1959 NBA draft
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox sports draft The 1959 NBA draft was the 13th annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on March 31, 1959, before the 1959–60 season. In this draft, eight NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. In each round, the teams select in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season. The draft consisted of 14 rounds comprising 85 players selected.[1][2]
Draft selections and draftee career notes
Bob Boozer from Kansas State University was selected first overall by the Cincinnati Royals. Wilt Chamberlain and Bob Ferry were selected before the draft as Philadelphia Warriors' and St. Louis Hawks' territorial picks respectively. Although Chamberlain played at the University of Kansas, outside the territory of any NBA team, he was selected as the Warriors' territorial pick because the Warriors argued that Chamberlain had grown up in Philadelphia and played high school basketball at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia. The NBA agreed with the argument, hence making him the first territorial pick based solely on his pre-college roots.[3] Chamberlain went on to win the Rookie of the Year Award and the Most Valuable Player Award in his first season.[4][5] Three players from this draft, Wilt Chamberlain, Bailey Howell, and Dick Barnett have been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame.[6]
Key
| Pos. | G | F | C |
| Position | Guard | Forward | Center |
Draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:HsT | Template:Hs– | Script error: No such module "Sort".^ | C | Template:Flagu | Philadelphia Warriors | Harlem Globetrotters[1] |
| Template:HsT | Template:Hs– | Script error: No such module "Sort". | F/C | Template:Flagu | St. Louis Hawks | Saint Louis |
| 1 | Template:Hs1 | Script error: No such module "Sort".+ | F | Template:Flagu | Cincinnati Royals | Kansas State |
| 1 | Template:Hs2 | Script error: No such module "Sort".^ | F | Template:Flagu | Detroit Pistons | Mississippi State |
| 1 | Template:Hs3 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | F | Template:Flagu | Minneapolis Lakers | Notre Dame |
| 1 | Template:Hs4 | Script error: No such module "Sort".^ | G/F | Template:Flagu | Syracuse Nationals | Tennessee State |
| 1 | Template:Hs5 | Script error: No such module "Sort".+ | F/C | Template:Flagu | New York Knicks | Michigan State |
| 1 | Template:Hs6 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | F | Template:Flagu | Boston Celtics | NC State |
| 2 | Template:Hs7 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F/C | Template:Flagu | Detroit Pistons (from Cincinnati)<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[a] | Rice |
| 2 | Template:Hs8 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | Template:Flagu | Detroit Pistons | Louisville |
| 2 | Template:Hs9 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | F/C | Template:Flagu | Philadelphia Warriors | Northwestern |
| 2 | 10 | Script error: No such module "Sort".+ | F/C | Template:Flagu | Minneapolis Lakers | Dartmouth |
| 2 | 11 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | F/C | Template:Flagu | Syracuse Nationals | Tennessee |
| 2 | 12 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | Template:Flagu | St. Louis Hawks (from New York)<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[b] | St. John's |
| 2 | 13 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | F | Template:Flagu | St. Louis Hawks | NYU |
| 2 | 14 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | F | Template:Flagu | Boston Celtics | George Washington |
| 3 | 15 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | Template:Flagu | Cincinnati Royals | Cincinnati |
| 3 | 16 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | C | Template:Flagu | Detroit Pistons | Fresno State |
| 3 | 17 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | F | Template:Flagu | Philadelphia Warriors | Memphis |
| 3 | 18 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | G | Template:Flagu | Minneapolis Lakers | West Virginia |
| 3 | 19 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | F | Template:Flagu | Syracuse Nationals | Syracuse |
| 3 | 20 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | G/F | Template:Flagu | New York Knicks | Michigan State |
| 3 | 21 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | Template:Flagu | St. Louis Hawks | Xavier |
| 3 | 22 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | C | Template:Flagu | Boston Celtics | Western Kentucky |
| 4 | 23 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | Template:Flagu | Cincinnati Royals | Marshall |
| 4 | 24 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | G/F | Template:Flagu | Detroit Pistons | Michigan |
| 4 | 25 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | F | Template:Flagu | Philadelphia Warriors | TCU |
| 4 | 26 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | F | Template:Flagu | Minneapolis Lakers | Purdue |
| 4 | 27 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | G | Template:Flagu | Syracuse Nationals | Stanford |
| 4 | 28 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | G | Template:Flagu | New York Knicks | Kentucky |
| 4 | 29 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | G | Template:Flagu | St. Louis Hawks | Oregon State |
| 4 | 30 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | F | Template:Flagu | Boston Celtics | Scranton |
| 5 | 31 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | G/F | Template:Flagu | Detroit Pistons | TCU |
| 5 | 32 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | G | Template:Flagu | Detroit Pistons | Wyoming |
| 5 | 37 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | G | Template:Flagu | St. Louis Hawks | Northwestern |
| 8 | 56 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | F | Template:Flagu | Philadelphia Warriors | Iowa |
| 8 | 58 | Script error: No such module "Sort".# | G | Template:Flagu | New York Knicks | UCLA |
| 8 | 59 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | F | Template:Flagu | St. Louis Hawks | Purdue |
| 11 | 77 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | G | Template:Flagu | St. Louis Hawks | Tennessee State |
| 14 | 83 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | G/F | Template:Flagu | New York Knicks | Missouri State |
Trades
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- <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>b Prior to the draft, the St. Louis Hawks acquired the New York Knicks' second-round pick, which was used to select Alan Seiden, from the Knicks in exchange for Frank Selvy.[9]
Notes
^ 1: Wilt Chamberlain was playing for the University of Kansas until May 1958, when he decided to leave college early to play professional basketball. However, the NBA rules prevented college players from playing in the league until their class graduated, therefore Chamberlain wasn't eligible to play in the 1958–59 season. He spent the 1958–59 season playing for the Harlem Globetrotters prior to the 1959 draft.[3]
See also
References
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External links
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