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The Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, representing the University of Kentucky, has had 138 players drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) since the league began holding drafts in 1947. [1] Kentucky has had 60 players selected in the opening round of the draft. Each NBA franchise seeks to add new players through an annual ...
In-state superstar Reed Sheppard was the first of three former Kentucky basketball player taken in the 2024 NBA Draft. The Houston Rockets selected him in the first round with the No. 3 overall ...
Once projected as lottery picks, D.J. Wagner is now No. 34 on ESPN’s list of the top 100 players for the 2024 NBA draft, and Justin Edwards — viewed in the preseason as a possible No. 1 ...
Sheppard's father, Jeff Sheppard, played college basketball at Kentucky and was the Most Outstanding Player of the 1998 NCAA tournament and later played in 18 games during the 1998–99 NBA season for the Atlanta Hawks. [24] [25] His mother, the former Stacey Reed, also played basketball at Kentucky and scored over 1,400 career points.
Kentucky’s outlook for retaining players could be even worse this offseason, with those who closely follow the NBA draft forming a consensus opinion that the 2024 class is among the worst in memory.
Kevin Devon Knox II [1] (born August 11, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats. Knox was selected ninth overall by the New York Knicks in the 2018 NBA draft.
A look at what NBA draft experts have been saying about former Kentucky basketball star Reed Sheppard in the lead-up to the 2024 draft. | Published June 20, 2024 | Read Full Story by Ben Roberts
James Young (born August 16, 1995) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Varese of the Lega Basket Serie A.He played one season of college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats before being selected with the 17th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics.