List of Michigan Wolverines in the NBA draft
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The Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, representing the University of Michigan, has had 76 players drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) since the league began holding the yearly event in 1947.[1] Each NBA franchise seeks to add new players through an annual draft. The NBA uses a draft lottery to determine the first three picks of the NBA draft; the 14 teams that did not make the playoffs the previous year are eligible to participate. After the first three picks are decided, the rest of the teams pick in reverse order of their win–loss record.[2][3] To be eligible for the NBA draft, a player in the United States must be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft and must be at least one year removed from the graduation of his high school class.[4]
The drafts held between 1947 and 1949 were held by the Basketball Association of America (BAA). The BAA became the National Basketball Association after absorbing teams from the National Basketball League in the fall of 1949. Official NBA publications include the BAA Drafts as part of the NBA's draft history. From 1967 until the ABA–NBA merger in 1976, the American Basketball Association (ABA) held its own draft.[5]
Through the 2023 NBA draft, a Wolverine has been chosen first overall two times in the history of the event, Cazzie Russell in 1966 and Chris Webber in 1993. Thirty-one Wolverines have been drafted in the first round of the NBA Draft, with Kobe Bufkin being the latest in 2023. The most Wolverines selected in the first round of a single NBA Draft is three, which happened in 1990. Six players have been selected to either an ABA or NBA All-Star Game, four have been a member of an NBA or ABA championship winning team, and three have achieved both. Two former Wolverines have been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. [6]
Key
G | Guard | F | Forward | C | Center |
* | Selected to an NBA/ABA All-Star Game | ||||
† | Won an NBA/ABA championship | ||||
‡ | Selected to an All-Star Game and won an NBA/ABA championship |
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Players selected in the NBA draft
References
- ^ "Michigan NBA Draft Selections". basketball.realgm.com. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
- ^ "Evolution of the Draft and Lottery". NBA.com. Archived from the original on December 3, 2009. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
- ^ Dengate, Jeff (May 16, 2007). "Let the Ping-Pong Balls Fall". NBA.com. Archived from the original on December 3, 2009. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
- ^ "Article X, Section 1(b)(i)". 2005 NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement. National Basketball Players Association. Archived from the original on January 25, 2010. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
- ^ Pluto, Terry (1990). Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 432. ISBN 1-4165-4061-X. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
- ^ "2020-21 Michigan Media Guide" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. November 23, 2020. p. 229. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
- ^ "Bob Harrison NBA Stats". Sports Reference LLC. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
- ^ "Cazzie Russell NBA Stats". Sports Reference LLC. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
- ^ "Rudy Tomjanovich NBA Stats". Sports Reference LLC. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
- ^ "Campy Russell NBA Stats". Sports Reference LLC. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
- ^ "Rickey Green NBA Stats". Sports Reference LLC. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
- ^ "Mike McGee NBA Stats". Sports Reference LLC. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
- ^ "Roy Tarpley NBA Stats". Sports Reference LLC. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
- ^ "Glen Rice NBA Stats". Sports Reference LLC. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
- ^ "Chris Webber NBA Stats". Sports Reference LLC. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
- ^ "Juwan Howard NBA Stats". Sports Reference LLC. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
- ^ "Jalen Rose NBA Stats". Sports Reference LLC. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
- ^ "Maurice Taylor NBA Stats". Sports Reference LLC. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
- ^ "Jamal Crawford NBA Stats". Sports Reference LLC. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
- ^ "Trey Burke NBA Stats". Sports Reference LLC. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
- ^ "Tim Hardaway Jr. NBA Stats". Sports Reference LLC. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
- ^ "Franz Wagner NBA Stats". Sports Reference LLC. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
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