List of Oklahoma Sooners in the NBA and WNBA drafts
Year Round Pick Overall Player Position NBA team Notes
1949 8 - - Paul Courty F Providence Steamrollers -
1950 6 - - Wayne Glasgow F Minneapolis Lakers -
1950 10 - - Paul Merchant F Syracuse Nationals -
1951 1 3 3 Marcus Freiberger C Indianapolis Olympians -
1954 11 7 106 Bob Waller F New York Knicks -
1958 6 4 44 Joe King F/C New York Knicks -
1962 8 2 62 Warren Fouts F New York Knicks -
1968 3 7 29 Don Sidle † C San Francisco Warriors ABA Champion ( 1972 )
1968 8 2 71 Willie Rogers F Seattle SuperSonics -
1970 1 6 3 Garfield Heard F Seattle SuperSonics -
1971 3 5 33 Clifford Ray † F Chicago Bulls NBA Champion ( 1975 )
1972 8 - 90 Bobby Jack F Cincinnati Royals -
1972 14 7 110 Andrew Pettes G Chicago Bulls -
1974 8 4 130 Tom Holland F Phoenix Suns -
1974 9 4 148 Ted Evans C Phoenix Suns -
1975 1 4 4 Alvan Adams * C Phoenix Suns All-Star ( 1976 ) NBA Rookie of the Year Award ( 1976 )
1979 4 19 85 John McCullough G Kansas City Kings -
1980 2 15 38 Terry Stotts F Houston Rockets -
1980 3 17 63 Al Beal F Milwaukee Bucks -
1980 5 6 98 Aaron Curry G New Jersey Nets -
Player selection -- NBA Draft
Eduardo Nájera , drafted in 2000
The University of Oklahoma men's basketball team has had 46 players drafted in the National Basketball Association (NBA) while the women's basketball team has had 14 players selected in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). This includes ten players taken in the first round of the NBA Draft and six players in the first round of the WNBA Draft. In 2009, Blake Griffin became the only Oklahoma basketball player to have been selected as the overall number one pick when he was drafted by the Los Angeles Clippers. In the 2010s, nine Oklahoma players have been selected in their respective drafts. Five have been women: three in 2010, one in 2011, and one in 2013. The four men's players drafted in the decade have been Romero Osby in 2013, Buddy Hield and Isaiah Cousins in 2016, and Trae Young in 2018. Each NBA and WNBA franchise seeks to add new players through their respective annual draft. The NBA uses a draft lottery to determine the first three picks of the NBA draft; the 14 teams that did not make the playoffs the previous year are eligible to participate. After the first three picks are decided, the rest of the teams pick in reverse order of their win-loss record. To be eligible for the NBA Draft, a player in the United States must be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft and must be at least one year removed from the graduation of his high school class. From 1967 until the ABA-NBA merger in 1976, the American Basketball Association (ABA) held its own draft. The WNBA Draft is similar to the NBA with a couple of exceptions.