ESPN’s Jonathan Givony was at the Kentucky Basketball Pro Day and has now put his thoughts to paper as he compares the current Kentucky Basketball players to current NBA players.
Take a look at all the comparisons below:
Hamidou Diallo’s top physical comps in our historical database are Nick Young, MarShon Brooks and KJ McDaniels. Taking into account just his athletic testing results, Diallo compares favorably with the numbers posted by Zach LaVine at the 2014 NBA combine, besting him in most categories while weighing 20 pounds heavier at the same age.
P.J. Washington’s top three physical comps in our historical database are pretty flattering: Kawhi Leonard, Draymond Green and Carmelo Anthony. Taking into account his athletic testing results brings up the name Rudy Gay as his top comp.
Nick Richards has some of the biggest hands in our database in terms of length. His measurements are very similar to those of former Kentucky center Willie Cauley-Stein, as well as Steven Adams of the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Kevin Knox’s measurements are similar to those of Luol Deng when the Duke product was going into the draft and are very close to those of Sam Dekker and Jonas Jerebko as well, although those two were three years older when measured.
Justin Holiday and Shaun Livingston are (Shai-Gilgeous) Alexander’s top two comparisons physically, according to our database. Alexander will likely be one of the big beneficiaries of Jarred Vanderbilt’s injury and might be called to play significant minutes on the wing this season, particularly if he’s able to stretch the floor consistently.
He (Jarred Vanderbilt) also posted the best lane agility time of the group, a figure that ranks in the 97th percentile historically. Aaron Gordon, Larry Nance and Tyus Thomas are his top three closest physical comps, according to our database when accounting for athletic testing.
Eddie Griffin, Earl Clark and Kevon Looney are his (Sacha Killeya-Jones) closest physical comps according to our historical database.
Phil Pressey, Isaiah Canaan and Will Bynum are his (Quade Green) top three physical comps.
Ersan Ilyasova, Darrell Arthur and Omri Casspi are some of (Wenyen) Gabriel’s top physical comparisons.
Markel Brown, Kirk Hinrich and Ben McLemore are his (Jemarl Baker) top physical comps, according to our database.
I have just included the players that they are compared to above.
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