NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 23: (L-R) Morez Johnson Jr., Aday Mara and Yaxel Lendeborg pose for a photo prior to Round One of the 2026 NBA Draft at Barclays Center on June 23, 2026 in New York City.

Michigan has a 1st-round draft bonanza

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Michigan turned a national title into a draft bonanza.

The Wolverines had three players taken in the top 12, marking just the seventh time three players from the same school went that high in the same draft.

Morez Johnson Jr. started the run when he was taken ninth by Dallas where he will reunited with Michigan coach Dusty May.

Yaxel Lendeborg then went 11th to Golden State followed by Aday Mara to Oklahoma City with the No. 12 pick.

This marked the second straight year one school had three players taken that early with Duke’s Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel and Khaman Maluach all going in the top 10.

The other schools to do it were Duke in 2019, Kentucky in 2015, Florida in 2007, UNLV in 1991 and Indiana in 1976.

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