Among players who made their last stop in college basketball at Indiana, five former Hoosiers are on NBA opening day rosters.
The 2025-26 NBA season begins on Tuesday.
Here are the names to know:
- OG Anunoby – New York Knicks, 28 years old, 8 years of experience.
Anunoby has played in 492 NBA games and he’s averaging 12.9 points and 4.4 rebounds per game for his career.
- Thomas Bryant – Cleveland Cavaliers, 28 years old, 8 years of experience.
Bryant has played in 333 NBA games and he’s averaging 8.9 points and 5.1 rebounds per contest for his career.
- Eric Gordon – Philadelphia 76ers, 36 years old, 17 years of experience.
Gordon has played in 925 NBA games and he’s averaging 15.3 points for his career. He’s 17th all-time in NBA history with 2,084 career 3-pointers.
- Trayce Jackson-Davis – Golden State Warriors, 25 years old, 2 years of experience.
Jackson-Davis has played in 130 career games and he’s averaging 7.3 points and 5.0 rebounds for his career.
- Kel’el Ware – Miami Heat, 21 years old, 1 year of experience.
As a rookie last year for Miami, Ware played in 64 games and averaged 9.3 points and 7.4 rebounds.
First Games:
Tuesday
– Golden State @ Los Angeles 10:00 PM
Wednesday
– Cleveland @ New York 7:00 PM
– Miami @ Orlando 7:00 PM
– Philadelphia @ Boston 7:30 PM
Notes:
- Jalen Hood-Schifino is still a free agent.
- Former IU guard Tamar Bates is on the Denver Nuggets’ roster. He played two years at Indiana, and his final two at Missouri.
- In a separate piece we’ll look at G League and international rosters.
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