Most NBA Minutes Played by School

[gordontrue]

Here's my Zona team:

PG Mike Bibby / Damon Stoudemire
SG Gilbert Arenas / Jason Terry / Michael Dickerson
SF Sean Elliot / Richard Jefferson
PF Andre Igoudala / Derrick Williams
C Channing Frye / Jordan Hill

 

[TexasExes98]

I'd probably take Kentucky and UCLA over Texas but it'd be close. Texas doesn't have any guard play.

Huh? DJ Augustin, starting guard for Chicago: 13 ppg, 4.7 assists during the season. Scored 25 pts and dished out 7 assists against Washington 2 nights ago. Avery Bradley, starting shooting guard for Boston. Overall:

G DJ Augustin, CHI - 13ppg, 4.7 assists
G Avery Bradley, BOS - 14.9ppg
F Tristan Thompson, CLE - 11.7 ppg, 9.2 RPG
F Kevin Durant, OKC - 32 ppg, 7.4 RPG, 5.5 APG (2014 NBA scoring champion)
C LaMarcus Aldridge - 23.2ppg, 11.1 RPG (averaging 44.5ppg in playoffs right now)

There isn't one school that can match that NBA talent today.

 

[ericd7633]

Huh? DJ Augustin, starting guard for Chicago: 13 ppg, 4.7 assists during the season. Scored 25 pts and dished out 7 assists against Washington 2 nights ago. Avery Bradley, starting shooting guard for Boston. Overall:

G DJ Augustin, CHI - 13ppg, 4.7 assists
G Avery Bradley, BOS - 14.9ppg
F Tristan Thompson, CLE - 11.7 ppg, 9.2 RPG
F Kevin Durant, OKC - 32 ppg, 7.4 RPG, 5.5 APG (2014 NBA scoring champion)
C LaMarcus Aldridge - 23.2ppg, 11.1 RPG (averaging 44.5ppg in playoffs right now)

There isn't one school that can match that NBA talent today.

D.J. Augustin was just about out of the league. He's had a nice stretch here in the playoffs no doubt, but he's not different than Nate Robinson. He's a nice back up PG in the league. Avery Bradley and Tristan Thompson are above average players, but nothing too special IMO. Durant and Alridge are obviously awesome.

Just as a comparison: UCLA

PG: J'rue Holliday
SG: Russell Westbrook
SF: Aaron Afflalo
PF: Trevor Ariza
C: Kevin Love

Kentucky:

PG: Rajon Rondo
SG: John Wall
SF: Terrence Jones
PF: Anthony Davis
C: Demarcus Cousins

Plus Kentucky has much more depth, unless every player is playing 48 minutes in this game. For example I'd take Brandon Knight and Eric Bledsoe over both Bradley and Augustin.

Florida:

PG: Bradley Beal
SG: Corey Brewer
SF: Chandler Parsons
PF: David Lee/Al Horford
C: Joakim Noah

It'd be fun, but Texas wouldn't surely whip any of those teams IMO.

 

[TDs3nOut]

Kind of a cool list in the OP. Mildly surprised to see that Houston ranks as high as it does, since it's seems like such a long time since we've sent a player to the league. Of course, I didn't realize that Marcus Cousin is even in the NBA and I'd nearly forgotten that he played at UH, since he didn't play much when he was there.

Also have to point out that Houston climbs much higher on the list if it's organized by minutes played per player. All-time greats like Dream, Glide, and Big E provide big lifts in that category!

 

[gordontrue]

D.J. Augustin was just about out of the league. He's had a nice stretch here in the playoffs no doubt, but he's not different than Nate Robinson. He's a nice back up PG in the league. Avery Bradley and Tristan Thompson are above average players, but nothing too special IMO. Durant and Alridge are obviously awesome.

Just as a comparison: UCLA

PG: J'rue Holliday
SG: Russell Westbrook
SF: Aaron Afflalo
PF: Trevor Ariza
C: Kevin Love

Kentucky:

PG: Rajon Rondo
SG: John Wall
SF: Terrence Jones
PF: Anthony Davis
C: Demarcus Cousins

Plus Kentucky has much more depth, unless every player is playing 48 minutes in this game. For example I'd take Brandon Knight and Eric Bledsoe over both Bradley and Augustin.

Florida:

PG: Bradley Beal
SG: Corey Brewer
SF: Chandler Parsons
PF: David Lee/Al Horford
C: Joakim Noah

It'd be fun, but Texas wouldn't surely whip any of those teams IMO.

I missed that you guys were talking about active players only.

Here's some dark horses:
Wake Forest: Chris Paul, Jeff Teague, James Johnson, Aminu, Tim Duncan
Kansas: Kirk Heinrich, Mario Chalmers, Paul Pierce, Marcus Morris, Markeiff Morris
Duke: Kyrie Irving, JJ Reddick, Shane Battier, Luol Deng, Carlos Boozer
Uconn: Kemba Walker, Ray Allen, Caron Butler, Rudy Gay, Andre Drummond
GA Tech: Jarret Jack, Iman Shumpert, Thadeus Young, Chris Bosh, Derrick Favors
Syracuse: Michael Carter-Williams, Wesley Johnson, Dion Waiters, Carmelo Anthony, Onuaku
Ohio St: Mike Conley, Evan Turner, Byron Mullens, Jared Sullinger, Greg Oden
Arizona: Jason Terry, Richard Jefferson, Andre Igoudala, Channing Frye, Jordan Hill

Ok, now all we need to do is get a few more, seed them, and put them in a bracket

 

[Arizona_Sting]

This is a pretty awesome thread.

 

[Arizona_Sting]

You could build a team of former Longhorn basketball players today and they would whip any school's former players in the NBA today. All that talent and Barnes has never won it all

Nah, Texas would lose to UCLA, Kentucky, Wake Forest and Florida.

 

[ericd7633]

I missed that you guys were talking about active players only.

Here's some dark horses:
Wake Forest: Chris Paul, Jeff Teague, James Johnson, Aminu, Tim Duncan
Kansas: Kirk Heinrich, Mario Chalmers, Paul Pierce, Marcus Morris, Markeiff Morris
Duke: Kyrie Irving, JJ Reddick, Shane Battier, Luol Deng, Carlos Boozer
Uconn: Kemba Walker, Ray Allen, Caron Butler, Rudy Gay, Andre Drummond
GA Tech: Jarret Jack, Iman Shumpert, Thadeus Young, Chris Bosh, Derrick Favors
Syracuse: Michael Carter-Williams, Wesley Johnson, Dion Waiters, Carmelo Anthony, Onuaku
Ohio St: Mike Conley, Evan Turner, Byron Mullens, Jared Sullinger, Greg Oden
Arizona: Jason Terry, Richard Jefferson, Andre Igoudala, Channing Frye, Jordan Hill

Ok, now all we need to do is get a few more, seed them, and put them in a bracket

That actually sounds like fun. I don't mind doing it. Obviously the college must have 5 current players to be included. I don't know how many teams but I think there'd probably be at least 16 schools that have at least 5 active players in the league.

 

[gordontrue]

That actually sounds like fun. I don't mind doing it. Obviously the college must have 5 current players to be included. I don't know how many teams but I think there'd probably be at least 16 schools that have at least 5 active players in the league.

Yeah, it would be fun, particularly when it comes to talking about particular match ups. Maybe it should get its own thread, since this has strayed a bit from the original topic of this thread?

Here's a post from earlier in the thread that shows the 25 schools with 5+ active players. I did notice that there are some players considered "active" that haven't played since 2012-13 season, I don't know what criteria makes someone "active".

Also, the list only shows schools from the major 7 conferences, so maybe there's a mid-major out there we're missing, but off the top of my head I doubt there's a school outside those conferences with 5 active players.

And this is a good source for finding players by school

Here are the top schools in terms of # of active players:

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

I thought Cuse and Uconn would be highest up the list..

 

[The Derski]

You could build a team of former Longhorn basketball players today and they would whip any school's former players in the NBA today. All that talent and Barnes has never won it all

KD is good but I give UCLA an edge against anyone....

 

[CatsTopPac]

I think that a bench should be included for each team. It not only shows the quality of depth for each team, but a bench plays in a real game too, right? Might be a little more difficult to calculate (deciding who wins between a team with just 5-6 players, and a team with 8-10), but I mean this is all subjective anyway, right?

Not necessarily saying that a team with more players is automatically better, but maybe if a player only gets to be counted for their ppg, it would make it a little easier? I don't know, not trying to throw wrenches into it, but teams with more players should be weighted a little more, even if it doesn't guarantee victory. Just my two cents....

 

[gordontrue]

I think that a bench should be included for each team. It not only shows the quality of depth for each team, but a bench plays in a real game too, right? Might be a little more difficult to calculate (deciding who wins between a team with just 5-6 players, and a team with 8-10), but I mean this is all subjective anyway, right?

Not necessarily saying that a team with more players is automatically better, but maybe if a player only gets to be counted for their ppg, it would make it a little easier? I don't know, not trying to throw wrenches into it, but teams with more players should be weighted a little more, even if it doesn't guarantee victory. Just my two cents....

Good point, I completely agree.

Maybe I will put something together and start a new thread

 

[gordontrue]

Ok, I started a thread on this, but I accidentally put it in the NBA forum. I guess it would make sense either way...

Here's the thread

 

[gordontrue]

The 16 team bracket is in a thread over on the NBA page