UK Coach John Calipari predicted that all six UK players in the 2012 NBA Draft will be selected.
“All six will be drafted,” he said. “It’s just a matter of where they’ll be drafted.”
Calipari predicted the order of UK players taken will begin with Anthony Davis with the first pick, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Terrence Jones and then in some order: Doron Lamb, Marquis Teague and Darius Miller.
“I’d say four are locks (for the first round),” Calipari said of Davis, Kidd-Gilchrist, Jones and Lamb. “The others have to go work out (for NBA teams to improve their stock).”
The NBA Draft will be June 28.
The UK six are among a group of players scheduled to interview with NBA teams later this week in Chicago in what the pro league calls its “Combine.”
Jerry Tipton of the Lexington Herald- Leader has covered Kentucky basketball since the 1981-82 season. That time includes five coaches, five Final Fours, four athletic directors, two interim athletic directors and many memories. Before coming to Lexington, Tipton worked eight years for the Huntington (W.Va.) Herald-Dispatch. He covered Marshall’s basketball team for two seasons before coming to the Herald-Leader.
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I hope Miller moves up into the 1st round.he has got better every year he has been at UK,and i think he will improve as a pro.and a really good kid.
GO BIG BLUE
JR Johnson