NBA Draft: Top 25 one-and-done prospects of all-time

Indiana Hoosiers guard Eric Gordon is one of the purest shooters to ever grace the game of college basketball. He hit the ground running as a member of the Hoosiers backcourt during the 2007-08 season, scoring 20 points or more in six of the first 13 games of his career.

Gordon put up quite an impressive stat line during his freshman campaign with the Hoosiers, producing 20.9 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.3 steals per game. He made 2.2 3-pointers per game, while shooting 33.7 percent from 3-point range.

He won the Big Ten Rookie of the Year award and First-Team All-Big Ten honors while leading the conference in scoring. He ranks third in points per game among Big Ten Rookie of the Year award winners as well.

Gordon has had quite the career in the league since being taken seventh overall in the 2008 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Clippers. He earned All-Rookie honors during the 2008-09 season, putting up 16.1 points per game on 38.9 percent shooting from behind the arc.

After three seasons with the Clippers, he was traded to the New Orleans Hornets in a blockbuster deal for Chris Paul, who ironically is now Gordon’s teammate as a member of the Houston Rockets.

Gordon won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year award during the 2016-17 season, his first full season back from a string of injuries that plagued him during his New Orleans days. During that year, he averaged 16.2 points per game off the bench on 37.2 percent shooting from 3-point range, making a career-high 3.3 3-pointers per contest through 75 appearances.

Now, he’s a key member of the Rockets backcourt alongside James Harden and Chris Paul. He put up 17.8 points per game on 40 percent shooting from 3-point range in the 2019 NBA Playoffs. Consider him a successful trial run with the one-and-done rule, as he’s enjoying the 10th season of his NBA career.