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Kentucky basketball NBA draft 2024: Reed Sheppard, Rob Dillingham

Kentucky basketball NBA draft 2024: Reed Sheppard, Rob Dillingham  Courier Journal

LEXINGTON—EvenwithJohnCaliparimovingon,apairofstreaksdatingbacktohisfirstseasonasKentucky’scoachin2009-10willcontinueatleastonemoreyear. TheWildcatshavehadatleastoneplayerselectedinthefirstroundofeveryNBAdraftdatingto2010.AndUKhashadatleasttwoplayerspickedineverydraftbeginningwiththe2010event. ReedSheppardandRobDillingham,thefreshmanguardduowhoprovidedinstantoffenseforKentuckyoffthebenchlastseason,arewidelyexpectedtobelotterypicks. WheretheotherformerWildcatsinthisyear’sdraftpool—guardsJustinEdwardsandAntonioReevesalongwithforwardTreMitchell—mightlandisunsettled.EdwardsandReevesmightheartheirnamescalled.Theymightnot.AndMitchellisexpectedtogoundraftedunlessateamtakesalateflieronhimbeforethesecondroundconcludes. Onedifferencefrompreviousdrafts:TheNBAdecidedtoexpandthetwo-roundeventtoatwo-dayaffair.Theleaguetraditionallyhadconductedbothroundsonthesamenight.Instead,the2024NBADraftwillholdthe