• 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...
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  • The 1948 BAA draft was the second annual draft of the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which later merged with the National Basketball League...
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  • The 1947 BAA draft was the 1st draft of the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which later merged with the National Basketball League (NBL) to become...
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    Basketball League in the fall of 1949. Official NBA publications include the BAA Drafts as part of the NBA's draft history. Sports portal List of undrafted...
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    Howie Shannon (category Providence Steamrollers draft picks)
    required to select him in the 1949 BAA draft to secure his rights. He was selected with the first overall pick of the draft. However, the Steamrollers would...
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    Ed Macauley (category St. Louis Bombers (NBA) draft picks)
    overall pick in the 1949 BAA Draft. After playing one season with the Bombers, Macauley was chosen by the Celtics in a 1950 dispersal draft. He played for...
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    his high school class. The drafts held between 1947 and 1949 were held by the Basketball Association of America (BAA). The BAA became the National Basketball...
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    NBA territorial pick (category NBA draft)
    special draft choice used in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) draft in 1949 and in the National Basketball Association (NBA) draft after the...
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    Ernie Vandeweghe (category New York Knicks draft picks)
    University Raiders, where he was an All-American. He was drafted by the Knicks in the 1949 BAA Draft, and played in the NBA for six seasons. [citation needed]...
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    Alex Groza (category Indianapolis Jets draft picks)
    NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player. Groza was drafted in the 1st round of the 1949 BAA draft by the Indianapolis Jets. While he signed a contract...
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  • George Kaftan (category Boston Celtics draft picks)
    selected in the second round of the 1949 BAA Draft. Kaftan later played professionally for the Boston Celtics (1949–1950), New York Knicks (1950–1952)...
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  • The 1949–50 NBA season was the inaugural season of the National Basketball Association, which was created in 1949 by merger of the 3-year-old BAA and...
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  • inaugural BAA championship in 1947, followed by the Baltimore Bullets and the Minneapolis Lakers in 1948 and 1949, respectively. Six teams from the BAA remain...
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  • Jerry Nagel (category Fort Wayne Pistons draft picks)
    selected in the fourth round in the 1949 BAA Draft by the Fort Wayne Pistons. He played for the Pistons in 1949–50 before ending his NBA career after...
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  • John Pritchard (basketball) (category St. Louis Bombers (NBA) draft picks)
    of the 1949 BAA Draft by the St. Louis Bombers after a collegiate career at Drake. He played for the Waterloo Hawks for seven total games in 1949. He then...
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    Vern Gardner (category Philadelphia Warriors draft picks)
    his college career, Gardner was selected in the first round of the 1949 BAA draft by the Philadelphia Warriors. Gardner played three seasons for the Warriors...
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  • Marv Schatzman (category St. Louis Bombers (NBA) draft picks)
    American professional basketball player. Schatzman was selected in the 1949 BAA draft by the St. Louis Bombers after a collegiate career at Saint Louis. He...
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  • The 1948–49 BAA season was the third and final season of the Basketball Association of America. The 1949 BAA Playoffs ended with the Minneapolis Lakers...
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  • Earl Dodd (category St. Louis Bombers (NBA) draft picks)
    professional basketball player. Dodd was selected in the fifth round of the 1949 BAA Draft by the St. Louis Bombers after a collegiate career at Northeast Missouri...
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  • Bob Evans (basketball) (category Indianapolis Jets draft picks)
    professional basketball player. Evans was selected in the fourth round of the 1949 BAA Draft by the Indianapolis Jets after a collegiate career at Butler. He never...
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  • Harry Donovan (category New York Knicks draft picks)
    was selected in the second round in the 1949 BAA draft by the New York Knicks. He played for the Knicks in 1949–50, then spent two seasons playing in the...
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  • draft picks NBA records General "1950 NBA Draft". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved September 23, 2009. "1947–1948 BAA Drafts, 1949–1951 NBA Drafts"...
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    Paul Courty (category Providence Steamrollers draft picks)
    from 1945 to 1949. He then played in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) for the Phillips 66ers despite being selected in the 1949 BAA draft by the Providence...
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  • Ron Livingstone (category Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954) draft picks)
    professional basketball player. Livingstone was the sixth overall pick in the 1949 BAA draft by the Baltimore Bullets. He played for the Bullets for just sixteen...
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    his high school class. The drafts held between 1947 and 1949 were held by the Basketball Association of America (BAA). The BAA became the National Basketball...
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  • 1948–49 Indianapolis Jets season (category 1948–49 BAA season)
    After the season ended and they participated in the 1949 BAA draft, the NBL would merge with the BAA to form the NBA. As a result, the Jets ceased operations...
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  • of America (1947–1949), and (following the BAA's merger with the National Basketball League) the National Basketball Association (1949–1954). On November...
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  • Ed Leede (category Providence Steamrollers draft picks)
    third round in the 1949 BAA draft by the Providence Steamrollers. He played for the Boston Celtics, however, during his two-year BAA/NBA career. Dartmouth...
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  • Nelson Bobb (category Philadelphia Warriors draft picks)
    Philadelphia Warriors in the 1949 BAA draft and the Syracuse Nationals in the 1949 NBL draft. He played for the Warriors (1949–53) in the NBA for 227 games...
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  • Jack Kerris (category Chicago Stags draft picks)
    basketball for Loyola of Chicago and was the ninth overall pick in the 1949 BAA draft by the Chicago Stags. He played for the Tri-Cities Blackhawks, Fort...
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