There was a time when teenagers weren’t deemed ready to compete in the NBA.
How times have changed.
Basketball-Reference.com documents that since 1963-64, 107 individuals who had yet to reach their 20th birthday had appeared in at least one regular-season NBA game. Rashad Vaughn could soon be joining that exclusive group.
Vaughn, who won’t turn 19 years old until Aug. 16, 2015, was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 17th overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft.
The 6-foot-6-inch guard out of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas was named the Mountain West Conference’s Freshman of the Year, Honorable Mention All-Conference and Second-Team NABC All-District 17 in 2014-15 after averaging a team-high 17.