Aaron Thorup
SALT LAKE CITY — Over the years, just a handful of Utah high school products have been taken high in the NBA draft, most notably Emery High’s Shawn Bradley, who played a year at BYU before an LDS mission, and Skyline High’s Danny Vranes, who starred for the University of Utah for four years.
Bradley was selected with the No. 2 pick by the Philadelphia 76ers in 1993 right off his mission after just one season at BYU, while Vranes was chosen with the No. 5 pick by the Seattle Supersonics in 1981 after an all-American season at the U.