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 (10.0 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

Stats shown are for the player's NBA career

92 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		BOS	Tom Heinsohn	Holy Cross	9	654	19254	12194	5749	1318	.405		.790	29.4	18.6	8.8	2.0	60.0	.150
			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	ROC	Si Green	Duquesne	9	504	13132	4636	2152	1655	.387		.676	26.1	9.2	4.3	3.3	10.0	.037
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	6	FTW	Ron Sobie	DePaul	4	192	3868	1619	791	353	.379		.808	20.1	8.4	4.1	1.8	7.2	.089
8	7	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		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
			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
10		BOS	George Linn	Alabama
			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
11		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
			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
12		BOS	Bill Logan	Iowa
			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
13		BOS	Don Boldebuck	Houston
			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
14		BOS	O'Neal Weaver	Midwestern State 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
15		BOS	Vic Molodet	NC State
			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
16		BOS	Jim Houston	Brandeis University
			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
17		BOS	Theophileus Lloyd	Maryland
			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
18		FTW	Bruce Harris	Tennessee Technological University
19		FTW	Bob Kessler	Maryland
20		FTW	Joe Lieber	Holy Cross
21		FTW	John Schlimm	John Carroll University
22		FTW	Charles Slack	Marshall
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		MNL	Lloyd Aubrey	Notre Dame
25		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
26		MNL	Elgin Baylor	Seattle University	14	846	33863	23149	11463	3650	.431		.780	40.0	27.4	13.5	4.3	104.2	.148
27		MNL	Jerry Bird	Kentucky	1	11	45	25	12	4	.375		1.000	4.1	2.3	1.1	0.4	0.0	-.043
28		MNL	Phil Grawmeyer	Kentucky
29		MNL	Robert Hodgson	Wichita State
30		MNL	Sam Jones	NC Central	12	871	24285	15411	4305	2209	.456		.803	27.9	17.7	4.9	2.5	92.3	.182
31		MNL	Phil Jordon	Whitworth	7	442	10792	4833	3028	769	.398		.694	24.4	10.9	6.9	1.7	9.9	.044
32		MNL	John Patzwald	Gustavus Adolphus
33		MNL	Terry Rand	Marquette
34		MNL	Bill Reigel	McNeese State University
35		MNL	Jim Springer	Gustavus Adolphus
36		MNL	Carl Widseth	Tennessee
37		NYK	Jack Adams	Eastern Kentucky University
38		NYK	Gary Bergen	Utah	1	6	40	8	8	1	.273		1.000	6.7	1.3	1.3	0.2	0.0	-.044
39		NYK	Art Bunte	Utah
40		NYK	Howard Crittendon	Murray State
41		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
42		NYK	Jerry Harper	Alabama
43		NYK	Ronnie Mayer	Duke
44		NYK	Dick Miani	Miami (FL)
45		NYK	Dick Miller	Wisconsin
46		NYK	Ed Petrie	Seton Hall
47		NYK	Tony Roybal	New Mexico
48		NYK	Joe Sexton	Purdue
49		PHW	Max Anderson	Oregon
50		PHW	Joe Belmont	Duke
51		PHW	Ronald Clark	Springfield College
52		PHW	John Fannon	Notre Dame
53		PHW	Bevo Francis	University of Rio Grande
54		PHW	Phil Rollins	Louisville	3	177	2742	898	395	458	.385		.649	15.5	5.1	2.2	2.6	1.9	.033
55		PHW	Phil Wheeler	Cincinnati
56		PHW	Mickey Winograd	Duquesne
57		ROC	Bob Burrow	Kentucky	2	81	1199	459	357	47	.365		.578	14.8	5.7	4.4	0.6	1.9	.077
58		ROC	Carl Cain	Iowa
59		ROC	Gene Carpenter	Texas Tech
60		ROC	Clayton Carter	Oklahoma State
61		ROC	Dan Mannix	St. Francis College
62		ROC	Johnny McCarthy	Canisius College	6	316	8828	2450	1145	1184	.353		.622	27.9	7.8	3.6	3.7	4.7	.026
63		ROC	Jerry Moreman	Louisville
64		ROC	Dave Piontek	Xavier	7	413	7623	2955	1770	478	.391		.652	18.5	7.2	4.3	1.2	7.0	.044
65		ROC	Kevin Thomas	Boston University
66		ROC	Bill Uhl	Dayton
67		STL	Wally Choice	Indiana
68		STL	Darrell Floyd	Furman University
69		STL	Robin Freeman	Ohio State
70		STL	Arthur Helms	Houston
71		STL	Ed Huse	Wyoming
72		STL	Julius McCoy	Michigan State
73		STL	Junior Morgan	Duke
74		STL	Willie Naulls	UCLA	10	716	20620	11305	6508	1114	.406		.812	28.8	15.8	9.1	1.6	34.3	.080
75		STL	Hershel Pederson	BYU
76		STL	Dave Plunkett	Cincinnati
77		STL	Jim Reed	Texas Tech
78		STL	Norm Stewart	Missouri	1	5	37	10	5	2	.267		.333	7.4	2.0	1.0	0.4	-0.1	-.157
79		STL	Morris Taft	UCLA
80		SYR	Forest Able	Western Kentucky	1	1	1	0	1	1	.000			1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	-2.062
81		SYR	Willie Bergines	West Virginia
82		SYR	Milt Graham	Colgate University
83		SYR	Swede Halbrook	Oregon State	2	143	2039	786	949	64	.347		.591	14.3	5.5	6.6	0.4	0.3	.007
84		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
85		SYR	Paul Judson	Illinois
86		SYR	Dick Julio	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
87		SYR	Dick Kenyon	LeMoyne College
88		SYR	Jim McLaughlin	Saint Louis University
89		SYR	Jim Ray	University of Toledo	2	8	64	9	5	5	.176		.600	8.0	1.1	0.6	0.6	-0.2	-.115
90		SYR	Jess Roh	Idaho State University
91		SYR	Chuck Rolles	Cornell University
92		SYR	Chester Webb	Georgia Southern University

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