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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Seven former College of Kentucky Wildcats will seem in Indianapolis this weekend for NBA All-Star Weekend.
It is probably the most gamers from any faculty voted into the NBA All-Star Recreation. The earlier report was 4, held by UCLA in 1983 and Kentucky in 2022.
The seven gamers are making a mixed $208 million this season. Lakers ahead Anthony Davis makes probably the most ($40.6 million) and 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey makes the least ($4.3 million).
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“We must always cheer these children,” UK head coach John Calipari stated not too long ago on his radio present. “We needs to be so blissful for what they’ve performed for us. And now they get a possibility to do what they do on a giant stage.”
Calipari listed their accomplishments at UK, which embody 5 SEC common season championships, 4 convention event championships, 4 Finals Fours and one nationwide title.
Listed below are the seven former Wildcats who will probably be in Indianapolis this weekend:
Anthony Davis | F | Los Angeles Lakers
The No. 1 general choose in 2012 is averaging 24.6 factors and 12.1 rebounds a sport this season. Davis is a reserve for the Western Convention.
Davis led Kentucky to a nationwide championship in 2012 and gained nationwide participant of the yr.
That is his ninth all-star choice.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | F | Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder
Gilgeous-Alexander is without doubt one of the frontrunners for MVP this season after being named to the All-NBA First Workforce for the primary time in 2023. He’s second within the league in scoring this yr at 31.1 factors per sport. He’s a starter for the Western Convention.
That is his second all-star look.
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Devin Booker | G | Phoenix Suns
The 27-year-old is averaging a career-best 28.0 factors a sport this yr and is tenth within the league in assists at 7.1. He had a 62-point sport in opposition to the Pacers on Jan. 26.
Booker was a part of the 2014-15 Kentucky workforce that was 38-0 earlier than shedding to Wisconsin within the Last 4. That is his fourth all-star look.
Karl-Anthony Cities | C | Minnesota Timberwolves
The Timberwolves are having their greatest season in years as they sit atop the West standings, and the person often called KAT is a giant cause why. Cities is averaging 22.5 factors and eight.4 rebounds a sport, and taking pictures a career-best 43.6% from the 3-point line.
Cities was additionally a part of the 2014-15 UK squad and was a second-team All American. He was drafted No. 1 general the next June.
That is his fourth all-star look.
Bam Adebayo | C | Miami Warmth
Adebayo is averaging a double-double with 20.2 factors and 10.6 rebounds per sport. He pulled down 20 boards in a sport in opposition to the Nets on Jan. 15.
He was named Second-team All-SEC in his one season with the Wildcats in 2016-17. That is his third all-star look.
Julius Randle | F | New York Knicks
Randle will miss the All-Star Recreation because of a shoulder harm, however he is nonetheless placing collectively considered one of his greatest skilled seasons with 24 factors and 9.2 rebounds a sport. He is helped flip the Knicks – at present fourth within the East – into legit contenders for the primary time in a few years.
Kentucky reached the nationwide title sport with Randle in 2014 earlier than shedding to UConn. That is his third all-star choice.
Tyrese Maxey | G | Philadelphia 76ers
The fourth-year participant is having the very best yr of his younger profession, averaging 25.6 factors and 6.4 assists a sport. He’s a reserve for the Japanese Convention.
Maxey led the Wildcats to the SEC common season title in 2020 earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic canceled the NCAA Match. That is his first all-star choice.
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