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1949–50 Chicago Stags season
1949–50 Chicago Stags season
Head coach	Philip Brownstein
Arena	Chicago Stadium
Results
Record	40–28 (.588)
Place	Division: 4th (Central)
Playoff finish	Division semifinals ; (eliminated 0-2)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WGN
< 1948–49

The 1949–50 NBA season was the fourth and final season for the Chicago Stags of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team ceased operations after the season, and Chicago would be left without an NBA team until 1961.

NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	9	Jack Kerris	F/C	United States	Loyola (IL)
2	–	Ralph Beard	G	United States	Kentucky
3	–	Dwight Eddleman	F/G	United States	Illinois

Roster

1949–50 Chicago Stags roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	From
G/F		Barnhorst, Leo	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Notre Dame
G	12	Bradley, Joe	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Oklahoma State
F/C	15	Graboski, Joe	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Tuley HS (Chicago)
C	9	Hahn, Bob	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	NC State
F/C	13	Hermsen, Kleggie	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Minnesota
G/F	7	Kudelka, Frank	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	Saint Mary's
F/C	17	Miasek, Stan	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)
F/C	18	Mikan, Ed	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	DePaul
F/C	18	Nostrand, George	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Wyoming
G/F	19	Phillip, Andy	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Illinois
G	16	Rollins, Kenny	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	168 lb (76 kg)	Kentucky
G	20	Spears, Odie	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Western Kentucky
G/F	10	Zaslofsky, Max	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	St. John's

Head coach

Philip Brownstein

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Minneapolis Lakers	51	17	.750	–	30–1	18–16	3–0	16–8
x-Rochester Royals	51	17	.750	–	33–1	17–16	1–0	15–9
x-Fort Wayne Pistons	40	28	.588	11	28–6	12–22	–	14–10
x-Chicago Stags	40	28	.588	11	18–6	14–21	8–1	11–13
St. Louis Bombers	26	42	.382	25	17–14	7–26	2–2	4–20

Record vs. opponents

1949–50 NBA records
Team	AND	BAL	BOS	CHI	DEN	FWP	IND	MIN	NYK	PHI	ROC	SHE	STL	SYR	TCB	WAS	WAT
Anderson	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–3	1–1	2–5	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	5–2	2–0	3–4	7–2	1–1	7–0
Baltimore	1–1	—	2–4	1–5	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–5	1–5	3–3	3–3	2–0	3–3	0–2	0–2	2–4	1–1
Boston	2–0	4–2	—	0–6	1–1	2–4	1–1	1–5	1–5	3–3	0–6	1–1	2–4	0–2	0–2	3–3	1–1
Chicago	1–1	5–1	6–0	—	2–0	2–4	1–1	2–4	2–4	4–2	2–4	2–0	5–1	0–2	1–1	3–3	2–0
Denver	3–4	1–1	1–1	0–2	—	0–2	0–7	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–4	0–2	1–6	0–7	0–2	2–5
Fort Wayne	1–1	3–3	4–2	4–2	2–0	—	1–1	2–4	4–2	4–2	3–3	2–0	5–1	0–2	2–0	2–4	1–1
Indianapolis	5–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	7–0	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	5–2	1–1	2–7	4–3	1–1	5–2
Minneapolis	1–1	5–1	5–1	4–2	2–0	4–2	1–1	—	5–1	4–2	3–3	1–1	5–1	1–1	2–0	6–0	2–0
New York	1–1	5–1	5–1	4–2	2–0	2–4	1–1	1–5	—	1–5	1–5	1–1	4–2	0–2	1–1	5–1	2–0
Philadelphia	1–1	3–3	3–3	2–4	2–0	2–4	0–2	2–4	1–5	—	1–5	2–0	2–4	0–2	1–1	2–4	2–0
Rochester	2–0	3–3	6–0	4–2	2–0	3–3	1–1	3–3	5–1	5–1	—	1–1	5–1	1–1	2–0	6–0	2–0
Sheboygan	2–5	0–2	1–1	0–2	4–3	0–2	2–5	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	—	0–2	1–6	3–4	2–0	4–3
St. Louis	0–2	3–3	4–2	1–5	2–0	1–5	1–1	1–5	2–4	4–2	1–5	2–0	—	1–1	2–0	0–6	1–1
Syracuse	4–3	2–0	2–0	2–0	6–1	2–0	7–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	6–1	1–1	—	6–1	1–1	6–1
Tri-Cities	2–7	2–0	2–0	1–1	7–0	0–2	3–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–3	0–2	1–6	—	1–1	4–3
Washington	1–1	4–2	3–3	3–3	2–0	4–2	1–1	0–6	1–5	4–2	0–6	0–2	6–0	1–1	1–1	—	1–1
Waterloo	0–7	1–1	1–1	0–2	5–2	1–1	2–5	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–4	1–1	1–6	3–4	1–1	—

Game log

1949–50 game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 1	New York	87–89 (OT)	Stan Miasek (18)	0–1
2	November 5	Boston	86–70	Max Zaslofsky (22)	1–1
3	November 6	at Fort Wayne	70–87	Stan Miasek (17)	1–2
4	November 9	Rochester	75–72 (OT)	Spears, Zaslofsky (19)	2–2
5	November 10	vs Denver	64–53	Max Zaslofsky (15)	3–2
6	November 12	Minneapolis	86–79	Odie Spears (25)	4–2
7	November 13	at St. Louis	91–65	Max Zaslofsky (20)	5–2
8	November 15	vs Washington	77–63	Max Zaslofsky (18)	6–2
9	November 16	Fort Wayne	85–72	Odie Spears (17)	7–2
10	November 18	at Philadelphia	88–103	Barnhorst, Mikan (15)	7–3
11	November 19	at Washington	69–85	Odie Spears (19)	7–4
12	November 23	Indianapolis	92–72	Andy Phillip (21)	8–4
13	November 26	Philadelphia	90–54	Max Zaslofsky (15)	9–4
14	November 27	at Minneapolis	96–82	Max Zaslofsky (23)	10–4
15	November 30	Baltimore	57–50	Odie Spears (13)	11–4
16	December 1	at Sheboygan	80–78	Ed Mikan (16)	12–4
17	December 3	Minneapolis	80–91	Max Zaslofsky (21)	12–5
18	December 6	Washington	75–55	Max Zaslofsky (18)	13–5
19	December 7	at Baltimore	84–72	Stan Miasek (17)	14–5
20	December 9	at Philadelphia	77–80	Max Zaslofsky (20)	14–6
21	December 10	at New York	91–93 (OT)	Max Zaslofsky (22)	14–7
22	December 13	Philadelphia	75–65	Odie Spears (18)	15–7
23	December 14	at Tri-Cities	68–73	Max Zaslofsky (23)	15–8
24	December 16	Rochester	80–71	Max Zaslofsky (17)	16–8
25	December 17	at Rochester	63–85	Odie Spears (14)	16–9
26	December 18	at Syracuse	73–86	Max Zaslofsky (21)	16–10
27	December 20	New York	79–77	Andy Phillip (15)	17–10
28	December 21	vs Waterloo	78–70	Odie Spears (14)	18–10
29	December 22	at Indianapolis	92–104	Andy Phillip (16)	18–11
30	December 26	at Fort Wayne	74–76	Andy Phillip (18)	18–12
31	December 28	at Waterloo	87–80	Max Zaslofsky (22)	19–12
32	December 29	at Anderson	81–80	Odie Spears (19)	20–12
33	January 1	at Denver	92–78	Andy Phillip (19)	21–12
34	January 10	at Washington	71–86	Max Zaslofsky (15)	21–13
35	January 13	at Boston	77–76	Max Zaslofsky (21)	22–13
36	January 14	at Baltimore	83–78	Kleggie Hermsen (22)	23–13
37	January 16	St. Louis	78–69	Max Zaslofsky (23)	24–13
38	January 19	Tri-Cities	83–68	Max Zaslofsky (30)	25–13
39	January 22	at Minneapolis	75–103	Odie Spears (15)	25–14
40	January 24	Minneapolis	68–80	Max Zaslofsky (22)	25–15
41	January 29	at St. Louis	66–51	Max Zaslofsky (14)	26–15
42	January 31	Fort Wayne	89–93	Hermsen, Zaslofsky (19)	26–16
43	February 1	vs Boston	78–76	Max Zaslofsky (17)	27–16
44	February 3	vs Baltimore	98–81	Max Zaslofsky (25)	28–16
45	February 4	at Rochester	78–82	Max Zaslofsky (22)	28–17
46	February 5	vs Boston	77–70	Max Zaslofsky (19)	29–17
47	February 7	at Boston	91–86	Max Zaslofsky (23)	30–17
48	February 10	at Philadelphia	83–76	Max Zaslofsky (17)	31–17
49	February 11	at New York	75–85	Max Zaslofsky (14)	31–18
50	February 14	Rochester	74–83	Max Zaslofsky (21)	31–19
51	February 19	at Minneapolis	83–96	Max Zaslofsky (17)	31–20
52	February 21	Baltimore	72–64	Andy Phillip (16)	32–20
53	February 24	St. Louis	77–62	Max Zaslofsky (21)	33–20
54	February 25	at New York	79–86	Max Zaslofsky (20)	33–21
55	February 26	at Syracuse	64–73	Stan Miasek (11)	33–22
56	February 27	at Boston	79–77	Max Zaslofsky (35)	34–22
57	February 28	at Rochester	69–74	Leo Barnhorst (20)	34–23
58	March 1	vs Washington	76–75	Max Zaslofsky (15)	35–23
59	March 2	at Washington	88–91	Max Zaslofsky (20)	35–24
60	March 4	at Baltimore	72–77	Andy Phillip (20)	35–25
61	March 5	Anderson	73–89	Barnhorst, Kudelka (12)	35–26
62	March 9	at Fort Wayne	71–84	Max Zaslofsky (18)	35–27
63	March 11	Fort Wayne	90–88	Max Zaslofsky (24)	36–27
64	March 12	vs Philadelphia	73–67	Hermsen, Spears (16)	37–27
65	March 14	New York	85–75	Max Zaslofsky (22)	38–27
66	March 17	vs St. Louis	69–85	Max Zaslofsky (19)	38–28
67	March 18	Sheboygan	66–63	Andy Phillip (17)	39–28
68	March 19	at St. Louis	80–64	Andy Phillip (16)	40–28