NBA.com has an article today about Brandon Knight’s draft stock and how it has blown up after the NCAA Tournament.
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Here is an excerpt from a NBA GM that is very high on Brandon after Kentucky’s Final 4 run.
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“It was totally obvious,” one general manager said of Knight not merely stepping up but thriving in the pressure. “I don’t know if he wanted it or [coach John] Calipari gave it to him. Regardless, even if Calipari gave it to him, he took it on with great confidence.”
It doesn’t answer the pressing NBA question about how far away a volume shooter (who is also a freshman) is from being able to run an offense. But Knight is about three inches and 10 pounds bigger than Walker, depending on how phony the college measurements turn out to be after the pre-Draft measurements are taken, and Knight has established himself as wanting the moment. Both he and Walker project to be picked somewhere between No. 5 and No. 10.
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College players have to declare for the NBA Draft by April 23rd, and Kentucky fans should probably start to worry about Knight declaring for the draft.
It would be hard for anyone to turn down being picked in the lottery.
