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1971 NBA draft#Hardship draft

{{short description|Basketball player selection}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

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| date = March 29, 1971 (first 10 rounds)
March 30, 1971 (remaining rounds)

| location = New York City, New York

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| overall = 237

| rounds = 19

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|1 = F Spencer Haywood

|2 = C Artis Gilmore}}

| first = Austin Carr, Cleveland Cavaliers

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The 1971 NBA draft was the 25th annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on March 29 and 30, 1971, before the 1971–72 season. In this draft, 17 NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international 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. The first two picks in the draft belonged to the teams that finished last in each conference, with the order determined by a coin flip.{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/history/draft_evolution.html|title=Evolution of the Draft and Lottery|access-date=March 29, 2010|work=NBA.com|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405004402/http://www.nba.com/history/draft_evolution.html|archive-date=5 April 2010|url-status=dead}} The Cleveland Cavaliers won the coin flip and were awarded the first overall pick, while the Portland Trail Blazers were awarded the second pick. The remaining first-round picks and the subsequent rounds were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season. Prior to the start of the season, the San Diego Rockets and the San Francisco Warriors relocated to Houston, Texas, and Oakland, California, and became the Houston Rockets and Golden State Warriors respectively.{{cite web|url=https://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/first100/1050922.html|title=Owners, fans waited years before Rockets took off|date=September 20, 2001|access-date=March 29, 2010|work=The Houston Chronicle| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100504171038/http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/first100/1050922.html| archive-date= 4 May 2010 | url-status= live}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CKklAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E_QFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5914,743640|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629145729/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CKklAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E_QFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5914,743640|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 29, 2012|title=Warriors take their hearts to Oakland|newspaper=The Miami News|date=August 3, 1971|access-date=March 29, 2010}} The draft consisted of 19 rounds comprising the selection of 237 players. The league also hosted a supplemental hardship draft on September 20, 1971, for college underclassmen who wished to join the league.

Draft selections and draftee career notes

Austin Carr from the University of Notre Dame was selected first overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Sidney Wicks from the University of California, Los Angeles, who went on to win the Rookie of the Year Award in his first season, was selected second by the Portland Trail Blazers.{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/history/awards_rookieofyear.html|title=Rookie of the Year|work=NBA.com|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|access-date=March 29, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307081705/http://www.nba.com/history/awards_rookieofyear.html|archive-date=7 March 2009|url-status=dead}}

Spencer Haywood, the 30th pick, and Randy Smith, the 104th pick, were selected to both the All-NBA Team and the All-Star Game. Haywood was selected to four All-NBA Teams and five All-Star Games. He also won the NBA championship with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1980.{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/history/players/haywood_bio.html|title=Spencer Haywood Bio|work=NBA.com|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|access-date=March 29, 2010}} During his first and only season in the American Basketball Association (ABA), he won the ABA Most Valuable Player Award, and was selected to the ABA All-Star Game and All-ABA Team.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/haywosp01.html|title=Spencer Haywood Statistics|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=April 13, 2010}} Smith was selected to one All-NBA Team and two All-Star Games.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/smithra01.html|title=Randy Smith Statistics|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=March 28, 2010}}

Artis Gilmore, the 117th pick, initially opted to play in the ABA. Gilmore spent five seasons with the Kentucky Colonels before finally joined the NBA in 1976 after both leagues merged. His achievements include ABA Most Valuable Player Award in 1972, five All-ABA Team selections, five ABA All-Star Game selections and six NBA All-Star Game selections.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/gilmoar01.html|title=Artis Gilmore Statistics|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=April 13, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100410075022/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/gilmoar01.html| archive-date= 10 April 2010 | url-status= live}} For his achievements, he was inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.hoophall.com/news/2011/4/4/naismith-memorial-basketball-hall-of-fame-announces-class-of.html |title=Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Announces Class of 2011 – Mullin, Rodman, Gilmore and VanDerveer Headline Distinguished Group |date=April 4, 2011 |publisher=Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame |access-date=April 9, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407072832/http://www.hoophall.com/news/2011/4/4/naismith-memorial-basketball-hall-of-fame-announces-class-of.html |archive-date=April 7, 2011 }}

Fred Brown, the 6th pick, spent all of his 13-year playing career with the Sonics and was selected to one All-Star Game.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/brownfr01.html|title=Fred Brown Statistics|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=April 13, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100325035304/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/brownfr01.html| archive-date= 25 March 2010 | url-status= live}} Carr, Wicks, and 11th pick Curtis Rowe are the only other players from this draft who were selected to an All-Star Game.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/carrau01.html|title=Austin Carr Statistics|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=April 13, 2010}}{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/wickssi01.html |title=Sidney Wicks Statistics |work=basketball-reference.com |access-date=April 13, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100623084653/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/wickssi01.html |archive-date=June 23, 2010 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/rowecu01.html|title=Curtis Rowe Statistics|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=April 13, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100526212610/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/rowecu01.html| archive-date= 26 May 2010 | url-status= live}} Phil Chenier, a college underclassman selected in the supplemental hardship draft, was also selected to both All-NBA Team and All-Star Game.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/cheniph01.html|title=Phil Chenier Statistics|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=March 28, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100325175344/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/cheniph01.html| archive-date= 25 March 2010 | url-status= live}} Two players drafted went on to have coaching careers in the NBA: 13th pick Jim Cleamons and 46th pick Dave Wohl.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/cleamji01c.html|title=Jim Cleamons Coaching Record|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=May 18, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100403085344/http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/cleamji01c.html| archive-date= 3 April 2010 | url-status= live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/wohlda01c.html|title=Dave Wohl Coaching Record|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=April 16, 2010}}

Spencer Haywood was selected in the second round by the Buffalo Braves although he already played in the NBA with the Seattle SuperSonics in the previous season.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19710330&id=ehYfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=G5wEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3948,5614064|title=Basketball War Heats Up As Braves Draft Haywood|author=Mike Recht|date=March 30, 1971|access-date=March 29, 2010|newspaper=The Tuscaloosa News|location=Tuscaloosa, Alabama|publisher=Public Welfare Foundation}} He left college basketball in 1969 with two years remaining in his college eligibility. At that time, the NBA prohibited the drafting or signing of a player before his college class had graduated. He then played in the ABA with the Denver Rockets for a season before controversially signed by the Sonics. The league and the other NBA teams opposed the move and argued Haywood should be prohibited to join and play with the Sonics. This led to a court case between the NBA against the Sonics and Haywood. He argued that he should be allowed to play because he was a "hardship case", due to his position as the sole wage earner in his family. He then won the case and was allowed to play late in the 1970–71 season. This led to the NBA allowing college underclassmen to enter the draft provided they could give evidence of "hardship". With the existing rules, Haywood was eligible for this year's draft, when his college class graduated. The Braves used one of their three second-round picks to select him, hoping that they would win the rights to sign him. However, he remained with the Sonics and never played for the Braves.{{cite web|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19971029/2569018/the-original-hardship----spencer-haywood-the-first-player-to-bolt-early-for-the-pros-waits-for-history-to-remember-him|title=The Original 'Hardship' – Spencer Haywood, The First Player To Bolt Early For The Pros, Waits For History To Remember Him|first=Elliott|last=Almond|date=October 29, 1997|work=The Seattle Times|publisher=The Seattle Times Company|access-date=March 29, 2010}}

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File:Austin Carr (28061481448) c.jpg was the first overall pick by the Cleveland Cavaliers.]]

File:Sidney Wicks – Trail Blazers (1).jpg was selected 2nd overall by the Portland Trail Blazers and was named 1972 NBA Rookie of the Year.]]

File:Stan Love 1972.JPG was selected 9th overall by the Baltimore Bullets.]]

File:Curtis Rowe.jpg was selected 11th overall by the Detroit Pistons.]]

File:Spencer Haywood College.jpg was selected 30th overall by the Buffalo Braves.]]

File:Larry Steele 2.jpg was selected 37th overall by the Portland Trail Blazers.]]

File:Clifford Ray.jpg was selected in 40th overall by the Chicago Bulls.|alt=A black person, wearing a black suit and a tie, is standing beside a basketball player in front of the spectators.]]

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| {{flagu|United States}}

| Baltimore Bullets

| Norfolk State {{small|(Sr.)}}

align=center|14

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| {{flagu|United States}}

| Detroit Pistons

| Johnson C. Smith {{small|(Sr.)}}

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| Cleveland Cavaliers

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| Houston Rockets

| –

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Trades

  • {{note label|Note1|a|a}} On October 20, 1970, the Chicago Bulls acquired a second-round pick from the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Shaler Halimon.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/halimsh01.html|title=Shaler Halimon Statistics|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=March 29, 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/bulls/history/alltime_transactions.html|title=Chicago Bulls All-Time Transactions|work=NBA.com/Bulls|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|access-date=March 29, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100319081149/http://www.nba.com/bulls/history/alltime_transactions.html| archive-date= 19 March 2010 | url-status= live}} The Bulls used the pick to draft Willie Sojourner.
  • {{note label|Note2|b|b 1}}{{note label|Note2|b|2}} On March 23, 1971, the Portland Trail Blazers acquired 1971 and 1972 second-round picks and a 1971 third-round pick from the San Francisco Warriors in exchange for Jim Barnett.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/barneji02.html|title=Jim Barnett Statistics|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=March 29, 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/warriors/media/0910_GSWMG_DraftTransactions.pdf|title=Golden State Warriors 2009–10 Media Guite: Draft & Transactions|work=NBA.com/Warriors|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|access-date=March 29, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330164749/http://www.nba.com/warriors/media/0910_GSWMG_DraftTransactions.pdf|archive-date=2010-03-30|url-status=dead}} The Blazers used the picks to draft Charlie Yelverton and William Smith.
  • {{note label|Note3|c|c}} On October 22, 1970, the Portland Trail Blazers acquired a second-round pick from the Baltimore Bullets in exchange for Dorie Murrey.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/murredo01.html|title=Dorie Murrey Statistics|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=March 29, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100306082232/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/murredo01.html| archive-date= 6 March 2010 | url-status= live}} The Blazers used the pick to draft Rick Fisher.
  • {{note label|Note4|d|d}} On May 11, 1970, the Buffalo Braves acquired Bob Kauffman and a second-round pick from the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Bailey Howell.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/howelba01.html|title=Bailey Howell Statistics|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=March 29, 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/clippers/history/transactions.html|title=Clippers: All-Time Transactions|work=NBA.com/Clippers|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|access-date=March 29, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100319232102/http://www.nba.com/clippers/history/transactions.html|archive-date=2010-03-19|url-status=dead}} The Braves used the pick to draft Spencer Haywood.
  • {{note label|Note5|e|e}} On the draft-day, the Cincinnati Royals acquired a second-round pick from the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Flynn Robinson.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/robinfl01.html|title=Flynn Robinson Statistics|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=March 29, 2010}} The Royals used the pick to draft Joe Bergman.
  • {{note label|Note6|f|f}} On April 23, 1970, the Chicago Bulls acquired Jim Fox and a second-round pick from the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Clem Haskins.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/haskicl01.html|title=Clem Haskins Statistics|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=March 29, 2010}} The Bulls used the pick to draft Howard Porte.
  • {{note label|Note7|g|g}} On October 16, 1970, the Philadelphia 76ers acquired a second-round pick from the Chicago Bulls in exchange for Matt Guokas.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/guokama02.html|title=Matt Guokas Statistics|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=March 29, 2010}} The 76ers used the pick to draft Marvin Stewart.
  • {{note label|Note8|h|h}} On February 1, 1971, the Cleveland Cavaliers acquired Gary Freeman and a second-round pick from the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for McCoy McLemore.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mclemmc01.html|title=McCoy McLemore Statistics|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=March 29, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100505142655/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mclemmc01.html| archive-date= 5 May 2010 | url-status= live}} The Cavaliers used the pick to draft Willie Long.
  • {{note label|Note9|i|i}} On September 5, 1969, the Chicago Bulls acquired Bob Kauffman and a third-round pick from the Seattle SuperSonics in exchange for Bob Boozer and Barry Clemens.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/boozebo01.html|title=Bob Boozer Statistics|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=March 29, 2010}} The Bulls used the pick to draft Clifford Ray.
  • {{note label|Note10|j|j}} On December 9, 1970, the Cleveland Cavaliers acquired a third-round pick from the San Diego Rockets in exchange for Johnny Egan.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/e/eganjo01.html|title=Johnny Egan Statistics|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=March 29, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100403091339/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/e/eganjo01.html| archive-date= 3 April 2010 | url-status= live}} The Cavaliers used the pick to draft Jackie Ridgle.
  • {{note label|Note11|k|k}} On September 9, 1969, the Chicago Bulls acquired a third-round pick from the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Mike Lynn.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/lynnmi01.html|title=Mike Lynn Statistics|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=March 29, 2010}} The Bulls used the pick to draft Mike Gale.

Hardship draft

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On September 10, 1971, the NBA hosted a supplemental hardship draft for college underclassmen who wish to join the league. Prior to the 1971 Draft, college underclassmen were not eligible to be drafted until their college class graduated. These underclassmen fulfilled the "hardship" criteria and were allowed to enter the draft early. This new rule came as a result of Spencer Haywood winning the court case against the NBA which allowed him to play in the NBA before his college class graduated.{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/2010/news/features/steve_aschburner/03/16/haywood/|title=Haywood made a stand, and today's players benefit from it|date=March 16, 2010|first=Steve|last=Aschburner|work=NBA.com|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|access-date=March 30, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108130034/http://www.nba.com/2010/news/features/steve_aschburner/03/16/haywood/|archive-date=2012-11-08|url-status=dead}} The teams selected in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season. The team that made a selection must withdraw their equivalent selection in the 1972 draft.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1H0bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2lkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5292,1417813|title=Hardship Draft Set|newspaper=The Victoria Advocate|location=Victoria, Texas|date=September 10, 1971|access-date=October 6, 2010}}{{Dead link|date=May 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The teams were allowed to not exercise their rights on this hardship draft and thus retained their full selection in the 1972 draft. Seventeen different players had initially entered the hardship draft, but only six players would ultimately commit to entering the NBA's hardship draft that year. The first hardship draft saw North Carolina's Bill Chamberlain, Marquette's Jim Chones, St. John's Mel Davis, Duquesne's Mickey Davis, Villanova's Chris Ford, the first potential high school prospect in Raymond Lewis from Verbum Dei High School, future Hall of Famer Bob McAdoo from Vincennes Community College, another first potential high school prospect in Campy Russell from Pontiac Central High School, Princeton's Brian Taylor, future Hall of Famer Bill Walton from UCLA, and Michigan's Henry Wilmore all initially enter this year's draft by the hardship draft, but later declined their entry for at least another year.{{cite web | url=https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3018:1971-underclassmen&catid=136&Itemid=384 | title=1971 Underclassmen Hardship List | date=August 4, 2007 }}

Three teams that were supposed to have the first three selections, the Cleveland Cavaliers, Buffalo Braves and Portland Trail Blazers, declined to exercise their rights. Therefore, the Cincinnati Royals had the first selection, which they used to select Nate Williams from Utah State University. Phil Chenier, a junior guard from the University of California, was selected by the Baltimore Bullets.{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/wizards/news/chenier_080625.html|title=Draft History: Phil Chenier|first=Andrew|last=Rosen|date=June 25, 2008|work=NBA.com/Wizards|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|access-date=March 29, 2010}} He is the only player from the hardship draft who was selected to All-NBA Team and All-Star Game. Joe Hammond, who had not played high school and college basketball, was selected in the fourth round by the Los Angeles Lakers.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/11/sports/basketball-legend-of-the-playground.html |title=BASKETBALL; Legend of the Playground |first=Vincent M. |last=Mallozzi |date=November 11, 1990 |work=The New York Times Company |access-date=March 30, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417141324/http://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/11/sports/basketball-legend-of-the-playground.html |archive-date=17 April 2010 |url-status=live }} Hammond, who had played for the Allentown Jets in the Eastern Basketball Association (EBA) prior to the draft, had to apply as the "hardship case" because his college class could not graduate until 1972 if he had gone to the college.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AwQrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y5cFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5590,1653438|title=Payne, College Court Ace, Due to Go Into Pro Ranks|newspaper=Reading Eagle|location=Reading, Pennsylvania|publisher=Reading Eagle Company|date=September 2, 1971|access-date=March 30, 2010}} From the six players that were available for selection, only Ed Owens from Weber State University was not selected by any NBA team.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8N0OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tEsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3980,5316381|title=5 Players Chosen In Hardship Draft|date=September 11, 1971|newspaper=Ludington Daily News|location=Ludington, Michigan|publisher=Ludington Daily News, Inc.|access-date=March 29, 2010}} The rivaling ABA would also host their own hardship draft later that year called the "Special Circumstances Draft" in response to the NBA's hardship draft, though the ABA would only see three total selections from that specific event, including a repeat selection of Phil Chenier by the Carolina Cougars there.{{cite book|last=Bradley|first=Robert D.|title=The Basketball Draft Fact Book: A History of Professional Basketball's College Drafts|year=2013|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810890695|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m99DCaqGoQ8C&q=aba%20draft&pg=PP1}} Chenier would also be drafted by the ABA two other times in 1973 by the Virginia Squires in their senior draft that year and by the New York Nets in 1974 from that league's unique draft involving the NBA's own players at that time despite him playing for the Bullets by then.

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| Kentucky (So.)

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| bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| {{sortname|Cyril|Baptiste}}#

| F/C

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| Golden State Warriors

| Creighton (Jr.)

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| bgcolor="#FBCEB1"| {{sortname|Phil|Chenier}}*

| G

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| Baltimore Bullets

| California (Jr.)

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| align=center|5

| bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| {{sortname|Joe|Hammond|dab=basketball}}#

| G

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| Los Angeles Lakers

| Allentown Jets (EBA)

See also

References

;General

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  • {{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/history/draft_round1_1970s.html|title=Complete First Round Results 1970–79|work=NBA.com|publisher=Turner Sports Interactive, Inc|access-date=March 29, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100321192426/http://www.nba.com/history/draft_round1_1970s.html|archive-date=21 March 2010|url-status=dead}}
  • {{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1971.html|title=1971 NBA Draft|work=basketball-reference.com|access-date=March 29, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100317115445/http://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1971.html| archive-date= 17 March 2010 | url-status= live}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.apbr.org/6771drft.html|title=1967–1971 NBA Drafts|publisher=The Association for Professional Basketball Research|access-date=March 29, 2010}}

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;Specific

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External links

  • [http://www.nba.com/ NBA.com]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090315112610/http://www.nba.com/history/draft_index.html NBA.com: NBA Draft History]

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