Coming into the season, it was Daimion Collins, not fellow freshman TyTy Washington, who was perceived as the eventual lottery pick in the 2022 NBA Draft. A few months later, those two have seen their stock go in vastly different directions. Washington continues to fly up mock drafts while Collins’ name is popping up on more 2023 draft boards than 2022.
But hindsight is always 20/20. Collins was viewed as a project before he ever stepped on Kentucky’s campus. He’s rail-thin and never lifted a weight in his life before coming to Lexington.