MAXPREPS Six former Eagles heard their names called, including the top overall selection Cade Cunningham.
Thursday night s NBA Draft was quite the testimonial for Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) as the high school basketball powerhouse became the first team in history to produce four first round picks in the same draft class.
The four first round selections from the 2019-20 Montverde Academy team surpasses 1981-82 Dunbar (Baltimore, Md.) and 1988-89 St. Anthony (Jersey City, N.J.), which both produced three first round picks. Muggsy Bogues, Reggie Lewis and Reggie Williams of Dunbar were all drafted in 1987 while Terry Dehere, Bobby Hurley and Rodrick Rhodes were picked from the legendary St. Anthony team.
NBA Draft 2021: Montverde Academy could produce four first round picks Thursday night
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Seton Hall’s ‘Mamu’ shares Big East Player of the Year honors in historic 3-way split
Updated Mar 10, 2021;
When Sandro Mamukelashvili first arrived at Seton Hall as a freshman, he dreamed of one day being considered the league’s best player.
“Coming in as a freshman, I used to look at the top players and I said to myself, ‘One day I will be that top player that everybody talks about, who everybody puts on the scouting report,’” he said on a recent Zoom call in response to a question from NJ Advance Media.
Now “Mamu” has reached one of his dreams.