List of Michigan Wolverines in the NBA draft explained
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
| 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 | |
Players selected in the NBA draft
Notes and References
- Web site: Michigan NBA Draft Selections . March 20, 2021 . basketball.realgm.com.
- Web site: Evolution of the Draft and Lottery . NBA.com . March 20, 2021 . December 3, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091203103157/http://www.nba.com/history/draft_evolution.html . dead .
- Web site: Let the Ping-Pong Balls Fall . Jeff . Dengate . NBA.com . May 16, 2007 . March 20, 2021 . December 3, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091203204749/http://www.nba.com/features/inside_lottery_050524.html . dead .
- Web site: Article X, Section 1(b)(i) . 2005 NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement . National Basketball Players Association . March 20, 2021 . January 25, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100125235724/http://www.nbpa.com/cba_articles/article-X.php . dead .
- Book: Pluto, Terry . Terry Pluto
. Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association . 432 . Terry Pluto . . 1990 . 1-4165-4061-X . New York . March 20, 2021.
- Web site: 2020-21 Michigan Media Guide. 229. March 20, 2021. November 23, 2020. Big Ten Conference. BigTen.org.
- Web site: Bob Harrison NBA Stats . Sports Reference LLC . Basketball-Reference.com . March 20, 2021.
- Web site: Cazzie Russell NBA Stats . Sports Reference LLC . Basketball-Reference.com . November 11, 2021.
- Web site: Rudy Tomjanovich NBA Stats . Sports Reference LLC . Basketball-Reference.com . November 11, 2021.
- Web site: Campy Russell NBA Stats . Sports Reference LLC . Basketball-Reference.com . March 20, 2021.
- Web site: Rickey Green NBA Stats . Sports Reference LLC . Basketball-Reference.com . March 20, 2021.
- Web site: Mike McGee NBA Stats . Sports Reference LLC . Basketball-Reference.com . March 20, 2021.
- Web site: Roy Tarpley NBA Stats . Sports Reference LLC . Basketball-Reference.com . March 20, 2021.
- Web site: Glen Rice NBA Stats . Sports Reference LLC . Basketball-Reference.com . March 20, 2021.
- Web site: Chris Webber NBA Stats . Sports Reference LLC . Basketball-Reference.com . March 20, 2021.
- Web site: Juwan Howard NBA Stats . Sports Reference LLC . Basketball-Reference.com . March 20, 2021.
- Web site: Jalen Rose NBA Stats . Sports Reference LLC . Basketball-Reference.com . March 20, 2021.
- Web site: Maurice Taylor NBA Stats . Sports Reference LLC . Basketball-Reference.com . March 20, 2021.
- Web site: Jamal Crawford NBA Stats . Sports Reference LLC . Basketball-Reference.com . March 20, 2021.
- Web site: Trey Burke NBA Stats . Sports Reference LLC . Basketball-Reference.com . March 20, 2021.
- Web site: Tim Hardaway Jr. NBA Stats . Sports Reference LLC . Basketball-Reference.com . March 20, 2021.
- Web site: Franz Wagner NBA Stats . Sports Reference LLC . Basketball-Reference.com . May 19, 2022.
