1960 NBA Draft

1959 NBA Draft 1961 NBA Draft

Date: Monday, April 11, 1960

Location: New York, New York

Number of Picks: 101 (26 played in NBA)

First Overall Pick: Oscar Robertson (189.2 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: O. Robertson (189.2), J. West (162.6) and L. Wilkens (95.5)

All-Stars: 5 (D. Imhoff, O. Robertson, L. Shaffer, J. West and L. Wilkens)

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101 Selections

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101 Selections Table
			Round 1			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
1	1	CIN	Oscar Robertson	Cincinnati	14	1040	43886	26710	7804	9887	.485		.838	42.2	25.7	7.5	9.5	189.2	.207	-0.1	1.2
2	2	LAL	Jerry West	West Virginia	14	932	36571	25192	5366	6238	.474		.814	39.2	27.0	5.8	6.7	162.6	.213	4.7	1.6
3	3	NYK	Darrall Imhoff	California	12	801	17874	5759	6099	1405	.458		.594	22.3	7.2	7.6	1.8	30.1	.081
4	4	DET	Jackie Moreland	Louisiana Tech	5	348	6250	2684	1779	432	.413		.709	18.0	7.7	5.1	1.2	8.0	.061
5	5	SYR	Lee Shaffer	UNC	3	196	5488	3291	1240	232	.420		.776	28.0	16.8	6.3	1.2	8.2	.072
6	6	STL	Lenny Wilkens	Providence	15	1077	38064	17772	5030	7211	.432		.774	35.3	16.5	4.7	6.7	95.5	.120	1.7	3.4
7	7	PHW	Al Bunge	Maryland
8	8	BOS	Tom Sanders	NYU	13	916	22164	8766	5798	1026	.428		.767	24.2	9.6	6.3	1.1	56.5	.122
			Round 2			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
9	9	CIN	Jay Arnette	Texas	3	114	1177	424	116	139	.365		.760	10.3	3.7	1.0	1.2	0.1	.006
10	10	NYK	Dave Budd	Wake Forest	5	353	6389	2505	1623	337	.460		.682	18.1	7.1	4.6	1.0	11.7	.088
11	11	NYK	Kelly Coleman	Kentucky Wesleyan College
12	12	DET	Ron Johnson	Minnesota	1	14	103	37	29	2	.302		.647	7.4	2.6	2.1	0.1	-0.1	-.054
13	13	SYR	Wilbur Trosch	Saint Francis University
14	14	STL	Frank Radovich	Indiana	1	37	175	87	51	4	.398		.500	4.7	2.4	1.4	0.1	0.0	.006
15	15	PHW	Pickles Kennedy	Temple	1	7	52	12	8	9	.190		.667	7.4	1.7	1.1	1.3	-0.1	-.134
16	16	BOS	Leroy Wright	University of the Pacific
			Round 3			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
17	17	CIN	Ralph Davis	Cincinnati	2	150	3202	1195	248	424	.409		.677	21.3	8.0	1.7	2.8	0.4	.006
18	18	LAL	Jim Hagan	Tennessee Technological University
19	19	NYK	Bob McNeill	Saint Joseph's	2	125	1828	575	179	327	.394		.819	14.6	4.6	1.4	2.6	1.9	.050
20	20	DET	Frank Case	Dayton
21	21	SYR	Joe Roberts	Ohio State	3	181	2908	1118	936	109	.383		.648	16.1	6.2	5.2	0.6	2.2	.036
22	22	STL	Fred LaCour	San Francisco	3	144	2400	940	474	269	.421		.774	16.7	6.5	3.3	1.9	3.4	.068
23	23	PHW	Bob Mealy	Manhattan College
24	24	BOS	Mike Graney	Notre Dame
			Round 4			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
25	25	CIN	Dalen Showalter	Tennessee
26	26	LAL	Wally Frank	Kansas State
27	27	LAL	Ben Warley	Tennessee State	5	288	4656	1767	1524	204	.413		.724	16.2	6.1	5.3	0.7	8.0	.083
28	28	DET	Ken Remley	West Virginia Wesleyan College
29	29	SYR	Carl Cole	Eastern Kentucky University
30	30	STL	Horace Walker	Michigan State	1	65	1331	438	466	69	.339		.725	20.5	6.7	7.2	1.1	0.3	.010
31	31	PHW	Charley Sharp	Texas State University
32	32	BOS	Sid Cohen	Kentucky
			Round 5			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
33	33	CIN	Don Ogorek	Seattle University
34	34	LAL	George Farley	Cornell
35	35	NYK	Charley McNeil	Maryland
36	36	DET	Willie Jones	Northwestern	5	272	4568	2016	767	545	.393		.682	16.8	7.4	2.8	2.0	0.8	.009
37	37	SYR	Jim Mudd	University of North Texas
38	38	STL	Jimmy Darrow	Bowling Green	1	5	34	12	7	6	.200		.857	6.8	2.4	1.4	1.2	-0.1	-.112
39	39	PHW	Al Attles	North Carolina A&T	11	711	17826	6328	2463	2483	.451		.632	25.1	8.9	3.5	3.5	36.5	.098
40	40	BOS	Wayne Lawrence	Texas A&M
			Round 6			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
41	41	CIN	Bobby Joe Mason	Bradley
42	42	LAL	Bobby Goodall	Tulsa
43	43	NYK	David Denton	Georgia Tech
44	44	DET	Bill Lowry	Christian Brothers University
45	45	SYR	Herschell Turner	Nebraska
46	46	STL	York Larese	UNC	1	59	703	302	77	94	.373		.806	11.9	5.1	1.3	1.6	0.3	.020
47	47	PHW	Jim Brangan	Princeton
48	48	BOS	Roger Newman	Kentucky
			Round 7			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
49	49	CIN	Frank Sobrero	Santa Clara
50	50	LAL	Howie Jolliff	Ohio University	3	138	1739	388	586	112	.367		.527	12.6	2.8	4.2	0.8	0.8	.022
51	51	NYK	Dick Doughty	California
52	52	DET	Doug Moe	UNC
53	53	SYR	Bennie Coffman	Kentucky
54	54	STL	Bob Sims	Pepperdine	1	65	1345	509	183	154	.393		.569	20.7	7.8	2.8	2.4	0.4	.015
55	55	PHW	Bob Clarke	Saint Joseph's
			Round 8			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
56	56	CIN	Sam Stith	St. Bonaventure	1	32	440	141	51	60	.364		.605	13.8	4.4	1.6	1.9	-0.1	-.006
57	57	LAL	John Werhas	USC
58	58	NYK	George Price	Memphis
59	59	DET	Mike Yugovich	Youngstown State University
60	60	SYR	Dick Lynch	LeMoyne College
61	61	STL	Don Curry	Southern Miss
62	62	PHW	George Raveling	Villanova
			Round 9			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
63	63	CIN	Al Nealey	Arizona State
64	64	LAL	Jean-Claude Lefebvre	Gonzaga
65	65	NYK	Tony Davis	Hawaii
66	66	DET	Martin Holland	Kentucky Wesleyan College
67	67	SYR	Bernie Finlay	San Diego State
68	68	STL	Bob Castaneda	Rockhurst University
69	69	PHW	Joe Gallo	Saint Joseph's
			Round 10			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
70	70	CIN	Lon Sizemore	West Virginia Tech
71	71	LAL	Dick Harvey	Creighton
72	72	NYK	Walter Mangham	Marquette
73	73	DET	Joe Kennelly	Dayton
74	74	STL	Americus John-Lewis	Iowa
			Round 11			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
75	75	CIN	Dennis Boone	Regis University
76	76	LAL	Sterling Forbes	Pepperdine
77	77	NYK	Howard Willis	Grambling State University
78	78	DET	Mel Peterson	Wheaton College	1	2	3	2	1	0	1.000			1.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	.514
79	79	STL	Dick Davies	LSU
			Round 12			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
80	80	CIN	Ron Altenberg	Cornell College
81	81	LAL	Wil Jones	American University
82	82	NYK	Henry Hart	Auburn
83	83	DET	John Dobbert	Wheaton College
84	84	STL	Bob Wilkinson	Indiana
			Round 13			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
85	85	CIN	John Milhoan	Marshall
86	86	NYK	Dick Furry	Ohio State
87	88	DET	Lee Hopfenspirger	Hamline University
88	87	STL	Ed Smallwood	University of Evansville
			Round 14			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
89	89	CIN	Larry Chanay	Montana State
90	90	NYK	Jim Hanna	USC
			Round 15			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
91	91	CIN	Ducky Potter	Moravian College
92	92	NYK	Jerry Bechtle	Maryland
			Round 16			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
93	93	CIN	Gene Jordan	Northwest Missouri State University
94	94	NYK	Jerry Schofield	Utah State University
			Round 17			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
95	95	CIN	Ernie McCray	Arizona
96	96	NYK	Tandy Gillis	California
			Round 18			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
97	97	CIN	Don Mills	Kentucky
98	98	NYK	George Krajack	Clemson
			Round 19			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
99	99	CIN	Larry Willey	Cincinnati
			Round 20			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
100	100	CIN	Tony Wilcox	Wittenberg University
			Round 21			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
101	101	CIN	Jim McDonald	West Virginia Wesleyan College

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