Recent NBA Draft Picks
| Year | Player | Round | Pick | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Kyle Kuzma | 1 | 27 | Brooklyn Nets (Traded to LA Lakers) |
| 2016 | Jakob Poeltl | 1 | 9 | Toronto Raptors |
| 2015 | Delon Wright | 1 | 20 | Toronto Raptors |
| 2005 | Andrew Bogut | 1 | 1 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 2000 | Hanno Möttölä | 2 | 40 | Atlanta Hawks |
| 1999 | Andre Miller | 1 | 8 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 1998 | Michael Doleac | 1 | 12 | Orlando Magic |
| 1997 | Keith Van Horn | 1 | 2 | Philadelphia 76ers (Traded to New Jersey) |
| 1993 | Byron Wilson | 2 | 54 | Phoenix Suns |
| 1993 | Josh Grant | 2 | 43 | Denver Nuggets |
With Delon Wright (2015), Jakob Poeltl (2016) and Kyle Kuzma (2017) being taken in the first round in the NBA Draft in successive years, Utah was the only school in the Pac-12 to have had at least one player taken in the draft in three consecutive years from 2015-17. It was the first time since 1997-99 that Utah had a player taken in the first round of the NBA Draft three straight years.
NBA Draft Picks By Conference Since 2005
Current Utes in the Association
Delon Wright – Atlanta Hawks
Now in his first season with Atlanta … Wright was selected with the 20th overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft by the Toronto Raptors … helped Toronto to the 2018 Eastern Conference semifinals and stayed there until 2019 … spent the next two years with four different teams … Averaged 10.5 points, 4.6 rebounds and 5.1 assists for the Pistons in 2020-21 played the final portion of 2018-19 season with the Grizzlies … in 26 games with Memphis, recorded career-best averages of 12.2 points, 5.4 rebounds and 5.3 assists … won the Bob Cousy Award for the nation’s top point guard and was a Sporting News All-American in 2014-15 … first two-time All-Pac-12 honoree in Utah history.
Jakob Poeltl – San Antonio Spurs
Poeltl was traded to San Antonio before the 2018-19 season … selected in 2016 NBA draft by the Toronto Raptors in the first round with the ninth overall pick. first Ute Lottery pick since Andrew Bogut went No. 1 overall in 2005 … played in every regular-season game in 2017-18 and helped Toronto to the Eastern Conference semifinals … All-American in 2015-16 … 2016 Pac-12 Player of the Year.
Kyle Kuzma – Washington Wizards
Kuzma was selected in the first round of the 2017 NBA draft with the 27th overall pick by Brooklyn. He was traded to the Lakers and won an NBA championship with the L.A. in 2020 before being traded to the Wizards in 2021 … averaged 12.9 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game in 2020-21 … finished fourth in the 2017-18 NBA Rookie of the Year Award voting after averaging 18.7 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game … first-team All-Pac-12 and all-region selection in 2016-17.
Other Recent NBA Utes
Andrew Bogut
No. 1 overall pick in 2005 by Milwaukee … played 14 years in the league, spending his last with the Golden State Warriors in 2018-19 … career averages of 9.6 points, 8.7 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.5 blocked shots in 706 regular-season games … over 7,100 points and 6,600 rebounds in his NBA career … currently an Australian professional basketball player for the Sydney Kings of the National Basketball League (NBL) … won 2015 NBA title with Golden State and helped the Warriors win a league-record 73 games … 2015 NBA All-Defensive Second Team … played for the Bucks from 2005-12 … 2010 All-NBA Third Team … named to the 2006 NBA All-Rookie First Team … led NBA in blocked shots per game in 2010-11 (2.6) and second in 2009-10 (2.5) … Australia native played for his national team in the 2006 FIBA World Championships, and the 2004, 2008 and 2016 Summer Olympics … led Boomers to fourth-place finish in 2016.
Andre Miller
Selected No. 8 overall in 1999 by Cleveland … played 17 years as a pro … spent his last season in the NBA with the Spurs and Timberwolves in 2015-16 … ranks ninth in NBA history in career assists (8,524) … one of just eight players in NBA history to tally at least 16,000 points and 8,000 assists in a career … career averages of 12.5 points, 6.5 assists and 3.7 rebounds per game … 11 appearances in the NBA Playoffs … NBA All-Rookie First Team in 2000 … led NBA in assists in 2001-02 (10.9 apg) … starter on the 1998 Goodwill Games team that won the gold medal, played on the gold medal team from the 2001 Goodwill Games, and was on the 2002 FIBA World Championships squad.
Michael Doleac
Taken as the No. 12 overall pick by Orlando in 1998 ... NBA All-Rookie Second Team in 1999 … after three years with the Magic, played with Cleveland (2001-02), New York (2002-04), Denver (2004), Miami (2004-07) and Minnesota (2007-08) … won an NBA Championship with the Miami Heat in 2006 … 2,882 points and 1,955 rebounds in his career.
Keith Van Horn
No. 2 overall pick in 1997 by Philadelphia … made two trips to the NBA Finals in 10 year career, averaging 16.0 points and nearly 6.8 rebounds … 9,206 points, 3,909 rebounds, 900 assists during his career … traded shortly after the draft from the 76ers to New Jersey, where he spent five seasons (1997-2002) … NBA All-Rookie First Team in 1998 … fifth in the NBA in scoring (21.8 ppg) in 1998-99 … top rebounder and second-best scorer for the 2002 Eastern Conference champions … played for Philadelphia, New York and Milwaukee before endeding his career with Dallas (2004-06) … key sixth man with the Mavericks during their 2006 Western Conference championship season.
From left: Andrew Bogut was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2005 NBA Draft, taken by the Milwaukee Bucks. It made front page news in Salt Lake City. Keith Van Horn appeared on the front of Slam Magazine with his fellow starters from the New Jersey Nets as they made a run the 2002 NBA Finals. Van Horn was congratulated by NBA Commissioner David Stern after being taken No. 2 overall in 1997.