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Justin Edwards will have to begin his NBA career as an undrafted free agent. The former Kentucky wing did not hear his name called during the second round of the 2024 NBA Draft on Thursday in New York. Edwards would have been the fourth Wildcat selected in this year’s two-day draft, but after 58 picks went by, he remained on the board. Reed Sheppard (No. 3 overall; Houston Rockets), Rob Dillingham (No. 8 overall; Minnesota Timberwolves), and Antonio Reeves (No. 47; New Orleans Pelicans) were the three Wildcats drafted. As for the next step, Edwards (along with fellow former Kentucky player Tre...
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Summer is the time whispers of early practice standouts emerge, guys who maybe flew under the radar before move-in quickly becoming names to keep an eye on as the season approaches. Reed Sheppard was the big one last year, arriving as a long-term core piece before word leaked out when workouts began that the kid from the 606 was a player. Then he became the No. 3 player in the 2024 NBA Draft. Who is it gonna be this time around? Any big-time surprises to watch carefully? Mark Pope doesn’t think so. In fact, he says everyone is playing exactly the way he hoped and anticipated. The first-year Ke...
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The Spurs were always a team to watch for Rob Dillingham, while the Pistons, Jazz, Bulls, Thunder and Heat emerged at various points throughout the process as interested franchises. He was rumored to be a player who could slide on draft night due to an ankle injury during the pre-draft process and limited workouts, but unlikely out of the lottery, maybe one spot out to Miami. That 5-15 range was comfortable for the dynamic scorer out of Kentucky. And then he went where most anticipated all along, selected by San Antonio with the No. 8 pick. Dreams of throwing lobs to Victory Wembanyama and kno...
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Time to start buying those Houston jerseys, Big Blue Nation — Reed Sheppard is a Rocket. During the first round of the 2024 NBA Draft on Wednesday night in Brooklyn, NY, Sheppard was selected with the 3rd overall pick by the Rockets. He is the first former Wildcat to hear his name called by Commissioner Adam Silver, becoming the 48th player drafted from Kentucky during the John Calipari era and the 149th overall player drafted in program history. As an unexpected one-and-done in Lexington during the 2023-24 season, Sheppard was named National Freshman of the Year and SEC Freshman of the Year w...
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Coach Cal won’t just be attending the 2024 NBA Draft, he’ll be showing up in style to support Reed Sheppard, Rob Dillingham, Justin Edwards and Antonio Reeves — Kentucky‘s four projected selections — in Brooklyn. In an afternoon catch-up with Pat McAfee on ESPN, John Calipari joked that he is going to be the best-dressed man at the Barclays Center. “I’m gonna wear chains and a wallet and a bracelet,” he said. “I’m coming — wait till you see the shoes! Oh my gosh.” Calipari was clearly joking, playing off McAfee’s push for him to show up “looking so clean” wearing a top hat and a monocle, decke...
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Kentucky has formed one of the most dominant teams in The Basketball Tournament, its La Familia squad set to feature the likes of Eric Bledsoe, Daniel Orton, Reid Travis, Willie Cauley-Stein, Nate Sestina, Kellan Grady, Andrew Harrison, James Young, Marquis Teague and Doron Lamb — with more to come. They’ll also be coached by Tyler Ulis while Darius Miller has been added as the director of player personnel, Sean Woods and Jon Hood serving as assistant coaches. If there’s a group you trust to win the $1 million prize in a 64-team tournament field, it’s that one. And Mark Pope is excited to root...
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The NBA Draft became a taboo topic in the final years of the John Calipari era in Lexington. Not that fans weren’t rooting for these kids to pursue their professional dreams and make millions while representing the Kentucky Wildcats, but that the pro factory was no longer producing March Madness runs that helped make the constant roster turnover easier to swallow. It was a blast when it was John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Anthony Davis, Karl-Anthony Towns and Devin Booker succeeding and proceeding at the highest level. Not so much when the rides come to a screeching halt following disappointing p...
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Are you a media member covering the University of Kentucky men’s basketball program? Do you think you have what it takes to be a Wildcat? Mark Pope has the perfect opportunity for you. With one scholarship spot remaining to wrap up his debut roster in Lexington, the first-year head coach said he’ll be hosting tryouts to decide who gets it. “We’re having open media tryouts next week to see if any of you guys want a shot at that last scholarship,”Pope told KSR on Tuesday. “There are a lot of laughs, but also some eager eyes! Some of you guys are paying attention right now, like, ‘Oh, OK! I’ll du...
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Mark Pope‘s five-man assistant pool has been finalized in Lexington, hiring Alvin Brooks III as his associate head coach, Cody Fueger, Jason Hart and Mikhail McLean as assistant coaches and Mark Fox as an associate coach. In terms of support staff additions, Nick Robinson has been named director of basketball operations while Randy Towner is the head strength coach, Brandon Wells the senior athletic trainer. He’s got assistants to the head coach in Megan Summers and Brett Ryback — the latter also the director of player development — and a director of basketball administration in Will Barton. P...
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Mark Pope’s open-door policy for former Kentucky players continues, this time with a trio of Cats that came after his first run in Lexington. The likes of Jack “Goose” Givens and Cameron Mills were special guests at the Joe Craft Center last week, and now, Oscar Tshiebwe, Marcus Lee and Tod Lanter are representing the Coach Cal era at practice. Shortly after Pope wrapped up his first summer press conference with the media, he shared a photo of the four of them together where they spent a combined 11 years wearing the blue and white as players — three for Pope, Lee and Lanter, two for Tshiebwe....
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