Chaz Lanier drafted 37th overall by Detroit Pistons, Jahmai Mashack headed to Memphis with final pick
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Chaz Lanier of the University of Tennessee men's basketball team went No. 37 overall in the 2025 NBA Draft, selected in the second round Thursday night by the Detroit Pistons at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.
The seventh pick of the second round, on the second day of the draft, Lanier was the seventh player picked from an SEC school.
The 56th player ever drafted out of Tennessee, Lanier is the second Volunteer chosen by Detroit. He follows the program's all-time leading scorer, Allan Houston, who went No. 11 in 1993.
Lanier is the 45th future NBA player whom Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes has coached in his 38-year tenure at the helm of a program, including the 34th draftee. Counting his eight years as an assistant, Barnes has now coached 52 NBA players, including 40 draftees.
Barnes has now produced 11 NBA players during his Tennessee tenure, nine of whom were drafted, all in the last seven years (2019-25).
This is the fifth consecutive year a Tennessee player has been selected in the NBA Draft. The Volunteers, with the draft not yet complete, are one of just five teams with at least a five-year streak, alongside Baylor, Connecticut, Duke and Kentucky. One other, Gonzaga, can still join that group with 18 picks left.
Prior to this stretch, Tennessee's longest NBA Draft streak in the two-round era (since 1989) was two years, as it had two selections in 2014 and one in 2015. Prior to that, the Volunteers had a nine-year streak from 1963-71 and a seven-year count from 1979-85.
In addition, this is the sixth time in the last seven years at least one Tennessee player has been picked. The Volunteers, with much of the second round remaining, are among only four teams to have a player chosen in at least six of the last seven NBA Drafts, joining Arkansas, Duke and Kentucky. Both Gonzaga and USC could still join that list with 18 picks to go.
Lanier is coming off a 2024-25 campaign, his lone one at Tennessee, in which he won the Jerry West Award as the nation's premier shooting guard after averaging 18.0 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. He shot 39.5 percent from long range and set a Tennessee single-season record with 123 made 3-pointers, tied for fourth-most in Division I and good for sixth-best in SEC history.
One of just 10 Wooden Award All-Americans, Lanier was selected as an NABC Third Team All-America and a The Sporting News Third Team All-American. He scored in double figures 36 times, the only player in the country to do so. He had 17-plus points in 25 of his 38 outings as a Volunteer, with 20-plus in 15 and 25-plus in six.
The 6-foot-5, 207-pounder was tabbed a First Team All-SEC pick by the AP and was named the SEC Newcomer of the Year by the league's coaches. Lanier 684 points ranked No. 15 in Division I and ninth on Tennessee's single-season leaderboard.
Before coming to Tennessee as a fifth-year transfer, Lanier spent four years at North Florida. The Nashville, Tenn., native averaged 19.7 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game as a senior in 2023-24, shooting 44.0 percent from 3-point range to rank fifth nationally. He earned First Team All-Atlantic Sun and NABC First Team All-District 3 accolades in his final year with the Ospreys.
Overall, Lanier totaled 1,613 points over 142 games in his five-year career, good for an average of 11.4 per contest. He shot 276-of-867 from 3-point range to finish with a 40.2 percent clip from beyond the arc.
Lanier is the second straight fifth-year guard transfer to join the Volunteers, win a Naismith "Starting Five" award, collect All-America honors and hear his name called in the NBA Draft, following Dalton Knecht in 2023-24.
Jahmai Mashack of the University of Tennessee men's basketball team went No. 59 overall in the 2025 NBA Draft, picked in the second round Thursday night by the Houston Rockets, with his rights set to be dealt to the Memphis Grizzlies in a proposed trade.
The final pick of the draft, on the second day of the event, Mashack was the 13th player selected from an SEC institution.
The 57th player ever drafted out of Tennessee, Mashack is the third selected by Memphis. He joins Fred Jenkins (No. 129 in 1987) and Michael Brooks (No. 88 in 1985) on the latter list.
Mashack is the 46th future NBA player to compete for Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes in his 38-year tenure leading a program, including the 35th draftee. Adding in his eight seasons as an assistant, Barnes has now coached 53 NBA players, 41 of whom were drafted.
A total of 12 Tennessee players have now reached the NBA in Barnes' tenure, including 10 draft picks. All of them have come in the last seven years (2019-25).
Mashack is the second Volunteer drafted in 2025, as fifth-year guard Chaz Lanier went No. 37 overall to the Detroit Pistons. This is the 13th time multiple Tennessee players have been selected in the same NBA Draft, including the seventh—alongside 1977, 1989, 2002, 2014, 2019 and 2021—with two in the top 60. Three of those seven years are during the Barnes era.
Tennessee is one of seven schools with multiple draftees this year. The others are Duke, Florida, Georgetown, Illinois, Kentucky and Rutgers.
This is the fifth consecutive year a Tennessee player has been selected in the NBA Draft. The Volunteers are one of just five teams with at least a five-year streak, alongside Baylor, Connecticut, Duke and Kentucky.
Prior to this stretch, Tennessee's longest NBA Draft streak in the two-round era (since 1989) was two years, as it had two selections in 2014 and one in 2015. Prior to that, the Volunteers had a nine-year streak from 1963-71 and a seven-year count from 1979-85.
In addition, this is the sixth time in the last seven years at least one Tennessee player has been picked. The Volunteers are among only four teams to have a player chosen in at least six of the last seven NBA Drafts, joining Arkansas, Duke and Kentucky.
Tennessee, Duke and Kentucky are the only schools with double-digit draft choices over the last seven years. The Volunteers are the only team to achieve that feat with the same coach the entire time.
A four-year contributor at Tennessee during the best stretch in the history of the program, Mashack helped the team to a 109-36 (.752) record, four NCAA Tournament appears, three Sweet 16 trips, two Elite Eight appearances, one SEC regular season title and one SEC Tournament crown.
Mashack and classmate Zakai Zeigler are tied for the most wins by a four-year player in program history. Across those four campaigns, 2021-25, Tennessee was ranked in the Associated Press Poll the entire team, placing top-20 in 75 of 80 weeks, with 50 top-10 nods, 24 top-five positionings and five spots at No. 1 overall.
As a senior in 2024-25, Mashack started all 38 games for the Volunteers, co-setting a program single-season record. He averaged 6.0 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.7 steals and 1.5 assists per game, while shooting 45.4 percent overall and 35.1 percent from 3-point range.
One of four finalists for Naismith Defensive Player of the Year, Mashack finished with the second-best defensive box plus-minus (7.0) in the country. The 6-foot-4, 202-pound guard amassed a 6.28 mark in his career, seventh-best in Division I (min. 50 GP) in the last 15 seasons (2010-25).
A native of Fontana, Calif., Mashack won Field of 68 Defensive Player of the Year during his final collegiate campaign. He also made the SEC All-Defensive Team.
Mashack was a two-time SEC Community Service Team selection and a University of Tennessee Torchbearer. He was one of 14 Division I player—just six came from a Power Five league—to finish the year with at least 60 steals and 20 blocks. He was just the 14th SEC player—15th occurrence—in the last 20 seasons (2005-25) to reach those marks in a single campaign.
The seventh pick of the second round, on the second day of the draft, Lanier was the seventh player picked from an SEC school.
The 56th player ever drafted out of Tennessee, Lanier is the second Volunteer chosen by Detroit. He follows the program's all-time leading scorer, Allan Houston, who went No. 11 in 1993.
Lanier is the 45th future NBA player whom Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes has coached in his 38-year tenure at the helm of a program, including the 34th draftee. Counting his eight years as an assistant, Barnes has now coached 52 NBA players, including 40 draftees.
Barnes has now produced 11 NBA players during his Tennessee tenure, nine of whom were drafted, all in the last seven years (2019-25).
This is the fifth consecutive year a Tennessee player has been selected in the NBA Draft. The Volunteers, with the draft not yet complete, are one of just five teams with at least a five-year streak, alongside Baylor, Connecticut, Duke and Kentucky. One other, Gonzaga, can still join that group with 18 picks left.
Prior to this stretch, Tennessee's longest NBA Draft streak in the two-round era (since 1989) was two years, as it had two selections in 2014 and one in 2015. Prior to that, the Volunteers had a nine-year streak from 1963-71 and a seven-year count from 1979-85.
In addition, this is the sixth time in the last seven years at least one Tennessee player has been picked. The Volunteers, with much of the second round remaining, are among only four teams to have a player chosen in at least six of the last seven NBA Drafts, joining Arkansas, Duke and Kentucky. Both Gonzaga and USC could still join that list with 18 picks to go.
Lanier is coming off a 2024-25 campaign, his lone one at Tennessee, in which he won the Jerry West Award as the nation's premier shooting guard after averaging 18.0 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. He shot 39.5 percent from long range and set a Tennessee single-season record with 123 made 3-pointers, tied for fourth-most in Division I and good for sixth-best in SEC history.
One of just 10 Wooden Award All-Americans, Lanier was selected as an NABC Third Team All-America and a The Sporting News Third Team All-American. He scored in double figures 36 times, the only player in the country to do so. He had 17-plus points in 25 of his 38 outings as a Volunteer, with 20-plus in 15 and 25-plus in six.
The 6-foot-5, 207-pounder was tabbed a First Team All-SEC pick by the AP and was named the SEC Newcomer of the Year by the league's coaches. Lanier 684 points ranked No. 15 in Division I and ninth on Tennessee's single-season leaderboard.
Before coming to Tennessee as a fifth-year transfer, Lanier spent four years at North Florida. The Nashville, Tenn., native averaged 19.7 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game as a senior in 2023-24, shooting 44.0 percent from 3-point range to rank fifth nationally. He earned First Team All-Atlantic Sun and NABC First Team All-District 3 accolades in his final year with the Ospreys.
Overall, Lanier totaled 1,613 points over 142 games in his five-year career, good for an average of 11.4 per contest. He shot 276-of-867 from 3-point range to finish with a 40.2 percent clip from beyond the arc.
Lanier is the second straight fifth-year guard transfer to join the Volunteers, win a Naismith "Starting Five" award, collect All-America honors and hear his name called in the NBA Draft, following Dalton Knecht in 2023-24.
Jahmai Mashack of the University of Tennessee men's basketball team went No. 59 overall in the 2025 NBA Draft, picked in the second round Thursday night by the Houston Rockets, with his rights set to be dealt to the Memphis Grizzlies in a proposed trade.
The final pick of the draft, on the second day of the event, Mashack was the 13th player selected from an SEC institution.
The 57th player ever drafted out of Tennessee, Mashack is the third selected by Memphis. He joins Fred Jenkins (No. 129 in 1987) and Michael Brooks (No. 88 in 1985) on the latter list.
Mashack is the 46th future NBA player to compete for Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes in his 38-year tenure leading a program, including the 35th draftee. Adding in his eight seasons as an assistant, Barnes has now coached 53 NBA players, 41 of whom were drafted.
A total of 12 Tennessee players have now reached the NBA in Barnes' tenure, including 10 draft picks. All of them have come in the last seven years (2019-25).
Mashack is the second Volunteer drafted in 2025, as fifth-year guard Chaz Lanier went No. 37 overall to the Detroit Pistons. This is the 13th time multiple Tennessee players have been selected in the same NBA Draft, including the seventh—alongside 1977, 1989, 2002, 2014, 2019 and 2021—with two in the top 60. Three of those seven years are during the Barnes era.
Tennessee is one of seven schools with multiple draftees this year. The others are Duke, Florida, Georgetown, Illinois, Kentucky and Rutgers.
This is the fifth consecutive year a Tennessee player has been selected in the NBA Draft. The Volunteers are one of just five teams with at least a five-year streak, alongside Baylor, Connecticut, Duke and Kentucky.
Prior to this stretch, Tennessee's longest NBA Draft streak in the two-round era (since 1989) was two years, as it had two selections in 2014 and one in 2015. Prior to that, the Volunteers had a nine-year streak from 1963-71 and a seven-year count from 1979-85.
In addition, this is the sixth time in the last seven years at least one Tennessee player has been picked. The Volunteers are among only four teams to have a player chosen in at least six of the last seven NBA Drafts, joining Arkansas, Duke and Kentucky.
Tennessee, Duke and Kentucky are the only schools with double-digit draft choices over the last seven years. The Volunteers are the only team to achieve that feat with the same coach the entire time.
A four-year contributor at Tennessee during the best stretch in the history of the program, Mashack helped the team to a 109-36 (.752) record, four NCAA Tournament appears, three Sweet 16 trips, two Elite Eight appearances, one SEC regular season title and one SEC Tournament crown.
Mashack and classmate Zakai Zeigler are tied for the most wins by a four-year player in program history. Across those four campaigns, 2021-25, Tennessee was ranked in the Associated Press Poll the entire team, placing top-20 in 75 of 80 weeks, with 50 top-10 nods, 24 top-five positionings and five spots at No. 1 overall.
As a senior in 2024-25, Mashack started all 38 games for the Volunteers, co-setting a program single-season record. He averaged 6.0 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.7 steals and 1.5 assists per game, while shooting 45.4 percent overall and 35.1 percent from 3-point range.
One of four finalists for Naismith Defensive Player of the Year, Mashack finished with the second-best defensive box plus-minus (7.0) in the country. The 6-foot-4, 202-pound guard amassed a 6.28 mark in his career, seventh-best in Division I (min. 50 GP) in the last 15 seasons (2010-25).
A native of Fontana, Calif., Mashack won Field of 68 Defensive Player of the Year during his final collegiate campaign. He also made the SEC All-Defensive Team.
Mashack was a two-time SEC Community Service Team selection and a University of Tennessee Torchbearer. He was one of 14 Division I player—just six came from a Power Five league—to finish the year with at least 60 steals and 20 blocks. He was just the 14th SEC player—15th occurrence—in the last 20 seasons (2005-25) to reach those marks in a single campaign.