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See where Johnny Davis lands in CBS latest 2022 NBA Mock Draft

See where Johnny Davis lands in CBS latest 2022 NBA Mock Draft:

After being named a consensus first-team All-American, Big Ten Player of the Year, and the Lute Olson National Player of the Year, sophomore guard Johnny Davis decided it was time to take his talents to the NBA.

CBS Sports college basketball columnist Garry Parrish’s most recent 2022 mock draft had the La Crosse (Wis.) native being selected 8th overall to the New Orleans Pelicans. 

The former La Crosse Central standout led the Badgers in scoring and rebounding, finishing his sophomore season averaging 19.7 points and 8.2 rebounds per game.

A projected lottery pick in the upcoming NBA Draft, Davis is set to become the first Badger drafted since Frank Kaminsky (9th overall) and Sam Dekker (18th overall) were selected in the 2015 NBA Draft.

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What an all-time Wisconsin Badgers NBA starting five would look like

Creating an all-time NBA lineup of Wisconsin alums

While Wisconsin basketball has not always been a consistent tournament team that pumps out NBA talent, we have seen a number of Badgers succeed at the next level over the years. With this all-Wisconsin starting five we will be creating an all-time NBA starting five featuring Badger alums. The criteria I used to come to the selections was as follows. The players chosen were selected because of their NBA careers, not their Wisconsin careers, and positions were sometimes hard to fill with a player that was actually listed at that position. For each player chosen, I also chose the year that I would want them on my team (in other words, the best year of their NBA careers). So, here is our BadgersWire all-time Wisconsin NBA starting five.

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