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State: Texas
Capital: Austin
Admission to Union: December 29, 1845
Nickname: Lone Star State

State Background:
Texas is a state in both the West and South regions of the United States of America. It is also considered part of the Southwest and the Great Plains. With an area of 268,581 square miles (695,622 km²) and a population of 22.8 million, Texas is second to Alaska in area, and second to California in population.

The state name derives from a word in the Caddoan language of the Hasinai: táysha, tecas, or tejas (the Spanish spelling); meaning "those who are friends", "friends", or "allies".

Texas declared its independence from Mexico in 1836 and existed as the independent Republic of Texas for nearly 10 years. It joined the United States in 1845 as the 28th state. Texas is known for its large size, and things are said to be bigger in Texas. The state is often used as a point of reference for large geographical areas.
Sources: Wikipedia.com, May 2006

(89) Draft Picks

Round	Pick	Overall	Year	Name	Pos.	Drafted By	Birth City
2	5	17	1950	Bill Sharman	G	Washington	Abilene
1	3	3	1951	Marc Freiberger	C	Indianapolis	Amarillo
2	1	9	1960	Jay Arnette	G	Cincinnati	Austin
2	26	53	1994	Albert Burditt	PF	Houston	Austin
2	26	55	1999	Kris Clack	SG	Boston	Austin
1	19	19	1991	LaBradford Smith	PG	Washington	Bay City
1	8	8	2003	T.J. Ford	PG	Milwaukee	Baytown
2	4	14	1952	Walt Davis	C/F	Philadelphia	Beaumont
1	16	16	1982	Terry Teagle	SG/SF	Houston	Broaddus
2	29	58	1998	Maceo Baston	PF	Chicago	Corsicana
1	2	2	2006	LaMarcus Aldridge	PF	Chicago	Dallas
1	5	5	1997	Tony Battie	PF/C	Denver	Dallas
1	4	4	2003	Chris Bosh	PF	Toronto	Dallas
2	8	35	1989	Pat Durham	SF	Dallas	Dallas
2	6	36	2004	Andre Emmett	SF/SG	Seattle	Dallas
3	17	67	1988	Ricky Grace	PG	Utah	Dallas
1	3	3	1994	Grant Hill	SF	Detroit	Dallas
1	21	21	1981	Alton Lister	C	Milwaukee	Dallas
1	1	1	2000	Kenyon Martin	PF	New Jersey	Dallas
2	4	34	2005	C.J. Miles	SG	Utah	Dallas
2	2	10	1956	Willie Naulls	F	St. Louis	Dallas
1	28	28	1995	Greg Ostertag	C	Utah	Dallas
1	18	18	1982	Ricky Pierce	SG	Detroit	Dallas
2	2	31	1997	Mark Sanford	SF	Miami	Dallas
1	23	23	2001	Jeryl Sasser	SG	Orlando	Dallas
2	13	36	1980	DeWayne Scales	PF	New York	Dallas
2	23	46	1981	Vernon Smith	PF	Philadelphia	Dallas
1	5	5	1965	Dave Stallworth	F	New York	Dallas
1	10	10	1995	Kurt Thomas	PF	Miami	Dallas
1	27	27	1994	Brooks Thompson	PG	Orlando	Dallas
1	23	23	1982	Darren Tillis	C	Boston	Dallas
2	23	48	1988	Micheal Williams	PG	Detroit	Dallas
1	26	26	1990	Lance Blanks	SG	Detroit	Del Rio
1	27	27	1995	Mario Bennett	PF	Phoenix	Denton
2	12	41	1996	Jason Sasser	SF	Sacramento	Denton
2	28	58	2006	J.R. Pinnock	SG	Dallas	Ft. Hood
1	9	9	1965	Nate Bowman	C	Cincinnati	Ft. Worth
2	14	42	1994	Gary Collier	SG/SF	Cleveland	Ft. Worth
1	3	3	2002	Mike Dunleavy	SF	Golden State	Ft. Worth
2	23	47	1983	Kenneth Lyons	SF	Philadelphia	Ft. Worth
1	22	22	1992	Oliver Miller	PF	Phoenix	Ft. Worth
2	8	16	1957	Dick O'Neal	F	Boston	Ft. Worth
1	26	26	1997	Charles Smith	SG	Miami	Ft. Worth
1	20	20	1994	B.J. Tyler	PG	Philadelphia	Galveston
1	12	12	1989	Mookie Blaylock	PG	New Jersey	Garland
2	1	9	1959	Tom Robitaille	F/C	Detroit	Graham
1	6	6	1974	Scott Wedman	SF	Kansas City-Omaha	Harper
1	9	9	1970	George Johnson	C	Washington	Herleton
1	3	3	1962	Zelmo Beaty	C	St. Louis	Hillister
1	23	23	1987	Greg Anderson	PF	San Antonio	Houston
2	1	30	1999	John Celestand	PG/SG	LA Lakers	Houston
1	3	3	1972	Dwight Davis	F	Cleveland	Houston
2	22	51	2001	Alton Ford	PF	Phoenix	Houston
2	12	42	2006	Daniel Gibson	PG	Cleveland	Houston
1	18	18	2005	Gerald Green	SG/SF	Boston	Houston
2	17	44	1993	Alex Holcombe	PF	Sacramento	Houston
2	9	27	1973	Tom Ingelsby	G	Atlanta	Houston
2	14	43	1997	Stephen Jackson	SF/SG	Phoenix	Houston
1	9	9	1973	Dwight Jones	F	Atlanta	Houston
1	21	21	1983	Greg Kite	C	Boston	Houston
1	10	10	1967	Dave Lattin	F	San Francisco	Houston
2	5	29	1983	Larry Micheaux	PF	Chicago	Houston
1	2	2	2004	Emeka Okafor	PF	Charlotte	Houston
2	9	31	1977	Eddie Owens	SF	Kansas City	Houston
2	25	55	2005	Lawrence Roberts	PF	Seattle	Houston
2	5	20	1969	Kenny Spain	C	Chicago	Houston
2	10	27	1970	Fred Taylor	F	Phoenix	Houston
1	19	19	1982	Rob Williams	PG	Denver	Houston
2	5	28	1987	Rickie Winslow	PF	Chicago	Houston
1	24	24	1984	Michael Young	SF	Boston	Houston
2	26	55	1995	Michael McDonald	PF/C	Golden State	Longview
1	4	4	1978	Michael Ray Richardson	PG/SG	New York	Lubbock
2	20	44	1984	Fred Reynolds	SF	Washington	Lufkin
2	12	25	1972	Tom Patterson	F	Baltimore	Midland
1	27	27	2003	Kendrick Perkins	PF	Memphis	Nederland
2	8	16	1960	Leroy Wright	F	Boston	Rockdale
1	1	1	1962	Bill McGill	C/F	Chicago	San Angelo
1	12	12	1998	Michael Doleac	C	Orlando	San Antonio
1	21	21	1999	Jeff Foster	PF/C	Golden State	San Antonio
1	4	4	1964	Lucious Jackson	F/C	Philadelphia	San Marcos
2	6	14	1956	K.C. Jones	G	Boston	Taylor
2	9	32	1981	Mike Olliver	PG	Chicago	Temple
2	6	28	1979	Danny Salisbury	SF	Golden St.	Temple
1	22	22	1998	Brian Skinner	PF	LA Clippers	Temple
1	2	2	1964	Joe Caldwell	F	Detroit	Texas City
2	17	47	2005	Bracey Wright	SG	Minnesota	The Colony
1	1	1	1991	Larry Johnson	PF	Charlotte	Tyler
1	19	19	1981	Mike McGee	SF	LA Lakers	Tyler
1	17	17	2000	Desmond Mason	SF/SG	Seattle	Waxahachie