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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. Kentucky has had 60 players selected in the opening round of the draft. Each NBA franchise seeks to add new players through an annual draft.
Former Kentucky star John Wall, who was the No. 1 pick in the 2010 NBA draft, was honored during a timeout at the 2023 ACC/SEC Challenge game against Miami in Rupp Arena on Nov. 28, 2023.
See how former Kentucky coach John Calipari and current UK coach Mark Pope reacted as the Wildcats had three former players from the 2023-24 team selected in the 2024 NBA draft.
The following is a list of Serbian basketball players that play or have played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Center Vlade Divac and forward Žarko Paspalj were the first Serbian players to play in the NBA, in the 1989–90 season. In 2004, Darko Miličić became the first basketball player from Serbia to win an NBA championship.
On November 20, 2021, Reed Sheppard verbally committed to UK over multiple offers, with Louisville and Virginia among the most active in attempting to recruit him. The son of former UK basketball players Jeff Sheppard and the former Stacey Reed, he was the first commitment to the 2023 recruiting class.
June 27, 2024 at 6:37 PM. 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 ...
The NBA high school draftees are players who have been drafted to the National Basketball Association (NBA) straight out of high school. The process of jumping directly from high school basketball to the professional level is also known as going prep-to-pro. Since 2006, drafting high school players has been prohibited by the NBA collective ...
The unexpected star turn from Kentucky native Reed Sheppard over the course of the 2023-24 season has positioned him to be, perhaps, the first college basketball player off the board in this year ...