The Milwaukee Bucks selected Sindarius Thornwell with the no. 48 pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, and subsequently traded the pick to the Los Angeles Clippers for cash considerations.
Thornwell is the first South Carolina player to be drafted since Renaldo Balkman was selected with the 20th pick in the 2006 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks.
NBA scouts seem to discriminate against college seniors these days. There were only 13 seniors selected in this year’s draft, with only two going in the first round.