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The NBA officially released its list of 75 athletes invited to the 2025 NBA Draft combine on Friday, with Kentucky’s Otega Oweh and Koby Brea being two names invited.
Both Brea and Oweh were major stars for Head Coach Mark Pope at Kentucky in his first-ever season in charge of his alma mater, helping lead Kentucky back to the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2019.
Brea, transferring out of Dayton, was one of the most highly touted transfers in the last portal cycle, being a lethal shooter from beyond the arc and helping his Flyers’ squad to a first-round victory over Nevada in the 2024 NCAA Tournament.
As for Oweh, he came to Kentucky out of Oklahoma, and few could have foreseen the rise to superstardom he would undergo.
After averaging 11.4 points a night with the Sooners, Oweh improved his figures to 16.2 points per game and, at one point, held one of the longest double-digit point streaks in college basketball.
Oweh had multiple star-making performances with the Wildcats, going off for 28 at Oklahoma, scoring the game-winning shot and helping to secure part of the game-clinching block at the other end.
In the SEC Tournament, Oweh did it again, nailing the game winner against the Sooners to cap off a 27-point performance in the postseason.
All in all, Oweh only failed to crack double digits three times, all in losing efforts for Kentucky, making him a clear necessity for the Wildcats.
Looking at the dichotomy of the two stars selected to attend the combine, Brea is definitely gone from Kentucky, having exhausted all of his collegiate eligibility, and is looking at what comes next while there is still plenty of optimism that Oweh could be back at UK next season as the centerpiece of the team.
Other stars from Kentucky who didn’t receive an invite but are definitely gone include NBA prospect Jaxson Robinson, Andrew Carr (who competed in the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament), Amari Williams, and Ansley Almonor. Robinson is still recovering from his season-ending wrist injury ,while Carr struggled to separate himself from the pack in Portsmouth.
The 2025 NBA Draft Combine will feature many of the best of the best in the college game, including major stars such as Duke’s Tyrese Proctor and Cooper Flagg, Alabama’s Labaron Philon and Mark Sears, and more.
Notably, former Wildcats Boogie Fland and Adou Thiero, now of Arkansas, also received invites to the combine.
The 2025 NBA Draft Combine is set to take place from May 11-18 in Chicago. Not all stars invited to the combine are required to remain in the draft.
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Both Brea and Oweh were major stars for Head Coach Mark Pope at Kentucky in his first-ever season in charge of his alma mater, helping lead Kentucky back to the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2019.
Brea, transferring out of Dayton, was one of the most highly touted transfers in the last portal cycle, being a lethal shooter from beyond the arc and helping his Flyers’ squad to a first-round victory over Nevada in the 2024 NCAA Tournament.
As for Oweh, he came to Kentucky out of Oklahoma, and few could have foreseen the rise to superstardom he would undergo.
After averaging 11.4 points a night with the Sooners, Oweh improved his figures to 16.2 points per game and, at one point, held one of the longest double-digit point streaks in college basketball.
Oweh had multiple star-making performances with the Wildcats, going off for 28 at Oklahoma, scoring the game-winning shot and helping to secure part of the game-clinching block at the other end.
In the SEC Tournament, Oweh did it again, nailing the game winner against the Sooners to cap off a 27-point performance in the postseason.
All in all, Oweh only failed to crack double digits three times, all in losing efforts for Kentucky, making him a clear necessity for the Wildcats.
Looking at the dichotomy of the two stars selected to attend the combine, Brea is definitely gone from Kentucky, having exhausted all of his collegiate eligibility, and is looking at what comes next while there is still plenty of optimism that Oweh could be back at UK next season as the centerpiece of the team.
Other stars from Kentucky who didn’t receive an invite but are definitely gone include NBA prospect Jaxson Robinson, Andrew Carr (who competed in the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament), Amari Williams, and Ansley Almonor. Robinson is still recovering from his season-ending wrist injury ,while Carr struggled to separate himself from the pack in Portsmouth.
The 2025 NBA Draft Combine will feature many of the best of the best in the college game, including major stars such as Duke’s Tyrese Proctor and Cooper Flagg, Alabama’s Labaron Philon and Mark Sears, and more.
Notably, former Wildcats Boogie Fland and Adou Thiero, now of Arkansas, also received invites to the combine.
The 2025 NBA Draft Combine is set to take place from May 11-18 in Chicago. Not all stars invited to the combine are required to remain in the draft.
Continue reading...
