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NBA Draft 2019: USC basketball’s Kevin Porter Jr. projected for mid-first round

After going years without seeing a USC basketball player selected in the NBA Draft, the Trojans are likely to be treated to a second year in a row with a pick in 2019.

Even better, guard Kevin Porter Jr. is expected to become the first Trojan to be taken in the first round since Nikola Vucevic in 2011.

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Porter Jr. is one of 22 players who will be in the Green Room in Brooklyn, waiting to hear his name called on Thursday night.