An Indiana Hoosier will be competing on the grandest stage in men’s professional basketball for the second consecutive year.
OG Anunoby has returned to the NBA Finals for the first time since winning his first championship with the Toronto Raptors in 2019, this time with the New York Knicks. He follows Thomas Bryant, who joined the Indiana Pacers during the 2024-25 regular season before their run through the playoffs.
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Anunoby, recognized as one of the top defensive players in the NBA, currently averages 16.7 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists while shooting 38.6% from 3-point range, starting in all 67 of his appearances.
Anunoby joined Indiana as a member of the high school recruiting class of 2015 under head coach Tom Crean, taking a leap as a sophomore in Crean’s final season prior to a season-ending injury in January. With Crean’s dismissal, Anunoby declared for the 2017 NBA Draft where he was selected by the Raptors with the 23rd overall pick.
(If you wanna be funny you could count Dante Exum on the 2023-24 Dallas Mavericks and say it’s three years, really.)
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