In a week that saw Oregon’s Jordan Bell and Dillon Brooks both make their NBA debut, we look back at the highest recruited player in UO history amid his NBA rookie season.
Following his Duck career, Malik Hairston was drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the second round of the 2008 NBA Draft. Hairston was the 18th selection of the second round and 48th overall pick.
Hairston actually played with my cousin (through marriage) Mitch Platt during his Oregon basketball career. Mitch and Hairston were freshmen during the 2003-04 season and graduated together four years later.