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Re: 1947 / LA Flakers

To: celtics@igtc.com
Subject: Re: 1947 / LA Flakers
From: Ken Kokubo <ken_kokubo@harvard.edu>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 15:06:16 -0400
In-Reply-To: <37694C7E.3D2B15CD@unesco.org>
Sender: owner-celtics@igtc.com

I went to NBA.com and I couldn't find any draft history info. Didn't they
used to have the draft listings by year???

I always thought Alaa Abdelnaby was the first "asian" in the NBA.


>    Alan Takara from our Celts list was kind enough to inform me
>off-line that the first overall draft pick in NBA history was none other
>than Utah point guard Walt "Clyde" Misaka, a Japanese-American drafted
>(1947) by the NY Knicks.

References:
- 1947 / LA Flakers
  - From: j.hironaka@unesco.org

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