1970 NBA draft

The 1970 NBA draft was the 24th annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on March 23, 1970, before the 1970–71 season. In this draft, 17 NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players. A player who had finished his four-year college eligibility was eligible for selection. If a player left college early, he would not be eligible for selection until his college class graduated. The first two picks in the draft belonged to the teams that finished last in each division, with the order determined by a coin flip.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Detroit Pistons won the coin flip and were awarded the first overall pick, while the San Diego Rockets were awarded the second pick. The remaining first-round picks and the subsequent rounds were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season. Three expansion franchises, the Buffalo Braves, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Portland Trail Blazers, took part in the NBA Draft for the first time and were assigned the seventh, the eighth and the ninth pick in each round. In the first round, the Cavaliers had the seventh pick, while the Blazers and the Braves had the eighth and the ninth pick respectively. In the subsequent rounds, the Cavaliers and the Braves exchanged their order of selection, while the Blazers had the eighth pick throughout the draft. The draft consisted of 19 rounds comprising the selection of 239 players; it holds the record for the most prospects selected in any NBA draft.

Draft selections and draftee career notes

Bob Lanier from St. Bonaventure University was selected first overall by the Detroit Pistons. Rudy Tomjanovich from the University of Michigan and Pete Maravich from Louisiana State University were selected second and third respectively. Fourth pick Dave Cowens from Florida State University and eighth pick Geoff Petrie from Princeton University went on to be named as joint winners of the Rookie of the Year Award in their first season.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Six players from this draft, Lanier, Maravich, Cowens, 18th pick Calvin Murphy, 19th pick Nate Archibald and 122nd pick Dan Issel, have been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Maravich, Cowens and Archibald were also named to the list of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History announced at the league's 50th anniversary in 1996.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Maravich had four All-NBA Team selections and five All-Star Game selections.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Cowens won two NBA championships with the Boston Celtics in 1974 and 1976, one Most Valuable Player Award in 1973, and had three All-NBA Team selections and seven All-Star Game selections.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Archibald won one NBA championship with the Celtics in 1981 and had five All-NBA Team selections and six All-Star Game selections.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Lanier and Murphy were selected to eight and one All-Star Games respectively.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Murphy">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Dan Issel initially opted to play in the American Basketball Association (ABA) with the Kentucky Colonels. He played six seasons in the ABA before finally joining the NBA with the Denver Nuggets when both leagues merged. He was selected to five All-ABA Teams, six ABA All-Star Games and one NBA All-Star Game.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Randy Smith, who was selected by the Detroit Pistons with the 205th pick, did not enter the league until the 1971–72 season, after he was drafted again in the 1971 NBA draft by the Buffalo Braves with the 104th pick. He was selected to both the All-NBA Team and the All-Star Game.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Tomjanovich was selected to five All-Star Games during his career.<ref name="Tomjanovich">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Charlie Scott, the 106th pick, initially opted to play in the ABA with the Virginia Squires before joining the NBA in 1972. He was selected to two All-ABA Teams, two ABA All-Star Games and three NBA All-Star Games.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Three other players from this draft, fifth pick Sam Lacey, seventh pick John Johnson and eighth pick Geoff Petrie, was also selected to at least one All-Star Game.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Rockets' first and second round picks, Tomjanovich and Murphy spent all of their playing career with the Rockets. Tomjanovich played 11 seasons while Murphy played 13 seasons with the Rockets.<ref name="Murphy"/><ref name="Tomjanovich"/>

Lanier, Tomjanovich, Cowens and Issel all became head coaches after ending their playing career. Lanier was the interim head coach of the Golden State Warriors in the 1995.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Tomjanovich coached two NBA teams, the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers. He coached the Rockets for 12 seasons, leading them to the NBA championship twice in 1994 and 1995.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He also coached the United States national basketball team to a gold medal at the 2000 Olympic Games. Cowens started his coaching career as a player-coach with the Celtics during the 1978–79 season, before returning to a full-time player in the next season. He later coached two more NBA teams, most recently with the Golden State Warriors.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Issel coached the Denver Nuggets for six seasons in two separate three-year stints.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Two other players drafted also went on to have coaching careers in the NBA: 40th pick Gar Heard and 125th pick George Irvine.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The 1970 draft class is considered to be one of the best in NBA history as it produced eight Hall of Famers and twelve All-Stars from those draftees who played in the NBA.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The first four picks were inducted to the Hall of Fame and seven of the first eight picks became All-Stars. The 1970 Draft is also known as the first draft where international players who had never played U.S. high school and college basketball were selected. In the 10th and 11th round, the Atlanta Hawks drafted Mexican Manuel Raga and Italian Dino Meneghin; both were playing in the Italian league at the time.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> They became the first two international players drafted to the NBA.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> However, neither of them ever played in the league as the Hawks did not have US$35,000 to buy out either of their contracts with their teams.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Meneghin, who played 28 seasons in Italy, has been inducted by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) to the FIBA Hall of Fame and also to the Basketball Hall of Fame.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Raga has also been inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame.

Key

Pos.	G	F	C
Position	Guard	Forward	Center

Draft

Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Player	Template:Tooltip	Template:TooltipTemplate:Refn	Team	Template:Tooltip
1	1	Template:Sortname^	C	Template:Flagu	Detroit Pistons	St. Bonaventure Template:Small
1	2	Template:Sortname^	F	Template:Flagu	San Diego Rockets	Michigan Template:Small
1	3	Template:Sortname^	G	Template:Flagu	Atlanta Hawks Template:SmallTemplate:Ref label	Louisiana State Template:Small
1	4	Template:Sortname^	F/C	Template:Flagu	Boston Celtics	Florida State Template:Small
1	5	Template:Sortname+	C	Template:Flagu	Cincinnati Royals	New Mexico State Template:Small
1	6	Template:Sortname	F/C	Template:Flagu	Seattle SuperSonics	Cincinnati Template:Small
1	7	Template:Sortname+	F	Template:Flagu	Cleveland Cavaliers	Iowa Template:Small
1	8	Template:Sortname+	G	Template:Flagu	Portland Trail Blazers	Princeton Template:Small
1	9	Template:Sortname	C	Template:Flagu	Baltimore Bullets Template:SmallTemplate:Ref label	Stephen F. Austin Template:Small
1	10	Template:Sortname	F/C	Template:Flagu	Phoenix Suns	Brill Cagliari Template:Small<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1	11	Template:Sortname	G	Template:Flagu	Chicago Bulls	New Mexico State Template:Small
1	12	Template:Sortname	C	Template:Flagu	Philadelphia 76ers	Wisconsin Template:Small
1	13	Template:Sortname	F	Template:Flagu	Los Angeles Lakers	Columbia Template:Small
1	14	Template:Sortname	G	Template:Flagu	Atlanta Hawks	UCLA Template:Small
1	15	Template:Sortname	F/C	Template:Flagu	Buffalo Braves Template:SmallTemplate:Ref label	Princeton Template:Small
1	16	Template:Sortname	F	Template:Flagu	Milwaukee Bucks	Oregon State Template:Small
1	17	Template:Sortname	G	Template:Flagu	New York Knicks	Illinois Template:Small
2	18	Template:Sortname^	G	Template:Flagu	San Diego Rockets	Niagara Template:Small
2	19	Template:Sortname^	G	Template:Flagu	Cincinnati Royals Template:SmallTemplate:Ref label	Texas-El Paso Template:Small
2	20	Template:Sortname	G	Template:Flagu	Seattle SuperSonics Template:SmallTemplate:Ref label	Maryland State Template:Small
2	21	Template:Sortname	G	Template:Flagu	Boston Celtics	Jacksonville Template:Small
2	22	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Cincinnati Royals	Davidson Template:Small
2	23	Template:Sortname	F/C	Template:Flagu	Seattle SuperSonics	San Francisco Template:Small
2	24	Template:Sortname	F/C	Template:Flagu	Buffalo Braves	Jackson State Template:Small
2	25	Template:Sortname	F	Template:Flagu	Portland Trail Blazers	Fort Valley State Template:Small
2	26	Template:Sortname	F	Template:Flagu	Cleveland Cavaliers	Ohio State Template:Small
2	27	Template:Sortname	G/F	Template:Flagu	Phoenix Suns	Pan American Template:Small
2	28	Template:Sortname	F/C	Template:Flagu	Chicago Bulls	Brigham Young Template:Small
2	29	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Phoenix Suns Template:SmallTemplate:Ref label	St. John's Template:Small
2	30	Template:Sortname	G	Template:Flagu	Los Angeles Lakers	Stetson Template:Small
2	31	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Atlanta Hawks	Louisiana State Template:Small
2	32	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Detroit Pistons Template:SmallTemplate:Ref label	DePaul Template:Small
2	33	Template:Sortname	G	Template:Flagu	Milwaukee Bucks	Duquesne Template:Small
2	34	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	New York Knicks	Austin Peay Template:Small
3	35	Template:Sortname	F	Template:Flagu	San Diego Rockets	Southwest Missouri Template:Small
3	36	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	San Francisco Warriors	Eastern Michigan Template:Small
3	37	Template:Sortname#	C	Template:Flagu	Detroit Pistons	Hanover Template:Small
3	38	Template:Sortname	F	Template:Flagu	Boston Celtics	Florida State Template:Small
3	39	Template:Sortname	F	Template:Flagu	Cincinnati Royals	Eastern New Mexico Template:Small
3	40	Template:Sortname	F	Template:Flagu	Seattle SuperSonics	Oklahoma Template:Small
3	41	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Cleveland Cavaliers	Stephen F. Austin Template:Small
3	42	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Portland Trail Blazers	Iowa State Template:Small
3	43	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Baltimore Bullets	Virginia Template:Small
3	44	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Phoenix Suns	Ohio Template:Small
3	45	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Chicago Bulls	Jackson State Template:Small
3	46	Template:Sortname	C	Template:Flagu	Philadelphia 76ers	Santa Clara Template:Small
3	47	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Detroit Pistons	Boston University Template:Small
3	48	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Phoenix Suns	NC State Template:Small
3	49	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Baltimore Bullets	Arizona State Template:Small
3	50	Template:Sortname	G	Template:Flagu	Milwaukee Bucks	Southwestern Louisiana Template:Small
3	51	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	New York Knicks	Drake Template:Small
4	52	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	San Diego Rockets	Ohio State Template:Small
4	53	Template:Sortname	F	Template:Flagu	San Francisco Warriors	Santa Clara Template:Small
4	54	Template:Sortname	F	Template:Flagu	Baltimore Bullets Template:SmallTemplate:Ref label	Pacific Template:Small
4	55	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Boston Celtics	Norfolk State Template:Small
4	56	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Cincinnati Royals	Loyola Chicago Template:Small
4	57	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Chicago Bulls	Alabama State Template:Small
4	58	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Buffalo Braves	Stephen F. Austin Template:Small
4	59	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Portland Trail Blazers	Bowling Green Template:Small
4	60	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Cleveland Cavaliers	Iowa Template:Small
4	61	Template:Sortname#	C	Template:Flagu	Phoenix Suns	Georgia Template:Small
4	62	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Chicago Bulls	Cheyney State Template:Small
4	63	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Philadelphia 76ers	Alabama State Template:Small
4	64	Template:Sortname	F	Template:Flagu	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota Template:Small
4	65	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Atlanta Hawks	Howard Payne Template:Small
4	66	Template:Sortname#	C	Template:Flagu	Baltimore Bullets	Louisiana College Template:Small
4	67	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Milwaukee Bucks	Drury Template:Small
4	68	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	New York Knicks	Manhattan Template:Small
5	69	Template:Sortname#	C	Template:Flagu	San Diego Rockets	Adams State Template:Small
5	70	Template:Sortname	G	Template:Flagu	San Francisco Warriors	Maryland State Template:Small
5	71	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Detroit Pistons	Cal State Long Beach Template:Small
5	72	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Boston Celtics	Paul Quinn Template:Small
5	73	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Cincinnati Royals	Wiley Template:Small
5	74	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Seattle SuperSonics	Eastern Kentucky Template:Small
5	75	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Cleveland Cavaliers	Ashland Template:Small
5	76	Template:Sortname	F	Template:Flagu	Portland Trail Blazers	Cal State-Los Angeles Template:Small
5	77	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Buffalo Braves	Central State Template:Small
5	78	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Phoenix Suns	Ohio Template:Small
5	79	Template:Sortname	F/C	Template:Flagu	Chicago Bulls	Dillard Template:Small
5	80	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Philadelphia 76ers	Vanderbilt Template:Small
5	81	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Los Angeles Lakers	Rhode Island Template:Small
5	82	Template:Sortname	F	Template:Flagu	Atlanta Hawks	Mount St. Mary's Template:Small
5	83	Template:Sortname	G	Template:Flagu	Baltimore Bullets	Drake Template:Small
5	84	Template:Sortname#	C	Template:Flagu	Milwaukee Bucks	Louisville Template:Small
5	85	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	New York Knicks	Army Template:Small
6	86	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	San Diego Rockets	East Tennessee State Template:Small
6	87	Template:Sortname	C	Template:Flagu	San Francisco Warriors	Oregon State Template:Small
6	88	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Detroit Pistons	DePaul Template:Small
6	89	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Boston Celtics	Jacksonville Template:Small
6	90	Template:Sortname#	C	Template:Flagu	Cincinnati Royals	Louisiana Tech Template:Small
6	91	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Seattle SuperSonics	Cal State Long Beach Template:Small
6	92	Template:Sortname#	C	Template:Flagu	Buffalo Braves	Toledo Template:Small
6	93	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Portland Trail Blazers	Dayton Template:Small
6	94	Template:Sortname	G	Template:Flagu	Cleveland Cavaliers	Indiana Template:Small
6	95	Template:Sortname	F	Template:Flagu	Phoenix Suns	Marquette Template:Small
6	96	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Chicago Bulls	North Carolina A&T Template:Small
6	97	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Philadelphia 76ers	Kansas State Template:Small
6	98	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Los Angeles Lakers	Davidson Template:Small
6	99	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Atlanta Hawks	Windham Template:Small
6	100	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Baltimore Bullets	Stephen F. Austin Template:Small
6	101	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Milwaukee Bucks	Oklahoma City Template:Small
6	102	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	New York Knicks	NYU Template:Small
7	103	Template:Sortname	F/C	Template:Flagu	San Diego Rockets	St. John's Template:Small
7	104	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	San Francisco Warriors	Creighton Template:Small
7	105	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Detroit Pistons	Shaw College Template:Small
7	106	Template:Sortname^	G/F	Template:Flagu	Boston Celtics	North Carolina Template:Small
7	107	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Cincinnati Royals	Kentucky State Template:Small
7	108	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Seattle SuperSonics	Maryland Eastern Shore Template:Small
7	109	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Cleveland Cavaliers	Stephen F. Austin Template:Small
7	110	Template:Sortname	F	Template:Flagu	Portland Trail Blazers	Rhode Island Template:Small
7	111	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Buffalo Braves	Colorado State Template:Small
7	112	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Phoenix Suns	Columbia Template:Small
7	113	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Chicago Bulls	Seattle Template:Small
7	114	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Philadelphia 76ers	Philadelphia Template:Small
7	115	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Los Angeles Lakers	Eastern Kentucky Template:Small
7	116	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Atlanta Hawks	Jackson State Template:Small
7	117	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Baltimore Bullets	Oklahoma City Template:Small
7	118	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Milwaukee Bucks	Kenyon Template:Small
7	119	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	New York Knicks	Wagner Template:Small
8	120	Template:Sortname	F	Template:Flagu	San Diego Rockets	Northwestern Template:Small
8	121	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	San Francisco Warriors	Marquette Template:Small
8	122	Template:Sortname^	F/C	Template:Flagu	Detroit Pistons	Kentucky Template:Small
8	123	Template:Sortname#	C	Template:Flagu	Boston Celtics	Tennessee Template:Small
8	124	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Cincinnati Royals	Augusta State Template:Small
8	125	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Seattle SuperSonics	Washington Template:Small
8	126	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Buffalo Braves	West Virginia Template:Small
8	127	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Portland Trail Blazers	TCU Template:Small
8	128	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Cleveland Cavaliers	Loyola Chicago Template:Small
8	129	Template:Sortname	C	Template:Flagu	Phoenix Suns	UCLA Template:Small
8	130	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Chicago Bulls	Kentucky Template:Small
8	131	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Philadelphia 76ers	Villanova Template:Small
8	132	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Los Angeles Lakers	Purdue Template:Small
8	133	Template:Sortname	G	Template:Flagu	Atlanta Hawks	Georgia Template:Small
8	134	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Baltimore Bullets	Wheaton (Illinois) Template:Small
8	135	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Milwaukee Bucks	Northwestern Template:Small
8	136	Template:Sortname	C	Template:Flagu	New York Knicks	Cheyney State Template:Small
9	137	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	San Diego Rockets	Dayton Template:Small
9	138	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	San Francisco Warriors	UNLV Template:Small
9	139	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Detroit Pistons	Dartmouth Template:Small
9	140	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Boston Celtics	Seattle Template:Small
9	141	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Cincinnati Royals	Rio Grande Template:Small
9	142	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Seattle SuperSonics	Murray State Template:Small
9	143	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Cleveland Cavaliers	Kent State Template:Small
9	144	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Portland Trail Blazers	Oregon Template:Small
9	145	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Buffalo Braves	Arkansas AM&N Template:Small
9	146	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Phoenix Suns	Wyoming Template:Small
9	147	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Chicago Bulls	Jackson State Template:Small
9	148	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Philadelphia 76ers	Saint Joseph's Template:Small
9	149	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Los Angeles Lakers	Pepperdine Template:Small
9	150	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Atlanta Hawks	Sul Ross State Template:Small
9	151	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Baltimore Bullets	Maryland Template:Small
9	152	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Milwaukee Bucks	North Texas Template:Small
9	153	Template:Sortname#	C	Template:Flagu	New York Knicks	Western Kentucky Template:Small
10	154	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	San Diego Rockets	Eastern Kentucky Template:Small
10	155	Template:Sortname	F/C	Template:Flagu	San Francisco Warriors	San Jose State Template:Small
10	156	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Detroit Pistons	UNLV Template:Small
10	157	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:FlaguTemplate:Refn	Boston Celtics	Davidson Template:Small
10	158	Template:Sortname#	C	Template:Flagu	Cincinnati Royals	Gustavus Adolphus Template:Small
10	159	Template:Sortname#	C	Template:Flagu	Seattle SuperSonics	Yankton Template:Small
10	160	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Buffalo Braves	Dillard Template:Small
10	161	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Portland Trail Blazers	Elizabeth City State Template:Small
10	162	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Cleveland Cavaliers	Indiana Template:Small
10	163	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Phoenix Suns	Arizona State Template:Small
10	164	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Chicago Bulls	West Texas State Template:Small
10	165	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Philadelphia 76ers	American Template:Small
10	166	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Los Angeles Lakers	Fisk Template:Small
10	167	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Atlanta Hawks	Ignis Varese Template:Small
10	168	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Baltimore Bullets	New Mexico Template:Small
10	169	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Milwaukee Bucks	Georgia Tech Template:Small
10	170	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	New York Knicks	Miami (Florida) Template:Small
11	171	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	San Diego Rockets	Bellarmine Template:Small
11	172	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Detroit Pistons	NC State Template:Small
11	173	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Cincinnati Royals	Saint Joseph's College Template:Small
11	174	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Seattle SuperSonics	Florida Template:Small
11	175	Template:Sortname#	C	Template:Flagu	Cleveland Cavaliers	Wayne State College Template:Small
11	176	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Portland Trail Blazers	Bowling Green Template:Small
11	177	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Buffalo Braves	Wake Forest Template:Small
11	178	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Phoenix Suns	Clark Atlanta Template:Small
11	179	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Chicago Bulls	BYU Template:Small
11	180	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Philadelphia 76ers	Tufts Template:Small
11	181	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston College Template:Small
11	182	Template:Sortname#	C	Template:Flagu	Atlanta Hawks	Ignis Varese Template:Small
11	183	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Baltimore Bullets	Houston Template:Small
12	184	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	San Diego Rockets	Nebraska Template:Small
12	185	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Detroit Pistons	Cincinnati Template:Small
12	186	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Cincinnati Royals	Virginia State Template:Small
12	187	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Seattle SuperSonics	Furman Template:Small
12	188	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Portland Trail Blazers	Central Washington Template:Small
12	189	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Template:Small
12	190	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Phoenix Suns	Marquette Template:Small
12	191	Template:Sortname#	C	Template:Flagu	Chicago Bulls	Middle Tennessee Template:Small
12	192	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Los Angeles Lakers	Tuskegee Template:Small
12	193	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Baltimore Bullets	Iowa Template:Small
13	194	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	San Diego Rockets	Old Dominion Template:Small
13	195	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Detroit Pistons	Harvard Template:Small
13	196	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Cincinnati Royals	Huston–Tillotson Template:Small
13	197	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Seattle SuperSonics	Winston-Salem State Template:Small
13	198	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Cleveland Cavaliers	Ashland Template:Small
13	199	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Portland Trail Blazers	Nevada Template:Small
13	200	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Phoenix Suns	Hawaii Template:Small
13	201	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Chicago Bulls	Northwestern State Template:Small
13	202	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington State Template:Small
13	203	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Baltimore Bullets	Northern Arizona Template:Small
14	204	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	San Diego Rockets	Aurora Template:Small
14	205	Template:Sortname*	G/F	Template:Flagu	Buffalo Braves	Buffalo State Template:Small
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14	209	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Cleveland Cavaliers	Missouri Template:Small
14	210	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Phoenix Suns	Iowa Template:Small
14	211	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Chicago Bulls	McKendree Template:Small
14	212	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Los Angeles Lakers	Noalex Venezia Template:Small
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15	214	Template:Sortname#	C	Template:Flagu	San Diego Rockets	Washington Template:Small
15	215	Template:Sortname#	G	Template:Flagu	Detroit Pistons	Springfield Template:Small
15	216	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Cincinnati Royals	Washington and Lee Template:Small
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15	220	Template:Sortname#	F	Template:Flagu	Chicago Bulls	Boise State Template:Small
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16	228	Template:Sortname#	C	Template:Flagu	Los Angeles Lakers	Fort Valley State Template:Small
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Trades

• Template:Note label On February 2, 1970, the Atlanta Hawks acquired a first-round pick and future consideration (the Hawks acquired Clyde Lee on October 4, 1974) from the San Francisco Warriors in exchange for Zelmo Beaty.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Warriors">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Hawks used the pick to draft Pete Maravich.

• Template:Note labelTemplate:Note label On the draft-day, the Baltimore Bullets acquired the Buffalo Braves' first-round pick from the Braves in exchange for Mike Davis and the Bullets' first-round pick.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Bullets used the pick to draft George E. Johnson while the Braves used the pick to draft John Hummer.

• Template:Note label On December 25, 1969, the Cincinnati Royals acquired a second-round pick from the San Francisco Warriors in exchange for Adrian Smith.<ref name="Warriors"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Royals used the pick to draft Nate Archibald.

• Template:Note label On November 1, 1969, the Seattle SuperSonics acquired a second-round pick from the Detroit Pistons in exchange for Erwin Mueller.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Pistons">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Sonics used the pick to select Jake Ford.

• Template:Note label On September 13, 1969, the Phoenix Suns acquired a second-round pick from the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Bill Melchionni.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Suns used the pick to draft Joe DePre.

• Template:Note labelTemplate:Note label On February 1, 1970, the Detroit Pistons acquired Bob Quick and a second-round pick from the Bullets in exchange for Eddie Miles and a fourth-round pick.<ref name="Pistons"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Pistons used the pick to draft Ken Warzynski. The Bullets used the pick to select Bill Stricker.

Notable undrafted players

Template:Further These players were not selected in the 1970 draft but played at least one game in the NBA.

Player	Pos.	Nationality	School/club team
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See also

• List of first overall NBA draft picks

References

General

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Specific

External links

• NBA.com
• NBA.com: NBA Draft History