Kentucky basketball NBA draft 2024: Reed Sheppard, Rob Dillingham Courier Journal
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LEXINGTON—EvenwithJohnCaliparimovingon,apairofstreaksdatingbacktohisfirstseasonasKentucky’scoachin2009-10willcontinueatleastonemoreyear.
TheWildcatshavehadatleastoneplayerselectedinthefirstroundofeveryNBAdraftdatingto2010.AndUKhashadatleasttwoplayerspickedineverydraftbeginningwiththe2010event.
ReedSheppardandRobDillingham,thefreshmanguardduowhoprovidedinstantoffenseforKentuckyoffthebenchlastseason,arewidelyexpectedtobelotterypicks.
WheretheotherformerWildcatsinthisyear’sdraftpool—guardsJustinEdwardsandAntonioReevesalongwithforwardTreMitchell—mightlandisunsettled.EdwardsandReevesmightheartheirnamescalled.Theymightnot.AndMitchellisexpectedtogoundraftedunlessateamtakesalateflieronhimbeforethesecondroundconcludes.
Onedifferencefrompreviousdrafts:TheNBAdecidedtoexpandthetwo-roundeventtoatwo-dayaffair.Theleaguetraditionallyhadconductedbothroundsonthesamenight.Instead,the2024NBADraftwillholdthe