This draft list is courtesy of APBR (Association for Professional Basketball Research). Check back as each list is converted into The Draft Review's enhanced format currently displayed with the 1988-2005 drafts, featuring player profiles, draft trades and in-depth reviews. 1963 DRAFT 30Apr63 New York, NY T-Territorial Choices First Round 1 NYK Art Heyman Duke 2 Balt Rod Thorn West Virginia 3 SF Nate Thurmond Bowling Green 4 Det Ed Miles Seattle 5T Cin Tom Thacker Cincinnati 6 StL Gerry Ward Boston College 7 Syr Tom Hoover Villanova 8 LAL Roger Strickland Jacksonville 9 Bos Bill Green Colorado State Second Round 1 NYK Jerry Harkness Loyola (IL) 2 Balt Gus Johnson Idaho 3 SF Gary Hill Oklahoma City 4 Det Jerry Smith Furman 5 LAL Jim King Tulsa 6 StL Leland Mitchell Mississippi State 7 Syr Hershell West Grambling 8 LAL Mel Gibson Western Carolina 9 StL Ken Saylors Arkansas Tech Third Round 1 NYK Bill O'Connor Canisius 2 Balt Tom Bolyard Indiana 3 SF Steve Gray St. Mary's (CA) 4 Det Mike McCoy Miami (FL) 5 Cin Jimmy Rayl Indiana 6 StL Bill Burwell Illinois 7 Syr Jerry Greenspan Maryland 8 LAL Lyle Harger Houston 9 Bos Chuck Kriston Valparaiso Fourth Round 1 NYK Nate Cloud Delaware 2 Balt Nolen Ellison Kansas 3 SF Dave Downey Illinois 4 Det Dave Erickson Marquette 5 Cin Ken Charlton Colorado 6 StL Waite Bellamy Florida A&M 7 Syr Ray Flynn Providence 8 LAL Layton Johns Auburn 9 Bos Connie McGuire SE Oklahoma Fifth Round 1 NYK Joe McDermott Belmont Abbey 2 Balt Ron Glaser Marquette 3 SF Don Turner SW Kansas 4 Det Bill Small Illinois 5 Cin Mac Herndon Bradley 6 StL Tony Yates Cincinnati 7 Syr Tony Cerkvenik Arizona State 8 LAL Larry Jones Toledo 9 Bos W. D. Stroud Mississippi State Sixth Round 1 NYK Jim Kerwin Tulane 2 Balt Ken Siebel Wisconsin 3 SF Gene Shields Santa Clara 4 Det Reggie Harding None 5 Cin Jim McCormack West Virginia 6 StL Al Santio Maryland State 7 Syr Vince Brewer Iowa State 8 LAL Warren Salade Westminster 9 Bos Vinnie Ernst Providence Seventh Round 1 NYK Bob Woolard Wake Forest 2 Balt Larry Brown North Carolina 3 SF Don Clemetson Stanford 4 Det Ira Harge New Mexico 5 Cin Hunter Beckman Memphis State 6 StL Ken Rohloff North Carolina State 7 Syr Bill Brown Howard Payne 8 LAL Gordie Martin USC 9 Bos Herb Magee Philadelphia Textile Eighth Round 1 NYK Fred Crawford St. Bonaventure 2 Balt Dick Riesback Iowa State 3 SF Harry Dinnell Pepperdine 4 Det Gary Silc Northern Michigan 5 StL Harold Strothers Texas A&M Ninth Round 1 NYK Ray Cronk Lakeland 2 Balt Ron Jackson Wisconsin 3 SF Chuck White Idaho 4 Det Ernie Durston Seattle 5 StL Frank Davis Oklahoma Christian Tenth Round 1 NYK Gerald Glur Furman 2 Balt M. C. Thompson DePaul 3 StL Carl Ritter SE Missouri State Eleventh Round 1 NYK Orb Bowling Tennessee 2 StL Marv Straw Iowa State Twelfth Round 1 NYK Bob Walter Baldwin Wallace 2 StL Hugh Evans North Carolina A&T Thirteenth Round 1 NYK Jerry Szachara Cornell 2 StL Gary McFarland Central Missouri State Fourteenth Round 1 NYK Bill Raftery La Salle Fifteenth Round 1 NYK Ron Pickett Eastern Kentucky