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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 06-03-2020, 04:02 PM:

Nick Richards had a breakout junior campaign and a couple weeks after the season came to a screeching halt, Richards announced his intent to enter the NBA Draft and sign with an agent.

Richards said that he arrived at that decision after meeting with the Kentucky coaching staff, according to an interview with Go Big Blue Country.

“I went into the meeting with the coaching staff, and they just thought I was ready to go. They were like, ‘Nick, it’s time, you’re ready,” Richards told Shawn Smith at GBBC.

This aligns with what many other former players have said about making a draft decision and that’s why Kentucky has been known as a players first program, and Richards said that was why he came to Kentucky.

Richards is projected as a second round pick, but looking at his game, you can see the role that Nick could play in the NBA as a big man who gives you a lot of athleticism, shot blocking ability, interior defense, and who can thrive at cleaning up the offensive glass.

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