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1949 BAA Draft

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Territorial Picks Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Minneapolis Lakers Vern Mikkelsen Hamline University 699 18443 10063 5940 1515 .403 .766 32.5 14.4 9.4 2.2
St. Louis Bombers Ed Macauley Saint Louis University 641 18071 11234 4325 2079 .436 .761 35.7 17.5 7.5 3.2
Round 1 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Providence Steam Rollers Howie Shannon Kansas State University 122 1323 299 .355 .795 10.8 2.5
2 Indianapolis Olympians Alex Groza University of Kentucky 130 2925 709 318 .474 .756 22.5 10.7 2.4
3 Fort Wayne Pistons Bob Harris Oklahoma State University 325 5768 2209 1824 502 .385 .628 27.9 6.8 6.9 1.5
4 Boston Celtics Tony Lavelli Yale University 86 591 59 63 .367 .853 6.9 2.0 0.7
5 Philadelphia Warriors Vern Gardner University of Utah 151 507 1339 349 245 .344 .748 18.8 8.9 4.0 1.6
6 Baltimore Bullets Ron Livingstone University of Wyoming 117 732 297 217 .286 .692 6.3 4.7 1.9
7 New York Knickerbockers Dick McGuire St. John's University 738 17170 5921 2784 4205 .389 .644 28.3 8.0 4.2 5.7
8 Washington Capitols Wah Wah Jones University of Kentucky 140 1320 1428 408 429 .355 .757 22.8 10.2 5.1 3.1
9 Chicago Stags Jack Kerris Loyola University of Chicago 271 3572 2057 1286 667 .363 .662 26.5 7.6 6.3 2.5
10 Rochester Royals Pep Saul Seton Hall University 384 6219 2152 683 596 .360 .739 23.0 5.6 2.0 1.6
Round 2 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Boston Celtics George Kaftan College of the Holy Cross 212 1335 1594 424 399 .370 .650 17.8 7.5 3.1 1.9
Chicago Stags Ralph Beard University of Kentucky 126 2006 251 551 .366 .770 15.9 3.8 4.4
Fort Wayne Pistons John Oldham Western Kentucky University 127 926 242 226 .319 .627 7.3 3.6 1.8
Indianapolis Olympians Leo Barnhorst University of Notre Dame 344 7279 3232 1506 1116 .368 .665 34.8 9.4 5.4 3.2
New York Knickerbockers Harry Donovan Muhlenberg College 45 253 38 .327 .689 5.6 0.8
Philadelphia Warriors Jim Nolan Georgia Institute of Technology 5 8 4 .190 1.6 0.8
Rochester Royals Jack Coleman University of Louisville 633 16479 6721 5186 1749 .416 .695 33.1 10.6 9.2 2.8
St. Louis Bombers Johnny Orr Beloit College 34 92 20 .339 .857 2.7 0.6
Washington Capitols Jim Owens Baylor University
Round 3 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Baltimore Bullets Paul Gordon University of Notre Dame 4 3 3 .000 .600 0.8 0.8
Boston Celtics Joe Mullaney College of the Holy Cross 37 30 52 .129 .800 0.8 1.4
Chicago Stags Dike Eddleman University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 266 3464 3221 913 550 .352 .631 25.9 12.1 4.5 2.1
Fort Wayne Pistons Fred Schaus West Virginia University 334 6637 4070 1609 961 .352 .823 33.5 12.2 6.0 2.9
Indianapolis Olympians Mac Otten Bowling Green State University 59 142 36 .329 .494 2.4 0.6
New York Knickerbockers Ernie Vandeweghe Colgate University 224 3600 2135 834 548 .421 .740 26.1 9.5 4.6 2.4
Philadelphia Warriors Nelson Bobb Temple University 227 2478 1052 405 488 .350 .612 21.2 4.6 2.4 2.1
Providence Steam Rollers Ed Leede Dartmouth College 121 949 118 225 .334 .719 7.8 2.1 1.9
Round 4 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Fort Wayne Pistons Jerry Nagel Loyola University of Chicago 14 13 18 .214 .250 0.9 1.3
Indianapolis Olympians Bob Evans Butler University 47 142 55 .280 .682 3.0 1.2
Providence Steam Rollers Warren Perkins Tulane University 126 767 319 257 .309 .618 6.1 4.8 2.0
Round 5 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Providence Steam Rollers Ray Corley Georgetown University 86 65 394 48 152 .311 .611 8.1 4.6 1.8 1.8
St. Louis Bombers Earl Dodd Truman State University 9 15 6 .222 .600 1.7 0.7
Washington Capitols Cliff Barker University of Kentucky 149 494 557 181 294 .316 .662 11.2 3.7 1.8 2.0
Round 6 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Indianapolis Olympians Don Boven Western Michigan University 195 3355 1763 553 393 .339 .706 25.2 9.0 4.2 2.0
Round 7 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
St. Louis Bombers John Pritchard Drake University 7 22 8 .310 .364 3.1 1.1
Round 8 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Boston Celtics Duane Klueh Indiana State University 113 924 183 173 .362 .719 8.2 3.0 1.5
Providence Steam Rollers Bob Royer Indiana State University 42 197 85 .338 .707 4.7 2.0
Other Picks Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Baltimore Bullets Bill Evans Drake University
Baltimore Bullets Tom Gallagher St. Francis College
Baltimore Bullets Jim McMullen Xavier University
Baltimore Bullets Eppa Rixey Kenyon College
Baltimore Bullets Roger Wiley University of Oregon
Baltimore Bullets Bill Zipple Lafayette College
Boston Celtics Ed Little Denver Junior College
Boston Celtics Jim Simpson Bates College
Boston Celtics Emerson Speicher Bowling Green State University
Boston Celtics Bill Tom Rice University
Boston Celtics Bill Vandenburgh University of Washington
Boston Celtics Russ Washburn Colby College
Boston Celtics Bill Weight Brigham Young University
Fort Wayne Pistons Dal Zuber University of Toledo
Indianapolis Olympians Charlie Maas Butler University
Indianapolis Olympians Jim O'Halloran University of Notre Dame
Indianapolis Olympians J.L. Parks Oklahoma State University
Minneapolis Lakers Bob Harrison University of Michigan 615 12926 4418 1358 1672 .352 .693 26.9 7.2 2.5 2.7
Minneapolis Lakers Paul Walther University of Tennessee 370 7258 2838 1168 974 .362 .708 28.6 7.7 3.7 2.6
New York Knickerbockers Don Bagley University of Notre Dame
New York Knickerbockers Ken Kearns University of Arkansas
New York Knickerbockers Bill Kleine Missouri Valley College
New York Knickerbockers Bill Litchfield Emporia State University
New York Knickerbockers Bob Prewitt Southern Methodist University
Providence Steam Rollers Paul Courty University of Oklahoma
Providence Steam Rollers Carl Schaeffer University of Alabama
Providence Steam Rollers Bill Tanzler University of Florida
Providence Steam Rollers Jack Theolan DePaul University
St. Louis Bombers Joe Crandall Oregon State University
St. Louis Bombers Jack Davidson Stanford University
St. Louis Bombers Bob Retherford University of Nebraska
St. Louis Bombers Marv Schatzman Saint Louis University 34 115 38 .247 .580 3.4 1.1
St. Louis Bombers Eddie Van Northwestern Oklahoma State University
St. Louis Bombers Preston Ward Missouri State University
Washington Capitols Maynard Haitcock George Washington University
Washington Capitols Jim Lacy Loyola College in Maryland