1949 BAA Draft

1948 BAA Draft 1950 NBA Draft

Date: Monday, March 21, 1949

Location: New York, New York

Number of Picks: 75 (41 played in BAA/NBA)

First Overall Pick: Howie Shannon (6.3 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: E. Macauley (100.4), V. Mikkelsen (83.4) and D. McGuire (50.9)

All-Stars: 11 (L. Barnhorst, R. Beard, J. Coleman, D. Eddleman, A. Groza, B. Harrison, E. Macauley, D. McGuire, V. Mikkelsen, F. Schaus and P. Walther)

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75 Selections

Stats shown are for the player's NBA career

75 Selections Table
			Territorial Picks			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
1		MNL	Vern Mikkelsen	Hamline University	10	699	18443	10063	5940	1515	.403		.766	32.5	14.4	9.4	2.2	83.4	.170
2		STB	Ed Macauley	Saint Louis University	10	641	18071	11234	4325	2079	.436		.761	35.7	17.5	7.5	3.2	100.4	.196
			Round 1			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
3	1	PRO	Howie Shannon	Kansas State	2	122		1323		299	.355		.795		10.8		2.5	6.3
4	2	INO	Alex Groza	Kentucky	2	130		2925	709	318	.474		.756		22.5	10.7	2.4	35.9
5	3	FTW	Bob Harris	Oklahoma State	5	325	5768	2209	1824	502	.385		.628	27.9	6.8	6.9	1.5	15.7	.081
6	4	BOS	Tony Lavelli	Yale	2	86		591	59	63	.367		.853		6.9	2.0	0.7	4.7
7	5	PHW	Vern Gardner	Utah	3	151	507	1339	349	245	.344		.748	18.8	8.9	4.0	1.6	7.4	-.006
8	6	BLB	Ron Livingstone	Wyoming	2	117		732	297	217	.286		.692		6.3	4.7	1.9	2.4
9	7	NYK	Dick McGuire	St. John's	11	738	17170	5921	2784	4205	.389		.644	28.3	8.0	4.2	5.7	50.9	.115
10	8	WSC	Wah Wah Jones	Kentucky	3	140	1320	1428	408	429	.355		.757	22.8	10.2	5.1	3.1	8.8	.028
11	9	CHS	Jack Kerris	Loyola Chicago	4	271	3572	2057	1286	667	.363		.662	26.5	7.6	6.3	2.5	17.8	.108
12	10	ROC	Pep Saul	Seton Hall	6	384	6219	2152	683	596	.360		.739	23.0	5.6	2.0	1.6	9.8	.060
			Round 2			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
13		BOS	George Kaftan	Holy Cross	5	212	1335	1594	424	399	.370		.650	17.8	7.5	3.1	1.9	8.9	.057
14		CHS	Ralph Beard	Kentucky	2	126		2006	251	551	.366		.770		15.9	3.8	4.4	11.2
15		FTW	John Oldham	Western Kentucky	2	127		926	242	226	.319		.627		7.3	3.6	1.8	4.2
16		INO	Leo Barnhorst	Notre Dame	5	344	7279	3232	1506	1116	.368		.665	34.8	9.4	5.4	3.2	14.2	.061
17		NYK	Harry Donovan	Muhlenberg College	1	45		253		38	.327		.689		5.6		0.8	1.0
18		PHW	Jim Nolan	Georgia Tech	1	5		8		4	.190				1.6		0.8	-0.2
19		ROC	Jack Coleman	Louisville	9	633	16479	6721	5186	1749	.416		.695	33.1	10.6	9.2	2.8	47.7	.107
20		STB	Johnny Orr	Beloit College	1	34		92		20	.339		.857		2.7		0.6	-0.1
21		WSC	Jim Owens	Baylor
			Round 3			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
22		BLB	Paul Gordon	Notre Dame	1	4		3		3	.000		.600		0.8		0.8	-0.1
23		BOS	Joe Mullaney	Holy Cross	1	37		30		52	.129		.800		0.8		1.4	-0.6
24		CHS	Dike Eddleman	Illinois	4	267	3475	3224	915	551	.352		.630	25.7	12.1	4.5	2.1	7.3	-.003
25		FTW	Fred Schaus	West Virginia	5	334	6637	4070	1609	961	.352		.823	33.5	12.2	6.0	2.9	31.4	.105
26		INO	Mac Otten	Bowling Green	1	59		142		36	.329		.494		2.4		0.6	0.3
27		NYK	Ernie Vandeweghe	Colgate University	6	224	3600	2135	834	548	.421		.740	26.1	9.5	4.6	2.4	18.1	.162
28		PHW	Nelson Bobb	Temple	4	227	2478	1052	405	488	.350		.612	21.2	4.6	2.4	2.1	6.0	.062
29		PRO	Ed Leede	Dartmouth College	2	121		949	118	225	.334		.719		7.8	2.1	1.9	5.8
			Round 4			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
30		FTW	Jerry Nagel	Loyola Chicago	1	14		13		18	.214		.250		0.9		1.3	-0.1
31		INO	Bob Evans	Butler	1	47		142		55	.280		.682		3.0		1.2	-0.3
32		PRO	Warren Perkins	Tulane	2	126		767	319	257	.309		.618		6.1	4.8	2.0	3.1
			Round 5			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
33		PRO	Ray Corley	Georgetown	3	102	65	442	82	174	.304		.601	8.1	4.3	2.0	1.7	0.9	-.265
34		STB	Earl Dodd	Truman State University	1	9		15		6	.222		.600		1.7		0.7	-0.3
35		WSC	Cliff Barker	Kentucky	3	149	494	557	181	294	.316		.662	11.2	3.7	1.8	2.0	2.0	.008
			Round 6			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
36		INO	Don Boven	Western Michigan University	3	195	3355	1763	553	393	.339		.706	25.2	9.0	4.2	2.0	7.4	.052
			Round 7			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
37		STB	John Pritchard	Drake University	1	7		22		8	.310		.364		3.1		1.1	-0.2
			Round 8			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
38		BOS	Duane Klueh	Indiana State University	2	113		924	183	173	.362		.719		8.2	3.0	1.5	6.0
39		PRO	Bob Royer	Indiana State University	1	42		197		85	.338		.707		4.7		2.0	0.0
			Other Picks			Totals					Shooting			Per Game				Advanced
Rk	Pk	Tm	Player	College	Yrs	G	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	FG%	3P%	FT%	MP	PTS	TRB	AST	WS	WS/48	BPM	VORP
40		BLB	Bill Evans	Drake University
41		BLB	Tom Gallagher	St. Francis College
42		BLB	Jim McMullen	Xavier
43		BLB	Eppa Rixey	Kenyon College
44		BLB	Roger Wiley	Oregon
45		BLB	Bill Zipple	Lafayette College
46		BOS	Ed Little	Denver Junior College
47		BOS	Jim Simpson	Bates College
48		BOS	Emerson Speicher	Bowling Green
49		BOS	Bill Tom	Rice University
50		BOS	Bill Vandenburgh	Washington
51		BOS	Russ Washburn	Colby College
52		BOS	Bill Weight	BYU
53		FTW	Dal Zuber	University of Toledo
54		INO	Charlie Maas	Butler
55		INO	Jim O'Halloran	Notre Dame
56		INO	J.L. Parks	Oklahoma State
57		MNL	Bob Harrison	Michigan	9	615	12926	4418	1358	1672	.352		.693	26.9	7.2	2.5	2.7	13.2	.024
58		MNL	Paul Walther	Tennessee	6	370	7258	2838	1168	974	.362		.708	28.6	7.7	3.7	2.6	20.3	.107
59		NYK	Don Bagley	Notre Dame
60		NYK	Ken Kearns	Arkansas
61		NYK	Bill Kleine	Missouri Valley College
62		NYK	Bill Litchfield	Emporia State University
63		NYK	Bob Prewitt	SMU
64		PRO	Paul Courty	Oklahoma
65		PRO	Carl Schaeffer	Alabama
66		PRO	Bill Tanzler	Florida
67		PRO	Jack Theolan	DePaul
68		STB	Joe Crandall	Oregon State
69		STB	Jack Davidson	Stanford
70		STB	Bob Retherford	Nebraska
71		STB	Marv Schatzman	Saint Louis University	1	34		115		38	.247		.580		3.4		1.1	-0.9
72		STB	Eddie Van	Northwestern Oklahoma State University
73		STB	Preston Ward	Missouri State University
74		WSC	Maynard Haitcock	George Washington
75		WSC	Jim Lacy	Loyola College in Maryland

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