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The 2024 NBA Draft is now a little over a week away (June 26-27). With that comes plenty of updated mock projections as we head down the home stretch. Kentucky’s pair of expected lottery picks — Reed Sheppard and Rob Dillingham — will be in the Green Room in Brooklyn, NY as they wait to hear their names called by Commissioner Adam Silver. But where those two might actually land has fluctuated — both good and bad. With Sheppard, he continues to cement himself as a likely top-five selection. Of the seven mock drafts from major outlets that I have posted below (all published within the last week)...
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The NBA Draft is 10 days away. As the Finals near a conclusion, national NBA talking heads like Bill Simmons and Ryen Russillo are diving into the future of the league and they’re falling in love with Reed Sheppard. Russillo has cultivated a reputation as someone who spends an exhaustive amount of time watching tape and looking deep into the advanced stats. He shared his homework on the latest edition of The Bill Simmons Podcast and started by asking this question. “I’m afraid because of the Jokic, Luka, Caitlin Clark, Chet Hanks White Boy Summer, is the world ready for Reed Sheppard to go No....
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It’s been a rough road for former Kentucky Wildcat, PJ Washington, and the Dallas Mavericks in these 2024 NBA Playoffs. After dropping the first two games in Boston, they nearly pulled off a comeback win at home in Game 3 but faltered after Luka Doncic fouled out late in the 4th quarter. Facing a sweep in Game 4 on Friday, the Mavericks did not sail off quietly into the night. Instead, they beat the Celtics’ heads in. This one was a blowout from the opening tip, as Luka Doncic, who received all kinds of criticism in the last few days for acting like the NBA was European soccer with his constan...
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Don’t you worry, fans of Umana Reyer Venezia; Kyle Wiltjer isn’t going anywhere. The former Cat and Gonzaga Bulldog signed a multi-year extension with the Italian club today. He joined Umana Reyer, which is located in Venice, last September and played in 56 games, averaging 12.4 points and 3.4 rebounds per game in Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and 12.2 points in BKT Eurocup. In his first season with the squad, Wiltjer was nominated for Sixth Man of the Year in LBA and won MVP for the months of January and March. Wiltjer played for Kentucky from 2011-13, averaging 10.2 points per game his sophomore...
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Kellan Grady is the most recent Kentucky alum on La Familia, the Cats’ alumni team for The Basketball Tournament (TBT), but he’s already counting down to his return to Rupp Arena. On Tuesday, the former Davidson and Kentucky Wildcat hopped on Zoom with some reporters to preview the TBT, which tips off next month. La Familia is hosting a regional at Rupp from July 19-23. Grady can’t wait to be reunited with BBN. “That’s probably one of the things I’m most excited about, is getting a chance to play in Rupp again,” Grady told KSR. “I think one of our proudest moments collectively we could agree o...
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We are 15 days away from the 2024 NBA Draft and the top two former Kentucky Wildcats on draft boards are making headlines ahead of the event. First, the good news that’s familiar for Kentucky basketball fans. You’ve heard this many times before. “______ will represent Kentucky in the NBA Draft green room.” Reed Sheppard received a green room invitation, according to ESPN’s Jonathan Givony. There were a dozen players who were invited to the green room and another dozen more will be once we get closer to the event. Last year the final invitations were not sent until two days before the NBA Draft...
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Reed Sheppard and Rob Dillingham are projected top ten picks in the NBA Draft later this month, so it should come as no surprise that the former Cats are being tabbed as the best of the best in the draft class by ESPN’s Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo. The duo released their 2024 NBA Draft superlatives today, handing out awards to prospects for 20 different skills. Reed was named “Best Spot-Up Shooter,” while Rob got the nod as “Best Ball Handler.” “Sheppard gave defenses headaches at Kentucky with absurdly consistent shot-making prowess, hitting 56 of his 109 catch-and-shoot attempts (per Syne...
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PJ Washington was the second-leading scorer for the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night, but it was the bucket he didn’t score that was the highlight of the game. You were probably busy watching the Kentucky baseball team punch their ticket to Omaha when it happened, but with the Mavs down five with less than a minute to go, Washington got the ball on a fast break. As he went up for what looked like an easy two points, both Derrick White and Jaylen Brown converged on him and turned away the dunk attempt at the rim. Boston scored on the ensuing possession to put them up for good as they held on to...
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Former Kentucky Wildcats are spread all throughout the NBA. In total, 28 one-time ‘Cats ended the 2023-24 regular season on an NBA roster — the most of any college in the country. So it won’t come as a surprise to know that former Kentucky players have scored more points during the 2024 NBA Playoffs than any other school. According to Andrew Weatherman, Kentucky alums have accumulated 1,831 points throughout the postseason, which includes Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Notably, that’s nearly 600 more points than the next-closest school, Duke, which has 1,251 total points. Villanova is third with 88...
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Today in Cool Basketball News, Karl-Anthony Towns‘ father, Karl Towns Sr., will coach at the same high school that helped develop KAT into one of the best basketball players in the world. On Friday, Saint Joseph High School (Metuchen, NJ) announced that it has hired Towns Sr. as the program’s next head basketball coach. Towns Sr. was previously the head coach at Piscataway Vocational and Technical School for 15 seasons, which included a 2003 NJSIAA section title. He posted an overall record of 177-162 in those 15 seasons before stepping down in 2014. Now, he’ll take over at St. Joseph — where ...
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