1964 NBA Draft Recap

The 1964 NBA Draft took place in New York on May 4, 1964

Territorial Selections

Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman LAL G 6-2 185 22 10 UCLA Sr United States
Jiff Wilson CIN FC 6-8 225 21 7 Cincinnati Sr United States

First Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
1 Jim Barnes NYK FC 6-8 210 23 7 UTEP Sr United States
2 Joe Caldwell DET GF 6-5 195 22 6 Arizona State Sr United States
3 Gary Bradds WAS C 6-8 210 21 2 Ohio State Sr United States
4 Luke Jackson PHL FC 6-9 240 22 8 Texas-RGV Sr United States
5 Jeff Mullins STH GF 6-4 190 22 12 Duke Sr United States
6 Barry Kramer GOS F 6-4 200 21 1 NYU Sr United States
7 Mel Counts BOS FC 7-0 230 22 12 Oregon State Sr United States

Second Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
8 Willis Reed NYK FC 6-9 240 21 10 Grambling State Sr United States
9 Les Hunter DET DET to WAS F 6-7 210 21 1 Loyola (IL) Sr United States
10 Paul Silas STH PF 6-7 225 20 17 Creighton Sr United States
11 Ira Harge PHL C 6-9 245 23 0 New Mexico Sr United States
12 Cotton Nash LAL F 6-5 220 21 1 Kentucky Sr United States
13 Howard Komives NYK PG 6-1 185 22 10 Bowling Green Sr United States
14 Bud Koper GOS GF 6-6 210 21 1 Oklahoma City Sr United States
15 Bill Chmielewski CIN CIN to DET C 6-9 240 22 0 Dayton Sr United States
16 Ron Bonham BOS F 6-5 192 21 2 Cincinnati Sr United States

Third Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
17 Brian Generalovich NYK G 6-4 210 N/A 0 Pittsburgh Sr United States
18 Wali Jones DET DET to WAS G 6-2 180 22 10 Villanova Sr United States
19 Jerry Sloan WAS GF 6-5 195 22 11 Evansville Jr United States
20 Larry Jones PHL SG 6-2 180 21 2 Toledo Jr United States
21 Tom Dose LAL F 6-8 225 N/A 0 Stanford Sr United States
22 Art Becker STH F 6-8 205 22 0 Arizona State Sr United States
23 McCoy McLemore GOS SF 6-7 230 22 8 Drake Sr United States
24 Steve Courtin CIN CIN to WAS G 6-1 188 21 1 Saint Joseph's Sr United States
25 John Thompson BOS C 6-10 225 22 2 Providence Sr United States

Fourth Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
26 Freddie Crawford NYK SG 6-4 189 22 5 St. Bonaventure Jr United States
27 Jim Davis DET C 6-9 225 22 9 Colorado Sr United States
28 Pete Spoden WAS F 6-6 225 23 0 Northern Iowa Sr United States
29 Frank Corace PHL F 6-6 - N/A 0 La Salle Sr United States
30 Hank Finkel LAL C 7-0 240 22 10 Dayton So United States
31 Willie Murrell STH F 6-5 225 22 0 Kansas State Sr United States
32 Gene Elmore GOS F 6-7 200 N/A 1 Southern Methodist Sr United States
33 Happy Hairston CIN F 6-7 225 21 11 NYU Sr United States
34 Joe Strawder BOS C 6-10 235 23 3 Bradley Sr United States

Fifth Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
35 Tony Gennari NYK - - N/A 0 Canisius Sr United States
36 Ray Wolford DET - - N/A 0 Toledo Sr United States
37 Bennie Lennox WAS - - N/A 0 Texas A&M Sr United States
38 Lou Skurcenski PHL - - N/A 0 Westminster (PA) Sr United States
39 John Savage LAL - - N/A 0 North Texas Sr United States
40 John Tresvant STH PF 6-7 215 24 9 Seattle Sr United States
41 Roger Suttner GOS C 7-0 215 N/A 0 Kansas State Sr United States
42 George Kirk CIN - - N/A 0 Memphis Sr United States
43 Nick Werkman BOS G 6-3 - N/A 0 Seton Hall Sr United States

Sixth Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
44 Tom Lavelle NYK - - N/A 0 Western Carolina Sr United States
45 Larry Phillips DET F 6-6 210 N/A 0 Rice Sr United States
46 Bobby Joe Edmonds WAS SF 6-6 220 23 0 Tennessee State Sr United States
47 Ricky Kaminsky PHL - - 21 0 Yale Sr United States
48 Troy Collier LAL - - N/A 0 Utah State Sr United States
49 Ernest Brock STH - - N/A 0 Virginia State Sr United States
50 Ray Carey GOS - - N/A 0 Missouri Sr United States
51 Al Thresher CIN - - N/A 0 Wittenberg Sr United States
52 Levern Tart BOS SG 6-2 195 21 0 Bradley Sr United States

Seventh Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
53 Emmette Bryant NYK PG 6-1 175 25 8 DePaul Sr United States
54 Jerry Jackson DET G 6-2 - 22 0 Ohio Sr United States
55 Ron Miller WAS G 6-2 - N/A 0 Loyola (IL) Sr United States
56 Gordon Hatton PHL - - N/A 0 Dayton Sr United States
57 Steve Anstett LAL - - N/A 0 Portland Sr United States
58 Maurice McHartley STH - - 21 0 North Carolina A&T Sr United States
59 Dave Lee GOS F 6-7 225 22 0 San Francisco Sr United States
60 Vic Rouse CIN PF 6-7 - 21 0 Loyola (IL) Sr United States
61 Rich Falk BOS - - N/A 0 Northwestern Sr United States

Eighth Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
62 Jim Boutin NYK - - N/A 0 Lewis & Clark Sr United States
63 Ralph Telken DET - - N/A 0 Rockhurst Sr United States
64 Danny Schultz WAS - - N/A 0 Tennessee Sr United States
65 Bob Pelkington PHL FC 6-7 250 N/A 0 Xavier Sr United States
66 Jay Buckley LAL C 6-10 225 N/A 0 Duke Sr United States
67 Kendall Rhine STH C 6-10 230 21 0 Rice Sr United States
68 Bob Garibaldi GOS GF 6-4 210 22 0 Santa Clara Sr United States
69 Joe Gieger CIN F 6-7 198 N/A 0 Xavier Sr United States
70 Jeff Blue BOS - - N/A 0 Butler Sr United States

Ninth Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
71 Jack Brens NYK F 6-8 - N/A 0 Wisconsin Sr United States
72 Tom Black WAS C 6-10 220 22 1 South Dakota State Sr United States
73 Jim Brennan PHL - - N/A 0 Clemson Sr United States
74 Darel Carrier STH G 6-3 185 23 0 Western Kentucky Sr United States
75 Camden Wail GOS - - N/A 0 California Sr United States
76 Scotty Pierce CIN - - N/A 0 West Texas A&M Sr United States
77 Charles Kelley BOS - - N/A 0 West Virginia Tech Sr United States

Tenth Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
78 Jim Christy NYK G 6-1 185 N/A 0 Georgetown Sr United States
79 Bill Kusleika WAS - - N/A 0 Tulsa Sr United States
80 Wally Briggs PHL - - N/A 0 North Carolina A&T Sr United States
81 Frank Stephens STH F 6-10 - N/A 0 Virginia State Sr United States
82 Jeff Cartwright GOS - - N/A 1 Chapman Sr United States
83 Bob Neumann CIN - - N/A 0 Memphis Sr United States
84 Duane Corribeau BOS - - N/A 0 Clark University (MA) Sr United States

11th Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
85 Dennis Lynch NYK - - N/A 0 Yale Sr United States
86 Fred Glover WAS - - N/A 0 Winston-Salem State Sr United States
87 Thomas Lowry PHL FC 6-8 220 N/A 0 West Virginia Sr United States
88 Gerald Govan STH FC 6-10 220 22 0 St. Mary of the Plains College Sr United States
89 Jim Reynolds CIN - - N/A 0 Abilene Christian Sr United States

12th Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
90 Frank Kamiaski WAS - - N/A 0 Randolph-Macon Sr United States
91 Julius Myers PHL - - N/A 0 Morris Brown Sr United States
92 Warren Sutton STH - - N/A 0 Williams College Sr United States
93 Fred Jones CIN - - N/A 0 Youngstown State Sr United States

13th Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
94 Doug Moon WAS G - - N/A 0 Utah Sr United States
95 Cecil Tuttle STH - - N/A 0 Georgetown College (Kentucky) Sr United States

14th Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
96 Pete Gent WAS FC 6-4 205 21 0 Michigan State Sr United States
97 Bill Blair STH - - 22 0 Virginia Military Sr United States

15th Round Selections

Pick Player Team Draft Trades Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
98 Sandy Williams WAS - - N/A 0 St. Francis (PA) Sr United States
99 Al Cech STH - - N/A 0 Detroit-Mercy Sr United States

Undrafted Players

Player Pos HT WT Age YOS Pre-Draft Team Class Nationality
Connie Hawkins PF 6-8 210 21 8   United States
Snapper Jones G 6-5 205 21 1 Oregon Sr United States

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