NBA territorial pick

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Wilt Chamberlain was selected as the Philadelphia Warriors' territorial pick in 1959. Wilt Chamberlain3.jpg
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 the 1950 season, 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]

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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 teams' home markets. 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 (80 km) radius of its home arena. [2] [3] As a result of the territorial picks being 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 23 territorial picks, 12 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 seven 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. The 1953 draft also had three territorial picks. No territorial pick was selected in the 1954, 1957 and 1961 drafts.

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Pos.GFC
Position GuardForwardCenter
^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

Tom Heinsohn was selected as the Boston Celtics' territorial pick in 1956. Tommy 2008 Celtics.jpg
Tom Heinsohn was selected as the Boston Celtics' territorial pick in 1956.
Guy Rodgers was selected as the Philadelphia Warriors' territorial pick in 1958. Guy Rodgers (cropped).jpg
Guy Rodgers was selected as the Philadelphia Warriors' territorial pick in 1958.
Bill Bradley was selected as the New York Knicks' territorial pick in 1965. Bill Bradley NYWTS (cropped2).jpg
Bill Bradley was selected as the New York Knicks' territorial pick in 1965.
Oscar Robertson was selected as the Cincinnati Royals' territorial pick in 1960. Oscar Robertson 1960s.jpeg
Oscar Robertson was selected as the Cincinnati Royals' territorial pick in 1960.
YearPlayer Pos.NationalityTeamCollege (city)Ref.
1949 Ed Macauley ^F/CFlag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States St. Louis Bombers Saint Louis University (St. Louis, Missouri) [7]
Vern Mikkelsen ^F/CFlag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Minneapolis Lakers Hamline University (Saint Paul, Minnesota) [7]
1950 Paul Arizin ^G/FFlag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Philadelphia Warriors Villanova University (Philadelphia) [8]
1951 Whitey Skoog GFlag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Minneapolis Lakers University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) [9]
1952 Bill Mlkvy FFlag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Philadelphia Warriors Temple University (Philadelphia) [10]
1953 Ernie Beck G/FFlag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Philadelphia Warriors University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) [11]
Walter Dukes +CFlag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States New York Knicks Seton Hall University (South Orange, New Jersey) [11]
Larry Hennessy GFlag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Philadelphia Warriors Villanova University (Philadelphia) [12]
1955 Dick Garmaker *G/FFlag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Minneapolis Lakers University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) [13]
Tom Gola ^G/FFlag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Philadelphia Warriors La Salle University (Philadelphia) [13]
1956 Tom Heinsohn ^F/CFlag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Boston Celtics College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, Massachusetts) [14]
1958 Guy Rodgers ^GFlag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Philadelphia Warriors Temple University (Philadelphia) [15]
1959 Wilt Chamberlain ^CFlag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Philadelphia Warriors [a] University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas) [16]
Bob Ferry F/CFlag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States St. Louis Hawks Saint Louis University (St. Louis, Missouri) [16]
1960 Oscar Robertson ^ [b] G/FFlag of the United States (1959-1960).svg United States Cincinnati Royals University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati) [17]
1962 Dave DeBusschere ^G/FFlag of the United States.svg United States Detroit Pistons University of Detroit (Detroit) [18]
Jerry Lucas ^F/CFlag of the United States.svg United States Cincinnati Royals [c] Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) [18]
1963 Tom Thacker G/FFlag of the United States.svg United States Cincinnati Royals University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati) [19]
1964 Walt Hazzard +GFlag of the United States.svg United States Los Angeles Lakers UCLA (Los Angeles) [20]
George Wilson CFlag of the United States.svg United States Cincinnati Royals University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati) [20]
1965 Bill Bradley ^G/FFlag of the United States.svg United States New York Knicks Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey) [21]
Bill Buntin F/CFlag of the United States.svg United States Detroit Pistons University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) [21]
Gail Goodrich ^GFlag of the United States.svg United States Los Angeles Lakers UCLA (Los Angeles) [21]

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