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1948 BAA Draft

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Date: Monday, May 10, 1948
Location: Chicago, Illinois

Number of Picks: 113 (47 played in BAA/NBA)
First Overall Pick: Andy Tonkovich (-0.4 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: D. Schayes (142.4), H. Gallatin (78.4) and B. Wanzer (63.9)

All-Stars: 5 (J. Coleman, B. Gabor, H. Gallatin, D. Schayes and B. Wanzer)

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113 Selections

Stats shown are for the player's NBA career
Round 1 Totals Shooting Per Game Advanced
Pk Tm Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST WS WS/48
1 PRO Andy Tonkovich Marshall University 17 44 10 .268 .667 2.6 0.6 -0.4
2 INJ George Kok University of Arkansas
3 BOS George Hauptfuhrer Harvard University
4 NYK Dolph Schayes New York University 996 29800 18438 11256 3072 .380 .849 34.4 18.5 12.1 3.1 142.4 .192
5 CHS Ed Mikan DePaul University 323 2779 2163 1093 296 .320 .756 20.3 6.7 5.5 0.9 3.6 .000
6 BLB Walt Budko Columbia University 253 1126 2037 684 471 .342 .757 17.9 8.1 5.4 1.9 13.7 .065
7 STB Robert Gale Cornell University
8 FTW Ward Williams Indiana University 53 215 82 .237 .750 4.1 1.5 1.8
9 MNL Chuck Hanger University of California
10 ROC Bobby Wanzer Seton Hall University 568 12128 6924 1979 1830 .393 .802 32.5 12.2 4.5 3.2 63.9 .156
11 PHW Don Ray Western Kentucky University 61 364 60 .323 .698 6.0 1.0 1.3
12 WSC Jack Nichols University of Washington 505 10703 5269 2793 965 .368 .752 26.9 10.4 6.9 1.9 24.8 .061
Other Picks Totals Shooting Per Game Advanced
Pk Tm Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST WS WS/48
BLB Jim Black Occidental College
BLB Darrell Brown Humboldt State University 3 4 0 .333 .000 1.3 0.0 0.0
BLB Robert Carroll West Virginia University
BLB Jake Carter East Texas State University 24 82 24 .307 .679 3.4 1.0 0.7
BLB Marvin English Newberry College
BLB Gene Fellmoth Wittenberg University
BLB J.W. Fullerton Arkansas State University
BLB Marshall Gemberling Lebanon Valley College
BLB Vince Hansen Washington State University
BLB Joe Holland University of Kentucky 186 737 1084 510 327 .331 .621 13.4 5.8 4.2 1.8 1.9 .037
BLB Wayne Jones American International College
BLB Dan Kraus Georgetown University 13 21 7 .143 .458 1.6 0.5 -0.3
BLB Herb Krautblatt Rider University 10 13 4 .222 .455 1.3 0.4 -0.1
BLB Paul Marcincin Moravian College
BOS Johnny Bach Fordham University 34 119 25 .286 .680 3.5 0.7 0.8
BOS Norman Carey Oregon State University
BOS Bob Curran College of the Holy Cross
BOS Neil Dooley Colgate University
BOS Jack Hauser University of Denver
BOS Marshall Hawkins University of Tennessee 39 152 51 .282 .689 3.9 1.3 -0.1
BOS Tom Kelly New York University 27 191 38 .335 .616 7.1 1.4 1.4
BOS Murray Mitchell Sam Houston State University 2 2 2 .333 1.0 1.0 0.0
BOS Guinn Phillips Texas Wesleyan University
BOS Ray Wehde Iowa State University
CHS Hook Dillon University of North Carolina 22 36 5 .182 .727 1.6 0.2 -0.4
CHS Whitey Kachan DePaul University 52 112 37 .268 .643 2.2 0.7 0.7
CHS Mickey Marty Loras College
CHS Ed Mills University of Wisconsin
CHS Don Reagan Murray State University
CHS Joe Shafer Wheaton College
CHS Odie Spears Western Kentucky University 479 8104 4161 1409 917 .366 .763 22.9 8.7 4.0 1.9 27.6 .111
CHS Fred Weber Siena College
FTW Bobby Cook University of Wisconsin 51 587 158 .358 .790 11.5 3.1 1.9
FTW Link Richmond University of Arizona
FTW Kenny Rollins University of Kentucky 168 426 817 45 344 .309 .750 9.9 4.9 1.0 2.0 4.2 .011
FTW Murray Wier University of Iowa 56 429 107 .327 .693 7.7 1.9 1.6
INJ Reede Berg University of Oregon
INJ Jack Coleman Louisiana State University
INJ Alex Hannum University of Southern California 516 7713 3078 2013 857 .354 .629 19.8 6.0 4.5 1.7 11.4 .028
INJ Norman Kohler University of North Carolina
INJ Andy Kostecka Georgetown University 21 135 14 .418 .614 6.4 0.7 1.7
INJ Ray Lumpp New York University 300 2739 2462 391 654 .366 .767 23.4 8.2 2.2 2.2 15.5 .067
INJ Bob Paxton University of North Carolina
INJ Jack Phoenix University of Idaho
INJ Dick Wehr Rice University 9 12 3 .238 .333 1.3 0.3 -0.1
MNL Cliff Crandall Oregon State University
MNL Arnie Ferrin University of Utah 178 1037 271 278 .332 .686 5.8 4.0 1.6 7.6
MNL Earl Gardner DePauw University 50 89 19 .376 .464 1.8 0.4 0.7
MNL Dee Gibson Western Kentucky University 44 281 126 .314 .718 6.4 2.9 2.7
MNL Ken Jastrow University of Denver
MNL Bob Lowther Louisiana State University
MNL Johnny Orr Beloit College 34 92 20 .339 .857 2.7 0.6 -0.1
MNL Junior Skogland Gustavus Adolphus
MNL Quentin Stinson Southern Illinois University
NYK Gene Berce Marquette University 3 10 2 .313 .000 3.3 0.7 -0.1
NYK Leland Byrd West Virginia University
NYK Harry Gallatin Truman State University 682 15813 8843 6684 1208 .398 .773 31.9 13.0 11.9 1.8 78.4 .182
NYK Keith Grimes East Central University
NYK Mel McGaha University of Arkansas 51 176 51 .318 .591 3.5 1.0 1.5
NYK Ed Peterson Cornell University 115 804 288 99 .384 .627 7.0 5.4 0.9 6.6
NYK Tex Ritter Eastern Kentucky University 151 789 65 145 .348 .674 5.2 1.9 1.0 5.7
NYK Dick Shrider Ohio University 4 1 2 .333 0.3 0.5 0.0
NYK John Stanisch University of California, Los Angeles
PHW William Brown University of Maryland
PHW Hugh Compton University of Louisville
PHW Joe Nelson Brigham Young University
PHW Clint Pace Pepperdine University
PHW Roy Pugh Southern Methodist University 23 32 9 .255 .316 1.4 0.4 -0.2
PHW Tom Short Kansas Wesleyan
PHW Joe Wahl University of Akron
PHW Andy Wolfe University of California
PRO Al Bennett Oklahoma State University
PRO Jack Coleman University of Louisville 633 16479 6721 5186 1749 .416 .695 33.1 10.6 9.2 2.8 47.7 .107
PRO Ed Faber Trinity University
PRO Verl Heap Arizona State University
PRO Otto Snellbacher University of Kansas
PRO Brady Walker Brigham Young University 228 699 1603 549 328 .380 .633 20.0 7.0 5.4 1.4 6.9 .066
ROC Alex Athas Tulane University
ROC Bill Gabor Syracuse University 307 3680 2997 448 626 .344 .737 19.4 9.8 1.8 2.0 11.2 .081
ROC Ed Keim Niagara University
ROC Leo Kubiak Bowling Green State University 62 710 201 .326 .814 11.5 3.2 0.5
ROC Johnny Macknowski Seton Hall University
ROC Lionel Melamed City College of New York
ROC Hank O'Keefe Canisius College
ROC Warren Stickel Syracuse University
ROC Paul Yesavi Niagara University
STB Jack Burmaster University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 61 598 179 .333 .681 9.8 2.9 -0.4
STB Gordon Flick Drake University
STB John Hoppin Dickinson College
STB Dan London Washington University in Saint Louis
STB D. Miller Saint Louis University
STB Easy Parham Texas Wesleyan University 133 712 9 285 .316 .522 5.4 1.3 2.1 0.4
STB D.C. Wilcutt Saint Louis University 59 128 80 .339 .733 2.2 1.4 1.1
WSC Fred Bartell University of Oregon
WSC Ed Hughes San Jose State University
WSC Thorton Jenkins University of Missouri
WSC Leo Katkaveck North Carolina State University 107 457 136 .317 .685 4.3 1.3 1.9
WSC C.T. Parker Louisiana Tech University
WSC Jack Parkinson University of Kentucky 4 3 2 .083 1.000 0.8 0.5 -0.2
WSC Don Walker Sam Houston State University
WSC Al Williams University of Arkansas