1967 NBA Draft

The 1967 NBA Draft included 162 selections over 20 rounds. Detroit won the coin flip for the first overall selection and chose Providence star Jimmy Walker. Baltimore selected Winston-Salem State guard Earl Monroe second overall.

The class included four future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famers: Earl Monroe, Walt Frazier, Mel Daniels and Louie Dampier. Frazier and Monroe later became teammates with the New York Knicks and helped the franchise win the 1973 NBA championship.

The draft also featured future NBA All-Stars Jimmy Walker and Bob Rule, future ABA stars Jimmy Jones, Byron Beck and Bob Netolicky, and future championship coach and executive Pat Riley. Phil Jackson, who later won 11 NBA championships as a head coach, was selected by the New York Knicks in the second round.

The Seattle SuperSonics and San Diego Rockets entered the league as expansion franchises for the 1967-68 season and participated in the NBA Draft for the first time.

162 selections: The 1967 NBA Draft consisted of 162 selections over 20 rounds. Basketball-Reference records 39 members of the draft class as eventually appearing in an NBA regular-season or playoff game.

Jimmy Walker: Detroit won the coin flip with Baltimore and selected Providence guard Jimmy Walker first overall. Walker became a two-time NBA All-Star during a nine-season NBA career.

Earl Monroe: Baltimore selected Winston-Salem State guard Earl "The Pearl" Monroe second overall. Monroe won the 1968 NBA Rookie of the Year Award, became a four-time NBA All-Star and later won the 1973 NBA championship with the New York Knicks.

Walt Frazier: The Knicks selected Southern Illinois guard Walt Frazier fifth overall. Frazier became one of the greatest players in franchise history, helping New York win championships in 1970 and 1973.

Mel Daniels: Cincinnati selected New Mexico center Mel Daniels ninth overall. Daniels chose the ABA and became one of that league's greatest players, winning two ABA Most Valuable Player awards and three championships with the Indiana Pacers.

Louie Dampier: Cincinnati selected Kentucky guard Louie Dampier 38th overall in the fourth round. Dampier joined the ABA's Kentucky Colonels and became a seven-time ABA All-Star, a 1975 ABA champion and eventually a Basketball Hall of Famer.

Four Hall of Famers: Earl Monroe, Walt Frazier, Mel Daniels and Louie Dampier eventually entered the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Pat Riley: San Diego selected Kentucky guard Pat Riley seventh overall. Riley played nine NBA seasons and won the 1972 championship with the Lakers before becoming one of the most successful coaches and executives in NBA history.

Phil Jackson: New York selected North Dakota forward Phil Jackson 17th overall in the second round. Jackson was a member of the Knicks' 1973 championship team and later won a record 11 NBA championships as head coach of the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers.

Bob Rule: Expansion Seattle selected Colorado State center Bob Rule 19th overall. Rule became an NBA All-Star as a rookie and averaged more than 20 points per game in each of his first three seasons.

Jimmy Jones: Baltimore selected Grambling guard Jimmy Jones 13th overall. Jones chose the ABA and became a six-time ABA All-Star before later playing in the NBA.

Byron Beck: Chicago selected Denver forward Byron Beck 15th overall. Beck instead joined the Denver Rockets of the ABA and became one of the few players to spend the league's entire nine-season existence with the same franchise.

Bob Netolicky: San Diego selected Drake forward Bob Netolicky 18th overall. Netolicky chose the ABA, became a four-time ABA All-Star and won championships with the Indiana Pacers in 1970 and 1972.

Seattle SuperSonics: The 1967 draft was the first in Seattle franchise history. The expansion SuperSonics selected Oklahoma Baptist forward Al Tucker sixth overall and found future All-Star Bob Rule in the second round.

San Diego Rockets: The expansion Rockets also made their NBA Draft debut in 1967. San Diego selected Pat Riley seventh overall and Bob Netolicky in the second round. The franchise moved to Houston in 1971.

St. Louis Hawks: This was the Hawks' final draft while based in St. Louis. The franchise relocated to Atlanta before the 1968-69 NBA season.

San Francisco Warriors: The Warriors were still known as the San Francisco Warriors in 1967. The franchise adopted the Golden State Warriors name in 1971.

Randy Matson: Seattle used a late-round selection on Texas A&M's Randy Matson, one of the greatest shot-putters in track and field history. Matson won Olympic gold in the shot put at the 1968 Mexico City Games but never played in the NBA.

Bubba Smith: Baltimore selected Michigan State star Bubba Smith in the 11th round. Smith pursued professional football instead, became the first overall pick of the 1967 NFL Draft and later won Super Bowl V with the Baltimore Colts.

Late-round attrition: Teams increasingly stopped making selections as the draft progressed. Baltimore was the only team still selecting in each of the final three rounds, taking Jerry Southwood in Round 18, George Spencer in Round 19 and Roland West with the 162nd and final selection in Round 20.