Anouncement: Kentucky Wildcats star player is leaving….

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Oscar Tshiebwe of Kentucky, according to John Calipari, plans to enter the 2023 NBA Draft.

Oscar Tshiebwe, the head coach of Kentucky, has announced that he will be registering for the 2023 NBA Draft.

Calipari revealed there was a chance his standout rebounder and former player of the year would be leaving Lexington at the end of the semester to follow his career aspirations.

When speaking to the media at the Final Four, Calipari remarked, “I’m still trying to figure out what my team looks like.” “There’s no doubt that ToJacob ppin and Cason Wallace will remain in the draft. Oscar [Tshiebwe] intends to enter the draft and may choose to stay.

During the previous season, Tshiebwe averaged 16.5 points, 13.7 rebounds, and 56 percent shooting per game for Kentucky.

If a player wants to leave, Calipari will always advise them to follow their dreams; he probably told Tshiebwe the same thing. The only issue is that Tshiebwe is not highly regarded by NBA scouts. They feel that despite his exceptional rebounding abilities, he occasionally plays a one-dimensional game and is unable to score the ball more than 15 feet from the basket.

Tshiebwe will probably go in the late second round or go undrafted if he chooses to stay in the draft. He would go on to win multiple All-American and SEC honors during his two years in Kentucky, and he will go down as the school’s all-time best rebounder.

Tshiebwe has until May 31 to choose between staying in the draft and playing his final season of eligibility at college.

The 2023 NBA Draft is scheduled to happen at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Thursday, June 22, 2023. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver will reveal the first round of selections, and Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum is anticipated to handle the second round.

Players must be at least 19 years old on the date of the draft and have completed at least one NBA season following their high school graduation, or the date that would have occurred had they not graduated, in order to be eligible for the NBA Draft. It’s not necessary.

Players can still be eligible to attend college after entering their names into the NBA Draft pool and exploring their options by hiring an agent to help them through the process, even though this is a significant change from the previous rules. The cutoff time to complete that action is April 23 at 11:59 p.m. ET. The deadline for players to remove their names from the pool and head back to college is June 12 at 5 p.m. ET.

On May 16, which also marks the beginning of the NBA Conference Finals, there will be an NBA Draft Lottery.

Justin Edwards of Kentucky is given a technical foul for making a gesture toward a player from Louisville.

Without hesitation, Justin Edwards added a little more salt to Louisville’s wounds. In Kentucky’s 95-76 victory over the Cardinals, the freshman small forward scored over a UL defender and raised his hand to indicate the other player was too small.

The referees did not enjoy the heated antics, even though Kentucky fans did. Following his behavior, Edwards was given a technical foul and was substituted out of the game by UK head coach John Calipari.

Luckily for Edwards, a technical foul cannot ruin a strong showing. Edwards shot 6-10 from the field and finished with 13 points, 7 rebounds, and 2 steals.

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Only once this season, on November 10, in Kentucky’s victory over Texas A&M Commerce, did Edwards score more than 13 points. This season, Edwards hasn’t always lived up to preseason hype.

Justin Edwards steadily regains his balance.

In the 2024 recruiting cycle, the five-star rookie was ranked No. 2 by On3 Industry Rankings. Edwards was tipped by many experts to be among the top five picks in the 2024 NBA Draft.

Still, Edwards had only averaged 9.6 points and 4.4 rebounds per game going into Thursday night’s game, shooting 25.1% from three-point range and 45.1% from the field. The Kentucky staff still has faith in the rising star even though Edwards has had a slow start to the season.

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In a statement on December 14, Kentucky assistant coach Bruceiser Flint said, “I think you guys look at Justin different than we do.” “You’re a Swiss Army knife, I tell him every time. You are able to dabble in various activities.It does not follow that you must receive 20 (points). Both your play and your versatility are excellent.

We took issue with him because we felt that one of his weaknesses was his defense. He played better, and you ought to play better defense.

Fans might not notice all that Edwards offers the court, but Flint does.

“I watch Justin go for rebounds, watch him defend, watch him make accurate passes, watch him get out in transition. I consider his box score as a whole, not just his points. I want to see him play well against the guard or forward on the opposing team that we put him on, get rebounds, and dish out assists. I generally look at his box score rather than his total points.