No. 2: Wayne Kreklow – shooting guard – Drake
Kreklow’s NBA career was short, but unlike so many who had much longer ones, he also has a ring. He almost didn’t do even that, having to tough out a season with the Maine Lumberjacks of the Continental Basketball Association, the rough equivalent of the G League in the 1980s.
He’d make the Celtics for the 1980-81 campaign — the season after they’d drafted him — recording an average of 1.2 points per game over 25 contests played. While he never saw the floor in a playoff game, Boston would go on to win the NBA championship that season.