1949 BAA draft

Basketball player selection August 2023 1949 BAA draft Basketball April 21, 1949Bradley Robert D. The Basketball Draft Fact Book: A History of Professional Basketball's College Drafts 2013 Scarecrow Press 9780810890695, pg. 10 Commodore Hotel (New York City, New York) BAA 11 76 11 Howie Shannon, Providence Steamrollers Ed Macauley, St. Louis BombersVern Mikkelsen, Minneapolis Lakers 4 F Ed Macauley F Vern Mikkelsen G Dick McGuire G Slater Martin 1948 1950 The 1949 BAA draft was the third annual draft of the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and the last draft that was done while going under the original Basketball Association of America name before the BAA merged with the National Basketball League to form the National Basketball Association (NBA) on August 3, 1949.NBL, BAA merge, end pro net war https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-republic-nbl-baa-merge-end-pro-net/149768648/ 21 June 2024 The Republic UP 4 August 1949 11 Newspapers.comhttp://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1997/3/1997_3_94.shtml First Season Berger Phil AmericanHeritage.com American Heritage Publishing August 15, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090626073512/http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1997/3/1997_3_94.shtml 2009-06-26 dead The BAA's draft was held on April 21, 1949, months before the start of the 1949–50 NBA season, which debuted the NBA name properly. In this draft, eleven BAA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. However, one month before the BAA's final draft began, the NBL would end up getting an early jumpstart over the BAA with their own draft by starting their own draft system some time in March 1949. Three of the first round selections made by BAA teams (Alex Groza, Wallace Jones, and Ralph Beard) alongside college teammates Cliff Barker and Joe Holland would all agree to sign with the newly created Indianapolis Olympians expansion franchise, who had been intended to replace the Kautskys in the NBL before ultimately replacing the Jets for the NBA merger. After initial disagreements made from the previous year, the BAA and NBL would reconcile their differences after the BAA draft ended and eventually agreed to a merger on August 3, 1949, with the aforementioned Indianapolis Jets and Providence Steamrollers being left out on the BAA's side and the Oshkosh All-Stars, Hammond Calumet Buccaneers, and Dayton Rens being left out on the NBL's side; this merger would now leave players with few alternative methods to enter the soon-to-be-renamed NBA draft going forward, since direct competition for payment between the two professional leagues was now essentially replaced by Amateur Athletic Union basketball, minor league basketball, and various barnstorming teams if players wanted to work before entering the draft system. During the draft, three teams agreed to give up certain draft picks in order to secure the player rights to underclassmen that left college, but already signed and played for the BAA the previous season, with Howie Shannon being considered the #1 pick by default for the Providence Steamrollers, George Kaftan being #4 for the Boston Celtics, and 1949 Rookie of the Year Harry Gallatin being #20 for the New York Knicks. The 76 players selected was one number higher to the number of players selected in the 1988 NBA draft; both drafts have had some of the fewest picks selected prior to 1989 (when the NBA draft was reduced to two rounds ever since). Draft selections and draftee career notes 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. Not only that, but Shannon would also join George Kaftan of the Boston Celtics and Harry Gallatin of the New York Knicks as three BAA/NBA draft picks where they would be drafted in this year's draft, but played in the previous BAA season with the same team that drafted them earlier on. Four players from this draft, Vern Mikkelsen, Ed Macauley, Dick McGuire and Slater Martin have been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/hof.html Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees basketball-reference.com October 28, 2009 Key Pos.GFCPositionGuardForwardCenter y y y y y Draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality Player's representative nationalityn nationality Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules. Team College / Club0T00– Ed Macauley^ F/C United States 1912 St. Louis Bombers Saint Louis0T00– Vern Mikkelsen^ F/C United States 1912 Minneapolis Lakers Hamline101 Howie Shannon~ G/F United States 1912 Providence Steamrollers Providence Steamrollers (BAA)102 Alex Groza*~ C United States 1912 Indianapolis Jets3 'Tucky Stars among choices in BAA draft https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-herald-3-tucky-stars-among/150059153/ 25 June 2024 The Journal Herald United Press 22 March 1949 8 Newspapers.comJim O'Leary Basketball merger saved red face for Alex Groza https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-knoxville-news-sentinel-basketball-m/150060431/ 25 June 2024 The Knoxville News-Sentinel 10 August 1949 17 Newspapers.com Kentucky103 Bob Harris Bob Harris (basketball) F/C United States 1912 Fort Wayne Pistons Oklahoma State104 Tony Lavelli F United States 1912 Boston Celtics Yale105 Vern Gardner F/C United States 1912 Philadelphia Warriors Utah106 Ron Livingstone C United States 1912 Baltimore Bullets Wyoming107 Dick McGuire^ G United States 1912 New York Knicks St. John's108 Wallace Jones F United States 1912 Washington Capitols Kentucky109 Jack Kerris F/C United States 1912 Chicago Stags Loyola (IL)110 Frank Saul Frank Saul (basketball) G/F United States 1912 Rochester Royals Seton Hall2– Leo Barnhorst+ G/F United States 1912 Indianapolis Jets Notre Dame2– Ralph Beard* G United States 1912 Chicago Stags Kentucky2– Jack Coleman Jack Coleman (basketball)+ F/C United States 1912 Rochester Royals Louisville2– Harry Donovan G United States 1912 New York Knicks Muhlenberg2– George Kaftan F United States 1912 Boston Celtics Boston Celtics (BAA)2– Jim Nolan basketball C United States 1912 Philadelphia Warriors Georgia Tech2– John Oldham John Oldham (basketball) G United States 1912 Fort Wayne Pistons Western Kentucky2– Johnny Orr basketball, born 1927 F United States 1912 St. Louis Bombers Beloit2– Red Owens G United States 1912 Washington Capitols Baylor Other picks The following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one NBA game.https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/BAA_1949.html 1949 BAA Drafthttp://basketball.realgm.com/nba/draft/past_drafts/1949 NBA Past Drafts - RealGM Round Pick Player Position Nationality Player's representative nationalityn nationality Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules. Team College3– Nelson Bobb G United States 1912 Philadelphia Warriors Temple3– Dwight Eddleman+ G/F United States 1912 Chicago Stags Illinois3– Paul Gordon Paul Gordon (basketball) F United States 1912 Baltimore Bullets Notre Dame3– Ed Leede G/F United States 1912 Providence Steamrollers Dartmouth3– Joe Mullaney basketball G United States 1912 Boston Celtics Holy Cross3– Mac Otten F/C United States 1912 Indianapolis Jets Bowling Green3– Fred Schaus* F United States 1912 Fort Wayne Pistons West Virginia3– Ernie Vandeweghe G/F United States 1912Canada 1921 New York Knicks Colgate3– Slater Martin^ G United States 1912 Minneapolis Lakers Texas4– Bob Evans Bob Evans (basketball) G United States 1912 Indianapolis Jets Butler4– Jerry Nagel G United States 1912 Fort Wayne Pistons Loyola (IL)4– Warren Perkins G/F United States 1912 Providence Steamrollers Tulane5– Cliff Barker G United States 1912 Washington Capitols Kentucky5– Ray Corley G United States 1912 Providence Steamrollers Georgetown5– Earl Dodd F United States 1912 St. Louis Bombers Northeast Missouri6– Don Boven G/F United States 1912 Indianapolis Jets Western Michigan7– John Pritchard John Pritchard (basketball) C United States 1912 St. Louis Bombers Drake8– Duane Klueh G United States 1912 Boston Celtics Indiana State8– Bob Royer G United States 1912 Providence Steamrollers Indiana State–– Mal McMullen C United States 1912 Baltimore Bullets Xavier–– Bob Harrison Bob Harrison (basketball)+ G United States 1912 Minneapolis Lakers Michigan–– Paul Walther+ G/F United States 1912 Minneapolis Lakers Tennessee–– Marv Schatzman F United States 1912 St. Louis Bombers Saint Louis Undrafted players List of undrafted NBA players These players were not selected in the 1949 draft but played at least one game in the NBA. Player Pos. Nationality School/club teamEdward BartelsSG/SFUnited States 1912NC State (Jr.)Vince BorylaSF/PFUnited States 1912Denver (Sr.)Joe Bradley basketballSGUnited States 1912Oklahoma A&M (Sr.)Bob Brown basketball, born 1923SFUnited States 1912Miami (Ohio) (Sr.)Leroy CholletSG/SFUnited States 1912Canisius (Sr.)Joe DolhonPGUnited States 1912NYU (Jr.)George FeigenbaumPGUnited States 1912Long Island (So.)Normie GlickSF/PFUnited States 1912Marymount (So.)Al GuokasSG/SFUnited States 1912Saint Joseph's (So.)Bob HahnCUnited States 1912NC State (Sr.)Bob Harrison basketballPGUnited States 1912Michigan (Sr.)Bill HermanSGUnited States 1912Mount Union (Sr.)Howie JanottaSFUnited States 1912Seton Hall (Sr.)Frank Kudelka basketballSG/SFUnited States 1912Saint Mary's (California) (Jr.)Mal McMullenPF/CUnited States 1912Xavier (Jr.)Al MiksisCUnited States 1912Western Illinois (Sr.)Dermie O'ConnellPGUnited States 1912Holy Cross (So.)Mike O'Neill basketballSG/SFUnited States 1912California (Sr.)Charlie ParsleySGUnited States 1912Western Kentucky (Sr.)John PayakSGUnited States 1912Bowling Green (Sr.)Jack Phelan basketball, born 1925SG/SFUnited States 1912DePaul (Sr.)Marv SchatzmanSF/PFUnited States 1912Saint Louis (So.)Wayne SeeSGUnited States 1912Northern Arizona (Sr.)Paul WaltherGUnited States 1912Tennessee (Sr.)Isaac WalthourPGUnited States 1912Benjamin Franklin (New York) (HS Sr.)Bob Wood basketballPGUnited States 1912Northern Illinois (Sr.) See also List of first overall NBA draft picks NBA records Notes n References General https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/BAA_1949.html 1949 BAA Draft basketball-reference.com September 22, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091030175554/http://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/BAA_1949.html 30 October 2009 live http://www.apbr.org/4751drft.html 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 NBA.com NBA.com: NBA Draft History Draft Category:Basketball Association of America draft BAA draft BAA draft BAA draft Category:Basketball in New York City Category:Sporting events in New York City