The NBA draft is being held Wednesday and Thursday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Former Tennessee basketball player Dalton Knecht was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the first-round (No. 17 overall) on Wednesday.
He became the fourth Tennessee player drafted by the Lakers. Doug Atkins and Carl Widseth were drafted when the franchise played in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A.W. Davis was drafted after the Lakers relocated to California.
Atkins, a two-sport athlete for the Vols, played football and basketball.
He was a defensive lineman for the Vols and is a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. His jersey No. 91 is retired. He played in the NFL for Cleveland, Chicago and New Orleans.
Atkins was drafted by the Lakers in 1953.
Widseth played for the Vols from 1952-56 and led Tennessee in scoring and rebounding in his final three years. He was drafted by Minneapolis in 1956.
Davis was drafted by the Lakers in 1965. He played at Tennessee from 1962-65 and was an All-America standout and a two-time All-SEC performer.
He later served as an assistant for the Vols before becoming a head coach at Walters State Community College in Morristown, Tennessee.
Knecht transferred to Tennessee from Northern Colorado ahead of the 2023-24 basketball campaign. In his only season with eligibility at Tennessee, he averaged 21.7 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists per contest.
Knecht led the Vols to a Southeastern Conference regular-season championship. Tennessee also advanced to the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight for a second time in school history.
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