He was also a member of the gold medal-winning team in the 1976 Olympics in Montreal. The Hoosiers advanced to the Final Four in his freshman year, losing to UCLA, before posting back-to-back undefeated regular seasons. The 1975-76 Hoosier squad remains the last team to complete an undefeated season with a championship. Quinn BucknerĬareer highlights: NCAA and NBA champion, Olympic gold medal Buckner led Thornridge to back-to-back state championships before matriculating to Indiana, where he was a central figure on arguably the finest class of players in IU history. He was a member of the 20 NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers. After three seasons with Michigan State, Brown was selected in the first round of the 2006 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Basketball in Illinois in 2003 and also starred at a Big Ten university, taking his talents to East Lansing. Shannon, no relation to Dee, was named Mr. At Illinois, he was named an All-American twice and led the Fighting Illini to the 2005 NCAA Championship Game. Basketball in Illinois and won the Gatorade Player of the Year award in 2002. Anderson scored a team-record 50 points for the Magic in April 1993, and played in the 1995 NBA Finals.Ĭareer highlights: 2005 Big Ten Player of the Yearīrown was named Mr. 11 overall pick by the Orlando Magic (the first pick in that franchise’s history) in 1989. Basketball in 1986 and led the University of Illinois to the Final Four in 1989. Nick AndersonĬareer highlights: Key member of the “Flyin’ Illini” Final Four team Anderson was named Mr. He was a key member of the “Bad Boy” back-to-back NBA champion Detroit Pistons in 19. Mark AguirreĬareer highlights: 3x NBA all-star, 2x NBA championĪguirre was voted both the AP and Naismith Player of the Year his final season at DePaul (1979-80) and was the first overall selection in the 1980 NBA Draft by the Dallas Mavericks. With that out of the way, we proudly present Chicago’s all-time greatest basketball players. Again, we’d like to claim him, but cannot. Kevin Garnett, while a graduate of Farragut Academy, only lived in Chicago for a little over a year. He grew up in North Carolina and, as synonymous as MJ is with the 3-1-2, we can’t claim his roots. To celebrate this longstanding tradition of basketball excellence, we’ve rather poetically put together a list of Chicago’s greatest all-time basketball players.ĭisclaimer: While you might expect to see Michael Jordan on this list, he is not. And countless others that - let’s face it - would beat you pretty soundly in a game of H-O-R-S-E. For generations, the ball played in high school gyms around this city has been as good as anywhere in the country, producing an unmatched list of players that eventually matriculated to success in the NBA. Chicago has an incredibly rich history on the hardwood.
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