Yahoo Sports 2024 NBA draft first-round wrap-up: New homes for Kentucky’s Reed Sheppard, Rob Dillingham
Kentucky basketball guards Reed Sheppard and Rob Dillingham were both selected in the lottery at the NBA draft on Wednesday night in Brooklyn, New York.
It was no surprise that Sheppard went off the board first at No. 3 to the Houston Rockets. However, Dillingham being chosen eighth by the San Antonio Spurs and then getting traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves was surely not an option mentioned in anyone’s mock draft.
According to UK statistics guru Corey Price, it’s the seventh time that two former Kentucky players have been selected within the first 10 picks of the NBA draft, following:
▪ 1949 (Alex Groza, Wah Wah Jones).
▪ 1984 (Sam Bowie, Melvin Turpin).
▪ 2010 (John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins).
▪ 2011 (Enes Kanter, Brandon Knight).
▪ 2012 (Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist)
▪ 2015 (Karl-Anthony Towns, Willie Cauley-Stein).
Former Kentucky players Justin Edwards, Antonio Reeves and Tre Mitchell are still available to be chosen in Thursday’s second round, which begins at 4 p.m. ET and will air on ESPN.
Here’s a collection of the Herald-Leader and Kentucky.com’s coverage from Wednesday’s first round.
Kentucky basketball in the 2024 NBA draft
▪ Kentucky’s Reed Sheppard chosen 3rd overall by the Houston Rockets in 2024 NBA draft
▪ Kentucky’s Rob Dillingham chosen 8th overall in NBA draft by Spurs, traded to Timberwolves
▪ Reed Sheppard is now an NBA draft first-round pick. He joins these other Kentucky natives.
▪ Here’s what every first-round pick in the 2024 NBA draft will make next season
▪ Everything Reed Sheppard said after the former Kentucky star was taken in 2024 NBA draft
▪ Analysts grade the Houston Rockets’ addition of Kentucky’s Reed Sheppard
▪ Analysts grade the Minnesota Timberwolves’ addition of Rob Dillingham
▪ Younger brother of former Kentucky basketball player taken second overall in 2024 NBA draft
▪ John Calipari is at the 2024 NBA draft for Kentucky’s potential first-round selections
▪ Rob Dillingham, Reed Sheppard are NBA draft ready. See what the former UK stars are wearing.
▪ 2024 NBA draft updates: UK basketball’s Reed Sheppard, Rob Dillingham both taken in lottery
