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Tom Abernethy Uwe Blab (3rd Round; 43rd pick – L.A. Lakers) (1st Round; 17th pick – Dallas) Los Angeles Lakers ...... 1977, 1978 Dallas ...... 1986-89 Golden State ...... 1979-81 Golden State ...... 1989 Indiana ...... 1981 Tom Bolyard Steve Alford (3rd Round; 19th pick – Baltimore, 1963) (2nd Round; 26th pick– Dallas) Dallas ...... 1987-88 Steve Bouchie Golden State ...... 1988-89 (4th Round; 78th pick – Detroit, 1983) Dallas ...... 1989-90 Tony Brown Eric Anderson (7th Round; 141st pick – Indiana, 1983) New York Knicks ...... 1992-94
^ Thomas Bryant (2nd Round; 42nd overall pick – L.A. Lakers, 2017) ^ OG Anunoby Los Angeles Lakers ...... 2017-18 (1st Round; 23rd pick – Toronto, 2017) Washington...... 2018-Present Toronto ...... 2017-Present Quinn Buckner Paul Armstrong (1st Round; 7th pick – Milwaukee) Ft. Wayne ...... 1949-51 Milwaukee ...... 1977-82 Boston ...... 1983-85 Damon Bailey Indiana ...... 1986 (2nd Round; 44th pick – Indiana) Indiana ...... 1994-95 Butch Carter (2nd Round; 37th pick – L.A. Lakers) Walt Bellamy Los Angeles Lakers ...... 1981 (1st Round; 1st pick – Chicago) Indiana ...... 1982-84 Chicago ...... 1962-63 New York Knicks ...... 1985-86 Baltimore ...... 1964-65 Philadelphia ...... 1986 New York Knicks ...... 1966-68 Detroit ...... 1969-70 Calbert Cheaney Atlanta ...... 1971-74 (1st Round; 6th pick – Washington) New Orleans ...... 1975 Washington ...... 1994-99 Boston ...... 2000 Kent Benson Denver ...... 2001-02 (1st Round; 1st pick – Milwaukee) Utah ...... 2002-03 Milwaukee ...... 1978-80 Golden State ...... 2003-06 Detroit ...... 1980-86 Utah ...... 1986-87 Cleveland ...... 1987
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Wally Choice (1956 – St. Louis, 1956)
Joe Cooke (6th Round; 94th pick - Cleveland) Cleveland ...... 1971
Archie Dees (1st Round; 2nd pick – Cincinnati) Cincinnati ...... 1959 Detroit ...... 1960-61 St. Louis ...... 1962 Dean Garrett Bill DeHeer (2nd Round; 38th pick – Phoenix) (8th Round; 105th pick - San Diego, 1969) Phoenix ...... 1988-89 Minnesota ...... 1996-97,1999-01 Steve Downing Denver ...... 1997-99 (1st Round; 17th pick – Boston) Golden State Warriors ...... 2002 Boston ...... 1974-75 ^ Eric Gordon Jay Edwards (1st Round; 7th pick – L.A. Clippers) (2nd Round; 33rd pick – L.A. Clippers) Los Angeles Clippers ...... 2008-2011 Los Angeles Clippers ...... 1989-90 N.O. Hornets/Pelicans...... 2011-2016 Houston Rockets...... 2016-Present Brian Evans (1st Round; 27th pick – Orlando Magic) Greg Graham Orlando ...... 1996-98 (1st Round; 17th pick – Charlotte) New Jersey ...... 1998-99 Philadelphia ...... 1993-95 New Jersey ...... 1995-96 Dick Farley Seattle ...... 1996-98 (2nd Round; 15th pick – Baltimore) Syracuse ...... 1955-56 Steve Green Detroit ...... 1959 (2nd Round; 30th pick – Chicago) Utah ...... 1976 St. Louis ...... 1976 Indiana ...... 1977-79
Glen Grunwald (5th Round; 115th pick – Boston, 1981)
A.J. Guyton (2nd Round; 32nd pick – Chicago) Chicago ...... 1999-02 Los Angeles Lakers ...... 2002
Ralph Hamilton ^ Kevin ‘Yogi’ Ferrell Indianapolis Jets ...... 1949 Brooklyn ...... 2017 Dallas...... 2017-18 Bubbles Harris Sacramento...... 2018-Present (14th Round; 208th pick – Cleveland, 1971)
Bill Garrett Kirk Haston (2nd Round; 16th pick - Boston, 1951) (1st Round; 16th pick – Charlotte) Charlotte ...... 2001-02 New Orleans ...... 2002-03
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Alan Henderson Chicago ...... 1977-81 (1st Round; 16th pick – Atlanta) Milwaukee ...... 1982 Atlanta Hawks ...... 1996-2004 Detroit ...... 1983 Dallas Mavericks ...... 2004-05 Cleveland Cavaliers ...... 2005-06 George McGinnis Philadelphia 76ers...... 2006-07 (2nd Round; 22nd pick – Philadelphia) Indiana ...... 1972-75 Ron Horn Philadelphia ...... 1976-78 (2nd Round; 16th pick – St. Louis) Denver ...... 1979-80 St. Louis ...... 1962 Indiana ...... 1980-82 Los Angeles ...... 1963 Denver ...... 1968 Jon McGlocklin (3rd Round; 24th pick – Cincinnati) Erv Inniger Cincinnati ...... 1966-67 Minnesota ...... 1968 San Diego ...... 1968 Miami ...... 1969 Milwaukee ...... 1969-76
Jared Jeffries (1st Round; 11th pick – Washington, 2002) Washington ...... 2002-06 New York Knicks ...... 2006-10 Houston ...... 2009-11 New York Knicks...... 2011-12 Portland ...... 2012-13
Ken Johnson (10th Round; 162nd pick – Cleveland, 1970)
Butch Joyner (9th Round; 111th pick – Cincinnati) ^ Victor Oladipo Indiana ...... 1969 (1st Round; 2nd pick – Orlando) Orlando...... 2013-16 Ted Kitchel Oklahoma City...... 2016-17 (2nd Round; 41st pick – Milwaukee, 1983) Indiana...... 2017- Present
Charles Kraak Andrae Patterson (6th Round; 49th pick – Fort Wayne, 1954) (2nd Round; 46th pick– Minnesota) Minnesota ...... 1998-02 John Laskowski (2nd Round ; 32nd pick– Chicago) Wayne Radford Chicago ...... 1976-77 (2nd Round; 27th pick – Indiana) Indiana ...... 1979 Bob “Slick” Leonard (2nd Round; 10th pick – Baltimore) Frank Radovich Minneapolis ...... 1957-60 (2nd Round; 14th pick – St. Louis) Los Angeles ...... 1961 Philadelphia ...... 1962 Chicago ...... 1962-63 Indiana Pacers Coach ...... 1969-80 Jimmy Rayl (3rd Round; 22nd pick – Cincinnati) John Logan Indiana...... 1968-69 St. Louis ...... 1946-50 Tri-Cities ...... 1951 Steve Risley (8th Round; 108th pick – Phoenix, 1981) Scott May (1st Round; 2nd pick – Chicago)
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John Ritter Landon Turner (8th Round; 125th pick – Cleveland, 1973) (10th Round; 225th pick – Boston, 1982)
Herman Schaefer Dick Van Arsdale Minneapolis ...... 1949-50 (2nd Round ; 10th pick – New York) New York Knicks ...... 1966-68 Don Schlundt Phoenix ...... 1969-77 (2nd Round; 14th pick – Syracuse, 1955) Tom Van Arsdale Lou Scott (2nd Round; 11th pick – Detroit) Detroit ...... 1966-67 (5th Round; 37th pick – Baltimore, 1954) Cincinnati ...... 1968-72 Keith Smart Philadelphia ...... 1973-74 (2nd Round; 41st pick – Golden State) Atlanta ...... 1975-76 San Antonio ...... 1988 Phoenix ...... 1977
< Noah Vonleh (1st Round; 9th pick - Charlotte, 2014) Charlotte...... 2014-15 Portland...... 2015-Present
Lou Watson (3rd Round – Chicago, 1950)
D.J. White (1st Round; 29th pick– Detroit) Jerry Stuteville Oklahoma City Thunder ...... 2008-11 (8th Round – Indianapolis, 1950) Charlotte Bobcats...... 2011-12
Darryl Thomas Bob Wilkerson (6th Round; 120th pick – Sacramento, 1987) (1st Round, 11th pick – Seattle) Seattle ...... 1977 Isiah Thomas Denver ...... 1978-80 (1st Round; 2nd pick – Detroit) Chicago ...... 1981 Cleveland ...... 1982-83 Detroit ...... 1982-1994
Jim Thomas Bob Wilkinson (2nd Round; 40th pick – Indiana) (12th Round; 84th pick – St. Louis, 1960) Indiana ...... 1984-85 LA Clippers ...... 1985 Minnesota ...... 1991
Ray Tolbert (1st Round; 18th pick – New Jersey) New Jersey ...... 1982 Seattle ...... 1982 Detroit ...... 1983-84 New York ...... 1987 Atlanta ...... 1989
Bill Tosheff (4th Round; 32nd pick – Indianapolis) Indianapolis ...... 1952-53 ^ Troy Williams Milwaukee ...... 1954 Memphis ...... 2017 Houston...... 2017-18 New York Knicks...... 2018 New Orleans...... 2018-Present
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Ward Williams (1st Round; 8th pick – Fort Wayne) Ft. Wayne ...... 1949
Randy Wittman (1st Round; 22nd pick – Washington) Atlanta ...... 1984-88 Sacramento ...... 1988 Indiana ...... 1988-91
Mike Woodson (1st round; 12th pick – New York) New York Knicks ...... 1981 New Jersey ...... 1982 Kansas City ...... 1982-85 Sacramento ...... 1986 Los Angeles Clippers ...... 1986-88 Houston ...... 1988-91
Bracey Wright Kent Benson was the No. 1 overall pick in the 1977 (2nd Round; 4th pick – Memphis) NBA Draft by the Milwaukee Bucks. Minnesota ...... 2005-07
Joby Wright (2nd Round; 18th pick– Seattle) Seattle ...... 1973 San Diego ...... 1974 Memphis ...... 1974 San Diego ...... 1975 Virginia ...... 1975
Isiah Thomas was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996.
^ Cody Zeller (1st Round; 4th pick– Charlotte) Charlotte ...... 2013-Present
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