In the nba player draft, the boston celtics was the first team to draft an african-american player, chuck cooper. he was picked in the second round of the draft, and in the ninth round of the draft, the washington capitals drafted earl lloyd, also a forward. three and a half years after jackie robinson integrated professional baseball, earl lloyd became the first african-american to play in a nba game. he scored six points and led both teams in rebounds with ten. that game earned earl lloyd induction into the basketball hall of fame in 2003 at nba's first african-american player. the day after...