List of Marshall Thundering Herd in the NBA draft

The Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball team, representing the Marshall University, has had 20 players drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) since the league began holding the yearly event in 1947. Andy Tonkovich was the first Marshall player drafted when he was selected first overall in the 1948 draft.

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[edit]

G	Guard	F	Forward	C	Center

*	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[edit]

Marshall Thundering Herd selected in the NBA draft
Year	Round	Pick	Overall	Name	Position	Team^{[A 1]}	Notes
1948	1	1	1	Andy Tonkovich	G	Providence Steamrollers	—
1954	3	2	20	Walt Walowac	G	Milwaukee Hawks	—
1956	4	—	30	Charlie Slack	F	Fort Wayne Pistons	—
1957	8	6	61	Cebe Price	G	Syracuse Nationals	—
1958	2	6	13	Hal Greer^‡	G	Syracuse Nationals	NBA All-Star (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970)^[5] NBA All-Star Game MVP (1968)^[5] NBA Champion (1967)^[6] All-NBA Second Team (1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969)^[5] Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee (2006)
1959	4	1	25	Leo Byrd	G	Cincinnati Royals	—
1960	13	1	85	John Milhoan	G	Cincinnati Royals	—
1962	5	2	36	Bob Burgess	F	New York Knicks	—
1968	6	7	71	Bob Allen	F	San Francisco Warriors	—
	9	9	115	George Stone^†	F	Los Angeles Lakers	ABA Champion (1971)^[7]
	11	7	141	Bob Redd	G	New York Knicks	—
1971	11	14	182	Blaine Henry	C	Milwaukee Bucks	—
1972	1	6	6	Russ Lee	G, F	Milwaukee Bucks	—
1972	6	8	88	Randy Noll^{[A 2]}	F	Atlanta Hawks	—
1973	2	2	20	Mike D'Antoni	G	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	—
1973	5	3	72	Randy Noll^{[A 2]}	F	Buffalo Braves	—
1983	9	12	196	Charles Jones	C	New York Knicks	—
1984	6	14	130	LaVerne Evans	F	Dallas Mavericks	—
1985	7	18	157	Don Turney	C	Indiana Pacers	—
2002	2	24	54	Tamar Slay	G	New Jersey Nets	—
2010	2	3	33	Hassan Whiteside	F, C	Sacramento Kings	NBA All-Defensive Second Team (2016)^[8]

Notes[edit]

^ This is the team that drafted the player, not their most recent team.
^ ^a ^b The NBA had a rule which stated a player was not eligible for the NBA Draft until four years after he graduated high school. Randy Noll was eligible for the NBA Draft as a junior since he transferred from Kentucky. Noll was a junior at Marshall when he was selected with the 88th pick in the 1972 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks. He chose to return to Marshall for his senior year and was later drafted by the Buffalo Braves with the 72nd pick in the 1973 NBA Draft.

References[edit]

General

"NBA Draft Picks From Marshall University". Sports Reference LLC. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
"Rookie of the Year Award". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on March 29, 2010. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
"Most Valuable Player". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
"NBA postseason awards: Sixth Man Award". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on February 2, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
"Most Improved Player". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on January 1, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
"Defensive Player of the Year". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on January 26, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
"Finals Most Valuable Player". NBA/Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
"All–NBA Teams". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on September 17, 2008. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
"All–Star Game: Year–by–Year Results". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on April 13, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
"All–Rookie Teams". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
"Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famers Index". Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 16, 2013.

Specific

^ "Evolution of the Draft and Lottery". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 2009-12-03. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Hal Greer NBA & ABA Stats". Sports Reference LLC. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 9, 2010.
^ "1966–67 Philadelphia 76ers Roster and Stats". Sports Reference LLC. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
^ "1970–71 Utah Stars Roster and Stats". Sports Reference LLC. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
^ "Hassan Whiteside NBA & ABA Stats". Sports Reference LLC. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 9, 2018.

[NotCurrent-5] This is the team that drafted the player, not their most recent team.

[Noll-9] The NBA had a rule which stated a player was not eligible for the NBA Draft until four years after he graduated high school. Randy Noll was eligible for the NBA Draft as a junior since he transferred from Kentucky. Noll was a junior at Marshall when he was selected with the 88th pick in the 1972 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks. He chose to return to Marshall for his senior year and was later drafted by the Buffalo Braves with the 72nd pick in the 1973 NBA Draft.

[NBA_Lottery_1-1] "Evolution of the Draft and Lottery". NBA.com. Archived from the original on 2009-12-03. Retrieved 2009-11-18.

[NBA_Lottery_2-2] 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.

[NBA_Eligibility-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.

[ABA-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.

[Greer-6] "Hal Greer NBA & ABA Stats". Sports Reference LLC. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 9, 2010.

[7] "1966–67 Philadelphia 76ers Roster and Stats". Sports Reference LLC. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 9, 2012.

[8] "1970–71 Utah Stars Roster and Stats". Sports Reference LLC. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 9, 2012.

[Whiteside-10] "Hassan Whiteside NBA & ABA Stats". Sports Reference LLC. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 9, 2018.

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