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1952–53 Indianapolis Olympians season

Field	Value
team	Indianapolis Olympians
end_year	1953
wins	28
losses	43
division	Western
division_place	4
coach	Herm Schaefer
arena	Hinkle Fieldhouse
radio	WXLW
playoffs	[West Division Semifinals](1953-nba-playoffs-bracket)
(eliminated 0-2)
bbr_team	INO
no_nextseason	1

(eliminated 0-2)

The 1952-53 Indianapolis Olympians season was the Olympians' 4th and final season in the NBA. Leo Barnhorst and Joe Graboski led the team in scoring; while Graborski dominated on the boards.

Draft picks

Main article: 1952 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position(s)	Nationality	College
1	4	Joe Dean	SG	USA	LSU
2	14	Zeke Zawoluk	PF/C	USA United States	St. John's
3	24	Skippy Whitaker	PG	USA United States	Kentucky
4	34	Gene Rhodes	PG	USA United States	Western Kentucky
5	44	Jay Handlan	SF	USA United States	Washington & Lee
6	54	Billy Harrell	PG	USA United States	St. Bernadine of Siena
7	64	Jim Hoverder	PF/C	USA United States	Central Missouri State
8	74	Gordon C. Stauffer	PG	USA United States	Michigan State
9	83	Dale Toft	F	USA United States	Denver

Indianapolis would only utilize nine out of the 17 total rounds of this draft before opting out of using the rest of the available rounds entirely. This draft would later become the Olympians' final draft that they would ever do as a franchise. While they were initially slated to appear in the 1953 NBA draft, the Olympians franchise would end up folding operations the day before the 1953 draft officially began following the aftermath of former Olympians players Ralph Beard and Alex Groza's involvement in the CCNY point-shaving scandal back when they were college players for the University of Kentucky, thus leaving the NBA with only nine operable teams by the start of the following year's draft.

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

1952–53 Game log
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Playoffs

West Division Semifinals

(1) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (4) Indianapolis Olympians: Lakers win series 2-0

Game 1 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 85, Indianapolis 69
Game 2 @ Indianapolis: Minneapolis 81, Indianapolis 79

Last Playoff Meeting: 1952 Western Division Semifinals (Minneapolis won 2–0)

This was the third and final playoff meeting between the Lakers and the Olympians.

Player statistics

Dispersal Draft

After the Olympians franchise folded operations on April 23, 1953 (one day before the 1953 NBA draft began), a few of their players were dispersed to other teams throughout the 1953 free agency period. Joe Graboski and Paul Walther were sent off to the Philadelphia Warriors during the month of May 1953, while Bob Lavoy and Bill Tosheff went to the Milwaukee Hawks on August 22 that year and Leo Barnhorst went to the Baltimore Bullets on September 2, 1953.

References

[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/INO/1953.html 1952-53 Indianapolis Olympians]

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