Commissioner
Maurice Podoloff
Players' President
Tommy Heinsohn
1961 NBA Draft
Pick
Player
Team
2
Tom Stith
Knicks
3
Larry Siegfried
Royals
4
Ray Scott
Pistons
5
Wayne Yates
Lakers
6
Ben Warley
Nationals
what a year. the competitiveness of the ABL really brought the NBA out of its duldrums.