Seattle Supersonics1968 NBA Draft

Round 1 (3) Bob Kauffman
Kauffman played seven seasons in the NBA as a member of the Sonics, Chicago Bulls, Buffalo Braves, and Atlanta Hawks. A three-time All-Star (in 1971, 1972, and 1973), Kauffman averaged 11.5 points and 7.0 rebounds for his career. He had his statistically strongest season in 1970-71, when he averaged 20.4 points and 10.7 rebounds for the Braves.

Round 2 (16) Art Harris
Harris played four seasons (1968–1972) in the National Basketball Association, starting with the Seattle SuperSonics. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie Team in 1968 after averaging 12.4 points per game. Harris appeared in only 5 games for the Sonics in the 1969–70 season before being traded to the Phoenix Suns for Dick Snyder. Harris remained in Phoenix for the next three seasons. During the 1968–69 season, Harris led the NBA in disqualifications with 14. Harris died October 13, 2007, in San Francisco, California.

Round 5 (52) Al Hairston
Hairston appeared in two seasons for the Sonics, averaging 2.2 points per game.

By far, Hairston has made his biggest contributions to the sport of basketball as a prep coach. Widely regarded as one of the best prep hoops coaches in Washington state history, Hairston achieved great success as head coach of the historically dominant boys hoops program at Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington, including guiding the program to five state titles from 1980 through 1991 (1980, 1983, 1986, 1987, and 1991), and two more state runner-up appearances during the same period (1989 and 1990). He also successfully coached the Kent-Meridian (Kent, WA) and Seattle O'Dea High School boys basketball programs to post-season appearances. In assuming the O'Dea post, he took over for the late Phil Lumpkin - also a former NBA basketball player and prep coaching star.

Hairston also served as head coach of the Seattle University men's basketball team (which competed as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics - NAIA) and as assistant coach of the University of Washington Husky men's basketball team under former head coach Bob Bender. As an assistant Huskies coach during the 1997-98 season, Hairston helped guide a team led by former NBA player Todd McCullough and Donald Watts (son of former Seattle Sonic Donald Watts) to the NCAA Sweet 16, where it lost to a Jim Calhoun coached University of Connecticut team on a buzzer-beater by NBA star Richard "Rip" Hamilton.

Round 10 (122) Joe Kennedy
Kennedy played college basketball at Duke, and played professionally for the Seattle SuperSonics of the NBA and the Pittsburgh Condors of the ABA.

Round 11 (136) Jim Marsh
Marsh played college basketball at the University of Southern California, and played professionally for the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA.

After his playing career, Marsh spent time as an assistant coach at the University of Utah before transitioning to a career as a broadcaster for the Sonics. He served as the color commentator on SuperSonics television broadcasts for 12 years.

Round 13 (162) Bud Ogden
Bud Ogden was actually drafted into the NBA twice. After his junior season at Santa Clara, the Seattle SuperSonics selected him with the 162nd overall pick in the 1968 NBA Draft. He decided to return to school however, and, after an incredibly successful senior season, the Philadelphia 76ers selected him in the first round (13th overall) in the 1969 Draft. Coincidentally, his brother Ralph would get selected in the 1970 Draft by the San Francisco Warriors and play one season for them.

Ogden played professional basketball for two seasons, both with the 76ers. In his rookie season, he was given the nickname "The Medium O" by teammates, referencing the nickname "The Big O" bestowed upon Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson. He averaged 3.5 points in two seasons and was then waived. He partially attributes his short career as being in the wrong place at the wrong time; Ogden was the power forward back-up to Billy Cunningham, a future Hall of Famer. "My take on it is that I was a power forward in a 6-foot-6 body. If I was 6-foot-8 or 6-foot-9, things might have been different – or if I was quicker. My second year they tried to make me a guard. Well, I had never handled the ball my whole life," he later recounted.

Round 1 (3) Bob Kauffman
Kauffman played seven seasons in the NBA as a member of the Sonics, Chicago Bulls, Buffalo Braves, and Atlanta Hawks. A three-time All-Star (in 1971, 1972, and 1973), Kauffman averaged 11.5 points and 7.0 rebounds for his career. He had his statistically strongest season in 1970-71, when he averaged 20.4 points and 10.7 rebounds for the Braves.

Round 2 (16) Art Harris
Harris played four seasons (1968–1972) in the National Basketball Association, starting with the Seattle SuperSonics. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie Team in 1968 after averaging 12.4 points per game. Harris appeared in only 5 games for the Sonics in the 1969–70 season before being traded to the Phoenix Suns for Dick Snyder. Harris remained in Phoenix for the next three seasons. During the 1968–69 season, Harris led the NBA in disqualifications with 14. Harris died October 13, 2007, in San Francisco, California.

Round 5 (52) Al Hairston
Hairston appeared in two seasons for the Sonics, averaging 2.2 points per game.

By far, Hairston has made his biggest contributions to the sport of basketball as a prep coach. Widely regarded as one of the best prep hoops coaches in Washington state history, Hairston achieved great success as head coach of the historically dominant boys hoops program at Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington, including guiding the program to five state titles from 1980 through 1991 (1980, 1983, 1986, 1987, and 1991), and two more state runner-up appearances during the same period (1989 and 1990). He also successfully coached the Kent-Meridian (Kent, WA) and Seattle O'Dea High School boys basketball programs to post-season appearances. In assuming the O'Dea post, he took over for the late Phil Lumpkin - also a former NBA basketball player and prep coaching star.

Hairston also served as head coach of the Seattle University men's basketball team (which competed as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics - NAIA) and as assistant coach of the University of Washington Husky men's basketball team under former head coach Bob Bender. As an assistant Huskies coach during the 1997-98 season, Hairston helped guide a team led by former NBA player Todd McCullough and Donald Watts (son of former Seattle Sonic Donald Watts) to the NCAA Sweet 16, where it lost to a Jim Calhoun coached University of Connecticut team on a buzzer-beater by NBA star Richard "Rip" Hamilton.

Round 10 (122) Joe Kennedy
Kennedy played college basketball at Duke, and played professionally for the Seattle SuperSonics of the NBA and the Pittsburgh Condors of the ABA.

Round 11 (136) Jim Marsh
Marsh played college basketball at the University of Southern California, and played professionally for the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA.

After his playing career, Marsh spent time as an assistant coach at the University of Utah before transitioning to a career as a broadcaster for the Sonics. He served as the color commentator on SuperSonics television broadcasts for 12 years.

Round 13 (162) Bud Ogden
Bud Ogden was actually drafted into the NBA twice. After his junior season at Santa Clara, the Seattle SuperSonics selected him with the 162nd overall pick in the 1968 NBA Draft. He decided to return to school however, and, after an incredibly successful senior season, the Philadelphia 76ers selected him in the first round (13th overall) in the 1969 Draft. Coincidentally, his brother Ralph would get selected in the 1970 Draft by the San Francisco Warriors and play one season for them.

Ogden played professional basketball for two seasons, both with the 76ers. In his rookie season, he was given the nickname "The Medium O" by teammates, referencing the nickname "The Big O" bestowed upon Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson. He averaged 3.5 points in two seasons and was then waived. He partially attributes his short career as being in the wrong place at the wrong time; Ogden was the power forward back-up to Billy Cunningham, a future Hall of Famer. "My take on it is that I was a power forward in a 6-foot-6 body. If I was 6-foot-8 or 6-foot-9, things might have been different – or if I was quicker. My second year they tried to make me a guard. Well, I had never handled the ball my whole life," he later recounted.

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