Corey Evans of Rivals.com says EJ Montgomery and Nick Richards has a very important decision coming up about the NBA Draft.
Well all know that but the interesting part is he also says Nick Richards is the most important of the duo.
EJ Montgomery is the more talented of the two and John Calipari would definitely love to have him back, but Nick Richards is the most important of the duo. Keeping the Wildcats’ roster construction in mind, a glaring hole at center remains despite a bevy of versatile forwards that could fill Montgomery’s role. Nate Sestina will complete his college career in Lexington and there is optimism for what he could accomplish but UK also saw an up-and-down year from Reid Travis and the Bucknell grad-transfer is not the talent that the former Stanford product was.
Richards has much to weigh as he will be 22 years old by the next year’s draft rolls around and has yet to average more than six points or five rebounds in either of his two college seasons. For Kentucky’s sake, though, Richards is a big body that can rebound and alter shots, assets that not many on its current roster can claim to do, which would be the perfect complement to the wealth of perimeter firepower set to enroll.
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