1970 NBA Draft Results
1970 NBA Draft results with every pick in order, led by No. 1 pick Bob Lanier to Detroit Pistons.
| Pick | Team | Player | College |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | |||
| 1 |  Detroit Pistons | Bob Lanier | St. Bonaventure |
| 2 |  San Diego Rockets | Rudy Tomjanovich | Michigan |
| 3 |  Atlanta Hawks | Pete Maravich | LSU |
| 4 |  Boston Celtics | Dave Cowens | Florida State |
| 5 |  Cincinnati Royals | Sam Lacey | New Mexico State |
| 6 |  Seattle SuperSonics | Jim Ard | Cincinnati |
| 7 |  Cleveland Cavaliers | John Johnson | Iowa |
| 8 |  Portland Trail Blazers | Geoff Petrie | Princeton |
| 9 |  Baltimore Bullets | George Johnson | Stephen F. Austin |
| 10 |  Phoenix Suns | Greg Howard | New Mexico |
| 11 |  Chicago Bulls | Jimmy Collins | New Mexico State |
| 12 |  Philadelphia 76ers | Al Henry | Wisconsin |
| 13 |  Los Angeles Lakers | Jim McMillian | Columbia University |
| 14 | Atlanta Hawks | John Vallely | UCLA |
| 15 |  Buffalo Braves | John Hummer | Princeton |
| 16 |  Milwaukee Bucks | Gary Freeman | Oregon State |
| 17 |  New York Knicks | Mike Price | Illinois |
| Round 2 | |||
| 18 | San Diego Rockets | Calvin Murphy | Niagara University |
| 19 | Cincinnati Royals | Tiny Archibald | Texas-El Paso |
| 20 | Seattle SuperSonics | Jake Ford | University of Maryland Eastern Shore |
| 21 | Boston Celtics | Rex Morgan | Jacksonville University |
| 22 | Cincinnati Royals | Doug Cook | Davidson |
| 23 | Seattle SuperSonics | Pete Cross | San Francisco |
| 24 | Buffalo Braves | Cornell Warner | Jackson State University |
| 25 | Portland Trail Blazers | Walt Gilmore | Fort Valley State University |
| 26 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Dave Sorenson | Ohio State |
| 27 | Phoenix Suns | Fred Taylor | University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
| 28 | Chicago Bulls | Paul Ruffner | BYU |
| 29 | Phoenix Suns | Joe DePre | St. John's |
| 30 | Los Angeles Lakers | Earnie Killum | Stetson University |
| 31 | Atlanta Hawks | Dan Hester | LSU |
| 32 | Detroit Pistons | Ken Warzynski | DePaul |
| 33 | Milwaukee Bucks | Bill Zopf | Duquesne |
| 34 | New York Knicks | Howie Wright | Austin Peay State University |
| Round 3 | |||
| 35 | San Diego Rockets | Curtis Perry | Missouri State |
| 36 |  San Francisco Warriors | Earle Higgins | Eastern Michigan |
| 37 | Detroit Pistons | Bob St. Pierre | Hanover College |
| 38 | Boston Celtics | Willie Williams | Florida State |
| 39 | Cincinnati Royals | Greg Hyder | Eastern New Mexico University |
| 40 | Seattle SuperSonics | Gar Heard | Oklahoma |
| 41 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Surry Oliver | Stephen F. Austin |
| 42 | Portland Trail Blazers | Bill Cain | Iowa State |
| 43 | Buffalo Braves | Chip Case | Virginia |
| 44 | Phoenix Suns | Greg McDivitt | Ohio University |
| 45 | Chicago Bulls | Lou Herndon | Jackson State University |
| 46 | Philadelphia 76ers | Dennis Awtrey | Santa Clara |
| 47 | Detroit Pistons | Jim Hayes | Boston University |
| 48 | Phoenix Suns | Vann Williford | NC State |
| 49 | Baltimore Bullets | Seabern Hill | Arizona State |
| 50 | Milwaukee Bucks | Marv Winkler | Louisiana |
| 51 | New York Knicks | Al Williams | Drake University |
| Round 4 | |||
| 52 | San Diego Rockets | Jody Finney | Ohio State |
| 53 | San Francisco Warriors | Ralph Ogden | Santa Clara |
| 54 | Baltimore Bullets | Bill Stricker | University of the Pacific |
| 55 | Boston Celtics | Jon McKinney | Norfolk State |
| 56 | Cincinnati Royals | Wade Fuller | Loyola Chicago |
| 57 | Chicago Bulls | John Davis | Alabama State University |
| 58 | Buffalo Braves | Erwin Polnick | Stephen F. Austin |
| 59 | Portland Trail Blazers | Jim Penix | Bowling Green |
| 60 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Glenn Vidnovic | Iowa |
| 61 | Phoenix Suns | Bob Lienhard | Georgia |
| 62 | Chicago Bulls | Jimmy Wilson | Cheyney (PA) |
| 63 | Philadelphia 76ers | Dan Crenshaw | Alabama State University |
| 64 | Los Angeles Lakers | Larry Mikan | Minnesota |
| 65 | Atlanta Hawks | Fred Davis | Howard Payne University |
| 66 | Baltimore Bullets | Billy Jones | Louisiana College |
| 67 | Milwaukee Bucks | Virgle Fredrick | Drury University |
| 68 | New York Knicks | John Marren | Manhattan University |
| Round 5 | |||
| 69 | San Diego Rockets | James Gilbert | Adams State College |
| 70 | San Francisco Warriors | Levi Fontaine | University of Maryland Eastern Shore |
| 71 | Detroit Pistons | Bill Jankans | Cal State Long Beach |
| 72 | Boston Celtics | Tom Carter | Paul Quinn College |
| 73 | Cincinnati Royals | Uluss Thompson | Wiley College |
| 74 | Seattle SuperSonics | Boyd Lynch | Eastern Kentucky University |
| 75 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Wayne Sokolowski | Ashland University |
| 76 | Portland Trail Blazers | Ron Knight | California State University, Los Angeles |
| 77 | Buffalo Braves | Robert Moore | Central State University |
| 78 | Phoenix Suns | John Canine | Ohio University |
| 79 | Chicago Bulls | George Johnson | Dillard University |
| 80 | Philadelphia 76ers | Perry Wallace | Vanderbilt |
| 81 | Los Angeles Lakers | John Fultz | Rhode Island |
| 82 | Atlanta Hawks | Bob Riley | Mount St. Mary's University |
| 83 | Baltimore Bullets | Gary Zeller | Drake University |
| 84 | Milwaukee Bucks | Mike Grosso | Louisville |
| 85 | New York Knicks | Jim Oxley | United States Military Academy |
| Round 6 | |||
| 86 | San Diego Rockets | Mike Kretzer | East Tennessee State University |
| 87 | San Francisco Warriors | Vic Bartolome | Oregon State |
| 88 | Detroit Pistons | Sevira Brown | DePaul |
| 89 | Boston Celtics | Rod McIntyre | Jacksonville University |
| 90 | Cincinnati Royals | Charles Bishop | Louisiana Tech |
| 91 | Seattle SuperSonics | Sam Robinson | Cal State Long Beach |
| 92 | Buffalo Braves | Doug Hess | Toledo |
| 93 | Portland Trail Blazers | George Janky | Dayton |
| 94 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Joe Cooke | Indiana |
| 95 | Phoenix Suns | Joe Thomas | Marquette |
| 96 | Chicago Bulls | Lonnie Kluttz | North Carolina A&T |
| 97 | Philadelphia 76ers | Jerry Venable | Kansas State |
| 98 | Los Angeles Lakers | Jerry Kroll | Davidson |
| 99 | Atlanta Hawks | Dave Parker | Windham College |
| 100 | Baltimore Bullets | Marvin Polnick | Stephen F. Austin |
| 101 | Milwaukee Bucks | Willie Watson | Oklahoma City University |
| 102 | New York Knicks | Jim Signorile | NYU |
| Round 7 | |||
| 103 | San Diego Rockets | Billy Paultz | St. John's |
| 104 | San Francisco Warriors | Joe Bergman | Creighton |
| 105 | Detroit Pistons | Marv Copeland | Shaw College (MI) |
| 106 | Boston Celtics | Charlie Scott | UNC |
| 107 | Cincinnati Royals | Mike Bernard | Kentucky State University |
| 108 | Seattle SuperSonics | James Morgan | Maryland |
| 109 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Narvis Anderson | Stephen F. Austin |
| 110 | Portland Trail Blazers | Claude English | Rhode Island |
| 111 | Buffalo Braves | Cliff Shegogg | Colorado State |
| 112 | Phoenix Suns | Heyward Dotson | Columbia University |
| 113 | Chicago Bulls | Lou West | Seattle University |
| 114 | Philadelphia 76ers | Carlton Poole | Philadelphia University |
| 115 | Los Angeles Lakers | Willie Woods | Eastern Kentucky University |
| 116 | Atlanta Hawks | John Shinall | Jackson State University |
| 117 | Baltimore Bullets | Charlie Wallace | Oklahoma City University |
| 118 | Milwaukee Bucks | John Rinka | Kenyon College |
| 119 | New York Knicks | Ray Hodge | Wagner College |
| Round 8 | |||
| 120 | San Diego Rockets | Don Adams | Northwestern |
| 121 | San Francisco Warriors | Jeff Sewell | Marquette |
| 122 | Detroit Pistons | Dan Issel | Kentucky |
| 123 | Boston Celtics | Bobby Croft | Tennessee |
| 124 | Cincinnati Royals | Joe McBride | Augusta State University |
| 125 | Seattle SuperSonics | George Irvine | Washington |
| 126 | Buffalo Braves | Larry Woods | West Virginia |
| 127 | Portland Trail Blazers | Doug Boyd | TCU |
| 128 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Walter Robertson | Loyola Chicago |
| 129 | Phoenix Suns | Steve Patterson | UCLA |
| 130 | Chicago Bulls | Mike Casey | Kentucky |
| 131 | Philadelphia 76ers | Fran O'Hanlon | Villanova |
| 132 | Los Angeles Lakers | Rick Mount | Purdue |
| 133 | Atlanta Hawks | Herb White | Georgia |
| 134 | Baltimore Bullets | Tom Dykstra | Wheaton College |
| 135 | Milwaukee Bucks | Jim Sarno | Northwestern |
| 136 | New York Knicks | Greg Fillmore | Cheyney (PA) |
| Round 9 | |||
| 137 | San Diego Rockets | Jim Gottschall | Dayton |
| 138 | San Francisco Warriors | Lou Small | UNLV |
| 139 | Detroit Pistons | Alex Winn | Dartmouth College |
| 140 | Boston Celtics | Tom Little | Seattle University |
| 141 | Cincinnati Royals | Bob Mabry | University of Rio Grande |
| 142 | Seattle SuperSonics | Claude Virden | Murray State |
| 143 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Tom Lagodich | Kent State University |
| 144 | Portland Trail Blazers | Billy Gaskins | Oregon |
| 145 | Buffalo Braves | Larry Duckworth | Henderson State University |
| 146 | Phoenix Suns | Carl Ashley | Wyoming |
| 147 | Chicago Bulls | Glen Johnson | Jackson State University |
| 148 | Philadelphia 76ers | Mike Hauer | Saint Joseph's |
| 149 | Los Angeles Lakers | Bobby Sands | Pepperdine |
| 150 | Atlanta Hawks | Larry Jackson | Sul Ross State University |
| 151 | Baltimore Bullets | Will Hetzel | Maryland |
| 152 | Milwaukee Bucks | Joe Hamilton | University of North Texas |
| 153 | New York Knicks | Walker Banks | Western Kentucky |
| Round 10 | |||
| 154 | San Diego Rockets | Toke Coleman | Eastern Kentucky University |
| 155 | San Francisco Warriors | Coby Dietrick | San Jose State |
| 156 | Detroit Pistons | Bruce Chapman | UNLV |
| 157 | Boston Celtics | Mike Maloy | Davidson |
| 158 | Cincinnati Royals | Carl Johnson | Gustavus Adolphus |
| 159 | Seattle SuperSonics | Chuck Lloyd | Yankton College |
| 160 | Buffalo Braves | Joe Taylor | Dillard University |
| 161 | Portland Trail Blazers | Israel Oliver | Elizabeth City State University |
| 162 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Ken Johnson | Indiana |
| 163 | Phoenix Suns | Gerhard Schreur | Arizona State |
| 164 | Chicago Bulls | Dale Blaut | West Texas A&M University |
| 165 | Philadelphia 76ers | Gordon Stiles | American University |
| 166 | Los Angeles Lakers | Kindell Stephens | Fisk University |
| 167 | Atlanta Hawks | Manuel Raga | None listed |
| 168 | Baltimore Bullets | Ron Becker | New Mexico |
| 169 | Milwaukee Bucks | Bob Seemer | Georgia Tech |
| 170 | New York Knicks | Don Curnutt | Miami (FL) |
| Round 11 | |||
| 171 | San Diego Rockets | Ron Belton | Bellarmine University |
| 172 | Detroit Pistons | Rick Anheuser | NC State |
| 173 | Cincinnati Royals | Ted Hillary | Saint Joseph's College |
| 174 | Seattle SuperSonics | Andy Owens | Florida |
| 175 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Dave Schneider | Wayne State College |
| 176 | Portland Trail Blazers | Dan McLemore | Bowling Green |
| 177 | Buffalo Braves | Dick Walker | Wake Forest |
| 178 | Phoenix Suns | Jim Walls | Clark Atlanta University |
| 179 | Chicago Bulls | Doug Howard | BYU |
| 180 | Philadelphia 76ers | David Whitley | Tufts University |
| 181 | Los Angeles Lakers | Bob Dukiet | Boston College |
| 182 | Atlanta Hawks | Dino Meneghin | None listed |
| 183 | Baltimore Bullets | Mel Bell | Houston |
| Round 12 | |||
| 184 | San Diego Rockets | Jim Brooks | Nebraska |
| 185 | Detroit Pistons | Don Ogletree | Cincinnati |
| 186 | Cincinnati Royals | Reggie Roach | Virginia State University |
| 187 | Seattle SuperSonics | Joe Brunson | Furman University |
| 188 | Portland Trail Blazers | Paul Adams | Central Washington University |
| 189 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Ollie Taylor | Houston |
| 190 | Phoenix Suns | Ric Cobb | Marquette |
| 191 | Chicago Bulls | Booker Brown | Middle Tennessee |
| 192 | Los Angeles Lakers | Dewey Varner | Tuskegee University |
| 193 | Baltimore Bullets | Ben McGilmer | Iowa |
| Round 13 | |||
| 194 | San Diego Rockets | Harry Lozon | Old Dominion |
| 195 | Detroit Pistons | Ernest Hardy | Harvard University |
| 196 | Cincinnati Royals | Larry Gray | Huston-Tillotson University |
| 197 | Seattle SuperSonics | Allen McManus | Winston-Salem State |
| 198 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Kevin Wilson | Ashland University |
| 199 | Portland Trail Blazers | Alex Boyd | Nevada |
| 200 | Phoenix Suns | Fred Carpenter | Hawaii |
| 201 | Chicago Bulls | Charles Bloodworth | Northwestern State University |
| 202 | Los Angeles Lakers | Gary Elliot | Washington State |
| 203 | Baltimore Bullets | Don Debardelaben | Northern Arizona University |
| Round 14 | |||
| 204 | San Diego Rockets | Clyde Oatis | Aurora University |
| 205 | Detroit Pistons | Randy Smith | Buffalo State |
| 206 | Cincinnati Royals | Andy Jennings | Alderson-Broaddus College |
| 207 | Seattle SuperSonics | Dan Beeson | Linfield College |
| 208 | Portland Trail Blazers | Frank Lothridge | University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
| 209 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Don Tomilson | Missouri |
| 210 | Phoenix Suns | Chad Calabria | Iowa |
| 211 | Chicago Bulls | Paul Funkhouser | McKendree College |
| 212 | Los Angeles Lakers | Ron Sanford | New Mexico |
| 213 | Baltimore Bullets | Mike Williams | Northern Arizona University |
| Round 15 | |||
| 214 | San Diego Rockets | Jay Bond | Washington |
| 215 | Detroit Pistons | Denis Clark | Springfield College |
| 216 | Cincinnati Royals | Mike Neer | Washington & Lee University |
| 217 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Steve Wannamaker | Drake University |
| 218 | Portland Trail Blazers | Wayne Canaday | Miami (FL) |
| 219 | Phoenix Suns | Walt Williams | Miami University |
| 220 | Chicago Bulls | Paul Otay | Boise State |
| 221 | Los Angeles Lakers | Will Teague | Youngstown State University |
| 222 | Baltimore Bullets | Ted Rose | Northern Michigan University |
| Round 16 | |||
| 223 | San Diego Rockets | Dean Elofson | Wayne State College |
| 224 | Detroit Pistons | Harvey Marlatt | Eastern Michigan |
| 225 | Cincinnati Royals | Paul Favorite | Georgetown |
| 226 | Portland Trail Blazers | Doug Williams | St. Mary's University |
| 227 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Steve Wilson | Hanover College |
| 228 | Los Angeles Lakers | Pete Walthour | Fort Valley State University |
| 229 | Baltimore Bullets | Don Rather | Northern Arizona University |
| Round 17 | |||
| 230 | San Diego Rockets | Dennis Dickens | Azusa Pacific University |
| 231 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Rich Peterson | Concordia College |
| 232 | Los Angeles Lakers | Bob Thati | Occidental College |
| 233 | Baltimore Bullets | Vince Fritz | Oregon State |
| Round 18 | |||
| 234 | San Diego Rockets | Jeff Cunningham | University of California, Irvine |
| 235 | Portland Trail Blazers | Bruce Butchko | Southern Illinois |
| 236 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Emmanuel Cannon | Grambling State University |
| Round 19 | |||
| 237 | San Diego Rockets | Rick Erickson | Washington State |
| 238 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Allen Waller | Saint Mary of the Plains College |
| 239 | Portland Trail Blazers | Mark Gabriel | Hanover College |