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The 1965 NBA draft was the 19th annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on May 6, 1965, before the 1965–66 season. In this draft, nine NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. A player who had finished his four-year college eligibility was eligible for selection.
1965: 1: 8 Ollie Johnson: University of San Francisco: 1965: 2: 17 Ron Watts: Wake Forest University: 1965: 3: 26 Toby Kimball: University of Connecticut: 1965: 4: 35 Richie Tarrant: Saint Michael's College: 1965: 5: 44 Don Davidson: Davidson College: 1965: 6: 53 Haskell Tison: Duke University: 1965: 7: 61 George Deehan: Lenoir-Rhyne College [b ...
The 1965–66 Boston Celtics season was their 20th in the National Basketball Association (NBA). On October 29, 1965, Sam Jones set a Celtics single-game scoring record with 51, against the Detroit Pistons. His record would last until Larry Bird's 53 in 1983. The Celtics won their 8th title in a row, which still stands as a record for the most ...
Johnson was drafted in the first round of the 1965 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics (8th pick overall), but he never played in the NBA. Before being cut by the Celtics, he played for the San Francisco Athletic Club in the Amateur Athletic Union, where he was named an AAU All-American in 1965. [3]
With 18 NBA championships, the Celtics have the most amongst all NBA franchises, while the 1959-to-1966 domination of the NBA Championship, with eight straight titles, is the longest consecutive championship winning streak of any major North American professional sport team to date. Following this, the Celtics had two major periods of success ...
The 1965–66 NBA season was the 20th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Boston Celtics winning an unprecedented 8th straight NBA Championship, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 3 in the 1966 NBA Finals .
The 1964–65 NBA season was the Celtics' 19th season in the NBA. The Celtics finished the season by winning their eighth NBA Championship, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers in five games. In 1996, the team was named one of the 10 greatest teams in NBA history .
In the second round of the Draft, the Celtics selected guard Gabe Pruitt with the 32nd pick, which was their own, and forward Glen "Big Baby" Davis with the 35th pick, previously obtained from Seattle. [45] On July 31, the Celtics traded for 10-time All-Star and 2004 MVP Kevin Garnett in the single largest trade for one player in NBA history. [46]