As of now, of the four Kentucky Wildcats that have declared for the NBA Draft (Cason Wallace, Jacob Toppin, Oscar Tshiebwe, Antonio Reeves), only one is projected to hear their name called at the Barclays Center in June. Freshman Cason Wallace is the lone Wildcat in ESPN’s latest NBA Mock Draft. Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo (formerly of Sports Illustrated) project Wallace to go at the end of the lottery, No. 14 to the New Orleans Pelicans. (The draft order isn’t set yet, so ESPN bases theirs on the BPI draft projections.
Where Cason Wallace stands in ESPN's new 2023 NBA Mock Draft
