1947 BAA Draft

1948 BAA Draft

Date: Tuesday, July 1, 1947

Location: Detroit, Michigan

Number of Picks: 80 (32 played in BAA/NBA)

First Overall Pick: Clifton McNeeley

Most Win Shares: H. Gallatin (78.4), A. Phillip (53.3) and R. Rocha (47.9)

All-Stars: 4 (H. Gallatin, A. Phillip, J. Pollard and R. Rocha)

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80 Selections

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80 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	PIT	Clifton McNeeley	Texas-El Paso
2	2	TRH	Glen Selbo	Wisconsin	1	13		42		23	.196		.759		3.2		1.8	-0.2
3	3	BOS	Bulbs Ehlers	Purdue	2	99		800		177	.286		.618		8.1		1.8	3.0
4	4	PRO	Walt Dropo	UConn
5	5	NYK	Dick Holub	Long Island University	1	48		504		37	.295		.633		10.5		0.8	4.2
6	6	PHW	Chink Crossin	Penn	3	147		694		223	.318		.711		4.7		1.5	3.7
7	7	STB	Jack Underman	Ohio State
8	8	CHS	Paul Huston	Ohio State	1	46		164		27	.237		.697		3.6		0.6	1.2
9	9	WSC	Dick O'Keefe	Santa Clara	4	172		888	37	160	.272		.640		5.2	2.2	0.9	1.7
10	10	BLB	Larry Killick	University of Vermont
			Other Picks			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
11		BLB	Robert Bolyard	Toledo
12		BLB	Elmer Gainer	DePaul	2	20		29		10	.227		.643		1.5		0.5	-0.3
13		BLB	Harry Gallatin	Truman State University	10	682	15813	8843	6684	1208	.398		.773	31.9	13.0	11.9	1.8	78.4	.182
14		BLB	Scotty Hamilton	West Virginia
15		BLB	Hugh Hampton	High Point University
16		BLB	Bob Jake	University of Vermont
17		BLB	Charles Raynor	Houston
18		BLB	Chick Reiser	NYU	3	171		1773		346	.321		.772		10.4		2.0	13.2
19		BLB	John Rusinko	Penn State
20		BOS	Bob Alemeida
21		BOS	Hank Biasatti	Long Island University	1	6		6		0	.400		.500		1.0		0.0	0.1
22		BOS	Johnny Ezersky	Rhode Island	3	135		1031		169	.288		.669		7.6		1.3	1.5
23		BOS	George Felt	Northwestern
24		BOS	Jack Hewson	Temple	1	24		65		1	.247		.700		2.7		0.0	0.1
25		BOS	John Kelly	Notre Dame
26		BOS	George Petrovick
27		BOS	Gene Stump	DePaul	3	148		783		118	.303		.692		5.3		0.8	1.1
28		CHS	Ralph Bishop	Washington
29		CHS	Jimmy Darden	Denver	1	26		211		67	.321		.688		8.1		2.6	-0.2
30		CHS	Hank Decker	West Texas A&M University
31		CHS	Andy Phillip	Illinois	11	701	15378	6384	2395	3759	.368		.695	32.2	9.1	4.4	5.4	53.3	.077
32		CHS	Jim Pollard	Stanford	7	438	9391	5762	2487	1417	.360		.750	35.4	13.2	7.8	3.2	34.9	.093
33		CHS	Ben Schadler	Northwestern	1	37		56		6	.198		.769		1.5		0.2	-0.5
34		CHS	Don Smith	Minnesota	1	8		6		2	.154		.667		0.8		0.3	-0.1
35		CHS	Jack Stone	Kansas State
36		CHS	Gene Vance	Illinois	5	175	118	1445	109	403	.315		.687	16.9	8.3	3.0	2.3	10.3	-.008
37		NYK	Andy Duncan	William & Mary	3	136		746	30	101	.408		.596		5.5	2.1	0.7	6.8
38		NYK	Ray Evans	Kansas
39		NYK	Ed Golub
40		NYK	Garland Head	Texas Tech
41		NYK	Ron Livingston	Saint Mary's
42		NYK	Dan Miller	Saint Louis
43		NYK	Wat Misaka	Utah	1	3		7		0	.231		.333		2.3		0.0	0.0
44		NYK	Carl Reichert	Findlay (OH)
45		NYK	Tom Tomlinson	SMU
46		PHW	Norman Butz	Saint Joseph's
47		PHW	Jim Kaeding	York College of Pennsylvania
48		PHW	Ed Koffenberger	Duke
49		PHW	Jim Pollard	Stanford	7	438	9391	5762	2487	1417	.360		.750	35.4	13.2	7.8	3.2	34.9	.093
50		PIT	Bob Alamo	Santa Clara
51		PIT	George Brown
52		PIT	Dick Ives	Iowa
53		PIT	Herman Knoche	Washington & Jefferson College
54		PIT	Fritz Nagy	University of Akron	1	50		253		68	.347		.670		5.1		1.4	2.1
55		PIT	Jack Walton	DePaul
56		PRO	Joe Barry
57		PRO	Dick Furey	University of St. Thomas
58		PRO	Bob Hubbard	Springfield College	2	62		224		29	.249		.674		3.6		0.5	-0.9
59		PRO	Bob Joyce	Bates College
60		PRO	Roy Lipscomb	St. Mary's College of Maryland
61		PRO	John Mills	Hofstra
62		PRO	Al Nichols	Rhode Island
63		STB	Jack Knopf	Louisville
64		STB	Bob Kurland	Oklahoma State
65		STB	Paul Napolitano	San Francisco	1	1		0		0					0.0		0.0	0.0
66		STB	Jim Pollard	Stanford	7	438	9391	5762	2487	1417	.360		.750	35.4	13.2	7.8	3.2	34.9	.093
67		STB	Bill Strannigan	Wyoming
68		STB	Herb Wilkinson	Iowa
69		TRH	Frank Broyles	Georgia Tech
70		TRH	Paul Hoffman	Purdue	6	317	5130	3234	1129	911	.340		.676	28.7	10.2	5.1	2.9	12.9	.031
71		TRH	Wimpy Quinn	Oregon
72		TRH	Red Rocha	Oregon State	9	586	10507	6362	2747	1153	.370		.759	29.9	10.9	6.6	2.0	47.9	.109
73		WSC	Bill Burke	St. Mary's College of Maryland
74		WSC	Paul Cloyd	Wisconsin	1	7		19		2	.269		.625		2.7		0.3	-0.1
75		WSC	John Mandic	Oregon State	2	81		335		88	.316		.660		4.1		1.1	2.4
76		WSC	Saul Mariaschin	Harvard University	1	43		333		60	.270		.709		7.7		1.4	1.1
77		WSC	Abel Rodriguez	San Francisco
78		WSC	Irv Rothenberg	Long Island University	3	131		709		90	.267		.606		5.4		0.7	3.6
79		WSC	Jack Tingle	Kentucky	2	39		91		8	.259		.515		2.3		0.2	0.4
80		WSC	Matt Zunic	George Washington	1	56		273		50	.303		.706		4.9		0.9	2.0

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