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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
Boston Celtics Tom Heinsohn College of the Holy Cross 654 19254 12194 5749 1318 .405 .790 29.4 18.6 8.8 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 Rochester Royals Si Green Duquesne University 504 13132 4636 2152 1655 .387 .676 26.1 9.2 4.3 3.3
2 St. Louis Hawks Bill Russell University of San Francisco 963 40726 14522 21620 4100 .440 .561 42.3 15.1 22.5 4.3
3 Minneapolis Lakers Jim Paxson University of Dayton 138 3069 1105 616 225 .323 .727 22.2 8.0 4.5 1.6
4 New York Knickerbockers Ron Shavlik North Carolina State University 8 74 10 23 0 .174 .400 9.3 1.3 2.9 0.0
5 Syracuse Nationals Joe Holup George Washington University 192 3526 1347 852 193 .342 .781 18.4 7.0 4.4 1.0
6 Fort Wayne Pistons Ron Sobie DePaul University 192 3868 1619 791 353 .379 .808 20.1 8.4 4.1 1.8
7 Philadelphia Warriors Hal Lear Temple University 3 14 4 1 1 .333 4.7 1.3 0.3 0.3
Round 2 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Boston Celtics K.C. Jones University of San Francisco 676 17501 5011 2399 2908 .387 .647 25.9 7.4 3.5 4.3
Round 3 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Boston Celtics George Linn University of Alabama
Round 4 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Boston Celtics Dan Swartz Morehead State University 39 335 175 88 21 .380 .847 8.6 4.5 2.3 0.5
Round 5 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Boston Celtics Bill Logan University of Iowa
Round 6 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Boston Celtics Don Boldebuck University of Houston
Round 7 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Boston Celtics O'Neal Weaver Midwestern State 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 Vic Molodet North Carolina State University
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 Houston Brandeis University
Round 10 Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Boston Celtics Theophileus Lloyd University of Maryland
Other Picks Totals Shooting Per Game
Overall Team Player College G MP PTS TRB AST FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
Fort Wayne Pistons Bruce Harris Tennessee Technological University
Fort Wayne Pistons Bob Kessler University of Maryland
Fort Wayne Pistons Joe Lieber College of the Holy Cross
Fort Wayne Pistons John Schlimm John Carroll University
Fort Wayne Pistons Charles Slack Marshall University
Fort Wayne Pistons Bill Thieben Hofstra University 85 876 337 272 24 .331 .640 10.3 4.0 3.2 0.3
Minneapolis Lakers Lloyd Aubrey University of Notre Dame
Minneapolis Lakers John Barber California State University, Los Angeles 5 19 7 6 0 .250 .500 3.8 1.4 1.2 0.0
Minneapolis Lakers Elgin Baylor Seattle University 846 33863 23149 11463 3650 .431 .780 40.0 27.4 13.5 4.3
Minneapolis Lakers Jerry Bird University of Kentucky 11 45 25 12 4 .375 1.000 4.1 2.3 1.1 0.4
Minneapolis Lakers Phil Grawmeyer University of Kentucky
Minneapolis Lakers Robert Hodgson Wichita State University
Minneapolis Lakers Sam Jones North Carolina Central University 871 24285 15411 4305 2209 .456 .803 27.9 17.7 4.9 2.5
Minneapolis Lakers Phil Jordon Whitworth 442 10792 4833 3028 769 .397 .688 24.4 10.9 6.9 1.7
Minneapolis Lakers John Patzwald Gustavus Adolphus
Minneapolis Lakers Terry Rand Marquette University
Minneapolis Lakers Bill Reigel McNeese State University
Minneapolis Lakers Jim Springer Gustavus Adolphus
Minneapolis Lakers Carl Widseth University of Tennessee
New York Knickerbockers Jack Adams Eastern Kentucky University
New York Knickerbockers Gary Bergen University of Utah 6 40 8 8 1 .273 1.000 6.7 1.3 1.3 0.2
New York Knickerbockers Art Bunte University of Utah
New York Knickerbockers Howard Crittendon Murray State University
New York Knickerbockers Pat Dunn Utah State University 28 206 70 31 28 .311 .824 7.4 2.5 1.1 1.0
New York Knickerbockers Jerry Harper University of Alabama
New York Knickerbockers Ronnie Mayer Duke University
New York Knickerbockers Dick Miani University of Miami
New York Knickerbockers Dick Miller University of Wisconsin
New York Knickerbockers Ed Petrie Seton Hall University
New York Knickerbockers Tony Roybal University of New Mexico
New York Knickerbockers Joe Sexton Purdue University
Philadelphia Warriors Max Anderson University of Oregon
Philadelphia Warriors Joe Belmont Duke University
Philadelphia Warriors Ronald Clark Springfield College
Philadelphia Warriors John Fannon University of Notre Dame
Philadelphia Warriors Bevo Francis University of Rio Grande
Philadelphia Warriors Phil Rollins University of Louisville 177 2742 898 405 458 .389 .649 15.5 5.1 2.3 2.6
Philadelphia Warriors Phil Wheeler University of Cincinnati
Philadelphia Warriors Mickey Winograd Duquesne University
Rochester Royals Bob Burrow University of Kentucky 81 1199 459 357 47 .365 .578 14.8 5.7 4.4 0.6
Rochester Royals Carl Cain University of Iowa
Rochester Royals Gene Carpenter Texas Tech University
Rochester Royals Clayton Carter Oklahoma State University
Rochester Royals Dan Mannix St. Francis College
Rochester Royals Johnny McCarthy Canisius College 316 8828 2450 1145 1184 .353 .622 27.9 7.8 3.6 3.7
Rochester Royals Jerry Moreman University of Louisville
Rochester Royals Dave Piontek Xavier University 413 7623 2955 1770 478 .391 .652 18.5 7.2 4.3 1.2
Rochester Royals Kevin Thomas Boston University
Rochester Royals Bill Uhl University of Dayton
St. Louis Hawks Wally Choice Indiana University
St. Louis Hawks Darrell Floyd Furman University
St. Louis Hawks Robin Freeman Ohio State University
St. Louis Hawks Arthur Helms University of Houston
St. Louis Hawks Ed Huse University of Wyoming
St. Louis Hawks Julius McCoy Michigan State University
St. Louis Hawks Junior Morgan Duke University
St. Louis Hawks Willie Naulls University of California, Los Angeles 716 20620 11305 6508 1114 .406 .812 28.8 15.8 9.1 1.6
St. Louis Hawks Hershel Pederson Brigham Young University
St. Louis Hawks Dave Plunkett University of Cincinnati
St. Louis Hawks Jim Reed Texas Tech University
St. Louis Hawks Norm Stewart University of Missouri 5 37 10 5 2 .267 .333 7.4 2.0 1.0 0.4
St. Louis Hawks Morris Taft University of California, Los Angeles
Syracuse Nationals Forest Able Western Kentucky University 1 1 0 1 1 .000 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
Syracuse Nationals Willie Bergines West Virginia University
Syracuse Nationals Milt Graham Colgate University
Syracuse Nationals Swede Halbrook Oregon State University 143 2039 786 949 64 .347 .591 14.3 5.5 6.6 0.4
Syracuse Nationals Bob Hopkins Grambling State University 273 5122 2237 1526 189 .394 .761 18.8 8.2 5.6 0.7
Syracuse Nationals Paul Judson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Syracuse Nationals Dick Julio University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Syracuse Nationals Dick Kenyon LeMoyne College
Syracuse Nationals Jim McLaughlin Saint Louis University
Syracuse Nationals Jim Ray University of Toledo 8 64 9 5 5 .176 .600 8.0 1.1 0.6 0.6
Syracuse Nationals Jess Roh Idaho State University
Syracuse Nationals Chuck Rolles Cornell University
Syracuse Nationals Chester Webb Georgia Southern University