BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - With the Toronto Raptors winning the 2019 NBA Championship, former Indiana University wing OG Anunoby, who played a big part in helping IU win a Big Ten Championship in 2016 as a freshman, became the first former Hoosier player to win an NBA title since Isiah Thomas led the Detroit Pistons to back-to-back titles in 1990 and 1991.
Anunoby, who suffered a torn ACL midway through his sophomore season in 2017, was selected with the 23rd pick in the NBA draft by Toronto later that summer. He started 62 games as a rookie and averaged 5.