1949–50 Chicago Stags season

NBA draft

Main article: 1949 BAA draft

Roster

• Philip Brownstein

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

Playoffs

Central Division Semifinals

(1) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (4) Chicago Stags: Lakers win series 2-0

• Game 1 @ Minneapolis (March 22): Minneapolis 85, Chicago 75
• Game 2 @ Chicago (March 25): Minneapolis 75, Chicago 67

Last playoff meeting: 1949 Western Division Semifinals (Minneapolis won 2–0)

Dispersal Draft

Originally, the Stags were considered to be a part of the new, upcoming NBA season, to the point where they participated in the 1950 NBA draft (the first official NBA draft held by the National Basketball Association under that name) without much issue there. In the only draft the Stags did while in the NBA instead of the prior Basketball Association of America name, they would draft Larry Foust from La Salle College (now La Salle University), Wally Osterkorn from the University of Illinois, Lou Watson from Indiana University Bloomington, Ken Murray from St. Bonaventure's College (now St. Bonaventure University), Don Stroot from the University of Missouri, Stu Inman from San Jose State College (now San Jose State University), Milt Whitehead from the University of Nebraska, George King from Morris Harvey College (now the University of Charleston), John Brown from Georgetown University, and Bob Schaeffer from Wheaton College (Massachusetts) as their final selections ever made, with Bob Cousy from the College of the Holy Cross also being acquired from the Tri-Cities Blackhawks after they failed to meet his demands for him. During the offseason period, the Stags were supposed to be bought by Harlem Globetrotters owner Abe Saperstein, who by August had considered rebranding the Stags into the Chicago Bruins going forward. However, ownership/monetary issues ended up causing the official demise of the first ever Chicago franchise held by the NBA on September 25, 1950 (effectively ending themselves over a month before beginning the upcoming NBA season on Halloween 1950), which led to the NBA holding their second official dispersal draft of the 1950–51 NBA season on October 5, 1950. The rights to one of Chicago's players, Leo Barnhorst, was held in abeyance due to several teams wanting his services before he eventually was picked up by the Indianapolis Olympians fifteen days after the dispersal draft for Chicago's players initially concluded on October 20, 1950. As for everyone else that was on the Stags (who were considered to be the Bruins entering the upcoming season) at the time, the following teams acquired these players from Chicago during the dispersal draft period.

• Boston Celtics: Bob Cousy (a key player for the franchise for years to come)
• Fort Wayne Pistons: Larry Foust
• New York Knicks: Max Zaslofsky
• Philadelphia Warriors: Andy Phillip
• Tri-Cities Blackhawks: Kleggie Hermsen
• Washington Capitols: Joe Bradley & Frank Kudelka

References

References

1. ''Chicago Tribune'', Chicago, Illinois, August 15, 1950, page 24.
2. ''Chicago Tribune'', Chicago, Illinois, September 26, 1950, page 47.