The Arizona Wildcats have 13 representatives on NBA opening night rosters, after T.J. McConnell made the 76ers but Nick Johnson (Nuggets), Brandon Ashley (Mavericks) were waived (as was Grant Jerrett earlier in the preseason).
Six of the 13 players came out of the Sean Miller era at UA, while Jerryd Bayless played for Kevin O’Neill, Chase Budinger and Jordan Hill played for multiple staffs and the other four played exclusively for Lute Olson.
Here’s the list:
Jerryd Bayless, Milwaukee
Chase Budinger, Indiana
Channing Frye, Orlando
Aaron Gordon, Orlando
Jordan Hill, Indiana
Solomon Hill, Indiana
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Brooklyn
Andre Iguodala, Golden State
Richard Jefferson, Cleveland
Stanley Johnson, Detroit
T.J. McConnell, Philadelphia
Jason Terry, Houston
Derrick Williams, New York
The players on NBA rosters can be followed via this page.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette had a story on hometown hero McConnell.
ICYMI, we had this short story on McConnell and a look at how Luke Walton is handling the interim head coaching job at Golden State (both stories are on this page).
Ken Pomeroy predicts UA will win the Pac-12 with a record of 14-4, followed by Utah at 13-5.
Bill Walton says he's a "huge Tad Boyle fan."
