NBA territorial pick

A territorial pick (English as: " Regional Erstzugriffsrecht ") is a 1950 made- 1965 abgeschafftes special procedures in the National Basketball League to allow teams in the NBA Draft a first access to college players from the area. Teams were able to sacrifice their first-round pick to get a player who. Maximum in 50 miles away had gone from the city 's NBA franchise to college. In this way a team could even sign a player if another team with the first pick (!) The person chose.

Background of this arrangement was that the NBA wanted to promote the rise of popular college stars in the nearest professional team. In this way, these " local heroes " should go with their fans in a neighboring NBA team, which should pay off financially.

Territorial picks, which made ​​it into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, have included Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson, Tom Heinsohn, Dave DeBusschere, Gail Goodrich and Paul Arizin. Chamberlain ensured a curiosity: since he went to college in Kansas City, Kansas but had no NBA team, the Philadelphia Warriors pointed out that Chamberlain had gone to Philadelphia on the local Overbrook High School. He was the only territorial pick of the NBA history, who was signed to a team due to his high school affiliation.

In 1965 the concept of territorial picks was abolished.