Houston Cougars basketball coach Kelvin Sampson understands what it takes to be a good NBA player. After all, he was an assistant coach in the NBA from 2008-14 with the Milwaukee Bucks and Houston Rockets. His Houston program has four players selected in the NBA Draft in a span of four seasons from 2021-24. Both star freshmen from last season , Kingston Flemings and Chris Cenac Jr., are also expected to go in the first round in the upcoming draft. Houston is turned back into a pipeline into the NBA, and Sampson's former players all have skills that can translate to the next level. Jamal Shead was the last Houston player taken in the draft, 45th overall to the Toronto Raptors in 2024. Shead has gone down as one of the greatest Houston Cougars of this recent era. He was a former Naismith Defensive Player of the Year and Big 12 Player of the Year while being a consensus First-Team All-American and finalist for the Wooden Award.…