1949–50 Chicago Stags season

March 2026 August 2023 Chicago Stags 1950 40 28 4 Central Philip Brownstein Chicago Stadium none WCFL Joe BolandJanuary 24, 1950 Radio-TV Programs for Today Chicago Tribune https://www.newspapers.com/image/349421161/?match=1&terms=Stags%20basketball%20WCFL%20radio March 15, 2026 Division semifinals (eliminated 0-2) CHS 1 The 1949–50 Chicago Stags season was the fourth and final season for the Chicago Stags of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team ceased operations after the season, and Chicago would be left without an NBA team until 1961. BAA/NBA draft 1949 BAA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team 1 9 Jack Kerris F/C United States 1912 Loyola (IL) 2 21 Ralph Beard G United States 1912 Kentucky 3 33 Dwight Eddleman F/G United States 1912 Illinois Roster Chicago Stags 1949–50 Leo Barnhorst F/G 6 4 190 Notre Dame 12 Joe Bradley basketball G 6 3 175 Oklahoma State 15 Joe Graboski F/C 6 7 195 Tuley HS (Chicago) 9 Bob Hahn C 6 10 240 North Carolina State 13 Kleggie Hermsen F/C 6 9 225 Minnesota 7 Frank Kudelka basketball F/G 6 2 193 Saint Mary's 17 Stan Miasek F/C 6 5 210 Textile HS (NY) 18 Ed Mikan F/C 6 8 230 DePaul 18 George Nostrand F/C 6 8 195 Wyoming 19 Andy Phillip F/G 6 2 195 Illinois 16 Kenny Rollins G 6 0 168 Kentucky 20 Odie Spears G 6 5 205 Western Kentucky 10 Max Zaslofsky F/G 6 2 170 St. John's Philip Brownstein Regular season Season standings CHS Game log #DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsVenueRecord 1 November 1 New York L 87–89 (OT) Stan Miasek (18) 0–1 2 November 5 Boston W 86–70 Max Zaslofsky (22) 1–1 3 November 6 at Fort Wayne L 70–87 Stan Miasek (17) 1–2 4 November 9 Rochester W 75–72 (OT) Spears, Zaslofsky (19) 2–2 5 November 10 vs Denver W 64–53 Max Zaslofsky (15) 3–2 6 November 12 Minneapolis W 86–79 Odie Spears (25)4–2 7 November 13 at St. Louis W 91–65 Max Zaslofsky (20) 5–2 8 November 15 vs. Washington W 77–63 Max Zaslofsky (18) 6–2 9 November 16 Fort Wayne W 85–72 Odie Spears (17) 7–2 10 November 18 at Philadelphia L 88–103 Barnhorst, Mikan (15)7–3 11 November 19 at Washington L 69–85 Odie Spears (19) 7–4 12 November 23 Indianapolis W 92–72 Andy Phillip (21) 8–4 13 November 26 Philadelphia W 90–54 Max Zaslofsky (15) 9–4 14 November 27 at Minneapolis W 96–82 Max Zaslofsky (23) 10–4 15 November 30 Baltimore W 57–50 Odie Spears (13) 11–4 16 December 1 at Sheboygan W 80–78 Ed Mikan (16) 12–4 17 December 3 Minneapolis L 80–91 Max Zaslofsky (21) 12–5 18 December 6 Washington W 75–55 Max Zaslofsky (18) 13–5 19 December 7 at Baltimore W 84–72 Stan Miasek (17) 14–5 20 December 9 at Philadelphia L 77–80 Max Zaslofsky (20) 14–6 21 December 10 at New York L 91–93 (OT) Max Zaslofsky (22)14–7 22 December 13 Philadelphia W 75–65 Odie Spears (18) 15–7 23 December 14 at Tri-Cities L 68–73 Max Zaslofsky (23) 15–8 24 December 16 Rochester W 80–71 Max Zaslofsky (17) 16–8 25 December 17 at Rochester L 63–85 Odie Spears (14) 16–9 26 December 18 at Syracuse L 73–86 Max Zaslofsky (21) 16–10 27 December 20 New York W 79–77 Andy Phillip (15) 17–10 28 December 21 vs Waterloo W 78–70 Odie Spears (14) 18–10 29 December 22 at Indianapolis L 92–104 Andy Phillip (16) 18–11 30 December 26 at Fort Wayne L 74–76 Andy Phillip (18) 18–12 31 December 28 at Waterloo W 87–80 Max Zaslofsky (22) 19–12 32 December 29 at Anderson W 81–80 Odie Spears (19) 20–12 33 January 1 at Denver W 92–78 Andy Phillip (19) 21–12 34 January 10 at Washington L 71–86 Max Zaslofsky (15) 21–13 35 January 13 at Boston W 77–76 Max Zaslofsky (21) 22–13 36 January 14 at Baltimore W 83–78 Kleggie Hermsen (22) 23–13 37 January 16 St. Louis W 78–69 Max Zaslofsky (23) 24–13 38 January 19 Tri-Cities W 83–68 Max Zaslofsky (30) 25–13 39 January 22 at Minneapolis L 75–103 Odie Spears (15) 25–14 40 January 24 Minneapolis L 68–80 Max Zaslofsky (22) 25–15 41 January 29 at St. Louis W 66–51 Max Zaslofsky (14) 26–15 42 January 31 Fort Wayne L 89–93 Hermsen, Zaslofsky (19) 26–16 43 February 1 vs. Boston W 78–76 Max Zaslofsky (17) 27–16 44 February 3 vs. Baltimore W 98–81 Max Zaslofsky (25) 28–16 45 February 4 at Rochester L 78–82 Max Zaslofsky (22) 28–17 46 February 5 vs. Boston W 77–70 Max Zaslofsky (19) 29–17 47 February 7 at Boston W 91–86 Max Zaslofsky (23) 30–17 48 February 10 at Philadelphia W 83–76 Max Zaslofsky (17) 31–17 49 February 11 at New York W 75–85 Max Zaslofsky (14) 31–18 50 February 14 Rochester L 74–83 Max Zaslofsky (21) 31–19 51 February 19 at Minneapolis L 83–96 Max Zaslofsky (17) 31–20 52 February 21 Baltimore W 72–64 Andy Phillip (16) 32–20 53 February 24 St. Louis W 77–62 Max Zaslofsky (21) 33–20 54 February 25 at New York L 79–86 Max Zaslofsky (20) 33–21 55 February 26 at Syracuse L 64–73 Stan Miasek (11) 33–22 56 February 27 at Boston W 79–77 Max Zaslofsky (35) 34–22 57 February 28 at Rochester L 69–74 Leo Barnhorst (20) 34–23 58 March 1 vs. Washington W 76–75 Max Zaslofsky (15) 35–23 59 March 2 at Washington L 88–91 Max Zaslofsky (20) 35–24 60 March 4 at Baltimore L 72–77 Andy Phillip (20) 35–25 61 March 5 Anderson L 73–89 Barnhorst, Kudelka (12) 35–26 62 March 9 at Fort Wayne L 71–84 Max Zaslofsky (18) 35–27 63 March 11 Fort Wayne W 90–88 Max Zaslofsky (24) 36–27 64 March 12 vs. Philadelphia W 73–67 Hermsen, Spears (16) 37–27 65 March 14 New York W 85–75 Max Zaslofsky (22) 38–27 66 March 17 vs. St. Louis L 69–85 Max Zaslofsky (19) 38–28 67 March 18 Sheboygan W 66–63 Andy Phillip (17) 39–28 68 March 19 at St. Louis W 80–64 Andy Phillip (16) 40–28 NBA Playoffs NBA Central Division Semifinals (1) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (4) Chicago Stags: Lakers win series 2-0 Game 1 @ Minneapolis (March 22): Minneapolis 85, Chicago 75 Game 2 @ Chicago (March 25): Minneapolis 75, Chicago 67 Last playoff meeting: 1949 BAA Western Division Semifinals (Minneapolis won 2–0) Dispersal Draft Originally, the Stags were considered to be a part of the new, upcoming NBA season, to the point where they participated in the 1950 NBA draft (the first official NBA draft held by the National Basketball Association under that name) without much issue there. In the only draft the Stags did while in the NBA instead of the prior Basketball Association of America name, they would draft Larry Foust from La Salle College (now La Salle University), Wally Osterkorn from the University of Illinois, Lou Watson from Indiana University Bloomington, Ken Murray from St. Bonaventure's College (now St. Bonaventure University), Don Stroot from the University of Missouri, Stu Inman from San Jose State College (now San Jose State University), Milt Whitehead from the University of Nebraska, George King from Morris Harvey College (now the University of Charleston), John Brown from Georgetown University, and Bob Schaeffer from Wheaton College (Massachusetts) as their final selections ever made, with Bob Cousy from the College of the Holy Cross also being acquired from the Tri-Cities Blackhawks after they failed to meet his demands for him. During the offseason period, the Stags were supposed to be bought by Harlem Globetrotters owner Abe Saperstein, who by August had considered rebranding the Stags into the Chicago Bruins going forward.Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, August 15, 1950, page 24. However, ownership/monetary issues ended up causing the official demise of the first ever Chicago franchise held by the NBA on September 25, 1950 (effectively ending themselves over a month before beginning the upcoming NBA season on October 31, 1950Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, September 26, 1950, page 47.), which led to the NBA holding their second official dispersal draft of the 1950–51 NBA season on October 5, 1950. The rights to one of Chicago's players, Leo Barnhorst, was held in abeyance due to several teams wanting his services before he eventually was picked up by the Indianapolis Olympians fifteen days after the dispersal draft for Chicago's players initially concluded on October 20, 1950. As for everyone else that was on the Stags (who were considered to be the Bruins entering the upcoming season) at the time, the following teams acquired these players from Chicago during the dispersal draft period. Boston Celtics: Bob Cousy (a key player for the franchise for years to come) Fort Wayne Pistons: Larry Foust New York Knicks: Max Zaslofsky Philadelphia Warriors: Andy Phillip Tri-Cities Blackhawks: Kleggie Hermsen Washington Capitols: Joe Bradley & Frank Kudelka Following the Washington Capitols later folding operations and the New York Knicks threatening to leave the NBA themselves during the 1950–51 NBA season after witnessing what was seen as "disgraceful conduct" from their stateside rivals of the time in the Syracuse Nationals and player-coach Al Cervi (alongside rumors of the Tri-Cities Blackhawks being sold, relocated, or otherwise defecting to the recently created National Professional Basketball League themselves), the Chicago Stags / Bruins under Abe Saperstein's ownership attempted to file a lawsuit against the NBA to get their franchise reinstated back into the league properly, though Saperstein would ultimately fail to get the desired results that he would hope to get from that lawsuit in question.Harwood Tim Ball Hawks: The Arrival and Departure of the NBA in Iowa 2018 University of Iowa Press 978-1-60938-589-7 Iowa City p. 155 References Category:Chicago Stags seasons Chicago Chicago Stags Chicago Stags Category:1949 in Chicago Category:1950 in Chicago