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Oklahoma basketball: Sooners’ Top-Eight NBA Draft picks

By Chip Rouse

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 04: NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks to the media prior to the start of the NBA 2K League Draft at Madison Square Garden on April 4, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 04: NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks to the media prior to the start of the NBA 2K League Draft at Madison Square Garden on April 4, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images) /
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ATLANTA, GA – NOVEMBER 15: Buddy Hield #24 of the Sacramento Kings steals the ball from Kent Bazemore #24 of the Atlanta Hawks at Philips Arena on November 15, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. 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 Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GA – NOVEMBER 15: Buddy Hield #24 of the Sacramento Kings steals the ball from Kent Bazemore #24 of the Atlanta Hawks at Philips Arena on November 15, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. 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 Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /

No. 7 Buddy Hield, Guard, 2012-16

Buddy Hield played four seasons at Oklahoma under head coach Lon Kruger. He ended his Sooner career as the No. 2 scorer all-time at Oklahoma (2,291 points) and the all-time scoring leader in the Big 12.

The two-time All-American and national player of the year in college basketball in 2016 was the sixth overall selection in the 2016 NBA Draft. Hield was the No, 1 pick of the New Orleans Pelicans.

Hield played part of one season with the Pelicans before being traded to the Sacramento Kings in February 2017. He averaged 8.6 points a game in 57 games coming off the bench for the Pelicans. With Sacramento in 2016-17, he averaged 15.1 points a game, and this season, he averaged 13.5 points in 80 games for the Kings.

His rookie season in 2016-17, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie Team.

Hield’s NBA career is just two seasons old, which is the biggest reason he is ranked so low on this list. The expectation is that he will climb on this list as his NBA career progresses.

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