The Basketball Draft Fact Book

The Basketball Draft Fact Book
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Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Total Pages : 657
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ISBN-10 : 9780810890695
ISBN-13 : 0810890690
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Book Synopsis The Basketball Draft Fact Book by : Robert D. Bradley

Download or read book The Basketball Draft Fact Book written by Robert D. Bradley and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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