It didn’t take long for Zion Williamson to get the night started off, quickly — going No. 1 overall to the New Orleans Pelicans. At the end of the first round, though, Williamson was far from alone in terms of ACC peers entering the NBA. Before the end of the top 10 picks, three more ACC players came off the board, including De’Andre Hunter from the national champs, Virginia.
The coda was Mfiondu Kabengele taken with the 27th overall pick by the Los Angeles Clippers.
This would be the 10th pick out of the #ACC tonight, tying the record the league set two years ago. If he sticks in LAC, kinda love Kabengele with the Clips — another bench big with pick-and-roll chops (Harrell) https://t.co/yjSnQqep7j
— Brian Geisinger (@bgeis_bird) June 21, 2019
Going back to the 2017 NBA Draft, 26 of the last 90 first round picks (29 percent) have hailed from the ACC.
ACC NBA Draft Picks
- No. 1 Zion Williamson, New Orleans Pelicans
- Duke
- No. 3 RJ Barrett, New York Knicks
- Duke
- No. 4 De’Andre Hunter, Atlanta Hawks
- Virginia
- No. 7 Coby White, Chicago Bulls
- North Carolina
- No. 10 Cam Reddish, Atlanta Hawks
- Duke
- No. 11 Cameron Johnson, Phoenix Suns
- North Carolina
- No. 17 Nickeil Alexander-Walker, New Orleans Pelicans
- Virginia Tech
- No. 24 Ty Jerome, Phoenix Suns
- Virginia
- No. 25 Nassir Little, Portland Trail Blazers
- North Carolina
- No. 27 Mfiondu Kabengele, Los Angeles Clippers
- Florida State