99 Schools (not Iowa) are represented in the NBA

[Franisdaman]

The NBA is Hawkeye-free
Just one player from an Iowa school in entire league

Mike Hlas

The Gazette
Oct 25, 2016 at 11:36 am
Source: http://www.thegazette.com/subject/sports/the-nba-is-hawkeye-free-20161025


By my count, former players of 99 four-year U.S. university basketball teams are on NBA opening-day rosters.

Kentucky has 23 players in the league. Duke has 20, Kansas and North Carolina 15.

Creighton and Nevada have three. Weber State and Murray State have two.

Iowa State has one, rookie Georges Niang of the Indiana Pacers.

Iowa has none.

Ex-Hawkeye Devyn Marble is no longer in the league after spending two seasons in the employ of the Orlando Magic. He is now playing in Greece.

Jarrod Uthoff, who signed as an undrafted free agent with the Toronto Raptors in the offseason, didn’t make the Raptors’ roster and is deciding between playing overseas or with Toronto’s D-League franchise in nearby Mississauga, Ontario.

Here’s the breakdown of NBA players from the Big Ten and Big 12:

Big Ten (38): Michigan State 8, Michigan 6, Indiana 5, Ohio State 5, Wisconsin 4, Maryland 4, Illinois 2, Purdue 2, Minnesota 1, Penn State 1, Iowa 0, Nebraska 0, Northwestern 0, Rutgers 0.

Big 12 (33): Kansas 15, Texas 8, Oklahoma State 3, Baylor 2, Kansas State 2, Oklahoma 2, Iowa State 1, TCU 0, Texas Tech 0, West Virginia 0.

A lot of former Iowa collegians are playing overseas. Here’s the most-recent information I could track down on players from the state schools, with links to their Twitter accounts:


IOWA

Melsahn Basabe, Greece

Anthony Clemmons, Austria

Jarryd Cole, France

Mike Gesell, Denmark

Devyn Marble, Greece

Gabe Olaseni, Italy

Aaron White, Russia


IOWA STATE

Chris Babb, Germany

Will Clyburn, Germany

Daniel Edozie, England

Melvin Ejim, Italy

Diante Garrett, Japan

Dustin Hogue, Itlay

DeAndre Kane, Russia

Tyrus McGee, Italy

Jameel McKay, Australia

Lucca Staiger, Germany

Mike Taylor, Lebanon

Georgios Tsalmpouris, Greece


NORTHERN IOWA

Nate Buss, Cyprus

John Little, Germany

Deon Mitchell, Denmark

Seth Tuttle, Belgium

Wes Washpun, Germany

 

[Quintana]

I'm betting we have one on the roster right now... and I hope he sticks around here for at least 3 years.

 

[David1979]

I'm betting we have one on the roster right now... and I hope he sticks around here for at least 3 years.

Cook is a little short for a NBA power forward unless he turns himself into a hybrid type player like Draymond.

 

[StormHawk42]

Anyone know if Woodbury is going to continue playing ball somewhere?

 

[hawkosx]

It means our coach has done a fine job at coaching, that's all.

 

[0418hawkguy1001]

Should change next year with Peter. Anyone who can hit the 3 is deadly in the NBA game and the "no defense" argument with him is invalid in the NBA since James Harden is one of the better players in the NBA and plays 0 defense.

 

[SSG T]

Should change next year with Peter. Anyone who can hit the 3 is deadly in the NBA game and the "no defense" argument with him is invalid in the NBA since James Harden is one of the better players in the NBA and plays 0 defense.

Only problem with your argument...Harden is 10x the offensive player Pete is. And that's not a knock on Pete, Harden is that good offensively.

 

[DanL53]

Always great to see Hawkeyes become pros, but it isn't exactly how I measure success at Iowa.

 

[iclone]

 

[SSG T]

Always great to see Hawkeyes become pros, but it isn't exactly how I measure success at Iowa.

I kind of agree. But, being able to point to the NBA success of former players would certainly benefit recruiting.

 

[DanL53]

I kind of agree. But, being able to point to the NBA success of former players would certainly benefit recruiting.

You are right.

 

[BBHawk]

I wonder how many of the ex-IA State players actually have a degree from IA State?

 

[Gridiron24]

Uthoff really crashed and burned, didn't he? (with regards to his draft stock)

He was a projected first-round pick at one point before last year... then he had a disappointing (to me!) senior season and went undrafted. Now, he is out of the NBA, and will likely never get a chance to play in the league again.

 

[DanL53]

Uthoff really crashed and burned, didn't he? (with regards to his draft stock)

He was a projected first-round pick at one point before last year... then he had a disappointing (to me!) senior season and went undrafted. Now, he is out of the NBA, and will likely never get a chance to play in the league again.

I don't know. He was Rivals #149 guy in his class of 2011. How many of those guys end up sticking around the pros? To end up first string All-B1G and third team All-American? I'd say he did ok.

 

[Franisdaman]

i think it comes down to that there just are not a lot of job openings in the NBA, especially when you have players like Kevin Garnett, Kobe, and Tim Duncan playing for 15 plus years.

One example is the Minnesota Timberwolves. They acquired some free agents in the off season and they have just one rookie on their 15 man roster (Kris Dunn). I am sure most NBA teams are like this. There are just 30 NBA teams (and 450 roster spots; ie, 30 teams x 15 players/team) and if you are not a first round pick, you are guaranteed nothing, and its hard to then crack an NBA roster. Also, many players are locked into multi- year GUARANTEED contracts, and it's hard for a team to get rid of a player when they would rather add someone else.

 

[CyberJJ]

I wonder how many of the ex-IA State players actually have a degree from IA State?

IOWA STATE

Chris Babb, Germany YES

Will Clyburn, Germany YES

Daniel Edozie, England YES

Melvin Ejim, Italy - Yes with Honors I believe

Diante Garrett, Japan YES in 2011

Dustin Hogue, Italy NOT SURE

DeAndre Kane, Russia NA as already had degree as graduate transfer to ISU

Tyrus McGee, Italy - YES in the summer session following his Senior year.

Jameel McKay, Australia NOT SURE

Lucca Staiger, Germany - NO -left ISU early to return to Germany and signed professional contract

Mike Taylor, Lebanon - NOT SURE

Georgios Tsalmpouris, Greece NO - only 1 year at ISU before returning to Greece

Left Korie Lucious off the list but believe he is still playing. Was in Poland, now I think Chinka and he did Graduate from ISU.

 

[hawki1968]

It means our coach has done a fine job at coaching, that's all.

To add on: We, as fans, build up really big expectations sometimes based off of solid but not spectacular talent.

Jarrod had a great stretch last year, but, to paraphrase the late, great Dennis Green: He was what what we thought he was was. Same with White; same with Marble; probably, same with Jok.

Very, very good players, but not NBA players.

Fran is a really good coach.

When you look at a guy like Tim Frazier starting for an NBA team and laying down 21 points against Golden State, it puts things perspective a little bit when Iowa has a "shocking" loss to the Nittany Lions.

Of course, the other side of the argument is that Fran is the same person who has not recruited the NBA talent here. I am hoping that is rectified in the next few years, and I think it will be!

 

[DanL53]

To add on: We, as fans, build up really big expectations sometimes based off of solid but not spectacular talent.

Jarrod had a great stretch last year, but, to paraphrase the late, great Dennis Green: He was what what we thought he was was. Same with White; same with Marble; probably, same with Jok.

Very, very good players, but not NBA players.

Fran is a really good coach.

When you look at a guy like Tim Frazier starting for an NBA team and laying down 21 points against Golden State, it puts things perspective a little bit when Iowa has a "shocking" loss to the Nittany Lions.

Of course, the other side of the argument is that Fran is the same person who has not recruited the NBA talent here. I am hoping that is rectified in the next few years, and I think it will be!

That's the danger in getting off the goal of winning games. "Fran is the same person who has not recruited NBA talent here."

You look at the record at Penn State the four years Frazier was there and not redshirting? 22-50 in the Big Ten. He was recruited by Ed DeChallis two years before Pat Chambers replaced him as head coach. In those four productive years Frazier enjoyed Talor Battle and DJ Newbill as teammates, Battle the first two years and Newbill the last two. Both played, or play, international pro ball.

Was Frazier a good player? Sure. What happened with the guy who recruited him? DeChallis left to coach Navy.

I guess, and I'm not arguing with your post so much as just making a point of emphasis, we win with McCaffery. He sure doesn't appear to be going anywhere anytime soon. Fran's record against Penn State the years Frazier was an opponent? 1-2. They were, oddly enough, all at Penn State. They include a loss each of McCaffery's first two seasons and a win in his fourth. I just don't think those two losses, being away games and his first two seasons, were all that shocking.

Yeah, it's great to get guys that can play in the NBA. But would I trade what we've got for what Penn State has? Not in a heartbeat.

Do we want to say that Iowa has only succeeded because of game coaching and development? I don't care. But I think talent had a little to do with it. Across the board, five position, guys that play within the system and bring assets that work in college ball? I think Iowa has done better.

And with that slow climb comes recruiting that seems to be getting some guys who may be playing in the NBA someday. Ed DeChellis coached at Penn State for eight years. Frazier? Arrived in Happy Valley at the start of the seventh.

 

[hawki1968]

That's the danger in getting off the goal of winning games. "Fran is the same person who has not recruited NBA talent here."

You look at the record at Penn State the four years Frazier was there and not redshirting? 22-50 in the Big Ten. He was recruited by Ed DeChallis two years before Pat Chambers replaced him as head coach. In those four productive years Frazier enjoyed Talor Battle and DJ Newbill as teammates, Battle the first two years and Newbill the last two. Both played, or play, international pro ball.

Was Frazier a good player? Sure. What happened with the guy who recruited him? DeChallis left to coach Navy.

I guess, and I'm not arguing with your post so much as just making a point of emphasis, we win with McCaffery. He sure doesn't appear to be going anywhere anytime soon. Fran's record against Penn State the years Frazier was an opponent? 1-2. They were, oddly enough, all at Penn State. They include a loss each of McCaffery's first two seasons and a win in his fourth. I just don't think those two losses, being away games and his first two seasons, were all that shocking.

Yeah, it's great to get guys that can play in the NBA. But would I trade what we've got for what Penn State has? Not in a heartbeat.

Do we want to say that Iowa has only succeeded because of game coaching and development? I don't care. But I think talent had a little to do with it. Across the board, five position, guys that play within the system and bring assets that work in college ball? I think Iowa has done better.

And with that slow climb comes recruiting that seems to be getting some guys who may be playing in the NBA someday. Ed DeChellis coached at Penn State for eight years. Frazier? Arrived in Happy Valley at the start of the seventh.

I think you may have misinterpreted my post slightly: I was building off a quote that stated our coach as done a fine job of coaching, and I was agreeing with that sentiment.

Your points about Frazier and PSU are ones I agree with 100%; hence, me bringing that example to the front.

The reality is with our talent finishing third in the BIG two straight years and advancing to the second round of the tournament two straight years is quite a feat.

I would add, however, that we will probably need some true NBA level talent to finish higher or go further.

And I think that talent may already be here, or will be arriving in the next few years.

 

[DanL53]

I think you may have misinterpreted my post slightly: I was building off a quote that stated our coach as done a fine job of coaching, and I was agreeing with that sentiment.

Your points about Frazier and PSU are ones I agree with 100%; hence, me bringing that example to the front.

The reality is with our talent finishing third in the BIG two straight years and advancing to the second round of the tournament two straight years is quite a feat.

I would add, however, that we will probably need some true NBA level talent to finish higher or go further.

And I think that talent may already be here, or will be arriving in the next few years.

No problem, I was trying to explain that I just wanted to emphasize a couple points. I thought your post was fine. What I meant by "That's the danger of getting off the goal of winning games.", which I should have expounded upon, is that you and I and many Hawkeye fans know that the job done at Iowa by Fran has been a good one. But, some fans get a little too worked up over minor evidence of trouble. You know, a couple recruiting seasons ago we were getting our butts kicked by Nebraska. Penn State is making a move. Northwestern beat us out on a couple guys....Penn State had a future pro player.

I do absolutely agree with you, we need to keep expanding our influence in recruiting much like we did with getting Cook. Likewise, it is nice that after a four year drought the state of Iowa is producing top 150 and better talent again...and we are getting them to come to Iowa.

 

[BirdistheWord]

Also, the influx of International players into the NBA has really put a premium on making jump from college to the league. Additionally, think of how many guys jump right from h.s. or early from college (e.g. Kentucky Basketball Factory, INC.) We typically dont have those types of recruits.

 

[HoustonHawkeye]

How much do these players make per season playing in Europe?

 

[iahawkeyes17]

Uthoff really crashed and burned, didn't he? (with regards to his draft stock)

He was a projected first-round pick at one point before last year... then he had a disappointing (to me!) senior season and went undrafted. Now, he is out of the NBA, and will likely never get a chance to play in the league again.

Yeah because no player in the NBA ever played a season or 2 in Europe or DLeague before finally making a NBA roster...

 

[Myvue]

It seems to me more undrafted players who chose the D League over playing overseas are more likely to someday be assigned to an NBA team. I think most of the foreign players drafted have been life long overseas residents. They are usually very disciplined players IMO.

 

[PlazaHawkeye]

Is Reggie Evans finally out of the league? He stuck for a long while. Getting those rebounds and punching people in the dick

 

[ping72]

How many players are in the NBA that went to high school in Iowa?

 

[Myvue]

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How many players are in the NBA that went to high school in Iowa?

I don't know if this is all but I know of three.

Kyle Korver (Pella High School to Creighton now with the Atlanta Hawks),

Harrison Barnes (Ames High School to North Carolina this year moved from the Golden State Warriors to the Dallas Mavericks)

Doug McDermott (Ames High School to Creighton plays for Chicago Bulls)

Also there are two current NBA coaches that I know of with Iowa ties.

Fred Hoiberg (Ames High School to Iowa State, now coaches the Chicago Bulls). Played 10 years in the NBA setting a couple of records that I know of which was highest 3 point percentage in the NBA IN 2004-2005 (2nd the previous year) and one year don't know if it is still an NBA record but he recorded the most assists (25 total) without a turnover in back to back games. Especially a feat when he wasn't even the point guard.

Jeff Hornacek (a Cook County Illinois High School, college Iowa State now coaches the New York Knicks). Hornacek was a walk on at Iowa State and red shirted as a freshman. He then played 14 years in the NBA and according to Wikipedia had his uniform retired from the Utah Jazz as well as Iowa State as did Fred.

 

[funnyfletcher]

Collison and Hinrich, also?

 

[ping72]

Collison and Hinrich, also?

Collison is in the league. Hinrich isn't on a roster, but I don't think he's officially retired.

Paige is in the D-League.

 

[Roy-munson]

How many players are in the NBA that went to high school in Iowa?

Kyle Korver
Nick collinson
Harrison Barnes
Doug mcdermott

And Marcus Paige has a good shot at being Called up..