1948 BAA draft
The 1948 BAA draft was the second annual draft of the Basketball Association of America, which later became the National Basketball Association. The draft was held on May 10, 1948, before 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.Draft selections and draftee career notes
from Marshall University was selected first overall by the Providence Steamrollers. Four of the first round picks, George Kok, George Hauptfuhrer, Bob Gale and Chuck Hanger, never played in the BAA. Three players from this draft, Harry Gallatin, Dolph Schayes and Bobby Wanzer, have been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame.Key
Draft
Other picks
The following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one BAA/NBA game.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Team | College |
| – | – | | G/F | Boston Celtics | Fordham |
| – | – | | G/F | New York Knicks | Marquette |
| – | – | | F | Baltimore Bullets | Humboldt State |
| – | – | | G | St. Louis Bombers | Illinois |
| – | – | | F/C | Baltimore Bullets | East Texas State |
| – | – | + | F/C | Providence Steamrollers | Louisville |
| – | – | | G | Fort Wayne Pistons | Wisconsin |
| – | – | | F | Chicago Stags | North Carolina |
| – | – | | G/F | Minneapolis Lakers | Utah |
| – | – | + | G/F | Rochester Royals | Syracuse |
| – | – | ^ | F/C | New York Knicks | Northeast Missouri |
| – | – | | F | Minneapolis Lakers | DePauw |
| – | – | | G/F | Minneapolis Lakers | Western Kentucky |
| – | – | | F/C | Indianapolis Jets | USC |
| – | – | | F | Boston Celtics | Tennessee |
| – | – | | F | Baltimore Bullets | Kentucky |
| – | – | | G | Chicago Stags | DePaul |
| – | – | | G | Washington Capitols | NC State |
| – | – | | G | Boston Celtics | NYU |
| – | – | | F | Indianapolis Jets | Georgetown |
| – | – | | G | Baltimore Bullets | Georgetown |
| – | – | | G | Baltimore Bullets | Rider |
| – | – | | G/F | Rochester Royals | Bowling Green |
| – | – | | G | Indianapolis Jets | NYU |
| – | – | | F | Rochester Royals | Seton Hall |
| – | – | | G | New York Knicks | Arkansas |
| – | – | | C | Boston Celtics | Sam Houston State |
| – | – | | F | Minneapolis Lakers | Beloit |
| – | – | | G/F | St. Louis Bombers | Texas Wesleyan |
| – | – | | G | Washington Capitols | Kentucky |
| – | – | | C | New York Knicks | Cornell |
| – | – | | F/C | Philadelphia Warriors | SMU |
| – | – | | G | New York Knicks | Eastern Kentucky |
| – | – | | G | Fort Wayne Pistons | Kentucky |
| – | – | | G | New York Knicks | Ohio |
| – | – | | G | Chicago Stags | Western Kentucky |
| – | – | | F/C | Providence Steamrollers | BYU |
| – | – | | F | Indianapolis Jets | Rice |
| – | – | | G | Fort Wayne Pistons | Iowa |
| – | – | | G | St. Louis Bombers | Saint Louis |
Notable undrafted players
These players were not selected in the 1948 draft but played at least one game in the NBA.
| Player | Position | College |
| F | Bloomsburg |
| C | Oklahoma State |
| C/F | Kansas |
| F | CCNY |
| G | NYU |
| F | Marshall |
| G | Indiana State |
| G | CCNY |
| F | North Carolina |
| G | UCLA |
| G | Rice |
