The 1954–55 NBA season was the ninth season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Syracuse Nationals winning the NBA Championship, beating the Fort Wayne Pistons 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals.
In response to the relatively slow pace of games, the NBA introduced a 24-second shot clock. The shot clock revitalized the game and scoring skyrocketed league-wide.
The Baltimore Bullets dropped out of the NBA and folded on November 27, 1954 after playing 14 games (record 3–11), the last time (as of 2019) that an NBA franchise has folded; these games and all statistics were deleted from the NBA's records. The NBA would return to Baltimore when the Chicago Zephyrs relocated there as the "new" Bullets for the 1963–64 season, though the franchise would relocate to Washington in 1973, where they remain today as the Washington Wizards.
As a result of Baltimore having folded, the NBA schedule was redrafted so each team now played 12 games against divisional opponents, and 9 games against the four teams in the other division, for a total of 72 games.
| Year | Draft | Round | Pick | Player | Pos | playerSlug | From | To | Notes | ROY | HOF | Allstar | Heismann |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 1955 | 1 | 1 | Dick Ricketts | dick-ricketts | Duquesne | St. Louis | ||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 1 | 2 | Maurice Stokes | maurice-stokes | St. Francis (PA) | Rochester | ! | 1956 | ||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 1 | 3 | Tom Gola | tom-gola | La Salle | Philadelphia | ||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 1 | 4 | Jim Loscutoff | jim-loscutoff | Oregon | Boston | ||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 1 | 5 | Ken Sears | ken-sears | Santa Clara | New York | ||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 1 | 6 | Dick Garmaker | dick-garmaker | Minnesota | Minneapolis | ||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 1 | 7 | Ed Conlin | ed-conlin | Fordham | Syracuse | ||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 1 | 8 | John Horan | Dayton | Fort Wayne | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | John Mahoney | john-mahoney | William & Mary | Boston | ||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | John Moore | john-moore | California, Los Angeles | Boston | ||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Dean Parsons | Washington | Boston | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Nick Romanoff | the Pacific | Boston | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Jim Ahearn | Connecticut | Boston | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Carl Hartman | Alderson-Broaddus College | Boston | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Mark Davis | mark-davis | Marietta College | Boston | ||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Henry Dooley | Wiley College | Boston | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Bob Scuddelari | Cooper Union | Boston | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Don Belcher | Louisiana State | Fort Wayne | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Tom Harrold | Colorado | Fort Wayne | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Happy Mahfouz | Spring Hill College | Fort Wayne | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Tom Mixon | Mercer | Fort Wayne | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Tom Mock | Colorado | Fort Wayne | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Bob Reiter | Missouri | Fort Wayne | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Ray Warren | Texas Christian | Fort Wayne | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Don Boldebuck | Houston | Minneapolis | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Don Bragg | California, Los Angeles | Minneapolis | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | K.C. Jones | San Francisco | Minneapolis | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Jim Scott | jim-scott | West Texas A&M | Minneapolis | ||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Bill Warden | North Central College | Minneapolis | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | O'Neal Weaver | Midwestern State | Minneapolis | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Howard Sessums | Mississippi College | New York | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Jim Fay | St. Ambrose | New York | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Joe Beck | Truman State | New York | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Don Payne | Adelphi | New York | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Wally McCarvill | Iona College | New York | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Charles Stickels | Hastings College | New York | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Mickey Harrington | mickey-harrington | Southern Mississippi | New York | ||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | George Swyers | West Virginia Institute of Technology | Philadelphia | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Harry Silcox | Temple | Philadelphia | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Al Didriksen | Temple | Philadelphia | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Lester Lane | Oklahoma | Philadelphia | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Jerry Koch | Saint Louis | Philadelphia | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Bob Armstrong | bob-armstrong | Michigan State | Rochester | ||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Harry Jorgensen | Wyoming | Rochester | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Jerry Jung | Kansas State | Rochester | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Jim McConnell | Niagara | Rochester | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | John Prudhoe | Louisville | Rochester | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Art Quimby | Connecticut | Rochester | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Tony Vlastelica | Oregon State | Rochester | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Harvey Babetch | Bradley | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Dick Cable | Wisconsin | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Lynn Cole | Creighton | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Joe Fitt | St. Louis | ||||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Charles Hoxie | Niagara | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Ed O'Connor | Manhattan College | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Bill Reigel | McNeese State | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Dick Welsh | Southern California | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Cliff Dwyer | North Carolina State | Syracuse | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Ed Galvin | Loyola New Orleans | Syracuse | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Stan Glowaski | Seattle | Syracuse | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Russ Lawler | Stanford | Syracuse | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Marty Satalino | St. John's | Syracuse | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 0 | Ron Tomsic | Stanford | Syracuse | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 9 | Jack Stephens | jack-stephens | Notre Dame | St. Louis | ||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 10 | Jack Twyman | jack-twyman | Cincinnati | Rochester | ||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 11 | Corky Devlin | corky-devlin | George Washington | Philadelphia | ||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 12 | Dick Hemric | dick-hemric | Wake Forest | Boston | ||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 13 | Jerry Mullen | San Francisco | New York | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 14 | Chuck Mencel | chuck-mencel | Minnesota | Minneapolis | ||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 15 | Jesse Arnelle | jesse-arnelle | Penn State | Fort Wayne | ||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 2 | 16 | Don Schlundt | Indiana | Syracuse | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 3 | 17 | Al Ferrari | al-ferrari | Michigan State | St. Louis | ||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 3 | 18 | Ed Fleming | ed-fleming | Niagara | Rochester | ||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 3 | 19 | Bob Schafer | bob-schafer | Villanova | Philadelphia | ||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 3 | 20 | Buzz Wilkinson | Virginia | Boston | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 3 | 21 | Guy Sparrow | guy-sparrow | Detroit | New York | ||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 3 | 22 | Dick Boushka | St. Louis | Minneapolis | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 3 | 23 | Jack Sallee | Dayton | Syracuse | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 3 | 24 | Ron Bennink | Washington State | Fort Wayne | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 4 | 25 | Burdette Haldorson | Colorado | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 4 | 26 | Bob McKeen | California | Rochester | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 4 | 27 | Ed Wiener | Tennessee | Philadelphia | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 4 | 28 | Bart Leach | Pennsylvania | Boston | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 4 | 29 | Ed Cole | ed-cole | Creighton | New York | ||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 4 | 30 | John Miller | john-miller | Ohio State | Minneapolis | ||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 4 | 31 | Dick Howard | Western Reserve | Fort Wayne | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 4 | 32 | Frank Ehmann | Northwestern | Syracuse | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 5 | 33 | Bill Bagley | St. Mary's (CA) | St. Louis | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 5 | 34 | Bill Evans | bill-evans | Kentucky | Rochester | ||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 5 | 35 | Jack Devine | Villanova | Philadelphia | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 5 | 36 | Bob Patterson | bob-patterson | Tulsa | Boston | ||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 5 | 37 | Denver Brackeen | Mississippi | New York | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 5 | 38 | Bill Banks | Southwest Texas State | Minneapolis | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 5 | 39 | Mal Duffy | St. Bonaventure | Syracuse | |||||||
| 1955 | 1955 | 5 | 40 | Cleo Littleton | Wichita State | Fort Wayne | |||||||
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