1956 NBA Draft

1955 NBA Draft 1957 NBA Draft

Date: Monday, April 30, 1956

Location: New York, New York

Number of Picks: 92 (28 played in NBA)

First Overall Pick: Si Green (11.1 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: B. Russell (163.5), E. Baylor (104.2) and S. Jones (92.3)

All-Stars: 5 (E. Baylor, T. Heinsohn, S. Jones, W. Naulls and B. Russell)

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92 Selections

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92 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	6	BOS	Tom Heinsohn	Holy Cross	9	654	19254	12194	5749	1318	.405		.790	29.4	18.6	8.8	2.0	60.0	.150
2	1	ROC	Si Green	Duquesne	9	504	13132	4636	2152	1655	.387		.676	26.1	9.2	4.3	3.3	11.1	.041
3	2	STL	Bill Russell	San Francisco	13	963	40726	14522	21620	4100	.440		.561	42.3	15.1	22.5	4.3	163.5	.193
4	3	MNL	Jim Paxson	Dayton	2	138	3069	1105	616	225	.323		.727	22.2	8.0	4.5	1.6	2.8	.044
5	4	NYK	Ron Shavlik	NC State	2	8	74	10	23	0	.174		.400	9.3	1.3	2.9	0.0	-0.3	-.189
6	5	SYR	Joe Holup	George Washington	3	192	3526	1347	852	193	.342		.781	18.4	7.0	4.4	1.0	4.2	.058
7	7	FTW	Ron Sobie	DePaul	4	192	3868	1619	791	353	.379		.808	20.1	8.4	4.1	1.8	7.2	.089
8	8	PHW	Hal Lear	Temple	1	3	14	4	1	1	.333			4.7	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	-.085
			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
9	9	ROC	Bob Burrow	Kentucky	2	81	1199	459	357	47	.365		.578	14.8	5.7	4.4	0.6	1.9	.077
10	10	STL	Willie Naulls	UCLA	10	716	20620	11305	6508	1114	.406		.812	28.8	15.8	9.1	1.6	34.3	.080
11	11	MNL	Terry Rand	Marquette
12	12	NYK	Gary Bergen	Utah	1	6	40	8	8	1	.273		1.000	6.7	1.3	1.3	0.2	0.0	-.044
13	13	SYR	Paul Judson	Illinois
14	14	BOS	K.C. Jones	San Francisco	9	676	17501	5011	2399	2908	.387		.647	25.9	7.4	3.5	4.3	38.6	.106
15	15	FTW	Bob Kessler	Maryland
16	16	PHW	Phil Rollins	Louisville	3	177	2742	898	395	458	.385		.649	15.5	5.1	2.2	2.6	1.9	.033
			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
17	17	ROC	Dave Piontek	Xavier	7	413	7623	2955	1770	478	.391		.652	18.5	7.2	4.3	1.2	7.0	.044
18	18	STL	Darrell Floyd	Furman University
19	19	MNL	Jerry Bird	Kentucky	1	11	45	25	12	4	.375		1.000	4.1	2.3	1.1	0.4	0.0	-.043
20	20	NYK	Jerry Harper	Alabama
21	21	SYR	Forest Able	Western Kentucky	1	1	1	0	1	1	.000			1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	-2.062
22	22	BOS	George Linn	Alabama
23	23	FTW	Bill Thieben	Hofstra	2	85	876	337	272	24	.331		.640	10.3	4.0	3.2	0.3	-0.5	-.026
24	24	PHW	Bevo Francis	University of Rio Grande
			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
25	25	ROC	Johnny McCarthy	Canisius	6	316	8828	2450	1145	1184	.353		.622	27.9	7.8	3.6	3.7	4.7	.026
26	26	STL	Robin Freeman	Ohio State
27	27	MNL	Lloyd Aubrey	Notre Dame
28	28	NYK	Ronnie Mayer	Duke
29	29	SYR	Swede Halbrook	Oregon State	2	143	2039	786	949	64	.347		.591	14.3	5.5	6.6	0.4	0.3	.007
30	30	BOS	Dan Swartz	Morehead State University	1	39	335	175	88	21	.380		.847	8.6	4.5	2.3	0.5	1.0	.143
31	31	FTW	Charles Slack	Marshall
32	32	PHW	Phil Wheeler	Cincinnati
			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
33	33	ROC	Bill Uhl	Dayton
34	34	STL	Norm Stewart	Missouri	1	5	37	10	5	2	.267		.333	7.4	2.0	1.0	0.4	-0.1	-.157
35	35	MNL	Bill Reigel	McNeese State University
36	36	NYK	Joe Sexson	Purdue
37	37	SYR	Jim Ray	Toledo	2	8	64	9	5	5	.176		.600	8.0	1.1	0.6	0.6	-0.2	-.115
38	38	BOS	Bill Logan	Iowa
39	39	FTW	Joe Liebler	Holy Cross
40	40	PHW	Joe Belmont	Duke
			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
41	41	ROC	Kevin Thomas	Boston University
42	42	STL	Dave Plunkett	Cincinnati
43	43	MNL	Phil Jordon	Whitworth	7	442	10792	4833	3028	769	.398		.694	24.4	10.9	6.9	1.7	9.9	.044
44	44	NYK	Pat Dunn	Utah State University	1	28	206	70	31	28	.311		.824	7.4	2.5	1.1	1.0	-0.1	-.013
45	45	SYR	Jim McLaughlin	Saint Louis
46	46	BOS	Don Boldebuck	Houston
47	47	FTW	Paul Schlimm	John Carroll University
48	48	PHW	Mickey Winograd	Duquesne
			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
49	49	ROC	Carl Cain	Iowa
50	50	STL	Julius McCoy	Michigan State
51	51	MNL	John Barber	California State University, Los Angeles	1	5	19	7	6	0	.250		.500	3.8	1.4	1.2	0.0	0.0	-.108
52	52	NYK	Jack Adams	Eastern Kentucky University
53	53	SYR	Les Roh	Idaho State University
54	54	BOS	O'Neal Weaver	Midwestern State University
55	55	FTW	Bruce Harris	Tennessee Technological University
56	56	PHW	John Fannon	Notre Dame
			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
57	57	ROC	Clayton Carter	Oklahoma State
58	58	STL	Morris Taft	UCLA
59	59	MNL	Sam Jones	NC Central	12	871	24285	15411	4305	2209	.456		.803	27.9	17.7	4.9	2.5	92.3	.182
60	60	NYK	Art Bunte	Utah
61	61	SYR	Chester Webb	Georgia Southern University
62	62	BOS	Vic Molodet	NC State
63	63	PHW	Max Anderson	Oregon
			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
64	64	ROC	Dan Mannix	St. Francis College
65	65	STL	Jim Reed	Texas Tech
66	66	MNL	Jim Springer	Gustavus Adolphus
67	67	NYK	Dick Miller	Wisconsin
68	68	SYR	Dick Julio	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
69	69	BOS	Jim Houston	Brandeis University
70	70	PHW	Ronald Clark	Springfield College
			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
71	71	ROC	Jerry Moreman	Louisville
72	72	STL	Herschel Pedersen	BYU
73	73	MNL	Phil Grawemeyer	Kentucky
74	74	NYK	Howie Crittenden	Murray State
75	75	SYR	Bob Hopkins	Grambling State University	4	273	5122	2237	1526	189	.394		.761	18.8	8.2	5.6	0.7	9.5	.089
76	76	BOS	Theophilus Lloyd	Maryland
			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
77	77	ROC	Gene Carpenter	Texas Tech
78	78	STL	Wally Choice	Indiana
79	79	MNL	Robert Hodgson	Wichita State
80	80	NYK	Dick Miani	Miami (FL)
81	81	SYR	Willie Bergines	West Virginia
			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
82	82	STL	Ed Huse	Wyoming
83	83	MNL	Carl Widseth	Tennessee
84	84	NYK	Ed Petrie	Seton Hall
85	85	SYR	Dick Kenyon	LeMoyne College
			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
86	86	STL	Arthur Helms	Houston
87	87	MNL	John Patzwald	Gustavus Adolphus
88	88	NYK	Toby Roybal	New Mexico
89	89	SYR	Milt Graham	Colgate
			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
90	90	STL	Junior Morgan	Duke
91	91	MNL	Elgin Baylor	Seattle University	14	846	33863	23149	11463	3650	.431		.780	40.0	27.4	13.5	4.3	104.2	.148
92	92	SYR	Chuck Rolles	Cornell

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