Players drafted by the Wizards that you may or may not remember

by Jake Whitacre on Jun 6, 2007 10:12 AM EDT in Draft

For some reason, I was looking through Basketball Reference and I got kind of captivated by some of the players that were drafted by the Zephyrs/Packers/Bullets/Wizards franchise over the years. Here's the ones that I thought may catch your eye:

Rod Thorn, Nets GM
Jerry Sloan, Jazz coach
Mike Davis. He was the Baltimore Bullets first round pick in 1969. Now this alone wouldn't be enough to grab my attention, but Davis went to Virginia Union. The same place that this guy and this guy went to college. Remember, both of them played for the Wizards at one point, so that would be 3 former VUU Panthers that, at some point or another, played for the franchise.
Len Elmore, sportscaster. He's the one providing the color commentary here.
Jamie Dixon, Men's basketball coach at Pitt
Mitch Kupchak, Lakers GM

So that's about it, now go out and use that info to benefit your lives or dodge billboards.

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That's one interesting starting lineup

Although they're a little short on good guards.

You know you'll get devoured by Cheaney, Wallace, and Juwan Howard.

by Mike Prada on Jun 6, 2007 12:01 PM EDT reply actions

Bah

Mitch could always trade himself for disappointing PG.

I'm a rookie, kick me!

by Jake Whitacre on Jun 6, 2007 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions

VIrginia Union

There's another Va. Union alum who played for the Bullets. Terry Davis. In fact, he was the one who tipped off Bullets management about Ben Wallace. He started at center one year during the '90s.

by hotplate on Jun 7, 2007 3:21 PM EDT reply actions

Good call

After a little bit more research I discovered that A.J. English also was a VUU alum that played for the Bullets. So if you go on from Virginia Union to play in the NBA, you have a 62.5% chance of ending up in D.C. at some point or another.

I'm a rookie, kick me!

by Jake Whitacre on Jun 7, 2007 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions