OMAHA, Neb. -- When the 2019-20 NBA season starts tonight, Creighton University will have five alumni in the NBA at the same time for the second straight year when Kyle Korver, Anthony Tolliver, Doug McDermott, Justin Patton and Khyri Thomas continue the school tradition of Bluejays playing at pro basketball's highest level.
Korver signed with the Milwaukee Bucks in the off-season, while McDermott embarks on his second season with the Indiana Pacers. Tolliver returned to the Portland Trailblazers as a free-agent in the offseason after spending last year with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Justin Patton spent time with the Timberwolves and Philadelphia 76ers organizations a year ago and is now part of the Oklahoma City Thunder.