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UCLA Basketball: Kris Wilkes named to the Julius Erving Award watch list

After UCLA basketball‘s Jaylen Hands was named to the Bob Cousy Award watch list, fellow sophomore Kris Wilkes has been bestowed a similar honor as he was named to the 2019 preseason Julius Erving Award watch list.

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Voted on by the Basketball Hall of Fame, the Julius Erving Award honors the best small forward in Division I basketball. The award is named after one of the greatest small forwards to ever play the game. Erving, or as he is more popularly known as, “Dr.