| 1949 BAA draft | |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Date: | April 21, 1949[1] |
| Location: | Commodore Hotel (New York City, NY) |
| League: | BAA |
| Teams: | 11 |
| Overall: | 76 |
| Rounds: | 11 |
| First: | Howie Shannon, Providence Steamrollers |
| Territorial: | Ed Macauley, St. Louis Bombers Vern Mikkelsen, Minneapolis Lakers |
| Prev: | 1948 |
| Next: | 1950 |
The 1949 BAA draft was the third annual draft of the Basketball Association of America (BAA). The draft was held on April 21, 1949, before the 1949–50 season. In this draft, eleven BAA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. The draft consisted of 8 rounds and a regional selection period, with 75 players selected. This was the final BAA Draft before the league merged with the National Basketball League to form the National Basketball Association (NBA) in August 1949.[2] [3] The 75 players selected matched the same number of players selected in the 1989 draft; both drafts have the fewest picks selected prior to 1989 (when the NBA draft was reduced to two rounds ever since).
Howie Shannon from Kansas State University was selected first overall by the Providence Steamrollers. However, Ed Macauley and Vern Mikkelsen were selected before the draft as St. Louis Bombers' and Minneapolis Lakers' territorial picks respectively. Four players from this draft, Vern Mikkelsen, Ed Macauley, Dick McGuire and Slater Martin have been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.[4]
| Pos. | G | F | C | |
| Position | Guard | Forward | Center |
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | width:"100px;" | Team | College | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T | – | ^ | F/C | St. Louis Bombers | Saint Louis | ||
| T | – | ^ | F/C | Minneapolis Lakers | Hamline | ||
| 1 | 1 | G/F | Providence Steamrollers | Kansas State | |||
| 1 | 2 | C | Indianapolis Jets[5] [6] | Kentucky | |||
| 1 | 3 | F/C | Fort Wayne Pistons | Oklahoma State | |||
| 1 | 4 | F | Boston Celtics | Yale | |||
| 1 | 5 | F/C | Philadelphia Warriors | Utah | |||
| 1 | 6 | C | Baltimore Bullets | Wyoming | |||
| 1 | 7 | ^ | G | New York Knicks | St. John's | ||
| 1 | 8 | F | Washington Capitols | Kentucky | |||
| 1 | 9 | F/C | Chicago Stags | Loyola (IL) | |||
| 1 | 10 | G/F | Rochester Royals | Seton Hall | |||
| 2 | – | + | G/F | Indianapolis Jets | Notre Dame | ||
| 2 | – | G | Chicago Stags | Kentucky | |||
| 2 | – | + | F/C | Rochester Royals | Louisville | ||
| 2 | – | G | New York Knicks | Muhlenberg | |||
| 2 | – | F | Boston Celtics | Holy Cross | |||
| 2 | – | C | Philadelphia Warriors | Georgia Tech | |||
| 2 | – | G | Fort Wayne Pistons | Western Kentucky | |||
| 2 | – | F | St. Louis Bombers | Beloit | |||
| 2 | – | G | Washington Capitols | Baylor |
The following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one NBA game.[7] [8]
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | width:"100px;" | Team | College | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | – | G | Philadelphia Warriors | Temple | |||
| 3 | – | + | G/F | Chicago Stags | Illinois | ||
| 3 | – | F | Baltimore Bullets | Notre Dame | |||
| 3 | – | G/F | Providence Steamrollers | Dartmouth | |||
| 3 | – | G | Boston Celtics | Holy Cross | |||
| 3 | – | F/C | Indianapolis Jets | Bowling Green | |||
| 3 | – | F | Fort Wayne Pistons | West Virginia | |||
| 3 | – | G/F | New York Knicks | Colgate | |||
| 3 | – | ^ | G | Minneapolis Lakers | Texas | ||
| 4 | – | G | Indianapolis Jets | Butler | |||
| 4 | – | G | Fort Wayne Pistons | Loyola (IL) | |||
| 4 | – | G/F | Providence Steamrollers | Tulane | |||
| 5 | – | G | Washington Capitols | Kentucky | |||
| 5 | – | G | Providence Steamrollers | Georgetown | |||
| 5 | – | F | St. Louis Bombers | Northeast Missouri | |||
| 6 | – | G/F | Indianapolis Jets | Western Michigan | |||
| 7 | – | C | St. Louis Bombers | Drake | |||
| 8 | – | G | Boston Celtics | Indiana State | |||
| 8 | – | G | Providence Steamrollers | Indiana State | |||
| – | – | C | Baltimore Bullets | Xavier | |||
| – | – | + | G | Minneapolis Lakers | Michigan | ||
| – | – | + | G/F | Minneapolis Lakers | Tennessee | ||
| – | – | F | St. Louis Bombers | Saint Louis |
These players were not selected in the 1949 draft but played at least one game in the NBA.
| Player | Pos. | Nationality | School/club team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SG/SF | NC State (Jr.) | |||
| SF/PF | Denver (Sr.) | |||
| SG | Oklahoma A&M (Sr.) | |||
| SF | Miami (Ohio) (Sr.) | |||
| SG/SF | Canisius (Sr.) | |||
| PG | NYU (Jr.) | |||
| PG | Long Island (So.) | |||
| SF/PF | Marymount (So.) | |||
| SG/SF | Saint Joseph's (So.) | |||
| C | NC State (Sr.) | |||
| PG | Michigan (Sr.) | |||
| SG | Mount Union (Sr.) | |||
| SF | Seton Hall (Sr.) | |||
| SG/SF | Saint Mary's (California) (Jr.) | |||
| PF/C | Xavier (Jr.) | |||
| C | Western Illinois (Sr.) | |||
| PG | Holy Cross (So.) | |||
| SG/SF | California (Sr.) | |||
| SG | Western Kentucky (Sr.) | |||
| SG | Bowling Green (Sr.) | |||
| SG/SF | DePaul (Sr.) | |||
| SF/PF | Saint Louis (So.) | |||
| SG | Northern Arizona (Sr.) | |||
| G | Tennessee (Sr.) | |||
| PG | Benjamin Franklin (New York) (HS Sr.) | |||
| PG | Northern Illinois (Sr.) |