In what may be viewed by some rival coaches as a sure sign of The Apocalypse, ESPNU will televise Kentucky’s NBA combine on Oct. 10 from 3-5 p.m.
Technically, Kentucky is not calling it a combine, but a practice — as in, “We in here talking about a practice…Not a game, not a game, not game. We’re talking about practice.”
All NBA teams were invited to attend — and all are expected.
No media, including the Kentucky beat writers are invited, which I’m sure makes them happy.
But ESPN will have Jay Bilas, Seth Greenberg and Avery Johnson on hand to call the action for ESPNU, along with Myron Medcalf, who will handle sideline reports. Former UK All-American Tony Delk will serve as a guest analyst.
It marks the first time since the 2011-12 season UK has had a practice televised live on television.
Kentucky has nine McDonald’s All-Americans, including projected top-3 pick Karl Anthony-Towns of St. Joe’s Metuchen.
As reported here earlier, seven of the top 10 NBA prospects in the SEC are at Kentucky, according to DraftExpress.com.
“Everybody’s going there to see Towns,” one veteran NBA scout previously told SNY.tv about the New Jersey native. “They can tell you they’re going to see the other guys, but they’re going there to see Towns because everybody looks at big guys first and they [also] want to see Willie Cauley-Stein and see how he’s playing.”
