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NBA draft: MSU's Valentine drafted 14th overall by Chicago Bulls

Denzel Valentine’s footsteps once again have followed Magic Johnson's.

From Lansing to Michigan State to a first-round NBA draft pick.

The Chicago Bulls selected the 22-year-old Sexton High grad Valentine with the No. 14 pick of tonight’s draft at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

The 6-foot-5, 210-pound shooting guard averaged 19.2 points, 7.5 rebounds and 7.8 assists per game as a senior with the Spartans en route to winning six national player of the year awards. He is coach Tom Izzo’s 10th first-round draft pick during his 21 seasons at MSU.

Valentine joins Everett High's Johnson (1979), Eastern High's Jay Vincent (1981) and Sam Vincent (1985), Waverly High's Marcus Taylor (2002) and Everett's Goran Suton (2009) as players who went from Lansing high schools and then to MSU before becoming NBA Draft picks.