LANDOVER, MD - CIRCA 1989: Alex English #2 of the Denver Nuggets looks on against the Washington Bullets during an NBA basketball game circa 1989 at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland. English played for the Nuggets from 1980-90. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images)
The South Carolina basketball program has seen nearly 40 former players drafted into the NBA, dating all the way back to 1951, when Jim Slaughter was taken in the fourth round by the Tri-Cities Blackhawks (now the Atlanta Hawks). The league didn’t move to a two-round format until 1989. This year, we could see another, with guard AJ Lawson hoping to hear his name called during the event this Thursday.