Texas basketball has sneakily been one of the country’s most fruitful programs for producing NBA players. The Longhorns had ten players on 2022/23 NBA opening day rosters, trailing only Kentucky, Duke, UCLA, and North Carolina for the highest number of alums in the league.
Thursday night was NBA Draft night, and although no Texas Longhorn heard their name called, three former players were signed immediately upon the conclusion of the 60-pick Draft.
Timmy Allen, Marcus Carr, and Sir’Jabari Rice were all priority undrafted free-agent pickups that found new homes on Thursday. Allen (Memphis), Carr (Phoenix), and Rice (San Antonio) will get their NBA careers started in the Summer League with the ultimate goal of sticking on a 15-man active NBA roster.