1962 NBA Draft

1961 NBA Draft 1963 NBA Draft

Date: Monday, March 26, 1962

Location: New York, New York

Number of Picks: 102 (32 played in NBA)

First Overall Pick: Billy McGill (6.7 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: J. Havlicek (131.7), C. Walker (117.4) and J. Lucas (98.4)

All-Stars: 7 (Z. Beaty, L. Chappell, D. DeBusschere, T. Dischinger, J. Havlicek, J. Lucas and C. Walker)

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102 Selections

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102 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	4	DET	Dave DeBusschere	Detroit Mercy	12	875	31202	14053	9618	2497	.432		.699	35.7	16.1	11.0	2.9	60.8	.093	1.7	2.5
2	6	CIN	Jerry Lucas	Ohio State	11	829	32131	14053	12942	2732	.499		.783	38.8	17.0	15.6	3.3	98.4	.147	1.3	1.4
3	1	CHZ	Billy McGill	Utah	3	158	2507	1613	611	168	.486		.711	15.9	10.2	3.9	1.1	6.7	.128
4	2	NYK	Paul Hogue	Cincinnati	2	65	1487	409	461	48	.365		.448	22.9	6.3	7.1	0.7	-1.1	-.036
5	3	STL	Zelmo Beaty	Prairie View A&M University	8	570	18348	9107	5949	839	.469		.750	32.2	16.0	10.4	1.5	58.2	.152	-0.9	0.3
6	5	SYR	Len Chappell	Wake Forest	9	591	10596	5621	3113	434	.452		.691	17.9	9.5	5.3	0.7	19.0	.086
7	7	SFW	Wayne Hightower	Kansas	5	316	7240	2848	1876	337	.359		.749	22.9	9.0	5.9	1.1	3.7	.025
8	8	LAL	Leroy Ellis	St. John's	14	1048	27520	10176	8709	1405	.442		.728	26.3	9.7	8.3	1.3	46.3	.081	0.0	2.8
9	9	BOS	John Havlicek	Ohio State	16	1270	46471	26395	8007	6114	.439		.815	36.6	20.8	6.3	4.8	131.7	.136	1.1	11.5
			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
10	10	CHZ	Terry Dischinger	Purdue	9	652	17841	9012	3646	1151	.506		.758	27.4	13.8	5.6	1.8	56.3	.152
11	11	NYK	John Rudometkin	USC	3	131	1644	822	412	72	.399		.743	12.5	6.3	3.1	0.5	1.0	.030
12	12	STL	Bob Duffy	Colgate	3	94	1123	400	104	167	.396		.649	11.9	4.3	1.1	1.8	0.5	.022
13	13	DET	Kevin Loughery	St. John's	11	755	22208	11575	2254	2803	.413		.803	29.4	15.3	3.0	3.7	29.8	.064
14	14	SYR	Chet Walker	Bradley	13	1032	33433	18831	7314	2126	.470		.796	32.4	18.2	7.1	2.1	117.4	.168	2.5	5.8
15	15	CIN	Bud Olsen	Louisville	7	369	4218	1592	1111	293	.423		.553	11.4	4.3	3.0	0.8	3.4	.038
16	16	SFW	Hubie White	Villanova	2	52	467	171	77	40	.329		.630	9.0	3.3	1.5	0.8	-0.8	-.082
17	17	LAL	Gene Wiley	Wichita State	4	300	6386	1273	2194	252	.471		.506	21.3	4.2	7.3	0.8	8.4	.063
18	18	BOS	Jack Foley	Holy Cross	1	11	83	53	16	5	.392		.867	7.5	4.8	1.5	0.5	0.1	.057
			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
19	19	CHZ	Don Nelson	Iowa	14	1053	21685	10898	5192	1526	.480		.765	20.6	10.3	4.9	1.4	74.6	.165	1.3	4.0
20	20	NYK	Bobby Rascoe	Western Kentucky
21	21	STL	Charlie Hardnett	Grambling State University	3	164	2474	1198	930	103	.423		.647	15.1	7.3	5.7	0.6	3.0	.058
22	22	DET	Harold Hudgens	Texas Tech
23	23	SYR	Porter Meriwether	Tennessee State	1	31	268	119	29	43	.393		.697	8.6	3.8	0.9	1.4	0.2	.030
24	24	CIN	Chris Appel	USC
25	25	SFW	Dave Fedor	Florida State	1	7	27	6	6	1	.300		.000	3.9	0.9	0.9	0.1	-0.1	-.128
26	26	LAL	John Green	UCLA
27	27	BOS	Jim Hadnot	Providence
			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
28	28	STL	Chico Vaughn	Southern Illinois	5	327	7049	2921	733	753	.415		.728	21.6	8.9	2.2	2.3	10.4	.071
29	29	NYK	Cliff Luyk	Florida
30	30	STL	Jerry Grote	Loyola Marymount	1	11	33	14	4	4	.545		1.000	3.0	1.3	0.4	0.4	0.1	.175
31	31	DET	Reggie Harding		3	205	5529	1839	1865	343	.413		.607	27.0	9.0	9.1	1.7	5.7	.049
32	32	SYR	Bob McCully	St. Bonaventure
33	33	CIN	Jack Thobe	Xavier
34	34	SFW	Garry Roggenburk	Dayton
35	35	LAL	Jan Loudermilk	SMU
36	36	BOS	Roger Strickland	Jacksonville University	1	1	4	2	0	0	.333			4.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-.224
			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
37	37	CHZ	Cornell Green	Utah State University
38	38	NYK	Bob Burgess	Marshall
39	39	STL	Tom Hatton	Dayton
40	40	DET	Lindberg Moody	South Carolina
41	41	SYR	John Windsor	Stanford	1	11	68	27	26	2	.370		.875	6.2	2.5	2.4	0.2	0.1	.091
42	42	CIN	Mike Wroblewski	Kansas State
43	43	SFW	Jack Jackson	Virginia Union University
44	44	LAL	Art Whisnant	South Carolina
45	45	BOS	Gary Daniels	The Citadel
			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
46	46	CHZ	Bill Hanson	Washington
47	47	NYK	Ken Stanley	University of the Pacific
48	48	STL	Jay Carty	Oregon State	1	28	192	76	58	11	.382		.727	6.9	2.7	2.1	0.4	-0.1	-.017
49	49	DET	Ed Noe	Morehead State University
50	50	SYR	Lanny Van Eman	Wichita State
51	51	CIN	Jerry Foster	Drake University
52	52	SFW	Jim Hudock	UNC
53	53	LAL	Bucky Keller	Virginia Tech
54	54	BOS	Jim Hooley	Boston College
			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
55	55	CHZ	Jack Ardon	Tulane
56	56	NYK	Richie Swartz	Hofstra
57	57	STL	Bob McAteer	La Salle
58	58	DET	John Bradley	Lawrence University
59	59	SYR	Bob Sharpenter	Georgetown
60	60	CIN	Gary Cunningham	UCLA
61	61	SFW	Howie Montgomery	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	1	20	364	144	69	21	.425		.609	18.2	7.2	3.5	1.1	0.1	.018
62	62	BOS	Clyde Arnold	Duquesne
			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
63	63	CHZ	Larry Pursiful	Kentucky
64	64	NYK	Warren Fouts	Oklahoma
65	65	STL	Terry Ball	Washington State
66	66	DET	Mike Rice	Duquesne
67	67	SYR	Jerry Harkness	Loyola Chicago	1	5	59	29	6	6	.433		.375	11.8	5.8	1.2	1.2	0.0	-.017
68	68	CIN	Ed Bento	Loyola Marymount
69	69	SFW	Bill Kirvin	Xavier
70	70	LAL	Bill Garner	University of Portland
71	71	BOS	Chuck Chevalier	Boston College
			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
72	72	CHZ	Carroll Broussard	Texas A&M
73	73	NYK	Paul Benec	Duquesne
74	74	STL	Marvin Trotman	Elizabeth City State University
75	75	DET	Bill Nelson	Hamline University
76	76	SYR	Vince Brewer	Iowa State
77	77	CIN	Chris Jones	Carson-Newman College
78	78	SFW	Tom Kieffer	Saint Louis
79	79	LAL	Bill Mattson	Minnesota
80	80	BOS	Mike Cingiser	Brown University
			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
81	81	CHZ	Pete Campbell	Princeton
82	82	NYK	Ralph Richardson	Eastern Kentucky University
83	83	STL	Charlie Sells	Washington State
84	84	DET	Glenn Moore	Oregon
85	85	CIN	George Knighton	New Mexico State
86	86	SFW	Ken McComb	UNC
			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
87	87	CHZ	Jeff Slade	Kenyon College	1	3	20	4	7	0	.400		.000	6.7	1.3	2.3	0.0	0.0	-.053
88	88	NYK	Ed Mazria	Pratt Institute
89	89	STL	Tom Chappelle	University of Maine
90	90	CIN	Frank Pinchback	Xavier
91	91	SFW	Donnie Walsh	UNC
			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
92	92	CHZ	Mel Nowell	Ohio State	1	39	589	232	67	84	.388		.727	15.1	5.9	1.7	2.2	-0.1	-.006
93	93	STL	John Caveny	LeMoyne College
94	94	SFW	Charles Warren	Oregon
			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
95	95	CHZ	Tom Kennedy	Lewis (IL)
96	96	STL	Jerry Carlton	Arkansas
			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
97	97	CHZ	Bob Mahland	Williams
98	98	STL	Wilky Gilmore	Colorado
			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
99	99	CHZ	Pat McKenzie	Kansas State
100	100	STL	Dave Ricereto	Rhode Island
			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
101	101	CHZ	Norman Majors	Rockhurst University
102	102	STL	Rally Rounsaville	California Institute of Technology

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