft belonged to the teams that finished last in each division, with the order determined by a coin flip.[1] The Milwaukee Bucks won the coin flip in the commissioner's New York office on March 19 and were awarded the first overall pick, while the Phoenix Suns went second.[2][3][4] The remaining first-round picks and the subsequent rounds were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season. The Los Angeles Lakers were awarded an extra first-round draft pick as settlement of the Rudy LaRusso trade to the San Francisco Warriors.[5] The draft consisted of twenty rounds and selected 218 players.[6][7]
Draftee career notes
editLew Alcindor (later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) from UCLA was selected first overall by the Milwaukee Bucks. He went on to win the Rookie of the Year Award and was selected to both All-NBA Second Team and All-Star Game in his first season.[8][9] The following season, the Bucks acquired 31-year old point guard Oscar Robertson from the Cincinnati Royals.[10] They led the Bucks to a league-best 66 wins in the regular season. The Bucks then beat the Baltimore Bullets in the Finals to win their first NBA championship, in only their third season. In that season, Alcindor also won the Most Valuable Player Award and Finals Most Valuable Player Award. He went on to win five more NBA championships in the 1980s with the Los Angeles Lakers, where he teamed up with Magic Johnson, the first pick in 1979. He also won another Finals Most Valuable Player Award in 1985. He won a total of six Most Valuable Player Award, the most in the history of the NBA. He also held the record for the most All-Star Game selections with 19 and the most All-NBA Team selections with 15. Furthermore, he was selected to eleven All-Defensive Teams, the second most selections. He retired as all–time league scoring leader with 38,387 points and the all–time league leader in total blocked shots with 3,189 blocks.[11] For his achievements, he has been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame.[12] He was also named in the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History list announced at the league's 50th anniversary in 1996.[13]
Jo Jo White, the ninth pick, won two NBA championships with the Boston Celtics in 1974 and 1976. He was named as the Finals Most Valuable Player in the latter. He was selected to two All-NBA Teams and seven All-Star Games.[14] 45th pick Bob Dandridge won two NBA championships with the Milwaukee Bucks in 1971 and with the Washington Bullets in the 1978. He was selected to one All-NBA Team and four All-Star Games.[15] Norm Van Lier, the 34th pick, was selected to both the All-NBA Team and the All-Star Game. He was also selected to eight All-Defensive Teams.[16] Two other players from this draft, 10th pick Butch Beard and 61st pick Steve Mix, was also selected to an All-Star Game.[17][18] Beard became a head coach after his playing career, he coached the New Jersey Nets for two seasons in the 1990s.[19] Three other players drafted also went on to have a coaching career: 43rd pick Fred Carter, 68th pick Gene Littles and 187th pick Mack Calvin.[20][21][22]
In the 13th round, the San Francisco Warriors selected Denise Long, a girl's high school player from Whitten, Iowa.[23] Long, who averaged 62.8 points per game in her senior year, became the first female ever to be drafted by an NBA team.[24] However, the selection was later voided by commissioner J. Walter Kennedy as a publicity stunt.[25] In the 15th round, the Phoenix Suns selected track and field athlete Bob Beamon from the University of Texas at El Paso with the 189th pick. He had just broken the world record for long jump and won the gold medal at the 1968 Olympic Games.[26] Although he had played basketball before his athletics career, he stayed with it and never played in the NBA.[27][28]
Draft selections
edit| Pos. | G | F | C |
| Position | Guard | Forward | Center |
| ^ | Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |
| * | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-NBA Team |
| + | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game |
| # | Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff game |
was selected first overall
by the Milwaukee Bucks
| Rnd. | Pick | Player | Pos. | Nationality[n 1] | Team | School / club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Lew Alcindor^[1] | C | Milwaukee Bucks | UCLA (Sr.) | |
| 1 | 2 | Neal Walk | C | Phoenix Suns | Florida (Sr.) | |
| 1 | 3 | Lucius Allen | G | Seattle SuperSonics | UCLA (Sr.) | |
| 1 | 4 | Terry Driscoll | F | Detroit Pistons | Boston College (Sr.) | |
| 1 | 5 | Larry Cannon | G | Chicago Bulls | La Salle (Sr.) | |
| 1 | 6 | Bingo Smith | G/F | San Diego Rockets | Tulsa (Sr.) | |
| 1 | 7 | Bob Portman | F | San Francisco Warriors | Creighton (Sr.) | |
| 1 | 8 | Herm Gilliam | G/F | Cincinnati Royals | Purdue (Sr.) | |
| 1 | 9 | Jo Jo White^ | G | Boston Celtics | Kansas (Sr.) | |
| 1 | 10 | Butch Beard+ | G | Atlanta Hawks | Louisville (Sr.) | |
| 1 | 11 | John Warren | G/F | New York Knicks | St. John's (Sr.) | |
| 1 | 12 | Willie McCarter | G | Los Angeles Lakers | Drake (Sr.) | |
| 1 | 13 | Bud Ogden | F | Philadelphia 76ers | Santa Clara (Sr.) | |
| 1 | 14 | Mike Davis | G | Baltimore Bullets | Virginia Union (Sr.) | |
| 1 | 15 | Rick Roberson | F/C | Los Angeles Lakers[2] | Cincinnati (Sr.) | |
| 2 | 16 | Simmie Hill# | F | Chicago Bulls (from Phoenix) | West Texas State (Sr.) | |
| 2 | 17 | Bob Greacen | F | Milwaukee Bucks | Rutgers (Sr.) | |
| 2 | 18 | Ron Taylor# | C | Seattle SuperSonics | USC (Sr.) | |
| 2 | 19 | Willie Norwood | F | Detroit Pistons | Alcorn A&M (Sr.) | |
| 2 | 20 | Ken Spain# | C | Chicago Bulls | Houston (Sr.) | |
| 2 | 21 | Bernie Williams | G | San Diego Rockets | La Salle (Sr.) | |
| 2 | 22 | Ed Siudut# | F | San Francisco Warriors | Holy Cross (Sr.) | |
| 2 | 23 | Johnny Baum | F | Chicago Bulls (from Cincinnati)[a] | Temple (Sr.) | |
| 2 | 24 | Gene Williams# | F | Phoenix Suns (from Boston)[b] | Kansas State (Sr.) | |
| 2 | 25 | Wally Anderzunas | F/C | Atlanta Hawks | Creighton (Sr.) | |
| 2 | 26 | Bill Bunting# | F/C | New York Knicks | North Carolina (Sr.) | |
| 2 | 27 | Dick Garrett | G | Los Angeles Lakers | Southern Illinois (Sr.) | |
| 2 | 28 | Willie Taylor# | F/C | Philadelphia 76ers | LeMoyne–Owen (Sr.) | |
| 2 | 29 | Willie Scott# | F | Baltimore Bullets | Alabama State (Sr.) | |
| 3 | 30 | Floyd Kerr# | G | Phoenix Suns | Colorado State (Sr.) | |
| 3 | 31 | Skeeter Swift# | G | Milwaukee Bucks | East Tennessee State (Sr.) | |
| 3 | 32 | Lee Winfield | G | Seattle SuperSonics | North Texas State (Sr.) | |
| 3 | 33 | Lamar Green | F/C | Phoenix Suns (from Detroit)[c] | Morehead State (Sr.) | |
| 3 | 34 | Norm Van Lier* | G | Chicago Bulls | Saint Francis (PA) (Sr.) | |
| 3 | 35 | Charles Bonaparte# | G | San Diego Rockets | Norfolk State (Sr.) | |
| 3 | 36 | Tom Hagan# | G | San Francisco Warriors | Vanderbilt (Sr.) | |
| 3 | 37 | Luther Rackley | C | Cincinnati Royals | Xavier (OH) (Sr.) | |
| 3 | 38 | Julius Keye# | F-C | Boston Celtics | Alcorn State (Sr.) | |
| 3 | 39 | Lloyd Kerr# | G | Phoenix Suns | Colorado State (Sr.) | |
| 3 | 40 | Eddie Mast | F/C | New York Knicks | Temple (Sr.) | |
| 3 | 41 | Luther Green | F | Cincinnati Royals (from Los Angeles) | Long Island (Sr.) | |
| 3 | 42 | Mike Grosso# | C | Philadelphia 76ers | Louisville (Jr.) | |
| 3 | 43 | Fred Carter | G/F | Baltimore Bullets | Mount St. Mary's (Sr.) | |
| 4 | 44 | Dennis Stewart | F | Phoenix Suns | Michigan (Sr.) | |
| 4 | 45 | Bob Dandridge* | G/F | Milwaukee Bucks | Norfolk State (Sr.) | |
| 4 | 46 | Butch Booker# | C | Seattle SuperSonics | Cheyney (Sr.) | |
| 4 | 47 | Ted Wierman# | F | Detroit Pistons | Washington State (Sr.) | |
| 4 | 48 | Dave Nash# | C | Chicago Bulls | Kansas (Sr.) | |
| 4 | 49 | Johnnie Allen# | F | San Diego Rockets | Bethune–Cookman (Sr.) | |
| 4 | 50 | Lee Lafayette# | F | San Francisco Warriors | Michigan State (Sr.) | |
| 4 | 51 | Ron Sanford# | F | Cincinnati Royals | New Mexico (Sr.) | |
| 4 | 52 | Steve Kuberski | F/C | Boston Celtics | Bradley (Sr.) | |
| 4 | 53 | Billy Hann# | G | Atlanta Hawks | Tennessee (Sr.) | |
| 4 | 54 | Elnardo Webster# | F | New York Knicks | Saint Peter's (Sr.) | |
| 4 | 55 | Don Griffin# | G | Atlanta Hawks | Stanford (Sr.) | |
| 4 | 56 | Dave Scholz | F | Philadelphia 76ers | Illinois (Sr.) | |
| 4 | 57 | Gene Ford# | F | Baltimore Bullets | Western Michigan (Sr.) | |
| 5 | 58 | Rich Jones | F/C | Phoenix Suns | Memphis State (Sr.) | |
| 5 | 59 | Kenny Heitz# | G | Milwaukee Bucks | UCLA (Sr.) | |
| 5 | 60 | Jerry King# | G | Seattle SuperSonics | Louisville (Sr.) | |
| 5 | 61 | Steve Mix+ | F | Detroit Pistons | Toledo (Sr.) | |
| 5 | 62 | Chris Ellis# | G | Chicago Bulls | Virginia Tech (Sr.) | |
| 5 | 63 | Charlie Hentz# | F | San Diego Rockets | Arkansas–Pine Bluff (Sr.) | |
| 5 | 64 | Willie Wise | F | San Francisco Warriors | Drake (Sr.) | |
| 5 | 65 | Jake Ford | G | Cincinnati Royals | Maryland State (Jr.) | |
| 5 | 66 | George Thompson | G | Boston Celtics | Marquette (Sr.) | |
| 5 | 67 | Mike Mitchell# | G | Atlanta Hawks | West Texas State (Sr.) | |
| 5 | 68 | Gene Littles# | G | New York Knicks | High Point (Sr.) | |
| 5 | 69 | Wil Jones | F | Los Angeles Lakers | Albany State (Sr.) | |
| 5 | 70 | Joe Cromer# | F | Philadelphia 76ers | Temple (Sr.) | |
| 5 | 71 | Willie Jackson# | F | Baltimore Bullets | Morehead State (Sr.) | |
| 6 | 72 | Dan Sadlier# | F | Phoenix Suns | Dayton (Sr.) | |
| 6 | 73 | John Arthurs | G | Milwaukee Bucks | Tulane (Sr.) | |
| 6 | 74 | Ben McGilmer# | F | Seattle SuperSonics | Iowa (Sr.) | |
| 6 | 75 | Larry Jeffries# | G | Detroit Pistons | Trinity (TX) (Sr.) | |
| 6 | 76 | George Tinsley# | F | Chicago Bulls | Kentucky Wesleyan (Sr.) | |
| 6 | 77 | Bob Tallent# | G | San Diego Rockets | George Washington (Sr.) | |
| 6 | 78 | Dan Obrovac# | F | San Francisco Warriors | Dayton (Sr.) | |
| 6 | 79 | Mel Coleman# | F | Cincinnati Royals | Stout State (Sr.) | |
| 6 | 80 | Dolph Pulliam# | F | Boston Celtics | Drake (Sr.) | |
| 6 | 81 | Guy Mackner# | F | Atlanta Hawks | South Dakota State (Sr.) | |
| 6 | 82 | Dwight Durante# | G | New York Knicks | Catawba (Sr.) | |
| 6 | 83 | Dick Grubar# | G | Los Angeles Lakers | North Carolina (Sr.) | |
| 6 | 84 | John Jones# | G | Philadelphia 76ers | Villanova (Sr.) | |
| 6 | 85 | Paul Loveday# | F | Baltimore Bullets | California (Sr.) | |
| 7 | 86 | Bill Sweek# | G | Phoenix Suns | UCLA (Sr.) | |
| 7 | 87 | Billy Keller# | G | Milwaukee Bucks | Purdue (Sr.) | |
| 7 | 88 | Greg Wittman# | F | Seattle SuperSonics | Western Carolina (Sr.) | |
| 7 | 89 | Steve Vandenberg# | F | Detroit Pistons | Duke (Sr.) | |
| 7 | 90 | Frank Judge# | G | Chicago Bulls | Huston–Tillotson (Sr.) | |
| 7 | 91 | Lynn Shackelford# | F | San Diego Rockets | UCLA (Sr.) | |
| 7 | 92 | Pat Foley# | F | San Francisco Warriors | Pacific (Sr.) | |
| 7 | 93 | L.C. Bowen# | G | Cincinnati Royals | Bradley (Sr.) | |
| 7 | 94 | Jim Johnson# | F | Boston Celtics | Wisconsin (Sr.) | |
| 7 | 95 | Bob Bundy# | F | Atlanta Hawks | Vanderbilt (Sr.) | |
| 7 | 96 | Chris Thomforde# | F | New York Knicks | Princeton (Sr.) | |
| 7 | 97 | Karl Liimo# | F | Los Angeles Lakers | BYU (Sr.) | |
| 7 | 98 | Dave Hamilton# | F | Philadelphia 76ers | West Virginia State (Sr.) | |
| 7 | 99 | Jeff Claypool# | F | Baltimore Bullets | Grove City (Sr.) | |
| 8 | 100 | Bob Edwards# | C | Phoenix Suns | Arizona State (Sr.) | |
| 8 | 101 | John Schell# | F | Milwaukee Bucks | Wisconsin (Sr.) | |
| 8 | 102 | Theartis Wallace# | G | Seattle SuperSonics | Central Washington (Sr.) | |
| 8 | 103 | Bob Arnzen | F | Detroit Pistons | Notre Dame (Sr.) | |
| 8 | 104 | Roger Moller# | C | Chicago Bulls | Westmar (Sr.) | |
| 8 | 105 | Bill DeHeer# | F | San Diego Rockets | Indiana (Sr.) | |
| 8 | 106 | Steve Rippe# | F | San Francisco Warriors | UC Santa Barbara (Sr.) | |
| 8 | 107 | Merton Bancroft# | F | Cincinnati Royals | Missouri State (Sr.) | |
| 8 | 108 | Bob Whitmore# | F | Boston Celtics | Notre Dame (Sr.) | |
| 8 | 109 | Bob Christian | C | Atlanta Hawks | Grambling (Sr.) | |
| 8 | 110 | Jim Healey# | G | New York Knicks | Rockhurst (Sr.) | |
| 8 | 111 | Joe Smith# | F | Los Angeles Lakers | Oklahoma State (Sr.) | |
| 8 | 112 | Jim Bowles# | F | Philadelphia 76ers | Trinity (Sr.) | |
| 8 | 113 | Barry White# | F | Baltimore Bullets | Hofstra (Sr.) | |
| 9 | 114 | Steve Jennings# | G | Phoenix Suns | USC (Sr.) | |
| 9 | 115 | Jim Satalin# | G | Milwaukee Bucks | St. Bonaventure (Sr.) | |
| 9 | 116 | Vince Fritz# | G | Seattle SuperSonics | Oregon State (Sr.) | |
| 9 | 117 | George Reynolds | G | Detroit Pistons | Houston (Sr.) | |
| 9 | 118 | Sterling Burke# | F | Chicago Bulls | Northwestern (Sr.) | |
| 9 | 119 | Larry Cheatham# | G | San Diego Rockets | Tulsa (Sr.) | |
| 9 | 120 | Greg Reed# | F | San Francisco Warriors | Sacramento State (Sr.) | |
| 9 | 121 | James Hurley# | G | Cincinnati Royals | Transylvania (Sr.) | |
| 9 | 122 | Gordon Smith# | G | Boston Celtics | Cincinnati (Sr.) | |
| 9 | 123 | Pete Gayeska# | C | Atlanta Hawks | UMass (Sr.) | |
| 9 | 124 | Roger Walaszek# | G | New York Knicks | Columbia (Sr.) | |
| 9 | 125 | Jim Smith# | C | Los Angeles Lakers | Northern Illinois (Sr.) | |
| 9 | 126 | Larry Lewis# | F | Philadelphia 76ers | Saint Francis (Sr.) | |
| 9 | 127 | Gary Major# | F | Baltimore Bullets | Duquesne (Sr.) | |
| 10 | 128 | Rick Abrahamson# | G | Phoenix Suns | Oregon (Sr.) | |
| 10 | 129 | Willie Brown# | G | Milwaukee Bucks | Middle Tennessee (Sr.) | |
| 10 | 130 | Al Cueto# | C | Seattle SuperSonics | Tulsa (Sr.) | |
| 10 | 131 | Bill English# | F | Detroit Pistons | Winston-Salem State (Sr.) | |
| 10 | 132 | Al Smith# | G | Chicago Bulls | U.S. Armed Forces (AAU) | |
| 10 | 133 | Lee Sims# | G | San Diego Rockets | Ashland (Sr.) | |
| 10 | 134 | Girard Chatman# | F | San Francisco Warriors | San Francisco State (Sr.) | |
| 10 | 135 | Bill Bowes# | F | Cincinnati Royals | Elon (Sr.) | |
| 10 | 136 | Jim Picka# | C | Boston Celtics | High Point (Sr.) | |
| 10 | 137 | Dick Stewart# | G | Atlanta Hawks | Rutgers (Sr.) | |
| 10 | 138 | Frank McLaughlin# | G | New York Knicks | Fordham (Sr.) | |
| 10 | 139 | Phil Argento# | G | Los Angeles Lakers | Kentucky (Sr.) | |
| 10 | 140 | Bill Justus# | G | Philadelphia 76ers | Tennessee (Sr.) | |
| 10 | 141 | Frank Bartleson# | F | Baltimore Bullets | Tennessee Tech (Sr.) | |
| 11 | 142 | Fred Lind# | F | Phoenix Suns | Duke (Sr.) | |
| 11 | 143 | Bob Presley# | C | Milwaukee Bucks | California (Sr.) | |
| 11 | 144 | Jim Connally# | F | Seattle SuperSonics | Bowling Green (So.) | |
| 11 | 145 | Rusty Clark# | F | Detroit Pistons | North Carolina (Sr.) | |
| 11 | 146 | Larry Bergh# | F | Chicago Bulls | Weber State (Sr.) | |
| 11 | 147 | Justus Thigpen | G | San Diego Rockets | Weber State (Sr.) | |
| 11 | 148 | Rich Holmberg# | F | San Francisco Warriors | Saint Mary's (Sr.) | |
| 11 | 149 | Jim Supple# | G | Cincinnati Royals | Georgetown (Sr.) | |
| 11 | 150 | Larry Finstrom# | C | Boston Celtics | Kenyon (Sr.) | |
| 11 | 151 | Loran Bracci# | F | Atlanta Hawks | Cal State Northridge (Sr.) | |
| 11 | 152 | Marvin Lewis# | F | New York Knicks | Southampton (Sr.) | |
| 11 | 153 | Ron Peret# | F | Los Angeles Lakers | Texas A&M (Sr.) | |
| 11 | 154 | Bruce Sloan# | F | Philadelphia 76ers | Kansas (Sr.) | |
| 11 | 155 | Jerry McKee# | G | Baltimore Bullets | Ohio (Sr.) | |
| 12 | 156 | Bob Miller# | F | Phoenix Suns | Toledo (Sr.) | |
| 12 | 157 | Jack Lutz# | F | Milwaukee Bucks | Carthage (Sr.) | |
| 12 | 158 | John Smith# | F | Seattle SuperSonics | Puget Sound (Sr.) | |
| 12 | 159 | Harry Hall# | G | Chicago Bulls | Wyoming (Sr.) | |
| 12 | 160 | Raúl Duarte# | F | San Diego Rockets | South Dakota State (Sr.) | |
| 12 | 161 | Joe Callaghan# | F | San Francisco Warriors | San Francisco State (Sr.) | |
| 12 | 162 | Mike Davis# | C | Cincinnati Royals | Colorado State (Sr.) | |
| 12 | 163 | Rod Forbes# | F | Boston Celtics | Boston State (Sr.) | |
| 12 | 164 | Dave Jones# | G | Atlanta Hawks | La Verne (Sr.) | |
| 12 | 165 | Bill O'Rourke# | G | New York Knicks | St. John Fisher (Sr.) | |
| 12 | 166 | Jack Gillespie# | F | Los Angeles Lakers | Montana State (Sr.) | |
| 12 | 167 | Fatty Taylor | G | Philadelphia 76ers | La Salle (Sr.) | |
| 12 | 168 | Rob Washington# | F | Baltimore Bullets | Tulsa (Sr.) | |
| 13 | 169 | Andy White# | G | Phoenix Suns | UTEP (Sr.) | |
| 13 | 170 | Leo Osgood# | G | Milwaukee Bucks | Northeastern (Sr.) | |
| 13 | 171 | Bob Burrows# | G | Seattle SuperSonics | Seattle Pacific (Sr.) | |
| 13 | 172 | Pee Wee Kirkland# | G | Chicago Bulls | Norfolk State (Sr.) | |
| 13 | 173 | Joe McBride# | F | San Diego Rockets | Augusta State (Sr.) | |
| 13 | San Francisco Warriors (forfeited due to selection of ineligible player)[n 2] | |||||
| 13 | 174 | Ted Johnson# | F | Cincinnati Royals | Baldwin–Wallace (Sr.) | |
| 13 | 175 | Billy Evans# | G | Boston Celtics | Boston College (Sr.) | |
| 13 | 176 | Dick Barton# | F | Atlanta Hawks | UC Riverside (Sr.) | |
| 13 | 177 | James Wyatt# | F | New York Knicks | Northwestern State (Sr.) | |
| 13 | 178 | Mallory Chestnut# | F | Los Angeles Lakers | Tuskegee (Sr.) | |
| 13 | 179 | Bill Thompson# | G | Baltimore Bullets | Shepherd (Sr.) | |
| 14 | 180 | Marv Schmitt# | G | Phoenix Suns | Western New Mexico (Sr.) | |
| 14 | 181 | Waymon Stewart# | F | Milwaukee Bucks | Lakeland (Sr.) | |
| 14 | 182 | Jerry Conley# | G | Seattle SuperSonics | Morehead State (Sr.) | |
| 14 | 183 | Bill Voight# | G | Chicago Bulls | SMU (Sr.) | |
| 14 | 184 | Mike Heckman# | G | San Diego Rockets | UC Irvine (Sr.) | |
| 14 | 185 | Mike Dahl# | F | Atlanta Hawks | Oglethorpe (Sr.) | |
| 14 | 186 | Rich Travis# | G | New York Knicks | Oklahoma City (Sr.) | |
| 14 | 187 | Mack Calvin | G | Los Angeles Lakers | USC (Sr.) | |
| 14 | 188 | Perry Johnson# | F | Baltimore Bullets | Robert Morris (So.) | |
| 15 | 189 | Bob Beamon# | F | Phoenix Suns | Adelphi (Sr.) | |
| 15 | 190 | Stan Wlodarczyk# | F | Milwaukee Bucks | La Salle (Sr.) | |
| 15 | 191 | Ernie Powell# | F | Seattle SuperSonics | USC (Sr.) | |
| 15 | 192 | Jerry Nickens# | G | San Diego Rockets | Tougaloo (Sr.) | |
| 15 | 193 | Norm Carmichael# | C | Atlanta Hawks | Virginia (Sr.) | |
| 15 | 194 | Jodie Harrison# | G | Baltimore Bullets | Illinois (Sr.) | |
| 16 | 195 | Wayne Huckel# | G | Phoenix Suns | Davidson (Sr.) | |
| 16 | 196 | Bill Voight# | G | Milwaukee Bucks | SMU (Sr.) | |
| 16 | 197 | Danny Cornett# | G | Seattle SuperSonics | Morehead State (Sr.) | |
| 16 | 198 | Dick Groves# | F | San Diego Rockets | San Jose State (Sr.) | |
| 16 | 199 | Buddy Cornelius# | F | Atlanta Hawks | Jacksonville State (Sr.) | |
| 16 | 200 | Phil Harris# | C | Baltimore Bullets | Trenton Colonials (EPBL) | |
| 17 | 201 | Howie Dickenman# | F | Phoenix Suns | Central Connecticut (Sr.) | |
| 17 | 202 | Lynn Phillips# | F | Milwaukee Bucks | SMU (Sr.) | |
| 17 | 203 | Steve Honeycutt# | G | Seattle SuperSonics | Kansas State (Sr.) | |
| 17 | 204 | Steve Howell# | F | San Diego Rockets | Ohio State (Sr.) | |
| 17 | 205 | John Tolmie# | G | Atlanta Hawks | Navy (Sr.) | |
| 17 | 206 | Tom Haggerty# | C | Baltimore Bullets | Brandeis (Sr.) | |
| 18 | 207 | Al Nuness# | G | Phoenix Suns | Minnesota (Sr.) | |
| 18 | 208 | Ken Hall# | G | Milwaukee Bucks | Westminster (Sr.) | |
| 18 | 209 | Joe Pridgen# | F | San Diego Rockets | North Carolina Central (Sr.) | |
| 18 | 210 | Cliff Parsons# | C | Atlanta Hawks | Air Force (Sr.) | |
| 18 | 211 | Chip Case# | G | Baltimore Bullets | Virginia (Sr.) | |
| 19 | 212 | Solomon Davis# | F | Phoenix Suns | Kentucky State (Sr.) | |
| 19 | 213 | Blaine Royer# | G | San Diego Rockets | Illinois State (Sr.) | |
| 19 | 214 | Grady O'Malley | F | Atlanta Hawks | Manhattan (Sr.) | |
| 19 | 215 | Brian Heaney | G | Baltimore Bullets | Acadia (Canada) (Sr.) | |
| 20 | 216 | Jim Plump# | F | Phoenix Suns | Northern Arizona (Sr.) | |
| 20 | 217 | Carl Rodwell# | F | Atlanta Hawks | UC Riverside (Sr.) | |
| 20 | 218 | Stan McKain# | G | Baltimore Bullets | Southern (Sr.) | |
| Supp. | – | John Brisker | F | Philadelphia 76ers[30] | Toledo (Jr.) | |
- ^ Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.
- ^ The Warriors selected Denise Long who had graduated from Union-Whitten High School. The pick was voided by NBA commissioner J. Walter Kennedy either because of the federal statutes of gender or the NBA requiring players to be four years removed from their high school class.[29]
Notable undrafted players
editThese players were not selected in the 1969 draft but played at least one game in the NBA.
| Player | Pos. | Nationality | School/club team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moe Barr | G | Duquesne (Sr.) | |
| A. W. Holt | F | Jackson State (Sr.) | |
| Gary Suiter | C/F | Midwestern State (Sr.) |
Trades
edit- a On October 20, 1967, the Chicago Bulls acquired Flynn Robinson, 1968 and 1969 second-round picks from the Cincinnati Royals in exchange for Guy Rodgers.[31][32] The Bulls used the pick to draft Johnny Baum.
- b On August 27, 1968, the Phoenix Suns acquired a second-round pick from the Boston Celtics in exchange for Em Bryant.[33] The Suns used the pick to draft Gene Williams.
- c On December 17, 1968, the Phoenix Suns acquired Jim Fox and a third-round pick from the Detroit Pistons in exchange for McCoy McLemore.[34][35] The Suns used the pick to draft Lamar Green.
Notes
edit^ 1: Lew Alcindor changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1971.[11]
^ 2: The Los Angeles Lakers were awarded an extra first-round draft pick as settlement of the Rudy LaRusso trade to the San Francisco Warriors on August 31, 1967.[5][36]
See also
editReferences
edit- General
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- "1969 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 6, 2010. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- "1967–1971 NBA Drafts". The Association for Professional Basketball Research. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- "1969 NBA Draft". The Draft Review. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- Specific
- ^ "Evolution of the Draft and Lottery". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on March 21, 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
- ^ "Bucks flip – get Alcindor". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. March 20, 1969. p. 36.
- ^ "Bucks edge Suns in flip, on court". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. March 20, 1969. p. 18.
- ^ Hintz, Gene W. (March 20, 1969). "Bucks bid $$ for Big Lew". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI. p. D7.
- ^ a b "Big Dropoff in 2nd Pick". The Beaver County Times. April 8, 1969. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ^ "1969 NBA draft".
- ^ "NBA Past Drafts - RealGM".
- ^ "Rookie of the Year". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on March 7, 2009. Retrieved March 20, 2009.
- ^ "All-NBA Teams". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on January 9, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2009.
- ^ "Royals Trade Robertson to Bucks for Robinson and Paulk, Rookie in Army". New York Times. April 22, 1970.
- ^ a b "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Bio". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on March 5, 2009. Retrieved March 20, 2009.
- ^ "Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
- ^ "The NBA's 50 Greatest Players". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on April 5, 2010. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
- ^ "Jo Jo White Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
- ^ "Bob Dandridge Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 28, 2010. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
- ^ "Norm Van Lier Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2010. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
- ^ "Butch Beard Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
- ^ "Steve Mix Statistics". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
- ^ "Butch Beard Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 16, 2010.
- ^ "Fred Carter Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
- ^ "Gene Littles Coaching Record". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 16, 2010.
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