The league was founded in New York City on June 6, 1946, as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). The league adopted the name National Basketball Association on August 3, 1949, after merging with the competing National Basketball League (NBL)
Year | Draft | Round | Pick | Player | Pos | playerSlug | From | To | Notes | ROY | HOF | Allstar | Heismann |
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1949 | 1949 | 1 | 1 | Howie Shannon | howie-shannon | Kansas State | Providence | ! | 1949 | ||||
1949 | 1949 | 1 | 2 | Alex Groza | alex-groza | Kentucky | Indianapolis | ! | 1950 | ||||
1949 | 1949 | 1 | 3 | Bob Harris | bob-harris | Oklahoma State | Fort Wayne | ||||||
1949 | 1949 | 1 | 4 | George Kaftan | george-kaftan | Holy Cross | Boston | ||||||
1949 | 1949 | 1 | 5 | Ed Macauley | ed-macauley | St. Louis | St. Louis | ||||||
1949 | 1949 | 1 | 6 | Vern Gardner | vern-gardner | Utah | Philadelphia | ||||||
1949 | 1949 | 1 | 7 | Ron Livingstone | ron-livingstone | Wyoming | Baltimore | ||||||
1949 | 1949 | 1 | 8 | Dick McGuire | dick-mcguire | St. John's | New York | ||||||
1949 | 1949 | 1 | 9 | Wallace 'Wah Wah' Jones | Kentucky | Washington | |||||||
1949 | 1949 | 1 | 10 | Jack Kerris | jack-kerris | Loyola (IL) | Chicago | ||||||
1949 | 1949 | 1 | 11 | Vern Mikkelsen | vern-mikkelsen | Hamline | LA Lakers | ||||||
1949 | 1949 | 1 | 12 | Frank Saul | Seton Hall | Rochester | |||||||
1948 | 1948 | 1 | 1 | Andy Tonkovich | andy-tonkovich | Marshall | Providence | ||||||
1948 | 1948 | 1 | 2 | George Kok | Arkansas | Indianapolis | |||||||
1948 | 1948 | 1 | 3 | George Hauptfuher | Harvard | Boston | |||||||
1948 | 1948 | 1 | 4 | Dolph Schayes | dolph-schayes | New York University | New York | ||||||
1948 | 1948 | 1 | 5 | Ed Mikan | ed-mikan | DePaul | Chicago | ||||||
1948 | 1948 | 1 | 6 | Walter Budko | Columbia | Baltimore | |||||||
1948 | 1948 | 1 | 7 | Bob Gale | Cornell | St. Louis | |||||||
1948 | 1948 | 1 | 8 | Ward Williams | ward-williams | Indiana | Fort Wayne | ||||||
1948 | 1948 | 1 | 9 | Chuck Hanger | California | LA Lakers | |||||||
1948 | 1948 | 1 | 10 | Bobby Wanzer | bobby-wanzer | Seton Hall | Rochester | ||||||
1948 | 1948 | 1 | 11 | Don Ray | don-ray | Western Kentucky | Philadelphia | ||||||
1948 | 1948 | 1 | 12 | Jack Nichols | jack-nichols | Washington | Washington | ||||||
1947 | 1947 | 1 | 1 | Clifton McNeely | Texas Western | Pittsburgh | |||||||
1947 | 1947 | 1 | 2 | Glen Selbo | glen-selbo | Wisconsin | Toronto | ||||||
1947 | 1947 | 1 | 3 | Ed Ehlers | Purdue | Boston | |||||||
1947 | 1947 | 1 | 4 | Walt Dropo | walt-dropo | Connecticut | Providence | ||||||
1947 | 1947 | 1 | 5 | Dick Holub | dick-holub | Long Island | New York | ||||||
1947 | 1947 | 1 | 6 | Frank Crossin | frank-crossin | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | ||||||
1947 | 1947 | 1 | 7 | Jack Underman | Ohio State | St. Louis | |||||||
1947 | 1947 | 1 | 8 | Paul Huston | paul-huston | Ohio State | Chicago | ||||||
1947 | 1947 | 1 | 9 | Dick O'Keefe | dick-okeefe | Santa Clara | Washington | ||||||
1947 | 1947 | 1 | 10 | Larry Killic | Vermont | Baltimore | |||||||
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