Kansas has two basketball players listed on Sports Illustrated’s Top 60 Big Board, an early set of rankings far in advance of the 2019 NBA Draft.
Somewhat surprisingly, KU junior center Udoka Azubuike, who attended the NBA Combine and an individual workout with the Los Angeles Lakers before removing his name from the 2018 draft pool, was not included on the list of 60. The two Jayhawks mentioned were freshman combo guard Quentin Grimes at No. 7 overall and junior power forward Dedric Lawson at No. 42.
“Grimes was a key cog for the USA team coached by Bill Self that just won gold at the U18 FIBA Americas and should play a similarly large role for Kansas,” wrote SI.