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Three Ducks Selected in NBA Draft
06/22/17 | Men's Basketball
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Teammates Jordan Bell, Tyler Dorsey and Dillon Brooks were selected in a span of eight second round picks during Thursday night's 2017 NBA Draft. It is the first time ever that three Oregon players were selected in the first two rounds of the NBA Draft.
Bell was chosen with the eighth pick of the second round (No. 38 overall) by the Chicago Bulls, before being dealt to the NBA champion Golden State Warriors.
Moments later, the Atlanta Hawks selected Dorsey with the 41st overall pick and the Houston Rockets claimed Brooks with the 45th overall selection. Brooks was later traded to the Memphis Grizzlies.
Bell is the first Duck to be drafted since Joe Young went to the Indianapolis Pacers as the 43rd overall pick in the second round of the 2015 NBA Draft.
He is the highest Duck selected since Aaron Brooks was the 26th overall pick to Houston in 2007.
The only time more Oregon players were chosen in the NBA Draft was 1971 when four Ducks went in 16 rounds: Stan Love, Baltimore, (1st round), Larry Holliday, Seattle (9th round), Bill Drozdiak, San Francisco (10th round) and Leonard Jackson, San Diego (16th round).
The three selections on Thursday give Oregon 50 all-time NBA Draft picks.
The Duck trio were three of 13 Pac-12 players selected on Thursday.
Though he was traded to Golden State, Bell is the first Duck to be drafted by the Bulls. Dorsey becomes the first Oregon alum to be selected by Atlanta since Anthony Taylor in 1988. Aaron Brooks was the last Duck to be chosen by the Rockets prior to Dillon Brooks' selection.
Bell, the 2017 Pac-12 defensive player of the year and the NCAA Midwest Regional Most Outstanding Player, averaged 10.9 points and 6.9 rebounds per game in 2016-17 and led the Pac-12 in blocks (2.3 per game) and field goal percentage (.636, which is a UO single-season record). He is Oregon's career blocked shots leader with 235 and also holds the UO career record for field goal percentage at .610. His 235 career blocked shots rank fifth in Pac-12 history.
The Long Beach, Calif., native became the first player with six straight NCAA Tournament games of 12-plus rebounds since Houston's Hakeem Olajuwon in 1985. He finished his junior season with seven straight double-digit rebounding games and five double-doubles in his final six games. Among those was a great performance in the Final Four with 13 points and a career-best 16 rebounds to go with four blocks against North Carolina. Bell dominated the Midwest Regional Final game against Kansas with 11 points, 13 rebounds, eight blocks and four assists. The eight blocks was a UO NCAA Tournament record and one shy of the all-time school record.
Bell owns three of the top five single season blocks marks in UO history - 94 in 2015 (second), 88 in 2017 (third) and 53 in 2016 (fifth).
Nicknamed "Mr. March," Dorsey closed out the season with a string of eight consecutive 20-point games. He is just the second Duck to reach 1,000 career points as a sophomore, joining Dillon Brooks, and finished his career ranked 33rd on the UO career scoring list with 1,055 points. His career three-point field goal percentage of .416 is No. 4 in school history.
As a sophomore, Dorsey ranked 16th in the Pac-12 in scoring (14.6 ppg) and fifth in three-point field goal percentage (.423) in 2016-17. He was named to the NCAA Midwest All-Region Team and the Pac-12 All-Tournament Team.
The Los Angeles, Calif., native hit the game-winning three-pointer with :38 left in Oregon's NCAA second round win against Rhode Island (75-72) and finished with 27 points (9-of-10 shooting). Dorsey also had late field goals to aid Oregon's NCAA wins over Michigan and Kansas.
Brooks, the 2017 Pac-12 Player of the Year and consensus second team all-American, scored more career points through his junior season than any player in school history with 1,612. He passed the great Ron Lee (1,527) for that honor.
Overall, Brooks ranks 10th in UO career scoring with 1,612 points and eighth in career field goals (587). He is also Oregon's career scoring leader in NCAA Tournament games (162 points), as well as assists (32). Brooks ranked ninth in the Pac-12 in scoring in 2016-17 (16.1 ppg).
The Mississauga, Ontario, native hit three game-winning baskets in 2016-17 – in overtime against Tennessee in the Maui Invitational, at home against undefeated UCLA and at Cal, where his three-pointer capped Orgeon's improbable comeback.
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Bell was chosen with the eighth pick of the second round (No. 38 overall) by the Chicago Bulls, before being dealt to the NBA champion Golden State Warriors.
Moments later, the Atlanta Hawks selected Dorsey with the 41st overall pick and the Houston Rockets claimed Brooks with the 45th overall selection. Brooks was later traded to the Memphis Grizzlies.
Bell is the first Duck to be drafted since Joe Young went to the Indianapolis Pacers as the 43rd overall pick in the second round of the 2015 NBA Draft.
He is the highest Duck selected since Aaron Brooks was the 26th overall pick to Houston in 2007.
The only time more Oregon players were chosen in the NBA Draft was 1971 when four Ducks went in 16 rounds: Stan Love, Baltimore, (1st round), Larry Holliday, Seattle (9th round), Bill Drozdiak, San Francisco (10th round) and Leonard Jackson, San Diego (16th round).
The three selections on Thursday give Oregon 50 all-time NBA Draft picks.
The Duck trio were three of 13 Pac-12 players selected on Thursday.
Though he was traded to Golden State, Bell is the first Duck to be drafted by the Bulls. Dorsey becomes the first Oregon alum to be selected by Atlanta since Anthony Taylor in 1988. Aaron Brooks was the last Duck to be chosen by the Rockets prior to Dillon Brooks' selection.
Bell, the 2017 Pac-12 defensive player of the year and the NCAA Midwest Regional Most Outstanding Player, averaged 10.9 points and 6.9 rebounds per game in 2016-17 and led the Pac-12 in blocks (2.3 per game) and field goal percentage (.636, which is a UO single-season record). He is Oregon's career blocked shots leader with 235 and also holds the UO career record for field goal percentage at .610. His 235 career blocked shots rank fifth in Pac-12 history.
The Long Beach, Calif., native became the first player with six straight NCAA Tournament games of 12-plus rebounds since Houston's Hakeem Olajuwon in 1985. He finished his junior season with seven straight double-digit rebounding games and five double-doubles in his final six games. Among those was a great performance in the Final Four with 13 points and a career-best 16 rebounds to go with four blocks against North Carolina. Bell dominated the Midwest Regional Final game against Kansas with 11 points, 13 rebounds, eight blocks and four assists. The eight blocks was a UO NCAA Tournament record and one shy of the all-time school record.
Bell owns three of the top five single season blocks marks in UO history - 94 in 2015 (second), 88 in 2017 (third) and 53 in 2016 (fifth).
Nicknamed "Mr. March," Dorsey closed out the season with a string of eight consecutive 20-point games. He is just the second Duck to reach 1,000 career points as a sophomore, joining Dillon Brooks, and finished his career ranked 33rd on the UO career scoring list with 1,055 points. His career three-point field goal percentage of .416 is No. 4 in school history.
As a sophomore, Dorsey ranked 16th in the Pac-12 in scoring (14.6 ppg) and fifth in three-point field goal percentage (.423) in 2016-17. He was named to the NCAA Midwest All-Region Team and the Pac-12 All-Tournament Team.
The Los Angeles, Calif., native hit the game-winning three-pointer with :38 left in Oregon's NCAA second round win against Rhode Island (75-72) and finished with 27 points (9-of-10 shooting). Dorsey also had late field goals to aid Oregon's NCAA wins over Michigan and Kansas.
Brooks, the 2017 Pac-12 Player of the Year and consensus second team all-American, scored more career points through his junior season than any player in school history with 1,612. He passed the great Ron Lee (1,527) for that honor.
Overall, Brooks ranks 10th in UO career scoring with 1,612 points and eighth in career field goals (587). He is also Oregon's career scoring leader in NCAA Tournament games (162 points), as well as assists (32). Brooks ranked ninth in the Pac-12 in scoring in 2016-17 (16.1 ppg).
The Mississauga, Ontario, native hit three game-winning baskets in 2016-17 – in overtime against Tennessee in the Maui Invitational, at home against undefeated UCLA and at Cal, where his three-pointer capped Orgeon's improbable comeback.
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