1948 BAA draft

General information

Date(s)

May 10, 1948

Location

BAA draft
< 1947	1949 >

The 1948 BAA draft was the second annual draft of the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which later became the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on May 10, 1948 before to the 1948–49 season. In this draft, eight BAA teams along with four teams who moved from the National Basketball League, took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players.

Draft selections and draftee career notes

Andy Tonkovich from Marshall University was selected first overall by the Providence Steamrollers. Four of the first round pick, George Kok, George Hauptfuhrer, Robert Gale and Chuck Hanger, never played in the BAA. Three players from this draft, Harry Gallatin, Dolph Schayes and Bobby Wanzer, have been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame.^[1]

Key

Pos.	G	F	C
Position	Guard	Forward	Center

^	Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
⁺	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game
^#	Denotes player who never played in the NBA regular season or playoffs

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Team	College
1	1	Tonkovich, AndyAndy Tonkovich	G	Providence Steamrollers	Marshall
1	2	Kok, GeorgeGeorge Kok^#	C	Indianapolis Jets	Arkansas
1	3	Hauptfuhrer, GeorgeGeorge Hauptfuhrer^#	C	Boston Celtics	Harvard
1	4	Schayes, DolphDolph Schayes^	F/C	New York Knicks	NYU
1	5	Mikan, EdEd Mikan	F/C	Chicago Stags	DePaul
1	6	Budko, WaltWalt Budko	F/C	Baltimore Bullets	Columbia
1	7	Gale, RobertRobert Gale^#	–	St. Louis Bombers	Cornell
1	8	Williams, WardWard Williams	F	Fort Wayne Pistons	Indiana
1	9	Hanger, ChuckChuck Hanger^#	–	Minneapolis Lakers	California
1	10	Wanzer, BobbyBobby Wanzer^	G	Rochester Royals	Seton Hall
1	11	Ray, DonDon Ray	F/C	Philadelphia Warriors	Western Kentucky
1	12	Nichols, JackJack Nichols	F/C	Washington Capitols	Washington

Other picks

The following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one BAA/NBA game.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Team	College
–	–	Bach, JohnnyJohnny Bach	G/F	Boston Celtics	Fordham
–	–	Berce, GeneGene Berce	G/F	New York Knicks	Marquette
–	–	Brown, DarrellDarrell Brown	F	Baltimore Bullets	Humboldt State
–	–	Burmaster, JackJack Burmaster	G	St. Louis Bombers	Illinois
–	–	Carter, JakeJake Carter	F/C	Baltimore Bullets	East Texas State
–	–	Jack ColemanJack Coleman⁺	F/C	Providence Steamrollers	Louisville
–	–	Cook, BobbyBobby Cook	G	Fort Wayne Pistons	Wisconsin
–	–	Dillon, HookHook Dillon	F	Chicago Stags	North Carolina
–	–	Ferrin, ArnieArnie Ferrin	G/F	Minneapolis Lakers	Utah
–	–	Gabor, BillBill Gabor⁺	G/F	Rochester Royals	Syracuse
–	–	Gallatin, HarryHarry Gallatin^	F/C	New York Knicks	Northeast Missouri
–	–	Gardner, EarlEarl Gardner	F	Minneapolis Lakers	DePauw
–	–	Gibson, DeeDee Gibson	G/F	Minneapolis Lakers	Western Kentucky
–	–	Hannum, AlexAlex Hannum	F/C	Indianapolis Jets	USC
–	–	Hawkins, MarshallMarshall Hawkins	F	Boston Celtics	Tennessee
–	–	Holland, JoeJoe Holland	F	Baltimore Bullets	Kentucky
–	–	Kachan, WhiteyWhitey Kachan	G	Chicago Stags	DePaul
–	–	Katkaveck, LeoLeo Katkaveck	G	Washington Capitols	NC State
–	–	Kelly, TomTom Kelly	G	Boston Celtics	NYU
–	–	Kostecka, AndyAndy Kostecka	F	Indianapolis Jets	Georgetown
–	–	Kraus, DanDan Kraus	G	Baltimore Bullets	Georgetown
–	–	Krautblatt, HerbHerb Krautblatt	G	Baltimore Bullets	Rider
–	–	Kubiak, LeoLeo Kubiak	G/F	Rochester Royals	Bowling Green
–	–	Lumpp, RayRay Lumpp	G	Indianapolis Jets	NYU
–	–	McGaha, MelMel McGaha	G	New York Knicks	Arkansas
–	–	Mitchell, MurrayMurray Mitchell	C	Boston Celtics	Sam Houston State
–	–	Orr, JohnnyJohnny Orr	F	Minneapolis Lakers	Beloit
–	–	Parham, EasyEasy Parham	G/F	St. Louis Bombers	Texas Wesleyan
–	–	Parkinson, JackJack Parkinson	G	Washington Capitols	Kentucky
–	–	Peterson, EdEd Peterson	C	New York Knicks	Cornell
–	–	Pugh, RoyRoy Pugh	F/C	Philadelphia Warriors	SMU
–	–	Ritter, TexTex Ritter	G	New York Knicks	Eastern Kentucky
–	–	Rollins, KennyKenny Rollins	G	Fort Wayne Pistons	Kentucky
–	–	Shrider, DickDick Shrider	G	New York Knicks	Ohio
–	–	Spears, OdieOdie Spears	G	Chicago Stags	Western Kentucky
–	–	Walker, BradyBrady Walker	F/C	Providence Steamrollers	BYU
–	–	Wehr, DickDick Wehr	F	Indianapolis Jets	Rice
–	–	Wier, MurrayMurray Wier	G	Fort Wayne Pistons	Iowa
–	–	Wilcutt, D. C.D. C. Wilcutt	G	St. Louis Bombers	Saint Louis

Undrafted players

These players were not selected in the 1948 draft but played at least one game in the NBA.

Sid Weblert	Position	College
Minor, DaveDave Minor	G	UCLA

References

General

"1948 BAA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 12, 2009.
"1947–1948 BAA Drafts, 1949–1951 NBA Drafts". The Association for Professional Basketball Research. Archived from the original on September 21, 2009. Retrieved September 11, 2009.