Bruised Egos: All-Americans Berry, Bluiett and Landale Shunned in NBA Draft

June 22nd, 2018 - 7:10

All-Americans Joel Berry II (North Carolina), Trevon Bluiett (Xavier) and Jock Landale (Saint Mary's) weren't among the chosen few in this year's NBA draft. Of course, the NBA is a difficult nut to crack. Although Bluiett and Landale were NCAA consensus second-team All-Americans, there was no guarantee they would be selected this year; primarily because of the continued emphasis on international players. Thus they took a crash-to-earth course at the school of hard knocks along with the following undrafted undergrads: Deng Adel (Louisville), Rawle Alkins (Arizona), Leron Black (Illinois), Brian Bowen (South Carolina), Eric Davis (Texas), Tyler Davis (Texas A&M), Trevon Duval (Duke), Drew Eubanks (Oregon State), Wenyen Gabriel (Kentucky), DJ Hogg (Texas A&M), Terry Larrier (Connecticut), Brandon McCoy (UNLV), Doral Moore (Wake Forest), Malik Newman (Kansas), Ajdin Penava (Marshall), Billy Preston (Kansas), Corey Sanders (Rutgers), Tavarius Shine (Oklahoma State), David Skara (Clemson) and Allonzo Trier (Arizona).

With or without a college diploma in tow, what were these misguided hoopers thinking? Denied sneaker honorariums during an FBI probe, undrafted scholars may be swayed to join lunatic leftist leeches seeking reparations or boycotting "one-percenter" NBA foreigners stealing their jobs. Amid truly smelly progressive puke convulsing after Justice Kennedy announced his retirement from the Supreme Court essentially so bloodthirsty Planned Murderhood continue to butcher innocent babies in womb, it could blossom into one of those get in line behind the other kneeling mindless "diverse" robot routines and stand by for further "Strzok-out" instruction.

Bluiett and Landale became the 11th and 12th NCAA consensus All-American to go undrafted in a nine-season span. Do you need any more evidence that the quality of play at the collegiate level has diminished in recent years? The NBA draft was reduced to seven rounds in 1985, three rounds in 1988 and to its present two rounds in 1989. Centers Bill Spivey of Kentucky and Sherman White of LIU, All-Americans in the early 1950s, went undrafted by the NBA allegedly because of possible repercussions stemming from a game-fixing scandal. A total of 35 All-Americans, five in 2011, have gone undrafted by the NBA thus far in the 21st Century.

Eight years ago, Sherron Collins (Kansas) and Scottie Reynolds (Villanova) became the initial NCAA consensus first-team All-Americans not to be selected in the NBA draft. They're not a motley crew, but following is an alphabetical list of All-Americans who weren't selected in an NBA draft:

Undrafted All-American Pos. School A-A Year(s)
Charlie Bell G Michigan State 2001
Joel Berry II G North Carolina 2018
Trevon Bluiett G Xavier 2018**
Melvin Booker G Missouri 1994**
Joe Capua G Wyoming 1956
Sherron Collins G Kansas 2009** and 2010*
Erwin Dudley F-C Alabama 2002
Melvin Ejim F Iowa State 2014**
Perry Ellis F Kansas 2016
C.J. Fair F Syracuse 2014**
Yogi Ferrell G Indiana 2016
Jason Gardner G Arizona 2002 and 2003**
Ben Hansbrough G Notre Dame 2011**
Udonis Haslem C Florida 2001 and 2002
Bobby Joe Hill G Texas Western 1966
Terrell "Tu" Holloway G Xavier 2011
Kevin Houston G Army 1987
Keith "Mister" Jennings G East Tennessee State 1991**
Kevin Jones F West Virginia 2012**
Sean Kilpatrick G Cincinnati 2014**
Brandin Knight G Pittsburgh 2002
Jock Landale C-F Saint Mary's 2018**
Byron Larkin G Xavier 1988
Chris Lofton G Tennessee 2007** and 2008**
John Lucas III G Oklahoma State 2004
Billy McCaffrey G Vanderbilt 1993**
Jerel McNeal G Marquette 2009
Johnathan Motley F Baylor 2017
DeMarcus Nelson G-F Duke 2008
Kevin Pittsnogle F West Virginia 2006
Mike Pratt F Kentucky 1974
Hollis Price G Oklahoma 2003**
Jacob Pullen G Kansas State 2011
Allan Ray G Villanova 2006**
Dexter Reed G Memphis State 1977
Scottie Reynolds G Villanova 2010*
Bill Ridley G Illinois 1956
Juan "Pepe" Sanchez G Temple 2000
Jon Scheyer G Duke 2010**
Shea Seals F-G Tulsa 1997
Ron Slay F Tennessee 2003
Charles E. Smith G Georgetown 1989
Jordan Taylor G Wisconsin 2011
Seth Tuttle F-C Northern Iowa 2015**
Jarrod Uthoff F Iowa 2016
Fred VanVleet G Wichita State 2016
Scottie Wilbekin G Florida 2014
Max Williams G Southern Methodist 1960
Kyle Wiltjer F Gonzaga 2016
Andre Woolridge G Iowa 1997

*NCAA consensus first-team All-American.
**NCAA consensus second-team All-American.
NOTE: Bell, Booker, Collins, Ferrell, Hansbrough, Haslem, Jennings, Jones, Kilpatrick, Lucas, McNeal, Ray, Sanchez, Smith, VanVleet and Wiltjer went on to play in the NBA after signing as free agents. Pratt played in the ABA.