It’s been quite awhile since USC basketball played a part in the first round of the NBA Draft, but 2019 changed that. Just barely
On Thursday night, guard Kevin Porter Jr. was selected No. 30 overall by Cleveland Cavaliers, becoming the first first rounder out of USC since center Nikola Vucecic was taken No. 16 overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in 2011.
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USC had a string of four first round picks in five years from 2017 to 2011, including Nick Young, O.