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TUCSON, Ariz. - With the 2025 NBA Finals set to get underway this evening, it will mark the 11th consecutive season that a former member of the Arizona men's basketball team has participated in the NBA Finals - the longest active streak by any college in the country. The next closest is Kansas with four straight seasons.
Game 1 of the NBA Finals gets underway at 5:30 p.m. MST on ABC with the Indiana Pacers and former Wildcats T.J. McConnell and Bennedict Mathurin taking on the Oklahoma City Thunder. The rest of the NBA Finals schedule looks like this:
Game 1 – IND @ OKC: Thursday, June 5th at 8:30pm ET on ABC
Game 2 – IND @ OKC: Sunday, June 8th at 8pm ET on ABC
Game 3 – OKC @ IND: Wednesday, June 11th at 8:30pm ET on ABC
Game 4 – OKC @ IND: Friday, June 13th at 8:30pm ET on ABC
Game 5* – IND @ OKC: Monday, June 16th at 8:30pm ET on ABC
Game 6* – OKC @ IND: Thursday, June 19th at 8:30pm ET on ABC
Game 7* – IND @ OKC: Sunday, June 22nd at 8:30pm ET on ABC
*if necessary
The complete list of former Arizona men's basketball players to appear in the NBA Finals is below:
1996: Steve Kerr, Jud Buechler (Chicago)
1997: Steve Kerr, Jud Buechler, Brian Williams (Chicago)
1998: Steve Kerr, Jud Buechler (Chicago)
1999: Steve Kerr, Sean Elliott (San Antonio)
2002: Richard Jefferson (New Jersey)
2003: Steve Kerr (San Antonio), Richard Jefferson (New Jersey)
2004: Luke Walton (LA Lakers)
2006: Jason Terry (Dallas)
2008: Luke Walton (LA Lakers)
2009: Luke Walton (LA Lakers)
2010: Luke Walton (LA Lakers)
2011: Jason Terry (Dallas), Mike Bibby (Miami)
2013: Brett Brielmaier* (San Antonio)
2015: Andre Iguodala, Steve Kerr*, Luke Walton*, Bruce Fraser* (Golden State), Brett Brielmaier* (Cleveland)
2016: Andre Iguodala, Steve Kerr*, Luke Walton*, Bruce Fraser* (Golden State), Channing Frye, Richard Jefferson, Brett Brielmaier* (Cleveland)
2017: Andre Iguodala, Steve Kerr*, Bruce Fraser* (Golden State), Channing Frye, Richard Jefferson, Derrick Williams (Cleveland)
2018: Andre Iguodala, Steve Kerr*, Bruce Fraser* (Golden State)
2019: Andre Iguodala, Steve Kerr*, Bruce Fraser* (Golden State)
2020: Andre Iguodala, Solomon Hill (Miami), Miles Simon*, Quinton Crawford* (Los Angeles Lakers)
2021: Deandre Ayton (Phoenix)
2022: Andre Iguodala, Steve Kerr*, Bruce Fraser* (Golden State)
2023: Aaron Gordon, Zeke Nnaji (Denver)
2024 Josh Green, Brandon Williams (Dallas)
*Indicates member of coaching staff
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