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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
			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	PHW	Bill Mlkvy	Temple	1	31	608	181	101	62	.305		.646	19.6	5.8	3.3	2.0	-1.0	-.082
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	5	INO	Joe Dean	LSU
6	6	NYK	Ralph Polson	Whitworth	1	49	810	191	211	24	.363		.635	16.5	3.9	4.3	0.5	0.8	.047
7	7	BOS	Bill Stauffer	Missouri
8	8	SYR	Bob Lochmueller	Louisville	1	62	802	232	162	47	.322		.607	12.9	3.7	2.6	0.8	0.5	.031
9	9	ROC	Chuck Darling	Iowa
10	10	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		BLB	Chuck Grigsby	Dayton	1	7	45	16	11	7	.368		.250	6.4	2.3	1.6	1.0	0.0	-.042
12		BOS	Jim Iverson	Kansas State
13		FTW	Monk Meineke	Dayton	5	343	6782	2338	1626	433	.367		.756	19.8	6.8	4.7	1.3	14.9	.105
14		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
15		MLH	Eddie Miller	Syracuse	2	142	3675	1452	1206	210	.374		.692	25.9	10.2	8.5	1.5	5.1	.066
16		MNL	Jim Holstein	Cincinnati	4	225	3476	859	659	249	.323		.647	15.4	3.8	2.9	1.1	2.4	.034
17		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
18		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
19		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
20		SYR	Jim Brasco	NYU	1	20	248	77	24	21	.266		.794	12.4	3.9	1.2	1.1	-0.2	-.036
			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
21		BLB	Jim Walsh	Stanford	1	10	72	20	15	8	.185		.588	7.2	2.0	1.5	0.8	-0.2	-.106
22		BOS	J. C. Maze	Texas State University
23		FTW	Bill Carlson	Fordham
24		INO	Skippy Whitaker	Kentucky	1	3	15	2	1	1	.167			5.0	0.7	0.3	0.3	-0.1	-.283
25		MLH	Bobby Watson	Kentucky	1	63	702	175	87	79	.323		.689	11.1	2.8	1.4	1.3	-0.1	-.007
26		MNL	Carl McNulty	Purdue	1	1	14	2	0	0	.167			14.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1	-.357
27		NYK	Dick Bunt	NYU	1	26	271	92	28	17	.276		.708	10.4	3.5	1.1	0.7	-0.3	-.050
28		PHW	Moe Radovich	Wyoming	1	4	33	14	1	8	.385		1.000	8.3	3.5	0.3	2.0	0.1	.153
29		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
30		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
			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
31		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
32		BOS	Herm Hedderick	Canisius	1	5	23	4	4	2	.222		.000	4.6	0.8	0.8	0.4	-0.1	-.232
33		FTW	Hal Cerra	Duquesne
34		INO	Gene Rhodes	Western Kentucky	1	65	1162	337	98	91	.319		.704	17.9	5.2	1.5	1.4	0.9	.037
35		MLH	George McLeod	TCU	1	10	85	12	21	4	.125		.533	8.5	1.2	2.1	0.4	-0.2	-.115
36		MNL	Tom Ackerman	West Liberty State College
37		NYK	Roy Belliveau	Seton Hall
38		PHW	Bob Brown	Louisville
39		ROC	Bryant Ivey	Alabama
40		SYR	Bud Donnelly	La Salle
			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
41		BLB	Frank Guisness	Washington
42		BOS	Don Johnson	Oklahoma State
43		FTW	Bob Clifton	Iowa
44		INO	Jay Handlan	Washington & Lee University
45		MLH	Pete Brewster	Purdue
46		MNL	Thomas Bishop	Southern Miss
47		NYK	Ben Gibson	Saint Mary's
48		PHW	Burr Carlson	UConn
49		ROC	Leroy Leslie	Notre Dame
50		SYR	Jim Kennedy	Duquesne
			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
51		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
52		BOS	Jim Buchanan	Nebraska
53		FTW	Leo Corkery	St. Bonaventure
54		INO	Bill Harrell	Siena College
55		MLH	Roger Johnson	Arizona
56		MNL	Rod Fletcher	Illinois
57		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
58		PHW	Newt Jones	La Salle
59		ROC	Jewell McDowell	Texas A&M
60		SYR	Harry Moore	West Virginia
			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
61		BLB	Bill Lea	Missouri State
62		BOS	Fred Eydt	Cornell
63		FTW	Lee Terrill	NC State
64		INO	Jim Hoverder	Central Missouri State University
65		MLH	Ab Nicholas	Wisconsin
66		MNL	Dick Haag	Wyoming
67		NYK	Jim Julian	Missouri State
68		PHW	Nick Kladis	Loyola Chicago
69		ROC	Sam Miranda	Indiana
70		SYR	Bob Roche	Syracuse
			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
71		BLB	Mike Magula	Youngstown State University
72		BOS	Jules Mugnier	Spring Hill College
73		FTW	Jim Ramstead	Stanford
74		INO	Gordon Stauffer	Michigan State
75		MLH	Dick Retherford	Baldwin-Wallace College
76		MNL	Don Holt	Tulane
77		NYK	Paul Sullivan	Alabama
78		PHW	Tom Brennan	Villanova	1	11	52	10	5	2	.455			4.7	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.1	.048
79		ROC	Jerry Romney	BYU
			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
80		BLB	Don Penwell	Oklahoma City University
81		BOS	Jim Dilling	Holy Cross
82		INO	Dale Toft	Denver
83		MLH	John Snee	Clemson
84		MNL	Tom Katsimpalis	Eastern Illinois University
85		PHW	Don Scanlon	Penn
86		ROC	Ray Royce	Houston
			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
87		BLB	Art Press	McDaniel College
88		BOS	Gene Conley	Washington State	6	351	5791	2069	2212	201	.371		.657	16.5	5.9	6.3	0.6	5.1	.042
89		MLH	Jim Tackett	New Mexico
90		MNL	Dick Means	Minnesota
91		PHW	Glen Smith	Utah
92		ROC	Arnold Smith	City College of New York
			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
93		BLB	Bob Peterson	Oregon	3	103	1342	479	389	78	.386		.669	13.0	4.7	3.8	0.8	1.5	.052
94		MLH	Coyt Vance	Mississippi State
95		MNL	Dwane Morrison	South Carolina
96		PHW	Ben Stewart	Villanova
97		ROC	Ray Sonnenberg	Saint Louis
			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
98		BLB	Bennie Purcell	Murray State
99		MNL	Ed Ramirez	Centenary (LA)
100		ROC	Ray Steiner	Saint Louis
			Round 13			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
101		MNL	Bob Schneider	Arizona
102		ROC	Bob Whitmer	Florida State
			Round 14			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
103		MNL	Gene Smith	Huron University
			Round 15			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
104		MNL	Gene Smith	Xavier
			Round 16			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
105		MNL	Homer Spain	Union University
			Round 17			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
106		MNL	John Wallisa	Memphis

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