Kentucky’s Hamidou Diallo has been playing pickup basketball with several NBA stars, including LeBron James.
James’ Cleveland Cavaliers teammate, J.R. Smith, had some high praise for Diallo on Instagram.
Smith posted: “Next year top 5 pick!” on a picture of Diallo:
That’s pretty high praise for Diallo.
Here’s some footage of the pickup games that also included Enes Kanter, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant and UK freshman Nick Richards:
Bron , Melo, KD , J.R , Lance Thomas ,Kanter , Dantay Jones , Chris Smith ,Hamidou Diallo ,Nick Richards , Marshall Plumlee hooping pic.twitter.com/dAl7etJQ2G
— Best'sPointOfViewTV (@PovofBest) August 15, 2017
LeBron, Melo, KD, and others getting some runs in 🔥👀 pic.twitter.com/6zfX591SEo
— NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) August 15, 2017
Part II of LeBron, Melo & KD's pickup game. 🏀🔥
(via @cbrickley603/Instagram) pic.twitter.com/SAlmgxH0Oc
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) August 15, 2017
