Thirty-three players with Alabama basketball roots have been selected in the first round of the NBA Draft, a total that most recently changed in 2010, when LeFlore High School’s DeMarcus Cousins and Parker High School’s Eric Bledsoe joined the league.
The total isn’t expected to increase on Thursday night, when the NBA holds its annual draft in Brooklyn on Thursday.
The NBA Draft will televised from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, by ESPN, starting at 6 p.m. CDT Thursday.
The first player from an Alabama high school or college selected in the first round of an NBA Draft was Bud Stallworth in 1972.