Former Kentucky forward Keion Brooks Jr. says he plans to stay in the 2022 NBA Draft.
“I’m all in on the Draft,” he told Adam Zagoria earlier today.
Here is an excerpt:
“I’m all in on the Draft,” he said Monday during a Zoom call from the NBA G League Camp in Chicago in response to my question. “My agent [Mike George] and my parents just thought that getting in the Transfer Portal was something that was good to keep my options open. We didn’t want to close the door on anything, you never know what could happen.
“But I couldn’t even tell you who’s recruiting me or who’s reaching out because I just let my parents handle it all. So that’s the thing with college and this is the NBA process. I’m just working every day to try to get better.”
Brooks averaged 10.8 points and 4.4 rebounds this past season and 10.3 points and 6.8 rebounds as a sophomore.
He said he’s worked out so far for the Golden State Warriors and the Sacramento Kings, and said he’s not certain which workouts he has after the G League Camp.
“Getting in the league, finding your way, you gotta earn trust from your coaches and things like that,” he said.
“I guy that I look at that does a lot that I could think I could [compare to] is Mikal Bridges,” he added. “He’s very, very, very athletic. I want to say a game against the Pelicans, he scored 31 points on five dribbles [on April 26 in the playoffs]. To do something like that, you gotta know how to play basketball, which is something I pride myself on. High energy, knowing where to be, cutting, getting offensive rebounds, getting the open shot, that type of stuff and you build on that.”
