Brandon Roy Drafted 6th Overall, Bobby Jones 37th
June 28, 2006
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NEW YORK, N.Y.--
University of Washington All-America guard Brandon Roy was selected in the first round and forward Bobby Jones was tabbed early in the second round of Wednesday's NBA Draft.
The 6-foot-6 Roy was the sixth overall pick, selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves. Roy won't depart from the Pacific Northwest however, as he was traded to the Portland Trailblazers soon after his selection.
Jones was also selected by Minnesota, with the 37th pick overall. The 6-foot-7 forward was subsequently traded to Philadelphia.
Roy and Jones are the first pair of players picked in the same year after completing their careers at UW since the draft was trimmed to two rounds. The last time more than one Husky was selected was 1987 when Chris Welp (1st round, 16th overall, Philadelphia) and Phil Zevenbergen (3rd round, 50th overall, San Antonio) were picked.
Two players with ties to UW were selected last season, including Seattle Prep product Martell Webster who signed a letter of intent before applying for the NBA Draft directly out of high school. Webster was the No. 6 selection overall in 2005, picked by the Trailblazers. He will be joined by Roy in Portland.
A product of Seattle's Garfield High School, Roy was in New York with his parents at the draft headquarters for the announcement of his selection. His draft position is the second-higest ever for a Husky. Bob Houbregs was the third overall pick in the 1953 draft.
Roy is the sixth player to go directly from UW into the first round of the draft, including Bob Houbregs (1953, 3rd overall, Milwaukee), Detlef Schrempf (1985, 8th overall, Dallas), Jack Nichols (1948, 12th overall, Washington) and Nate Robinson (2005, 21st overall Phoenix).
Robinson and Roy are the first pair of Huskies to be selected in the first round of consecutive NBA drafts. Robinson had an eventful rookie year with the Knicks, highlighted by his winning performance in the Slam Dunk contest during the All-Star festivities. The 5-foot-9 guard totaled 9.3 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game, while playing an average of 21.3 minutes.
Roy, who posted the school's fourth-highest single-season scoring total and eighth-highest assist figure, was the Huskies' first Associated Press first-team All-American in 53 years. He was voted the 2006 Pac-10 Player of the Year by the conference's head coaches.
Roy led UW with 666 points and 135 assists his senior season. He ranked second among Pac-10 players with a 20.2-point scoring average and was fourth among playmakers with 4.1 assists per game. The 20.2 points per game was the highest figure by a Husky since Chris Welp averaged 20.8 in 1987.
The four-year UW letterman possesses a remarkable all-around game. He finished among the Pac-10 leaders in eight of the 13 statistical categories the conference compiles. Along with second in scoring and fourth in assists, Roy ranked second in assist/turnover ratio (1.80), third in field goal percentage (50.8%), fifth in 3-point percentage (40.2%), fifth in free throw percentage (81.0%), ninth in steals (1.4) and 11th in rebounds (5.6). He led the team with 26 blocked shots, an average of 0.8 per game that ranked 11th in the conference.
The Huskies completed the season with a 26-7 record, finishing second in the Pac-10 with a 13-5 mark. Washington advanced to the Sweet 16 for the second straight season before being eliminated from the NCAA Tournament with a 98-92 overtime loss to No. 1 seed Connecticut on Mar. 24 in Washington, D.C.
Roy sparked a late-season run of eight consecutive wins and was rewarded with three consecutive Pac-10 Player of the Week awards between Feb. 13-27. That has been done only one other time in the Pac-10 over the course of one season, by Arizona State's Eddie House in 2000.
Roy registered 20 or more points in 19 games this season, including a UW record of nine consecutive 20-point performances. He averaged 23.0 points in three NCAA Tournament games, including 28 in an opening-round victory over Utah State.
Jones was Romar's first UW recruit. He signed with the Huskies during the spring of 2002, one month after Romar was hired.
The Compton, Calif. native concluded his solid UW career by averaging 10.4 points and 4.9 rebounds in his senior season.
An honorable mention All-Pac-10 team selection in 2006, Jones completed his career ranked 20th among the school's all-time scorers with 1,226 career points. His 134 career steals placed him fourth among all-time Huskies.
During three 2006 NCAA Tournament games, Jones scored 29 points and pulled down 14 rebounds.
Last summer, Jones played for the 12-man U.S. National Team that won the gold medal at the 2005 World University Games in Izmir, Turkey.
University of Washington 1st Round Draft Picks
Year Player Pick Team 2006 Brandon Roy 6 Minnesota (traded to Portland) 2005 Nate Robinson 21 Phoenix (traded to New York) 2005 #Martell Webster 6 Portland 2002 %Dan Dickau 28 Sacramento 1987 Chris Welp 16 Philadelphia 1985 Detlef Schrempf 8 Dallas 1953 Bob Houbregs 3 Milwaukee 1948 Jack Nichols 12 Washington
# UW letter of intent signee who declared for the draft directly out of high school
% Played two seasons at UW before transferring to Gonzaga
