NBA territorial pick

NBA territorial pick
A basketball player, wearing a blue jersey with the word "ORIGINAL HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS" on the front, is posing while holding a basketball.
Wilt Chamberlain was selected as the Philadelphia Warriors' territorial pick in 1959.

A territorial pick was a type of special draft choice used in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) Draft in 1949 and in the National Basketball Association (NBA) Draft after 1950, the year in which the BAA was renamed the NBA. In the draft, NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. Territorial picks were eliminated when the draft system was revamped in 1966.[1][2]

In the first 20 years of the BAA/NBA, the league was still trying to gain the support of fans who lived in or near the team's home market. To achieve this, the league introduced the territorial pick rule to help teams acquire popular players from colleges in their area who would presumably have strong local support.[1] Before the draft, a team could forfeit its first-round draft pick and then select any player from within a 50-mile radius of its home arena.[2][3] Although the territorial picks were selected before the draft, these picks were not factored into the overall selection count of the draft; therefore, the first non-territorial pick of the draft was considered the first overall pick.[4]

Of the 22 territorial picks, 11 players have been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Tom Heinsohn, Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson and Jerry Lucas are the only four territorial picks who won the Rookie of the Year Award.[5] Chamberlain also won the Most Valuable Player Award in his rookie season. He went on to win the Most Valuable Player Award three more times in his career. Oscar Robertson is the only other territorial pick who has won the Most Valuable Player Award; he won it in the 1963–64 season.[6] The Philadelphia Warriors had the most territorial picks, having selected six who attended a total of five colleges. The University of Cincinnati had the most players taken as a territorial pick; three Cincinnati players were selected using this method by the Cincinnati Royals. The 1965 NBA Draft, the last draft in which the rule remained in effect, had the most territorial picks in a single draft with three. No territorial pick was selected in the 1954, 1957 and 1961 drafts.

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Key

Pos. G F C
Position Guard Forward Center
^ Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
* Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-NBA Team
+ Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game

List of territorial picks

A man wearing a green t-shirt and a green cap with a word "CELTICS" are pointing his hand towards the camera.
Tom Heinsohn was selected as the Boston Celtics' territorial pick in 1956.
A man, wearing a jersey with a word "TEMPLE" and the number "5" written in the front, is holding a basketball while posing for a photo.
Guy Rodgers was selected as the Philadelphia Warriors' territorial pick in 1958.
A basketball player, wearing a jersey with a word "PRINCETON" and the number "42", is jumping in front of another basketball player who is wearing a jersey with the number "24".
Bill Bradley (top) was selected as the New York Knicks' territorial pick in 1965.
 Draft Player  Pos. Nationality Team College (city) Ref.
1949 Macauley, EdEd Macauley^ F/C  United States St. Louis Bombers Saint Louis University (St. Louis, Missouri) [7]
1949 Mikkelsen, VernVern Mikkelsen^ F/C  United States Minneapolis Lakers Hamline University (Saint Paul, Minnesota) [7]
1950 Arizin, PaulPaul Arizin^ G/F  United States Philadelphia Warriors Villanova University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) [8]
1951 Skoog, MyerMyer Skoog G  United States Minneapolis Lakers University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) [9]
1952 Mlkvy, BillBill Mlkvy F  United States Philadelphia Warriors Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) [10]
1953 Beck, ErnieErnie Beck G/F  United States Philadelphia Warriors University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) [11]
1953 Dukes, WalterWalter Dukes+ C  United States New York Knicks Seton Hall University (South Orange, New Jersey) [11]
1955 Garmaker, DickDick Garmaker* G/F  United States Minneapolis Lakers University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) [12]
1955 Gola, TomTom Gola^ G/F  United States Philadelphia Warriors La Salle University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) [12]
1956 Heinsohn, TomTom Heinsohn^ F/C  United States Boston Celtics College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, Massachusetts) [13]
1958 Rodgers, GuyGuy Rodgers+ G  United States Philadelphia Warriors Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) [14]
1959 Chamberlain, WiltWilt Chamberlain^ C  United States Philadelphia Warriors[a] University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) [15]
1959 Bob Ferry F/C  United States St. Louis Hawks Saint Louis University (St. Louis, Missouri) [15]
1960 Robertson, OscarOscar Robertson^[b] G/F  United States Cincinnati Royals University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio) [16]
1962 DeBusschere, DaveDave DeBusschere^ G/F  United States Detroit Pistons University of Detroit (Detroit, Michigan) [17]
1962 Lucas, JerryJerry Lucas^ F/C  United States Cincinnati Royals[c] Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) [17]
1963 Thacker, TomTom Thacker G/F  United States Cincinnati Royals University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio) [18]
1964 Hazzard, WaltWalt Hazzard+[d] G  United States Los Angeles Lakers UCLA (Los Angeles, California) [19]
1964 Wilson, GeorgeGeorge Wilson C  United States Cincinnati Royals University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio) [19]
1965 Bradley, BillBill Bradley^ G/F  United States New York Knicks Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) [20]
1965 Buntin, BillBill Buntin F/C  United States Detroit Pistons University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) [20]
1965 Goodrich, GailGail Goodrich^ G  United States Los Angeles Lakers UCLA (Los Angeles, California) [20]

Notes

References

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  3. ^ "Lakers Select Baylor In NBA Draft Meeting". The Daily Collegian (Pennsylvania State University). April 23, 1958. http://digitalnewspapers.libraries.psu.edu/Default/Skins/BasicArch/Client.asp?Skin=BasicArch&&AppName=2&enter=true&BaseHref=DCG/1958/04/23&EntityId=Ar01102. Retrieved September 29, 2009. 
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  5. ^ "Rookie of the Year". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/history/awards_rookieofyear.html. Retrieved October 2, 2009. 
  6. ^ "Most Valuable Player". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/history/awards_mvp.html. Retrieved March 16, 2009. 
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  8. ^ "1950 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1950.html. Retrieved September 10, 2009. 
  9. ^ "1951 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1951.html. Retrieved September 10, 2009. 
  10. ^ "1952 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1952.html. Retrieved September 10, 2009. 
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