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1949 BAA Draft

1948 BAA Draft 1950 NBA Draft

Date: Monday, March 21, 1949

Location: New York, New York

Number of Picks: 83 (50 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 H. Gallatin (78.4)

All-Stars: 13 (L. Barnhorst, R. Beard, J. Coleman, D. Eddleman, H. Gallatin, A. Groza, B. Harrison, E. Macauley, S. Martin, D. McGuire, V. Mikkelsen, F. Schaus and P. Walther)

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Matthew Maurer of TheDraftReview is an NBA Draft historian who has researched and collected the data on the entire history of the NBA Draft. Much of the biographical and draft data of the later rounds is thanks to his investigative research and work.

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83 Selections

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83 Selections Table
			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
1	4	BOS	George Kaftan	Holy Cross	5	212	1335	1594	424	399	.370		.650	17.8	7.5	3.1	1.9	8.9	.057
2	5	STB	Ed Macauley	Saint Louis	10	641	18071	11234	4325	2079	.436		.761	35.7	17.5	7.5	3.2	100.4	.196
3	8	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
4	11	MNL	Vern Mikkelsen	Hamline University	10	699	18443	10063	5940	1515	.403		.766	32.5	14.4	9.4	2.2	83.4	.170
			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
5	14	INO	Leo Barnhorst	Notre Dame	5	344	7279	3232	1506	1116	.368		.665	34.8	9.4	5.4	3.2	13.3	.056
			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
6	1	PRO	Howie Shannon	Kansas State	2	122		1323		299	.355		.795		10.8		2.5	6.3
7	2	INO	Alex Groza	Kentucky	2	130		2925	709	318	.474		.756		22.5	10.7	2.4	35.9
8	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
9	6	PHW	Vern Gardner	Utah	3	151	507	1339	349	245	.344		.748	18.8	8.9	4.0	1.6	7.4	-.006
10	7	BLB	Ron Livingstone	Wyoming	2	117		732	297	217	.286		.692		6.3	4.7	1.9	2.4
11	9	WSC	Wah Wah Jones	Kentucky	3	140	1320	1428	408	429	.355		.757	22.8	10.2	5.1	3.1	8.8	.028
12	10	CHS	Ralph Beard	Kentucky	2	126		2006	251	551	.366		.770		15.9	3.8	4.4	11.2
13	12	ROC	Pep Saul	Seton Hall	6	384	6219	2152	683	596	.360		.739	23.0	5.6	2.0	1.6	12.7	.082
			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
14		PRO	Ed Leede	Dartmouth College	2	121		949	118	225	.334		.719		7.8	2.1	1.9	5.8
15	13	PRO	Paul Courty	Oklahoma
16	15	FTW	John Oldham	Western Kentucky	2	127		926	242	226	.319		.627		7.3	3.6	1.8	4.2
17	16	BOS	Tony Lavelli	Yale	2	86		591	59	63	.367		.853		6.9	2.0	0.7	4.7
18	17	STB	Johnny Orr	Beloit College	1	34		92		20	.339		.857		2.7		0.6	-0.1
19	18	PHW	Jim Nolan	Georgia Tech	1	5		8		4	.190				1.6		0.8	-0.2
20	19	BLB	Roger Wiley	Oregon
21	20	NYK	Harry Gallatin	Truman State University	10	682	15813	8843	6684	1208	.398		.773	31.9	13.0	11.9	1.8	78.4	.182
22	21	WSC	Red Owens	Baylor	2	90	626	470	102	137	.313		.614	21.6	5.2	3.5	1.5	1.6	-.008
23	22	CHS	Jack Kerris	Loyola Chicago	4	271	3572	2057	1286	667	.363		.662	26.5	7.6	6.3	2.5	17.8	.108
24	23	MNL	Bob Harrison	Michigan	9	615	12926	4418	1358	1672	.352		.693	26.9	7.2	2.5	2.7	15.0	.031
25	24	ROC	Jack Coleman	Louisville	9	633	16479	6721	5186	1749	.416		.695	33.1	10.6	9.2	2.8	47.7	.107
			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
26		BLB	Paul Gordon	Notre Dame	1	4		3		3	.000		.600		0.8		0.8	-0.1
27		BOS	Joe Mullaney	Holy Cross	1	37		30		52	.129		.800		0.8		1.4	-0.6
28		BOS	Bill Tom	Rice University
29		CHS	Dike Eddleman	Illinois	4	267	3475	3224	915	551	.352		.630	25.7	12.1	4.5	2.1	7.3	-.003
30		FTW	Fred Schaus	West Virginia	5	334	6637	4070	1609	961	.352		.823	33.5	12.2	6.0	2.9	31.4	.105
31		INO	Mac Otten	Bowling Green	1	59		142		36	.329		.494		2.4		0.6	0.3
32		MNL	Slater Martin	Texas	11	745	21889	7337	2302	3160	.364		.762	35.9	9.8	3.4	4.2	47.5	.087
33		NYK	Harry Donovan	Muhlenberg College	1	45		253		38	.327		.689		5.6		0.8	1.0
34		PHW	Nelson Bobb	Temple	4	227	2478	1052	405	488	.350		.612	21.2	4.6	2.4	2.1	6.0	.062
35		STB	Marv Schatzman	Saint Louis	1	34		115		38	.247		.580		3.4		1.1	-0.9
			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
36		BOS	Ed Little	Denver Junior College
37		FTW	Jerry Nagel	Loyola Chicago	1	14		13		18	.214		.250		0.9		1.3	-0.1
38		INO	Bob Evans	Butler	1	47		142		55	.280		.682		3.0		1.2	-0.3
39		MNL	Paul Walther	Tennessee	6	370	7258	2838	1168	974	.362		.708	28.6	7.7	3.7	2.6	20.3	.107
40		NYK	Ernie Vandeweghe	Colgate	6	224	3600	2135	834	548	.421		.740	26.1	9.5	4.6	2.4	18.1	.162
41		PRO	Warren Perkins	Tulane	2	126		767	319	257	.309		.618		6.1	4.8	2.0	3.1
42		STB	Preston Ward	Missouri State
			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
43		BOS	Jim Simpson	Bates College
44		FTW	Dal Zuber	Toledo
45		INO	Charlie Maas	Butler
46		NYK	Bill Kleine	Missouri Valley College
47		PRO	Ray Corley	Georgetown	3	102	65	442	82	174	.304		.601	8.1	4.3	2.0	1.7	0.9	-.265
48		STB	Claude Retherford	Nebraska
49		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
50		BOS	Bill Vandenburgh	Washington
51		INO	Don Boven	Western Michigan	3	195	3355	1763	553	393	.339		.706	25.2	9.0	4.2	2.0	7.4	.052
52		NYK	Don Bagley	Notre Dame
53		STB	Cliff Crandall	Oregon State
			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
54		BOS	Duane Klueh	Indiana State University	2	113		924	183	173	.362		.719		8.2	3.0	1.5	6.0
55		INO	Jim O'Halloran	Notre Dame
56		NYK	Bob Prewitt	SMU
57		STB	Earl Dodd	Truman State University	1	9		15		6	.222		.600		1.7		0.7	-0.3
			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
58		BOS	Emerson Speicher	Bowling Green
59		INO	J.L. Parks	Oklahoma State
60		NYK	Ken Kearns	Arkansas
61		PRO	Bob Royer	Indiana State University	1	42		197		85	.338		.707		4.7		2.0	0.0
62		STB	Eddie Van Zant	Northwestern Oklahoma State University
			Round 9			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
63		BOS	Joe Weight	BYU
64		NYK	Bill Litchfield	Emporia State University
65		STB	Dave Davidson	Stanford
			Round 10			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
66		BOS	Russ Washburn	Colby College
			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
67		BLB	Joe Dolhon	NYU	2	77		494	18	174	.311		.734		6.4	1.4	2.3	3.1
68		BLB	Bill Evans	Drake University
69		BLB	Tom Gallagher	St. Francis College
70		BLB	Howie Janotta	Seton Hall	1	9		31		4	.300		.813		3.4		0.4	0.2
71		BLB	Mal McMullen	Xavier
72		BLB	Eppa Rixey III	Kenyon College
73		BLB	Marty Zippel	Lafayette College
74		FTW	Lloyd Doehrmann	Indiana Institute of Technology
75		FTW	Charlie Parsley	Western Kentucky	1	9		22		8	.258		.857		2.4		0.9	0.0
76		PHW	Johnny Payak	Bowling Green	2	120	1470	753	114	226	.321		.715	21.6	6.3	1.7	1.9	3.9	.115
77		PRO	Carl Shaeffer	Alabama	2	53		165	10	46	.357		.583		3.1	1.0	0.9	0.8
78		PRO	Hans Tanzler	Florida
79		PRO	Jack Phelan	DePaul	1	55		226		57	.325		.578		4.1		1.0	-0.5
80		ROC	Jim McIntyre	Minnesota
81		STB	John Pritchard	Drake University	1	7		22		8	.310		.364		3.1		1.1	-0.2
82		WSC	Maynard Haithcock	George Washington
83		WSC	Jim Lacy	Loyola (MD)

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