Just over three weeks ago, John Calipari said on his radio show he expects “just about” every player on the 2017-18 Kentucky basketball squad to test the NBA draft waters.
“My expectation would be that just about every one of them will put their name in the draft to figure out where that committee sees them going,” he said. “If you’re not draftable, that means you’re not going to the combine, which kind of helps you make the decision, unless you absolutely want to go one way or another.”
He followed it up by saying the NBA combine invitations will be a big indicator of draft stock, as if you fail to earn an invite, you almost certainly won’t get drafted and it may be in your best interest to return to school.