Now that the NBA Draft is officially in the books, it’s time for the former Kentucky basketball players and current NBA rookies to look ahead to their first action as professional athletes. For two of them, however, the first action of their careers will present a familiar face in a very peculiar position. The NBA announced its NBA Summer League schedule Monday and former UK guards John Wall (No. 1 overall pick to the Washington Wizards) and Eric Bledsoe (No. 18 overall pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder; traded to the Los Angeles Clippers) will play each other immediately in the NBA Summer League.
Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter’s Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.