Pittsburgh Panthers Basketball - NBA Players

NBA Players

The Pittsburgh Panthers have been selected 25 times in the NBA draft, 3 times in the ABA draft (Billy Knight was drafted by both the NBA and ABA in 1974). In addition, 11 former Panthers were selected in the CBA draft. Six Panthers have been selected as first-round NBA draft picks with Vonteego Cummings being the most recent in 1999.

In addition, 48 former Panthers have played professionally in international basketball leagues. Clyde Vaughan especially stands out in averaging 28 points per game over his decade-long basketball career in Europe.

Panthers in the NBA & ABA Draft
Year Player Round Pick Team
1954 Burch DutchDutch Burch 5 40 Pistons
1957 Lazor BobBob Lazor 9 66 Pistons
1958 Pegues JuliusJulius Pegues 4 31 Hawks
1959 Hennon DonDon Hennon 6 41 Kings
1964 Generalovich BrianBrian Generalovich 3 19 Knicks
1974 Knight BillyBilly Knight 1 6 Pacers (ABA)
1974 Knight BillyBilly Knight 2 21 Lakers
1974 Martin MickeyMickey Martin 4 69 Pistons
1975 Bennett MelMel Bennett 1 N/A Squires (ABA)
1975 Bruce KirkKirk Bruce 8 N/A Stars (ABA)
1976 Starr KeithKeith Starr 4 56 Bulls
1978 Harris LarryLarry Harris 4 73 Clippers
1979 Knight TerryTerry Knight 6 125 Spurs
1980 Ellis SammieSammie Ellis 4 73 Nuggets
1981 Neverson CarltonCarlton Neverson 3 56 Warriors
1981 Clancy SamSam Clancy 3 62 Suns
1983 Johnson TrentTrent Johnson 8 83 Celtics
1984 Vaughan ClydeClyde Vaughan 6 117 Pacers
1988 Smith CharlesCharles Smith 1 3 76ers*
1988 Jane JeromeJerome Lane 1 23 Nuggets
1992 Morningstar DarrenDarren Morningstar 2 47 Celtics
1994 Mobley EricEric Mobley 1 18 Bucks
1996 Blount MarkMark Blount 2 55 SuperSonics
1999 Cummings VonteegoVonteego Cummings 1 26 Pacers#
2005 Taft ChrisChris Taft 2 42 Warriors
2007 Gray AaronAaron Gray 2 49 Bulls
2009 Sam YoungSam Young 2 36 Grizzlies
2009 Dejuan BlairDeJuan Blair 2 37 Spurs
*traded on draft day to the Clippers. #traded on draft day to the Warriors.

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