April 24, 1954: Selected Dick Rosenthal (1st round, 4th pick), Arnold Short (2nd round, 13th pick), B. H. Born (3rd round, 22nd pick), Mel Thompson (4th round, 31st pick), Dutch Burch (5th round, 40th pick), Charles Kraak (6th round, 49th pick), Bernie Janicki (7th round, 58th pick), Don Bielke (8th round, 67th pick), Joel Hittleman (9th round, 76th pick), Phil Larson (10th round, 84th pick) and Forrest Jackson (11th round, 93rd pick) in the 1954 NBA Draft.
January, 1956: Signed Chuck Cooper as a free agent.
April 30, 1956: Selected Ron Sobie (1st round, 7th pick), Bob Kessler (2nd round, 15th pick), Bill Thieben (3rd round, 23rd pick), Charles Slack (4th round, 31st pick), Joe Lieber (5th round, 39th pick), John Schlimm (6th round, 47th pick) and Bruce Harris (7th round, 55th pick) in the 1956 NBA Draft.