Former Kentucky guard Reed Sheppard was one of twelve players to receive an NBA Draft green room invitation.
Zaccharie Risacher, Alex Sarr, Donovan Clingan, Sheppard, Matas Buzelis, Stephon Castle, Dalton Knecht, Tidjane Salaun, Ron Holland, Cody Williams, Devin Carter and Ja’Kobe Walter received the first dozen invites that were sent sent out Tuesday.
According to ESPN, there will be another 11-12 invites sent out. One of those will likely be Rob Dillingham, who hasn’t quite qualified for the draft at this point:
Two projected lottery picks who were not invited to the green room thus far are Kentucky’s Rob Dillingham and Serbian point guard Nikola Topic.
Dillingham has not yet completed all the requirements needed to be eligible for selection in the draft, per the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement. An ankle injury prevented Dillingham from conducting athletic testing and shooting drills at the NBA draft combine in Chicago in mid-May, and has thus far also prohibited him from attending private workouts with NBA teams.
Dillingham’s ankle has healed, and he plans on fulfilling those requirements at the Lakers’ practice facility Friday, his agent Lucas Newton of Klutch Sports told ESPN.
