Sunday night, Game 2 of the 2022 NBA Finals tips off at 8 p.m. EST. It features the Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics, two of the most storied franchises in league history. Unfortunately, this year — for the first time since 2018 — neither side features a former UK player on its bench.
For the Celtics in particular, this is quite out of the ordinary. In their rich 76-year history, 14 different Wildcats have donned the green-and-white for Boston; that’s quite possibly the most of any franchise (unfortunately, we’re too lazy to actually look this up).