NBA Players Coached
As someone who prides himself on helping young men reach their dreams, John Calipari has placed 27 players in the NBA during his college coaching career, including 15 over his first three seasons at Kentucky.
He is the only coach that has coached three No. 1 overall selections (Derrick Rose, John Wall and Anthony Davis), the only coach to have five first-round selections in the same NBA Draft (2010) and the only coach to send six players to the NBA Draft in the modern two-round era (2012).
When Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist went 1-2 in the 2012 NBA Draft, Calipari became the first coach to have the top two players in the same draft.
“The Kentucky Effect is there and it’s real,” Coach Cal said. “Senator Mitch McConnell has said to me, ‘You’re creating more millionaires than a Wall Street firm,’ and I went, wow, we are.”
Davis
New Orleans Hornets
1 New Orleans Hornets
Kidd-Gilchrist
Charlotte Bobcats
2 Charlotte Bobcats
Jones
Houston Rockets
18 Houston Rockets
Teague
Chicago Bulls
29 Chicago Bulls
Lamb
Orlando Magic
42 Milwaukee Bucks
Miller
New Orleans Hornets
46 New Orleans Hornets
Kanter
Utah Jazz
3 Utah Jazz
Knight
Detroit Pistons
8 Detroit Pistons
Harrellson
Free Agent
45
New Orleans Hornets
Liggins
Oklahoma City Thunder
53 Detroit Pistons
Wall
Washington Wizards
1 Washington Wizards
Cousins
Sacremento Kings
5 Sacremento Kings
Patterson
Sacramento Kings
14 Houston Rockets
Bledsoe
Los Angeles Clippers
18 Oklahoma City Thunder
Orton
Oklahoma City Thunder
29 Orlando Magic
Evans
Sacramento Kings
4 Sacramento Kings
Dozier
Free Agent
60 Miami Heat
Rose
Chicago Bulls
1 Chicago Bulls
Dorsey
Overseas
33 Portland Trail Blazers
Douglas-Roberts
Free Agent
40 New Jersey Nets
Carney
Free Agent
16 Chicago Bulls
Williams
Free Agent
17 Indiana Pacers
Burks
Retired
37 Orlando Magic
Barron
Free Agent
-- Undrafted
Wagner
Retired
6 Cleveland Cavaliers
Camby
New York Knicks
2 Toronto Raptors
Roe
Retired
30 Detroit Pistons
