If Bleacher Report\u2018s latest mock draft ends up being correct, Kentucky men\u2019s basketball is going to have a hell of a season in 2025-26.<\/p>\n
NBA Draft insider Jonathan Wasserman<\/a> dropped a fresh, two-round 2026 NBA Mock Draft update on Tuesday morning. Three Wildcats were included among the 60 picks, including a projected top-five pick \u2014 you can probably guess who received that honor. The other two are mocked to the second round. <\/p>\n 4. Jayden Quaintance<\/a> | Brooklyn Nets Look at any 2026 NBA Mock Draft and you won\u2019t have to scroll long before finding Quaintance. The 6-foot-9 forward, who is still recovering from a torn ACL, is a consensus pick to land in the lottery as of right now. Most mocks, much like Bleacher Report, view him as a potential top-five selection. Remember that he only turned 18 years old in July. If Quaintance ends up being anywhere near a lottery pick during the upcoming season, Kentucky is going to be very good. <\/p>\n But they might be even better if the projection for Kam Williams ends up coming true. If the 6-foot-8 wing from Tulane can perform like a borderline first-round pick as a true sophomore, it likely means he\u2019s living up to his 3-and-D potential \u2014 and maybe even beyond that. On a roster overflowing with talent at Williams\u2019 position, his rise to the top of the rotation would be a great sign for Kentucky\u2019s ceiling. <\/p>\n As for Oweh, he returned to Kentucky for a senior season in hopes of boosting his draft stock. He\u2019s improved every year he\u2019s been in college, but at this stage, NBA scouts want to see him fine-tune his game. After an All-SEC Second Team season in 2024-25, Oweh is a likely pick for SEC Preseason Player of the Year. We know what he is; now it\u2019s time for him to put it all together. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If Bleacher Report\u2018s latest mock draft ends up being correct, Kentucky men\u2019s basketball is going to have a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127658,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[61749,81304,355,71057,99],"class_list":["post-127657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-jayden-quaintance-24-word-of-god-christian-academy","tag-kam-williams-24-lafayette-christian-academy","tag-nba","tag-otega-oweh-22-blair-academy","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
38. Kam Williams<\/a> | Portland Trail Blazers
57. Otega Oweh<\/a> | Houston Rockets<\/p>\n