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1950 NBA Draft

1949 BAA 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 (42.0 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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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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121 Selections

Stats shown are for the player's NBA career

121 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	3	PHW	Paul Arizin	Villanova	10	713	24897	16266	6129	1665	.421		.810	38.4	22.8	8.6	2.3	108.8	.183
2	1	BOS	Chuck Share	Bowling Green	9	596	13023	4928	4986	809	.400		.693	21.9	8.3	8.4	1.4	42.0	.155
3	2	BLB	Don Rehfeldt	Wisconsin	2	98	788	692	494	118	.370		.758	20.2	7.1	5.0	1.2	3.5	.048
4	4	TRI	Bob Cousy	Holy Cross	14	924	30165	16960	4786	6955	.375		.803	35.3	18.4	5.2	7.5	91.1	.139
5	5	WSC	Dick Schnittker	Ohio State	6	364	6744	3030	1372	479	.379		.825	20.1	8.3	3.8	1.3	22.0	.132
6	6	CHS	Larry Foust	La Salle	12	817	21890	11198	8041	1368	.405		.741	29.2	13.7	9.8	1.7	79.2	.164
7	7	NYK	Irwin Dambrot	City College of New York
8	8	FTW	George Yardley	Stanford	7	472	15767	9063	4220	815	.422		.780	33.4	19.2	8.9	1.7	58.5	.178
9	9	INO	Bob Lavoy	Western Kentucky	4	264	5433	2156	1634	391	.384		.707	27.0	8.2	6.2	1.5	15.9	.132
10	10	ROC	Joe McNamee	San Francisco	2	118	695	289	238	58	.298		.620	12.0	2.4	2.0	0.5	-1.3	-.055
11	11	MNL	Kevin O'Shea	Notre Dame	3	174	2368	911	402	358	.337		.680	21.3	5.2	2.3	2.1	3.8	.034
12	12	SYR	Don Lofgran	San Francisco	4	209	3422	1265	817	216	.329		.692	23.1	6.1	3.9	1.0	3.0	.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	13	BOS	Chuck Cooper	Duquesne	6	409	7964	2725	2431	734	.339		.743	23.2	6.7	5.9	1.8	11.6	.050
14	14	BLB	John Pilch	Wyoming	1	9	41	5	9	2	.100		.500	4.6	0.6	1.0	0.2	-0.1	-.118
15	15	PHW	Ed Dahler	Duquesne	1	14	112	35	22	5	.368		1.000	8.0	2.5	1.6	0.4	0.1	.036
16	16	TRI	Ed Gayda	Washington State	1	15		56	39	13	.413		.750		3.7	2.6	0.9	0.6
17	17	WSC	Bill Sharman	USC	11	711	21793	12665	2793	2101	.426		.883	32.0	17.8	3.9	3.0	82.8	.178
18	18	CHS	Wally Osterkorn	Illinois	4	204	5187	1436	1218	346	.334		.592	25.4	7.0	6.0	1.7	8.9	.082
19	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	20	FTW	Jim Riffey	Tulane	1	35		150	61	16	.351		.769		4.3	1.7	0.5	0.2
21	21	INO	Paul Unruh	Bradley
22	22	ROC	George Stanich	UCLA
23	23	MNL	Hal Haskins	Hamline University
24	24	SYR	Gerry Calabrese	St. John's	2	104	937	492	149	148	.348		.702	16.2	4.7	1.4	1.4	1.9	.046
			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	25	BOS	Bob Donham	Ohio State	4	273	4866	1818	1071	706	.480		.507	23.7	6.7	3.9	2.6	18.0	.132
26	26	BLB	Dick Dickey	NC State	1	45	440	127	81	50	.294		.681	9.8	2.8	1.8	1.1	0.3	.028
27	27	PHW	Buddy Cate	Western Kentucky
28	28	TRI	Clarence Brannum	Kansas State
29	29	WSC	Alan Sawyer	UCLA	1	33		217	121	25	.370		.860		6.6	3.7	0.8	0.9
30	30	CHS	Lou Watson	Indiana
31	31	NYK	Stan Weber	Bowling Green
32	32	FTW	Art Burris	Tennessee	2	74	514	187	205	54	.260		.627	12.5	2.5	2.8	0.7	-1.0	-.073
33	33	INO	Chuck Mrazovich	Eastern Kentucky University	1	25		85	40	13	.350		.604		3.4	1.6	0.5	0.4
34	34	ROC	Bob Roper	John Carroll University
35	35	MNL	Howie Williams	Purdue
36	36	SYR	Stan Christie	USC
			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	37	BOS	Ken Reeves	Louisville
38	38	BLB	Jerry Reed	Wyoming
39	39	PHW	Paul Sensky	Saint Joseph's
40	40	TRI	Paul Hicks	Eastern Kentucky University
41	41	WSC	Tommy O'Keefe	Georgetown	1	6		23	7	10	.357		.750		3.8	1.2	1.7	0.1
42	42	CHS	Ken Murray	St. Bonaventure	3	181	2118	1471	599	482	.335		.747	18.4	8.1	3.3	2.7	3.6	.000
43	43	NYK	Joe Ossola	Saint Louis
44	44	FTW	Lenny Rzeszewski	Indiana State University
45	45	INO	Jim Line	Kentucky
46	46	ROC	Chet Giermak	William & Mary
47	47	MNL	Bud Grant	Minnesota	2	96		249	115	90	.318		.590		2.6	1.9	0.9	1.1
48	48	SYR	Paul Merchant	Oklahoma
			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	49	BOS	Jack Shelton	Oklahoma State
50	50	BLB	Norm Mager	City College of New York	1	24		124	47	23	.282		.786		5.2	2.0	1.0	0.0
51	51	PHW	Ike Borsavage	Temple	1	24		64	24	4	.351		.667		2.7	1.0	0.2	0.1
52	52	TRI	Cal Christensen	Toledo	5	291	4009	1507	1587	460	.330		.606	17.9	5.2	5.5	1.6	8.2	.060
53	53	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
54	54	CHS	Don Stroot	Missouri
55	55	NYK	Dick Barnes	San Diego State
56	56	FTW	Leroy Thompson	Kent State University
57	57	INO	Sonny Allen	Morehead State University
58	58	ROC	Joe Nelson	BYU
59	59	MNL	Ed Beach	West Virginia	1	12		22	25	3	.211		.667		1.8	2.1	0.3	-0.3
60	60	SYR	Paul Hickey	Denver
			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	61	BOS	Mo Mahoney	Brown University	2	8	45	12	9	2	.333		.800	5.6	1.5	1.1	0.3	0.0	.034
62	62	BLB	Rick Harman	Kansas State
63	63	PHW	Dick Dallmer	Cincinnati
64	64	TRI	Bob Anderson	Loyola (MD)
65	65	WSC	Warren Cartier	NC State
66	66	CHS	Stu Inman	San Jose State
67	67	NYK	Don Parsons	Rutgers University
68	68	FTW	Bob Metcalf	Valparaiso
69	69	INO	Ralph O'Brien	Butler	2	119	2335	848	192	180	.360		.830	19.6	7.1	1.6	1.5	3.1	.064
70	70	ROC	John Givens	Western Kentucky
71	71	MNL	Wayne Glasgow	Oklahoma
72	72	SYR	Mack Suprunowicz	Michigan
			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	73	BOS	Dale Barnstable	Kentucky
74	74	BLB	Frank Comerford	La Salle
75	75	PHW	Charles Northup	Siena College
76	76	TRI	Bill Erickson	Illinois
77	77	WSC	Jim Cathcart	Arkansas
78	78	CHS	Milt Whitehead	Nebraska
79	79	NYK	Dan Bagley	Notre Dame
80	80	FTW	Hugh Jones	Tennessee
81	81	INO	Leon Blevins	Arizona	1	2		2	2	1	.250		.000		1.0	1.0	0.5	0.0
82	82	ROC	Dan Kahler	Southwestern College
83	83	MNL	Joe Hutton	Hamline University	2	120	723	302	187	115	.331		.690	12.1	2.5	1.6	1.0	2.2	.102
84	84	SYR	Lou Arko	University of Akron
			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	85	BOS	Frank Oftring	Holy Cross
86	86	BLB	George Bush	Toledo
87	87	PHW	Brooks Ricca	Villanova
88	88	TRI	Loy Doty	Wyoming
89	89	WSC	Joe Greenbach	Santa Clara
90	90	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
91	91	NYK	Charles Hope	Appalachian State University
92	92	FTW	Billy Joe Adcock	Vanderbilt
93	93	INO	Jerry Stuteville	Indiana
94	94	ROC	Carl Kraushaar	UCLA
95	95	MNL	Newt Benson	Wisconsin-River Falls
96	96	SYR	Bob Healey	Georgia
			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	97	BOS	Bob Cope	Montana
98	98	BLB	Jack Laub	Cincinnati
99	99	PHW	Joel Kaufman	NYU
100	100	TRI	Nate DeLong	Wisconsin-River Falls	1	17	132	64	31	14	.476		.686	7.8	3.8	1.8	0.8	0.8	.309
101	101	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
102	102	CHS	John Brown	Georgetown
103	103	NYK	Don Heathington	Baylor
104	104	FTW	Al Henningsen	Northwest Missouri State University
105	105	INO	Gene Schmidt	TCU
106	106	ROC	Warren Switzer	Rice University
107	107	MNL	Jim Reilly	Swarthmore College
108	108	SYR	Bob Savage	Syracuse
			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	109	BOS	Matty Forman	Holy Cross
110	110	BLB	Mike Zedalis	Loyola (MD)
111	111	PHW	Bernie Adams	Princeton
112	112	TRI	Keith Bloom	Wyoming
113	113	WSC	Joe Noertker	Virginia
114	114	CHS	Bud Schaeffer	Wheaton College
115	115	INO	Colin Anderson	Georgia Tech
116	116	ROC	Henry Foley	Niagara University
117	117	MNL	Andy Butchko	Purdue
118	118	SYR	Glenn Wilkes	Mercer University
			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	119	PHW	Leo Wolfe	Villanova
120	120	INO	Jimmy Doyle	Butler
			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	121	PHW	Ed Montgomery	Tennessee

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