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1948 BAA Draft

1947 BAA Draft 1949 BAA Draft

Date: Monday, May 10, 1948

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Number of Picks: 113 (50 played in BAA/NBA)

First Overall Pick: Andy Tonkovich (-0.4 Win Shares)

Most Win Shares: D. Schayes (142.4), H. Gallatin (78.4) and B. Wanzer (63.9)

All-Stars: 5 (J. Coleman, B. Gabor, H. Gallatin, D. Schayes and B. Wanzer)

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113 Selections

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113 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	PRO	Andy Tonkovich	Marshall	1	17		44		10	.268		.667		2.6		0.6	-0.4
2	2	INJ	George Kok	Arkansas
3	3	BOS	George Hauptfuhrer	Harvard University
4	4	NYK	Dolph Schayes	NYU	15	996	29800	18438	11256	3072	.380		.849	34.4	18.5	12.1	3.1	142.4	.192
5	5	CHS	Ed Mikan	DePaul	6	323	2779	2163	1093	296	.320		.756	20.3	6.7	5.5	0.9	6.0	.000
6	6	BLB	Walt Budko	Columbia University	4	253	1126	2037	684	471	.342		.757	17.9	8.1	5.4	1.9	13.7	.065
7	7	STB	Robert Gale	Cornell
8	8	FTW	Ward Williams	Indiana	1	53		215		82	.237		.750		4.1		1.5	1.8
9	9	MNL	Chuck Hanger	California
10	10	ROC	Bobby Wanzer	Seton Hall	9	568	12128	6924	1979	1830	.393		.802	32.5	12.2	4.5	3.2	63.9	.156
11	11	PHW	Don Ray	Western Kentucky	1	61		364		60	.323		.698		6.0		1.0	1.3
12	12	WSC	Jack Nichols	Washington	9	505	10703	5269	2793	965	.368		.752	26.9	10.4	6.9	1.9	23.8	.056
			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
13		BLB	Joe Holland	Kentucky	3	186	737	1084	510	327	.331		.621	13.4	5.8	4.2	1.8	1.9	.037
14		BOS	Johnny Bach	Fordham	1	34		119		25	.286		.680		3.5		0.7	0.8
15		CHS	Hook Dillon	UNC	1	22		36		5	.182		.727		1.6		0.2	-0.4
16		FTW	Bobby Cook	Wisconsin	1	51		587		158	.358		.790		11.5		3.1	1.9
17		INJ	Ray Lumpp	NYU	5	300	2739	2462	391	654	.366		.767	23.4	8.2	2.2	2.2	15.5	.067
18		MNL	Johnny Orr	Beloit College	1	34		92		20	.339		.857		2.7		0.6	-0.1
19		NYK	Harry Gallatin	Truman State University	10	682	15813	8843	6684	1208	.398		.773	31.9	13.0	11.9	1.8	78.4	.182
20		PHW	Roy Pugh	SMU	1	23		32		9	.255		.316		1.4		0.4	-0.2
21		PRO	Brady Walker	BYU	4	228	699	1603	549	328	.380		.633	20.0	7.0	5.4	1.4	6.9	.066
22		ROC	Bill Gabor	Syracuse	6	307	3680	2997	448	626	.344		.737	19.4	9.8	1.8	2.0	11.2	.081
23		STB	Jack Burmaster	Illinois	1	61		598		179	.333		.681		9.8		2.9	-0.4
24		WSC	Jack Parkinson	Kentucky	1	4		3		2	.083		1.000		0.8		0.5	-0.2
			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
25		BLB	Darrel Brown	Humboldt State University	1	3		4		0	.333		.000		1.3		0.0	0.0
26		BOS	Marshall Hawkins	Tennessee	1	39		152		51	.282		.689		3.9		1.3	-0.1
27		CHS	Whitey Kachan	DePaul	1	52		112		37	.268		.643		2.2		0.7	0.7
28		FTW	Kenny Rollins	Kentucky	3	168	426	817	45	344	.309		.750	9.9	4.9	1.0	2.0	4.2	.011
29		INJ	Dick Wehr	Rice University	1	9		12		3	.238		.333		1.3		0.3	-0.1
30		MNL	Arnie Ferrin	Utah	3	178		1037	271	278	.332		.686		5.8	4.0	1.6	7.6
31		NYK	Mel McGaha	Arkansas	1	51		176		51	.318		.591		3.5		1.0	1.5
32		PHW	Bill Brown	Maryland
33		PRO	Jack Coleman	Louisville	9	633	16479	6721	5186	1749	.416		.695	33.1	10.6	9.2	2.8	47.7	.107
34		ROC	Johnny Macknowski	Seton Hall	2	117		823	110	134	.317		.727		7.0	1.9	1.1	2.7
35		STB	Easy Parham	Texas Wesleyan University	3	133		712	9	285	.316		.522		5.4	1.3	2.1	0.4
36		WSC	Fred Bartell	Oregon
			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
37		BLB	Jake Carter		1	24		82		24	.307		.679		3.4		1.0	0.7
38		BOS	Tom Kelly	NYU	1	27		191		38	.335		.616		7.1		1.4	1.4
39		CHS	Odie Spears	Western Kentucky	8	479	8104	4161	1409	917	.366		.763	22.9	8.7	4.0	1.9	27.8	.113
40		FTW	Linc Richmond	Arizona
41		INJ	Alex Hannum	USC	8	516	7713	3078	2013	857	.354		.629	19.8	6.0	4.5	1.7	13.1	.039
42		MNL	Earl Gardner	DePauw University	1	50		89		19	.376		.464		1.8		0.4	0.7
43		NYK	Ed Peterson	Cornell	2	115		804	288	99	.384		.627		7.0	5.4	0.9	6.6
44		PHW	Deward Compton	Louisville
45		PRO	A. L. Bennett	Oklahoma State
46		ROC	Leo Kubiak	Bowling Green	1	62		710		201	.326		.814		11.5		3.2	0.5
47		STB	D.C. Wilcutt	Saint Louis	2	59		128		80	.339		.733		2.2		1.4	1.1
48		WSC	Ed Hughes	San Jose State
			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
49		BLB	Dan Kraus	Georgetown	1	13		21		7	.143		.458		1.6		0.5	-0.3
50		BOS	Murray Mitchell	Sam Houston State University	1	2		2		2	.333				1.0		1.0	0.0
51		CHS	Mickey Marty	Loras College
52		FTW	Murray Wier	Iowa	1	56		429		107	.327		.693		7.7		1.9	1.6
53		INJ	Reede Berg	Oregon
54		MNL	Dee Gibson	Western Kentucky	1	44		281		126	.314		.718		6.4		2.9	2.7
55		NYK	Dick Shrider	Ohio University	1	4		1		2			.333		0.3		0.5	0.0
56		PHW	Joe Nelson	BYU
57		PRO	Ed Faber	Trinity University
58		ROC	Alex Athas	Tulane
59		STB	Gordon Flick	Drake University
60		WSC	Leo Katkaveck	NC State	2	107		457		136	.317		.685		4.3		1.3	1.9
			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
61		BLB	Herb Krautblatt	Rider University	1	10		13		4	.222		.455		1.3		0.4	-0.1
62		BOS	Norman Carey	Oregon State
63		CHS	Ed Mills	Wisconsin
64		INJ	Andy Kostecka	Georgetown	1	21		135		14	.418		.614		6.4		0.7	1.7
65		MNL	Ken Jastrow	Denver
66		NYK	Gene Berce	Marquette	1	3		10		2	.313		.000		3.3		0.7	-0.1
67		PHW	Clint Pace	Pepperdine
68		PRO	Verl Heap	Arizona State
69		ROC	Ed Keim	Niagara University
70		STB	John Hoppin	Dickinson College
71		WSC	Thornton Jenkins	Missouri
			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
72		BLB	Jim Black	Occidental College
73		BOS	Bob Curran	Holy Cross
74		CHS	Johnny Reagan	Murray State
75		INJ	Jack Coleman	LSU
76		MNL	Cliff Crandall	Oregon State
77		NYK	Tex Ritter	Eastern Kentucky University	3	151		789	65	145	.348		.674		5.2	1.9	1.0	5.7
78		PHW	Tom Short	Kansas Wesleyan
79		PRO	Otto Schnellbacher	Kansas	1	43		275		64	.332		.669		6.4		1.5	1.2
80		ROC	Lionel Malamed	City College of New York	1	44		258		61	.334		.831		5.9		1.4	1.7
81		STB	Dan London	Washington University in Saint Louis
82		WSC	C.T. Parker	Louisiana Tech
			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
83		BLB	Robert Carroll	West Virginia
84		BOS	Neil Dooley	Colgate
85		CHS	Joe Shafer	Wheaton College
86		INJ	Norman Kohler	UNC
87		MNL	Bob Lowther	LSU
88		NYK	Leland Byrd	West Virginia
89		PHW	Joe Wahl	University of Akron
90		ROC	Hank O'Keefe	Canisius
91		STB	Dan Miller	Saint Louis
92		WSC	Don Walker	Sam Houston State University
			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
93		BLB	Marvin English	Newberry College
94		BOS	Jack Hauser	Denver
95		CHS	Fred Weber	Siena College
96		INJ	Bob Paxton	UNC
97		MNL	Junior Skogland	Gustavus Adolphus
98		NYK	Keith Grimes	East Central University
99		PHW	Andy Wolfe	California
100		ROC	Ed Stickel	Syracuse
101		WSC	Al Williams	Arkansas
			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
102		BLB	Gene Fellmeth	Wittenberg University
103		BOS	Guinn Phillips	Texas Wesleyan University
104		INJ	Jack Phoenix	Idaho
105		MNL	Quentin Stinson	Southern Illinois
106		NYK	John Stanich	UCLA
107		ROC	Paul Yesawich	Niagara University
			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
108		BLB	J. W. Fullerton	Arkansas State University
109		BOS	Ray Wehde	Iowa State
			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
110		BLB	Marshall Gemberling	Lebanon Valley 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
111		BLB	Vince Hanson	Washington 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
112		BLB	Wayne Jones	American International College
			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
113		BLB	Paul Marcincin	Moravian College

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