During the 2020 recruiting cycle, the NBA G League swooped in and signed four five-star prospects in Jalen Green, Jonathan Kuminga, Daishen Nix and Isaiah Todd, along with one four-star prospect in Kai Sotto.
At one point or another, Green and Todd were seen as Kentucky leans, Kuminga held an offer and listed UK as a finalist, Nix practically begged for a scholarship, and Sotto took one of the most well-documented unofficial visits to Lexington we’ve seen in recent memory.
When it came time for their respective decisions, Kentucky had officially cut ties with Green and Todd, stopped actively recruiting Kuminga, and failed to ever offer Nix and Sotto.