Last summer, Washington Wizards guard DeShawn Stevenson made quite a ruckus for calling out the Cleveland Cavaliers and mighty King James during the Wizards’ playoff series against LeBron’s gang. Stevenson, who emerged as a bona fide NBA star down the stretch last year, was unconscious during the playoffs, scoring at will and making famous his “You can’t see me” gesture after every long-range dagger. The whole time I watched, I couldn’t help but wonder if Stevenson would be the same player he is today had he honored his commitment to come to Kansas. Stevenson, as you may recall, was the No. 1 prospect in the nation during his senior year at Washington Union High in Fresno, Calif. After much delay, he orally committed to Kansas and immediately appeared to be the signature signee in then-coach Roy Williams’ rather thin class of 2000. But a red flag emerged regarding Stevenson’s SAT scores, and rather than waiting around to see how things played out, he bolted and declared himself eligible for the 2000 NBA Draft. Stevenson, a high-flying combo guard who averaged 30 points, 10 boards and 6 assists a game during his senior year, was selected No. 23 overall by the Utah Jazz and immediately found himself in NBA obscurity. During his first three seasons in the league, Stevenson started just 33 games and never shot better than 40 percent. His last season in Utah (2003-04), he had a breakthrough and that sent him on the fast track to becoming a star. After two average years with Orlando (2004-2006), he found a home with Washington. Last year, he averaged 11 points a game for the Wiz, including becoming their leading scorer in the playoffs when superstar Gilbert Arenas was out with an injury. No matter what he has done or where he has gone, every time I have seen Stevenson play, I’ve wondered what he would have been like as a Jayhawk. Remember, he would have played for Williams (for at least one year) and would have been forced to conform to the team-basketball and no-thrills concepts that Williams made mandatory. He might have been a star. Could have been the next Paul Pierce. Might even have been better. Then again, he could have been the next J.R. Giddens … or I guess it would have been the first J.R. Giddens. Either way, I always wonder. So what NBA players make you wonder what they would have been like as Jayhawks? As you’re surely aware, the league is full of players that had KU as their second or third choice when deciding where to go to college. It’s kind of fun to wonder what would have been. And it’s even more fun to wonder about those who you’re still holding a grudge against for not picking the Jayhawks. Is everyone over the Baron Davis snub, when he picked up the KU cap and then tossed it to the ground before announcing he had chosen to attend UCLA? You could probably make a pretty good team with current NBA players who were nearly Jayhawks. Who else is on that list?