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Montverde has record 6 players selected in NBA Draft; Cade Cunningham leads way at No. 1

Cade Cunningham was selected as the No. 1 pick by the Detroit Pistons in the NBA Draft on Thursday night, and by the time FSU’s Balsa Koprivica was made the No. 57 selection by the Charlotte Hornets, six former Montverde Academy players had been taken in the draft.

No other high school team in draft history has had six players chosen in one draft. Cunningham, Barnes, Moody and Sharpe were on the same team that went 25-0 and won the national championship in 2018-19.

Cunningham, a 6-foot-8 point guard at Oklahoma State this past season got things started with his No.