Rupp Rafters UK Basketball Draft (Complete)

[DraftCat]

Welcome to the 2024 Kentucky Serpentine (1-10 & 10-1) Basketball Draft. This draft will be 10 rounds and every single player of UK history will be allowed to be drafted except for Anthony Davis.

The Playoffs will be H2H in March Madness format 1 game only. You will have 8 hours to make a pick or you will be skipped but you can pick when you return. Dead period is from 11 PM - 7 AM

We added an 11th round - where teams will choose a "Walk-On" in UK History

Voters - the objective is to build a team you think would win in a 1 game format.

Draft Order

1. @LukaszObrzut - Jamal Mashburn, Patrick Patterson, Jamal Murray, Rajon Rondo, Scott Padgett,
Mike Phillips, John Pelphrey, Ramel Bradley, James Lee, Mike Pratt, Mark Coury

2. @Cowtown Cat - Dan Issel, Keith Bogans, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Anthony Epps, Kevin Grevey, Nazr Mohammed, Frank Ramsey, Dwight Anderson, Bob Burrow, Aaron Harrison, Todd Svoboda

3. @Son_Of_Saul - John Wall, Demarcus Cousins, Jodie Meeks, Antonio Reeves, PJ Washington, Keldon Johnson,Tyler Herro, Mark Pope, Reggie Hanson, Cason Wallace, Jarrod Polson

4. @jrpross - Cliff Hagan, Malik Monk, Oscar Tshiebwe, Brandon Knight, Louie Dampier, Darius Miller, Nick Richards, Erik Daniels, Sean Woods, Heshimu Evans, Matt Heissenbuttel

5. @chroix - Karl Towns, Julius Randle, Reed Sheppard, Jeff Sheppard, Tyrese Maxey, Jamaal Magloire, Cliff Hawkins, Alex Groza. Allen Edwards, TyTy Washington, Steve Masiello

6. @JHannibalSmith - Ron Mercer, Kyle Macy, Rex Chapman, Melvin Turpin, Walter McCarty, Kelenna Azubuike, Kevin Knox, Dirk Minniefield, Jim Andrews, Mike Casey, Dominique Hawkins

7. @Fox2monk - Tayshaun Prince, De'Aaron Fox, Bam Adebayo, Chuck Hayes, Travis Ford, Cotton Nash, Joe Crawford, Pat Riley, Derrick Miller, Randolph Morris, Junior Braddy

8. @drcats2013 - Tony Delk, Goose Givens, Sam Bowie, Shai Gil Alexander, Willie Cauley Stein, Immanuel Quickley, Eric Bledsoe, Alex Poythress, Josh Harrellson, Wah Wah Jones, Ravi Moss

9. @RunninRichie - Derek Anderson, Tyler Ulis, Doron Lamb, Terrance Jones, Rick Robey, Devin Booker, Deandre Liggins, Marquis Teague, Kyle Wiltjer, Winston Bennett, Sam Malone

10. @DraftCat - Antoine Walker, Kenny Sky Walker, Wayne Turner, Nerlens Noel, Gerald Fitch. Robert Dillingham, Ed Davender, Bill Spivey, Trey Lyles, James Young, Cameron Mills

 

[DraftCat]

@LukaszObrzut you are the clock...

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

 

[LukaszObrzut]

Jamal Mashburn
@Cowtown Cat otc

 

[jrpross]

Jamal Mashburn
@Cowtown Cat otc

Ohhh, went with the Mash at number one!

 

[JHannibalSmith]

I see @Cowtown Cat is still in the sack with the pos randomizer 😂. Top 3 pick every draft. GUARANTEED. Lol.

 

[drcats2013]

I see @Cowtown Cat is still in the sack with the pos randomizer 😂. Top 3 pick every draft. GUARANTEED. Lol.

If that ain’t the truth lol. I got my average position in these things

 

[Cowtown Cat]

Easy. Dan Issel! I do seem to get a a top pick every draft.

 

[jrpross]

Easy. Dan Issel! I do seem to get a a top pick every draft.

I was surprised he didn’t go first. @Son_Of_Saul is on the clock. I hear JP Blevins is still available!

 

[DraftCat]

I see @Cowtown Cat is still in the sack with the pos randomizer 😂. Top 3 pick every draft. GUARANTEED. Lol.

If that ain’t the truth lol. I got my average position in these things

LOL I keep forgetting to use a different randomizer. Maybe next time I'll draw out of a hat

 

[Cowtown Cat]

LOL I keep forgetting to use a different randomizer. Maybe next time I'll draw out of a hat

Hell no you won’t! Keep the current format, please and thank you! 👍🏻

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

John Wall

 

[jrpross]

Holy crap, did Anthony Davis just slip to me at 4? Welp, I’ll do that then. Man, I assumed 1-3 were a lock at either Issel or Davis then Mash.

@chroix is up

 

[chroix]

Holy crap, did Anthony Davis just slip to me at 4? Welp, I’ll do that then. Man, I assumed 1-3 were a lock at either Issel or Davis then Mash.

@chroix is up

AD is ineligible

 

[jrpross]

AD is ineligible

Ahh bugger. I missed that. Well, I’ll take Cliff Hagan then.

 

[chroix]

KAT


@JHannibalSmith you’re up

 

[JHannibalSmith]

Ron Mercer. @BigBlueFanGA OTC.

 

[Cowtown Cat]

Ron Mercer. @BigBlueFanGA OTC.

That’s what I’m talking about!

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

@JHannibalSmith locked up the best pure small forward UK has ever had.

 

[DraftCat]

@BigBlueFanGA has until 6:34 PM

@drcats2013 on deck

 

[Hoskins91]

Davis being ineligible is dumb. He’s not that much of a difference maker.

 

[Hoskins91]

Also, I’m assuming we’re going college only? Otherwise there are several guys who should have gone already.

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

Also, I’m assuming we’re going college only? Otherwise there are several guys who should have gone already.

We've already worked all of those factors out.

And to answer your question: yes, it's college only.

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

Davis being ineligible is dumb. He’s not that much of a difference maker.

You could always make your own draft with your own rules.

See how it works?

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

@BigBlueFanGA, get in here, brother. You're up to pick.

 

[jrpross]

You could always make your own draft with your own rules.

See how it works?

Hey I’d totally do another one as soon as this one’s over 😂

 

[JHannibalSmith]

@JHannibalSmith locked up the best pure small forward UK has ever had.

That was my strategy. I mean I love Mercer, regardless. But, (true) SF is the most shallow position in UK’s history, IMO. Pickings are slim unless you go 3 guards or a big front court.

 

[BigBlueFanGA]

@BigBlueFanGA has until 6:34 PM

@drcats2013 on deck

Sorry guys. I nearly died and still don't feel well. Hopefully I'm around for the next draft.

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

Sorry guys. I nearly died and still don't feel well. Hopefully I'm around for the next draft.

Are you okay, brother?

 

[drcats2013]

Sorry guys. I nearly died and still don't feel well. Hopefully I'm around for the next draft.

I really hope you’re ok, man. Prayers to you.

 

[jrpross]

@JHannibalSmith locked up the best pure small forward UK has ever had.

I don’t know man. My boy Cliff might have something to say about that.

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

I don’t know man. My boy Cliff might have something to say about that.

Hagan's a top 5 all-time guy. I thought about drafting him with the third pick. It was going to be him, Wall, or one other guy I don't want to mention just in case someone else gets the idea to take him.

 

[jrpross]

Hagan's a top 5 all-time guy. I thought about drafting him with the third pick. It was going to be him, Wall, or one other guy I don't want to mention just in case someone else gets the idea to take him.

Yeah, I thought of taking that unnamed guy too. 😁

 

[JHannibalSmith]

I don’t know man. My boy Cliff might have something to say about that.

No argument from me, other than idk if I’d consider him a true SF. He was before my time, but, I’ve always thought he also played some C & PF, at UK. Statistically, very few are in the same conversation as Hagan. He was 6-4. So, it works in that regard. Either way, he’s in THE top tier of past UK greats.

 

[DraftCat]

So I recon @BigBlueFanGA is out... do we have anyone wanting to join you can make a pick immediately? If we don't have any replacement by the 2nd round in his spot then we will go with 9

@drcats2013 go ahead

 

[DraftCat]

Davis being ineligible is dumb. He’s not that much of a difference maker.

Even if I agreed with you the voters don't. Some people see Anthony Davis or Michael Jordan and click on that team no matter how it's constructed. It's a way to eliminate the automatic votes that may or may not make sense.

 

[drcats2013]

Go ahead and give me Tony Delk. If @BigBlueFanGA decides to stay in and wanted him, he’s more than welcome and I’ll gladly pick someone else.

@RunninRichie OTC

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

Go ahead and give me Tony Delk. If @BigBlueFanGA decides to stay in and wanted him, he’s more than welcome and I’ll gladly pick someone else.

@RunninRichie OTC

Delk is a great choice. I already see the strategy you're going for, and I love it.

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

So I recon @BigBlueFanGA is out... do we have anyone wanting to join you can make a pick immediately? If we don't have any replacement by the 2nd round in his spot then we will go with 9

@drcats2013 go ahead

@Fox2monk, @ManitouDan, @the nail at the foul line or @kywildcat41086 , there's an open spot to join the draft. If you join, I'll name my 8th born son after the moniker of the guy who takes the open spot.

 

[Fox2monk]

@Fox2monk, @ManitouDan, @the nail at the foul line or @kywildcat41086 , there's an open spot to join the draft. If you join, I'll name my 8th born son after the moniker of the guy who takes the open spot.

I’ll do it.