NBA HISTORY
C.J. Watson played three seasons with the Golden State Warriors before signing a free-agent deal with the Chicago Bulls in the summer of 2010.
VOLS IN THE NBA DRAFT Year 1948 1950 1953 1955 1956 1959 1960 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1973 1974 1977 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1987 1989 1993 1996 2002 2011
Player Round (Overall) Team Marshall Hawkins -- Boston Art Burris 3rd Fort Wayne Ed Jones 7th Fort Wayne Ed Montgomery 12th Philadelphia Doug Atkins -- Minneapolis Ed Wiener 4th Philadelphia Carl Widseth -- Minneapolis Gene Tormohlen 2nd Syracuse Dalen Showalter 4th Cincinnati Orb Bowling 11th New York Danny Schultz 8th Baltimore A.W. Davis 5th Los Angeles Red Robbins 6th Philadelphia Howard Bayne 15th Baltimore Ron Widby 12th Chicago Tom Boerwinkle 1st (4) Chicago Billy Hann 4th Atlanta Bill Justus 10th Philadelphia Bob Croft 8th Boston Don Johnson 5th Baltimore Jimmy England 6th Chicago Larry Robinson 16th Philadelphia Len Kosmalski 2nd Kansas City-Omaha Bernard King 1st (7) New York Nets Ernie Grunfeld 1st (11) Milwaukee Mike Jackson 7th Buffalo Terry Crosby 3rd Kansas City Reggie Johnson 1st (15) San Antonio Howard Wood 2nd Utah Gary Carter 5th San Diego Dale Ellis 1st (9) Dallas Dan Federmann 5th Philadelphia Willie Burton 6th Denver Michael Brooks 4th Houston Tony White 2nd Chicago Fred Jenkins 6th Houston Dyron Nix 2nd Charlotte Doug Roth 2nd Washington Allan Houston 1st (11) Detroit Steve Hamer 2nd Boston Marcus Haislip 1st (13) Milwaukee Vincent Yarbrough 2nd Denver Tobias Harris 1st (19) Charlotte
Allan Houston, the 11th overall pick in the 1993 NBA Draft, led the New York Knicks and ranked 10th in the NBA with 22.5 points per game in 2003.
>> Tennessee has produced 43 NBA Draft picks, including eight first-rounders.
THE NBA: WHO, WHERE, WHEN Player Team Years Howard Bayne Kentucky (ABA)...............................1967-68 Tom Boerwinkle Chicago......................1968-69 to 1977-78 Orb Bowling Kentucky (ABA)...............................1967-68 Art Burris Fort Wayne................1950-51 to 1951-52 Ted Cook Minneapolis (NBL).........................1947-48 Bobby Croft Kentucky/Texas (ABA)..................1970-71 Terry Crosby Kansas City.......................................1979-80 Dale Ellis Dallas...........................1983-84 to 1985-86 Seattle.........................1986-87 to 1990-91 Milwaukee.................1990-91 to 1991-92 San Antonio..............1992-93 to 1993-94 Denver........................1994-95 to 1996-97 Seattle.........................1997-98 to 1998-99 Charlotte...........................................1999-00 Milwaukee........................................1999-00 Miami.................................................2000-01 Ernie Grunfeld Milwaukee.................1977-78 to 1978-79 Kansas City................1979-80 to 1981-82 New York...................1982-83 to 1985-86 Marcus Haislip Milwaukee.................2002-03 to 2004-05 Indiana...............................................2004-05 San Antonio.....................................2009-10 Steve Hamer Boston................................................1996-97 Tobias Harris Milwaukee..............................2011-Present Marshall Hawkins Oshkosh (NBL)................................1948-49 Indianapolis.....................................1949-50 Bobby Hogsett Detroit................................................1966-67 Pittsburgh (ABA)............................1967-68 Allan Houston Detroit.........................1994-95 to 1995-96 New York...................1996-97 to 2004-05 Reggie Johnson San Antonio..............1980-81 to 1981-82 Cleveland..........................................1981-82 Kansas City................1981-82 to 1982-83 Philadelphia.....................................1982-83 New Jersey.......................................1983-84 Bernard King New Jersey................1977-78 to 1978-79 Utah....................................................1979-80 Golden State.............1980-81 to 1981-82
VOLS IN THE ABA DRAFT
Player Team Years B. King (cont.) New York...................1982-83 to 1986-87 Washington..............1987-88 to 1991-92 New Jersey.......................................1992-93 Len Kosmalski Kansas City/Omaha.......................1974-75 Kansas City.......................................1975-76 Ian Lockhart Phoenix.............................................1990-91 Dick Mehen Toledo (NBL)....................................1947-48 Waterloo (NBL/NBA)...... 1948-49 to 1949-50 Baltimore..........................................1950-51 Boston................................................1950-51 Fort Wayne.......................................1950-51 Milwaukee........................................1951-52 Dyron Nix Indiana........................1989-90 to 1990-91 Garland O’Shields Chicago.............................................1946-47 Syracuse (NBL)................................1947-48 Red Robbins New Orleans (ABA)....1967-68 to 1969-70 Utah (ABA).................1970-71 to 1971-72 San Diego (ABA)......1972-73 to 1973-74 Kentucky (ABA)........1973-74 to 1974-75 Virginia (ABA)..................................1974-75 Doug Roth Washington.....................................1989-90 Gene Tormohlen St. Louis......................1962-63 to 1963-64 St. Louis......................1965-66 to 1967-68 Atlanta...............................................1969-70 Paul Walther Minneapolis.....................................1949-50 Indianapolis.....................................1949-50 Indianapolis..............1950-51 to 1953-54 Fort Wayne.......................................1954-55 Tony White Chicago.............................................1987-88 New York..........................................1987-88 Golden State....................................1987-88 Ron Widby New Orleans (ABA)........................1967-68 C.J. Watson Golden State.............2007-08 to 2009-10 Chicago...................................2010-Present Howard Wood Utah....................................................1981-82 Vincent Yarbrough Denver...............................................2002-03
Tennessee had eight players selected in the American Basketball Association Draft: Ron Widby (1967, 5th round, New Orleans); Tom Boerwinkle (1968, 1st round, Denver); Bill Justus (1969, 7th round, Denver); Bobby Croft (1970, 3rd round, Texas); Jimmy England (1971, 11th round, Indiana); Don Johnson (1971, 16th round, Memphis); Mike Edwards (1973, 8th round, Indiana); Len Kosmalski (1974, 2nd round, Utah). The now-defunct American Basketball Association existed for nine full seasons from 1967-76. 130
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