History of Cats in the Pros
UK's First Round Draft SelectionsPlayer Pick Year Drafting Team Pat Riley 7th 1967 San Diego Kevin Grevey 18th 1975 Washington Rick Robey 3rd 1978 Indiana Jack Givens 16th 1978 Atlanta Kyle Macy 22nd 1979 Phoenix Sam Bowie 2nd 1984 Portland Melvin Turpin 6th 1984 Washington Kenny Walker *5th 1986 New York Rex Chapman 8th 1988 Charlotte Jamal Mashburn *4th 1993 Dallas Antoine Walker *6th 1996 Boston Tony Delk 16th 1996 Charlotte Walter McCarty 19th 1996 New York Ron Mercer *6th 1997 Boston Derek Anderson 13th 1997 Cleveland Nazr Mohammed 29th 1998 Utah Scott Padgett 28th 1999 Utah Jamaal Magloire 19th 2000 Charlotte Tayshaun Prince 23rd 2002 Detroit* Lottery Picks
All Time Cats in the Pros
Player *Round Year Drafting Team Team(s) Played For Bob Cluggish New York (1946-47) Jack Tingle 1947 Washington Washington (1947-48), Minneapolis (1948-49) Jack Parkinson 1948 Washington Indianapolis (1949-50) Kenny Rollins 1948 Chicago Chicago (1948-49), Boston (1952-53) Alex Groza 1949 Indianapolis Indianapolis (1949-51) Cliff Barker 1949 Indianapolis Indianapolis (1949-52) Ralph Beard 1949 Chicago Indianapolis (1949-51) Wallace Jones 1949 Washington Indianapolis (1949-52) Dale Barnstable 1950 Boston Bobby Watson 1952 Milwaukee Cliff Hagan 1953 Boston St. Louis (1956-66), ABA Dallas (1967-70) Frank Ramsey 1953 Boston Boston (1954-58) Bob Burrow 2nd 1956 Rochester Rochester (1956-57), Minneapolis (1957-58) Jerry Bird 3rd 1956 Minneapolis New York (1958-59) Phil Grawemeyer 3rd 1956 Minneapolis Vernon Hatton 2nd 1958 Cincinnati Cincinnati/Philadelphia (1958-59), Philadelphia (1959-61), Chicago/St. Louis (1961-62) Johnny Cox 4th 1958 New York Chicago (1962-63) Adrian Smith 15th 1958 Cincinnati ABA Denver (1971-74), ABA Utah (1974-76) Bennie Coffman 7th 1960 Syracuse Don Mills 18th 1960 New York Sid Cohen 4th 1960 Boston Roger Newman 7th 1961 Syracuse Ned Jennings 13th 1961 New York Larry Pursiful 8th 1962 Chicago Cotton Nash 2nd 1964 Los Angeles Los Angeles/San Franscisco (1964-65), ABA Kentucky (1967-68) Tommy Kron 3rd 1966 St. Louis St. Louis (1966-67), Seattle (1967-69), ABA Kentucky (1969-70) Pat Riley 1st 1967 San Diego San Diego (1967-70), Los Angeles (1970-75), Los Angeles-Phoenix (1975-76) Louie Dampier 4th 1967 Cincinnati ABA Kentucky (1967-76), San Antonio (1976-79) Cliff Berger 9th 1968 Los Angeles Phil Argento 10th 1969 Los Angeles Dan Issel 8th 1970 Detroit ABA Kentucky (1970-75), Denver (1975-85) Mike Casey 8th 1970 Chicago Tom Payne 1st 1971 Atlanta Atlanta (1971-72) Larry Steele 3rd 1971 Portland Portland (1971-80) Jim Dinwiddie 10th 1971 Philadelphia Tom Parker 6th 1972 Cleveland Kent Hollenbeck 10th 1972 Detroit Jim Andrews 7th 1973 Seattle Kevin Grevey 1st 1975 Washington Washington (1976-83), Milwaukee (1983-85) Jimmy Dan Connor 2nd 1975 Phoenix ABA Kentucky (1975-76) Bob Guyette 3rd 1975 Kansas City-Omaha Mike Flynn 7th 1975 Philadelphia Indiana (1975-78) Larry Johnson 2nd 1977 Buffalo Rick Robey 1st 1978 Indiana Indiana-Boston (1978-79), Boston (1979-83), Phoenix (1983-86) Jack Givens 1st 1978 Atlanta Atlanta (1978-80) James Lee 2nd 1978 Seattle Mike Phillips 3rd 1978 New Jersey Kyle Macy 1st 1979 Phoenix Phoenix (1980-85), Chicago (1985-86), Indiana (1986-87) Truman Claytor 6th 1979 Detroit LaVon Williams 5th 1980 Cleveland Jay Shidler 9th 1980 Chicago Fred Cowan 6th 1981 Houston Chuck Verderber 7th 1982 Chicago Dirk Minniefield 2nd 1983 Dallas Cleveland (1985-87), Houston (1987), Golden State-Boston (1987-88) Derrick Hord 4th 1983 Cleveland Charles Hurt 6th 1983 Milwaukee Dicky Beal 4th 1984 Atlanta Sam Bowie 1st 1984 Portland Portland (1984-89), New Jersey (1989-93), L.A. Lakers (1993-94) Jim Master 6th 1984 Atlanta Melvin Turpin 1st 1984 Washington Cleveland (1984-87), Utah (1987-88), Washington (1989-90) Kenny Walker 1st 1986 New York New York (1986-91), Washington (1993-95) Roger Harden 5th 1986 Los Angeles James Blackmon 5th 1987 New Jersey Rex Chapman 1st 1988 Charlotte Charlotte (1988-92), Washington (1992-94), Miami (94-96) Rob Lock 3rd 1988 LA Clippers LA Clippers (1988-89) Ed Davender 3rd 1988 Washington Winston Bennett 3rd 1988 Cleveland Cleveland (1989-91), Miami (1991-92) Jamal Mashburn 1st 1993 Dallas Dallas (1993-1996), Miami (1996-99), Charlotte (2000-01), New Orleans (2002-03) Rodney Dent 2nd 1994 Orlando Orlando (1994-95), Vancouver (1995-96) Antoine Walker 1st 1996 Boston Boston (1997-02), Dallas (2003) Tony Delk 1st 1996 Charlotte Charlotte (1996-97), Golden State (1997-98), Sacramento (1999), Phoenix (2000-01), Boston (2001-02), Dallas (2003) Walter McCarty 1st 1996 New York New York (1997), Boston (1998-03) Mark Pope 2nd 1996 Indiana Indiana (1997-98), Milwaukee (2000-01), Denver (2003) Ron Mercer 1st 1997 Boston Celtics Boston (1997-98), Denver/Orlando (1999), Chicago (2000-01), Indiana (2001-02), San Antonio (2003) Derek Anderson 1st 1998 Cleveland Cleveland (1997-98), LA Clippers (2000), San Antonio (2001), Portland (2002-03) Nazr Mohammed 1st 1999 Utah Jazz Philadelphia (1998-00), Atlanta (2000-03) New York (2003) Scott Padgett 1st 1999 Utah Jazz Utah (1999-2002), Houston (2003) Jamaal Magloire 1st 2000 Charlotte Charlotte (2000-01), New Orleans (2002-03) Tayshaun Prince 1st 2002 Detroit Detroit (2002-03) Keith Bogans 2nd 2003 Milwaukee Orlando (2003), Charlotte (2004) Erik Daniels Sacramento (2004)*The NBA Draft, which was instituted 1947, did not have multiple rounds until 1957. Active players in bold
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