1963 NBA draft
Draft

1963 NBA draft

Section Title: Draft
Table Section Text: None

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team	School/club team

T	–	Tom Thacker	G/F	United States	Cincinnati Royals	Cincinnati

1	1	Art Heyman	G/F	United States	New York Knicks	Duke

1	2	Rod Thorn	G	United States	Baltimore Bullets	West Virginia

1	3	Nate Thurmond^	F/C	United States	San Francisco Warriors	Bowling Green

1	4	Eddie Miles+	G/F	United States	Detroit Pistons	Seattle

1	5	Gerry Ward	G	United States	St. Louis Hawks	Boston College

1	6	Tom Hoover	C	United States	Syracuse Nationals	Camden Bullets (EPBL)

1	7	Roger Strickland	F	United States	Los Angeles Lakers	Jacksonville

1	8	Bill Green#	F	United States	Boston Celtics	Colorado State

2	9	Jerry Harkness	G	United States	New York Knicks	Loyola (IL)

2	10	Gus Johnson^	F/C	United States	Baltimore Bullets	Idaho

2	11	Gary Hill	G	United States	San Francisco Warriors	Oklahoma City

2	12	Jerry Smith#	G	United States	Detroit Pistons	Furman

2	13	Jim King+	G	United States	Los Angeles Lakers (from Cincinnati)	Tulsa

2	14	Leland Mitchell#	G	United States	St. Louis Hawks	Mississippi State

2	15	Hershell West#	G	United States	Syracuse Nationals	Grambling

2	16	Mel Gibson	G	United States	Los Angeles Lakers	Western Carolina

2	17	Ken Saylors#	F	United States	St. Louis Hawks (from Boston)	Arkansas Tech

Sentence(s)

Art Heyman from Duke was selected first overall by the New York Knicks.

final_sentence: Art Heyman from Duke was selected first overall by the New York Knicks.