Missouri Valley players who have played in the NBA

[tornado]

In Wednesday's game

Fred Van Vleet did not play in Toronto's 113-103 win over Wizards

Ron Baker did get 16 min but only because the Knicks lost a huge blowout that was pretty much decided by mid-3rd quarter.
(he subbed in for Joakim Noah who was awful - scoreless on the night)
He was 1-5, 1-2 on FT, 4 pts, 1 reb in 16 min

[tornado]

Ron Baker sent to D-League

https://twitter.com/IanBegley/status/796108623927574528

[Da Coach]

Ron Baker sent to D-League
https://twitter.com/IanBegley/status/796108623927574528

I am afraid Fred Van Vleet may not be far behind. He has not scored a single point, nor played a single minute in the Toronto Raptors first 6 games of the season, after playing heavy minutes in every preseason game. Plus, they have their backup point guard, Deion Wright, coming off the injured list soon.
Many have suggested Van Vleet might benefit more by playing regularly in the D-League, as opposed to riding the bench in the NBA.

[Stickboy46]

Ron Baker sent to D-League
https://twitter.com/IanBegley/status/796108623927574528

Keep in mind this is pretty common. He was sent down last week for a scrimmage, and was back on the main Knicks bench for a game the next day. They "yo-yo" younger players to the D-League quite often. In fact if I remember right, Cleanthony Early played in a D-League game and a Knicks game in the same day 2 years ago.

[Stickboy46]

Ron Baker sent to D-League
https://twitter.com/IanBegley/status/796108623927574528

Baker went for 26 points, 6 rb, 3 st, 2 assists last night on 8-17 shooting (5-8 from 3). Both Baker and Plumlee were called back up today to the main roster.

[tornado]

Knicks are 3-4, and 16th in points per game, 13th in assists per game -
Golden State is 1st in both categories as well as 1st in FG made...

I know it's putting a big burden on Ron, but if he hones his game along the line of Steph Curry - then he can fill an enormous hole in that Knicks lineup!

[WSpringsBird]

Here's some totals on all the players I know of who played in the MVC then played on an NBA team...SINCE 2000...plus a few others who are on the verge of doing so..
(only going back to 2000 since the MVC has been pretty stable as far as teams involved since then)

Bradley
Hersey Hawkins 14,470 pts in 983 games
Danny Granger 9,855 pts in 586 games
Anthony Parker 4,478 pts in 494 games
Patrick O'Bryant 186 pts in 90 games

Creighton
Kyle Korver 9,617 pts in 964 games
Anthony Tolliver 2,744 pts in 455 games
Rodney Buford 1,472 pts in 240 games
Doug McDermott 873 pts in 117 games

Evansville
Egidijus Mockevicius 0/0 but under contract for this season

Missouri State
Blake Ahearn 88 pts in 19 games

SIU
Troy Hudson 4,637 pts in 517 games
Chris Carr 1,988 pts in 298 games
Antonio Harvey (started his college career at SIU) 553 pts in 187 games

Wichita State
Maurice "Mo" Evans 3,747 pts in 562 games
Cleanthony Early 241 pts in 56 games
Toure Murry 146 pts in 56 games
Gal Mekel 79 pts in 35 games
Fred Van Vleet 0/0 but under contract this season
Ron Baker 0/0 but under contract this season


There were others who were signed to teams in the MVC but never played in the Valley (Grundy at BU, McDermott at UNI) but let me know if I missed anyone else who played in the NBA

In 2009, I saw the Raptors play the Bulls. Both O'Bryant and Parker played a fair amount in a Raptors win. It's not often that you get to see two players from a single MVC team in an NBA game.

[Da Coach]

You're right. But I did get to see Hersey Hawkins play a few times against Jim Les, and Hersey also played against Anthony Parker's teams. And Dick Versace coached against Hersey as a head coach in the NBA at Indiana, as well as against Hersey and Anthony as an assistant coach for Detroit & Milwaukee.

[WSpringsBird]

You're right. But I did get to see Hersey Hawkins play a few times against Jim Les, and Hersey also played against Anthony Parker's teams. And Dick Versace coached against Hersey as a head coach in the NBA at Indiana, as well as against Hersey and Anthony as an assistant coach for Detroit & Milwaukee.

All very cool.

[tornado]

Of the three MVC players from last year who made NBA rosters, Ron Baker & Fred Van Vleet have played in the NBA ...

Baker is averaging about 2 ppg for the Knicks in 4 games, FVV played one game only for about 20 seconds and was scoreless

Van Vleet (17 ppg, 5.5 apg) and Mockevicius (12 ppg, 6 rpg) are both playing solid in the D-League

[Da Coach]

Van Vleet was just recalled to the NBA Toronto Raptors-

http://www.rrstar.com/sports/20161128/fred-vanvleet-back-in-nba-after-paying-dues-and-leading-team-in-scoring-in-3-of-4-d-league-games

[tornado]

Van Vleet was just recalled to the NBA Toronto Raptors-
http://www.rrstar.com/sports/2016112...d-league-games

he played four minutes tonite in a blowout of the 76ers, and was scoreless

[tornado]

Because of some injuries on the Knicks roster, Ron Baker has been able to play a little more on the Knicks
In 9 game appearances now, he is averaging 3.8 ppg, 23.5% from 3-pt, and 1.0 assist per game

Fred Van Vleet has played in 7 games and averages 1.6 ppg, and 1.0 apg

[tornado]

Ron Baker got the start last night alongside Derrick Rose for the Knicks in their 1-pt loss to the Hawks...
as the Knicks keep juggling their lineup to see what works....they fall to 18-24
he scored 12 pts, had 3 rebs, 1 asst

http://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=400900034

in 17 games he is averaging 3.9 ppg

[Da Coach]

The Knicks also played Sunday against the Toronto Raptors. It was the first time former Wichita State teammates Ron Baker and Fred Van Vleet played against each other in the NBA.
The Raptors dominated the game and ran out to a 38 point lead in the 3rd quarter, then rested their top players and let their bench play the 4th quarter and won easily 116-101.
Ron Baker had 5 points and 3 rebounds for the Knicks in 16 minutes. Baker has gotten more playing time the past few games with the unexplained absence and poor play of Derrick Rose and the fact the Knicks have lost 11 of their last 13 games. Prior to

Fred Van Vleet only played 5 minutes in Sunday's game, and had no points, assists, or rebounds. Van Vleet has played very little since being recalled to the Raptors. He has not even played in 14 of their last 20 games, and the 6 games he did appear in were all huge blowouts that he only got garbage time.