BOZICH BLOG: NBA Scorecard -- UK 19 players, U of L 3, IU 2 - WDRB 41 Louisville - News, Weather, Sports Community

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – The first NBA scorecard of the season is ready – and play doesn't begin in the league until Tuesday night with three games.

I got tired of waiting for the Detroit Tigers to score runs so I devoted a chunk of last evening to going through the 15-man rosters of all 30 NBA teams, looking for local representation. I used NBA.com as my resource where some rosters showed the final cuts, but a few did not.

Here are my numbers, although they are certainly subject to change as teams sniff the waiver wire and try to improve their talent.

Kentucky
19 former players. The Wildcats lost two at the buzzer when Oklahoma City cut Daniel Orton and Toronto dropped Jamaal Magloire.

Louisville
3 former players in the league after the Pistons released Terrence Williams and there is no sign of Derrick Caracter. (Please send news of a Derrick Caracter sighting my way.)

Indiana
The Hoosiers are down to a pair of NBA players with D.J. White heading overseas. But IU does have a league-leading four former program members who are head coaches, plus an owner.

Western Kentucky
Two former Darrin Horn recruits continue to represent the Toppers well.

Morehead State
Donnie Tyndall's main man -- Kenneth Faried -- should continue to start in Denver.

You want names?

I figured you did. Here are the lists:

Kentucky (19 players, two coaches, one team president)

1. Rajon Rondo, Boston
2. Keith Bogans, Brooklyn
3. Nazr Mohammed, Chicago
4. Marquis Teague, Chicago
5. Brandon Knight, Detroit
6. Tayshaun Prince, Detroit
7. Doron Lamb, Milwaukee
8. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Charlotte
9. Josh Harrellson, Miami
10. John Wall, Washington
11. Terrence Jones, Houston
12. Patrick Patterson, Houston
13. Anthony Davis, New Orleans
14. Darius Miller, New Orleans
15. DeAndre Liggins, Oklahoma City
16. Eric Bledsoe, Los Angeles Clippers
17. Jodie Meeks, Los Angeles Lakers
18. DeMarcus Cousins, Sacramento
19. Chuck Hayes, Sacramento
20. Dwane Casey, Toronto coach
21. Frank Vogel, Indiana coach
22. Pat Riley, Miami president

(I did not put Enes Kanter of Utah on the list. He never played a game at Kentucky, although he did practice with the team two seasons ago.)

Louisville (3 former players)

1. Earl Clark, Los Angeles Lakers
2. Samardo Samuels, Cleveland
3. Francisco Garcia, Sacramento

(Interesting note: Wes Unseld Jr. is an assistant coach at Orlando. His father is one of the all-time U of L greats, but Wes Jr. attended Johns Hopkins.)

Indiana (2 former players, 4 head coaches, one owner)

1. Eric Gordon, New Orleans
2. Jared Jeffries, Portland
3. Lawrence Frank, Detroit
4. Randy Wittman, Washington
5. Mike Woodson, New York
6. Keith Smart, Sacramento
7. Mark Cuban, Dallas 

Western Kentucky (2 former players)

1. Courtney Lee, Boston
2. Jeremy Evans, Utah

Morehead State (1 former player)

1. Kenneth Faried, Denver

Please send any corrections and updates to me at rbozich@wdrb.com.

Enjoy. Discuss. Debate.

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