LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky guard Brandon Boston Jr. has decided to enter the NBA draft after one season with the Wildcats.
Boston mentioned Saturday in a free up that he used to be disenchanted in the Wildcats’ results this season, their first shedding marketing campaign since 1988-89. The Norcross, Georgia, native thanked Kentucky fans, coaches and teammates for pushing him to grow to be the supreme participant he’s going to be.
“I’m excited for this opportunity,” mentioned Boston, who averaged 11.5 points and 4.5 rebounds per sport. “And I do know that I will pick up the foundation to cope with something that comes my methodology due to my time as a Wildcat.”
Coach John Calipari acknowledged that the 6-foot-3 guard’s lone season used to be tense, however mentioned he improved because it went on and “has supreme scratched the ground of who he’s going to grow to be as a participant.”
Boston follows teammates Isaiah Jackson and Terrence Clarke into the NBA draft this week. Jackson, the Wildcats’ top shot blocker this season, will struggle by the overview direction of however no longer rent an agent, leaving originate the opportunity of returning to college.
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