Check out Indiana high school, college basketball players on 2022-23 NBA rosters

The 2022-23 NBA season begins this week, and at least 20 players from IHSAA high schools and/or Indiana colleges will dot NBA rosters.

Indiana University leads the way with six players, and Notre Dame has two. Butler, Evansville IUPUI, Indiana State, Purdue and Purdue Fort Wayne each have one.

Four IndyStar Mr. Basketball winners start the season on rosters: Eric Gordon (2007), Gary Harris ('12), Trey Lyles ('14) and Romeo Langford ('18).

Here's the list. Of course, rosters can change often, so others may join it.

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O.G. Anunoby, Indiana University, Toronto

He's in his 6th season with the Toronto Raptors after being selected 23rd in the 2017 draft. Anunoby has increased his scoring average in each season, reaching 17.1 last year. He also matched career highs in rebounding (5.5) and steals (1.5) in 2021-22. However, injuries have limited him to less than 50 games each of the past two seasons.

Desmond Bane, Seton Catholic, Memphis

Bane started to emerge late in his rookie season before blooming in his second year, averaging 18.2 points and shooting 43.6% on 3-pointers.

Bane says he is modeling his game after NBA veteran Danny Green, who is now a teammate in Memphis: "That’s a guy I really looked up to coming into the league. When people were asking me for player comparisons and who I wanted to be like and what type of career I wanted to have, he was the name. Shot the ball well, good defender, won championships, always on winning teams. That’s the same type of legacy I want to carry."

Thomas Bryant, IU, L.A. Lakers

The center returns to where he spent his rookie season before he played four seasons in Washington. Injuries have limited the 25-year-old the past two seasons. A sprained thumb will keep him out for at least their opener.

Mike Conley, Lawrence North, Utah

It's season No. 16 for the 35-year-old Utah Jazz point guard. He appeared in 72 games last season, averaging 13.7 points, 5.3 assists and hitting more than 40% of his 3-pointers.

With the Jazz rebuilding, Conley knows he could be traded during the season, but he is focusing on Utah: "I think last year, just a portion of the year, I didn’t play to my standard or what I felt my team needed from me. But I think (this year) is an opportunity to just go out and show what I’m still capable of doing."

Pat Connaughton, Notre Dame, Milwaukee

The 29-year-old is entering his fifth season with the Milwaukee Bucks (eighth overall), but it begins with him rehabilitating a right calf injury. He averaged a career-high 9.9 points per game last season, making 39.5% of his 3-pointers.

Here's Connaughton: "For me, that was a big part of my offseason workouts, was just making sure I’m more comfortable handling the ball in different situations, more comfortable attacking the rim and getting my legs back. We haven’t had an offseason where you can really focus on strength training, explosiveness. The last few offseasons, you’ve been trying to just get your body back, just trying to get the nicks and bruises out, trying to get your body back to feeling good.”

Eric Gordon, North Central, IU, Houston

As long as he keeps hitting 3-pointers, the 33-year-old has a place in the NBA. He made 41.2% of his 3s last season for the Houston Rockets, who are in rebuild mode. That means Gordon's name will come in potential trades to contenders in need of a shooter.

Gary Harris, Hamilton Southeastern, Orlando

The 28-year-old was a part-time starter for the Orlando Magic last season, averaging 11.1 points and making 38.4% of his 3-pointers. The 9th-year player starts the season recovering from a meniscus tear that required surgery shortly before training camp.

Gordon Hayward, Brownsburg, Butler, Charlotte

The 32-year-old is entering his third season with the Charlotte Hornets, and 13th overall. He appeared in 49 games last season, averaging 15.9 points and making 39.1% of his 3-pointers. A knee contusion kept him off the court for part of the preseason, and coach Steve Clifford has indicated there may be some minutes management for Hayward through the season.

George Hill, Broad Ripple, IUPUI, Milwaukee

The 36-year-old is entering his 16th season, and the second in his second stint with the Milwaukee Bucks. After being limited by injuries to 54 games last season, he considered retirement.

"(A)s a competitor I didn’t want to go out like that," Hill said during preseason. "So, had a great offseason for the summer, decided to come back and try to redeem myself and make myself better.”

Jaden Ivey, Mishawaka Marian, Purdue, Detroit

He's eager to make a run at NBA Rookie of the Year. The 20-year-old who electrified Boilermakers fans for two years is likely to start for the Detroit Pistons, who chose him fifth overall in the NBA Draft.

“It means the coach trusts me a lot, honestly," Ivey said last week. "I put a lot of work into it but it means everybody trusts me to go out there and put forth for this team. I’m just going to keep trying to do my job every single day when I step out on the floor.”

Jaren Jackson Jr., Park Tudor, Memphis

Jackson is entering his fifth season, and is coming off a year in which led the NBA in blocked shots (2.3 per game), and averaged 16.3 points and 5.8 rebounds. He will miss the start of the season after having foot surgery in the summer, and it will affect the Memphis Grizzlies.

"He's first-team all-defense for a reason," coach Taylor Jenkins said. "You don't just replace that with just an individual. You got to do that collectively."

John Konchar, Purdue Fort Wayne, Memphis

The wing's role with the Memphis Grizzlies has grown in each of his three seasons, and he signed a three-year, $19 million contract extension in the offseason. He averaged 4.8 points and 4.6 rebounds last year.

Here's what the Memphis Commercial-Appeal says about Konchar's prospects: "He got a new contract this offseason and a new role helping fill the void left by De’Anthony Melton. The Grizzlies hope he can be more than just an exclamation point on wins, or a player used in an injury pinch. This team desperately needs outside shooting and Konchar hit 41.3% of his 3-pointers on fewer than two attempts per game last season. With more playing time comes more 3-point attempts and, if the team's calculus is correct, a jump in production."

Romeo Langford, New Albany, IU, San Antonio

He joined the San Antonio Spurs late last season and starts his fourth NBA season on their roster.

Jake LaRavia, Indiana State, Lawrence Central, Memphis

LaRavia's surge from mid-major player to the Memphis Grizzlies didn't take long. He was the 19th overall pick in the NBA Draft and has a chance to break into the playing rotation early.

Trey Lyles, Tech, Sacramento

The soon-to-be 27-year-old big man begins his first full season with the Sacramento Kings. He averaged 10.6 points and 5.6 rebounds in 24 appearances with the Kings at the end of last season. The additions of Keegan Murray (draft) and Kevin Huerter (trade) may affect Lyles' minutes.

Victor Oladipo, IU, Miami

The 30-year-old has been dogged by injuries the past four seasons, but he re-signed with the Miami Heat after appearing in just eight games last season. Oladipo believes he's finally back to full strength and has called this season a "revenge tour."

What does he want to prove? “That I’m one of the best players in the world, period.”

He is questionable for the Heat's opener due to a knee injury.

Dru Smith, Evansville Reitz, University of Evansville, Miami

The guard will shuttle between the Miami Heat and the G-League on a two-way contract. Smith saw a lot of action for the Heat in the preseason.

Blake Wesley, South Bend Riley, Notre Dame, San Antonio

Here's what the 25th overall pick in the NBA Draft said at the start of training camp with the San Antonio Spurs: "It’s here, I still can’t believe it’s here … Nobody thought I could be here. A lot of people outside of this told me that I’m not an NBA player, I’m not a first-round pick. But I trust God, trust my family, and I trusted the resources around me. With the hard work I put in, I trusted it and now I’m here.”

Noah Vonleh, IU, Boston

The well-traveled 8th-year pro is with his 8th team, the Boston Celtics. “I was very excited, especially when they reached out to my agent and brought the idea of bringing me in early August,” Vonleh said. “I looked at the roster, I looked at the guys coming in, and felt like I had a great chance, a great opportunity and they obviously told me I had a great opportunity. So I’m just happy.”

Vonleh played one season for the Hoosiers and was the 9th overall pick in 2014 by the Charlotte Hornets.

Dylan Windler, Perry Meridian, Cleveland

The third-year player is in the mix to start for the Cleveland Cavaliers, but an injured ankle make his availability iffy. The 26th overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft has appeared in 81 NBA games, 50 last season.

Injuries have dogged Windler in the NBA: “You guys know the story," he said during preseason. "It’s been a long battle. So, just being here and overcoming that and seeing the light at the end of the tunnel now, my mind is clear and I can just play my game. The confidence is starting to shine through for sure.”

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