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NBA Draft
1971 NBA Draft, First Round
First Round Player College
1. Cleveland Cavaliers Austin Carr Notre Dame
2. Portland Trail Blazers Sidney Wicks UCLA
3. Buffalo Braves Elmore Smith Kentucky State
4. Cincinnati Royals Ken Durrett La Salle
5. Atlanta Hawks George Trapp Long Beach State
6. Seattle SuperSonics Fred Brown Iowa
7. San Diego Rockets Cliff Meely Colorado
8. San Francisco Warriors Darnell Hillman San Jose State
9. Baltimore Bullets Stan Love Oregon
10. Boston Celtics Clarence Glover Western Kentucky
11. Detroit Pistons Curtis Rowe UCLA
12. Philadelphia 76ers Dana Lewis Tulsa
13. Los Angeles Lakers Jim Cleamons Ohio State
14. Phoenix Suns John Roche South Carolina
15. Chicago Bulls Kennedy McIntosh Eastern Michigan
16. New York Knicks Dean Meminger Marquette
17. Milwaukee Bucks Collis Jones Notre Dame
1971 DRAFT
29-mars-71
New York, NY
 
First Round
1  Clev   Austin Carr              Notre Dame
2  Port   Sidney Wicks             UCLA
3  Buff   Elmore Smith             Kentucky State
4  Cin    Ken Durrett              La Salle
5  Atl    George Trapp             Long Beach State
6  Sea    Fred Brown               Iowa
7  SD     Cliff Meely              Colorado
8  SF     Darnell Hillman          San Jose State
9  Balt   Stan Love                Oregon
10 Bos    Clarence Glover          Western Kentucky
11 Det    Curtis Rowe              UCLA
12 Phil   Dana Lewis               Tulsa
13 LAL    Jim Cleamons             Ohio State
14 Phoe   John Roche               South Carolina
15 Chi    Kennedy McIntosh         Eastern Michigan
16 NYK    Dean Meminger            Marquette
17 Mil    Collis Jones             Notre Dame
 
Second Round
1  Clev   Steve Patterson          UCLA
2  Buff   Fred Hilton              Grambling
3  Chi    Willie Sojourner         Weber State
4  Cin    John Mengelt             Auburn
5  Atl    Ted McClain              Tennessee State
6  Sea    Jim McDaniels            Western Kentucky
7  SD     Mike Newlin              Utah
8  Port   Charles Yelverton        Fordham
9  Buff   Amos Thomas              SW Oklahoma State
10 Port   Rick Fisher              Colorado State
11 Bos    Jim Rose                 Western Kentucky
12 Det    Isaiah Wilson            Baltimore
13 Buff   Spencer Haywood          Detroit
14 Cin    Joe Bergman              Creighton
15 Chi    Howard Porter            Villanova
16 Phil   Marvin Stewart           Nebraska
17 NYK    Gregg Northington        Alabama State
18 Clev   Willie Long              New Mexico
 
Third Round
1  Clev   Gerald Lockett           Arkansas AM&N
2  Port   Larry Steele             Kentucky
3  Cin    Rich Yunkus              Georgia Tech
4  Atl    Jeff Halliburton         Drake
5  Chi    Clifford Ray             Oklahoma
6  Clev   Jackie Ridgle            California
7  Port   Bill Smith               Syracuse
8  Balt   Rich Rinaldi             St. Peter's
9  Bos    Dave Robisch             Kansas
10 Det    Marv Roberts             Utah State
11 Phil   Dave Wohl                Penn
12 Chi    Mike Gale                Elizabeth City
13 Phoe   Dennis Layton            USC
14 Chi    Dick Gibbs               Texas–El Paso
15 NYK    Ken Mayfield             Tuskegee
16 Mil    Gary Brell               Marquette
 
Fourth Round
1  Clev   Cliff Harris             Hardin-Simmons
2  Buff   Jim O'Brien              Boston College
3  Port   Bobby Fields             La Salle
4  Cin    Sid Catlett              Notre Dame
5  Atl    Jim Welch                Houston
6  Sea    Pembroke Burrows         Jacksonville
7  SD     Tom Owens                South Carolina
8  SF     Greg Gary                St. Bonaventure
9  Balt   Willie Allen             Miami (FL)
10 Bos    Randy Denton             Duke
11 Det    Jarrett Durham           Duquesne
12 Phil   Erwin Johnson            Augusta
13 LAL    Roger Brown              Kansas
14 Phoe   Walt Szerbiak            George Washington
15 Chi    Jim Irving               St. Louis
16 NYK    Steve Niles              Texas A&M
17 Mil    Henry Smith              Missouri
 
Fifth Round
1  Clev   Brian Mahoney            Manhattan
2  Buff   Garry Nelson             Duquesne
3  Port   Hector Blondet           Murray State
4  Cin    Jim Guymond              Eastern New Mexico
5  Cin    Tyrone Marionneaux       Loyola (LA)
6  Sea    Jeff Smith               New Mexico State
7  SD     Rudy Benjamin            Michigan State
8  SF     Odis Allison             Nevada–Las Vegas
9  Balt   Don Johnson              Tennessee
10 SD     Greg Nelson              Jacksonville
11 Det    Vincent White            Savannah State
12 Phil   Richard Hood             Phillips
13 LAL    Lee Dedmon               North Carolina
14 Phoe   Ken Gardner              Utah
15 Chi    Larry Weatherford        Purdue
16 Phoe   Bob Kissane              Holy Cross
17 Mil    Barry Nelson             Duquesne
 
Sixth Round
1  Clev   Mike Childress           Colorado State
2  Buff   Glen Summors             Gannon
3  Port   Jim Day                  Morehead State
4  Cin    Gil McGregor             Wake Forest
5  Atl    Willie Humes             Idaho
6  Sea    Mike Neciase             William Carey
7  SD     Garry Reist              Rice
8  SF     Charlie Johnson          California
9  Balt   John Novey               Mount St. Mary's
10 Bos    Thorpe Weber             Vanderbilt
11 Det    Jim Larranga             Providence
12 Phil   Jake Jones               Assumption
13 LAL    Bill Brickhouse          Montana State
14 Phoe   William Graham           Kentucky State
15 Chi    Jim England              Tennessee
16 NYK    Bill Mainor              Fordham
17 Mil    Ed Kemp                  Adams State
 
Seventh Round
1  Clev   Tom Bush                 Drake
2  Buff   Randy Smith              Buffalo State
3  Port   Gene Knolle              Texas Tech
4  Cin    Ollie Shannon            Minnesota
5  Atl    Mike Jordan              Savannah State
6  Sea    John Duncan              Kentucky Wesleyan
7  SD     Eric Hill                Minnesota
8  SF     Ken May                  Dayton
9  Balt   Dennis Hogg              Washington State
10 Bos    Skip Young               Florida State
11 Det    Steve Kelly              Brigham Young
12 Phil   Curtis Ford              NE Oklahoma State
13 LAL    Gene Gathers             Bradley
14 Phoe   Ralph Brateris           Trenton State
15 Chi    Artis Gilmore            Jacksonville
16 NYK    Danny Davis              Henderson State
17 Mil    Gene Phillips            Southern Methodist
 
Eighth Round
1  Clev   Charlie Davis            Wake Forest
2  Buff   Craig Love               Ohio
3  Port   John Sutter              Tulane
4  Cin    Frank Fitzgerald         Boston College
5  Atl    Jim Smith                Kentucky Wesleyan
6  Sea    Chuck Lowery             Puget Sound
7  SD     Rich Katherman           Duke
8  SF     Jim Haderlein            Loyola (CA)
9  Balt   Russell Golden           Jackson State
10 Bos    John Ribock              South Carolina
11 Det    Wayne Jones              Niagara
12 Phil   Barry Yates              Maryland
13 LAL    Luke Adams               Lamar Tech
14 Phoe   Vernell Ellzy            Florida State
15 Chi    Clarence Sherrod         Wisconsin
16 NYK    Leroy Eldridge           Cheyney State
17 Mil    Felix Thurston           Trinity (TX)
 
Ninth Round
1  Clev   Rich Walker              Bowling Green
2  Buff   Gary Stewart             Canisius
3  Port   Gene Kennedy             Texas Christian
4  Atl    Ernie Fleming            Jacksonville
5  Sea    Larry Holliday           Oregon
6  SD     Willie Kerry             Denver
7  SF     Clarence Smith           Villanova
8  Balt   Ron Johnston             Murray State
9  Bos    Ray Green                Cal State (PA)
10 Det    Paul Botts               Central Michigan
11 Phil   Tom Lee                  Arizona
12 LAL    Bob Cheeks               Whittier
13 Phoe   Mike Johnson             Kansas State
14 Chi    Jackie Dinkins           Voorhees
15 NYK    Mike O'Brien             St. Leo's
16 Mil    Rick Howat               Illinois
 
Tenth Round
1  Clev   Jim Meredith             Washington State
2  Buff   Don Ward                 Colgate
3  Port   Greg Starrick            Southern Illinois
4  Atl    Ron Rippitoe             David Lipscomb
5  Sea    Ed Huston                Puget Sound
6  SD     Calvin Oliver            Pan American
7  SF     Bill Drosdiak            Oregon
8  Balt   Eddie Myers              Arizona
9  Bos    Dale Dover               Harvard
10 Det    Steve Butcher            Pikeville
11 Phil   Jim Dinwiddie            Kentucky
12 LAL    Cliff Mosely             Quinnipiac
13 Phoe   Tom Newell               Hawaii
14 Chi    David Withers            Delaware
15 NYK    Andy Toth                Cheyney State
16 Mil    Dan Fife                 Michigan
 
Eleventh Round
1  Clev   Mike Casey               Kentucky
2  Buff   Bill Warner              Arizona
3  Port   Howard Burford           Gonzaga
4  Atl    Levi Wyatt               Alcorn A&M
5  Sea    Jerome Perry             Western Kentucky
6  SD     Doug Rex                 UC Santa Barbara
7  Balt   Chuck Olowski            Baltimore
8  Bos    Reggie Brooks            New Hampshire College
9  Det    Larry Saunders           Duke
10 Phil   Dana Pagett              USC
11 Phoe   Paul Leitz               Western Carolina
12 Chi    Al Smith                 Bradley
13 NYK    Ken Davis                Georgetown
14 Mil    Blaine Henry             Marshall
 
Twelfth Round
1  Clev   Doug Hess                Toledo
2  Buff   Butch Webster            LSU/New Orleans
3  Port   Don Sechler              Delaware Valley
4  Atl    Roger Moore              Columbus College
5  SD     Chris Schrobilgen        USC
6  Balt   Bob Connor               Loyola (MD)
7  Bos    John Dalton              Suffolk
8  Det    Bob Horn                 Drake
9  Phil   Ken Kowall               Ohio
10 Phoe   Floyd Mason              Alcorn A&M
11 Chi    Ken Riley                Middle Tennessee
12 NYK    Carl Greenfield          Eastern Kentucky
13 Mil    Gene Mumford             Scranton
 
Thirteenth Round
1  Clev   Bobby Jones              Drake
2  Buff   Pete Smith               Valdosta State
3  Atl    Ed Jenkins               Michigan Lutheran
4  SD     Lee McCollough           Indiana
5  Balt   Ron Crosswhite           Dayton
6  Bos    Leroy Chalk              Nebraska
7  Det    Willie Roberson          Wyoming
8  Phil   Hank Commodore           NW Oklahoma
9  Phoe   Ron Dorsey               Tennessee State
10 Chi    Ed Goode                 DePaul
11 NYK    Larry Duckworth          Henderson State
12 Mil    Pierre Russell           Kansas
 
Fourteenth Round
1  Clev   Bubbles Harris           Indiana
2  Buff   Ray Lavender             Drury
3  SD     Gene Roberson            Canisius
4  Balt   Rudolph Peele            Norfolk State
5  Det    Art Davis                J. C. Smith
6  Phoe   Ken Booker               UCLA
7  Chi    Richard Dixon            Loyola (LA)
8  NYK    Jack O'Connor            Grant Falls
9  Mil    George Jackson           Dayton
 
Fifteenth Round
1  Clev   Larry Baker              Wittenberg
2  Buff   William Chatmon          Baylor
3  SD     Terry Guigg              Gonzaga
4  Balt   James Morrell            Norfolk State
5  Det    James Fleming            Alcorn A&M
6  Phoe   Curtis Carter            Bishop
7  Chi    Liscio Thomas            Furman
8  Mil    Loyd King                Virginia Tech
 
Sixteenth Round
1  Clev   Vance Tyree              Wisconsin State
2  Buff   James Douglas            Memphis
3  SD     Leonard Jackson          Oregon
4  Det    Fred Smiley              Detroit
5  Chi    Bob Bissant              Loyola (LA)
 
Seventeenth Round
1  Buff   Nelson Isley             Louisiana State
2  SD     Steve Sims               Pepperdine
3  Det    Leroy Jenkins            Detroit
 
Eighteenth Round
1  Buff   Joey Meyer               DePaul
2  SD     Carlos Quintar           Mexico City
3  Det    Ike Bundy                Detroit Tech
 
Nineteenth Round
1  SD     Gary Schneider           San Diego State
2  Det    Ed Jenkins               Shaw
 
1971 HARDSHIP DRAFT
 
1  Cin    Nate Williams            Utah State
2  Atl    Tom Payne                Kentucky
3  SF     Cyril Baptiste           Creighton
4  Balt   Phil Chenier             California
5  LAL    Joe Hammond              None