Bleacher Report’s Kerry Miller broke down Kentucky’s NBA Draft decisions tonight and issued grades for each player.
Miller feels that Karl Towns and Willie Cauley-Stein made solid decisions and gave them both A+ grades.
Trey Lyles earned a C+ because of his potential to go higher with another season of college basketball.
Devin Booker received a B- because of he is likely the best pure shooting guard in the nation.
Beyond that, Miller basically hammered Dakari Johnson and the Harrison twins, even speculating that Aaron Harrison will go undrafted.
Here is an excerpt about Aaron Harrison:
Does anyone other than Aaron Harrison actually think that Aaron Harrison will get drafted?
ESPN’s Chad Ford has him rated as the 13th best shooting guard and the 80th best overall prospect. Draft Express has Harrison at No. 73 on its list of the top 100 players. As a reminder, there are 60 picks in the NBA Draft.
He shot just 31.6 percent from three-point range this season, which is pretty woeful for someone whose primary contribution is three-point shooting. Quite the fall from grace compared to 12 months ago when he was a cold-blooded assassin who made clutch three-pointers on command.
And some thoughts on Johnson:
If one of the seven players was going to surprise us by coming back for another year, we would have bet on Dakari Johnson.
Because, really, has a sophomore ever declared for the NBA after a more forgettable final five weeks of the season?
After a solid showing on Feb. 21 against Auburn, Johnson averaged 12.6 minutes, 3.8 points and 2.4 rebounds per game the rest of the way. In the final two games against Notre Dame and Wisconsin, he had a combined line of 16 minutes, three blocks, two rebounds and zero points.
