1948 BAA draft
Player Position College
Joe Colone F Bloomsburg
Ray Ellefson C Oklahoma State
Jack Eskridge C/F Kansas
Phil Farbman F CCNY
Donnie Forman G NYU
Gene James F Marshall
John Hazen G Indiana State
Lionel Malamed G CCNY
Bill Miller F North Carolina
Dave Minor G UCLA
Jim Spruill G Rice
Notable undrafted players
These players were not selected in the 1948 draft but played at least one game in the NBA .
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.