Gonzaga Basketball: 2019 NBA Draft breakdown of each player

Gonzaga Basketball is almost guaranteed to see two players drafted in the first round of the 2019 NBA Draft, and three players drafted overall.

The meteoric rise of Gonzaga Basketball program has amazingly continued, keeping the program at the forefront of college basketball’s elite. After 20 years of NCAA tournament runs, this little school from Spokane, Washington is still churning out NBA caliber players, now at a higher rate than ever before.

In year’s past, each Gonzaga team would have one, maybe two NBA players on the roster, and almost none of them would leave school early to pursue the league.

Now, with a heavier focus on international recruiting and more prestige, the team has found themselves with high-level talent, the kind of talent that doesn’t stay in school all four years.

This past season was perhaps the best example of that in school history, as the team has three players who are expected to get drafted – all who left school early. Had star forward Killian Tillie not gotten injured during the year and again during workouts, he may have been the fourth.

Regardless, the team will see two first round picks in Brandon Clarke and Rui Hachimura, along with a potential second round pick in Zack Norvell and a summer league hopeful in senior point guard Josh Perkins.

Here’s a look at each of those four players and their pros and cons as future NBA players.