Okay, so I wanted to figure out which University of Kansas basketball players made it to the NBA. It seemed like a simple enough thing to find out, but it actually took a bit of digging around. Here’s how I went about it:
First, I started with a basic search. You know, just typing in “University of Kansas basketball players in the NBA” to see what popped up. I got a bunch of different websites, some looked promising, others, not so much.
Then I started clicking, I went to the first 3 websites and found them to be a bit confusing and not as helpful as I’d hoped.
My Trial and Error
I spent some time looking at those search results. I figured the official Kansas Athletics site would be a good place to start, but honestly, I couldn’t find a simple, clean list of all their NBA players in one place. It was a bit frustrating! I jumped around to a few other sports news sites, and while they had articles about KU players in the NBA, they weren’t giving me that comprehensive list I was after.
I was looking for, that nice tidy information, But it’s not easily presented.
So, I decided to adjust my approach. Instead of looking for a single perfect list, I realized I’d have to build my own. I started bookmarking pages about individual players, making notes of names that kept coming up.
Compiling the Information
- I used a simple text document to keep track of the names I was finding.
- I cross-referenced a few different websites to make sure I wasn’t missing anyone obvious.
- I focused on players mentioned in recent articles, plus some of the all-time greats I already knew about (like Wilt Chamberlain, of course!).
I have listed the names:
Gradey Dick, Kelly Oubre Jr, Joel Embiid, and more.
It wasn’t the quickest process, but I managed to pull together a pretty solid list of KU players in the NBA. It just goes to show, sometimes you gotta do the legwork yourself to get the exact info you need!
