The College of Missouri males’s basketball group has made it to the NCAA Match a complete of 31 instances, and it has made it so far as the Elite Eight 5 instances. It’s the college that Michael Porter Jr. of the Brooklyn Nets and Jordan Clarkson of the defending champion New York Knicks as soon as performed for.
Clarkson spent his first three and a half NBA seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers after the Washington Wizards took him within the second spherical of the 2014 draft. The Lakers have taken two College of Missouri gamers themselves within the draft — here’s a take a look at each of them.
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Charles Henke — ahead
Henke averaged 18.1 factors and 9.8 rebounds a sport throughout his three years with the Tigers. The Lakers took him within the fourth spherical of the 1961 draft, however he by no means performed within the NBA.
Anthony Peeler — guard
Peeler spent 4 years with the Tigers and registered 16.8 factors, 5.1 rebounds and 4.2 assists a sport throughout that point. The Lakers took him with the No. 15 choose within the 1992 draft, and he developed into an honest reserve guard for them.
In 4 seasons with the Lakers, Peeler averaged 10.6 factors in 22.7 minutes a sport. He ended up taking part in 13 seasons within the NBA and had a profession common of 9.7 factors in 24.7 minutes per sport.
This text initially appeared on LeBron Wire: Each College of Missouri participant drafted by the Lakers
