{"id":763160,"date":"2026-06-17T07:39:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T07:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/763160\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T07:39:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T07:39:16","slug":"every-princeton-player-drafted-by-the-nets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/763160\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Princeton player drafted by the Nets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>June 16, 2026, 9:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/brooklyn-nets\/17\/\" data-autotag=\"02f2623f-cb52-4847-8284-ff461d726c25\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Brooklyn Nets<\/a> have developed their teams through a number of strategies over the decades, and their front office has put together considerable success through the NBA draft. Many of the franchise&#8217;s best players have joined the Nets either by being selected directly in the annual draft or through trades made on that day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Moreover, it is not only the star players who have been acquired by the Nets through the draft. Several prominent alumni have been selected by the team each offseason during this annual event, with certain colleges being more prominently represented than others. An analysis of the players from different schools reveals that both prestigious programs and smaller institutions have contributed top talent to the Nets&#8217; roster over the years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">So without further ado, let&#8217;s take a look at every player who has been drafted by the Nets out of Princeton.<\/p>\n<p>Frank Sowinski &#8211; guard<img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:440px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781681956_859_75469243007-1818724550.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - NOVEMBER 03: A detail of Ben Simmons #10 of the Brooklyn Nets jersey against the Chicago Bulls in the first half of the NBA In-Season Tournament at the United Center on November 03, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Michael Reaves\/Getty Images)\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Draft year and position: 9th round (1st pick, 171st overall), 1978 NBA Draft<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Seasons at Princeton: 3<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Seasons played with Nets: did not make the team<\/p>\n<p>Rich Simkus &#8211; center<img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:440px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781681956_859_75469243007-1818724550.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - NOVEMBER 03: A detail of Ben Simmons #10 of the Brooklyn Nets jersey against the Chicago Bulls in the first half of the NBA In-Season Tournament at the United Center on November 03, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Michael Reaves\/Getty Images)\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Draft year and position: 10th round (17th pick, 222nd overall), 1983 NBA Draft<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Seasons at Princeton: 4<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Seasons played with Nets: did not make the team<\/p>\n<p>Bill Ryan &#8211; guard<img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:440px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781681956_859_75469243007-1818724550.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - NOVEMBER 03: A detail of Ben Simmons #10 of the Brooklyn Nets jersey against the Chicago Bulls in the first half of the NBA In-Season Tournament at the United Center on November 03, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Michael Reaves\/Getty Images)\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Draft year and position: 9th round (16th pick, 200th overall), 1984 NBA Draft<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Seasons at Princeton: 4<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Seasons played with Nets: did not make the team<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June 16, 2026, 9:00 p.m. ET The Brooklyn Nets have developed their teams through a number of strategies&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3767],"tags":[72400,7,670,247,3803,6,671,90178,72503,72504,72404,72505,72452,72929,72444,72422,72570,72405,93630,72406,72403],"class_list":["post-763160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn-nets","tag-accessfree","tag-basketball","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-brooklynnets","tag-nba","tag-nets","tag-sourcenets-wire","tag-sstssportsnbanets","tag-sstsnnets","tag-tagbasketball","tag-tagbrooklyn-nets","tag-tagcollege-sports","tag-tagevergreen-content","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnba","tag-tagnba-draft","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagprinceton-university","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116764315698427877","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=763160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=763160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=763160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=763160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}