1948–49 rookie class

1948 NBA Draft

Every selection in order, with the drafting team, player affiliation and a direct path into each available Sportsboxd career profile.

113selections

2rounds

12teams selecting

First off the board

Top five picks

Pick #0

PSProvidence Steamrollers

A. L. Bennett

Oklahoma State

Pick #0

Washington Capitols

Al Williams

Arkansas

Pick #0

Rochester Royals

Alex Athas

Tulane

Pick #0

IJIndianapolis Jets

Alex Hannum

Southern California

Pick #0

IJIndianapolis Jets

Andy Kostecka

Georgetown

Complete draft board

Every pick

Round one is open. Expand any later round to continue through the class.

Round 112 selections +

Overall	Player	Drafting team	Affiliation	Round pick
1	Andy Tonkovich	Providence Steamrollers	Marshall	1
2	George Kok	Indianapolis Jets	Arkansas	2
3	George Hauptfuhrer	Boston Celtics	Harvard	3
4	Dolph Schayes	New York Knicks	New York University	4
5	Ed Mikan	Chicago Stags	DePaul	5
6	Walter Budko	Baltimore Bullets	Columbia	6
7	Robert Gale	St. Louis Bombers	Cornell	7
8	Ward Williams	Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons	Indiana	8
9	Chuck Hanger	Minneapolis Lakers	California	9
10	Bobby Wanzer	Rochester Royals	Seton Hall	10
11	Don Ray	Philadelphia Warriors	Western Kentucky	11
12	Jack Nichols	Washington Capitols	Washington	12

Territorial selections101 selections +

Player	Drafting team	Affiliation
A. L. Bennett	Providence Steamrollers	Oklahoma State
Al Williams	Washington Capitols	Arkansas
Alex Athas	Rochester Royals	Tulane
Alex Hannum	Indianapolis Jets	Southern California
Andy Kostecka	Indianapolis Jets	Georgetown
Andy Wolfe	Philadelphia Warriors	California
Arnie Ferrin	Minneapolis Lakers	Utah
Billy Gabor	Rochester Royals	Syracuse
Bob Curran	Boston Celtics	Holy Cross
Bob Lowther	Minneapolis Lakers	Louisiana State
Bob Paxton	Indianapolis Jets	North Carolina
Bobby Cook	Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons	Wisconsin
Brady Walker	Providence Steamrollers	Brigham Young
C.T. Parker	Washington Capitols	Louisiana Tech
Cliff Crandall	Minneapolis Lakers	Oregon State
Clint Pace	Philadelphia Warriors	Pepperdine
D. Miller	St. Louis Bombers	Saint Louis
D.C. Wilcutt	St. Louis Bombers	Saint Louis
Dan Kraus	Baltimore Bullets	Georgetown
Dan London	St. Louis Bombers	Washington (MO)
Darrell Brown	Baltimore Bullets	Humboldt State
Dee Gibson	Minneapolis Lakers	Western Kentucky
Dick Shrider	New York Knicks	Ohio
Dick Wehr	Indianapolis Jets	Rice
Don Reagan	Chicago Stags	Murray State
Don Walker	Washington Capitols	Sam Houston State
Earl Gardner	Minneapolis Lakers	DePauw
Ed Faber	Providence Steamrollers	Trinity (TX)
Ed Hughes	Washington Capitols	San Jose State
Ed Keim	Rochester Royals	Niagara
Ed Mills	Chicago Stags	Wisconsin
Ed Peterson	New York Knicks	Cornell
Edwin Kachan	Chicago Stags	DePaul
Estes Parham	St. Louis Bombers	Texas Wesleyan
Fred Bartell	Washington Capitols	Oregon
Fred Weber	Chicago Stags	Siena
Gene Berce	New York Knicks	Marquette
Gene Fellmoth	Baltimore Bullets	Wittenberg
Goebel Ritter	New York Knicks	Eastern Kentucky
Gordon Flick	St. Louis Bombers	Drake
Guinn Phillips	Boston Celtics	Texas Wesleyan
Hank O'Keefe	Rochester Royals	Canisius
Harry Gallatin	New York Knicks	Truman State
Herb Krautblatt	Baltimore Bullets	Rider
Hugh Compton	Philadelphia Warriors	Louisville
J. W. Fullerton	Baltimore Bullets	Arkansas State
Jack Burmaster	St. Louis Bombers	Illinois
Jack Coleman	Indianapolis Jets	Louisiana State
Jack Coleman	Providence Steamrollers	Louisville
Jack Hauser	Boston Celtics	Denver
Jack Parkinson	Washington Capitols	Kentucky
Jack Phoenix	Indianapolis Jets	Idaho
Jake Carter	Baltimore Bullets	Texas A&M-Commerce
Jim Black	Baltimore Bullets	Occidental
Joe Holland	Baltimore Bullets	Kentucky
Joe Nelson	Philadelphia Warriors	Brigham Young
Joe Shafer	Chicago Stags	Wheaton (IL)
Joe Wahl	Philadelphia Warriors	Akron
John Dillon	Chicago Stags	North Carolina
John Hoppin	St. Louis Bombers	Dickinson
John Stanisch	New York Knicks	California-Los Angeles
Johnny Bach	Boston Celtics	Fordham
Johnny Macknowski	Rochester Royals	Seton Hall
Johnny Orr	Minneapolis Lakers	Beloit
Junior Skogland	Minneapolis Lakers	Gustavus Adolphus
Keith Grimes	New York Knicks	East Central
Ken Jastrow	Minneapolis Lakers	Denver
Kenny Rollins	Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons	Kentucky
Leland Byrd	New York Knicks	West Virginia
Leo Katkaveck	Washington Capitols	North Carolina State
Leo Kubiak	Rochester Royals	Bowling Green
Link Richmond	Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons	Arizona
Lionel Melamed	Rochester Royals	City College of New York
Marshall Gemberling	Baltimore Bullets	Lebanon Valley
Marshall Hawkins	Boston Celtics	Tennessee
Marvin English	Baltimore Bullets	Newberry
Mel McGaha	New York Knicks	Arkansas
Mickey Marty	Chicago Stags	Loras
Murray Mitchell	Boston Celtics	Sam Houston State
Murray Wier	Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons	Iowa
Neil Dooley	Boston Celtics	Colgate
Norman Carey	Boston Celtics	Oregon State
Norman Kohler	Indianapolis Jets	North Carolina
Odie Spears	Chicago Stags	Western Kentucky
Otto Snellbacher	Providence Steamrollers	Kansas
Paul Marcincin	Baltimore Bullets	Moravian
Paul Yesavi	Rochester Royals	Niagara
Quentin Stinson	Minneapolis Lakers	Southern Illinois
Ray Lumpp	Indianapolis Jets	New York University
Ray Wehde	Boston Celtics	Iowa State
Reede Berg	Indianapolis Jets	Oregon
Robert Carroll	Baltimore Bullets	West Virginia
Roy Pugh	Philadelphia Warriors	Southern Methodist
Thorton Jenkins	Washington Capitols	Missouri
Tom Kelly	Boston Celtics	New York University
Tom Short	Philadelphia Warriors	Kansas Wesleyan
Verl Heap	Providence Steamrollers	Arizona State
Vince Hansen	Baltimore Bullets	Washington State
Warren Stickel	Rochester Royals	Syracuse
Wayne Jones	Baltimore Bullets	American International
William Brown	Philadelphia Warriors	Maryland

Source: NBA.com Draft History. Draft-night trades can cause the team attached to a selection to differ from the player’s eventual rookie team.