Kentucky to be Well-Represented at NBA’s All-Star Weekend
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John Wall told his Kentucky buddy De’Aaron Fox that UCLA’s Lonzo Ball will have a target on his back once he enters the NBA.
“John said you have a few players [who] have actually said it,” Fox said Monday morning on SportsCenter.
He added: “Lonzo is a quiet kid, I’ve known him for years. I didn’t know his dad [LaVar Ball] until our senior year of high school but he does things his own way, let’s put it that way.”
By JACOB POLACHECK
Kentucky freshmen and NBA Draft prospects De’Aaron Fox and Malik Monk have both set workouts with the Philadelphia 76ers this week. The 76ers hold the No. 3 overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft.
The Sixers confirmed that Monk has an individual workout with the team set for Thursday. Fox will work out for the Sixers this weekend, tentatively Saturday per Keith Pompey. Fox and Kansas’ Josh Jackson worked out for the Lakers on Tuesday. You can watch Fox’s interview here.
The 76ers on Thursday will also host Oregon’s Dillon Brooks and Dylan Ennis, Villanova’s Josh Hart and Darryl Reynolds, Davidson’s Jack Gibbs, and Tidjan Keita of Thetford Academy.
“One, Philadelphia right now is on the cusp of a breakthrough because they’re going to have guys healthy,” Kentucky Head Coach John Calipari told FanRag Sports. “Their guard play is good, but that’s probably an area that needs to be strengthened. And you look at Malik, I think the interest in Malik is because he can play both one and two and can score the ball. With Malik, what people have talked to me about, the teams: ‘We didn’t realize he was as good in pick-and-rolls as he is.’ I laughed and said, ‘They said the same thing about Eric Bledsoe.’ Both of those guys played with guys that were truer point guards than they were (Bledsoe with John Wall, Monk with De’Aaron Fox), even though they both play the position.”
Former Kentucky guard De’Aaron Fox worked out with Sacramento on Monday and is slated to work out for the Phoenix Suns later in the week, and the Lakers and Philadelphia Sixers next week, per NBA.com.
The Lakers pick at No. 2, the Sixers at No. 3, the Suns at No. 4 and the Kings at No. 5.
DraftExpress.com currently projects the 6-foot-3 Fox to go to Phoenix.
The Sixers, meantime, are considering “six or seven names…who we would really be happy with,” President Bryan Colangelo said Monday per NBA.com.
“We’ve done a lot of scouting over the last few weeks, following up and confirming some of the thoughts and impressions we’ve had over a much bigger body of work,” Colangelo said. “This is the chance to bring guys in, and talk to them for the first time, in some cases.”
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Kentucky star freshmen De'Aaron Fox and Bam
