June 19, 2007
Former Wake Forest standout Kyle Visser, after a rugged series of workouts for NBA teams from Orlando to Oakland, now settles in and anxiously awaits the June 28 NBA Draft.
Most of the mock drafts have Visser, 6-11, going in the second round. Visser, who worked out Tuesday for the Golden State Warriors, will watch the draft with a small group of friends and family from his home in Grand Rapids (Mich.).
Below are some notebook items concerning Wake Forest, the ACC and the NBA Draft:
Eleven Demon Deacons have been first-round selections - Chris Paul (2005), Tim Duncan (1997), Muggsy Bogues (1987), Dickie Hemric (1955), Len Chappell (1962), Randolph Childress (1995), Kenny Green (1985), Rod Griffin (1978), Josh Howard (2003), Frank Johnson (1981) and Rodney Rogers (1993).
Wake Forest has never had two players taken in the first round in the same year.
Since 2002, three Wake Forest players have been drafted - Darius Songaila by Boston in the second round of the 2002 Draft, Josh Howard by Dallas in the first round of the 2003 Draft, and Chris Paul by New Orleans/OKC in 2005.
Three Deacons - Tim Duncan, the first overall pick in 1997, Len Chappell, the fifth pick in 1962, and Paul - have been taken in the top five. The only other Deacons to be drafted in the top 10 were Rodney Rogers (9th in 1993) and Dave Budd (10th in 1960).
Below is a look at the highest-drafted Deacons. Dickie Hemric was taken in the first round in 1955, but there is no information concerning what number pick he was in that draft.
Player Selection Team Year
Tim Duncan 1st San Antonio 1997
Chris Paul 4th New Orleans/OKC 2005
Len Chappell 5th Syracuse 1962
Rodney Rogers 9th Denver 1993
Dave Budd *10th New York 1960
Frank Johnson 11th Washington 1981
Muggsy Bogues 12th Washington 1987
Kenny Green 12th Washington 1985
Dickie Hemric *12th Boston 1955
Rod Griffin 17th Denver 1978
Randolph Childress 19th Detroit 1995
Ronnie Watts *20th Boston 1965
Josh Howard 29th Dallas 2003
*Second round
Seven former Deacons have gone in the second round, most recently Darius Songaila in 2002.
The NBA franchise that has selected the most Deacons in the draft has been Washington, which took Bogues, Green, Johnson and Jerry Schellenberg.
Wake Forest had a record three players drafted in 1982 - Guy Morgan (2nd round), Jim Johnstone (3rd) and Mike Helms (7th).
The only time Wake had two players taken in the first two rounds of the same draft came in 1984 when Anthony Teachey and Danny Young were both drafted in the second round.
Five times in draft history have two Deacons been selected in the same year -- Skip Brown (3rd round) and Jerry Schellenberg (3rd) in 1977; Gil McGregor (6th) and Charlie Davis (8th) in 1971; Kenny Green (1st) and Delaney Rudd (4th) in 1985; Rod Griffin (1st) and Leroy McDonald (7th) in 1978; and Anthony Teachey (2nd) and Danny Young (2nd) in 1984.
ACC Draft History
No players from the current ACC schools were selected in the NBA's first two drafts of 1947 and 1948. Since that first draft a total of 496 players from the 12 ACC schools have been selected, including four players who were drafted twice. In addition, ACC schools have produced 148 first round selections.
Players Selected by School
North Carolina 90
Duke 70
NC State 57
Maryland 54
Wake Forest 36
Georgia Tech 35
Virginia 32
Florida State 30
Boston College 29
Clemson 24
Virginia Tech 23
Miami 16
NBA First Round Selections
School No. Last Player Year
North Carolina 35 4 players 2005
Duke 27 Williams/Redick 2006
Maryland 16 Wilcox/Dixon 2002
Georgia Tech 14 Jarrett Jack 2005
NC State 14 Cedric Simmons 2006
Wake Forest 11 Chris Paul 2005
Florida State 8 Bob Sura 1995
Virginia 7 Cory Alexander 1995
Boston College 6 Troy Bell 2003
Clemson 6 Sharone Wright 1994
Miami 3 John Salmons 2002
Virginia Tech 1 Dell Curry 1986
NBA Draft Year by Year
1949 (0) Rnd Team
Jim Nolan, GT 2 Phl
1950 (3)
Doug Dickey, NCS 3 Blt
Warren Cartier, NCS 6 Wsh
Joe Noertker, UVa 10 Blt
1951 (3)
Sam Ranzino, NCS 1 Roc
Paul Horvath, NCS 4 Syr
Hugo Kappler, NCS 8 Bos
1952 (3)
Dick Groat, Duke 1 FtW
Lee Terrill, NCS - FtW
John Snee, Clem. - Mil
1953 (2)
Bob Speight, NCS 2 Blt
Pete Silas, GT 6 Mina
Bob Goss, NCS 11 Roc
1954 (4)
Gene Shue, Md. 1 Phl
Mel Thompson, NCS 4 FtW
Rudy D'Emillo, Duke 5 Phl
Bernie Janicki, Duke 7 FtW
Tony Daukas, BC 10 Bos
1955 (3)
Dickie Hemric, WF 1 Bos
Buzzy Wilkinson, UVa. 3 Bos
Cliff Dwyer, NCS 4 Syr
1956 (6)
Ronnie Shavlik, NCS 1 NY
Vic Molodet, NCS 1 Bos
Bob Kessler, Md. 2 FtW
Ronnie Mayer, Duke 4 NY
Joe Belmont, Duke 5 Phl
Junior Morgan, Duke 7 StL
Dick Miani, Miami 10 NY
1957 (6)
Len Rosenbluth, UNC 1 Phl
Bob McCoy, USC 2 Det
Grady Wallace, USC 5 Bos
John Maglio, NCS 6 Cin
Cliff Hafer, NCS 11 Cin
Bob Seitz, NCS 12 StL
1958 (8)
Pete Brennan, UNC 1 NY
Joe Quigg, UNC 2 NY
John Nacincik, Md. 3 Syr
Tommy Kearns, UNC 4 Syr
Bucky Allen, Duke 6 Phl
Ed Brinkley, Clem. 8 Mina
Nick Davis, Md. 9 Phl
Jim Newcome, Duke 14 Cin
1959 (3)
John Richter, NCS 1 Bos
Herb Busch, UVa. 5 NY
Lou Pucillo, NCS 9 StL
1960 (7)
Lee Shaffer, UNC 1 Syr
Al Bunge, Md. 1 Phl
Dave Budd, WF 2 NY
Charley McNeil, Md. 6 NY
David Denton, GT 6 NY
Doug Moe, UNC 7 Det
Jerry Bechtle, Md. 15 NY
George Krajack, Clem. 18 NY
1961 (8)
York Larese, UNC 2 Chi
Doug Moe, UNC 2 Chi
Chris Smith, VaT 2 Syr
Doug Kistler, Duke 3 Det
Roger Kaiser, GT 4 Chi
Bob DiStefano, NCS 5 Bos
Bob McDonald, Md. 6 StL
Charley McNeil, Md. 7 Phl
Dick Kepley, UNC 11 StL
Howard Hurt, Duke 11 LAL
1962 (6)
Len Chappell, WF 1 Syr
Dave Fedor, FSU 3 Phl
Lindbergh Moody, USC 5 Det
Art Whisnant, USC 5 LAL
Jim Hudock, UNC 6 Phl
Bucky Keller, VaT 6 LAL
Jim Hooley, BC 6 Bos
Chuck Chevalier, BC 8 Bos
Ken McComb, UNC 10 Phl
Donnie Walsh, UNC 11 Phl
1963 (5)
Art Heyman, Duke 1 NY
Gerry Ward, BC 1 StL
Jerry Greenspan, Md. 3 Syr
Mike McCoy, Miami 3 Det
Bob Woolard, WF 7 NY
Larry Brown, UNC 7 Blt
Ken Rohloff, NCS 7 StL
1964 (3)
Jeff Mullins, Duke 1 StL
Jay Buckley, Duke 8 LAL
Jim Brennan, Clem. 9 Phl
1965 (4)
Rick Barry, Miami 1 SF
Billy Cunningham, UNC 1 Phl
Ronnie Watts, WF 2 Bos
Jim Caldwell, GT 3 LAL
Hack Tison, Duke 6 Bos
Jim Fox, USC 8 Cin
Ronald Scharf, GT 15 Cin
1966 (5)
Jack Marin, Duke 1 Blt
Johnny Austin, BC 4 Bos
Steve Vacendak, Duke 4 SF
Jerry Ward, Md. 6 Bos
Gary Schull, FSU 7 Cin
John Wetzel, VaT 8 LAL
Bob Bennett, UNC 13 NY
Paul Long, WF 15 StL
1967 (15)
Randy Mahaffey, Clem. 2 LAL
Gary Gregor, USC 3 NY
Bob Verga, Duke 3 StL
Al Salvadori, USC 4 Blt
Bob Lewis, UNC 4 SF
Paul Long, WF 5 Det
Mike Wittman, Miami 5 StL
Bob Reidy, Duke 6 Blt
Jim Connelley, UVa. 8 Phl
Willie Wolters, BC 8 Sea
Jay McMillan, Md. 9 LAL
Eddie Biedenbach, NCS 9 StL
Jim Boshart, WF 10 Chi
Mark Merkin, UNC 11 NY
Joe Harrington, Md. 11 Bos
Lyn Burkholder, USC 13 Blt
