DEPAUL RECORD BOOK | DEPAUL & THE NBA A total of 35 DePaul players have gone on to play in the NBA starting with DEPAUL IN THE NBA Elmer Gainer in 1941 with the Baltimore Bullets up to DePaul’s most recent NBA Mark Aguirre...... 1981-94 players in Myke Henry with the Memphis Grizzlies in 2017-18, Billy Garrett Jr. Andre Brown...... 2006-09 with the New York Knicks in 2018-19 and in 2019-20 with Wilson Chandler with Stanley Brundy...... 1989-90 the Brooklyn Nets and Max Strus with the Chicago Bulls. Emmette Bryant...... 1964-72 Chandler was the 10th DePaul basketball player to be drafted in the first round Howie Carl...... 1961-62 Wilson Chandler...... 2007-15, 2016-20 of the NBA Draft as he was the 23rd pick of the New York Knicks in 2007. He joins Dallas Comegys...... 1987-89 other first-round Blue Demons: Steven Hunter (2001, No. 15 to Orlando), Quentin Tyrone Corbin...... 1985-01 Richardson (2000, No. 18 to Los Angeles Clippers), Rod Strickland (1988, No. 19 to Dave Corzine...... 1978-91 New York), Kevin Edwards (1988, No. 20 to Miami), Dallas Comegys (1987, No. 21 Terry Cummings...... 1982-00 to Atlanta), Terry Cummings (1982, No. 2 to San Diego), Mark Aguirre (1981, No. Gene Dyker...... 1953-54 1 to Dallas), Dave Corzine (1978, No. 18 to Washington) and Bill Robinzine (1975, Kevin Edwards...... 1988-01 No. 10 to Kansas City-Omaha) Ron Feiereisel...... 1955-56 Chandler was joined by Strus as the DePaul representatives during the 2019-20 Elmer Gainer...... 1941-50 season. Chandler played for the Nets while Strus made his NBA debut with the Gary Garland...... 1979-80 Bulls. Billy Garrett Jr...... 2018-19 Bato Govedarica...... 1953-54 Since Gainer played in the first NBA game for a former Blue Demon in 1947, Myke Henry...... 2017-18 there have been only seven seasons without a DePaul flavor in NBA history. Stephen Howard...... 1992-98 Including the 2019-20 season, at least one DePaul player has played in the NBA in Steven Hunter...... 2001-10 44 of the last 45 seasons. John Jorgensen...... 1947-49 There were no Blue Demons in the NBA for the 1959-60 season, from 1962-64 Whitey Kachan...... 1948-49 and from 1972-74. A DePaul player has suited up in a NBA uniform in 73 of the Paul McPherson...... 2000-01 last 80 seasons including the 2019-20 campaign. Ed Mikan...... 1948-54 In addition to the players in the NBA, two Blue Demons have coached at the George Mikan...... 1948-56 NBA level. George Mikan was head coach of the Minneapolis Lakers (1957-58) Errol Palmer...... 1967-68 and Tyrone Corbin was head coach of the Utah Jazz from 2011-14. Jack Phelan...... 1949-50 Quentin Richardson...... 2000-13 Bill Robinzine...... 1975-82 Bobby Simmons...... 2001-12 Ron Sobieszczyk...... 1956-60 Rod Strickland...... 1988-05 Max Strus...... 2019-20 Gene Stump...... 1947-50 Dick Triptow...... 1944-50
GEORGE MIKAN (1942-46) GENE STUMP (1945-47) Minneapolis Lakers (1948-56) Boston Celtics (1947-49) Minneapolis Lakers (1949-50) Waterloo Hawks (1949-50) DEPAUL RECORD BOOK | DEPAUL & THE NBA
JACK PHELAN (1945-46, 47-49) EMMETTE BRYANT (1961-64) DAVE CORZINE (1974-77) Waterloo Hawks (1949-50) New York Knicks (1964-68) Washington Bullets (1978-80) Sheboygan Redskins (1949-50) Boston Celtics (1968-70) San Antonio Spurs (1980-82) Buffalo Braves (1970-72) Chicago Bulls (1982-89) Orlando Magic (1989-90) Seattle SuperSonics (1990-91)
RON SOBIESZCZYK (1953-56) New York Knicks (1956-60) BILL ROBINZINE (1972-75) Minneapolis Lakers (1959-60) Sacramento Kings (1975-80) Cleveland Cavaliers (1980-81) GARY GARLAND (1975-79) Dallas Mavericks (1980-81) Denver Nuggets (1979-80) Utah Jazz (1981-82) DEPAUL RECORD BOOK | DEPAUL & THE NBA
MARK AGUIRRE (1978-81) DALLAS COMEGYS (1987-89) KEVIN EDWARDS (1986-88) Dallas Mavericks (1981-89) New Jersey Nets (1987-88) Miami Heat (1988-93) Detroit Pistons (1988-93) San Antonio Spurs (1988-89) New Jersey Nets (1993-98) Los Angeles Clippers (1993-94) Orlando Magic (1997-98) Vancouver Grizzlies (2000-01)
TYRONE CORBIN (1981-85) TERRY CUMMINGS (1979-82) San Antonio Spurs (1985-87) San Diego Clippers (1982-84) Cleveland Cavaliers (1986-88) ROD STRICKLAND (1985-88) Milwaukee Bucks (1984-89) Phoenix Suns (1987-89) New York Knicks (1988-90) San Antonio Spurs (1989-95) Minnesota Timberwolves (1989-92) San Antonio Spurs (1989-92) Milwaukee Bucks (1995-96) Utah Jazz (1991-94) Portland Trailblazers (1992-96) Seattle SuperSonics (1996-97) Atlanta Hawks (1994-95) Washington Wizards (1996-01) Philadelphia 76ers (1997-98) Sacramento Kings (1995-96) Portland Trailblazers (2000-01) New York Knicks (1997-98) Miami Heat (1995-96) Miami Heat (2001-02) Golden State Warriors (1998-00) Atlanta Hawks (1996-99) Minnesota Timberwolves (2002-03) Sacramento Kings (1999-00) Orlando Magic (2003-04) Toronto Raptors (2000-01) Toronto Raptors (2003-04) Houston Rockets (2004-05) DEPAUL RECORD BOOK | DEPAUL & THE NBA
STEPHEN HOWARD (1988-92) BOBBY SIMMONS (1998-01) STEVEN HUNTER (1999-01) Utah Jazz (1992-97) Washington Wizards (2001-03) Orlando Magic (2001-04) San Antonio Spurs (1996-97) Los Angeles Clippers (2003-05) Phoenix Suns (2004-05) Seattle SuperSonics (1997-98) Milwaukee Bucks (2005-06, 07-08) Philadelphia 76ers (2005-07) New Jersey Nets (2008-10) Denver Nuggets (2007-08) San Antonio Spurs (2010-11) Memphis Grizzlies (2009-10) Los Angeles Clippers (2011-12)
QUENTIN RICHARDSON (1998-00) Los Angeles Clippers (2000-04) Phoenix Suns (2004-05) ANDRE BROWN (2000-04) New York Knicks (2005-09) PAUL McPHERSON (1999-00) Seattle SuperSonics (2006-07) Miami Heat (2009-10) Phoenix Suns (2000-01) Memphis Grizzlies (2007-08) Orlando Magic (2010-12) Golden State Warriors (2000-01) Charlotte Bobcats (2008-09) New York Knicks (2012-13) DEPAUL RECORD BOOK | DEPAUL & THE NBA
WILSON CHANDLER (1998-00) BILLY GARRETT JR. (2013-17) New York Knicks (2007-11) New York Knicks (2018-19) Denver Nuggets (2011-15, 2016-18) Philadelphia 76ers (2018-19) Los Angeles Clippers (2018-19) Brooklyn Nets (2019-20)
MAX STRUS (2016-19) Chicago Bulls (2019-20)
MYKE HENRY (2013-16) Memphis Grizzlies (2017-18)