The NBA would possibly as nicely invite Kentucky head coach John Calipari to take a seat courtside in the course of the 2024 NBA All-Star Recreation. The competition is stacked with Kentucky Wildcats up and down the East and West rosters.
There are a whopping seven Kentucky alumni named to the 2024 version of the All-Star recreation to be held later this month at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind. The Wildcat tally almost doubled the single-game file for many NBA All-Stars from a single faculty. The earlier excessive was simply 4.
Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was the lone Kentucky alum amongst the All-Star starters. The All-Star reserves record launched Thursday added six extra gamers who as soon as walked the campus at Lexington as a student-athlete. Becoming a member of SGA in Indiana are Anthony Davis, Julius Randle, Karl-Anthony Cities, Devin Booker, Bam Adebayo and Tyrese Maxey.
The 23-year-old Maxey is the youngest among the many seven. The Philadelphia 76ers guard drafted in 2020 can be the lone first-time All-Star.
Davis is probably the most senior member of the group. The Los Angeles Lakers large man was on the 2011-12 Kentucky workforce that received the 2012 NCAA Males’s Basketball Championship. Nevertheless, Kentucky has been unable to copy the identical success of late. Calipari’s groups have didn’t make the Remaining 4 since 2014.
However it’s clear that Kentucky has remained a hotbed of NBA expertise due to Calipari’s recruiting prowess. The newest All-Star outcomes communicate for themselves.