1964 NBA draft

1964 NBA draft
General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)May 4, 1964
LocationPlaza Hotel (New York City, New York)[1]
Overview
101 total selections in 15 rounds
LeagueNBA
Territorial pick(s)Walt Hazzard, Los Angeles Lakers
George Wilson, Cincinnati Royals
First selectionJim Barnes, New York Knicks
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The 1964 NBA draft was the 18th annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on May 4, 1964, before the 1964–65 season. In this draft, nine NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball 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. In each round, the teams select in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season. Before the draft, a team could forfeit its first-round draft pick and then select any player from within a 50-mile (80 km) radius of its home arena as their territorial pick.[2][3] The draft consisted of 15 rounds comprising 101 players selected.

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  3. ^ "Lakers Select Baylor In NBA Draft Meeting". The Daily Collegian. Pennsylvania State University. April 23, 1958. Archived from the original on April 10, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2009.