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 1948 |  Clifton McNeely was selected with No. 1 in the NBA Draft 1948 (Photo: @ramsports) | ||||||||
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| Top 5 Selected | |||||||||
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| 1st ROUND | ||||
| # | Team | Player | Ex Team | |
| 1. | 1 Pittsburgh Ironmen |  Clifton McNeely (6'11''-G/F-1919)
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TxWes | |
| 2. | 2 Toronto Huskies | Glen Selbo (6'4''-G/F-1926)
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Wisconsin | |
| 3. | 3 Boston Celtics | Bulbs Ehlers (6'4''-F/G-1923)
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Purdue | |
| 4. | 4 Providence Steamrollers |  Walt Dropo (6'6''-F-1923)
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UConn | |
| 5. | 5 New York Knicks | Dick Holub (6'7''-C-1921)
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Middletown G. | |
| 6. | 6 Philadelphia Warriors | Chink Crossin (6'2''-G-1924)
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Berwick C. | |
| 7. | 7 St. Louis Bombers | Jack Underman (6'7''-C-1925)
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Ohio St. | |
| 8. | 8 Chicago Stags | Paul Huston (6'4''-F-1925)
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Ohio St. | |
| 9. | 9 Washington Capitols | Dick O'Keefe (6'3''-F/G-1923)
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Santa Clara | |
| 10. | 10 Baltimore Bullets | Larry Killick (6'1''-G-1922)
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Glens Falls C. | |
| 2nd round | # | Team | Player | Ex Team |
| 11. | 11 Pittsburgh Ironmen | Red Rocha (7'10''-C-1923)
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Oregon St. | |
| 12. | 12 Toronto Huskies |  Hank Biasatti (7'0''-G-1922)
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Toronto H. | |
| 13. | 13 Boston Celtics | Bob Hubbard (6'7''-C/F-1922)
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Pawtucket S. | |
| 14. | 14 Providence Steamrollers | Ben Schadler (6'1''-F/G-1924)
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Waterloo H. | |
| 15. | 18 Chicago Stags | Jack Tingle (6'5''-F-1924)
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Kentucky | |
| 16. | 19 Washington Capitols | Gene Stump (6'3''-F/G-1925)
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Boston C. | |
| 3rd round | # | Team | Player | Ex Team |
| 17. | 23 Boston Celtics | Johnny Ezersky (6'4''-F/G-1922)
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Scranton Apollos | |
| 18. | 28 Chicago Stags | Gene Vance (6'4''-G/F-1923)
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Illinois | |
| 4th round | # | Team | Player | Ex Team |
| 19. | 33 Boston Celtics | Paul Hoffman (6'3''-G/F-1925)
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Purdue | |
| 20. | 38 Chicago Stags | Jack Hewson (6'7''-F/C-1924)
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Boston C. | |
| 21. | 40 Baltimore Bullets | Ron Livingstone (7'11''-C-1925)
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Denver N. | |
| 5th round | # | Team | Player | Ex Team |
| 22. | 42 Toronto Huskies | Matt Zunic (6'4''-G/F-1919)
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Flint Dow AC | |
| 23. | 43 Boston Celtics | Andy Duncan (6'7''-F/C-1922)
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William & Mary | |
| 24. | 45 New York Knicks | Paul Napolitano (6'3''-F/G-1923)
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LA Lakers | |
| 25. | 47 Chicago Stags | Irv Rothenberg (7'9''-C-1921)
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Paterson C. | |
| 26. | 48 Washington Capitols | Wataru Misaka (6'8''-PG-1923)
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Utah | |
| 6th round | # | Team | Player | Ex Team |
| 27. | 53 New York Knicks |  Saul Mariaschin (7'0''-PG-1923)
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Harvard | |
| 28. | 54 St. Louis Bombers | Don Smith (6'3''-G/F-1920)
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Indianapolis J. | |
| 29. | 56 Washington Capitols | Paul Cloyd (6'3''-G/F-1920)
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Kansas City HS | |
| 7th round | # | Team | Player | Ex Team |
| 30. | 61 New York Knicks | John Mandic (6'5''-F/C-1919)
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Sacramento K. | |
| 31. | 62 Chicago Stags | Chick Reiser (7'0''-PG-1914)
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Detroit P. | |
