ORLANDO -- Kevin Knox’s dream-come-true night of getting selected in the NBA Draft will come nearly two months prior to his 19th birthday as he is the second-youngest player available to NBA teams.
Clearly mature well beyond his years, a calm, composed and certainly confident Knox said his age should play no role whatsoever in his stock heading into the June 21st NBA Draft. If you can play, you can play, and age should have no bearing on that, he stressed on Tuesday following a pre-draft workout with the Orlando Magic.
``I came to Kentucky as a 17-year-old and then I turned 18 in August.