The Anthology of the NBA Draft: 23rd Overall

The NBA Draft has been around for as long as the league itself. An interesting question you probably have never asked yourself is: “I wonder who was the best player ever taken 24th overall?” But that’s why were here- to propose questions you’ve never had the time, or desire, to ask. Then we answer them.

For this installment of the anthology the winner is a little more clear cut, and while I immensely enjoy the overuse of sub categories, this one was essentially a no brainer.

The Best Player Taken 23rd Overall: Alex English

Moral Obligation to Mention as a Warning Against Facial Tattoos: DeShawn Stevenson

As always, here’s a link and a table:

Year	Pk	Tm	Player	College	From	To	G	WS
2010	23	MIN	Trevor Booker	Clemson University	2011	2011	65	2.6
2009	23	SAC	Omri Casspi		2010	2011	148	5
2008	23	UTA	Kosta Koufos	Ohio State University	2009	2011	134	1.6
2007	23	NYK	Wilson Chandler	DePaul University	2008	2011	254	10.3
2006	23	NJN	Josh Boone	University of Connecticut	2007	2010	256	9.1
2005	23	SAC	Francisco Garcia	University of Louisville	2006	2011	373	14.6
2004	23	POR	Sergei Monia		2006	2006	26	-0.2
2003	23	POR	Travis Outlaw		2004	2011	482	14.9
2002	23	DET	Tayshaun Prince	University of Kentucky	2003	2011	661	52.9
2001	23	HOU	Brandon Armstrong	Pepperdine University	2002	2004	108	-0.6
2000	23	UTA	DeShawn Stevenson		2001	2011	717	10.9
1999	23	LAL	Devean George	Augsburg College	2000	2010	630	18.2
1998	23	DEN	Tyronn Lue	University of Nebraska	1999	2009	554	19.7
1997	23	SEA	Bobby Jackson	University of Minnesota	1998	2009	755	31.4
1996	23	DEN	Efthimi Rentzias		2003	2003	35	0.2
1995	23	IND	Travis Best	Georgia Institute of Technology	1996	2005	708	30.9
1994	23	PHO	Wesley Person	Auburn University	1995	2005	733	44
1993	23	SEA	Ervin Johnson	University of New Orleans	1994	2006	845	37.8
1992	23	MIL	Lee Mayberry	University of Arkansas	1993	1999	496	7.9
1991	23	ORL	Stanley Roberts	Louisiana State University	1992	2000	300	8.1
Year	Pk	Tm	Player	College	From	To	G	WS
1990	23	SAC	Anthony Bonner	Saint Louis University	1991	1996	318	10.7
1989	23	ATL	Roy Marble	University of Iowa	1990	1994	29	-0.5
1988	23	DEN	Jerome Lane	University of Pittsburgh	1989	1993	218	2.3
1987	23	SAS	Greg Anderson	University of Houston	1988	1998	680	18.7
1986	23	LAL	Ken Barlow	University of Notre Dame
1985	23	LAL	A.C. Green	Oregon State University	1986	2001	1278	99.5
1984	23	LAL	Earl Jones	University of the District of Columbia	1985	1986	14	-0.1
1983	23	IND	Mitchell Wiggins	Florida State University	1984	1992	389	15.2
1982	23	BOS	Darren Tillis	Cleveland State University	1983	1984	124	0.9
1981	23	BOS	Charles Bradley	University of Wyoming	1982	1984	110	0.3
1980	23	DEN	Carl Nicks	Indiana State University	1981	1983	156	-0.4
1979	23	UTA	Tico Brown	Georgia Institute of Technology
1978	23	DET	Terry Tyler	University of Detroit Mercy	1979	1989	871	40.8
1977	23	CHI	Mike Glenn	Southern Illinois University	1978	1987	593	25.3
1976	23	MIL	Alex English	University of South Carolina	1977	1991	1193	100.7
1975	23	PHI	World B. Free	Guilford College	1976	1988	886	67.7
1974	23	HOU	Gus Bailey	University of Texas at El Paso	1975	1980	147	0.8
1972	23	SEA	Brian Taylor	Princeton University	1977	1982	330	24.7
1971	23	SEA	Jim McDaniels	Western Kentucky University	1972	1978	184	0.7
1970	23	SEA	Pete Cross	University of San Francisco	1971	1973	182	4.2
Year	Pk	Tm	Player	College	From	To	G	WS
1969	23	CHI	Johnny Baum	Temple University	1970	1971	65	0.3
1968	23	SDR	Stu Lantz	University of Nebraska	1969	1976	547	32.5
1967	23	LAL	Dwight Smith	Western Kentucky University
1965	23	STL	Ken McIntyre	St. John’s University
1964	23	SFW	McCoy McLemore	Drake University	1965	1972	580	9.5
1963	23	STL	Bill Burwell	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1962	23	SFW	Dave Fedor	Florida State University	1963	1963	7	-0.1
1961	23	CHP	Jeff Cohen	College of William & Mary
1960	23	PHW	Bob Mealy	Manhattan College
1959	23	CIN	Leo Byrd	Marshall University
1958	23	BOS	Jim Cunningham	Fordham University
1957	23	SYR	Vince Cohen	Syracuse University
1955	23	STL	Burdette Haldorson	University of Colorado
1954	23	BOS	Henry Daubenschmidt	St. Francis College
1951	23	FTW	Jake Fendley	Northwestern University	1952	1953	103

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