The father of Kentucky star Kevin Knox is providing Wildcats fans with some optimism about his son’s potential return for a sophomore season.
Knox led Kentucky in scoring this season as a freshman, averaging 15.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. He is projected to be a potential lottery pick if he enters the NBA Draft, but his father says that decision has not yet been made.
“We haven’t made that decision yet,” Kevin Knox Sr. told SEC Country’s Kyle Tucker on Monday night. “He really loves his teammates and he made references to: ‘Man, can you imagine if we all came back?’ Him and PJ [Washington] are roommates and they were talking about it with Shai [Gilgeous-Alexander]: ‘Can you imagine if we all came back what would happen?’ Man, that would be exciting.
“He was like, ‘Daddy, I really love the coaching from Cal and KP and Tony Barbee and Joel Justus and I love the BBN and I came here because of the stage, and I’ve got to take all that into consideration.’ It’s not just all about going straight to the NBA.”
Kentucky has been a one-and-done factory under John Calipari, which has blessed the program with tons of talent, but not a lot of time to maximize the players’ abilities during their brief college careers. If ever some of those talented players were to stay for more than one year, they would be extremely well-positioned.
Despite the elder Knox’s remarks, we still would be extremely surprised if Kevin Jr. returned for his sophomore season.
