A native of Little Rock, Ark., 22-year-old Archie Goodwin is one of three New Orleans Pelicans who played college basketball at the University of Kentucky. The athletic guard missed Anthony Davis and Terrence Jones in school by one year, spending 2012-13 with the Wildcats after Davis and Jones helped UK win the ’12 national championship. Goodwin declared for the NBA draft in ’13 and was a first-round pick. The fourth-year NBA veteran, who joined the Pelicans early in the regular season, discussed some of his interests away from basketball with Pelicans.com:
Best moment as an athlete: “Making it to the NBA.