Cason Wallace enters NBA Draft

Coming into the season, Cason Wallace was Kentucky’s highest-ranked freshman and was a projected lottery decide. His play by the season cemented that draft projection and on Saturday, Wallace introduced that he shall be coming into the 2023 NBA Draft, forgoing his remaining faculty eligibility with the Kentucky Wildcats.

This hardly comes as a shock since Wallace was among the finest all-around freshmen within the nation, averaging: 11.7 factors, 3.7 rebounds, 4.3 assists, and a couple of.0 steals per sport.

Checked out as a combo guard, Wallace performed on the 2 spot (capturing guard) to start out the season. In that position, he displayed his scoring capacity, which included a three-point shot that was an enormous query mark.

Nonetheless, Kentucky was not very profitable as a crew with him in that position. With Calipari’s finest level guards possessing the same play model to Wallace, the writing was on the wall that he would ultimately take over level guard duties and he did, beginning with a win over then No. 5 Tennessee on the highway.

From that time ahead, Wallace actually helped Kentucky discover their groove and began to indicate his worth as a distributor. In reality, he completed second within the SEC in assists.

One factor that ought to at all times be remembered about Wallace is his toughness. That was on show within the ultimate sport towards Kansas State. Enjoying by again spasms and a reinjured knee, Wallace mentioned he was battling “by all the things.”

Regardless of that he left all of it on the ground, scoring 21 factors (September 11 FG) to go together with 9 rebounds and 4 assists. “I used to be battling by all the things, I simply needed to win. That’s all I may consider,” Wallace mentioned after the sport.

Whoever drafts Cason Wallace is getting a terrific all-around expertise and a really robust participant.

Good luck within the NBA, Cason!

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