1947 BAA Draft

1948 BAA Draft

Date: Tuesday, July 1, 1947

Location: Detroit, Michigan

Number of Picks: 78 (33 played in BAA/NBA)

First Overall Pick: Clifton McNeeley

Most Win Shares: H. Gallatin (78.4), A. Phillip (60.5) and R. Rocha (47.9)

All-Stars: 4 (H. Gallatin, A. Phillip, J. Pollard and R. Rocha)

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78 Selections

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78 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	1	PIT	Clifton McNeeley	Texas-El Paso
2	2	TRH	Glen Selbo	Wisconsin	1	13		42		23	.196		.759		3.2		1.8	-0.2
3	3	BOS	Bulbs Ehlers	Purdue	2	99		800		177	.286		.618		8.1		1.8	3.0
4	4	PRO	Walt Dropo	UConn
5	5	NYK	Dick Holub	Long Island University	1	48		504		37	.295		.633		10.5		0.8	4.2
6	6	PHW	Chink Crossin	Penn	3	147		694		223	.318		.711		4.7		1.5	3.7
7	7	STB	Jack Underman	Ohio State
8	8	CHS	Paul Huston	Ohio State	1	46		164		27	.237		.697		3.6		0.6	1.2
9	9	WSC	Dick O'Keefe	Santa Clara	4	172		888	37	160	.272		.640		5.2	2.2	0.9	1.7
10	10	BLB	Larry Killick	University of Vermont
			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	Bob Jake	University of Vermont
12		BOS	Hank Biasatti	Long Island University	1	6		6		0	.400		.500		1.0		0.0	0.1
13		CHS	Ben Schadler	Northwestern	1	37		56		6	.198		.769		1.5		0.2	-0.5
14		NYK	Ray Evans	Kansas
15		PHW	Norman Butz	Saint Joseph's
16		PIT	Fritz Nagy	University of Akron	1	50		253		68	.347		.670		5.1		1.4	2.1
17		PRO	Bob Hubbard	Springfield College	2	62		224		29	.249		.674		3.6		0.5	-0.9
18		STB	Johnny Knopf	Louisville
19		TRH	Red Rocha	Oregon State	9	586	10507	6362	2747	1153	.370		.759	29.9	10.9	6.6	2.0	47.9	.109
20		WSC	Jack Tingle	Kentucky	2	39		91		8	.259		.515		2.3		0.2	0.4
			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	John Rusinko	Penn State
22		BOS	Gene Stump	DePaul	3	148		783		118	.303		.692		5.3		0.8	1.1
23		CHS	Jimmy Darden	Denver	1	26		211		67	.321		.688		8.1		2.6	-0.2
24		NYK	Ed Golub
25		PHW	Jim Kaeding	York College of Pennsylvania
26		PIT	Bob Alamo	Santa Clara
27		PRO	Joe Barry
28		STB	Herb Wilkinson	Iowa
29		TRH	Frank Broyles	Georgia Tech
30		WSC	Bill Burke	St. Mary's College of Maryland
			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	Harry Gallatin	Truman State University	10	682	15813	8843	6684	1208	.398		.773	31.9	13.0	11.9	1.8	78.4	.182
32		BOS	Johnny Ezersky	Rhode Island	3	135		1031		169	.288		.669		7.6		1.3	1.5
33		CHS	Gene Vance	Illinois	5	175	118	1445	109	403	.315		.687	16.9	8.3	3.0	2.3	10.3	-.008
34		NYK	Garland Head	Texas Tech
35		PHW	Ed Koffenberger	Duke
36		PIT	George Brown
37		PRO	Dick Furey	University of St. Thomas
38		STB	Bob Kurland	Oklahoma State
39		TRH	Wimpy Quinn	Oregon
40		WSC	Abel Rodrigues	San Francisco
			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	Charles Raynor	Houston
42		BOS	Jack Hewson	Temple	1	24		65		1	.247		.700		2.7		0.0	0.1
43		CHS	Andy Phillip	Illinois	11	701	15378	6384	2395	3759	.368		.695	32.2	9.1	4.4	5.4	60.5	.100
44		NYK	Ron Livingstone	Saint Mary's	2	117		732	297	217	.286		.692		6.3	4.7	1.9	2.4
45		PIT	Dick Ives	Iowa
46		PRO	Bob Joyce	Bates College
47		STB	Bill Strannigan	Wyoming
48		TRH	Paul Hoffman	Purdue	6	317	5130	3234	1129	911	.340		.676	28.7	10.2	5.1	2.9	12.4	.026
49		WSC	Matt Zunic	George Washington	1	56		273		50	.303		.706		4.9		0.9	2.0
			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
50		BLB	Scotty Hamilton	West Virginia
51		BOS	Bob Alemeida
52		CHS	Ralph Bishop	Washington
53		NYK	Andy Duncan	William & Mary	3	136		746	30	101	.408		.596		5.5	2.1	0.7	6.8
54		PIT	Herman Knoche	Washington & Jefferson College
55		PRO	Roy Lipscomb	St. Mary's College of Maryland
56		STB	Paul Napolitano	San Francisco	1	1		0		0					0.0		0.0	0.0
57		WSC	Irv Rothenberg	Long Island University	3	131		709		90	.267		.606		5.4		0.7	3.6
			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
58		BLB	Hugh Hampton	High Point University
59		BOS	George Felt	Northwestern
60		CHS	Jim Pollard	Stanford	7	438	9391	5762	2487	1417	.360		.750	35.4	13.2	7.8	3.2	34.9	.093
61		NYK	Wat Misaka	Utah	1	3		7		0	.231		.333		2.3		0.0	0.0
62		PIT	Jack Walton	DePaul
63		PRO	John Mills	Hofstra
64		WSC	Saul Mariaschin	Harvard University	1	43		333		60	.270		.709		7.7		1.4	1.1
			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
65		BLB	Elmer Gainer	DePaul	2	20		29		10	.227		.643		1.5		0.5	-0.3
66		BOS	John Kelly	Notre Dame
67		CHS	Don Smith	Minnesota	1	8		6		2	.154		.667		0.8		0.3	-0.1
68		NYK	Dan Miller	Saint Louis
69		PRO	Al Nichols	Rhode Island
70		WSC	Paul Cloyd	Wisconsin	1	7		19		2	.269		.625		2.7		0.3	-0.1
			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
71		BLB	Chick Reiser	NYU	3	171		1773		346	.321		.772		10.4		2.0	13.2
72		BOS	George Petrovick
73		CHS	Jack Stone	Kansas State
74		NYK	Carl Reichert	Findlay (OH)
75		WSC	John Mandic	Oregon State	2	81		335		88	.316		.660		4.1		1.1	2.4
			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
76		BLB	Robert Bolyard	Toledo
77		CHS	Hank Decker	West Texas A&M University
78		NYK	Tom Tomlinson	SMU

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