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1959 NBA draft

Basketball player selection

Field	Value
name	1959 NBA draft
sport	Basketball
date	March 31, 1959
location	Cincinnati, Ohio
league	NBA
teams	8
overall	85
rounds	14
first	Bob Boozer, Cincinnati Royals
territorial	Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia Warriors
Bob Ferry, St. Louis Hawks
hofnum	{{Collapsible list
title	3
1	C Wilt Chamberlain
2	F Bailey Howell
3	G Dick Barnett}}
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Bob Ferry, St. Louis Hawks The 1959 NBA draft was the 13th annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on March 31, 1959, before the 1959–60 season. In this draft, eight NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. In each round, the teams select in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season. The draft consisted of 14 rounds comprising 85 players selected.

Draft selections and draftee career notes

Bob Boozer from Kansas State University was selected first overall by the Cincinnati Royals. Wilt Chamberlain and Bob Ferry were selected before the draft as Philadelphia Warriors' and St. Louis Hawks' territorial picks respectively. Although Chamberlain played at the University of Kansas, outside the territory of any NBA team, he was selected as the Warriors' territorial pick because the Warriors argued that Chamberlain had grown up in Philadelphia and played high school basketball at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia. The NBA agreed with the argument, hence making him the first territorial pick based solely on his pre-college roots. Chamberlain went on to win the Rookie of the Year Award and the Most Valuable Player Award in his first season. Three players from this draft, Wilt Chamberlain, Bailey Howell, and Dick Barnett have been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Key

Position	Guard	Forward	Center

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	College
T	–	^	C	United States	Philadelphia Warriors	Harlem Globetrotters
T	–		F/C	United States	St. Louis Hawks	Saint Louis
1	1	+	F	United States	Cincinnati Royals	Kansas State
1	2	^	F	United States	Detroit Pistons	Mississippi State
1	3		F	United States	Minneapolis Lakers	Notre Dame
1	4	^	G/F	United States	Syracuse Nationals	Tennessee State
1	5	+	F/C	United States	New York Knicks	Michigan State
1	6		F	United States	Boston Celtics	NC State
2	7	#	F/C	United States	Detroit Pistons (from Cincinnati)	Rice
2	8	#	F	United States	Detroit Pistons	Louisville
2	9		F/C	United States	Philadelphia Warriors	Northwestern
2	10	+	F/C	United States	Minneapolis Lakers	Dartmouth
2	11		F/C	United States	Syracuse Nationals	Tennessee
2	12	#	G	United States	St. Louis Hawks (from New York)	St. John's
2	13		F	United States	St. Louis Hawks	NYU
2	14		F	United States	Boston Celtics	George Washington
3	15	#	G	United States	Cincinnati Royals	Cincinnati
3	16		C	United States	Detroit Pistons	Fresno State
3	17	#	F	United States	Philadelphia Warriors	Memphis
3	18		G	United States	Minneapolis Lakers	West Virginia
3	19		F	United States	Syracuse Nationals	Syracuse
3	20		G/F	United States	New York Knicks	Michigan State
3	21	#	G	United States	St. Louis Hawks	Xavier
3	22	#	C	United States	Boston Celtics	Western Kentucky
4	23	#	G	United States	Cincinnati Royals	Marshall
4	24		G/F	United States	Detroit Pistons	Michigan
4	25		F	United States	Philadelphia Warriors	TCU
4	26		F	United States	Minneapolis Lakers	Purdue
4	27		G	United States	Syracuse Nationals	Stanford
4	28		G	United States	New York Knicks	Kentucky
4	29		G	United States	St. Louis Hawks	Oregon State
4	30		F	United States	Boston Celtics	Scranton
5	31		G/F	United States	Detroit Pistons	TCU
5	32		G	United States	Detroit Pistons	Wyoming
5	37		G	United States	St. Louis Hawks	Northwestern
8	56		F	United States	Philadelphia Warriors	Iowa
8	58	#	G	United States	New York Knicks	UCLA
8	59		F	United States	St. Louis Hawks	Purdue
11	77		G	United States	St. Louis Hawks	Tennessee State
14	83		G/F	United States	New York Knicks	Missouri State

Trades

Prior to the draft, the Detroit Pistons acquired Archie Dees along with the Cincinnati Royals' second-round pick, which was used to select Tom Robitaille, from the Royals in exchange for Phil Jordon.
Prior to the draft, the St. Louis Hawks acquired the New York Knicks' second-round pick, which was used to select Alan Seiden, from the Knicks in exchange for Frank Selvy.

Notes

References

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References

"1959 NBA draft".
"NBA Past Drafts - RealGM".
"Wilt Chamberlain Bio". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
"Rookie of the Year". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
"Most Valuable Player". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
"Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees". basketball-reference.com.
"Archie Dees Bio". basketball-reference.com.
"All-Time Transactions". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
(October 23, 1958). "Knicks' Quintet Obtains Selvy From Hawks for 2d Draft Pick; New Member of Club Paced College Scorers When Playing at Furman". The New York Times.

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