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Chase Andrew Budinger (/ ˈ b ʌ d ɪ ŋ ɡ ər / BUH-ding-ghər; [1] born May 22, 1988) is an American beach volleyball player and former professional basketball player. He was selected by the Detroit Pistons with the 44th overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft after playing three years of college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats.
Kevin Garnett's high-profile migration from high school to the NBA in 1995 prompted many high schoolers to follow in his footsteps. In 1995, Kevin Garnett, USA Today's high school basketball player of the year, announced his intentions to forgo college, and declared himself eligible for the 1995 NBA draft. The move was highly controversial; the ...
Olivier Rioux was born in Terrebonne on February 2, 2006, to Jean-François, a 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) photographer and former volleyball player, and Anne Gariepy, who is 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), and works at the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). His 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) older brother, Émile, has also played basketball.
Cameron Boozer, along with Cooper Flagg (the No. 1 player in the 2024 class) are the best two-way players in high school basketball with their size and versatility and have NBA teams scrambling ...
This page lists the NBA players who were taken directly out of U.S. high schools, without having either enrolled in a U.S. college or university, played in a foreign professional league, or commit to a secondary league like the NBA Development League before being drafted.
Wells, 20, is a 6-foot-6 ½, 206-pound small forward who has flourished since entering high school as a 5-6 freshman. He averaged 26.0 points per game as a senior at Folsom before going on to ...
Jeff Samardzija – played high school football, basketball, and baseball. All-American wide receiver at Notre Dame. Mike Shannon – was thought to have been a better college football quarterback than a baseball player, but baseball paid more money back then. He was Missouri High School Player of the Year in both football and basketball his ...
Budinger and partner Miles Evans clinched the second and final U.S. men’s beach volleyball spot in Paris with seven top-five finishes in nine qualifying events this year. The late surge helped ...