Former Joliet West Star Jeremiah Fears Goes 7th Overall in NBA Draft to New Orleans Pelicans

How Jeremiah Fears, projected lottery pick in 2025 NBA Draft, changed OU basketball's trajectory

Jeremiah Fears now has the chance to change an NBA franchise like he altered the direction of the OU men's basketball program.

Joliet's Jeremiah Fears selected by New Orleans with the No. 7 pick in the 2025 ...

Joliet native Jeremiah Fears was selected No. 7 in the 2025 NBA Draft by the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday. It's the highest a local player has been picked since Young’s Jahlil Okafor was drafted by Philadelphia with the No. 3 pick in 2015. Fears didn’t receive the early attention from national evaluators that some players enjoy. Despite his older brother Jeremy Fears Jr.’s rise to national prominence, Jeremiah went under the radar all the w…

Former Joliet West star Jeremiah Fears goes 7th overall in NBA Draft to New Orleans Pelicans

Jeremiah Fears, who spent the first two years of his high school career playing for Joliet West, was a star for Oklahoma last year and will now play alongside Zion Williamson and Trey Murphy. Fears was selected seventh overall in Wednesday's NBA Draft by the New Orleans Pelicans.

Pelicans take Jeremiah Fears, and not a point guard

Scene from the 2025-26 New Orleans Pelicans season: Jordan Poole and Jeremiah Fears fighting over a ball, spilling into the empty stands as Trey Murphy watches with sad eyes.

Joliet’s Jeremiah Fears selected by Pelicans with No. 7 pick in NBA Draft – Usa news

Joliet native Jeremiah Fears was selected No. 7 in the 2025 NBA Draft by the Pelicans on Wednesday. It’s the highest a local player has been picked since Young’s Jahlil Okafor was drafted by the 76ers with the No. 3 pick in 2015. Fears didn’t receive the early attention from national evaluators that some players enjoy. Despite older brother Jeremy Fears Jr.’s rise to national prominence, Jeremiah went under the radar all the way while skipping h…

Fears Goes to New Orleans With No. 7 Overall Pick - University of Oklahoma

NORMAN — University of Oklahoma point guard Jeremiah Fears was selected by the New Orleans Pelicans with the seventh overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft on Wednesday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., becoming the Sooners' 50th all-time draft selection and 10th first-rounder.