Kel’el Ware has been invited to attend 2024 NBA Draft Green Room

Former Indiana Basketball player Kel’el Ware has received a green room invite to attend the 2024 NBA Draft with his family.

According to ESPN Insider Jonathan Givony Ware received one of the few green room invites as it is largely expected he will be selected in the first round of next week’s draft.

Coming out of high school as a highly touted freshman, it was expected that Ware would be selected in the first round of the 2023 Draft but a disappointing season with Oregon prevented that. Now two years removed from the lottery expectations, Ware has reestablished himself as a first-round pick after a strong season with Indiana.

Ware averaged 15.9 points, 9.9 rebounds, 1.9 blocks, 1.5 assists, and shot 56.8 percent from the field on the season. His play earned him a spot on the All-Big Ten Second Team during his lone season with Indiana.

Early in the draft process Ware was projected firmly around the back end of the first round, but has impressed a lot of scouts during his workouts which have led to his late rise on draft boards.

“An impressive pro day of shooting has had teams buzzing about Kel’el Ware,” Bleacher Report NBA Draft insider Jonathan Wasserman wrote in his updated mock draft. “Sources say he’s generating realistic consideration in the late lottery. The narrative about his underwhelming motor has seemingly been squashed. Ware figures to look highly enticing in a workout setting that can showcase his athleticism at the rim, mobility, and high shotmaking skill level.”

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Ware will be the third player drafted from Indiana basketball since Mike Woodson took over as head coach, joining Jalen Hood-Schifino and Trayce Jackson-Davis.

The 2024 NBA Draft will take place June 26-27.

Key Stats

– The Indiana basketball program ranks seventh among all Division I programs with 27 players selected in the first round of the NBA Draft since its inception in 1947.

– The Hoosiers rank second among Big Ten teams in first-round picks and are one of five conference schools with at least 20 first-round selections.

– Indiana has produced two No. 1 overall picks, tied for third in the NCAA. In total, IU has had 79 players selected in the NBA Draft.

Indiana Basketball Players Selected in the First Round of the NBA Draft

First Overall

Walt Bellamy, Chicago, 1961

Kent Benson, Milwaukee, 1977

Second Overall

Archie Dees, Cincinnati, 1958

Scott May, Chicago, 1976

Isiah Thomas, Detroit, 1981

Victor Oladipo, Orlando, 2013

Fourth Overall

Cody Zeller, Charlotte, 2013

Sixth Overall

Calbert Cheaney, Washington, 1993

Seventh Overall

Quinn Buckner, Milwaukee, 1976

Eric Gordon, Los Angeles Clippers, 2008

Eighth Overall

Ward Williams, Fort Wayne, 1948

Ninth Overall

Noah Vonleh, Charlotte, 2014

11th Overall

Bob Wilkerson, Seattle, 1976

Jared Jeffries, Washington, 2002

12th Overall

Mike Woodson, New York, 1980

14th Overall

Romeo Langford, Boston, 2019

16th Overall

Alan Henderson, Atlanta, 1995

Kirk Haston, Charlotte, 2001

17th Overall

Steve Downing, Boston, 1973

Uwe Blab, Dallas, 1985

Greg Graham, Charlotte, 1993

Jalen Hood-Schifino, Los Angeles Lakers 2023

18th Overall

Ray Tolbert, New Jersey, 1981

22nd Overall

Randy Wittman, Washington, 1983

23rd Overall

OG Anunoby, Toronto, 2017

27th Overall

Brian Evans, Orlando, 1995

29th Overall

D.J. White, Detroit, 2008

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