Most productive player from the 1949 class
Dick McGuire
Pick #7 · 738 games · 8.0 career PPG
| Pick | Rd | Player | Position | Team | College | Career G | Career PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |
Howie Shannon
|
Guard | PRO | Kansas State | 122 | 10.9 |
| 2 | 1 |
Alex Groza
|
Center | INO | Kentucky | 130 | 22.5 |
| 3 | 1 |
Bob Harris
|
Forward | DET | Oklahoma State | 381 | 6.5 |
| 4 | 1 |
Tony Lavelli
|
Forward | BOS | Yale | 86 | 6.9 |
| 5 | 1 |
Vern Gardner
|
Center | GSW | Utah | 151 | 8.9 |
| 6 | 1 | Ron Livingstone | Center | BAL | Wyoming | 171 | 6.9 |
| 7 | 1 |
Dick McGuire
|
Guard | NYK | St. John's (NY) | 738 | 8.0 |
| 8 | 1 | Wallace Jones | Power Forward | WAS | Kentucky | — | — |
| 9 | 1 | Jack Kerris | Center | CHS | Loyola-Chicago | 408 | 6.9 |
| 10 | 1 | Frank Saul | Guard | SAC | Seton Hall | — | — |