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List of Drexel Dragons in the NBA draft

The Drexel Dragons men's basketball team, representing Drexel University, has had 7 players drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) since the league began holding drafts in 1947.

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.[1][2] 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.[3] From 1967 until the ABA–NBA merger in 1976, the American Basketball Association (ABA) held its own draft.[4]

Key

F Forward C Center G Guard
* Selected to an all-star game (ABA All-Star Game, NBA All-Star game)
Won a championship (ABA Champion, NBA Champion)
Inducted into Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Players selected

Malik Rose was drafted 44th overall by the Charlotte Hornets in the 1996 NBA Draft.
Year Round Pick Overall Player name Position NBA team Notes
1974 8 15 141 Greg Newman F Detroit Pistons
1981 8 13 174 Len Hatzenbeller C Indiana Pacers
1982 10 19 224 Randy Burkert F Philadelphia 76ers
1984 7 21 160 Richard Congo G Philadelphia 76ers
9 21 205 Michael Mitchell C Philadelphia 76ers
1988 3 23 73 Michael Anderson G Indiana Pacers
1996 2 15 44 Malik Rose F Charlotte Hornets NBA Champion (1999, 2003)[5][6]

Notes

  • Damion Lee was not drafted to the NBA, but became the second Drexel alumni to win an NBA championship in 2022

References

General
Specific
  1. ^ "Evolution of the Draft and Lottery". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 2009-12-03. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
  2. ^ Dengate, Jeff (2007-05-16). "Let the Ping-Pong Balls Fall". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 2009-12-03. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
  3. ^ "Article X, Section 1(b)(i)". 2005 NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement. National Basketball Players Association. Archived from the original on 2010-01-25. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
  4. ^ 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 2009-12-05.
  5. ^ "1998-99 San Antonio Spurs Roster and Stats". Sports Reference LLC. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  6. ^ "2002-03 San Antonio Spurs Roster and Stats". Sports Reference LLC. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-03-27.