1949 BAA draft
The 1949 BAA draft was the third annual draft of the Basketball Association of America, which later became the National Basketball Association. The draft was held on March 21, 1949, before the 1949–50 season. In this draft, eleven remaining BAA teams along with the Indianapolis Olympians who joined the BAA, took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. The draft consisted of 8 rounds and a regional selection period, with 75 players selected. This was the final BAA Draft before the league was renamed the NBA in August 1949. The 75 players selected matched the same number of players selected in the 1989 draft; both drafts have the fewest picks selected prior to 1989.Draft selections and draftee career notes
from Kansas State University was selected first overall by the Providence Steamrollers. However, Ed Macauley and Vern Mikkelsen were selected before the draft as St. Louis Bombers' and Minneapolis Lakers' territorial picks respectively. Three players from this draft, Vern Mikkelsen, Ed Macauley and Dick McGuire, 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 |
| 3 | – | | G | Philadelphia Warriors | Temple |
| 3 | – | + | G/F | Chicago Stags | Illinois |
| 3 | – | | F | Baltimore Bullets | Notre Dame |
| 3 | – | | G/F | Providence Steamrollers | Dartmouth |
| 3 | – | | G | Boston Celtics | Holy Cross |
| 3 | – | | F/C | Indianapolis Olympians | Bowling Green |
| 3 | – | * | F | Fort Wayne Pistons | West Virginia |
| 3 | – | | G/F | New York Knicks | Colgate |
| 4 | – | | G | Indianapolis Olympians | Butler |
| 4 | – | | G | Fort Wayne Pistons | Loyola |
| 4 | – | | G/F | Providence Steamrollers | Tulane |
| 5 | – | | G | Washington Capitols | Kentucky |
| 5 | – | | G | Providence Steamrollers | Georgetown |
| 5 | – | | F | St. Louis Bombers | Northeast Missouri |
| 6 | – | | G/F | Indianapolis Olympians | Western Michigan |
| 7 | – | | C | St. Louis Bombers | Drake |
| 8 | – | | G | Boston Celtics | Indiana State |
| 8 | – | | G | Providence Steamrollers | Indiana State |
| – | – | | C | Baltimore Bullets | Xavier |
| – | – | + | G | Minneapolis Lakers | Michigan |
| – | – | + | G/F | Minneapolis Lakers | Tennessee |
| – | – | | F | St. Louis Bombers | Saint Louis |
These players were not selected in the 1948 draft but played at least one game in the NBA.
| Player | Position | College |
| G | NYU |
| G | LIU Brooklyn |
| F | Seton Hall |
| G | Texas |
| G | Holy Cross |
