1948 BAA draft explained

1948 BAA draft
Sport:	Basketball
Date:	May 10, 1948
Location:	Chicago, Illinois
League:	BAA/NBA
Overall:	113
Rounds:	15
First:	Andy Tonkovich, Providence Steamrollers
Prev:	1947
Next:	1949

The 1948 BAA draft was the second annual draft of the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which later merged with the National Basketball League (NBL) to become the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on May 10, 1948, before the 1948–49 season. In this draft, eight BAA teams along with four teams who moved from the NBL, took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players.

Draft selections and draftee career notes

Andy Tonkovich from Marshall University was selected first overall by the Providence Steamrollers. Four of the first round picks, George Kok, George Hauptfuhrer, Bob Gale and Chuck Hanger, never played in the BAA. Four players from this draft, Harry Gallatin, Dolph Schayes, Bobby Wanzer and Alex Hannum have been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.^[1]

Draft

Pos.	G	F	C
Position	Guard	Forward	Center

		Player			Team
1	1		G		Providence Steamrollers	Marshall
1	2		C		Indianapolis Jets	Arkansas
1	3		C		Boston Celtics	Harvard
1	4	^	F/C		New York Knicks	NYU
1	5		F/C		Chicago Stags	DePaul
1	6		F/C		Baltimore Bullets	Columbia
1	7		G/F		St. Louis Bombers	Cornell
1	8		F		Fort Wayne Pistons	Indiana
1	9		–		Minneapolis Lakers	California
1	10	^	G		Rochester Royals	Seton Hall
1	11		F/C		Philadelphia Warriors	Western Kentucky
1	12		F/C		Washington Capitols	Washington

Other picks

The following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one BAA/NBA game.^[2] ^[3]

		Player			Team
–	–		G/F		Boston Celtics	Fordham
–	–		G/F		New York Knicks	Marquette
–	–		F		Baltimore Bullets	Humboldt State
–	–		G		St. Louis Bombers	Illinois
–	–		F/C		Baltimore Bullets	East Texas State
–	–	⁺	F/C		Providence Steamrollers	Louisville
–	–		G		Fort Wayne Pistons	Wisconsin
–	–		F		Chicago Stags	North Carolina
–	–		G/F		Minneapolis Lakers	Utah
–	–	⁺	G/F		Rochester Royals	Syracuse
–	–	^	F/C		New York Knicks	Northeast Missouri
–	–		F		Minneapolis Lakers	DePauw
–	–		G/F		Minneapolis Lakers	Western Kentucky
–	–	^	F/C		Indianapolis Jets	USC
–	–		F		Boston Celtics	Tennessee
–	–		F		Baltimore Bullets	Kentucky
–	–		G		Chicago Stags	DePaul
–	–		G		Washington Capitols	NC State
–	–		G		Boston Celtics	NYU
–	–		F		Indianapolis Jets	Georgetown
–	–		G		Baltimore Bullets	Georgetown
–	–		G		Baltimore Bullets	Rider
–	–		G/F		Rochester Royals	Bowling Green
–	–		G		Indianapolis Jets	NYU
–	–		F		Rochester Royals	Seton Hall
–	–		G		New York Knicks	Arkansas
–	–		C		Boston Celtics	Sam Houston State
–	–		F		Minneapolis Lakers	Beloit
–	–		G/F		St. Louis Bombers	Texas Wesleyan
–	–		G		Washington Capitols	Kentucky
–	–		C		New York Knicks	Cornell
–	–		F/C		Philadelphia Warriors	SMU
–	–		G		New York Knicks	Eastern Kentucky
–	–		G		Fort Wayne Pistons	Kentucky
–	–		G		New York Knicks	Ohio
–	–		G		Chicago Stags	Western Kentucky
–	–		F/C		Providence Steamrollers	BYU
–	–		F		Indianapolis Jets	Rice
–	–		G		Fort Wayne Pistons	Iowa
–	–		G		St. Louis Bombers	Saint Louis

Notable undrafted players

These players were not selected in the 1948 draft but played at least one game in the NBA.

Player	Pos.	Nationality	School/club team
	F/C		Michigan State
	F		Bloomsburg
	C		Oklahoma State
	C/F		Kansas
	F		CCNY
	G		NYU
	F		Marshall
	G		Indiana State
	G		CCNY
	F		North Carolina
	G		UCLA
	G		Rice

See also

References

General

Web site: 1948 BAA Draft. basketball-reference.com. September 12, 2009.
Web site: 1947–1948 BAA Drafts, 1949–1951 NBA Drafts . The Association for Professional Basketball Research . September 11, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100704045137/http://www.apbr.org/4751drft.html . July 4, 2010 . live .

Specific

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees. basketball-reference.com. October 28, 2009.
Web site: 1948 BAA Draft.
Web site: NBA Past Drafts - RealGM.