Eric Bledsoe, John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins - AP Photo
The Tubby Smith and Billy Gillespie teams were made up of decent players who were fun to root for but didn't have NBA talent. Sure, Kentucky produced some NBA players but none of them were one-and-done types. From 2000 – 2009, Kentucky has had only three of its players drafted in the first round. Can you name them? The answer is at the bottom. In 2010, Kentucky had an NBA draft-day record five players taken in the first round. This is quite a change from what we are used to.
Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter's Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.
