1963 NBA Draft
First Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 1 |
New York Knicks |
Art Heyman |
G/F |
Duke |
| 2 |
Baltimore Bullets |
Rod Thorn |
G |
West Virginia |
| 3 |
San Francisco Warriors |
Nate Thurmond |
C |
Bowling Green |
| 4 |
Detroit Pistons |
Ed Miles |
G/F |
Seattle |
| 5 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Tom Thacker |
G |
Cincinnati |
| 6 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Gerry Ward |
G |
Boston College |
| 7 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Tom Hoover |
F/C |
Villanova |
| 8 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Roger Strickland |
F |
Jacksonville |
| 9 |
Boston Celtics |
Bill Green |
F |
Colorado State |
Second Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 10 |
New York Knicks |
Jerry Harkness |
G |
Loyola (IL) |
| 11 |
Baltimore Bullets |
Gus Johnson |
F |
Idaho |
| 12 |
San Francisco Warriors |
Gary Hill |
G |
Oklahoma City |
| 13 |
Detroit Pistons |
Jerry Smith |
G |
Furman |
| 14 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Jim King |
G |
Tulsa |
| 15 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Leland Mitchell |
G |
Mississippi State |
| 16 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Hershell West |
G |
Grambling |
| 17 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Mel Gibson |
G |
Western Carolina |
| 18 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Ken Saylors |
F |
Arkansas Tech |
Third Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 19 |
New York Knicks |
Bill OConnor |
F |
Canisius |
| 20 |
Baltimore Bullets |
Tom Bolyard |
G |
Indiana |
| 21 |
San Francisco Warriors |
Steve Gray |
G |
St. Mary's (CA) |
| 22 |
Detroit Pistons |
Mike McCoy |
C |
Miami (FL) |
| 23 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Jimmy Rayl |
G |
Indiana |
| 24 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Bill Burwell |
F |
Illinois |
| 25 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Jerry Greenspan |
F |
Maryland |
| 26 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Lyle Harger |
F |
Houston |
| 27 |
Boston Celtics |
Chuck Kriston |
G |
Valparaiso |
Fourth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 28 |
New York Knicks |
Nate Cloud |
F |
Delaware |
| 29 |
Baltimore Bullets |
Nolen Ellison |
G |
Kansas |
| 30 |
San Francisco Warriors |
Dave Downey |
G |
Illinois |
| 31 |
Detroit Pistons |
Dave Erickson |
F |
Marquette |
| 32 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Ken Charlton |
F |
Colorado |
| 33 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Waite Bellamy |
G |
Florida A&M |
| 34 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Ray Flynn |
G |
Providence |
| 35 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Layton Johns |
F |
Auburn |
| 36 |
Boston Celtics |
Connie McGuire |
F |
SE Oklahoma |
Fifth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 37 |
New York Knicks |
Joe McDermott |
|
Belmont Abbey |
| 38 |
Baltimore Bullets |
Ron Glaser |
|
Marquette |
| 39 |
San Francisco Warriors |
Don Turner |
|
SW Kansas |
| 40 |
Detroit Pistons |
Bill Small |
|
Illinois |
| 41 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Mac Herndon |
|
Bradley |
| 42 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Tony Yates |
|
Cincinnati |
| 43 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Tony Cerkvenik |
|
Arizona State |
| 44 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Larry Jones |
|
Toledo |
| 45 |
Boston Celtics |
WD Stroud |
|
Mississippi State |
Sixth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 46 |
New York Knicks |
Jim Kerwin |
|
Tulane |
| 47 |
Baltimore Bullets |
Ken Siebel |
|
Wisconsin |
| 48 |
San Francisco Warriors |
Gene Shields |
|
Santa Clara |
| 49 |
Detroit Pistons |
Reggie Harding |
|
None |
| 50 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Jim McCormack |
|
West Virginia |
| 51 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Al Santio |
|
Maryland State |
| 52 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Vince Brewer |
|
Iowa State |
| 53 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Warren Salade |
|
Westminster |
| 54 |
Boston Celtics |
Vinnie Ernst |
|
Providence |
Seventh Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 55 |
New York Knicks |
Bob Woolard |
|
Wake Forest |
| 56 |
Baltimore Bullets |
Larry Brown |
|
North Carolina |
| 57 |
San Francisco Warriors |
Don Clemetson |
|
Stanford |
| 58 |
Detroit Pistons |
Ira Harge |
|
New Mexico |
| 59 |
Cincinnati Royals |
Hunter Beckman |
|
Memphis State |
| 60 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Ken Rohloff |
|
North Carolina State |
| 61 |
Syracuse Nationals |
Bill Brown |
|
Howard Payne |
| 62 |
Los Angeles Lakers |
Gordie Martin |
|
USC |
| 63 |
Boston Celtics |
Herb Magee |
|
Philadelphia Textile |
Eighth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 64 |
New York Knicks |
Fred Crawford |
|
St. Bonaventure |
| 65 |
Baltimore Bullets |
Dick Riesback |
|
Iowa State |
| 66 |
San Francisco Warriors |
Harry Dinnell |
|
Pepperdine |
| 67 |
Detroit Pistons |
Gary Silc |
|
Northern Michigan |
| 68 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Harold Strothers |
|
Texas A&M |
Ninth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 69 |
New York Knicks |
Ray Cronk |
|
Lakeland |
| 70 |
Baltimore Bullets |
Ron Jackson |
|
Wisconsin |
| 71 |
San Francisco Warriors |
Chuck White |
|
Idaho |
| 72 |
Detroit Pistons |
Ernie Durston |
|
Seattle |
| 73 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Frank Davis |
|
Oklahoma Christian |
Tenth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 74 |
New York Knicks |
Gerald Glur |
|
Furman |
| 75 |
Baltimore Bullets |
MC Thompson |
|
DePaul |
| 76 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Carl Ritter |
|
SE Missouri State |
Eleventh Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 77 |
New York Knicks |
Orb Bowling |
|
Tennessee |
| 78 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Marv Straw |
|
Iowa State |
Twelfth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 79 |
New York Knicks |
Bob Walter |
|
Baldwin Wallace |
| 80 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Hugh Evans |
|
North Carolina A&T |
Thirteenth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 81 |
New York Knicks |
Jerry Szachara |
|
Cornell |
| 82 |
St. Louis Hawks |
Gary McFarland |
|
Central Missouri State |
Fourteenth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 83 |
New York Knicks |
Bill Raftery |
|
La Salle |
Fifteenth Round
| Pick |
Team |
Player |
Position |
College |
| 84 |
New York Knicks |
Ron Pickett |
|
Eastern Kentucky |
*This was the first year that underclassmen were draft into the NBA. Before 1963 drafted players must have completed all four years of college.
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