{"id":769959,"date":"2026-06-25T06:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T06:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/769959\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T06:00:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T06:00:56","slug":"meleek-thomas-selected-by-cleveland-cavaliers-in-nba-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/769959\/","title":{"rendered":"Meleek Thomas selected by Cleveland Cavaliers in NBA Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meleek Thomas selected by Cleveland Cavaliers in NBA Draft<\/p>\n<p>Former WPIAL basketball star at Lincoln Park is headed to NBA<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wtae.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"WTAE logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 10:25 PM EDT Jun 24, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMeleek Thomas, a former WPIAL basketball star, is headed to the NBA.The Cleveland Cavaliers selected Thomas in the second round of the NBA draft on Wednesday night in Brooklyn, New York.Thomas averaged 15.6 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game as a freshman at Arkansas, where he played for head coach John Calipari.Looking for more news in your area | Subscribe to the WTAE YouTube ChannelThe 6-foot-3, 190-pound guard was the second-leading scorer for a Razorbacks team that advanced to the Sweet 16 in the 2026 NCAA Tournament.Thomas helped Lincoln Park win back-to-back WPIAL and state championships, then moved on to the Atlanta-based Overtime Elite league before enrolling at Arkansas.Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tNEW YORK \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Meleek Thomas, a former WPIAL basketball star, is headed to the NBA.<\/p>\n<p>The Cleveland Cavaliers selected Thomas in the second round of the NBA draft on Wednesday night in Brooklyn, New York.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas averaged 15.6 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game as a freshman at Arkansas, where he played for head coach John Calipari.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for more news in your area | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WTAE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Subscribe to the WTAE YouTube Channel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-3, 190-pound guard was the second-leading scorer for a Razorbacks team that advanced to the Sweet 16 in the 2026 NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas helped Lincoln Park win back-to-back WPIAL and state championships, then moved on to the Atlanta-based Overtime Elite league before enrolling at Arkansas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/get-pittsburgh-s-action-news-4-on-the-go-wtae\/44045498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Download the WTAE app<\/a> to stay connected with breaking news. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for our email newsletters<\/a> to get breaking news in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meleek Thomas selected by Cleveland Cavaliers in NBA Draft Former WPIAL basketball star at Lincoln Park is headed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":769960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3772],"tags":[593,5061,94311,7,670,306,305,193,3846,10118,142,20633,29812,94310,6,12,1136,3039,2246,1138,9753,13598],"class_list":["post-769959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-arkansas","tag-assist","tag-back-to-back-wpial","tag-basketball","tag-brooklyn","tag-cavaliers","tag-cleveland","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-clevelandcavaliers","tag-freshman","tag-game","tag-lincoln-park","tag-meleek-thomas","tag-more-news","tag-nba","tag-nba-draft","tag-new-york","tag-rebound","tag-sacramento-king","tag-second-round","tag-wednesday-night","tag-wpial"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116809229046914416","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769959","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=769959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}