1952 NBA Draft

1951 NBA Draft 1953 NBA Draft

Date: Saturday, April 26, 1952

Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota

Number of Picks: 106 (33 played in NBA)

First Overall Pick: Mark Workman (-1.2 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: C. Lovellette (70.6), M. Meineke (14.9) and J. Baechtold (14.8)

All-Stars: 1 (C. Lovellette)

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106 Selections

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106 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	Bill Mlkvy	Temple	1	31	608	181	101	62	.305		.646	19.6	5.8	3.3	2.0	-1.0	-.082
			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	MLH	Mark Workman	West Virginia	2	79	1181	386	230	44	.331		.618	14.9	4.9	2.9	0.6	-1.2	-.049
3	2	BLB	Jim Baechtold	Eastern Kentucky University	5	321	8256	3123	1009	685	.388		.783	25.7	9.7	3.1	2.1	14.8	.086
4	3	FTW	Dick Groat	Duke	1	26	663	309	86	69	.368		.790	25.5	11.9	3.3	2.7	2.0	.148
5	4	INO	Joe Dean	LSU
6	5	NYK	Ralph Polson	Whitworth	1	49	810	191	211	24	.363		.635	16.5	3.9	4.3	0.5	0.8	.047
7	6	BOS	Bob Stauffer	Missouri
8	7	SYR	Bob Lochmueller	Louisville	1	62	802	232	162	47	.322		.607	12.9	3.7	2.6	0.8	0.5	.031
9	8	ROC	Chuck Darling	Iowa
10	9	MNL	Clyde Lovellette	Kansas	11	704	19075	11947	6663	1097	.443		.757	27.1	17.0	9.5	1.6	70.6	.178
			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
11		BOS	Jim Iverson	Kansas State
12		PHW	Walt Davis	Texas A&M	5	325	5344	1558	1397	231	.377		.695	16.4	4.8	4.3	0.7	4.8	.043
			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
13		BOS	J.C. Maze	Texas State University
			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
14		BOS	Herm Hedderick	Canisius College	1	5	23	4	4	2	.222		.000	4.6	0.8	0.8	0.4	-0.1	-.232
			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
15		BOS	Don Johnson	Oklahoma State
			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
16		BOS	Jim Buchanan	Nebraska
			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
17		BOS	Fred Eydt	Cornell University
			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
18		BOS	Gordon Mungier	Spring Hill College
			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
19		BOS	Jim Dilling	Holy Cross
			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
20		BOS	Gene Conley	Washington State	6	351	5791	2069	2212	201	.371		.657	16.5	5.9	6.3	0.6	5.1	.042
			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
21		BLB	Blaine Denning	Lawrence Technological University	1	1	9	5	4	0	.400		1.000	9.0	5.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	.095
22		BLB	Chuck Grigsby	Dayton	1	7	45	16	11	7	.368		.250	6.4	2.3	1.6	1.0	0.0	-.042
23		BLB	Frank Guisness	Washington
24		BLB	Bill Lea	Missouri State University
25		BLB	Mike Magula	Youngstown State University
26		BLB	Bud Penwell	Oklahoma City University
27		BLB	Bob Peterson	Oregon	3	103	1342	479	389	78	.386		.669	13.0	4.7	3.8	0.8	1.5	.052
28		BLB	Art Press	McDaniel College
29		BLB	Bob Priddy	New Mexico State	1	16	149	36	36	7	.368		.571	9.3	2.3	2.3	0.4	0.0	.006
30		BLB	Benny Purcell	Murray State
31		BLB	Jim Walsh	Stanford	1	10	72	20	15	8	.185		.588	7.2	2.0	1.5	0.8	-0.2	-.106
32		FTW	Bill Carlson	Fordham
33		FTW	Hal Cerra	Duquesne
34		FTW	Bob Clifton	Iowa
35		FTW	Leo Corkery	St. Bonaventure
36		FTW	Monk Meineke	Dayton	5	343	6782	2338	1626	433	.367		.756	19.8	6.8	4.7	1.3	14.9	.105
37		FTW	Jim Ramstead	Stanford
38		FTW	Lee Terrill	NC State
39		INO	Jay Handlan	Washington & Lee University
40		INO	Bill Harrell	Siena College
41		INO	Jim Hoverder	Central Missouri State University
42		INO	Gene Rhodes	Western Kentucky	1	65	1162	337	98	91	.319		.704	17.9	5.2	1.5	1.4	0.9	.037
43		INO	Gordon Stauffer	Michigan State
44		INO	Dale Toft	University of Denver
45		INO	Skippy Whitaker	Kentucky	1	3	15	2	1	1	.167			5.0	0.7	0.3	0.3	-0.1	-.283
46		INO	Zeke Zawoluk	St. John's	3	179	3534	1210	732	217	.372		.767	19.7	6.8	4.1	1.2	8.2	.111
47		MLH	Pete Brewster	Purdue
48		MLH	Roger Johnson	Arizona
49		MLH	George McLeod	TCU	1	10	85	12	21	4	.125		.533	8.5	1.2	2.1	0.4	-0.2	-.115
50		MLH	Eddie Miller	Syracuse	2	142	3675	1452	1206	210	.374		.692	25.9	10.2	8.5	1.5	5.1	.066
51		MLH	Ab Nicholas	Wisconsin
52		MLH	Dick Retherford	Baldwin-Wallace College
53		MLH	John Snee	Clemson
54		MLH	Jim Tackett	New Mexico
55		MLH	Coyt Vance	Mississippi State
56		MLH	Bobby Watson	Kentucky	1	63	702	175	87	79	.323		.689	11.1	2.8	1.4	1.3
57		MNL	Tom Ackerman	West Liberty State College
58		MNL	Jim Bishop	University of Southern Mississippi
59		MNL	Rod Fletcher	Illinois
60		MNL	Cliff Haag	Wyoming
61		MNL	Jim Holstein	Cincinnati	4	225	3476	859	659	249	.323		.647	15.4	3.8	2.9	1.1	2.5	.035
62		MNL	Bob Holt	Tulane
63		MNL	Tom Katsimpalis	Eastern Illinois University
64		MNL	Carl McNulty	Purdue	1	1	14	2	0	0	.167			14.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1	-.357
65		MNL	Dick Means	Minnesota
66		MNL	Dwight Morrison	USC
67		MNL	Ed Ramiraz	Centenary College of Louisiana
68		MNL	Don Schneider	Arizona
69		MNL	Gene Smith	Huron University
70		MNL	Gene Smith	Xavier
71		MNL	Homer Spain	Union University
72		MNL	John Wallesea	Memphis
73		NYK	Roy Belliveau	Seton Hall
74		NYK	Dick Bunt	NYU	1	26	271	92	28	17	.276		.708	10.4	3.5	1.1	0.7	-0.3	-.050
75		NYK	Bert Cook	Utah State University	1	37	424	118	72	33	.316		.680	11.5	3.2	1.9	0.9	0.0	-.006
76		NYK	Ben Gibson	Saint Mary's
77		NYK	Bud Julian	Missouri State University
78		NYK	Paul Sullivan	Alabama
79		NYK	Dick Surhoff	Long Island University	2	58	545	178	94	32	.295		.717	9.4	3.1	1.6	0.6	0.1	.013
80		PHW	Tom Brennan	Villanova	1	11	52	10	5	2	.455			4.7	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.1	.048
81		PHW	Bob Brown	Louisville
82		PHW	Burr Carlson	UConn
83		PHW	Newt Jones	La Salle
84		PHW	Nick Kladis	Loyola Chicago
85		PHW	Moe Radovich	Wyoming	1	4	33	14	1	8	.385		1.000	8.3	3.5	0.3	2.0	0.1	.153
86		PHW	Don Scanlon	University of Pennsylvania
87		PHW	Glenn Smith	Utah
88		PHW	Ben Stewart	Villanova
89		ROC	Bryant Ivey	Alabama
90		ROC	Leroy Leslie	Notre Dame
91		ROC	Ronnie MacGilvray	St. John's	1	6	57	8	9	11	.167		.571	9.5	1.3	1.5	1.8	-0.1	-.046
92		ROC	Jewell McDowell	Texas A&M
93		ROC	Jack McMahon	St. John's	8	524	14228	4237	1390	1939	.337		.637	27.2	8.1	2.7	3.7	6.2	.021
94		ROC	Sam Miranda	Indiana
95		ROC	Jerry Romney	BYU
96		ROC	Ray Royce	Houston
97		ROC	Arnold Smith	City College of New York
98		ROC	Ray Sonnenberg	Saint Louis University
99		ROC	Ray Steiner	Saint Louis University
100		ROC	Bob Whitmer	Florida State
101		SYR	Jim Brasco	NYU	1	20	248	77	24	21	.266		.794	12.4	3.9	1.2	1.1	-0.2	-.036
102		SYR	Bud Donnelly	La Salle
103		SYR	Jim Kennedy	Duquesne
104		SYR	Ken McBride	University of Maryland Eastern Shore	1	12	249	117	31	14	.327		.724	20.8	9.8	2.6	1.2	-0.4	-.084
105		SYR	Harry Moore	West Virginia
106		SYR	Bob Roche	Syracuse

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