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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
Philadelphia Warriors Bill Mlkvy Temple University 31 608 181 101 62 .305 .646 19.6 5.8 3.3 2.0
Round 1 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Milwaukee Hawks Mark Workman West Virginia University 79 1181 386 230 44 .331 .618 14.9 4.9 2.9 0.6
2 Baltimore Bullets Jim Baechtold Eastern Kentucky University 321 8256 3123 1009 685 .388 .783 25.7 9.7 3.1 2.1
3 Fort Wayne Pistons Dick Groat Duke University 26 663 309 86 69 .368 .790 25.5 11.9 3.3 2.7
4 Indianapolis Olympians Joe Dean Louisiana State University
5 New York Knickerbockers Ralph Polson Whitworth 49 810 191 211 24 .363 .635 16.5 3.9 4.3 0.5
6 Boston Celtics Bob Stauffer University of Missouri
7 Syracuse Nationals Bob Lochmueller University of Louisville 62 802 232 162 47 .322 .607 12.9 3.7 2.6 0.8
8 Rochester Royals Chuck Darling University of Iowa
9 Minneapolis Lakers Clyde Lovellette University of Kansas 704 19075 11947 6663 1165 .443 .757 27.1 17.0 9.5 1.7
Round 2 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Boston Celtics Jim Iverson Kansas State University
Philadelphia Warriors Walt Davis Texas A&M University 325 5344 1558 1397 231 .377 .695 16.4 4.8 4.3 0.7
Round 3 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Boston Celtics J.C. Maze Southwest Texas State University
Round 4 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Boston Celtics Herm Hedderick Canisius College 5 23 4 4 2 .222 .000 4.6 0.8 0.8 0.4
Round 5 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Boston Celtics Don Johnson Oklahoma State University
Round 6 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Boston Celtics Jim Buchanan University of Nebraska
Round 7 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Boston Celtics Fred Eydt Cornell University
Round 8 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Boston Celtics Gordon Mungier Spring Hill College
Round 9 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Boston Celtics Jim Dilling College of the Holy Cross
Round 10 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Boston Celtics Gene Conley Washington State University 351 5791 2069 2212 201 .371 .657 16.5 5.9 6.3 0.6
Other Picks Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Baltimore Bullets Blaine Denning Lawrence Technological University 1 9 5 4 0 .400 1.000 9.0 5.0 4.0 0.0
Baltimore Bullets Chuck Grigsby University of Dayton 7 45 16 11 7 .368 .250 6.4 2.3 1.6 1.0
Baltimore Bullets Frank Guisness University of Washington
Baltimore Bullets Bill Lea Missouri State University
Baltimore Bullets Mike Magula Youngstown State University
Baltimore Bullets Bud Penwell Oklahoma City University
Baltimore Bullets Bob Peterson University of Oregon 103 1342 479 389 78 .386 .669 13.0 4.7 3.8 0.8
Baltimore Bullets Art Press McDaniel College
Baltimore Bullets Bob Priddy New Mexico State University 16 149 36 36 7 .368 .571 9.3 2.3 2.3 0.4
Baltimore Bullets Benny Purcell Murray State University
Baltimore Bullets Jim Walsh Stanford University 10 72 20 15 8 .185 .588 7.2 2.0 1.5 0.8
Fort Wayne Pistons Bill Carlson Fordham University
Fort Wayne Pistons Hal Cerra Duquesne University
Fort Wayne Pistons Bob Clifton University of Iowa
Fort Wayne Pistons Leo Corkery St. Bonaventure University
Fort Wayne Pistons Monk Meineke University of Dayton 343 6782 2338 1626 433 .367 .756 19.8 6.8 4.7 1.3
Fort Wayne Pistons Jim Ramstead Stanford University
Fort Wayne Pistons Lee Terrill North Carolina State University
Indianapolis Olympians Jay Handlan Washington & Lee University
Indianapolis Olympians Bill Harrell Siena College
Indianapolis Olympians Jim Hoverder Central Missouri State University
Indianapolis Olympians Gene Rhodes Western Kentucky University 65 1162 337 98 91 .319 .704 17.9 5.2 1.5 1.4
Indianapolis Olympians Gordon Stauffer Michigan State University
Indianapolis Olympians Dale Toft University of Denver
Indianapolis Olympians Skippy Whitaker University of Kentucky 3 15 2 1 1 .167 5.0 0.7 0.3 0.3
Indianapolis Olympians Zeke Zawoluk St. John's University 179 3534 1210 732 217 .372 .767 19.7 6.8 4.1 1.2
Milwaukee Hawks Pete Brewster Purdue University
Milwaukee Hawks Roger Johnson University of Arizona
Milwaukee Hawks George McLeod Texas Christian University 10 85 12 21 4 .125 .533 8.5 1.2 2.1 0.4
Milwaukee Hawks Eddie Miller Syracuse University 142 3675 1452 1206 210 .374 .692 25.9 10.2 8.5 1.5
Milwaukee Hawks Ab Nicholas University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee Hawks Dick Retherford Baldwin-Wallace College
Milwaukee Hawks John Snee Clemson University
Milwaukee Hawks Jim Tackett University of New Mexico
Milwaukee Hawks Coyt Vance Mississippi State University
Milwaukee Hawks Bobby Watson University of Kentucky 63 702 175 87 79 .323 .689 11.1 2.8 1.4 1.3
Minneapolis Lakers Tom Ackerman West Liberty State College
Minneapolis Lakers Jim Bishop University of Southern Mississippi
Minneapolis Lakers Rod Fletcher University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Minneapolis Lakers Cliff Haag University of Wyoming
Minneapolis Lakers Jim Holstein University of Cincinnati 225 3476 859 659 249 .323 .647 15.4 3.8 2.9 1.1
Minneapolis Lakers Bob Holt Tulane University
Minneapolis Lakers Tom Katsimpalis Eastern Illinois University
Minneapolis Lakers Carl McNulty Purdue University 1 14 2 0 0 .167 14.0 2.0 0.0 0.0
Minneapolis Lakers Dick Means University of Minnesota
Minneapolis Lakers Dwight Morrison University of Southern California
Minneapolis Lakers Ed Ramiraz Centenary College of Louisiana
Minneapolis Lakers Don Schneider University of Arizona
Minneapolis Lakers Gene Smith Xavier University
Minneapolis Lakers Gene Smith Huron University
Minneapolis Lakers Homer Spain Union University
Minneapolis Lakers John Wallesea University of Memphis
New York Knickerbockers Roy Belliveau Seton Hall University
New York Knickerbockers Dick Bunt New York University 26 271 92 28 17 .271 .708 10.4 3.5 1.1 0.7
New York Knickerbockers Bert Cook Utah State University 37 424 118 72 33 .316 .680 11.5 3.2 1.9 0.9
New York Knickerbockers Ben Gibson Saint Mary's College of California
New York Knickerbockers Bud Julian Missouri State University
New York Knickerbockers Paul Sullivan University of Alabama
New York Knickerbockers Dick Surhoff Long Island University 58 545 178 94 32 .295 .717 9.4 3.1 1.6 0.6
Philadelphia Warriors Tom Brennan Villanova University 11 52 10 5 2 .455 4.7 0.9 0.5 0.2
Philadelphia Warriors Bob Brown University of Louisville
Philadelphia Warriors Burr Carlson University of Connecticut
Philadelphia Warriors Newt Jones LaSalle University
Philadelphia Warriors Nick Kladis Loyola University of Chicago
Philadelphia Warriors Moe Radovich University of Wyoming 4 33 14 1 8 .385 1.000 8.3 3.5 0.3 2.0
Philadelphia Warriors Don Scanlon University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Warriors Glenn Smith University of Utah
Philadelphia Warriors Ben Stewart Villanova University
Rochester Royals Bryant Ivey University of Alabama
Rochester Royals Leroy Leslie University of Notre Dame
Rochester Royals Ronnie MacGilvray St. John's University 6 57 8 9 11 .167 .571 9.5 1.3 1.5 1.8
Rochester Royals Jewell McDowell Texas A&M University
Rochester Royals Jack McMahon St. John's University 524 14228 4237 1390 1939 .337 .637 27.2 8.1 2.7 3.7
Rochester Royals Sam Miranda Indiana University
Rochester Royals Jerry Romney Brigham Young University
Rochester Royals Ray Royce University of Houston
Rochester Royals Arnold Smith City College of New York
Rochester Royals Ray Sonnenberg Saint Louis University
Rochester Royals Ray Steiner Saint Louis University
Rochester Royals Bob Whitmer Florida State University
Syracuse Nationals Jim Brasco New York University 30 359 110 39 33 .254 .792 12.0 3.7 1.3 1.1
Syracuse Nationals Bud Donnelly LaSalle University
Syracuse Nationals Jim Kennedy Duquesne University
Syracuse Nationals Ken McBride University of Maryland Eastern Shore 12 249 117 31 14 .327 .724 20.8 9.8 2.6 1.2
Syracuse Nationals Harry Moore West Virginia University
Syracuse Nationals Bob Roche Syracuse University