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O H I O S TAT E B U C K E Y E S
OHIO STATE AND THE
NBA
Since 1947, 45 Ohio State basketball players have been drafted by National Basketball Association teams, including 20 who were selected in the first round. 2004 NBA All-Star Michael Redd is in his ninth year with the Milwaukee Bucks. Greg Oden, Mike Conley Jr. and Daequan Cook were all taken in the first round during the 2007 NBA Draft with Oden going No. 1 (Portland), Conley No. 4 (Memphis) and Cook No. 21 (Philadelphia). All had just completed their freshman season at Ohio State. Kosta Koufos is the latest NBA First Round pick. He went to Utah with the 23rd pick in the 2008 draft.
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O H I O S TAT E B U C K E Y E S
Year 1947 1947 1950 1950 1955 1956 1958 1958 1960 1961 1962 1962 1962 1964 1967 1968 1969 1970 1970 1971 1972 1973 1973 1974 1975 1980 1981 1981 1981 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1989 1992
Player Jack Underman Paul Huston Bob Donham Dick Schnittker John Miller Robin Freeman Frank Howard Ken Sidle Joe Roberts Larry Siegfried Jerry Lucas John Havlicek Mel Nowell Gary Bradds Ron Sepic Bill Hosket Steve Howell Dave Sorenson Jody Finney Jim Cleamons Mark Minor Allan Hornyak Luke Witte Wardell Jackson Bill Andreas Kelvin Ransey Herb Williams Jim Smith Carter Scott Clark Kellogg Granville Waiters Tony Campbell Brad Sellers Dennis Hopson Jay Burson Jim Jackson
At OSU 1946-47 1945-47 1949-50 1948-50 1953-55 1954-56 1956-58 1957-58 1958-60 1959-61 1960-62 1960-62 1960-62 1962-64 1965-67 1966-68 1067-69 1968-70 1968-70 1969-71 1970-72 1971-73 1971-73 1972-74 1973-75 1977-80 1978-81 1978-81 1978-81 1980-82 1980-83 1981-84 1985-86 1984-87 1985-89 1990-92
NBA Team(s)
Round (pick)
1992 1994 2000 2001 2007
michael redd
2008
Chris Jent Lawrence Funderburke Scoonie Penn Michael Redd Ken Johnson Greg Oden Mike Conley Jr. Daequan Cook Kosta Koufos
1989-92 1992-94 1999-00 1998-00 1998-01 2007 2007 2007 2008
St. Louis ..................................................................................... 1 (7) Chicago ...................................................................................... 1 (8) Boston .............................................................................................– Washington ............................................................................... 1 (5) Minnesota.......................................................................................– St. Louis ..........................................................................................– Philadelphia .................................................................................... 3 St. Louis .......................................................................................... 8 Syracuse ......................................................................................... 3 Boston Celtics ............................................................................ 1 (3) Cincinnati Royals, New York Knicks ......................................... 1 (6) Boston Celtics ............................................................................ 1 (9) Cleveland Pipers ........................................................................... 12 Baltimore Bullets ....................................................................... 1 (3) Cincinnati ........................................................................................ 9 New York Knicks ............................................................................. 1 San Diego ..................................................................................... 17 Boston Celtics ................................................................................. 2 San Diego ....................................................................................... 4 Los Angeles, Cleveland Cavaliers ........................................... 1 (13) Boston Celtics ............................................................................... 11 Cleveland Cavaliers ........................................................................ 2 Cleveland Cavaliers ........................................................................ 4 Seattle ............................................................................................ 6 Chicago Bulls .................................................................................. 6 Chicago Bulls, New Jersey Nets .............................................. 1 (4) Indiana Pacers, Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks .............. 1 (14) Los Angeles Clippers ...................................................................... 3 Golden State Warriors.................................................................... 6 Indiana Pacers ........................................................................... 1 (8) Chicago Bulls, Indiana Pacers ........................................................ 2 Detroit Pistons, LA Lakers, Minnesota Timberwolves ........... 1 (20) New York Knicks Chicago Bulls, Seattle Supersonics, ........................................ 1 (9) Minnesota Timberwolves New Jersey Nets, Chicago Bulls .............................................. 1 (3) Houston Rockets ...........................................................................FA Atlanta, Portland, Golden State, Philadelphia, ........................ 1 (4) New Jersey, Dallas, Cleveland, Sacramento, Houston, Phoenix, Miami Houston Rockets, New York Knicks .............................................FA Sacramento Kings........................................................................... 2 Atlanta Hawks ................................................................................ 2 Milwaukee Bucks ........................................................................... 2 Miami Heat ..................................................................................... 2 Portland Trail Blazers ................................................................. 1 (1) Memphis Grizzlies ..................................................................... 1 (4) Philadelphia 76ers ................................................................... 1 (21) Utah Jazz ................................................................................. 1 (23)
jim jackson
kosta koufos
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