#1995 UK BASKETBALL ROSTER FULL#

#1995 UK BASKETBALL ROSTER FULL#

Johnson then played three full seasons, and part of a fourth, with the Phoenix Suns, winning Sixth Man of the Year for averaging 21.5 points on career-high 49.7 percent shooting (41.3 percent from 3-point range) in 1988-89. His 9,027 points in those years is enough to still rank ninth on the franchise’s all-time leaderboard. Johnson averaged 18.7 points in his first six seasons after being selected by the Kings with the sixth pick in the second round of the 1981 draft. That scoring translated to the NBA, to say the least. Harper started for Illinois from 1980-1983, playing alongside fellow future NBA-ers in Eddie Johnson, Bruce Douglas and Scott Meents.Īfter being selected 11th overall by the Mavericks in the 1983 NBA Draft, he enjoyed a 16-year professional career - with 11-and-a-half of those seasons spent in Dallas, plus two-and-a-half in New York and one apiece in Orlando and Los Angeles (Lakers). But here are the top six Illinois alumni in terms of NBA games played: Derek Harper - 1,199 games He is the latest in a long line of basketball talent to hone their game at the University of Illinois before finding success at the NBA level. In working his way up from an end-of-bench role, Dosunmu distinguished himself with mature defensive play and an in-control offensive game. 11 jersey in the rafters, transcended his second-round draft status as a rookie by starting 41 games for the Chicago Bulls and earning second-team All-Rookie honors. The second-year guard, who enjoyed three seasons in Champaign so decorated that the program recently hung his No. Ayo Dosunmu is bringing Illinois basketball back into the NBA consciousness.

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