1957 NBA DRAFT

* The Fort Wayne Pistons relocated to Detroit, and the Rochester Royals relocated to Cincinnati prior to the 1957-58 season.

1st round

First Round Pick

Cincinnati Royals – Hot Rod Hundley – 6’4 G West Virginia
Draft Rights Traded to Minneapolis Lakers

First Round Pick

Detroit Pistons – Charles Tyra – 6’8 C Louisville
Draft Rights Traded to New York Knicks

First Round Pick

Minneapolis Lakers – Jim Krebs – 6’8 F SMU

First Round Pick

St.Louis Hawks – Win Wilfong – 6’2 G Memphis State

First Round Pick

New York Knicks – Brendan McCann – 6’2 G St.Bonnaventure

First Round Pick

Philadelphia Warriors – Lennie Rosenbluth – 6’5 F North Carolina

First Round Pick

Syracuse Nationals – George Bon Salle – 6’8 F Illinois

First Round Pick

Boston Celtics – Sam Jones – 6’4 G North Carolina Central

2nd round

Second Round Pick

Cincinnati Royals – Dick Duckett – St.Johns

Second Round Pick

Detroit Pistons – Bob McCoy – Grambling

Second Round Pick

Minneapolis Lakers – Harvey Schmidt – Illinois

Second Round Pick

St.Louis Hawks – Jim Palmer – Dayton

Second Round Pick

New York Knicks – Larry Friend – California

Second Round Pick

Philadelphia Warriors – Jack Sullivan – Mount St.Marys

Second Round Pick

Syracuse Nationals – Jim Morgan – Louisville

Second Round Pick

Boston Celtics – Dick O’Neal – TCU

Later rounds [underline denotes player who played in league]

Boston Celtics
Chuck Schramm – Western Illinois

Philadelphia Warriors
Angelo Lombardo – Manhattan

St.Louis Hawks
John Smyth – Notre Dame

Detroit Pistons
Bill Ebben – Detroit Mercy

New York Knicks
Gary Clark – Syracuse

Cincinnati Royals
Jerry Paulson – Manhattan

Syracuse Nationals
Vince Cohen – Syracuse

Minneapolis Lakers
Jim Spivey – Southeast Oklahoma

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