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Year Player School/Country – Team
2019 Ja Morant, Murray State – Memphis Grizzlies
2018 Marvin Bagley, Duke – Sacramento Kings
2017 Lonzo Ball, UCLA – Los Angeles Lakers
2016 Brandon Ingram, Duke – Los Angeles Lakers
2015 D’Angelo Russell, Ohio State – Los Angeles Lakers
2014 Jabari Parker, Duke – Milwaukee Bucks
2013 Victor Oladipo, Indiana – Orlando Magic
2012 Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Kentucky – Charlotte Bobcats
2011 Derrick Williams, Arizona – Minnesota Timberwolves
2010 Evan Turner, Ohio State – Philadelphia 76ers
2000’s
2009 Hasheem Thabeet, Connecticut – Memphis Grizzlies
2008 Michael Beasley, Kansas State – Miami HEAT
2007 Kevin Durant, Texas – Seattle Supersonics
2006 LaMarcus Aldridge, Texas – Chicago Bulls (Draft rights traded to Portland Trail Blazers)
2005 Marvin Williams, North Carolina – Atlanta Hawks
2004 Emeka Okafor, Connecticut – Charlotte Bobcats
2003 Darko Milicic, Serbia & Montenegro – Detroit Pistons
2002 Jay Williams, Duke – Chicago Bulls
2001 Tyson Chandler, Dominguez HS (Calif.) – L.A. Clippers (Draft rights traded to Chicago Bulls)
2000 Stromile Swift, LSU – Vancouver Grizzlies
1990’s
1999 Steve Francis, Maryland – Vancouver Grizzlies
1998 Mike Bibby, Arizona – Vancouver Grizzlies
1997 Keith Van Horn, Utah – Philadelphia 76ers (Draft rights traded to New Jersey Nets)
1996 Marcus Camby, Massachusetts – Toronto Raptors
1995 Antonio McDyess, Alabama – L.A. Clippers (Draft rights traded to Denver Nuggets)
1994 Jason Kidd, California – Dallas Mavericks
1993 Shawn Bradley, Brigham Young – Philadelphia 76ers
1992 Alonzo Mourning, Georgetown – Charlotte Hornets
1991 Kenny Anderson, Georgia Tech – New Jersey Nets
1990 Gary Payton, Oregon State – Seattle Supersonics
1980’s
1989 Danny Ferry, Duke – L.A. Clippers
1988 Rik Smits, Marist – Indiana Pacers
1987 Armon Gilliam, UNLV – Phoenix Suns
1986 Len Bias, Maryland – Boston Celtics
1985 Wayman Tisdale, Oklahoma – Indiana Pacers
1984 Sam Bowie, Kentucky – Portland Trail Blazers
1983 Steve Stipanovich, Missouri – Indiana Pacers
1982 Terry Cummings, DePaul – San Diego Clippers
1981 Isiah Thomas, Indiana – Detroit Pistons
1980 Darrell Griffith, Louisville – Utah Jazz
1970’s
1979 David Greenwood, UCLA – Chicago Bulls
1978 Phil Ford, North Carolina – Kansas City Kings
1977 Otis Birdsong, Houston – Kansas City
1976 Scott May, Indiana – Chicago Bulls
1975 David Meyers, UCLA – L.A. Lakers
1974 Marvin Barnes, Providence – Philadelphia 76ers
1973 Jim Brewer, Minnesota – Cleveland Cavaliers
1972 Bob McAdoo, North Carolina – Buffalo Braves
1971 Sidney Wicks, UCLA – Portland Trail Blazers
1970 Rudy Tomjanovich, Michigan – San Diego Rockets
1960’s
1969 Neal Walk, Florida – Phoenix Suns
1968 Wes Unseld, Louisville – Baltimore Bullets
1967 Earl Monroe, Winston-Salem – Baltimore Bullets
1966 Dave Bing, Syracuse – Detroit Pistons
1965 Rick Barry, Miami – San Francisco Warriors
1964 Joe Caldwell, Arizona State – Detroit Pistons
1963 Rod Thorn, West Virginia – Baltimore Bullets
1962 Paul Hogue, Cincinnati – New York Knicks
1961 Tom Stith, St. Bonaventure – New York Knicks
1960 Jerry West, West Virginia – Minneapolis Lakers
1950’s
1959 Bailey Howell, Mississippi State – Detroit Pistons
1958 Archie Dees, Indiana – Cincinnati
1957 Charles Tyra, Louisville – Detroit Pistons
1956 Bill Russell, University of San Francisco – St Louis Hawks
1955 Maurice Stokes, Saint Francis University – Rochester Royals
1954 Bob Pettit, Louisiana State University – Milwaukee Hawks
1953 Bob Houbregs, University of Washington- Milwaukee Hawks
1952 Jim Baechtold, Eastern Kentucky University – Baltimore Bullets
1951 Mel Hutchins, Brigham Young University – Tri-Cities Blackhawks
1950 Don Rehfeldt, University of Wisconsin – Baltimore Bullets
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