1950 NBA Draft

1949 NBA Draft 1951 NBA Draft

Date: Tuesday, April 25, 1950

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Number of Picks: 121 (40 played in NBA)

First Overall Pick: Chuck Share (40.9 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: P. Arizin (108.8), B. Cousy (91.1) and B. Sharman (82.8)

All-Stars: 5 (P. Arizin, B. Cousy, L. Foust, B. Sharman and G. Yardley)

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121 Selections

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121 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		PHW	Paul Arizin	Villanova University	10	713	24897	16266	6129	1665	.421		.810	38.4	22.8	8.6	2.3	108.8	.183
			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
2	1	BOS	Chuck Share	Bowling Green State University	9	596	13023	4928	4986	809	.400		.693	21.9	8.3	8.4	1.4	40.9	.151
3	2	BLB	Don Rehfeldt	University of Wisconsin	2	98	788	692	494	118	.370		.758	20.2	7.1	5.0	1.2	3.5	.048
4	3	TRI	Bob Cousy	College of the Holy Cross	14	924	30165	16960	4786	6955	.375		.803	35.3	18.4	5.2	7.5	91.1	.139
5	4	WSC	Dick Schnittker	Ohio State University	6	364	6744	3030	1372	479	.379		.825	20.1	8.3	3.8	1.3	22.0	.132
6	5	CHS	Larry Foust	La Salle University	12	817	21890	11198	8041	1368	.405		.741	29.2	13.7	9.8	1.7	74.3	.153
7	6	NYK	Irwin Dambrot	City College of New York
8	7	FTW	George Yardley	Stanford University	7	472	15767	9063	4220	815	.422		.780	33.4	19.2	8.9	1.7	58.5	.178
9	8	INO	Bob Lavoy	Western Kentucky University	4	264	5433	2156	1634	391	.384		.707	27.0	8.2	6.2	1.5	15.9	.132
10	9	ROC	Joe McNamee	University of San Francisco	2	118	695	289	238	58	.298		.620	12.0	2.4	2.0	0.5	-0.5	.000
11	10	MNL	Kevin O'Shea	University of Notre Dame	3	174	2368	911	402	358	.337		.680	21.3	5.2	2.3	2.1	3.8	.034
12	11	SYR	Don Lofgran	University of San Francisco	4	209	3422	1265	817	216	.329		.692	23.1	6.1	3.9	1.0	3.1	.044
			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		BLB	John Pilch	University of Wyoming	1	9	41	5	9	2	.100		.500	4.6	0.6	1.0	0.2	-0.1	-.118
14		BOS	Chuck Cooper	Duquesne University	6	409	7964	2725	2431	734	.339		.743	23.2	6.7	5.9	1.8	11.6	.050
15		CHS	Wally Osterkorn	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	4	204	5187	1436	1218	346	.334		.592	25.4	7.0	6.0	1.7	8.9	.082
16		FTW	Jim Riffey	Tulane University	1	35		150	61	16	.351		.769		4.3	1.7	0.5	0.2
17		INO	Paul Unruh	Bradley University
18		MNL	Hal Haskins	Hamline University
19		NYK	Herb Scherer	Long Island University	2	32	167	115	76	23	.289		.592	13.9	3.6	2.4	0.7	-0.4	-.092
20		PHW	Ed Dahler	Duquesne University	1	14	112	35	22	5	.368		1.000	8.0	2.5	1.6	0.4	0.1	.036
21		ROC	George Stanich	University of California, Los Angeles
22		SYR	Gerry Calabrese	St. John's University	2	104	937	492	149	148	.348		.702	16.2	4.7	1.4	1.4	1.9	.046
23		TRI	Ed Gayda	Washington State University	1	15		56	39	13	.413		.750		3.7	2.6	0.9	0.6
24		WSC	Bill Sharman	University of Southern California	11	711	21793	12665	2793	2101	.426		.883	32.0	17.8	3.9	3.0	82.8	.178
			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
25		BLB	Dick Dickey	North Carolina State University	1	45	440	127	81	50	.294		.681	9.8	2.8	1.8	1.1	0.3	.028
26		BOS	Bob Donham	Ohio State University	4	273	4866	1818	1071	706	.480		.507	23.7	6.7	3.9	2.6	18.0	.132
27		CHS	Lou Watson	Indiana University
28		FTW	Art Burris	University of Tennessee	2	74	514	187	205	54	.260		.627	12.5	2.5	2.8	0.7	-1.0	-.073
29		INO	Chuck Mrazovich	Eastern Kentucky University	1	25		85	40	13	.350		.604		3.4	1.6	0.5	0.4
30		MNL	Howie Williams	Purdue University
31		NYK	Stan Weber	Bowling Green State University
32		PHW	Buddy Cate	Western Kentucky University
33		ROC	Bob Roper	John Carroll University
34		SYR	Stan Christie	University of Southern California
35		TRI	Clarence Brannum	Kansas State University
36		WSC	Alan Sawyer	University of California, Los Angeles	1	33		217	121	25	.370		.860		6.6	3.7	0.8	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
37		BLB	Jerry Reed	University of Wyoming
38		BOS	Ken Reeves	University of Louisville
39		CHS	Ken Murray	St. Bonaventure University	3	181	2118	1471	599	482	.335		.747	18.4	8.1	3.3	2.7	-0.7	-.016
40		FTW	Len Rzewszewski	Indiana State University
41		INO	Jim Line	University of Kentucky
42		MNL	Bud Grant	University of Minnesota	2	96		249	115	90	.318		.590		2.6	1.9	0.9	1.1
43		NYK	Joe Ossola	Saint Louis University
44		PHW	Paul Sensky	Saint Joseph's University
45		ROC	Chet Giermak	College of William & Mary
46		SYR	Paul Merchant	University of Oklahoma
47		TRI	Paul Hicks	Eastern Kentucky University
48		WSC	Tommy O'Keefe	Georgetown University	1	6		23	7	10	.357		.750		3.8	1.2	1.7	0.1
			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
49		BLB	Norm Mager	City College of New York	1	24		124	47	23	.282		.786		5.2	2.0	1.0	0.0
50		BOS	Jack Shelton	Oklahoma State University
51		CHS	Don Stroot	University of Missouri
52		FTW	Ed Thompson	Kent State University
53		INO	Sonny Allen	Morehead State University
54		MNL	Ed Beach	West Virginia University	1	12		22	25	3	.211		.667		1.8	2.1	0.3	-0.3
55		NYK	Dick Barnes	San Diego State University
56		PHW	Ike Borsavage	Temple University	1	24		64	24	4	.351		.667		2.7	1.0	0.2	0.1
57		ROC	Joe Nelson	Brigham Young University
58		SYR	Paul Hickey	University of Denver
59		TRI	Cal Christensen	University of Toledo	5	291	4009	1507	1587	460	.330		.606	17.9	5.2	5.5	1.6	8.2	.060
60		WSC	Claude Overton	East Central University	1	15	182	58	25	15	.253		.667	12.1	3.9	1.7	1.0	-0.4	-.115
			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
61		BLB	Rick Harman	Kansas State University
62		BOS	Mo Mahoney	Brown University	2	8	45	12	9	2	.333		.800	5.6	1.5	1.1	0.3	0.0	.034
63		CHS	Stu Inman	San Jose State University
64		FTW	Bob Metcalf	Valparaiso University
65		INO	Ralph O'Brien	Butler University	2	119	2335	848	192	180	.360		.830	19.6	7.1	1.6	1.5	3.1	.064
66		MNL	Wayne Glasgow	University of Oklahoma
67		NYK	Don Parsons	Rutgers University
68		PHW	Dick Dallmer	University of Cincinnati
69		ROC	John Givens	Western Kentucky University
70		SYR	Mack Suprunowicz	University of Michigan
71		TRI	Bob Anderson	Loyola College in Maryland
72		WSC	Warren Cartier	North Carolina State University
			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
73		BLB	Frank Comerford	La Salle University
74		BOS	Dale Barnstable	University of Kentucky
75		CHS	Milt Whitehead	University of Nebraska
76		FTW	Ed Jones	University of Tennessee
77		INO	Leon Blevins	University of Arizona	1	2		2	2	1	.250		.000		1.0	1.0	0.5	0.0
78		MNL	Joe Hutton	Hamline University	2	120	723	302	187	115	.331		.690	12.1	2.5	1.6	1.0	2.2	.102
79		NYK	Dan Bagley	University of Notre Dame
80		PHW	Charles Northup	Siena College
81		ROC	Dan Kahler	Southwestern College
82		SYR	Lou Arko	University of Akron
83		TRI	Bill Erickson	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
84		WSC	Jim Cathcart	University of Arkansas
			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
85		BLB	George Bush	University of Toledo
86		BOS	Frank Oftring	College of the Holy Cross
87		CHS	George King	University of Charleston	6	411	13408	4219	1606	1958	.382		.642	32.6	10.3	3.9	4.8	31.4	.113
88		FTW	Billy Adcock	Vanderbilt University
89		INO	Jerry Stuteville	Indiana University
90		MNL	Nate Benson	University of Wisconsin-River Falls
91		NYK	Charles Hope	Appalachian State University
92		PHW	Brooks Ricca	Villanova University
93		ROC	Carl Kraushaar	University of California, Los Angeles
94		SYR	Bob Healey	University of Georgia
95		TRI	Loy Doty	University of Wyoming
96		WSC	Joe Greenbach	Santa Clara 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
97		BLB	Jack Laub	University of Cincinnati
98		BOS	Bob Cope	University of Montana
99		CHS	John Brown	Georgetown University
100		FTW	Al Henningsen	Northwest Missouri State University
101		INO	Gene Schmidt	Texas Christian University
102		MNL	Jim Reilly	Swarthmore College
103		NYK	Don Heathington	Baylor University
104		PHW	Joe Kaufman	New York University
105		ROC	Warren Switzer	Rice University
106		SYR	Bob Savage	Syracuse University
107		TRI	Nate DeLong	University of Wisconsin-River Falls	1	17	132	64	31	14	.476		.686	7.8	3.8	1.8	0.8	0.8	.309
108		WSC	Earl Lloyd	West Virginia State University	9	560	14477	4682	3609	810	.356		.750	26.2	8.4	6.4	1.4	19.1	.062
			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
109		BLB	Mike Zedalis	Loyola College in Maryland
110		BOS	Matt Forman	College of the Holy Cross
111		CHS	Bud Schaeffer	Wheaton College
112		INO	Colin Anderson	Georgia Institute of Technology
113		MNL	Andy Butchko	Purdue University
114		PHW	Bernie Adams	Princeton University
115		ROC	Harry Foley	Niagara University
116		SYR	Glenn Wilkes	Mercer University
117		TRI	Keith Bloom	University of Wyoming
118		WSC	Joe Noertker	University of Virginia
			Round 11			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
119		INO	Jimmy Doyle	Butler University
120		PHW	Leo Wolfe	Villanova University
			Round 12			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
121		PHW	Ed Montgomery	University of Tennessee

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