In terms of how the NBA Draft is trending, Kentucky’s Kiddie Cat program is not an outlier. UK’s fuzzy-cheeked players fit right in.
UK Coach John Calipari suggested as much at the NBA Combine. When asked about his players’ draft status, he returned again and again to their relative youth. Patience and time will be required to properly assess his players' value as draft picks, he said. More than ever, that’s true not just for UK players, but for many draft prospects.
“This league has become a futures league,” Calipari said. “You’re not drafting for what they look like right now.