1949 BAA draft

1949 BAA draft
General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)March 21, 1949
LocationNew York City, NY
Overview
76 total selections in 11 rounds
LeagueBAA/NBA
Territorial pick(s)Ed Macauley, St. Louis Bombers
Vern Mikkelsen, Minneapolis Lakers
First selectionHowie Shannon, Providence Steamrollers
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The 1949 BAA draft was the third annual draft of the Basketball Association of America (BAA). The draft was held on March 21, 1949, before the 1949–50 season. In this draft, eleven BAA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. The draft consisted of 8 rounds and a regional selection period, with 75 players selected. This was the final BAA Draft before the league merged with the National Basketball League to form the National Basketball Association (NBA) in August 1949.[1][2] The 75 players selected matched the same number of players selected in the 1989 draft; both drafts have the fewest picks selected prior to 1989 (when the NBA draft was reduced to two rounds ever since).

  1. ^ "NBL, BAA merge, end pro net war". The Republic. UP. August 4, 1949. p. 11. Retrieved June 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  2. ^ Berger, Phil. "First Season". AmericanHeritage.com. American Heritage Publishing. Archived from the original on June 26, 2009. Retrieved August 15, 2009.

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