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The Basketball Draft Fact Book

A History of Professional Basketball's College Drafts
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 2013

Summary

On June 2nd, 1947, the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and the National Basketball League (NBL) held the first college basketball draft in the history of the sport. The two leagues selected a combined 100 college seniors, including future Hall of Famers Harry Gallatin, Andy Phillips, and Jim Pollard. Since then, over 9,000 draft choices have been made by the major professional basketball leagues. The Basketball Draft Fact Book is the first detailed and comprehensive listing of all professional basketball drafts in the history of the sport, from the first draft in 1947 to the present.

In The Basketball Draft Fact Book, each season’s draft is summarized, noting significant events and circumstances pertinent to that year and providing insight into the unique conditions and notable players involved. Following the summary is a complete list of all players drafted that season. This book includes not only the NBA, but the American Basketball League, American Basketball Association, and the Women’s National Basketball Association, as well. Additional sections cover expansion and dispersal drafts, international players selected in the draft, the processes used to determine the order of the drafts, the impact of trades, and more.

The Basketball Draft Fact Book provides an authoritative history of basketball drafts in the U.S., with more complete and accurate information than any other source. Containing corrections to hundreds of errors in the draft information currently available, this volume is a valuable resource for basketball fans, historians, writers, and researchers.



Bibliographic data

Edition
1/2013
Copyright Year
2013
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-9068-8
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-9069-5
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
642
Product Type
Monograph

Table of contents

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    1. Contents No access
    2. Acknowledgments No access
    3. Abbreviations No access
  1. Chapter 1. BAA, NBA, ABL, and ABA Draft Lists No access Pages 1 - 416
  2. Chapter 2. BAA, NBA, and ABA Expansion and Dispersal Drafts No access Pages 417 - 428
  3. Chapter 3. Determining the Order of the Draft No access Pages 429 - 442
  4. Chapter 4. Determining Eligibility for the Draft No access Pages 443 - 506
  5. Chapter 5. Miscellaneous Draft Facts No access Pages 507 - 566
  6. Chapter 6. ABL and WNBA Draft Lists No access Pages 567 - 610
  7. Appendix A. NBA Draft Television Broadcasts No access Pages 611 - 612
  8. Appendix B. Professional Draft Dates No access Pages 613 - 620
  9. Appendix C. NBA Draftees Who Changed Their Names During Their Playing Careers No access Pages 621 - 622
  10. Glossary No access Pages 623 - 624
  11. Resources No access Pages 625 - 630
  12. Index No access Pages 631 - 640
  13. About the Author No access Pages 641 - 642

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