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B IGEAST.org: 11 BIG EAST Players Drafted
CINCINNATI, Ohio -- James White joined the growing list of Bearcat basketball alums to be selected in the NBA Draft when the 6-7 swing player was taken in the second round of the 2006 draft by the Portland Trail Blazers.
Portland, which made White the 31st pick of the draft, later traded him to the Indiana Pacers for two future draft picks.
White became the 10th Bearcat in the past 10 years to be drafted. Last year, Jason Maxiell was taken in the first round with the 26th pick by the Detroit Pistons.
Twelve Bearcats have been drafted since 1993, when Corie Blount was taken in the first round by the Chicago Bulls and Nick Van Exel was selected in the second round by the Los Angeles Lakers.
The 2000 NBA Draft was a rich one for Cincinnati as Kenyon Martin was the No. 1 selection of the entire draft, taken by the New Jersey Nets. DerMarr Johnson was taken with the No. 6 pick by the Atlanta Hawks and Pete Mickeal was the No. 58 pick of the draft by the Dallas Mavericks.
Six former Bearcats were on NBA rosters when the 2006 season concluded: Maxiell at Detroit, Danny Fortson, Seattle Super Sonics; Johnson and Martin, both with the Denver Nuggets; Ruben Patterson with the Portland Trail Blazers and Nick Van Exel with the San Antonio Spurs.
White averaged 16.3 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.0 assists last season, helping the Bearcats to a 21-13 campaign.
Bearcats in the NBA Draft
Year Round Team Draft
1950 Dick Dallmer n/a Philadelphia Warriors n/a
Jack Laub n/a Baltimore Bullets n/a
1951 Joe Luchi n/a New York Knicks n/a
1952 Jim Holstein n/a Minneapolis Lakers n/a
1955 Jack Twyman n/a Rochester Royals n/a
1956 Dave Plunkett n/a St. Louis Hawks n/a
Phil Wheeler n/a Philadelphia Warriors n/a
1957 Frank Nimmo 5th Syracuse Nationals 39
1958 Connie Dierking 1st Syarcuse Nationals 6
Wayne Stevens 7th Cincinnati Royals 49
1959 Mike Mendenhall 3rd Cincinnati Royals 15
1960 Oscar Robertson 1st Cincinnati Royals 1
Ralph Davis 3rd Cincinnati Royals 17
Larry Willey 19th Cincinnati Royals 94
1961 Bob Wiesenhahn 2nd Cincinnati Royals 11
Carl Bouldin 14th Cincinnati Royals 106
1962 Paul Hogue 1st New York Knicks 2
1963 Tom Thacker ** Cincinnati Royals
Tony Yates 5th St. Louis Hawks 41
1964 Ron Bonham 2nd Boston Celtics 16
George Wilson ** Cincinnati Royals
1965 Ron Krick 9th Cincinnati Royals 71
1966 Roland West 8th Baltimore Bullets 73
Ron Krick 8th Cincinnati Royals 74
1967 Ken Callaway 11th Cincinnati Royals 118
Roland West 20th Baltimore Bullets 162
1968 John Howard 17th Cincinnati Roylas 201
1969 Rick Roberson 1st Los Angeles Lakers 15
Gordon Smith 9th Boston Celtics 122
1970 Jim Ard 1st Seattle SuperSonics 6
Don Ogletree 12th Detroit Pistons 185
1973 Derrek Dickey 2nd Golden State Warriors 29
Lionel Harris 15th Philadelphia 76ers 194
1974 Lloyd Batts 4th K.C.-Omaha Kings 60
1975 Mike Franklin 7th Buffalo Braves 124
1977 Gary Yoder 3rd Milwaukee Bucks 47
1978 Pat Cummings 3rd Milwaukee Bucks 59
Robert Miller 4th Phoenix Suns 85
1980 Eddie Lee 3rd Denver Nuggets 48
1981 David Kennedy 8th Dallas Mavericks 162
1982 Bobby Austin 7th Milwaukee Bucks 158
1983 Dwight Jones 4th Cleveland Cavaliers 73
1993 Corie Blount 1st Chicago Bulls 25
Nick Van Exel 2nd Los Angeles Lakers 37
1994 Dontonio Wingfield 2nd Seattle SuperSonics 37
1997 Danny Fortson 1st Milwaukee Bucks 10
1998 Ruben Patterson 2nd Los Angeles Lakers 31
1999 Melvin Levett 2nd Detroit Pistons 54
2000 Kenyon Martin 1st New Jersey Nets 1
DerMarr Johnson 1st Atlanta Hawks 6
Pete Mickeal 2nd Dallas Mavericks 58
2001 Kenny Satterfield 2nd Dallas Mavericks 54
2002 Steve Logan 2nd Golden State Warriors 30
2005 Jason Maxiell 2nd Detroit Pistons 26
2006 James White 2nd Portland Trail Blazers 31
** Territorial Choices