Brooklyn, N.Y. —
The draft’s second round unfolded at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, drawing a crowd of scouts, family members and former Volunteers alumni eager to see which prospects would hear their names called.
San Antonio selected Tennessee guard Ja'Kobi Gillespie with the 42nd overall pick, rewarding a season in which he set the Vols’ single‑season steal record with 79 takeaways and became the first player in school history to combine 650 points with 200 assists.
He also logged 201 assists and converted 103 three‑point attempts, numbers that helped him earn the moniker of the program’s most prolific all‑around guard in a single campaign.
Earlier in the evening, forward Nate Ament had been selected 13th overall by the Miami Heat before the pick was flipped to the Milwaukee Bucks, adding another chapter to Tennessee’s rich draft pedigree.
A Legacy in the Making
The night underscored a century‑spanning tradition of producing professional basketball talent, with Gillespie’s record‑setting performance and Ament’s recent selection serving as bookends to a legacy that now includes 59 former Volunteers drafted throughout program history.