NBA Draft wrap-up: 3 Kentucky stars drafted, another has contract lined up
Kentucky’s 2020 NBA Draft night included quite a bit of good news, while some former players still have their future undetermined.
Three Cats — Tyrese Maxey, Immanuel Quickley and Nick Richards — were drafted. Four were not: Ashton Hagans, EJ Montgomery, Nate Sestina and Kahlil Whitney. Hagans has reportedly agreed to a two-way NBA/G League contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Sestina has signed to play in Russia.
Here are the links to all of our draft night coverage:
▪ Tyrese Maxey the first former Kentucky star off the board in NBA Draft
▪ UK’s Immanuel Quickley, reigning SEC Player of the Year, headed to Knicks
▪ Another draft and trade as UK’s Nick Richards will end up with Hornets
▪ Kentucky leads the nation in first-round NBA Draft picks. Here’s the list.
▪ Here’s what every first-round pick in the 2020 NBA Draft will make next season
▪ Kentucky’s streak of 10 straight years with an NBA Draft lottery pick ends
▪ Former Kentucky players Hagans, Montgomery, Sestina, Whitney undrafted
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▪ Hagans’ draft prep: ‘Offensively, slow down. Defensively, keep your motor up’
▪ Might UK’s Jacob Toppin join his celebrated brother in the NBA someday?
▪ NBA ‘bubble’ transported to Kentucky for COVID-altered Pro Day
▪ ‘Reps upon reps.’ First UK player projected to be drafted racing to boost NBA stock
▪ ESPN NBA Draft board has Maxey at 14, four other ex-Cats in top 75