Former Georgia Bulldog basketball star Kentavious Caldwell-Pope has made his first career NBA Finals. Caldwell-Pope and the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Denver Nuggets 4-1 in the Western Conference Finals.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope began his NBA career with the Detroit Pistons. Detroit selected the Greenville, Georgia product with the 8th pick in the 2013 NBA Draft.
Following four years with the Pistons, Caldwell-Pope joined the Los Angeles Lakers as a free agent in 2017. Caldwell-Pope hasn’t had to play as heavy of minutes for the Lakers, but he’s still making an impact.
In fact, for the first four games of the series Caldwell-Pope has stepped up to be the Lakers’ third option against the Denver Nuggets.