There is no way to gain an accurate perspective on Clarke's draft stock until he is able to go through pre-draft workouts.Ĭlarke missed the entire regular season portion of the SEC schedule with an ankle injury but returned to play 10 minutes in the SEC Tournament loss.
Expecting Boston to leave seems like the most prudent path for Kentucky fans while allowing for the possibility of being pleasantly surprised by a return. Boston's potential makes him a likely late first-round selection despite his disappointing season. While many one-and-done players have publicly flirted with the idea of a sophomore year at UK, only one healthy player projected as a possible first-round pick (Terrence Jones in 2011) has returned to Kentucky during the Calipari era. If he stays in the draft, that development is likely to come at least in part in the NBA's G League, but there is something to be said for being paid while putting in that work. And this is way harder than I thought.'"īoston, who did not score in the season-ending loss to Mississippi State, clearly needs to add muscle to his 6-foot-7, 185-pound frame to improve his finishing around the rim against older, more physical players. I am coming back because I'm going to get better, and I can accept that I didn't play the way I needed to play. I'm not coming back to say, hey, this is my team. And you watch, no one will out-work me.' Those are the guys that should come back, that mentality - P.J. "We've had other guys, it was like Immanuel (Quickley) - 'This is way harder than I thought, and I didn't have a good year, but I'm coming back. And it's also eye-opening to know as an individual player, 'Man, physically, this thing, I'm not where I need to be physically.' "He's never lost the fight," Calipari said. "This stuff has been hard for him. The smart money is on both leaving school, but their struggles have certainly added some intrigue the decisions.Īsked about Boston's recent improvements after the regular-season finale, Calipari seemingly made the case for Kentucky's leading scorer to return to school. Projected lottery picks almost never return to college, and Kentucky has never had one come back to school in the Calipari era.īoston and Clarke are almost certain to at least enter the draft to gather feedback from NBA teams. It does not store any personal data.Jackson lacked the prospect hype that Boston and Clarke brought to campus as consensus top-10 recruits in the 2020 high school class, but he is the lock of the three to leave school now. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
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