Former Kentucky Wildcats once again dominated NBA headlines in the 2022-23 season, but it wasn’t the usual suspects.
In the early years of John Calipari’s head coaching tenure at UK, the Big Blue Nation was accustomed to seeing the likes of Anthony Davis, John Wall, and DeMarcus Cousins making waves at the highest level of basketball possible. But over a decade after Calipari’s arrival in Lexington, a new batch of one-time ‘Cats have quickly begun to take over the league.
In particular, Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Sacramento Kings point guard De’Aaron Fox, and New York Knicks shooting guard Immanuel Quickley made significant impacts on their respective teams during the ’22-23 season — all for different reasons, too.