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NBA Draft: Jarred Vanderbilt – Built for OKC Thunder

The University of Kentucky is undoubtedly a college basketball powerhouse. A blue blood. With so much depth, talented players often do not get the minutes needed to display their NBA level skill sets.

In a log-jam behind first round prospect Kevin Knox, that was the case for Jarred Vanderbilt. The talent is there for Jarred Vanderbilt, who was only allowed to clock in for 17-minutes a game.

How this projects into the NBA game will be the biggest question since the onus has been all about floor spacing and positionless basketball. Looking at Vanderbilt the potential is there, but here are questions regarding how many boxes he can check off as his game grows.