The 2023 NBA Draft has come and gone and Kentucky added to its impressive total of lottery selections during the last decade when Cason Wallace was selected 10th overall to the Dallas Mavericks before his draft rights were traded away to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Since 2010, Kentucky has had 22 selections in the top 14 of the NBA Draft, which is by far the most of any college basketball program. During that stretch, the Wildcats have had three players selected No. 1 overall in their respective drafts. John Wall was selected No. 1 by the Washington Wizards in 2010, Anthony Davis went first overall to the team formerly known as the New Orleans Hornets (now Pelicans) and the Minnesota Timberwolves took no time to select Karl Anthony-Towns. Anthony-Towns is the only one of those players still on the same team that drafted him.
The team with the second-most lottery selections is Duke with 15. The Blue Devils have also had three No. 1 overall picks in Kyrie Irving (2011), Zion Williamson (2019) and Paolo Banchero (2022). Arizona, Gonzaga and North Carolina have all had six players picked during that stretch.
Here is what programs have had the most lottery selections since the 2010 NBA Draft. Note: Some players had their draft rights traded away to another team on draft night and the team who drafted them might not reflect where they played their rookie season.
Malik Monk, Bam Adebayo and De’Aaron Fox were lottery picks in the 2017 NBA Draft.
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John Wall — No. 1 to the Wizards in 2010
DeMarcus Cousins — No. 5 to the Kings in 2010
Patrick Patterson — No. 14 to the Rockets in 2010
Brandon Knight — No. 8 to the Pistons in 2011
Anthony Davis — No. 1 to the Hornets (now Pelicans) in 2012
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist — No. 2 to the Bobcats in 2012
Nerlens Noel — No. 6 to the…..
