As it pertains to developing NBA players, Kentucky basketball head coach John Calipari is the most prolific coach in the country. Since 2008, no coach has produced a steady stream of NBA-caliber prospects quite like Calipari.
Calipari’s success as a developer of NBA players can now be quantified.
The 2016-17 NBA regular season will begin on Tuesday, October 25. A vast number of rosters have at least one Calipari player on them, which is now being expressed numerically.
Adam Zagoria of ZagsBlog.com reports that there will be 24 Calipari players on opening day NBA rosters.
Knicks PG Derrick Rose is one of 24 John Calipari-coached players on NBA Opening-day rosters.