The 2022 NBA Draft will take place Thursday night and it could bring southwest Missouri a bit of history.
According to Basketball-Reference, only four players who attended high school in southwest Missouri have gone on to play in the NBA. An additional player was born in our coverage area but played high school basketball in California.
None of the players who attended high school in the area have been drafted.
But Thursday could change that with the possibility of Greenwood's Aminu Mohammed being selected after one season at Georgetown. The draft begins at 7 p.m. on ESPN.